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Lot of peeps going on about him looking like an NTR antagonist. And I'm like, I know. It's great isn't it? None of that wimpy ass bishi bitch femboy long hair girly crap most of you guys post for characters from your Ching Chong wuxia slop.
Deal with it, or are you just a bunch of cucks that retroactively imagine him cucking you and stealing your make believe fictional girls?
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Still though…
"Rude." Ais pointed out simply. She didn't know what he meant by not comparing to the goddess Hestia, and had no idea who he was talking about and why smoking was involved, but she could still tell, he was rude, "…Also…I am not crazy."
Why did people always say that?
The boy stared at her for a moment, before sighing and nodding, "Yeah, it was, wasn't? Sorry, my bad." he apologised.
"Okay…" Ais nodded, accepting his apology, "Why did you make an enhanced species?" she asked again.
He quirked an eyebrow at her, before shrugging, "I was looking for a good fight to be honest and testing something out," he replied honestly, "It doesn't look like there's a single monster that will be able to challenge me properly right up to the Goliath, except it goes in reverse there and I can't take it right now, though I have few ideas if I need to."
He was…surprisingly straightforward and upfront with his answers. Odd…maybe?
'Mmm.' she nodded at his words. The strongest he would encounter until the Goliath, would be a minotaur, but from what she saw, he would have no problem dealing with one or even a few of them.
"How are you so strong…while only a level one?" she asked, his answer letting her latch onto the topic.
"I work out." he gave her a smirk and held up one arm, flexing his muscular bicep.
Ais tilted her head to the side, and blinked, "…A lie?" she wondered. If a level one could get so strong from just exercising their body, level two's and above would not be so rare.
"No, just not the whole truth," he snorted and then looked her up and down, examining her. For some reason, she felt his gaze was stripping her bare and felt her spine straighten up in response, "You might be pretty sword princess, with some incredible thighs, but that won't have me giving up familia secrets and all."
…Ah?
Ais looked down at her legs clad up to the thigh in long blue boots and gazed at the flesh of her thighs for a moment.
What did her thighs have to do with anything?
Well, he at least did confirm he was level one.
"Does it have to do…with you eating those magic stones?" Ais asked next. If not, did he really just have a taste for them?
That would be weird.
The boy said nothing for a moment and crossed his arms as he stared into her eyes. she stared back blankly.
"…Should I, or shouldn't I?" he mused aloud, debating with himself out loud, apparently uncaring if she heard or not, "It would probably be best to clear it up in advance with you just in case, y'know?"
…No, Ais did not know at all what he meant.
She nodded anyway though.
"Alright, simply put, it's a skill of mine," the boy revealed with a shrug, "The strongest skill in existence actually. I get stronger by eating the magic stones of monsters and even gain their abilities like breathing fire and the like."
Oh.
…That was a really strong skill. But, was not something that would help her at all.
Ah, too bad.
Disappointed welled in her stomach.
"Even…that enchantment?" she asked, curious despite herself. It was so very similar to her Ariel, and she'd never seen a monster with such an ability before. The thought of a monster having a similar ability made her lower stomach roil with the beginnings of a black flame.
Perhaps…an enhanced species like that Killer Ant? Maybe an Infant Dragon?
"Nah, that's from another skill I have, the best skill actually, I just got it earlier and it was the reason I came down to test it out down here." the boy shrugged.
He had a very high opinion of his skills it seemed.
Very…odd though. He was only level one, and he had two skills? That was weird. Especially two that were so…potent. A
…And there was the possibility he had more.
She was level five and had been an adventurer since she was seven years old and only had one skill.
"How long…have you been an adventurer?" Ais asked, head tilting to the opposite side.
"A few weeks." he answered without hesitation.
A few…weeks? A few weeks and he was this strong, with such potent skills?
"How…I don't…understand." Ais blinked, confused.
"How I got so strong or how I got my skills?" he asked in return.
"Yes." she nodded.
Had she been…doing everything wrong all this time? If she hadn't, it didn't make sense how he'd be able to do as he did and she couldn't. The falna wasn't supposed to pick favourites like that.
"As far as my first skill goes, it's apparently an innate trait to my soul, so no luck there for anybody else," he replied, "The second one though, that was born from the love between me and my goddess, Hestia, the best goddess by the way."
…As he'd said before, yes.
"Born from love with your goddess?" she repeated slowly, "So…I'd get a skill if I loved Loki?"
That made some sense, she guessed. Since she did have Loki's blessing on her back. Maybe loving Loki…would increase their compatibility, maybe?
"It's possible But, you're thinking about it wrong. Honestly, you're a bit of an airhead aren't you?" the boy snorted, "Like, that's never been a secret, but I didn't think it was that bad."
She wasn't that bad…was she?
Honestly…it didn't really matter in the end.
"I'm thinking about it wrong…meaning, you know the correct way?" she asked, her ears perking.