Chapter 99: Call of the Void (2)

Later that night, Rainer went to sleep after a usual night with Kara, though as his eyes closed he recalled her grumbling something about undead not understanding anything.

Entering the white void of [Sleep Learning], Rainer instantly formed a Demon’s body in front of him. After preparing the usual amount of blood, he formed Mana Crystals by his side. He saw no reason not to improve the skills related to transferring Mana from objects given that either way his Mana was limitless within this space.

Hours passed as he tried to recreate the numerous enchantments he viewed. He alternated between trying to create them with his [Arcane Awakening] and onto the Demon corpse in front of him.

Suddenly his body started cracking as he felt a great change come over him. Just before he was about to refresh himself and start over, he noticed a message pop up in front of him.

[Skill Gained: Arcane Awakening: Might lvl 1/10]

As he stared down at his now far more muscular and longer arms, engorged with Arcane Energy, the only thing that slightly dampened his excitement was the lack of a level for [Arcane Awakening], and that he couldn’t combine the Enchantment for Gift of Lightning and Gift of the Giants into one like the Fae had it.

He laid down and compared himself to the Demon corpse, and noted he grew over a foot taller. He could feel the strength surging through him as he leaped into the air. He ran back and forth a few times as he started questioning why his increased height or strength didn’t feel unnatural to him.

But he immediately redirected himself back to his goal.

Resuming his normal size, he returned to his experiments now focusing on the weapon storage enchantment.

He decided to devote this entire night to Enchantments so that Kara could gain more levels and power, before going back to his study on [Water’s Gentle Touch].

Next, he paid attention to an enchantment he viewed as important not only for Kara but in the future for Luna as well. The one-time use Shield Elru used to protect not only herself but her companion in the past from his [Pillar of Arcane-Fire].

Not only had he carefully looked over the enchantment on Mira, he took out the book devoted entirely to this single enchantment. Compared to anything else, this book was by far the longest among the Body Enchantment ones.

It described the numerous past uses and stories of which the Shield Enchantment known as the Fae’ Savior was crucial in battle and life. All these stories combined into what not only annoyed Rainer but had confused him about Nalmar’s Magic, the importance of emotion and intent. The Fae’s Savior was even intentionally enchanted as slowly as possible, with Mana going to waste even, to try and bring out the feelings from its [Fae Enchanter]. It’s even recommended that the enchantment was done by one who desires your safety the most.

Rainer frowned for a moment before changing his thought process. All this time he had avoided the more emotional side of Magic. But he then remembered just how he created [Arcane Blade]. While he ventured, he was already approaching level 1 of [Arcane Energy Manipulation] when creating the spell, in the end, it was almost entirely created from his own will and with some help from his newly level 10 [Arcane Bolt].

So, he suspended his disbelief and once more dived back into the recreated book. He took in the tales slowly instead of relying on his memories. Each story, he tried to think over just what each Enchanter and Enchantee felt. Whether it was a scowl or a groan, he avoided complaining about this method of using Magic until he fully understood it. He also didn’t ignore the practical as he repeatedly practiced on the deceased Demon in front of him until his session in [Sleep Learning] came to an end.

Morning soon came, and he achieved a few less notable enchantments, along with a useful one to assist in flight and combat for both Kara and [Arcane Awakening], with the beginnings Fae’s Savior as well. But his most sought after Spatial one escaped him the same as before.

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Walking in the Fae capital, Rainer’s party all stared at the various colors and the construction of its buildings. Some seemingly grown in equal part stone and wood while were others meticulously built brick by brick. Everything covered in seemingly random designs from Fae magical constructs.

Rainer suddenly looked to his left and right and realized the new member of their group was missing. Neither Theodore or Gunthar mentioned anything as they wondered if this was part of her exercise to keep up with them. Turning around, the Archon saw Lilia trying to catch her breath as the group walked on. He kneeled down in front of his would-be apprentice before speaking.

It was easy to forget the nature of his party made walking even vast distances an easy task.

“Do you want a ride?” He asked, and after a moment of surprise, she regained her usual calm. When she was picked by the Lord Magus weeks ago, she certainly hadn’t expected such treatment. As it was now, she couldn’t understand how to react. This wasn’t how she expected to serve the Lord Magus. Just being considered his apprentice already confused her after she struggled desperately to learn to cook better, let alone being treat so familiarly and nicely.

Eventually, she nodded, not knowing what else to do in this strange situation. He helped her onto his shoulders as she let her worries fade a bit enjoying the Fae city from her new higher and less exhausting point of view.

He couldn’t help but remark at how light she was for her supposed 12 years of age. A product of her life, he sadly thought. But his thoughts turned better as he realized how much of her future he had just changed. While being around him was nothing close to safe, he knew her life likely changed for the better.

He never desired to go out and perform heroic deeds. His understanding of the possibly limitless worlds out there kept him from that, among other issues. But he didn’t mind providing any amount of happiness to those he cared for and those in his path. Just as he knew, if he came up with a re-usable cure for Akhor’ Sickness, he’d likely try and cure every currently infected Fae, as there weren’t too many compared to their population.

He glanced over to Kara for a moment as he contemplated who would discuss any issues that occurred during her age. Recalling his time with Kara he never once noted any changes in mood nor interruption in nightly activity and started in a slight panic to wonder if he alone would have to bear the burden of discussing a monthly time with his future apprentice.

Shuddering for a moment, Rainer hoped Luna’s flame had somehow made this occurrence unnoticeable rather than it being a non-existent trait of the Demon or Wolfkin race. He wasn’t ready for that kind of talk. Instead, looking forward to this day’s events, he wondered just how the long-lived and culturally diverse Fae kept themselves entertained over their years. Thanks for reading on ManaNovel!

“Um…Lord Magus can I-“ Lilia nervously asked a question after several minutes of walking through the Fae city before Rainer interrupted.

“Rainer is my name,” He said.

“Lord Magus Rainer-“

“Just Rainer.”

“Master Ra-“

“Just Rainer.”

She felt bothered but went with it.

“Where are we going, Rainer,” She quietly asked, a bit more confident in asking such a question after he requested she call him by only his name. However, she forgot anyone bothered by such a simple question likely wouldn’t be carrying her on his shoulders.

“It’s a surprise.”

With Laneth’s aid, Rainer quickly found that a Fae had many options for entertainment in their lengthy lives. Apart from the lack of mess and emotional attachment of their method of sex they also had many possibilities with their inborn talents.

Races involving flight, plays with elaborate displays of Glamour outmatching any movies Rainer saw in his world, multiple libraries meant for casual reading and conversation from stories and books collected from all around the world, numbered among the many choices.

Right now, Rainer sat in a high up luxury seat as he watched an action adventure play that soon changed itself to what he could only view as a sappy romance. It started out as an adventure tale involving a pirate and a group of mages he rescued from a slaver. As it continued, Rainer started feeling uneasy, though he wasn’t sure why as he watched the so-called Sorceress kiss the Pirate captain.

The play returned to its original form, and towards the end, Rainer couldn’t help but raise his eyebrow in surprise at the final spell used by the Sorceress to defeat an evil sea monster about to kill her love. A violet wave of power erupted from her arm and destroyed it entirely.

The play ended as the two kissed on top of a piece of flotsam as the destroyed ship floated off into the distance.

He suddenly realized how similar he looked to this so-called Sorceress before finding himself uncomfortable at the earlier displayed scene and even more so at this current one as he hoped for the play to end sooner. Seeing him slink back, Kara now let her victorious grin slid after the plan she enacted with Laneth to alter the play they would see slightly. That slightly being the apperence of the main heroine and the final spell she used to save her love.

Though seeing Rainer’s now grinning face as if to say pointedly, I’ll have my revenge; Kara lacked her earlier jubilation, if only by a slight margin.

The curtains close and the audience clapped, along with an unexpected enthusiasm from Rainer’s apprentice. He chuckled, hoping times of enjoyment could stay like this for her now. They headed back to the mansion soon after, having already eaten during the performance. Everyone looked at Rainer strangely when he brought out food for the play, but soon the living members of Rainer’s party joined him oddly enjoying it.

They headed back soon after and resumed a usual routine of training, though Rainer now tried to teach his new student further to read, only to suddenly remember both the length and time such a thing took. Sure compared to Magic, it wasn’t as big of a deal. But it was hardly a simple thing to teach someone to read.

Struggling through the lesson, his thoughts drifted to just how he could speed up such a method. He had some thoughts of finding a way to gain the girl skill points, but without any skill associated with Reading directly, he wasn’t sure if it would help just leveling the language skill.

Maybe I can convince Maya to be her Familiar and share the language skill…Does that let you read as well?

Rainer shelved the thought away for now, as he didn’t particularly wish to try and force either of the girls into such a Familiar Bond in any case.

Rainer then appraised her for the first time and noted she was little different than most of the common people of this world.

[Human, Female, Classless]

Gaining a class was not a simple affair for others as it was for Rainer. Even with her otherwise high affinity, without any Mana or Soul related skills Rainer guessed it wouldn’t be any help.

“Let’s take a break for now,” He said toward his apprentice. He hadn’t notice how quickly she was picking it up.

She nodded before following him out to the Courtyard where Gunthar and Kara were sparring, and Theodore sat in meditation. Elru was currently back at her home speaking with her father about her plan to continue her absence from home.

“Theodore, what do you think about her learning your Soul skill?” Rainer asked. In part, he wished for another lesson on the subject matter, having little else to do in reality.

Theodore had nodded before he began speaking. It took him a few tries before he could use Luna’s skill to speak the language Lilia understood. The night passed, and Rainer found his new apprentice quick to sleep after the long discussion, another dinner, and watching the tireless Gunthar, and nearly tireless Kara spar.

The skill of Theodore’s technically required Aura, but those with Soul Affinity naturally practiced a lesser version just by absorbing the World’s Energy directly into improving their Souls. For now, Rainer saw no harm in her preparing for the future as he already planned on giving her a dose of Fairy Dust once they left here.

While before he wanted to try out methods to help anyone without a Mana Affinity gain access to their Affinity Attribute, her unexpectedly high Talent made Rainer reconsider using her as the first example of that.

Prior to going to sleep, Rainer expended his Mana adding the first layer for the speed boost Enchantment onto Kara, this primarily version only allowing for a small boost hardly useful to the already nimble Wolfkin. He could only get so far as part of his focus had to be devoted to making sure no one was close enough to see the Mana-Well in use as well as having [Arcane Awakening] up to increase his detection ranges.

Rainer felt a flame go over him as he laid on the bed. Kara moved around the room playing with her new Enchantment, far more excited at the prospect of it uses rather than its current weak form. He watched as she hopped from one foot to the other just above the ground, small bursts of magic escape from each foot as her enchantment lit up a dark blue.

He left off the Gift of the Giants for the time being, as he wanted to combine it the same way the Fae did for Kara. Otherwise, the book on it told him they couldn’t be used in tandem.

He felt for his Familiar Bond with Luna and felt the small Fairy. He thought over today and understood she wasn’t happy having to stay hidden once more as they enjoyed themselves. What he garnered from both their relationship and the Familiar bond increased over time.

“Don’t worry Luna; it’ll change soon. You won’t have to hide forever, especially once we leave the Fae Realm. Once you get good enough at Glamour maybe we can put up our own story,” He whispered to her and felt the Flame become slightly more comforting as she seemed to get his meaning. She finished and drifted off to sleep soon after.

He thought over too, of a proper outing with Luna before he went any further with her in human terms. To him, it didn’t feel right just to use the fact she was already so attached to him, rather than give her a proper memory of it beyond being almost a prisoner, however willing she may be. He’d take both of them on a proper date sometime soon.

“Kara I’ve been meaning to ask…” Rainer said.

She stopped playing around with the enchantment and looked over to him.

He scratched his head a bit awkwardly before continuing, reminding himself he was a man, not a boy. Not that it seemed to help.

“Do you have a time of the month?”

“No, I only celebrate my Birthday once a year?” Kara responded with her titled.

“No I mean, once a month do you…receive mother nature’s gift?”

“I have no such Druidic powers.”

Rainer, red-faced, stared at her for a while before no longer able to keep her laughter in, Kara let it out. After finally finishing, she sat on the bed next to him.

“I imagine this concern is over our new party member? And while I understood what you meant, how is nature’s gift a proper term?” Kara asked.

He glanced, a bit glaring, at Kara as his mind already circled how he’d get her back for getting him twice in one day and for the attempt at the Ball. He may not care for chatty Fae apart from Luna, but dancing with beautiful often scantily clad women was hardly a bad night. Though he admits to himself; he may have enjoyed it more intentionally after knowing who was behind it.

“Yeah, it’s about our new addition,” He responded, ignoring her second question.

“I shall handle such things. Especially after this sad attempt at asking me if I bleed every month like a human girl does,” Kara said before kissing his cheek after yet another small laugh and returning to her training.

Rainer sighed as laid back down, waiting for Kara to finish having fun with her new enchantment before it was time for a different kind.