Chapter 69 - A goal to fight for and a meeting to look forward to

Chapter 69: Chapter 69 - A goal to fight for and a meeting to look forward to And that’s how I ended, once again, in the chair reserved for the guest of honor in the celebrations. At least, this time, I’m not alone in the spotlight, as Yaci shares it with me. [New title acquired: Hero of Beastkin] Oh, nice, another title. Gotta see what it does later. I guess that opening the system screen right now would be almost like using the phone in a similar social situation on earth. So, instead, I simply put my little hand on Yaci’s. She’s a much more mature woman now and still so beautiful. My heart aches knowing that we’ll be parted for gods know how long. The silver lining here is that when we meet again, I’ll probably have grown up already. I want to leave this child’s body as soon as possible. I want to be a grown-up woman again, so much. It’s been hard, you know. To be with those two gorgeous women all the time for the last three years. Or two and a half, in Lovelace’s case. And I’ve been sleeping with Yaci every night. I never got really used to having her naked, gorgeous body at my side every night. Just thinking about it makes me blush. Even though Yaci knows my real mental age now, most of the time she treats me more like a child than an adult. And I can’t even voice my complaints when we’re with other people! It’s unfair. Simply unfair. That’s why I want to grow up and have a proper woman’s body. So I can ask her out for a date. Someday. Even now, with the lights of the protective tree spell shining, she is more stunning than anything else. "Aurea? Is there something on my face?" Oh, damn, she noticed me staring. "Heh. No, no, it’s nothing. I was just... I don’t know how long it will take for us to meet again." "You’re soooo cute when you blush like that, you know. But yeah... Maybe you could come visit when you finish school." "That’s seven years from now. I don’t want to wait that long to see you again." "Seven years... you’ll be a full adult by that time, then." "You still treat me like a child even when you know..." I whisper the last phrase, just barely audible between the loud noises of the celebration. "Because your body is the one of a child. It would put people off if they saw me treating you like an adult." "You have a point, but..." "And if I think of you as a child, it makes it easier for me to ignore those blushes and the look in your eyes." I freeze on the spot. She noticed. For how long has she been aware? Oh my god, what do I do now? "For all purposes, in this world you’re still a child. It doesn’t matter if you are mentally forty years older than that or if you are ageless like Lovelace." I want to dig a hole and hide inside it. Is there any kwa’ty burrow around where I can put myself away from this shame? "But you’re a nice and cute girl. And I look forward to meeting the adult you." She smiles and squeezes my hand. Such an adorable smile. It’s so pure and innocent that it feels almost out of place in the ripped and battle-seasoned body. But... did she say what I think she said? I feel my face getting an even deeper shade of red. I didn’t even know red could be so deep. "I don’t promise anything, tho. And I don’t expect you to wait for me or anything. Live your life to the fullest during those years. We’ll meet when fate crosses our paths again, as friends." "O-of course. But I look forward to meeting you again as well." I hug her, but it’s more like an excuse to hide my face so nobody sees my tears than anything else. Even though the first years in this world were so harsh, I feel blessed, having found so many nice friends. If anyone were to tell me, ’hey, I have here a gate to go back to Earth; wanna go?’ I would refuse. I don’t see myself living on Earth again. It’s not like this world isn’t in desperate need of change, as much as Earth was when I left it. But it’s different. And, this time, I feel like I have the power to make those changes by myself. I want to make this a better world for people like Yaci, Mimby, Cambucy, and all the others. A world without slavery and constant fear. Even if I have to topple the kingdoms of Men to do it. Even if I have to fight and kill the Goddess herself. That’s my deeper motivation right now. And suddenly, meeting Yaci again only when I’m already seventeen doesn’t sound that bad. If it means that next time we meet, she’ll see me as an adult woman. That’s a meeting to look forward to. I’ll use my time in the Royal Academy to help Lovelace look for her memories, learn everything that there is to learn about this world, and tinker with the magic system. I’ve unlocked gravitational magic, after all. Though it’s still unreliable and with limited use, it was a great learning step. My next step will build on it to make spatial magic a thing. From what Lovelace told me and what is in the system, there’s no notion of spatial magic on this world. And by that, I mean teleportation and stuff. If I manage to create that, I’ll be able to explore places further away from anything Mankind has been able to go. Like the other side of the desert up north. This world behaves like a planet, from what I’ve been told and what I’ve seen myself. Which means that there should be a place there. The desert is a treacherous place, without water and barely any edible food. Crawling with insect-like monsters with meat too nasty for human taste buds. But, if I can just teleport back to a safe base every night to sleep well and restock... With spatial magic, the whole world becomes accessible, just at the tips of my fingers. And that’s why I’ll be working on it during the next years. And I still haven’t even started to play with the last two elements I have affinity with. Vacuum and Radiance. Yeah, my school life will be busy. 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