Chapter 187: Thera's perspective

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chapter 187: thera's perspective thera woke up far earlier than she usually would, the emotions from the previous day leaving her with a poor sleep as she cracked open her eyes and found herself surprisingly close to ben's face. it took a moment but she remembered asking him to stay, she just hadn’t expected to wake up next to him, nor to have ended up using him as a pillow midway through the night. actually, haven’t i been in this same spot before? she thought to herself, thinking back to the dryad village before a horrifying possibility sprang to her mind. wait, of all the times we’ve had to sleep in close quarters recently, isn’t this the only time i’ve woken up first? don’t tell me this happens often?ñøv€l-b1n was the first platform to present this chapter. ben had never mentioned anything like that, but she didn’t think he would if that really was what was happening and felt her face grow warm as she tried to gently pull herself away without waking him. the embarrassing potential managed to cover some of the hurt she’d felt yesterday, but she wasn’t exactly sure if she liked the trade-off and promptly decided to pretend nothing had happened. they were hunting partners which meant they’d find themselves in tight quarters occasionally, she would just tell herself it probably wasn’t a common occurrence and leave it at that. even awake though she wasn’t sure she was ready to face the day. she knew things were going to be uncomfortable when she left and actually started interacting with her family, she just didn’t know how she was going to handle it, so instead she put it off, grabbing a book from a shelf and reading for a little while until she heard her door open. her mother walked in and she cursed herself for not locking it the night before as pelenia cast a look to the still sleeping ben before seeing her daughter's blushing face. mercifully though, she didn’t make any comments, instead quietly asked thera to join her and left the room, expecting her to follow. she did as she was asked, knowing in her heart that even if it didn’t get any immediate comments she was going to regret being seen like that for the rest of her visit as they made their way down to the dining room and took a seat, a light breakfast already waiting for the two of them to enjoy. as they sat, thera decided to get things out of the way. “i’m sorry i acted like that yesterday, i was just a little... surprised i guess.” “you have nothing to apologize for. i wish i’d known about what happened with the others though, me and your father would have tried to announce things a little differently.” “well what’s done is done,” she told her mom with a shrug as she started nibbling at the food in front of her, though her mother seemed to disagree. “i wouldn’t quite say so. your father is going to be gone for a few days as he... deals with the spirits who seem to be attempting that sort of thing. as for lux, well i spent a long time talking with her last night. aside from the fact that she’s also feeling ready to kill the others, she swears she didn’t know. i was hoping you’d still be willing to work with her for a bit and talk things out?” “um, i guess that would be fine,” she said, already prepared to die from how awkward it would be if it was the truth. considering that she only got along with half of the great spirits she should have given her aunt more trust before reacting like that, so now she needed to try and make things right. they went back into the room as lux brought them to the next child and thera placed the amulet on them to be safe. even though there was a good chance they would be fine without it since they were succubus children and her charm was being suppressed by the band, it never hurt to be cautious. lux was easily able to determine their conditions as she looked to them and told thera what needed to be done as she prepared another illusion to keep them all entertained. it was like that thera got to work using her life magic, having to try to use more complex spells than she’d usually need when just treating an injury while her aunt placed a hand on the child's back, ensuring thera’s mana didn’t cause any harm. “i really am grateful to have your help thera, unfortunately i can’t access my full strength at the moment so the extra hands are a blessing.” “is something wrong?” unlike a regular spirit who’d have a slower mana recovery rate and might have their ability to regenerate mana impaired by different events, a great spirit should have none of those issues. they had enough mana and regeneration that her father had completely altered the world's economy by materializing large quantities of magic materials each day, the thought that anything could weaken her aunt was beyond worrying. in the face of her concerns though, lux just gave a small laugh. “it seems that keeping a body that isn’t meant for such things as reproduction bearing a child is more mana intense than i’d ever expected. i’ll be better in a couple weeks once it’s born.” “you’re due so soon? i can’t believe my parents didn’t say anything sooner.” “they only found out a few weeks ago themselves. i originally planned on keeping it to myself until they were born, but well... i guess i began getting a little nervous. this will only be the second time a spirit has had a child with a mortal after all, i wanted to ask for some advice from your parents.” “i see,” she’d heard from her mother when she was young about how panicked her father had been right until her birth, the idea being completely foreign to him at the time and horrified that something might go wrong, but had always assumed she’d been exaggerating. how could someone as powerful as her dad have anything to fear about that? seeing her aunt now though made it a bit more believable. “so do you mind if i asked how this all happened?” “has nobody ever given you the basics of how babies are made?” lux asked with a playful wink. “you know what i mean.” “haha, i met writ, my partner as i was traveling to meet the various light spirits in the land a few years ago. i’d always been a bit closer to mortals than some of the other spirits as a result of my affinity having healing properties and met him in a hospital i’d stopped in along the way. he was on the verge of death when i got to him with almost half of his body missing at the time, making it exhausting even for me to save him, but the moment he opened his eyes he expressed his undying love for me. i immediately went to treat his head, thinking i’d missed something but once i was sure he was fine he was still persistent, and i guess you could say i felt amused. i didn’t give in to his advances, but i decided to let him travel with me for a while. from there, what can i say? we grew closer and before i knew it we had a child on the way.” she said as she smiled, gently rubbing her stomach while thera was stuck on the beginning of her story. “i’m sorry, half of his body was missing?” “ah that? well, an armored dragon was attacking a town and like a fool, he went to face it alone. i guess he was attempting to awaken his unarmed combat skill so he could rank up as an adventurer but almost died fighting the thing. honesty, he’s such a handful,” she said with a shake of her head as thera was left to process the fact that her aunt's lover had decided to fight a dragon with his bare hands.

Chapter 187: Thera's perspective

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