"Did you fall for me due to my strength?"
"…" Maeve didn't reply.
Did she fell for her due to his strength? No, he wasn't even that strong when she fell for him. Of course, strength added additional charm to him later but it wasn't the main reason for her love.
Moments later, Maeve understood what Ace wanted to say, and couldn't help but smile.
Just like her, Ace didn't fall for her due to her strength, how could she think about him leaving her out?
That was just stupid.
"I am sorry…" Maeve spoke lightly as she tightened her grip around his hand while she pushed her body backward, trying to be in as close as possible, right now, the two's bodies were practically glued.
"I was wron-"
"Heh! Don't worry, I will have you pay for my service tonight…" Maeve continued to apologize but Ace interrupted and whispered seductively, causing Maeve's face to turn beet red.
"W-What do you mean…?" Maeve questioned timidly even though she knew exactly what he meant.
"Haa? You think I will console you for free? My service ain't free madam! You will have to pay and the only way you could do that is through your body~ Ehh~" Ace replied while his hand brushed Maeve's breast and her face turned even redder but of course, she can't allow herself to be flustered like that. This would mean that she lost the battle and just like Ace, she doesn't like to lose.
She calmed her emotions and a small but extremely seductive smile appeared on her gorgeous face.
"Alright… I allow you~ ...For tonight…" Maeve took a pause before whispering extremely seductively, "You can do whatever you want with me~"
In that instant, Ace's victorious grin froze, and now, it was his turn to get flustered. That one move by Maeve was enough to win today's battle; a complete knockout.
The words 'You can do whatever you want with me' were resonating inside Ace's mind. His emotions were in turmoil, adrenaline rushed through his veins and his lower part was itching hard.
"You… you are too dangerous…" Ace muttered while Maeve smiled as if she was waiting for something.
Ace sighed before conceding, "Alright, it's your win today", the man didn't even try to fight back.
"Heehee~" Maeve replied with a victorious grin.
"It is your win, BUT, though it is your win, in the end, I am still the true winner" Ace replied seductively as he locked his legs with Maeve's.
"What about the training?" Maeve questioned.
"Hmm… I want to stay like this… like Miss Gracie taught yesterday, rest is important too. Let's just stay like this all morning" Ace answered lazily while he kneaded Maeve's soft breast softly.
"Hmm? Then what about your fangirls then?" Maeve questioned jokingly.
"I am giving them free service for so many years, I think they will understand" Ace replied with the same joking tone while he continued touching Maeve's entire body.
"Okies…" Maeve replied cutely, she closed her eyes and a soft smile appeared on her face.
'I am so stupid…' Maeve chuckled inwardly while she enjoyed Ace's love and attention.
'I was feeling insecure?
How laughable… how could I doubt his love like that? What is the need to feel insecure? Especially when he is with me!
Jealous?
They are my own daughter and husband! How can I be jealous of them? I should rather be proud!
Though... I still think it would be better if I could be strong like them…'
"Hey… Maeve…" As if knowing her thoughts, Ace called out.
"What is it?"
"Don't worry about your progress… we will figure something out… together" Ace spoke softly.
Maeve's smile brightened even more as she nodded silently with an 'Mhm'.
'Just like always… thinking about me all the time…
I was afraid to be left out? How is that even possible? How can he leave me? He just loves me too much.
Plus, can he even leave me? He won't even be able to live a day without me!
He is such a dependent baby… no different than Gracie…' Maeve inwardly shook her head as she remembered how Ace whines about minor things and she has to control him.
'We are in this together, just like he said, we will figure something out.
Together.
Like a single entity.
Wait...
Together!!
Yes! I found it!!!' Maeve suddenly sat down on the bed cross-legged and closed her eyes.
"Mae-" Ace wanted to call her out in confusion but stopped himself when she saw that determined expression.
As explained earlier, the Soul Element doesn't have any kind of Qi, to cultivate it; one has to cultivate his understanding of the element itself. It is known as Law Comprehension. The more the understanding, the stronger the mage.
Unlike other elements, where a mage is required to have an affinity with the element to train it, the three strongest laws can be cultivated by anyone. Sure, the more affinity, the faster the understanding, but it isn't entirely true.
Plus, there weren't many people who trained these 3 strongest elements in Herferd so not much is known about them.
Another interesting fact is that unlike other elements, where a core forms when a person cultivates, there is no such core formed when the mage cultivates the three strongest elements.
About the Divine Seeds?
Nobody knows since a Soul, Space, or Time Divinity has never appeared before.
A few minutes later, a bright white light emitted from Maeve's body.
"Maeve?" Ace questioned worriedly. For some reason, he was feeling uncomfortable.
Suddenly… Maeve's body started floating above the bed.
"Maeve?" Ace questioned again, this time, he was panicking. He didn't know how to describe it but this feeling wasn't anything good. Something was telling him that he was in danger and he should run away. But of course, no matter how loud that voice was, he wasn't planning on running away and leaving his wife alone. He just looked at Maeve with a worried expression.
*Silence*
In an instant, everything in the surrounding turned oddly silent… The birds chirping in the background, the wind blowing lightly, light chatters that Ace could hear with his enhanced hearing, everything came to halt.
Complete silence.
It was as if the time itself was stopped.
But to Ace… all of it doesn't matter, his eyes were on his love who was floating higher and higher and looked completely out of his reach.
He quickly extended his hand towards Maeve and decided to stop whatever was happening, his wings appeared but this time, they didn't look as mighty and imposing as before.
As soon as he was about to fly and catch up to her, a tremendously huge Soul pressure was released, causing Ace to fall on his knees and use everything he had to not pass out. The wings disappeared as quickly as they appeared and his whole body was trembling in fear.
He could only sit on his knees while looking at Maeve who just passed through the roof like it was air. The only thing that calmed him down was Maeve's calm face. It looked like she wasn't in any sort of pain… yet.
"M-Maeve…" Ace muttered and dragged his body towards the window forcefully to see what was happening.
While Maeve was still in the sky, the blinding white light started fading a little, or to be more precise, it was being absorbed into Maeve's body slowly.
After another 10 minutes, Maeve suddenly opened her eyes and 1.5 meters long, blinding white pair of wings appeared on her back, causing the pale-faced Ace to widen his eyes in shock. The wings were just like his, the only difference was that he had 2 pairs of wings, indicating that he was a Divinity who has mastered 2 elements and his were golden in color.
And till now, he had only heard about golden wings, the ones he has… the ones a Divinity has. He has never heard about white wings…
Also, unlike his, these wings appeared without making any noise. When Ace achieved Divinity, the world trembled and roared, his wings appearance was accompanied by lightning and trembling, but Maeve's wings, they were accompanied with complete silence. It was like the world itself acknowledged them and didn't dare to make a sound so as to not offend them.
The soul pressure Ace was resisting begin fading, causing him to sigh in relief but he still didn't let his guard down, Maeve then flew towards him, entering the room through the window. She faced him with a smile on her face and revealed.
"I broke through!"