"Are you sure? I can keep this?" he asked again to make sure.
"sure you can. it's no use to me. I am a mage, not a warrior." she said with a wink.
he looked at her charming smile and felt embarrassed a bit.
"That aside, how did you manage to decode these ancient writings?" she asked with curiosity.
"that...."
but he was reluctant to tell her about the system. he just met her after all, how could he trust her so easily?
"that is fine if you don't want to talk about it, but you can come to me whenever you feel like it, and also call me Martha when we are alone." she said and turned around.
"Wait!... can we visit your friend today? I am going to depart tomorrow, so..." he asked.
she looked at him with amusement, "sure... actually, I am quite curious about it too, if what you said is true, then we can make a discovery and then we will be rewarded and the..." she smiled wickedly.
Mark Chuckled looking at her, she seemed so... normal.
"Okay m, so meet me in an hour in front of my office,"
she said and walked past him
Mark went to the other section and found Velma sitting on the desk, resting her head on the open book, drooling over it.
"she doesn't seem like a complete book-worm either, she is really a weird one."
he sighed and smiled at how cute she was looking.
he then woke her up, and they went to his dorm.
inside the room, he started to explain about his plans for today, and his venture for tomorrow.
"What! you are going to the abyss tomorrow?" she asked with shock.
"well, that's... I have to. I have a feeling That Emily is alive. I can't just-"
Velma gritted her teeth and exclaimed, "I know she is important to you, but what about me? what if anything happens to you?"
she asked while sulking in his arms.
"there, there..." he consoled her.
"I know! hm..." she muttered and got up. she immediately cleaned her face with her handkerchief and smiled.
"Okay then, see you tomorrow," she said and walked out of the door, leaving a dumbfounded Mark.
Mark breathed out and sat on the bed.
"System any new quests?"
<< ding >>
<< this is the trial period, it's recommended host should improve his strength as soon as possible. after the trial period is over, daily weekly, monthly and annual quests will be assigned. the quests will be well rewarding, but the penalties forfailing the quests will be very severe. conditions for each decision will vary with different rewards and penalties. so host should try to improve his strength. >>
Mark squinted his eyes. and looked at the screen with a frown.
"trial period? oh shit! I might be a good fighter but in this world, Magic is the most important factor."
he mumbled and looked up with a resolution. he decided to work on his ice element after his return from the abyss.
After a while, he went to the principal's office.
Martha was outside waiting for him.
he looked at her, she was wearing black leather pants, which were sticking to her body showing off her curves. and a long upper coat.
he looked at his clothes which were very old and ripped in some spots.
Martha also noticed it and chuckled.
"don't you have other clothes?"
she asked playfully.
"I don't, actually when I arrived at my room it was almost empty," he said while scratching his head.
"then let's go shopping!" she said excitedly.
"n-no it's fine." he was surprised by her, but declined.
"come on, I will pay for it, so pick whatever you like." she excitedly grabbed him by his arm.
he nervously swallowed as her body pressed against his body.
he quietly went along with her.
they went out of the academy grounds and started to walk through the street.
this is the first time Mark went out of the academy. because the Academy provided almost every necessary thing for students. he didn't bother to wander around.
he looked at the shops around there, there were mostly restaurants, weapon shops, and pawn shops.
he then noticed a small shop, where Martha stopped.
"This..."
he was about to ask but was interrupted by Martha.
"let's go, this is the best shop around here, the clothes here are made of very high-quality materials. I usually come here for my clothes."
she said and pulled him inside.
after that, she had him try a lot of outfits until she find a perfect one.
she looked at the dress, a black leather pants, and a black jacket with a white t-shirt underneath.
she smiled cheekily and brought him a few more outfits of her liking.
Mark only did as he was told and he enjoyed spending time with her too. it was like he was on a date.
he didn't know why she was acting like this but he had a good impression of her.
"haah... that was fun, let's go and have some lunch," she said and walked out of the store.
this time around he didn't refuse and went along with her.
they then went over to a nearby restaurant and ordered some food.
while eating they chatted about various stuff. but then all of a sudden he asked.
"Um... Martha, do I have a family? I mean like parents or siblings?"
listening to that she stopped eating and smiled awkwardly.
"let's talk about this later..." after that they did talk much and finished their Lunch.
after paying for the bill with some silver coins, they went out.
"my friend lives a bit far in the east. so we to fly over there," she said and grabbed his waist.
before he could react, a transparent spherical barrier appeared around them.
then the ball slowly ascended from the ground. Mark looked around with amusement.
like every creature from the ground, he had dreamed about flying like a bird.
even though he was just floating in the air. it was still considered flying.
she was still holding him by his waist as she started to move forward.
with a very high speed, they managed to reach their destination in a few minutes.
the force of the wind was terrifying at this speed but because of his strong physic, he managed to whip it off.
"Look! we're here."
she said cheerfully
"where...." he turned around to see the gate of a huge Mansion.
"Massive," he muttered looking at the vast garden surrounding the beautiful Mansion.
she then clicked her finger as the bubble-like barrier disappeared.
and she landed on the ground. Mark also jumped to the ground with ease. As this much height is nothing in front of him.
the gate opened automatically as they landed.
"what? how?" he looked at the gate which opened automatically with curiosity.
Martha looked at his expression and chuckled. "this works with Mana Cores. There is a spell on the gates to recognise people. "
then she led him with her past the garden and went to the main building.
just as they reached, the door was opened by a tall and beautiful black woman.
the woman looked the same age as Martha.
"Martha! It's been a while..." she said and she hugged Martha, but her hands went down until they reached her butt.
she squeezed it with her big palms. *Eeep!!*
Martha squealed and pushed her off.
"you'll never change, will you?" Martha asked with a smirk.
"oh, of course not..." she said as they both broke into laughter.