[ SOURCE POINTS: 102.495 POINTS ]
[ BLESSING OF MANA (SKILL): HEALING TOUCH
SKILL LEVEL: LV.2 +
SKILL DISCRIPTION: HEALS ALL INJURIES OF THE TARGET AND REVITALIZE THEM, ABLE TO SEE ALL THE ILLNESS OF A PERSON.]
'Even a 100 source points is not enough to upgrade the Healing Touch. It better be worth it, if it is taking so much source points.' After the publication of his book it was raining source points, do to the appreciation of his readers. 'The people in the guild have gotten used to my handsomeness and my novel is the only thing that is giving me a steady stream of source points but the amount of source points obtained per person is very small considering the emotions they have towards me is not very stong.'
Even though Astrid accepted Jon as her servant and is a member of the guild, she has yet to teach him any magic, she has Jon practice cultivation and physical exercise to strengthen his base. 'At this rate I could never take my revenge on Cersei ... How about...' Jon has a sinister smile on his face with the idea he just got.
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After two weeks, somewhere in the Black Phoenix guild town fortress. Two people meet in a dark alleyway, both of them where wearing masks to protect their identity. One was wearing a plain wooden mask, while the other was wearing a white Jester mask.
"Are you the person named Jester king, who is selling a top secret book about secret art of lovemaking?" asked the first person in a low voice.
"Indeed, but a word of caution this book is a force to be reckoned with the few people who has read this book rarely gets out of bed after they got their hands on this book." the one in the Jester mask said in a serious tone.
"Is it really that juicy?" asked the person wearing the wooden mask after swallowing his spit.
"The writing style is extremely breathtaking and it is also accompanied by illustrations. You will know how juicy it is after you have witnessed the first couple of pages." replied the person in the Jester mask taking out a book and showed it to the other person.
"Oh, damn! people will go crazy over this!" the wooden mask person was very excited.
"50 silver coins for one copy." the Jester king said.
"What! you are really heartless! Ah, Forget it, I'll buy it."
No one knows how or when it started but there is an unusual book being circulated inside and outside the guild called "The young married women Cersei". It portrays the story of a woman named Cersei who is a dark mage and a honeypot. And is full of exquisite details.
The book has gained immense popularity. Even many righteous young man who normally despise such an evil dark mage are offering a lot of money to get a look at it.
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Cersei's residence.
"How dare they!" an angry Cersei threw a book on the ground.
"My lady, what is this?" Alice enquires picking up the book.
"Who's so bold as to have the audacity to wildly fantasies and defile my lady's name." Alice asked reading through the book.
"It even knows that I have a red mole on my waist. No one but Jonathan has ever seen me naked. Who else but him could it be?" Cersei was furious.
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'Here they come at last. How long has it been since I last saw this much spam. Cersei is indeed worthy of her name.' Jon thought as he was writing his next volume.
Now that piracy has emerged as Jon didn't have licencing done for this work as he didn't want anyone to link the Jester king to him, the book is all over the place and is doing better than my other novel. It's no wonder, too, since the level of pornographic literature in this world is so low.
'It is a little upsetting that piracy is taking advantage of my work. I suppose you can't have it both ways.' Jon consoled himself.
[ SOURCE POINTS OBTAINED (APPRECIATION): 0.001 (ROSIE) ]
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'huh! Who's this Rosie who is providing me with so much source points? If she is spamming me, she must appreciate me a lot.'
[ SOURCE POINTS OBTAINED (APPRECIATION): 0.001 (MAXIE) ]
[ SOURCE POINTS OBTAINED (APPRECIATION): 0.001 (LUCY) ]
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That suprised Jon as he was getting more source points from this than one of the best stories of his orginal world. This is because in the first he only recieved appreciation as it's author for writing a master piece. But in the second novel he not only recieved appreciation as it's author, he also gained many women appreciation to his character in this novel.
'Seeing that all the names are female, they must be some random female who has that kind of feeling for me.So this kind of things can also happen. Alas even if I write my self into a novel my charms won't decrease one bit.'
'I must churn out the second volume with haste and take full advantage of this brief moment of enthusiasm to recieve a whole lot of source points! Then I can sit back and watch as source points pile up. Much easier than earning source points in person.' Jon thought in delight as his source points kept on increasing with spam of notification from the system.
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In the guild leader's residence.
"Miss matriarch I am here to perform the healing touch." Jon said standing outside her room asking for permission to enter.
"Wait a moment!" she shouted in a panicked voice.
"Huh?" Jon was confused 'what is wrong with her today? she is used to having me over here around this time to perform the healing touch.' After a few moments she opened the door with a flushed face inviting him into her study. "Wait a little bit longer for me to get ready." she said without facing him.
"I see... Should I take my leave and come back when you're ready." Jon asked ready to leave.
"No need for that." she sounded way more calm this time.
'What is happening? She is acting strange today.' Jon thought not knowing what to do with her strange behaviour.
30 minutes later after Jon used the healing touch on Astrid. She went into meditation trying to use the power from the healing touch to stabilize her realm. She has Jon on standby if anything where to go wrong.
After 30 minutes of waiting Jon was restless and started looking around the study.
'She is a really big fan of novels I see. there are so many books.' Jon summarised looking at her bookshelf, which contained a large section for novels. Jon spots on book with book spine in the opposite direction.
"This kind of thing won't do for a neat freak like me." Jon whispers to himself going for the book.
"You are becoming more and more unruly. Don't mess with my stuff." She said startling Jon causing him to push the book back in without looking.
"miss matriarch are you done cultivating your energy." Jon asked trying to hide his embarrassment on spotting the title of the book.
"My injury is recovering well. You have worked hard for the past few days. You may go back and rest now." Astrid said trying to get Jon to leave.
"I see, then I'll take my leave." Jon said happy to go back to writing.
"By the way I heard about a novel that tells the story about Cersei being very popular in our guild." Astrid said to Jon who was already at the door. This stops Jon in his track.
"Although I haven't read it myself... are you the author Jester king behind it?" Astrid enquired.
"Miss matriarch, how could you say such a thing! How could you ever think that a man as handsome as me would ever write such an obscene book?" Jon said in a overly dramatic manner.
"Although it's not quite a romantic novel, if you get rid of those unsightly 'illustrations', the writing is actually good. The Jester king know women quite well." Astrid said in appreciation of the author.
'You know for someone who claims to have never read the book you are not acting like that. When I got source points from you for appreciation I thought it was for my help in healing your injuries, that is untill I saw my book in your bookshelf.' Jon thought without showing anything on his face.
"It's good that you're not the one who wrote it. Otherwise I would have to punish you for the sake of Cersei. You may leave now. If you have free time, you might as well write more... The romantic stories that you write I mean." Astrid said dismissing Jon.
"Yes, my lady." Jon said with a bow. 'Is she implying that I shouldn't reveal my identity and should write more books for her to read. I knew that she loved my romantic novel, I never thought that she would enjoy my erotica too. I have really earned myself a special reader!' Jon thought as he was leaving.
After Jon leaves, Astrid takes the same book which Jon took earlier "This Jester king... no Jonathan does have some literary talent. I can't get enough of his writing." Astrid said in appreciation and starts reading it with a blush on her face.
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