The twilight had settled in when they reached home. Along the path, he had to spend considerable brain power to answer her subsequent questions. The question was such that he had anticipated but had not readied an answer to.
The question was, "Where did you get a Healing Potion from? When I washed your clothes, I didn't find anything in the pockets and you didn't have anything else to store your belongings."
And his improvised answer was, "Um... Yes... You're right." Clearing his throat, he continued, "You see... I have a... magic...?"
"What magic?" a quizzical tilt, trying to make sense of his words.
"A magic called..." He searched in his memories; for anything, then his eyes lit up, "Spatial Magic!"
"Spatial Magic?"
"Yes. This magic allows me to form a small dimension in any item and in that dimension, I can store anything. I call it Inventory." He proudly said, as if he could really do that.
"Wow!" A radiant smile, contagious and illuminating, as if the very essence of joy had found a home on her lips, "That sounds so convenient. What else can you store inside the Inventory? Can you store a house? Is there a limit on how much can be stored? Does the size of the things matter? Are you able to store living beings inside? How much Mana does this magic require? What are the limitations of this magic? I don't know much about magic. So, can a novice like me learn it? Can you teach me?"
He looked at her with mouth opening and closing like a fish, she did not allow him to speak even a word throughout her bombardment of questions.
'Like mother like daughter.' He exhaled, shaking his head.
"No, I can't teach you this magic." He refused, 'Because I also don't know it.'
"Why?~" She whined like Tiara.
"Nope."
Her hands put the pitchers on the ground then clasped his unoccupied hand, eyes watery, she implored meekly, "Please~ teach me."
'Too cute.' She was blindingly adorable. She was so adorable that people would commit crimes for her. And he could not resist her; resistance was futile.
"Find, I'll think about it." He hesitatingly said.
"Yay~" In her exultation, she pulled his head into her breasts. Those large breasts truly felt incredible. The way she smothered him in excitement made the little Darius rise in attention.
Eventually, she composed herself allowing the tomato-red Darius to breathe. He sighed but had also wished for it to last longer.
As they continued on their path, he asked the system, 'Is there any such magic like Spatial magic that can make storage spaces in things like a ring or something?"
[Of course. You can purchase a storage ring in the System Shop after reaching Level 15 or learn Spatial Magic at Level 25 after unlocking the class Astro Mage.]
'What!? This is gonna take too long, System.' He shouted in his mind, 'What am I supposed to do until then? I won't be able to postpone the topic for that long! She'll call me a liar with no integrity.'
[You can also purchase a low-ranked Space Ring. It can only hold 10 items that are half of the user's size.]
'Why did you not tell me this before!?' He thought in irritation.
[It's fun messing with you.]
'Fuck you, System.'
[Fuck you too, Host.]
'Anyways, what's the price?'
[1000 ST.]
'That's expensive!'
[Of course it is.]
'Can you give me a discount?'
[No.]
'Pretty please?'
[No.]
'Fine.' He paused before continuing, 'Tell me how can I earn ST.'
[Completing Quests, conquering women and earning Accolades.]
'How do I earn accolades?'
[By doing something unique.]
'Like?'
[That is for you to find out.]
'Why can't you just tell me, you useless system?'
[You won't grow if I spoon-feed you information. I already gave you hints, now you have to figure it out. I have known other hosts of systems that are much more powerful than me. Those hosts died because they were over reliant on their systems. It was as if their mind had turned off after acquiring a system. Thus, I want you to grow strong without being much reliant on me, just as you had grown strong in your previous life.]
Darius was left speechless for the rest of the journey to Fiona's house. He had been fully engrossed in his thoughts.
.....
"We're home, Tia." Fiona announced. She and Darius placed the pitchers in the kitchen area. This amount of water would last them two days.
"Why are you late?" Tiara asked, cleaning her bow and dagger.
"We found Goblins near the path, after killing them we were attacked by Hell Wolves." Fiona explained, sitting down on the chair. Tiara brought two cups of water for them both, placing them in the table.
From the aroma in the room, she also seemed to have prepared dinner. She joined them on the table, curiously inquiring, "Why would Hell Wolves attack you? That path is really far from their territory."
"Well, it seemed they were looking for their lost cub who was butchered by those Goblins we killed." Fiona took large gulps from the cup, before sighing in relief.
She covered wholly in sweat. Her dress was damp. Darius himself wasn't any different, might have sweated even more than her from the way his clothes stuck to his body.
Darius and Fiona washed their hands while Tiara prepared the table. While they were having dinner, Fiona told Tiara about the bravery of Darius.
And laughed at how he forced her to drink a potion because of small scratch. In his defense, that small scratch bled like a river.
Furthermore, she even told her about his "Spatial Magic."
Tiara's attention remained undiverted throughout the story. She became more and more amazed as she listened more.
Her face completely overtaken by exhilaration, she asked, "You can use magic!?"
Darius had a very bad premonition, "Yes?"
"Teach me!" She almost climbed the table in her excitement.
He exhaled for the third time that day, 'Like mother like daughter.'