Ethan chose regeneration for Lucy, and he gave Wendy the speed skill. His eyes widened as he looked at their screens.
"Alas, no, this cannot be. This will take forever if they only receive my essence."
The woman surrounded him, touching him with sensual care. Sophia rubbed his scalp. He felt himself relaxing under their expert touches.
"Alas, we will teach you how to share essence. We will teach you techniques to make your subordinates jelly in your hands."
Ethan looked at the white-haired beauty with deep blue eyes. They were going to kill him as well. He focused on Wendy and Lucy's screens. They had two skills each and a massive bar under them. Their progress to another skill was almost nothing, unlike the previous time. It was going to take weeks to fill that bar.
Wait, he thought, how do they level their skills?
"Alas, by using them. Regeneration will receive level-up points if used. That is why you see the zero point zero four in Wendy's bar. She mended her wrist after that man tore her muscles."
Ethan thought back to the noble asshole, and his skin warmed, and he clenched his fists, grinding his teeth. If he had known that he had torn her muscles, he would have ripped him limb from limb. A soft hand touched his cheek.
"Alas, calm down. You will get the chance to kill him. He will look for you and the girls. His pride as an asshole drives him to do so."
Ethan pulled Sophia closer, feeling her body against his. He kissed her with passion, and she responded hungrily. He broke the kiss, gazing into her eyes.
"Alas, I must go. We have a long day ahead of us. I must hunt those Catoblepas; they have the necessary resources."
Ethan listened as he lay in bed. The silence comforting this early in the morning. Wendy and Lucy lay hugging his sides. They were naked. They had shed their clothes during the transfer for some reason. His hands were soaked after they had spasmed and bucked. Wendy had shouted profanities in high elf near the end with lots of yes, please profanity. Lucy had begged him not to stop screaming his name. Ethan did not hear or experience half of it as he was in his mind with Sophia and the others. He could feel Wendy and Lucy stir. Ethan did not want to remove his hands from their flowers, so he pretended to sleep.
Wendy got out of bed. Ethan peeked and closed his eyes. Jip, she was naked.
"Squee, wait for me. I am coming with you."
They grabbed towels, wrapped them around them, and disappeared out the door. Ethan thought it strange that they did not greet him.
Half an hour later, they returned to the room. Bathed and clean, their hair was brushed. Wendy got on the bed and straddled him. She kissed his lips as she bent down. Lucy came from the side, holding her hair, and kissed him.
"Hail, you were amazing last night. I feel like a woman now."
Lucy did not say much about the night before, but her shy stares gave a good indication. Ethan went to bathe and do his ablutions. He had been expelling many impurities as he shared essence. Ethan wondered how the girls managed as it would stink to high heaven when they did their ablutions.
Ethan came downstairs, spotting Penny and Shaw, who gave him a thumb-up. Wendy and Lucy sat near the kitchen table, their morning breakfast table. Coffee with cream and sugar waited for him. Ethan had a sweet tooth, and he loved meat and bread.
Wendy and Lucy ate anything and as much of it as possible. Lucy took a strip of smoked meat, chewed slowly, moaning, and then swallowed and sipped her coffee.
"Squee, that tastes delicious. Strangely, this morning. The pain in my shoulder from carrying that shield was gone."
Ethan sat up straight, pinning her with a stare.
"Alas, you were in pain and said nothing. I thought we were friends, especially after last night."
"Squee, I didn't want to be a burden to you or Wendy. I do not want to be thrown away again."
Ethan could see tears welling up in her eyes, and one rolled down her light ping cheek. He hugged her, holding her head against his chest.
"Alas, I will never abandon you, Lucy."
Ethan could feel her shake as she sobbed into his beard. Sophia told him that Lucy might have had a release of tension that made her emotional and vulnerable. Lucy had a traumatic past and now needed tender love and care to work through her trauma. Wendy patted her back after walking around the table and sitting behind her.
Penny and Shaw kept their distance, not wanting to interfere. Ethan caressed her head, sometimes touching her ears. She moaned each time he touched them. Lude moans came from her after three minutes of his focus on her ears. Her sobbing had stopped.
"Hail, our ears are susceptible to a gentle touch like our flowers, so please only touch them when we are in our room."
Wendy and Lucy blushed red as she said this. Ethan put his hand down and held her hand.
"Alas, sorry, I did not know."
The walk to the portal went smoothly. The farmers waved at them as they worked their fields. The portal took them directly to the academy. Ethan saw a massive turd lying on the terrain before the portal. He picked it up with a piece of poster that he ripped from the portal wall. It was a poster about the training today. Ethan would throw it away and warn the counsel that a massive monster lurks in the academy.
Suddenly somebody grabbed the turd out of his hand as they ran past.
"What do we have here? Demi-humans should be slaves."
It was the noble who wanted Wendy and Lucy to be his slaves. He looked at his hand the turd ran through his fingers like toothpaste. He became nauseated, wanting to vomit, shaking his hand.
"An orc turd, what the hell. My hand will smell for weeks."
He vomited as he walked to the restrooms. Ethan felt better. The man had made a fool of himself. A man in an expensive robe walked up to them.
"I am Earl, the dean of the academy. That is George's turd. I have told him a million times not to shit on the grass. He moves heavy equipment for us."
The dean looked at the noble young man, vomiting as he made his way to the showers. He strolled towards the noble, swore under his breath, and sighed.
"This is going to be a fucking long day."
"This way, please."
A student waved them to a stall with people handing out pants, long skirts, blouses, and shirts to women. The clothing for students was white and black with the academy emblem.
A professor asked what class the students were in and divided them into groups. Wendy went to the rogue group, and Lucy joined the tank group. Ethan stood amongst the support class as an archer.
Elf girls surrounded him. They were given equipment and followed their professors into the forest around the academy. Ethan followed them into the forest, and five minutes later, they were standing in a clearing with targets.
The professor addressed the group.
"Show me your skill level, and then I will decide what training you need to increase your proficiency."