Chapter 42: Obtaining a new title
"Brother... what are you going to do with this elf girl?"
Liana asked, fidgeting a little in her seat.
"I've got some plans, so we're going to head east."
Perhaps she meant whether or not he wanted to eat this elf girl, but Rain chose to ignore it.
Liana cast a glance toward the newly risen sun, and her hand clenched restlessly for a while before she spoke in an insistent voice.
"I don't think you should go in there. I don't know how to describe it, but I can feel something… dangerous coming from there."
This time Rain couldn't resist raising his eyebrows.
'Did she manage to sense something?'
Rain could believe that she might have had a superior sense of smell to find him in that vast forest, but the fact that she could sense something dangerous from that place could not be explained by mere senses.
He himself wouldn't have known about this place if he hadn't used the Ticket of Opportunity on the hero and seen the place there.
'She never ceases to amaze me each time.'
Rain thought before rubbing the hair on the top of her head.
"You should have more faith in your big brother."
Perhaps before, Liana would have ignored his words and made sure he didn't go there, but after this night, she decided to listen to him and trust his strength. Just what he had done to her this night was enough to make her realize that her brother was no longer his old self. And though she had the urge to ask what had happened to him, she decided that if he saw fit, he would be sure to tell her.
But even so, her innate sense of danger wouldn't let her calm down.
"Can I… come with you?"
Liana already knew the answer, but she still wanted to ask.
Rain only shook his head.
She was undoubtedly strong and had useful abilities, which made Rain already think about taking her with him. But the place he planned to go couldn't be entered if there were more than two of you, and Aelorian was a necessary part of the plan.
Realizing this was a rejection, Liana grew sad, but soon regained her former mood when she remembered something.
She quickly used her storage ring and a second later something appeared in her hand.
It was a red ruby that seemed small even in her small palm, but the mysterious red glow it exuded made it impossible to underestimate.
Liana looked at it with slight nostalgia.
"It's a defense artifact our mom gave me for my 16th birthday."
Then she visibly brightened and held it out to him.
"While in the storage ring, it can protect its owner from any lethal attack, even if it's a full strength attack from the Ethereal Sage realm. I don't need it, so take it with you."
"No need, you can keep it."
Rain didn't hesitate to turn her down.
Even though he was trying to gain power as soon as possible, he was sure he could manage without it, so he preferred to leave it with her. After all, he had a system where he could buy anything with points, and he was sure his sister had already given him plenty of those very points.
Liana frowned slightly at his answer, but seeing her brother's serious face she realized that it was useless to convince him. However, a faint smile soon appeared on her lips.
Her tiny fingers pressed down on the ruby and a second later it easily split in half.
Liana laughed guiltily and looked down at her hand.
"Looks like there are two now."
'That girl...'
Rain looked at her with complicated feelings for a while, but still took it from her hands.
When it came into his hands, he felt how hard this ruby was that had been so easily split in half by her lovely fingers.
[Sazex's Ruby (shard)]
[Can protect the user from one lethal attack of the Harmony Weaver's realm peak or lower.]
'She was right, it's a marvelous item.'
Although its defense effect had dropped by one realm, it was still a very valuable item. Moreover, there were now two.
Rain shifted his gaze again to her smiling face.
"You know what kind of gratitude I expect."
With those words, she stretched her arms forward. With a slight smirk, Rain pulled her into his arms and caught her lips deftly.
*Chuuuuppp~*
There was no telling how long it lasted, but neither of them planned to stop. However, before their bodies warmed up again and they started another round, soiling themselves, they were interrupted by the roar of a monster in the distance, forcing them to finally pull away from each other.
"I love you, brother Rain."
Liana whispered and, casting one last glance with complicated emotion at the sleeping elf, quickly disappeared into the trees.
Not taking his eyes off the spot where his little sister had just disappeared for a while, Rain turned to his elven partner, who was still asleep.
However, Rain didn't go to wake her up, instead remaining sitting on the bed.
He already knew that doing what he had planned would not be easy, and after the warning from his sister he was even more convinced of that. So he decided to become as strong as possible.
Rain couldn't drastically increase his cultivation right now, as it would take time to stabilize it, which he didn't have. But he could still use a proven method and increase the development of his bloodline by absorbing the evolution elixir.
He had already drunk all the elixirs he had, so they had to be re-bought. Before doing so, he checked his steal points.
[Steal Points: 35,100]
The number of his points had increased noticeably since the last time he'd checked them.
"Hmm, did I get that much for my sister?"
Rain muttered in surprise.
Maybe he should have changed his specialty?
[Not all of the points were gained for Liana. Some of them were gained during sparring, when you fondled this elf girl's body while the hero was watching.]
Realizing that the hero had some of the credit for this, Rain thanked him in his heart, promising to give him more such unforgettable sights in the future.
Without further delay, he bought the elixir of evolution that still cost 1000 points and drank it.
Just like last time, the elixir began to slowly spread through his body, seemingly reaching every cell in his body and causing him to become stronger.
When it was over and Rain opened his eyes, the sun was only slightly above the horizon, leading him to realize that his body was gradually getting used to taking these elixirs and was beginning to absorb them faster. In consequence, he decided to buy and drink a couple more of them.
After a while, Rain opened his eyes, finally absorbing them. The first thing he did was open his status, which he hadn't looked at in a while.
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[Name: Rain Winderline]
[Age: 18]
[Titles: Alice's licking dog, Fallen prodigy, Family lover]
[Cultivation: Spiritual Adept]
[Talent: S]
[Bloodline: Eternal Sky Dragon - Level I (46%)]
[Steal Points: 32,100]
[29 days]
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This time, Rain noticed that in addition to his increased percentage of bloodline development, he had another surprise - a new title.
"Family lover?"
He wondered how the system determined it and what exactly he had been awarded it for, but he decided to leave that question for later. After all, he liked it much better than the first two titles.
Either way, Rain felt proud of himself. After all, this was the first title he'd ever received, not from the body's previous owner, but earned through his own labor.
"This is the beginning of my own story..."
With these words, he gazed at the horizon, as if he wanted to see there the great future that awaited him. Unfortunately, he only saw the sun rising high and, realizing that there was no more time, he got out of bed.
After stretching his limbs, he remembered to clean up the bed full of evidence of his and his sister's nightly activities and went to wake Aelorian.
As he got closer, Rain noticed that her long pointed ears twitched slightly as she slept. Wondering what she might be dreaming about, he shook her lightly by the shoulder.
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