Chapter 44: Talentless Genius!
Inside a brightly lit room, flush with expensive decorations and upholstery.
A middle-aged bald man was lying on a large mattress, as large and fancy as the one seen inside the mistress’s bedroom.
In front of him was a small wooden bowl of assorted fruits, fresh and delicious-looking as he popped them into his mouth leisurely.
Two female maidservants on both sides of his mattress gently heaved a large fan-like contraption in a fanning manner.
Suddenly, a soft knock came from the outside, bringing the bald man from his thoughts, but he continued throwing round fruits into his mouth, while taking sips from the iron cup in his grasp.
"Enter"
He intoned, his attention leisurely centered in his action, as if already expecting whoever might be making their appearance.
The beautifully carved door was pushed open, as two maidservants walked inside, both their expressions relaxed and fond, as they both greeted in unison, bowing slightly...
"We greet lord chancellor."
Saying that, rather than wait for a directive, both maidservants moved as if accustomed to visiting the room, and from both sides of the mattress, they both climbed on, moving closer until either one of them was resting leisurely beside the bald man.....
The one on the right took over feeding him fruits with a warm smile on her face...
While the other one just rested on his chest. Their actions devoid of the usual existing boundaries between people with vast differences in status....clearly their relationship wasn’t ordinary.
Dongwhisper leisurely received the fruits from one of the twins, while he slowly caressed the soft, beautiful thighs of the other one resting on his chest...his expression more relaxed as he spoke...
"So...."
"What have you two discovered about him?.....what’s your first impression of this ’so-called’ healer?"
The twin doing the feeding immediately wore an unimpressed expression on her face as she gave her account....
"He seems totally average, and nothing special about him captures the eyes...."
"And he does seem quite naive.....like a lowborn pushover."
"I wonder what the mistress sees in someone like him."
"That is not yours to debate... Remember your place." Dongwhisper scolded the maidservant, who paused as if in repentance, before continuing.
"We planned to have him get drunk as you ordered, and then pry some information out of him about what transpired with the mistress.... "
"However, when we arrived back, he was passed out cold on the floor from the wine.... too weak to even remain conscious." she snorted derisively.
"After throwing him on his mattress to maintain appearance, we simply left him there, my lord.....he won’t be getting up anytime soon, I assume." she finished, continuing to hurl fruits into the chancellor’s mouth.
"Hmm...is that so.....and you found nothing else suspicious?"
"No, my lord."
"Alright. Still keep an eye on him for now, and play your roles as his maids to perfection so he trusts you, girls..."
"I have someone already investigating his background.....so soon, I will know exactly who this bastard is."
Dongwhisper remarked bitterly with a frown on his face, as his hand climbed between the silky smooth thighs of the other twin, reaching her warmth.....
"Mmh!!....lord chancellor..."
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Somewhere else, inside a decently sized room, Ben was lying on his mattress.
His assertion sounded wild even to him.....
He couldn’t imagine why the goddess would make such a system for him that rewards him based on the amount of suffering he endures during his sexual encounters.
But he certainly wouldn’t put it past her.
"I have to test this," Ben muttered aloud.
Seeing if his guess was correct wouldn’t be that hard an issue, since he could simply do what he does best, and this time painlessly... and from that see what the results would be.
But for once, Ben Dover was flush with points, and he was trigger-happy to spend some of it.
Willing his system status in his mind, a familiar display greeted his view...
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[Name: Hardwood Ben Dover]
[Realm: Mortal ]
[Penis Size: 6inch Hard]
[Sp: 374059 ]
[Shop]
[Inventory]
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Ben had gathered quite the number of sex points, but he was still a long way from purchasing yet another dick expansion pack.
But at the moment, that didn’t matter; what’s most important was carrying out his plans tailored to his ultimate goals and being strong enough to not be such a pushover for when next Luna shows up.
Ben didn’t really know what to feel about the young lady....other than she’s a danger he’ll need to be able to withstand and hopefully get even with.
There was the direct method of simply bumping up his realm step by step using the system and referencing a believable timeline according to the expected timeline of realm advancement in this world.
"But what if I am also a genius like those described in those scrolls?" Ben murmured thoughtfully.
Following a thought that had occurred to him earlier of trying to follow the patterns of meditating and advancing with natural power as those in this world do...
Ben was thinking maybe he also possessed some immense talent for channeling natural power, and he would be able to advance in realm quickly just like geniuses in those scrolls.
This will allow him to save much on points both in the present and in the future, and the worst that could happen was that he would cultivate slowly, but will still hopefully reduce the number of points he has to burn for each advancement.
With that in mind, following the guidance from the scrolls, Ben got into a meditative seating position on his mattress, as he allowed his mind and thoughts to calm, falling into a deep meditative state as he tried to sense the ever abundant natural power.
Roughly several hours later.....Ben slowly opened his eyes.
"What’s going on?" He murmured in confusion.
According to what he’s read, sensing natural power shouldn’t be this hard.
According to the scriptures, he should at least be getting some subtle indications by now, even if he was super talentless.
The real journey was accumulating, channelling, and transforming natural power.
But try as he may, he still couldn’t sense anything, just the lingering pain all over his body, which had lessened considerably since several hours had already passed.
In fact, it was already getting bright outside.
Ben had to commend himself; he had indeed put in a lot of effort, as is his nature; his mental fortitude and zeal for seeing things through can border on obsessive at times.
But this time, something tells Ben that even if he pushes further....nothing would still happen.
"Something’s wrong....or is that I am one of those talentless mortals with no hope to sense natural power ?"
"That also doesn’t make sense; I am a transmigrator after all."
Ben sat there in his meditative position, thinking of various reasons that could be hindering his ability to sense natural power....
However, just as he ransacked his thoughts, his system panel suddenly surfaced with an unexpected message...
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[Sigh..... Stop wasting your time.]
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"...."
"Elyndra ?!"
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