"Mmm~~Ian, w-what happened?"
Aurora yelped in surprise after feeling a sharp pain on her bum and mumbled a little incoherently.
All she remembered before was losing herself in Ian’s warm embrace and experiencing her first kiss—an experience that left her breathless and dazed.
Just when she was savoring the moment, a sudden wave of lethargy hit her, making her body feel strangely heavy and causing her to become half-conscious.
Then, after that, she didn’t know what happened. It was all a blur, as though she had been lost in a dream.
"What could have happened? Didn’t you almost faint while enjoying the kiss? Look, it’s all swollen because of you."
Ian replied with a smile while caressing her red lips with his finger, which were slightly puffed due to their earlier session.
"I have to say, girl, you are really good at kissing. Is this really your first kiss?"
Ian then smirked a little and asked Aurora with slight scrutiny while lapping his lips as if reminiscing.
Aurora seemed naive and shy on the outside, but when it came to kissing, she had almost overwhelmed him.
"Huh? N-No, it is... indeed my first k-kiss. Why are you even asking such things?"
Aurora was still muddle-headed and shy when she suddenly heard Ian’s supposedly serious query, causing her to come to her senses immediately.
Then, as if feeling aggrieved that Ian doubted her, her face became solemn, as though sadness was about to ooze from it.
"Tch... I’m praising your kissing skills. Can you be less serious?"
Ian rolled his eyes at her sudden look and flicked Aurora’s glabella with his finger in annoyance, causing her to flinch in pain.
"Ouch... okay, okay... I understand! But... can you please stop hitting me?"
Aurora rubbed the spot where Ian had just flicked her, appearing equally annoyed, causing Ian to chuckle a little.
"Haha... I can smack my girl whenever I want. What? Do you have a complaint?"
Ian said while lightly smacking her butt once again and dragging her into his arms with a smile, heading toward the kitchen.
He had already wasted a little too much time with her and might annoy Lyra, who was preparing that special dinner.
Moreover, from the movement he was feeling from the ship, it seemed Ron was already doing what he had ordered.
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"Tch... you’re bullying me."
Aurora mumbled a little in Ian’s arms, rubbing her glabella as Ian had flicked it a little hard.
But in Ian’s eyes, her moist emerald eyes glistening from the sudden pain, her pouting cheeks with perfect dimples at the sides, and her aggrieved expression were so cute that he wanted to grab her cheeks and play with them again—but he refrained from doing so.
Instead, he ordered the System to show the prompt he had ignored just after kissing Aurora in the hallway.
’System, show me the earlier prompt.’
’Swish!’
And just like always, the light blue panel appeared in his mind, followed by the prompt from the System.
[Ding!]
[Aurora’s favorability increased by 5 points.]
[Current Favorability: 90 (Lover)]
[Congratulations! You received an attribute reward from Aurora: Abyssal Resonance.]
[Abyssal Resonance: A passive ability that is only available in a VoidBorn Physique. Although this attribute is a downgraded version of the real one, it can still help you sense Abyssal Presences ahead of time.]
[Do you want to imprint the ability now?]
This time, the prompt wasn’t long and even seemed lackluster, but Ian’s attention wasn’t on the reward.
Instead, he keenly realized something from the text in front of him.
’A passive skill only a VoidBorn Physique has?’
This was something new, as he had never heard of such things from anyone before. Moreover, from its name, it seemed to have other significance beyond just sensing Abyssal Presences.
’Don’t imprint it now. Instead, show me her status.’
Ian didn’t receive the reward immediately as before but instead looked at Aurora in his arms, scanning her entirely with his mental power.
After she had become a First-Class Wizard Apprentice, he hadn’t had the time to analyze her again. So, now was just the time to see what had changed.
"Hmm?"
And, of course, Aurora felt Ian’s mental power scanning her, as he wasn’t hiding it in any way.
Although she was curious, seeing him so focused, she didn’t stop or even question—just silently followed him.
’If it’s important, he would tell me anyway,’ she thought.
Just when Ian finished using his mental power to scan Aurora and activated his analysis ability, a long, light blue screen suddenly appeared in his mind, filled with a volley of text.
[Name: Aurora Mistveil]
[Race: Human]
[Physique: VoidBorn – Null (semi-active)]
[Physique Passive Skills: Abyssal Adaptation, Abyssal Resonance (semi-active)]
[Class 1: Knight]
[Class 2: Wizard]
[Knight Realm: Grand Knight (Tier 1)]
[Wizard Realm: Wizard Apprentice (First Class)]
[Knight Scripture: Mistveil Knight Breathing Method]
[Meditation Scripture: Midnight Eclipse Meditation Method]
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[Codex: Misty Sword Technique (Excellence), Lotus Steps (Excellence), Shield Blossoms (Harmonization)]
[Luck Points: 500]
[Destiny: Female Lead]
[Contract/Pact: Soul Contract (Semi-active, temporary)]
[Inheritance Influence: Abyssal Seed]
[Note: The VoidBorn physique is difficult to activate and has specific requirements, one of which is the Abyssal Seed. Once the seed matures, she may fully activate her physique.]
’So, her physique has been dormant all along.’
The first thing Ian noticed after looking at her status was the semi-active state of her physique, which hadn’t been there before, along with the two passives.
However, seeing the condition for its full activation at last, Ian couldn’t help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
’A mature Abyssal Seed is needed just to activate her physique? Isn’t this too hard?’
’No wonder VoidBorns were abandoned.’
Ian thought, feeling that there was no way anyone with such a physique could activate it in their lifetime.
Even Aurora, after gaining a fragment of it from Ultherea, might not be able to.
’Hmm? Her luck also increased a little.’
Then, suddenly, Ian noticed that Aurora’s luck had also seemed to increase.
’A full hundred points, huh.’