"Arkhen, I want that," Sierra said with a smile as she pointed to a shop selling beautiful dresses.
"Haha, sure. How many do you want?" Arkhen led Sierra towards the shop with a happy smile.
"Silly. No need to splurge like that. We want to save more money so that when we have our child, we can send him or her to the academy and live a better life. It is hard for us commoners, but we can do it for our child," Sierra said with a sweet smile.
…
Sierra only bought two new dresses for herself and also told Arkhen to buy new clothes for himself. Afterward, both of them bought some high-quality ingredients to eat a feast for today and returned to their house in a countryside village.
Their house and farm were in one area.
After returning home, both of them went to bathe. Together, of course.
Arkhen first went inside as he sat in the wooden bathtub filled with hot water, and soon, Sierra entered with a towel wrapped around her body. Her usual white hair ponytail was not present as her hairs were open, making her look beautiful and mature.
After removing her towel, she went into the bathtub and sat down while leaning on Arkhen's chest.
"Sierra… I am glad you are in my life," Arkhen said as he laughed joyfully and gently massaged Sierra's shoulders.
On the farm, Sierra would also help him. Basically, both of them farmed together and lived happily here.
They were still young, just twenty-two years old. But living a fulfilled life.
"I am glad too," Sierra said with a cute blush as she turned around and faced Arkhen. Looking at his boner, Sierra chuckled and got closer as it touched her crotch. "It seems that you can't wait, eh?"
Arkhen cheekily smiled and wrapped her arms around Sierra before saying, "How can I wait when I have such a beautiful wife?"
Sierra blushed and kissed Arkhen. After kissing for a while, she held Arkhen's stiff dick and put it in her before they started having passionate sex in the bathtub.
…
After an hour, both of them came out refreshed and cooked dinner together.
The real Arkhen was watching everything and suddenly, the dream fast-forwarded six months as everything quickly moved in front of him like how Arkhen and Sierra lived daily, worked together on the farm, would visit their main village nearby every few days to meet their parents and other folks, and lived happily.
After six months, Arkhen and Sierra went to the town again with the usual caravan of other farmers to sell a part of their successful yield.
However, after selling them and getting gold coins, they encountered something… A carriage suddenly stopped in front of Sierra and Arkhen while they were walking on the main road back to the exit gates of the town.
A woman got off from a carriage. She wore a high-class wizard outfit consisting of a long pointy hat, cloak, and dark brown furry robe with silver patterns. She looked to be in her forties with tied black hair with a jade light green hairpin.
Arkhen and Sierra were startled and confused as they saw the high-class woman wizard approaching them.
"W-What can we do for you?" Arkhen asked with a slight stammer.
Sierra's arm was locked with Arkhen's arm as she also squeezed herself tightly to Arkhen in nervousness. The wizards were very powerful and intimidating, especially high-class wizards like the woman walking toward them.
"Relax. No need to be nervous," the woman said with a gentle smile. "My name is Elora."
Arkhen and Sierra nodded but were still a bit nervous.
"What does your excellency require from us?" Arkhen asked, trying to speak in a formal tone.
Elora chuckled and shook her head. She turned her gaze towards Sierra and said, "The lady here has some unusual magic readings. Have you checked if you awakened any affinity?"
"We both did, but none of us had any," Sierra answered.
"Oh, must be a late bloomer," Elora said with a wry smile.
"Wait, so Sierra awakened an affinity?" Arkhen asked with shining eyes.
"Not exactly awakened yet, but she might awaken if I give a little push," Elora said with a smile. "Come on, follow me."
"Sierra, let's go! You might be able to become a wizard," Arkhen said with excitement as he turned to Sierra. He was happy for Sierra because he knew that in the village, Sierra was always the most anticipated of her coming of age and wanted to become a wizard.
Everyone wanted to become one, but Sierra was particularly more expecting of that. She also trained hard for that compared to other kids. So, when she didn't awaken any affinity, she cried a lot.
Arkhen accompanied her all the time to make her cheerful, so he knew how much Sierra longed to become a Wizard.
"R-Really?" Sierra was slightly dazed.
"We'll know soon. Come with me," Elora said with a smile.
Arkhen and Sierra entered the carriage as they went deeper into this gigantic capital town, in the inner circle where only nobles and wizards were allowed to live. The inner circle was eighty square kilometers big!
Sierra was a bit excited, but she didn't bear any expectations. Even Arkhen was more excited than her and felt happy and proud. After all, his wife might become a powerful wizard!
How many even have a wizard wife?!
Soon, the carriage stopped in front of a beautiful big wooden house. The design and structure of the house screamed magic as it was built from wood and thick magic vines like a small tower.
It was a personal resident of Elora with two square kilometers of empty but green land around the tower house.
After entering the house, Elora took Arkhen and Sierra to a small hall with a magic circle carved in the middle.
Sierra stood in the middle as Elora told her to, and then Elora took out a white stone from her storage pouch.
"This stone is called Affinity Stone. If someone has slightly magic readings around them, this stone can help awaken them an affinity if they possess the potential to awaken one," Elora said. "If Sierra has the potential to awaken an affinity, this stone will help her awaken it."
After saying that, Elora infused mana in the stone to activate it and put it in Sierra's hand, "Hold on to this and focus. See if you can feel something with your eyes closed. If you managed to grasp something, then hold on to it."
Sierra nodded and closed her eyes.
After a while, Sierra indeed felt and even saw something with her eyes closed.
A faint spark of icy blue appeared in her mind. Remembering Elora's words, she quickly tried to focus and grasp that feeling and those sparks.
She felt a bit cold but also comfortable as a sense of power filled her, along with something new that she never felt before.
'Is this mana?' Sierra thought as she felt something entering her body. But she somehow felt that she needed focus as it was not over yet.
Soon, a bunch of black sparks also appeared, but when she tried to focus on them, they disappeared!
It was only for a brief moment, and Sierra felt it must be her imagination since everything was black aside from the icy blue sparks in the first place. As such, her focus returned to the icy blue sparks.
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