Chapter 156: Quintessentia

“W-well, I’m a guy too, so… y-yes I did.”

“Hey! Stop being so red and embarrassed, it’s annoying…. (⊙_⊙)?wait!!, what did you say?”

“Y-yes, I-I did, with the nonas, they were very nice.”

’Wait, why did I hear nonas instead of oneesan? No! That’s not what’s important, what the hell did I just hear?’

“…..”

Chris couldn’t believe it, really, that dense lump, who is a shonen protagonist, really popped his cherry!?. To Chris, his surprise was immense.

He honestly thought William was a deviant, for pursuing only to an his alternate self, even when he discovered he was a man on the inside, ignoring the rest of his harem of beautiful girls.

He even doubted he would get it up, to the point where he was thinking about finding a man who dressed as a girl to seduce him. But apparently, that was not the case.

William, unlike his inherited memories, was surprisingly normal and could read the atmosphere. No one had fallen in love with him yet except for Silvia who hid it so well that even the one who knows it doubts it.

but he was sure William didn’t seem foolish enough to ignore the explicit love that some girls who did show clearly, like the girls they would meet when they graduated, who basically confessed it to him openly and William took it as friendship.

Chris sensed there was something wrong, although his alternative self, out of initial envy, didn’t bother to understand William in the slightest and went straight to trying to snatch his harem which failed miserably.

The only thing that came out of that was that his Alternative self was tied up to William by orders of the goddess of purity, getting him into more and more trouble, with the constant envy of William’s attention on him and William himself wooing her endlessly, eventually, wanting nothing more than to be as far away from him and his group as possible.

His alternate self was never interested in interacting, not wanting to be around William at all. Chris would say that, even though it’s only been a few months, he understands William better than his alternate self, who stood next to him for years, and that’s why he didn’t understand this horrible discrepancy.

Several possibilities that his alternate self might have missed came to his mind, like some future incident or something. He didn’t know, but he still wasn’t willing to approach with his true identity, not yet, as that might awaken something he didn’t yet know in William. He wouldn’t risk it, and it was unnecessary.

..

“Well, I see you all fulfilled the basic purpose of existence. I’m proud.”

Finally, when Chris was released from the shock, he praised them. He felt like a father taking his children to a brothel as a coming-of-age birthday present.

Chris was happy. Perhaps he inadvertently dealt with a problem from the ground up and would not become dense, at least not to the point of ignoring Silvia’s love, when I get her to become sincere. His priority was for Silvia not to explode along with him; conservation and other things could go to hell.

’This one’s for you, Silvia. Today, we won’

Chris hoped that now that William had discovered carnal pleasures, and more so with two buxom onnesans, he would finally start to at least take an interest in Silvia’s breasts… though he would try to take this event to his grave. Though with Silvia’s skill, I didn’t know how effective it would be.

With that in mind, all the men, and the one who wasn’t, walked happily on a Saturday morning through the streets of the capital, although the fact that the three idiots lost strength in their legs more than once is a separate issue.

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Present

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Plack

“Ugh, you win, Chris. I give up, I really can’t beat you.”

[Achieved: Quintessentia]

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Name: Seraphina Silvercrest

Race: Human

Rank: Intermediate Transformation

Gender: Female

Stats:

Strength: 181

Mana: 187

Agility: 172

Defense: 88

Vitality: 177

Skills:

Purification (Ω)

Morphogenesis (A)

Eyes of lust (A)

Dual synchrony (A)

Protection of lust (A)

Heiress (A)

Affinity with plants (A)

Affinity with darkness (A)

Affinity with light (A)

Affinity with runes (B)

Parallel thinking (B)

Resonance (B)

Pheromones (B)

Doppelgänger (B)

Affinity with lightning (B)

Fertility control (B)

Demonization (C)

Flexibility (C)

Heavy Weapons Mastery (C)

Affinity with spears (D)

Enchantment (E)

Corruption (F)

Affinity for light(ex) -sealed

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Legacy Weapon:

Spear of lust

Special Abilities:

-Shapeshifting

-Connection

-Replication

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“Good, everything is working properly.”

I looked at my status and sure enough, it turned into stat points. This was the gods’ method of strengthening their agents without using too much karma. They assign them missions and, depending on their complexity, they are rewarded with skills, items and, above all, Quintessentia.

The amount is not mentioned, and most do not know how much they earn; they only know that, the more difficult the quest, the more Quintessentia they get and the stronger they become. But I, who possess the legacy of lust, can see exactly my earnings.

Since this was a test quest, the Quintessentia turned into two points in each stat, but in more difficult quests, the amount of Quintessentia can increase, increasing my stats even more. It’s a perfect system that also gives the gods control over their agents.

From what I understand from my inherited memories, the Quintessentia is a derivative of divine energy, specially designed for mortals. So, although neither I nor my alternate self liked the idea very much, it was necessary to relate to that goddess.

Luckily, with her method, I now have all the benefits and almost no disadvantages of this divine patronage system. The only thing is that I can’t use “affinity to light (EX)” directly.

This is sealed, as it is not within my soul, but is temporarily under the control of Quetech, or rather, the legacy spear, of which a small portion became the vessel of said ability when it merged with the Arete.

That grants the spear all the benefits of light affinity (EX), despite being an object, making it the best staff for a light mage. Even though I can’t use the ability directly now, I ended up winning in every way.

Not to mention that, as I thought, real battles are the best for increasing stats. In those few days of fighting monsters, including confrontations with ’the Covenant of the Forsaken’, I made more progress than in any training.

There is no leveling system, but real fights stimulate the body much more than ordinary training. That’s something I know, and that’s why I wanted real battles.

Everything was going so well that I happily defeated William to receive my Quintessentia.

We were on the training field, where we used to train daily. Luckily, William, who had no reason to enter the temple, had stayed training all day in the fields.

On the way here I met Elena and Alice, who were leaving the temple, and I was able to transform back into Chris, who was supposed to be in his room, since he was someone blessed and didn’t need to go to the temple either.

Now I only needed to create the doppelgänger again before something important happened, and everything would be over.

Observing the surroundings, which a moment ago were silent, I saw how the students began to arrive with a fervor to train.

They probably had not received blessings, but most were prepared to get nothing, as they knew that only one in a thousand talents received blessings. Although this small continent used to have a higher rate, for some reason, many gods were aware of this place.

Also, they were all young, so they could still train for the next opportunity. That mentality drives this world.

’More than that… come to think of it, it’s in the afternoon. ’

Time passed differently in the divine realm of Aeloria, and the few minutes I felt talking to the goddess translated into hours outside.

The instructors probably saw me kneeling in front of the statue for hours, while the rest went from one to another seeking the attention of some god.

They said nothing, as that goddess is revered by my family, and it was not unusual for me to just seek her blessing.

Meanwhile, the rest of the members of my ’runic class’, which I originally swear I created only to flirt with Lys, gathered at some point and watched my combat with William, which I purposely prolonged to get an idea of his current level.

As I thought, he seems to have had even more prominent improvements than mine in the days of the test, even if he can’t beat me yet.

Come to think of it, I needed to know if those who received blessings would repeat in this life, if any would receive it early or perhaps change.

There was also the possibility that they would become agents early, as in the case of Alice, who told me about it when we were on our way, which does not surprise me. Even with my protection, I allowed the goddess to clearly see Alice’s strength, as well as her possible great destiny.

So the odds were great, and as I thought, I was right. Although that goddess was stingy, as is her past life, she gave her affinity to plants (EX), which overlapped with the existing one.

You could say it was more of an immediate rank upgrade. Luckily, that goddess knows shame and also gave her affinity to bows (B), which would increase her combat power substantially.

And improve her ’Emerald Art’ practice efficiency which would make her faster in gaining stats, as the arts are the basis for gaining stats for a warrior, as well as being used for combat.

Leaving aside Alice, who got the title of agent in advance, according to inherited memories, only the twins and Silvia received a blessing in this period.

I observed the others and looked for changes in their hair or eye color, as sometimes blessings and EX abilities alter these traits. For example, Alice, whose golden hair took on a ’Hair underdye’ style, where she retains her usual beautiful gold, but the insides are green.

It was striking so I had Elena hide it. Besides her, as I looked around everyone seemed normal, until my eyes fell on someone specific .

’Wait!, ಠಿ_ಠ!?… that’s definitely something obviously weird, right?’

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