Chapter 84: Washing In The Pond
Kalon stayed quiet for a moment, still feeling the new Earth affinity settled in his core.
Then he glanced toward the pond.
"We should clean up," he said, looking between them both. "We can’t return to the city like this..."
Josinia laughed, then nodded.
They both stood and walked into the shallow water together.
The cool pond washed over their muddy skin.
Kalon watched as the wet earth slid off Josinia’s glossy purple body. He reached out and ran his hands over her shoulders and down her arms, helping the mud come off.
His palms moved lower, over her soft breasts, wiping away the mess he had left on them.
Her nipples hardened again under the cool water and his slow touch.
Josinia did the same for him. Her hands slid over his chest and stomach, then lower, cleaning him with soft, lingering strokes.
She pressed up against his back at one point, her wet breasts flattening against him while her hands moved under the water.
From behind, she stroked the length of his cock clean of any leftover fluids.
Kalon winced.
Sensitive...
After a while, she stopped and turned her attention elsewhere.
They stayed like that for a while, washing each other slowly in the pond. The water was clear enough that Kalon could see every curve of her body as the last of the mud disappeared.
While his hands moved over her, Kalon focused inward.
He could feel the new Earth affinity clearly now, dense and steady. Next to it sat his Water affinity, calm and flowing.
Together with the Fire affinity he had carried for a while now, he almost held all four core elements.
All he was missing was Wind.
The awakening of Earth itself surprised him.
He had awakened the element without any quest. No system mission. No reward skill. It was just that the raw connection in the mud had been enough to pull it awake.
That was why nothing new had appeared alongside it, such as an SSS-rank skill.
He only had the affinity itself for now.
Josinia turned in his arms so she was facing him. Water dripped from her white hair and down her purple skin.
"What do we do from here?" she asked quietly.
Kalon rested his hands on her waist under the water.
He knew what she was asking.
Now that she had awakened her affinity, she saw that the potential he mentioned before wasn’t just empty words.
She truly had the chance of becoming someone powerful.
"Tomorrow we’ll work on strengthening your Earth affinity. We will also start moving toward awakening your next affinity too."
Josinia’s eyes widened.
"My next one? I have another?"
"Yes, you do. Three, to be exact. The four core elements."
She stared at him for a few seconds with a deep look of confusion on her face.
"How can you possibly know that? How can you see what’s inside me? Stuff that even I don’t know about..."
Kalon decided it was time to give her a bit more of the truth.
After all, he was seven stages deep with Josinia. He could trust her more than he could trust any woman.
"I have a physical trait called Arcane Sight," he began to explain. "It lets me see the affinities a person currently has, and every affinity they are capable of awakening in the future. That’s how I knew you were so close to Earth. And that’s how I know you still have more waiting."
Josinia was silent for several seconds. Then she slowly smiled.
"Four affinities..."
She whispered beneath her breath before continuing.
"Ever since I’ve met you, you’ve shown me so many things that I’ve never seen before... I’m so glad you came here."
Kalon flashed her a warm smile and placed a delicate kiss on her lips.
"I’m glad I came here too."
...
They finished cleaning off and stepped out of the pond.
After drying as best they could and pulling their clothes back on, Kalon knew it was time to go.
He had already spent many hours away. Not only that, but he felt his stamina depleting.
He kissed Josinia once more, longer this time.
"I’ll be back soon," he told her.
The purple-skinned alien nodded her head and smiled.
Then he focused and initiated the return sequence.
...
Kalon lay once more on the familiar rooftop under the night sky.
His body still carried the faint memory of mud, water, and Josinia’s warmth.
I really lost my virginity tonight...
Thank you, Sir System!
Unfortunately, he received no response.
With a sigh, Kalon looked up at the stars and prepared himself.
He still had one last planet to visit.
Cryos.
[Initiating Travel Sequence...]
[Adapting body to suit conditions...]
[...]
[You have arrived!]
[Welcome to Cryos!]
...
He appeared in a shadowed upper balcony overlooking a large assembly hall inside the Summoners Academy.
The air was sharp and cold.
Below him, rows of students and instructors filled the seats, one of whom was Sifa.
No one noticed him in the dark corner he had chosen.
At the front of the hall, a wide crystalline screen floated in the air. It displayed a long list of names under the title:
Annual Summoners Tournament – Begins in Two Days
Kalon scanned the list. Exactly one hundred names.
Each entry showed the summoner’s name and the name and rank of the summon they would use.
Near the middle of the list, he found what he was looking for.
Sifa – Kalon (Unknown Rank Summon)
She was entered, and she had registered him as her summon.
This surprised everyone in the hall.
Only graduates and prodigies entered the annual tournament.
First-year students like Sifa were usually far too weak to stand a chance.
Yet there she was, with a summon they had never heard of, whose rank was also unknown.
Kalon stayed hidden in the shadows, watching the assembly continue.
Instructors spoke about the rules and the ranking rewards, so he listened carefully and familiarized himself with it all.
In two days, he would compete in a battle royale with ninety-nine other beasts. Some of these beasts had ranks as high as A.
Once he had all the information he needed, he returned back to Earth to sleep.
Sifa was busy at that moment, so he wouldn’t get to spend any time with her.