NOVEL NEXT Chapter 166: My Water Affinity Talent is Back?
Aiden can see they are using the gas burner to boil the water used for the noodles they are going to eat; he didn't say anything because, with the amount of mana they have, they are capable of boiling the water. It needs a flame of a particular temperature for minutes to boil.
If they just used the intense heat of their mana in one go to try to heat the water, the only thing that would happen would be that there would be steam, not boiled water, and he doesn't think they have enough mana to maintain the spell that long.
He remembers he had awakened an FFF+ grade Fire affinity earlier, after having seen one of the ladies casting a spell during the fight; with that, he has also awakened an Earth affinity of the same grade, but he didn't think that would be useful for now.
'I can use the fire affinity to create a small flame which I could maintain for quite a bit of time, which would be enough to boil the water for the noodles.'
But he decided not to do this and let them continue boiling the water using tools, as boiling the water using his fire affinity looked lame to him. If he wanted to do something, he'd like it to look cool, at least.
'If I had water affinity, I could create hot water, which would be much cooler, as I'd be creating it out of nowhere.' However, the idea of just sitting in front of the water for minutes and concentrating on his spell to just make the water hot didn't appeal to him; instead, he'd prefer using the equipment they had.
'I only have one opportunity to copy talent left today, so I don't want to waste it on the E-rank water talent that one lady has here. I want something more useful.'
'I've already decided what I'm going to copy.'
He still remembers the weird emotional affinity that Daphne has; while its rank isn't the highest, he would still like to copy this talent first. But just as he's thinking about this, he remembers something important.
'Oh! How could I have forgotten? I just have to see her casting skill of her affinity, and I would also have the same Water Affinity without even using my copy ability.'
Aiden is excited to get the water affinity from her, so without waiting any longer, he searches the room to find her. Seeing the black-haired lady who is also helping prepare the food, Aiden directly calls her out.
Listening to his voice, she was confused, as she wasn't sure if he was calling her or not. Seeing the confused look on her face, Aiden called her name, as he mostly remembered everyone's names hereafter Ava had told him on the first day.
Alicia, seeing him call another lady from the group, is now glaring at him as if she has seen him doing something funny. This time, she isn't going to talk much and is ready to give him a little thunder spell that wouldn't hurt him much but would at least keep him in his right mind.
Aiden noticed his big sis glaring at him but didn't say anything to her, as this time he only wanted to see her cast her skill.
He could see her nervously asking him what reason the leader had called her, but he could also see the expectation in her eyes.
'Do these women really think I'm a playboy?'
After thinking for a few seconds, he came to realize that his earlier actions may have given them these ideas.
Aiden didn't make her wait any longer and, in a commanding tone, told her to use any of her skills, saying he wanted to see what kind of skills she had.
Hearing the leader's order, she didn't make him wait any longer and cast her first water affinity skill, Water Curtain. She intended to create a wall of water that could help her block attacks or even bullets, although what she could do with it was pretty weak.
She was a little embarrassed about showing something like that in front of him but was still going to show it to him, knowing she had to follow orders.
'If I had the necessary mana, I think I could easily do those things I really wanted with this spell.'
However, for now, she only cast a five-inch-thick wall of water around her, which covered only one side since she didn't have the mana to cover herself completely. The water was not still; it was constantly moving at a fast speed, which could easily deflect small projectiles or some attacks.
Aiden, seeing the skill she created, was pleased, as he could see that this spell could be pretty handy if used carefully.
But after a few seconds of maintaining the spell, the lady was huffing in front of him, as this spell had cost her almost all of her mana, which was just a little above 7.
'It's understandable, given she only has a CCC+ rank water affinity talent, that she has to use much more mana to do the same thing as someone with a higher rank talent.'
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[You have witnessed a water elemental spell Water Curtain (FFF+)]
[Your ability Origin of Element resonates with the Water Curtain spell]
[You have unlocked the Fire Affinity (FFF+) talent]
[Error]
[Error]
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When Aiden first saw the message appear in front of his eyes, he ignored it for the time being, as he was focused on the spell the lady was casting in front of him. But after seeing the error message, Aiden couldn't help but focus on the status screen once again. Without even looking at the lady in front of him, he ordered her to go back and rest.
She felt disappointed, as nothing exciting had happened to her even though the leader had called her and only told her to cast a spell and then told her to go back.
She stared at his handsome face for a couple of seconds, as she had never gotten the chance to see him that close, and then turned around and started to go while still huffing, as she was still feeling tired after casting the spell. She was going to rest as he ordered.
Ava and Isla, along with Alicia, who was glaring at him, were also looking intently as Aiden called another woman.
But after seeing that Aiden sent her away after watching the spell she cast, all three of them were relieved.
'Looks like I judged him too harshly. He isn't as much of a pervert as I thought. I must be careful not to judge too quickly; how can I call myself his wife if I don't have this much trust in him?'
All three of them were thinking something along these lines on their way, feeling a little guilty about how quickly they had judged him, while Aiden was completely focused on the transparent blue screen in front of him.
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[Error]
'What the heck is this error now? Have I misunderstood my ability, or is it something else?' He began to think what could have caused this error when a new message appeared in front of him, giving him a pleasant surprise.
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[It is detected that this body already has a sealed Water Affinity (A+) talent]
[Due to the influence of Origin of Element, the seal is broken]
[Water Affinity (FFF+) talent ranks up to Water Affinity (A+) talent]
[New Water Affinity (A+) Talent is now unlocked]
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