All Chapters of Lustbound: The System Of Temptation: Chapter 121
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Greg remained silent as he considered the healer's words. It only now occurred to Greg that, while he had been excited about becoming a mage, he hadn't really put much thought into what school of magic he wished to pursue. Faith magic had been out right from the start because Greg didn't want his power to be reliant on some outside entity. This was also the reason why the beast-taming and summoner school of magic also didn't speak to him all that much. But then, that left three other schools of magic on the table, The school of the elements, the school of body and mind, and the school of life and death. Greg didn't feel any innate desire to be an earth mage, at the same time, he didn't have any particular aversion to it. At present, it was just his best choice among many. The same was true for most of the other options that he had available to him. "Do I have to decide right now?" Greg asked when a few minutes had gone by and he still couldn't decide. The healer, who had gone quie
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There was a dualistic nature to the way the place had been set up. Half of the place seemed to have been designed for leisure and relaxation, the other side for serious study and research. To one side of the cave, there was a large bed that even at a glance seemed like one could sink into and forget all the troubles of the world. There was a thick, snow-white, fur carpet covering the floor on the leisure side of the cave. A rocking seat next to a fireplace carved into the wall that even now was burning. There were no logs in the pit instead, a runic sigil that produced bright orange flames was inscribed into the bottom of the hollow. The most eye-catching feature of the leisure side of the cave was a small pool full of clear water that was currently giving off a layer of steam. Greg didn't know whether this was a natural hot spring or something that the healer had designed herself. Still, he'd be lying if he said that he wasn't tempted to just sink into it and allow the soul fatigue t
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The healer looked between the two of them with a note of curiosity in her eyes. What she was thinking Greg couldn't tell. The healer, however, didn't let her gaze linger too long. Her expression became serious as she turned to Olivia. "I need your thoughts on this," the healer said indicating the sigil on the floor before them. The familiar's expression also lost the mischievous demeanor as she turned to look at the sigil. Greg looked to Olivia hoping that in watching her assess the sigil, he might get a clue as to how one went about it. Unfortunately, it wasn't that simple. After a minute of watching his familiar, all Greg picked up on was the change in emotions reflected in Olivia's expressions. At first, she was just casually regarding the sigil, then there was a slight pause, after which the familiar's expression became serious. Soon thereafter, there was surprise in her eyes. And going by the way her eyes kept growing wider, her gaze moving back and forth across the sigil even
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"If I may be allowed to be a bit immodest, a high magical affinity isn't the only reason I managed to become a seventh-tier mage. I've always had a mind sharper than most when it came to the field of magic. Even among my peers, few could rival me as far as knowledge and insight into the various fields of magic were concerned. When I am motivated to, there aren't that many subjects in the field of magic that I can't dig into. And trust me, I was more than motivated! I put all my mind and intellect to the question of how to get weaker vessels such as myself to bear more and more mana. Within two years of this, I gained enough insight, not only to be able to use almost any tier-one spell without worsening my condition, but I could also make small magical tools using materials that wouldn't have been able to bear any kind of magic under the present magical paradigm," She revealed. "Now, ten years later, while I can only cast up to tier three spells, I never stopped studying the effects
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"My research hit a snag," The healer spoke up after she'd given Greg enough time to contemplate the magnitude of what it was she was undertaking. "You have to understand, I was only working towards a cure for my damaged core and mana pathways. My obsession with regaining my power had given me tunnel vision. I had only one goal and never considered other ways that my work could be applied. This led to a lull in the progress I was making. For the past year or so, I didn't make any breakthroughs or discoveries in my research. I went through everything that I've done so far trying to see if I overlooked anything or if there were new avenues that I could obtain inspiration from. However, apart from a few minor points, there was nothing worth a deeper look. For a long while, I believed that I would have to wait until I was equal in power to a fourth-tier mage before I could progress. It wasn't until I agreed to take you on as my student of magic that a new dimension came into play," The hea
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The final unknown that I can think of at the moment is one of complexity. So far, the only living subjects I've worked with are small, relatively simple creatures like insects and rodents. Simple beings are much more easily affected by magic compared to human beings. The largest creature I've tried this process on is a wild cat and let's just say that the results weren't that pretty. Human beings are much more complex in their makeup and magical affinities. To think that the same process will work with them as did with mice is just plain folly. Things like the concentration of mana needed, the schedule on which to administer the mana, the clash or correspondence with the affinities of the target, and so on. All these things must be taken into account before we even dare to think of trying it on a person!" She laid out. "And all that is without even mentioning the fact that I don't even know if this sigil works, I finished just an hour or two before I came to meet with you and haven't
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Alena was about to speak when she sensed it. The boy was still standing in place looking flabbergasted, unaware that his own familiar was about to cast a spell on him. Alena couldn't exactly blame the boy, if not for the fact that this was her second time sensing this particular spell, she too wouldn't have been able to pick up on it. The first time Olivia cast this spell, Alena hadn't been able to pick up on it right up until the very last second. She couldn't even begin to imagine what level of control over mana the familiar had to have such that she didn't leak any mana when casting a spell. Even now, Despite her being aware that Olivia was casting a spell and having her senses on full alert, there was only a barely perceptible disturbance in the ambient mana. "Is there a new secret that you wish to hide from the boy?" Alena asked once Roka was frozen by Olivia's spell. "Secrets are a part of it," The familiar calmly admitted. "The other part, however, is for protection," She a
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Alena wasn't surprised by this. One would have to be a fool not to see the potential that this idea held. It was the kind of idea that could start bloody wars if ever revealed. Recklessly revealing it to the wrong party would indeed be a colossally idiotic move. Alena, however, was reasonably certain that she wasn't sentencing herself to death. "It would be naïve if I didn't think this through," Alena finally found her voice and responded. There were a few higher notes in her voice as she fought the urge to moan in the middle of her speech. Still, she managed to deliver the statement without making a complete fool of herself. Olivia's head tilted to the side, the being looking slightly amused at her response. "And, pray tell, what was the thought process behind this meeting?" Came the question. "A being as powerful as you are has no reason to make use of someone that isn't even a tier one mage. A mundane human doesn't have anything that you might want. And even if he did, you coul
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He felt like he was on fire. If not for the secret room in Greg's mind that kept the core of his mind safe from outside influence, Greg would have been really confused. To him, it would have seemed like one moment he was okay and in the next, he was on the verge of breaking down from an overload of lust. With the secret room in his mind, however, he had been conscious and aware all through the events that had taken place. Greg had been contemplating the vast lifespans of mages when he felt his whole body lock up and lose the ability to move as if he'd been subject to a petrifying spell. Given that this wasn't his first time experiencing this, he didn't panic. If anything, he was curious to find out what it was that Olivia wished to keep hidden from him. Heck, even when Olivia had cast the second spell and stated that it was for his protection, he hadn't been rattled, instead, his curiosity only grew. If Greg had been given a hundred chances to guess what would happen next, the thoug
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Coming to a stop before the boy, Alena sent her mana-sense forward to feel out the spell holding the boy in place ready to break it. Someone observing her face would have noticed the pause, followed by an expression of surprise followed by a look of fascination that crossed her features. She had been right, the spell wasn't complex. But just because it wasn't complex didn't mean that it was easy to break. If anything, Alena couldn't find any weak points for her to attack. Each part of the spell was so intricately tied to the rest in such a way that it both enhanced the other parts of the spell and protected the parts connected to it. Probing the spell for weaknesses was like trying to find out where a circle began. You'd just find yourself going round and round in circles. Of course, with her abilities restored to the third tier, Alena could easily use brute force to break the spell if she wished to. She, however, was disinclined to do so. As someone who was obsessed with magical know