Fortunately for Shurry, there was no need for the intervention of the others, and there was no curse placed upon him. Hathor almost passed out from relief, using the desk to help support her rear end. She held her finger and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Good, everything went well. Congratulations my son, you are officially level 10. How does it feel?"
Shurry stood up to his feet, slowly, it was as if he was attempting to control something ridiculous. Standing upright, he bent his elbows, angled his palms up, and practiced making a fist a few times. He closed his hand, and the air exploded… He opened his hand making a force of wind that shook the massive door nearly to the point of breaking.
"It feels like I made the right choice to practice holding back an intense power… I might have broken the whole mansion otherwise." He chuckled… "Also, I can feel something else… It's not magic, and it certainly isn't arcanum. Is it just some form of hyper concentrated magic?"
"If you use it we could tell you-"
Shurry created a ball of moonlight. The gods gulped inspecting the ball.
"Wow, that's pretty good. You've got some really dense magic here. A good thing too, because Pseudo Arcanum would also have developed those calamities."
"Really?! Hmm, interesting. Those things are perfect level up opportunities. A shame we can't just abuse such a golden opportunity."
"Pfft, to think you'd be thinking of calamities as if they were nothing more than fodder."
"Well, they've been fairly weak for a while now…"
Shurry chuckled, smiling at Astraea's comment. Then cracked his neck, and stretched his muscles a bit.
"By the way, Hestia has been coming every other day recently. She says there's something she needs to tell you."
"Hmm, it's probably a message from Maxim and the others, or maybe it's Albert? Either way as much as I would love to hear her out, I've been going non-stop for a couple weeks now… I could use a nice long nap. Swear that bed is calling my name louder, and louder with each passing second."
"Pfft, well son, I'm sure she won't mind waiting another day or two. If she starts complaining I just dump a bag of valis in her hands and tell her to come back later."
"So, she's the typical shut-in, hates going out, but loves money… Hmm, Mother, is it possible to get an accurate read on the situation in Orario? I can gather quite a bit just by focusing with my senses. But, reading minds is a bit difficult, and I don't think I want to know what people are thinking."
"Why? Too many fantasies of getting busy with you?"
"Yeah… I'm already struggling with the two I have now-" Hera glared daggers at Shurry. "Three… The three I have now. And Rose Fannett just declared her desire to mate with me as well, not that she needed to, that's one scent I can't miss, arousal…"
"Are you thinking about taking her to bed as well?"
"It's not my choice to make. On the one hand I don't want to take away from Ardee, but I'm reluctant to spread any discomfort as well. And on the other hand, I know, deep in my soul, Ardee is the one for me, no one could possibly change that. I love Ardee, and that's always guaranteed."
Shurry's words carried a powerful meaning underneath, he would always love Ardee, first, and foremost. If he had it his way, she'd be his one and only. However, the circumstances have made it nigh impossible for such a thing to truly happen.
"If I may… Might not be the best opinion, but in my eyes, it's best if you do take a handful."
Zeus said, this time, he wasn't joking or jeering. He was actually speaking with wisdom in his tone… One that was quickly contested by Hera.
"Oh, you, the mega perv, God of perv!"
"Heh, Grandma, I'm actually interested in hearing what Grandpa has to say. Besides, aren't you also responsible for making the situation worse for me already? I wasn't going to take Neze as my second wife, We were going to have a wild time, and then… It was after that, when Neze and Ardee ganged up on me about it. I was able to hold off any decisions, until… Alfia… That sealed the deal…"
Shurry explained, and Hera shut up, and jealousy drank her tea.
"You'd better treat her right."
"Well then, Shurry, your position in the city is so high, Goibniu, a god of craftsmanship, and one of the best of them too, personally hand carved a statue of you, to honor the feat you accomplished. It would be far too much to expect your woman to be of similar capability right now. And she might even suffer more scorn as your single lover, than if she shared you with others."
"So, it's to alleviate the pressure on Ardee? She said something similar the other day. I guess it would be alright then… I'll think about it a bit more. After my nap…"
"It must have been exhausting."
"You better believe it. If the guild wanted to purchase everything this time, I'd have made them go bankrupt about 50,000 times over."
Shurry yawned, grabbing his shirt, he didn't bother putting it on though.
"Wait, before you go, let me hide that for you."
"Can you hide my level this time too? I already get enough attention. And knowing how fast they are, the guild will be posting the level up notice as soon as it's ready. That kind of pressure wave only means one thing after all."
"Yeah, I'll help buy you a little time. Use it to figure out what you want to do from here on out."
"Train my allies for the revenge fight against the dragon… Because now it's personal, he fucked with my family… I simply can't forgive that…" Shurry paused as the memory of his big brother being cleaved in half... "Maybe Bell will be able to forgive them in my place? I don't know."
The way his mind was shifting topics… He was exhausted. He gave the gods a smile as he left the room…
Shurry walked through his familia home, it looked a bit different now that he was level 10, and had Champion written into his soul.
And sure enough, he went to his room, where his bed and women awaited him. They'd felt that pressure wave too, and decided to come welcome him home.
"Welcome home, Husband!" Ardee's cheerful demeanor magnified by her radiant glow.
"Welcome home, my Alpha." Neze's wild expressions matched the other side of Shurry's feelings.
"Wel… Just come to bed already." Alfia, the new addition said, still feeling awkward about everything, but blushed hard seeing that perfectly muscular body.
Shurry smiled, and prepared for bed, the proper way… Bare, to which, Alfia's expression changed slightly seeing everything Shurry had to offer.
"Alfia? You thought the three of us would be the only ones to sleep in the nude?"
"Uh, no… I'm just surprised."
"I was too when I saw that." Neze said, then smirked. "It really lets out the wild side." She snickered.
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