Chapter 791
To his two students’ misfortune, Ben’s impatience only grew the next day as their circlets were modified, not only splitting their thoughts like they’d been originally designed to but now speeding up their thoughts as well, letting them cast all forms of magic they were training in even faster to squeeze even more out of the day.
Of course, his favouritism was still clear in how he did it, Thera’s time only doubling while Jake’s quadrupled, with the other man acting like his day had grown far longer than a mere four times, giving the impression that he’d instead been given a death sentence.
A reaction Ben happily ignored, keeping his eye on the prize instead and on that day getting his first result, even if it wasn’t the one he really needed.
“I got my level!” Thera cheered, ripping the circlet from her head the second she had it in pure zeal. “Sorry Jake, looks like you’re on your own now!”
The comment got her a look of pure betrayal that she didn’t so much as glance at, even as Ben gave his own reaction, gently clearing his throat in a way that brought her back to reality.
“So then, what did you think of enchanting and bestowing?” He asked her.
“Honestly, fine but not really my thing. Still, it’s nice to see that I’ve gone from destroying any enchantment I touch to being able to make them and I’ll admit that finishing something up could be a little satisfying but I don’t think you’ll be seeing me doing it in my spare time.”
“Ha, well just saying, by virtue of the fact that you’ve got your awakened magic and you’ve been taught my personal enchanting system, you can now probably count yourself among the best enchanters on the planet. Something to consider if you ever want to retire from adventuring and or show off somewhere.”
“Ben, look at me, there’s already plenty I can show off if I want to.”