Book 3: Chapter 63: Scorched and Updated Skill Sheet
Lone sat on his and Sofia's bed - the only remaining piece of furniture in their home of the past two months - with Soph on his lap and Kyuubi wrapped around the both of them. "Fingers crossed it doesn't overwhelm you like it being taken away did, huh?"
They were currently waiting for her magic to be returned to her which was scheduled to occur in about a minute or two. It had been a busy two months. It was a very peaceful period, no doubt large in part due to Sofia's incredible Luck stat.
Still, neither of them had wasted that time. It was the most focused period of training either of them had committed to and the gains for both of them were substantial. The closest thing that Lone had experienced was his first time in Krieg Moor's prison where he had kept a journal of his training efforts and thoughts.
"When are you gonna make your wish, by the way?" Lone asked as he pressed his chin into Soph's soft head of bright-blonde hair.
"You let me win. It isn't fair," she replied, pressing her back into his chest.
"That's not true. It's just more restrictive in this little underground house than it would be anywhere else. It not my fault I got my 20th beginner skill to intermediate rank the day after you earned your new subskill Limb Adjustment," Lone said. "Resistances are easy for me to power level, but more involved skills that require, well, skill, you know it take me time. I'm due you a wish, whether you like it or not. Unless you want to tell me what your magical affinites are...?"
"Nope! I need to work on making my barriers smaller now and learning Internal Strengthening Arts, you know that," Soph said with a short giggle, much of her prior tension having disappeared entirely. "No time for distractions right now."
"You're right," Lone laughed. "Oh, that's really something. I can feel it despite not being able to sense mana."
A flood of power was coursing through Soph at this very moment as her Minor Time Control released its hold on her mana organs.