Chapter 109: Decency

Rod was a decent person.

He had never been the type to call out someone's private matters to their face.

Although he felt that using a whip in such a situation was a little odd, our ranger was already the worldly sort.

Elven restraint often led to certain small problems in their thoughts and proclivities.

Respect.

Rod retreated to a spot two hundred meters away.

He picked up a small pebble and tossed it from a distance.

Tap—

A few seconds after the pebble made its sound.

The magic treehouse burst open with a snap; the elf, forehead beaded with dense sweat, scowled and nervously looked left and right.

Until she saw Rod waving at her from far away.

Although she had warned him before, this distance was really a bit much.

As if she had figured something out, her body stiffened for a moment.

Guilty conscience flaring, Lady Kali immediately recognized the classic "no three hundred taels of silver buried here" act on the other side!

It must be because her research pressure had been too great lately—she had actually forgotten again to set up soundproofing and intruder-warning formations!!!

And the dignified, proud female elf had always outwardly despised such things.

Now that she'd been caught, she was so mortified inside she wanted to kill someone.

"Lady Kali, haha, it's nothing, I just wanted to ask again about the gravity spell—wow, look, there are so many bugs in Lin Zi, the chirping makes it so you can't hear anything."

The elf's face darkened.

The tips of her slender ears flushed a faint pink, and her hands clenched into tight fists.

Realizing he had misspoken, Rod hurriedly tried to patch things up:

"No, I mean, even if some sound was made, at this distance, no one would hear it."

Whether on purpose or not, the more he tried to explain, the worse he made it.

Without a word, Lady Kali hurled an ice spike.

With a sharp crack.

It was blocked by Rod's 【Lightless Seal】.

"Fine, sorry, but I'm sure I was already a hundred meters away at the time."

"Shut up!"

A glow of magic gathered in the elf's hands; several thick vines burst from the ground and wrapped Rod tightly.

And as they gradually tightened, the spherical shield of 【Lightless Seal】 began to crack.

"Forget it all!"

"It's actually a perfectly normal thing, look, every night Tally and I—"

"Don't lump me in with you perverts!"

The vines suddenly squeezed hard, shattering the spherical shield, but were themselves blown apart by the detonating Lightless barrier.

Although Rod had tried to control it, he still blasted the bark clean off a few nearby trees.

His face was full of heartache.

He remembered these trees—they had gotten a bug disease before, and he had saved them by applying medicine every day.

"Don't fight in the woods!"

Lady Kali paused, and did not cast the next spell.

Her face was dark.

"Forget everything."

"Forget what? I don't know anything." Only when he saw she wouldn't attack again did Rod breathe a sigh of relief.

He didn't want to keep harping on a girl's little secret either.

Hearing this, the elf gave a cold snort.

She turned and left.

Rod had not forgotten the purpose of this trip.

He hurriedly called her back and voiced his questions about the gravity spell.

"Should I say you're thick-skinned or what? Human, at a time like this you still—"

"What time like this? What happened?"

"."

Lady Kali took a deep breath.

After calming down, she said:

"Take out the gravity stone, I'll teach you how to imitate it."

"Uh, I accidentally crushed it."

". Human, do you know how expensive a gravity stone is?"

"Sorry. I'll pay you back."

Fortunately, the elf wasn't the type to fuss too much over money.

She sighed and began to indulge her habit of enjoying teaching.

Lotus-white arms folded across her chest, the skin-tight green-and-white bodysuit perfectly outlining her figure.

Her well-proportioned yet not-small chest drooped slightly under gravity, the tight garment revealing every detail except the very tips.

Her golden hair was tied into a long ponytail behind her head, swinging through the air.

After a brief moment of thought.

"I don't have any extra gravity stones, but I can cast a gravity field to let you Mimic the Weight. Come here."

Lady Kali stretched her arm out level and opened her palm.

She let Rod place his hand on the back of hers.

As he drew closer to her body.

Rod caught the girl's fragrance and a faint trace of blood.

On her snow-white nape, a thin line of blood flickered in and out of sight.

Purple spirit began to flicker.

The familiar sensation of gravity transmitted from her hand.

"Don't get distracted. Feel the details of my casting."

"Although spirit and mana differ slightly, the operational pathways for a gravity spell are no different—just like the cumbersome casting steps of the old era, it's merely a matter of efficiency."

"A gravity field doesn't require much talent; the key lies in mimicking. Many people are born with perception problems and can never use it their whole lives. Don't move! Run your spirit along my mana in a circuit! I'll guide you personally!"

"Not there! Idiot!"

"Once more! Remember, follow my mana!"

As the lesson deepened.

Rod simply stood behind Lady Kali, his right hand pressed against the back of her right hand.

The two of them gradually pressed together, that was all.

After roughly half an hour of this mimicking, Rod successfully Mimic the Weight a gravity field.

A small patch of space before him produced layer upon layer of pressure under the gravity field's effect.

"So that's how it is."

"As long as you mimic it, the gravity field isn't the hard part—you learn too slowly! Once more. Wait, your sword hilt is poking me!"

"Uh—"

Rod stepped back half a pace.

Not my fault.

The elf's rear was quite perky, and she, absorbed in teaching, kept accidentally bumping into Rod.

Noticing Rod's movement, Lady Kali instantly stiffened.

By now, how could she still not know?

She raised a hand and threw an elbow back.

"Are you asking for death?"

Rod had only just opened his mouth to speak.

A sound came from not far away beside them.

Someone was there.

He turned his head and happened to see the witch Dimia, whose concealment spell was just now failing.

Oh? This spell slipped past my perception?

It had to be said, in the realm of perception, the gap between spirit warriors and mages was indeed rather large.

"Dimia."

"Good afternoon, you two."

She was still wearing a dark, high-slit gown; her delicate, snow-white skin carried a pink flush, and the strapless gown left the upper hemisphere of her ample bosom largely exposed, while the wide brim of her hat kept the sunlight from touching her at all.

The tips of her golden hair were playfully dyed pink, gathered into a large braid that fell over her slim waist and perky rear.

She gracefully offered the two of them a curtsy.

Unfortunately, the wide brim of her hat also blocked her décolletage.

"How long have you been here?"

"Not long, since the moment you two started holding hands."

"Wasn't that already half an hour ago? Besides, we were practicing spells."

Lady Kali explained in her defense.

"Of course, of course." Dimia smiled.

"."

She turned to Rod, her smiling face growing serious.

"Thank you for your earlier rescue, Mr. Rod. The moment my injuries healed, I came to the forest to find you, but unfortunately I heard you had gone out."

Rod waved his hand, indicating it was nothing.

"Although you are my savior, I still want to remind you—being a philanderer is not a good thing."

"Daphne thinks of you almost every day, you've also taken in a succubus, and now if you go after an elf Young Lady as well…"

Lady Kali said with a sour face:

"I'll say it one more time! We were practicing spells!"

(End of this chapter)