School's Blessing

Chapter 20 - Invention

"Welcome to the training room, Agrona."

The luscious green room opened itself up as the smell of fresh grass invaded my nose. A sight to behold.

"Quite the room we have to work with. It shall do nicely." Looking back, the figure removed its cloak as it grew in size, large horns revealing themselves.

Tessia looked back and bowed in respect.

"A pleasure to meet you, High Sovereign." She lowered her head slightly.

"Please, Tessia. Call me Agrona, I owe you much for taking care of my daughter." He showed a warm smile as Tess lifted her head, Sylvie still in her arms.

With a silent nod, Agrona began to wander around the room as he inspected it, before pulling out the Tempus Warp and anchoring it to his location.

"The Warp is set, now I can return here at any time." He looked satisfied.

"Good to know. So, what's the first plan of action?" I asked curiously.

"For today, I'll be conducting an analysis on Sylvie in order to evaluate her current status." Tess and I nodded as Agrona and Sylvie sat themselves down.

"Tess, since we missed today's, do you want to take the time to integrate with your beast will?"

She gave me a hum in agreement before she sat herself down near the pond, her back facing towards me.

Placing my hands on the shoulder blades, I began to infuse mana into her in an attempt to help guide and accelerate the process. She let out a soft moan as I began, but quickly regained focus of her goal.

We spent the next few hours in silence as we drained both of our cores.

"Hah... hah... Ok, that's enough for today..." Tess panted as she leaned her back into me, exhausted from the process.

"Yeah, good job Tess." I gave her a soft kiss on the top of her head.

Looking over to Agrona, he now seemed to be playing with Sylvie, likely having finished their tests.

"How is she, Agrona?" I asked, somewhat nervous.

"Her health is in peak condition of course. But I've found something peculiar." He said, caressing Sylvie. "She has a seal on her being, which seems to have been placed by Sylvia. It hides her mana signature, and will take some tweaking to allow her to evolve further without revealing herself."

"So we still have to hide her from..." Tess spoke, concerned for her.

"From the Indraths, yes. We have to play on the safe side." I felt my mood drop slightly at the news. "But don't worry, we can still maintain her concealment AND train her."

I gave him an enthusiastic nod. Tess seemed to be as happy as ever, yet still tired.

"Let's return tomorrow at this same time. I'll be bringing artifacts for both you two and Sylvie."

"Alright. Come on Art, let's get some rest." She began to pull on my hand. I gave her a nod before turning back to Agrona.

"I'll see you tomorrow then, brother." I gave him a devious grin.

He waved us out of the room as a beam of light emerged from the centre of the room. Agrona stepped into it, before it began to dissipate.

Looking at the gunmetal-haired elf girl who was hung to my arm, her expression radiated excitement.

"You look happy. Does someone have a crush on the High Sovereign~?" I teased.

She looked at me with a deadpan look before punching me in the arm