Zero to Hero (Prequel/prototype)

Chapter 47. Self Control

With his brows furrowed, Ken tried to sleep through the chit chatting happening around him but as the chattering grew louder, Ken opened his eyes begrudgingly.

"Morning Alice. Happy birthday!" Ken said as he turned to Alice.

"What's there to be happy about? I'm 18, still not married, and the guy I'm in love with sleeps with another girl every night. I think I am just following in my sister's footsteps." Alice replied full with spite.

"It's kinda your fault I am only sleeping with Cecilla. You have the money to remove the spell from everyone else but refused to do so out of pettiness." Ken countered.

"You have the money too! Are you sure you are too stingy to pay or you only want Cecilla? You weren't stingy at all giving money to a bunch of stupid kids. Haven't you mastered boost to break the stupid spell yourself yet? "

"Alice! School hasn't even been going on for a month yet! I am not like the genius, ok? I can't just learn something that's not taught until master level in a few weeks." Ken replied while looking at Genesis.

"Stop calling me that!" Genesis complained.

"Fine. You waste of talent!"

Grabbing a pillow, Genesis started playfully hitting Ken when he refused to stop calling her a genius.

"Genesis, if you could conjure freaking space magic after having some random imagination, you need to stop wasting your talent!" Ken said once again.

"Nope, I don't want to do anything except to be by your side." Genesis replied while hugging Ken as he got out of bed.

After the semester started, to prove to Ken that her imagination and fantasy with Ken is superior and that space magic is nothing compared to her ability to imagine. Genesis spent three days actually trying and to the surprise of everyone except herself, she somehow conjured the most basic space time, which simply distorted the color in a small area where her magic was active.

While the magic did little and was not all that useful, the fact that she was able to conjure space magic automatically got her into the master level classes and just like that, Genesis escaped any possible expulsion for 11 more years where she would need to reach divine level.

While to most, having this easily reached master level and able to conjure space magic would most definitely pushed them to try and achieve healing or teleport if only for the great wealth it would offer. Genesis stopped trying the moment her enrollment was confirmed as a master level student and went back to do nothing except hanging around Ken all day everyday.

"Ken! Let's make love!" Cecilla cuts into the conversation while trying to pull Ken back into bed.

With the appearance of Cecilla, Ken has now been staying in the private suite with her and obviously, the rest of the girls weren't going to leave them alone. Genesis, Lovetta and Alice have been staying in the same bedroom with Ken and Cecilla where they managed to pull two king size beds together for the five to share while the rest have settled in the other rooms in the same suite.

With no one staying in the room Alice was paying for, Ken asked her to cancel the room and give the money to him instead. She agreed to do so on the condition that he wasn't going to use the money to get the protection off the rest and to which Ken replied that he would only use his own skills to undo the spell.

"Ken. For my birthday wish, I do not want to see you inside her." Alice demanded.

"You can turn away while we make love!" Cecilla added, not deterred at all by Alice's request.

"Sorry Cecilla, as much as I enjoy having sex with you. I will have to pass today." Ken replied as Cecilla scowled.

As the group got ready, they headed out for the dining hall for breakfast on the Friday morning, ready for another day of school but already discussing about skipping classes and planning on where they want to eat for Alice's birthday.