CH240 Thera’s Perpective

As she woke up the next day, Thera couldn’t help but be excited for whatever it had in store. The city was filled with all sorts of sights after all, and since Ben had decided to keep a limit on how much time he put towards examining the trial, that meant they’d have plenty of time to explore the city together, seeing shows and historic sites, trying food and learning about the various cultures with a strong presence in the city, it would be like a real vacation, at least until his competition started.

They were usually both pretty busy throughout most of the week. With him constantly at the shop training under her uncle and herself, no longer just practicing her earth magic but devoting plenty of days to work at the clinic, they typically just had evenings and their two hunting days together each week, the fact that they’d be able to just relax and have fun together left her smiling from ear to ear as she got up and dressed before heading over to his room and seeing a note stuck to the door addressed to both her and her uncle.

“How is he always getting drawn into all of this?” she asked herself with a shake of her head as she read it over. They’d only been in town for two days and he already had trouble with another god.

Well, I guess I should have expected as much. He is an apostle and this is allfaith after all, he was bound to be roped into something.

She felt a little disappointed that she wouldn’t be able to monopolize his time the way she’d hoped, but if it was for his god then she understood well enough, and at the very least he was thoughtful about it. She went into his room and ate the breakfast he’d prepared earlier for her before leaving through the gate, once again ending up at her homeland far sooner than she’d expected.

As she made it to her family home she found the same work area that Ben had been using the last time. It seemed that her family hadn’t bothered taking it apart, instead leaving it in case he returned any time soon, a judgment that had paid off quickly enough as she heard both Ben and her father chatting away within, with her dad breaking out into a powerful laugh before she revealed herself.

“Haha, wonderful, you really are more than Pelenia or I could have ever hoped for,” Abrus said with cheer. “When we’d heard just what happened to Thera during your quest together my wife applied a lot of pressure to them as a consequence, but if we’d know you’d gone so far as to almost kill their demigod and left a weapon prepared to go off at the doorstep of their church then maybe she wouldn’t have felt the need to put them so thoroughly in their place. No wonder you needed to buy some more magic materials from us.”

It wasn’t hard to work out what her father was talking about, it just left her to wonder what sort of pressure her mother saw fit to apply as their conversation went on.

“Well, I was going to need to buy some from you eventually anyway Abrus, I can’t stretch my mythril and mana crystals forever.”

“Of course, we don’t mind selling them to you at a good price since you don’t need too much so stop by whenever you’re out. Honestly, with the way we keep making braces it might just be easier to pay you in materials,” Her dad mused before switching back to the previous topic. “But really Ben, my wife and I couldn’t be happier to know Thera has someone by her side who’d go so far to look out for her. You sure you don’t want to marry her? We could hold a ceremony immediately, make things good and official.”

Oh my god dad do you bring this up whenever I’m not around?

She couldn’t help but cringe hearing the question and almost walked in then and there, only to stop herself before she touched the door handle. Her mind flashed to the same things she’d heard Ben say during the guild quest and she found herself overwhelmingly curious about what he would say to it when he didn’t think she was around to hear it.

“Look Abrus, your daughter is one of the most important people to me in this world,” Ben said with a sigh. “And she’s been extra clear she doesn’t want anything like that out of life.”

She felt a smile break out on her face hearing that again. I’m important to him. It just felt good to hear any time he said it.

“Well, maybe Thera will change her mind on that, isn’t that right honey?” Her father called out, making it clear he knew she was there as she tried to push away her cheerful expression as she walked in.

“Dad, don’t you have anything better to do than bother Ben about this?” She asked in the face of his smug grin. “Why do you and mom have to bring this up each time we’re here?”

“Oh, I’m just trying to get a feel for things is all,” He told her with a laugh. “Don’t blame me too much for wanting to see my daughter happy, and your mom still wants to see the faces of her grandchildren one day.”

“Not happening.”

“Ha, we’ll see. Make sure to stop in before you both head out, your mom and aunt would both love to see you while you’re here.”

With that he stepped out, leaving the two of them alone.

“Sorry they’re always like this. Maybe one day they’ll actually mellow out a bit,” Though I doubt it.

“No problem, I like how lively it is with your family.”

“I’d say too lively. Anyway, what’s up? What did you end up getting involved in that was so urgent?”

As she looked around the room she could see boxes and boxes of three types of items. The first being a few small statues of Myriad, the second being necklaces with a cube dangling from them, and finally there were some filled with long nails, their purpose she couldn’t begin to imagine.

Ben could only give a small, awkward chuckle as he explained just what he’d gotten both him and his god into in greater detail than the note had, leaving Thera to put her head in her hands by the end of it.

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“You’re an idiot,” She told him bluntly, doing her best to keep from laughing at how ridiculous it was.

“Hey, it’s not my fault,” He said in his defense, only to immediately back down. “I mean, okay maybe it is my fault, but neither Myriad nor Helori knew I could accept without his consent, and on top of that I thought I’d finally be able to get a magic to use myself, how could I resist?”

“Why do you even want one?” She couldn’t help but ask. She knew it was something he desired at least a little that was out of his reach because of his low affinities and the difficulty of learning a non-affinity magic, but as much as she personally enjoyed it she didn’t see the appeal for him. “The things you can make are already incredible after all, seems like training up a magic would be a waste of time for you.”