CH334 Thera’s Perspective

As had become all too common, Thera awoke from the sounds above her, cracking open her eyes to see the numerous spirits filling her room as a cheer went up amongst them when they noticed her eyes flutter open.

“Princess!”

“The princess is up!”

“Hello again princess!”

Dozens of them, all speaking up at once to her left Thera wanting nothing more than to close her eyes again, even if she resisted the impulse as she held out her hand.

“Alright, I’m sure you all know this by now so one by one.”

The massive boost to her total mana and regeneration rate with awakening two skills meant she could use her spirit empowering more often without worry so she had no problem with doing it for them all, but the greeting was taking a mental toll. Gaining the title had been bad enough, but when the first group of them showed up afterwards, only to immediately call her that, she thought she was going to have a heart attack.

“Also, can you all please, please call me anything else?” She tried for what must have been the dozenth time, only to be greeted with the same confusion they displayed each time she asked.

“But what else would we call you?”

“Thera, earthkin, anything really?”

“Mmh, no.” They said with finality. “Princess is princess.”

I must be being punished for something.

Still, for as much as hearing it so much was eating at her psyche she wasn’t going to stop helping them when it was so easy for her, so like any other time they’d come she just did her best to push her skill, finishing up as fast as she could before moving on to the next mentally exhausting part of her day.

Ever since Sonya had been forced to drink those potions, the amount her aunt had been able to do at the clinic had skyrocketed with her increased mana, meaning that between the two of them, things had gotten significantly easier for the clinic as a whole.

Because of that, she didn’t need to go in as much as she’d originally been expecting to once she got back, and the days she did she was able to handle almost everything quickly so long as it was something she knew how to treat. She had the technical skill now, but there were still holes in her knowledge that occasionally meant she needed the guidance of others.

Still, all of the town healers had gotten significantly more free time as a result, meaning she had the leeway to wait at the guild to go out hunting again with Aso, even if the atmosphere made her regret not meeting the girl somewhere else.

Of all the other adventurers around, not many would meet her eyes, the majority of them looking away or else leaving the building altogether when she showed up. It was different from how things had used to be, back when her magic was so much worse and whatever fear she received was mixed with hate. She’d been steadily improving her image in town ever since then with the work she did, but now it seemed there was more fear of her than ever, only for a completely different reason. Everyone was aware of her current rank.

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