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Ben went to open the door as it was knocked on, thinking he had known who it was going to be but getting the surprise of everyone who came with her.

“Big crowd, huh?”

“The day ended up a bit busier than expected,” Thera told him as she and the others came in. She seemed worn out but in better spirits than when he’d left her which was a positive as far as he was concerned.

“Yeah? Tell me about it.”

She opened her mouth to speak, but Aso got to it first.

“We watched Thera kill a man!”

“Did she? Huh, good for her.”

“I didn’t kill anyone!”

“That’s right,” He teased, seeing that she was in a good enough place that she’d be able to handle it. “We’ve all got our stories straight, the lot of you have been here with me since this morning. You couldn’t have possibly done it.”

He got a few laughs for his comment while Thera lightly punched his arm.

“Nobody’s dead, the guy is just going to find himself in another town later but at worst he’ll be inconvenienced.”

“I mean, if you hit him hard enough that he was knocked to a different town…”

“He’s being carried there, it’s fine!”

She felt herself begin to blush under the pressure and rushed to explain most of what happened since he’d left in the morning, from Aso and Sachel paying her a visit to learning just how word had spread about her titles and family connection, ending on being confronted by the guy who had done it and dealing with his proclamation.

Definitely motivation for my current project.

I can when the guy knows she’s seeing someone but does it anyway. Don’t worry, it’s fine. I’m not a psycho.

<Doubt.>

Keeping those thoughts to himself, he instead went to place a comforting hand on Thera’s arm, giving voice to a different thought.

“You know, it is okay if you ever feel like killing someone though, I won’t hold it against you.”

“Haha, no need to be jealous, Ben,” Sonya told him, openly enjoying the show. “Thera went into a fair bit of detail about how important you are to her while turning him down.”

“Interesting, interesting. You guys said you came for cards and a few video games? They’re free if you tell me exactly what she said.”

Sachel began opening her mouth but Thera had her card out before she could speak. “I’ll buy, they’re my treat so nobody say a word.”

The girls kept silent, having had their fun and leaving him curious yet defeated. “Fine, fine, keep your secrets. And it’s not like anything I’m going to be making is going to be super difficult so don’t worry about paying, I’ll be done in a second.”

With that he held out his hands, one placed atop the other to be dramatic as the girls looked curiously before he opened it, materializing his mana as he did to create two decks of cards and a small book containing the rules for all of the games he could remember, getting the shocked expressions he’d been hoping for from that little bit of extra flair.

Well, not so much from Thera and Sonya but they already knew I could do this. The reactions from the other two were pretty worthwhile though.

Aso looked largely entertained, not knowing he could materialize his mana which made it seem more like an impressive bit of sleight-of-hand that he was way too prepared for, while Sachel was struggling between that same thought and wondering if he’d materialized it. The fact that he’d helped her make a seed meant that he could, but the degrees at which he was demonstrating the ability were beyond staggering if that really was the case here too.

Ben was happy to leave her guessing as he reached out to take just a bit of Thera’s supply to refill his reserve before immediately using it again, putting his hands behind his back for a second before pulling them out with two diamond sheets he was already enchanting on and handed them over with the requested games placed down.

“So is this what you’ve been doing all day? Practicing to go on tour with Greed if you ever get the chance?” Thera asked.

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