CH485

“Ben, help me out,” Pelenia asked with a pout. “Use that clever brain of yours to figure out how to help me awaken a skill too.”

Luck hadn’t been on the queen’s side when she got her blessing, it hadn’t given her the one level she needed to her charm to be able to awaken it and the moment they all stopped focusing on Thera she turned to him as they made their way back.

“Mom, you can’t just expect him to be able to come up with some crazy way to strengthen yourself on the spot,” Her daughter told her, in far too great of a mood to be brought down by her parent’s childish attitude.

“Why not? I know he awakened a bunch of people with a physical magic, I’m sure he can help little old me if he just gives it some thought.”

“You’re not going to age that much more than Aunty Sonya.”

“I will eventually! I don’t want to stand for it. Give it three or four decades and she’ll be unbearably smug.”

It looked like Thera was going to say more, but he stepped in before she could. “I mean, it’s not like I have no idea.”

“What?”

He got shocked reactions all around. Even Pelenia hadn’t really been expecting an answer, but hearing there could be one filled her eyes with greed, at least until he went on.

“Of course, the gods are definitely going to act if I tell you how and it would close the door for any future children you might have from using this little cheat but it’s up to you. If you want I’ll get things set up.”

“…Now hypothetically, if I do have another child and we do this at the same time, would that work?”

“It would, it would just take some prep.”

“Hmm, in that case, I can wait a decade. Which means I really do need Abrus finishing up with that old ape soon.”

Thera must be in a great mood if she’s not going to comment on that.

<And I’d really like to know just what you’re talking about.> His god said now that Ben was no longer separated by the trial. <You said as much earlier, didn’t you?>

I’ll tell you as long as you promise not to tell the other gods. I can’t go having my master plan be foiled by any asses deciding they want to change the rules since they’d been outsmarted.

<Please, I haven’t outed you for worse, I’m not going to out you for being clever. Now come on.>

Fine, it’s simple really. In fact, after what I just saw it could be a hell of a lot simpler. Pelenia has life magic and any future child she might have is going to have charm, which means they’d be able to get dark. Have the mom go into the life tower with a party of four life spirits and the kid go into the dark with dark spirits and then they can not only be carried to the top, but claim all of the levels and blessings since spirits don’t need them. Easy peasy, right?

<…Well, you’re definitely right about the idea that some other gods would try and put a stop to that. I don’t think any would consider it since even the great dark spirit joining you was an outlier, but there is a chance something might come up.>

This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.

If they do then I’m one hundred percent going to accuse the gods of blatant racial discrimination. You think the great spirits will stand for that after what happened in Allfaith?

<And you really do have a disgusting affinity for figuring out how to stir up some chaos. Either way, I won’t say anything so I guess we’ll just have to see if you all live long enough to put it into practice.>

Ha, as long as the world doesn’t end then I’m one hundred percent getting my way here even if anyone upstairs tries to stop it. You’ve seen Abrus, do you really believe he’d allow the gods to change the rules in a way that would screw over his wife and child in particular? It would be a bloodbath.