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“Hmm, you know, it’s kind of a waste to leave Jake’s body there doing nothing. Alright, I’m feeling generous. Is there any attribute you guys think he needs to train more?”

“Agility,” Amy told him without needing to think. “He’s terrible at it since he just teleports everywhere. Why, don’t tell me you have some easy way to raise attributes now too?”

“Well, technically yes, but modifying souls is still in the testing phase. Nearing its end though so I might be able to start it on a larger scale soon-”

“I’m sorry, modifying what?” Yuzu asked, broken from her conflict over the spell she’d been given by the new ridiculous thing Ben was saying in front of her.

“Souls, it’s a whole thing but not what I’m doing. Jake should be under plenty of bonuses thanks to his buffs, I’m just going to keep this from being a complete waste of a day.”

He was already casting with Jake’s mana to make a growing pile of void and deathstone and teaching in a way that was sure to give more than a few points of intelligence but training agility would need something else, with Ben spending some of his infinite mana to materialize what was in essence a treadmill.

It was powered through the enchantments and magic materials that made up its structure but it would do what it needed to and given he was already inhabiting Jake’s body, he was just going to need to do something Ben personally hated. Running.

It was made all of the worse for knowing that it would be Jake who got the benefits from that bit of exertion but having Jake’s body work for those hours he was learning meant there was no time being wasted for the man, something Ben knew he himself would have appreciated, even if Amy and Yuzu seemed less sure.

“Ben, is Jake going to be okay after any of this?” Amy asked him, feeling less and less sure her lover’s mind and body were going to hold up as the day went on.

“Of course, don’t worry. The circlet’s not just for show, it’s constantly acting to help stabilize his mind and keep him focused so he won’t go insane and it’s not like running is going to kill him. I’ll even make sure to keep him properly fed and hydrated. After all, I still need him in a good condition for the hands-on lessons tomorrow.”

“Okay, but like, you are able to see how this might look concerning, right?”

“Listen, I was told to teach him to the best of my abilities but we’re kind of on a time crunch, right? The sooner he gets his level, the sooner we can all go to the towers for another one. I wouldn’t put him through anything I’m not willing to do. Hell, as the guy teaching him and currently doing the running for him, I’m pretty sure I technically have it worse. He’ll probably have some muscle pain by the end of the day but right now, I’m the body doing the running.”

“…You know, has any other human mentioned that your skillset has gotten kind of scary since coming here? You were originally the most normal of us.”

“And if you’ll remember, being the most normal got me forgotten about by the entire planet. Besides, my skills aren’t scary, they’re useful.”

“I’d like to disagree,” Yuzu spoke, as the one currently looking at his soul and all of the skills it contained while trying to keep it from tearing itself apart. “Evil affinity, destruction affinity, and ill intent all sound scary. Plus, you only got the first two at the end of the second wave. How are they both already mid-leveled awakened skills?”

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“They’re both getting good job bonuses, it’s fine, don’t sweat the small stuff.”

“You have a lot of other skills I’ve never heard of outside of you too.”

“That counts as small stuff, which it sounds like you’re still sweating for some reason.”

“You also have a blessing as weird as Abel’s. How did you even get something called witness of chaos?”

“Yuzu, I don’t bring it up much but it’s a little impolite to comment on another person’s soul. Look at me, I can see everyone’s skills but I keep what I see to myself.”