CH791

To his two students’ misfortune, Ben’s impatience only grew the next day as their circlets were modified, not only splitting their thoughts like they’d been originally designed to but now speeding up their thoughts as well, letting them cast all forms of magic they were training in even faster to squeeze even more out of the day.

Of course, his favouritism was still clear in how he did it, Thera’s time only doubling while Jake’s quadrupled, with the other man acting like his day had grown far longer than a mere four times, giving the impression that he’d instead been given a death sentence.

A reaction Ben happily ignored, keeping his eye on the prize instead and on that day getting his first result, even if it wasn’t the one he really needed.

“I got my level!” Thera cheered, ripping the circlet from her head the second she had it in pure zeal. “Sorry Jake, looks like you’re on your own now!”

The comment got her a look of pure betrayal that she didn’t so much as glance at, even as Ben gave his own reaction, gently clearing his throat in a way that brought her back to reality.

“So then, what did you think of enchanting and bestowing?” He asked her.

“Honestly, fine but not really my thing. Still, it’s nice to see that I’ve gone from destroying any enchantment I touch to being able to make them and I’ll admit that finishing something up could be a little satisfying but I don’t think you’ll be seeing me doing it in my spare time.”

“Ha, well just saying, by virtue of the fact that you’ve got your awakened magic and you’ve been taught my personal enchanting system, you can now probably count yourself among the best enchanters on the planet. Something to consider if you ever want to retire from adventuring and or show off somewhere.”

“Ben, look at me, there’s already plenty I can show off if I want to.”

“Ugh, what’s your secret Thera?” Jake cut in, talking fast because of the effect he was under and looking desperate. “How do I get this stupid level? I just want to be free!”

“Sorry but I’m not sure what to tell you, I think I was probably just pretty close,” She shrugged. “Every affinitied spell I used is enhanced with my non-affinitied magic so it’s always getting practice, but with that done-”

“Hold that thought,” Ben told her before she could go and run off. “You remember what I said when you first joined for this?”

“…No.”

“I mentioned that I might be able to force you up a level and while that’s still technically true, it’s the sort of thing that’s going to be a lot more likely to succeed the more experience you have before attempting it.”

“You don’t mean…”

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“It’s your choice,” He shrugged. “You’ve got one level and as long as we beat the tower then you’ll get another, but if you want one more as well then you know what I’d suggest. Still, if you’re not interested then it’s all good, I know you have your work and all.”

“…”

The comment left her weighing two things she really didn’t want to do. As much as she loved him, training under Ben was dreadful, at least when it was under the goal of getting her to level up as fast as possible, but despite that, it really did manage to be a decent break from the endless healing she needed to help with and from there it moved to comparing skills.