Chapter 230: Fire Enhancement Skill

The restaurant was indeed very exclusive. But it wasn’t quite his cup of tea.

Like the Golden Wheel in Heston had been, it was a luxurious place with amazing food. However, unlike the Golden Wheel, there was this uncomfortable air surrounding the place.

It felt like a very posh and stuffy place meant for rich nobles. With that being said, it wasn’t like they had an awful experience.

Matter of fact, Reinera fit in very well. She acted every bit like the royal member she was. Her manners and etiquette were on full display. Fitting in with such grace, that Julius was a bit envious of her.

He could barely hold his fork correctly. And although he wasn’t technically a commoner, his lack of education in noble etiquette was easy to see. No matter how often Edwin had tried to instill in him some form of manners, he wasn’t able.

Something he was wishing he had paid more attention to now.

Rebecca’s husband and Cory’s father, Richard was a wonderful man or at least that was the first impression he had of him. Unlike his wife, Richard was very exuberant and very alive. It was a stark contrast to how everyone in the restaurant acted but it was a welcome one.

It made Julius feel much more comfortable.

He believed that the man was very aware of the social environment and good with people, which would also explain his very affable personality.

Richard must have realized that he was feeling a bit uncomfortable because not long after they arrived, the man proposed for them to leave to somewhere else. Something Julius was grateful for.

Instead of staying there, they ended up eating some sort of warm custard dessert from a stall that Richard took them to. It was quite chilly out, much colder than Heston, thus the warm treat was a big welcome.

The real surprise came when they were walking back to the estate.

“So Rebecca told me that you are working on a fire enhancement skill,” Richard said while playfully swinging Cory around in a circle.

“She did?” He asked. Julius vaguely recalled commenting on trying to work on a body enhancement skill to Rebecca earlier today when she asked about his plans for some of his physical aspected skills. He didn’t remember saying anything about him getting a fire enhancement skill though.

However, he did believe that Rebecca had a good idea about him having a kinetic affinity. After all, she had seen him using his kinetic body skill all day so it wouldn’t be that much of a surprise. But he realized after some thought, that she must have noticed his affinity from the construct he made for Cory.

Richard tossed Cory high up in the air much to the delight of the young boy before responding. “Yeah, she said that it might be a good idea for me to help you,” he said to Julius.

He wants to help me learn a fire-related physical skill? Does he have a fire affinity of his own? He thought to himself wonderingly.

Before he could answer, he saw Rebecca smack her husband with her arm, her face a little red surprisingly. “You weren’t supposed to tell him that I mentioned that,” she pouted.

He turned to his wife with wide eyes. “I wasn’t?” He sounded sincere, but Julius could spot the smirk on his face. It seemed like Richard knew exactly what he was doing.

I need to be careful around this man, Julius noted to himself, a little wary. Sneaky smart people were always the hardest to see through. The upfront and blunt types like Rebecca were actually easier to deal with.

“What do you have in mind?” Julius asked finally to Richard.

“Well, I don’t mean to brag, but I have a pretty good skill myself. I don’t expect you to get the same skill, but I feel pretty confident in being able to show you some things that might make it easier for you to acquire something similar.”

“Daddy is strong,” Cory said proudly.

Julius smiled at Cory. “Stronger than your mother?”

At that question, Cory quieted. He looked at the man who was carrying him and back toward his mother with a worried glance before looking back toward Julius.

“No,” he said with certainty.

“That’s my boy,” Rebecca snickered from where she was standing. Distinctly pleased with her son’s answer.

“Oh, so he’s your boy now? I recall you saying that he was my son whenever he got in trouble. However, it seems that whenever he does something amazing, he’s all of a sudden your son, huh?” Richard asked with a sarcastic grumble.

“Don’t pout dear, it’s not proper,” Rebecca said with a grin. Shamelessly ignoring that she had been the one pouting just a moment ago.

“What kind of skill do you have?” Julius asked curiously. He knew that there were various options for fire enhancement skills. For example, Edgar had told him that before he combined his earth and fire skills together into one skill, his fire skill leaned toward explosiveness.

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However, he told Julius that there were versions that leaned toward stable output, even though that wasn’t something fire was typically known for.

Julius was hoping for a nice blend of the two if that wasn’t being too greedy. He already had kinetic energy to use for his body skill, but he wanted to take advantage of his other affinities as well.

Much like how Edgar had done, only with kinetic and potentially life mana if that was possible.

If Julius could somehow learn a Phoenix-based physical enhancement skill, kind of like how [Phoenix Body] sounded like it would have been, that would be wonderful.

Now that he was Tier 3, he would have much more space within his soul to increase his skills and learn new ones.

Ever since he advanced he has already felt the enlargement of his soul. It was quite relieving. It was like being clogged up for days and finally emptying the excess.

There was a lot of other stuff he wanted to do with this newfound space in his soul, such as learning a Space Concept and potentially one that would fit his kinetic affinity better than his current ones, but that might have to be put on hold again.