Supreme Magus

rking, taking care of my family and Kamila, it ’s been a long time since we could just spend a bit of time with just you and me. ’ He patted the wisp who was floating in front of him.

’Even though we are always together, I still missed you a lot, Solus. I wish we could share this meal together. ’ The lights in the tower turned beet red.

Not for the overly casual physical contact which had become even more awkward since she had acquired a human body, but because she had actually already eaten her fill while Lith was setting up the Forgemastering lab for their next experiment.

”You have an odd concept of quality time! ” Solus telepathically pouted.

”You are using the mind link to communicate without interrupting your meal to save time and ever since we got stuck in here, we have done nothing but work on our magic. We could take a nap, watch a movie, read a novel, anything but work! ”

’You are joking, right? Neither of us needs to sleep, the only movies we can watch are those I know by heart, and we read a book in a split second with Soluspedia. Any of the above would be just a waste of our precious time. ’ Lith was confused by her recent behavior.

She had always insisted on making him rest regularly and had always been fond of cuddling, but for a while now she wouldn ’t take a no for an answer. Truth to be told, Solus was trying to follow Tista ’s advice and live her own life.

Yet since she could only take physical form inside the tower and she could only do as she pleased when he was asleep, her window of opportunity to experiment with new things was quite small.

To add insult to injury, Solus really enjoyed spending quality time with him and in her book, work did not qualify.

’Besides, I don ’t care what we do. As long we are together, it ’s like a holiday to me. ’ Lith stressed his point by hugging her tightly and making the dining room turn even redder.

In the end, they reached a compromise. Lith would decide what they would do for 16 hours a day and Solus would decide for the remaining eight. By the end of the blizzard, Lith had converted a few of the new spells the Crown had awarded him with into true magic and gained a deeper understanding of first magic.

Once Solus noticed that even when she forced him to rest Lith would actually practice Acc.u.mulation to further refine his core, she came this close to giving him a piece of her mind.

Unfortunately, when she opened their mind link, the only thing that he was thinking about was the hope that, by improving his core, he could help her to gain the light form she had actually already acquired.

Solus was deeply touched by his affection for her, realizing once again she held a very special place in his heart.

A few days later, they were on the edge of the ruins of Kush. The creatures populating the city had such a strong life force that they would regenerate even after being pulverized by darkness magic.

Lith was studying the ghost-like life force of a freshly killed monster with Scanner. None of his tier five body sculpting spells were able to cause the slightest alteration to the ethereal figure in front of him who was silently collecting his remains floating in the wind.

’If my life force were to become immutable like theirs, I would achieve immortality. ’ He thought as his army amulet broke his focus.

”F.u.c.k! Another call. ”

’More petty quarrels between nobles or is it bandits again? ’ Solus asked.

’Neither. ’ He replied when the call ended. ’A tribe of monsters is about to attack the city of Maekosh ’