BXBX NOVEL Chapter 26: Ensnared
"I thought I was already the talk of the town" Blake idly said his gaze stuck staring at the plain wall opposite him.
"You were the talk of the town after your unveil at the church, but now after subduing a berserker with you're mere presence, everyone from the men, women and children are talking about you, I even heard there are some girls who are begging to be your servants and concubine," Lena said standing to the Blake's side like a wife would after serving her husband his meal.
"Hey, why don't you eat before going back to thinking about whatever it is that's on your mind?
A tired body leads to a tired mind which leads to the making of bad decisions" Lena added a smile coming to her face when life finally returned to Blake's eyes though he shut down her happiness with a quick glance.
"You've served my meal, why are you beside me," Blake asked as Lena began stroking his head.
"Well, I want to make sure you enjoyed the meal, I prepared it after all" the older lady said with a smile.
Blake blinked at this and once again looked at Lena a bit of unbelievable suspicion on what might be happening to the woman popping in his head, but then he ignored the issue as his mood turned sour when he remembered his failure to once again find the detection or even a memory wipe skill.
Seeing Blake's mood go bad, Lena pouted and sat in the chair to his side her arms crossed and face scrunched in anger, but when minutes later Blake did not seem to care about her unhappiness, happily eating the meal she had served him, the woman's mouth opened and she couldn't help but decide to find a way to bring life to the table.
"So you decided to join that mage to clear a dungeon and you didn't even tell me," Lena said accusatory, directing a pointed stare at Blake.
Looking at Lena, Blake couldn't help but have a flashback to a few times between him and his girlfriend back on earth but with a sigh, he asked a more pending question.
"When did I ever agree to go and clear a dungeon with Kate?"
Lena wanted to accuse Blake of lying but then she knew that to the best of her knowledge, he never catered for her feelings and told her things as they were.
"Kate made some speech minutes after you were gone talking about how she was deeply sorry for the destruction her teammate had caused and how she and her squads were only here to help.
After some angry people in the crowd questioned her on her presence in the town, she went on to speak about the appearance of a dungeon and how she was here to take care of it with your help."
"That damn conniving, bastard, criminal, evil witch" Blake roared in his head as he heard this but outwardly all he did was flick his tongue and continue his meal but unfortunately for him, at the moment Lena was in her smart mode.
"When I heard the news, I was filled with disbelief because I know how uncharitable you are, and judging by your ignorance on this issue, I would say you have a very dangerous woman on your hand Blake and you should be careful about how you deal with her" Lena seriously said and then chuckled after.
"The almighty Knight of the sun god Blake Luxander checkmated by a mage" Lena said pouting when her tease got no reaction out of Blake.
Ignoring Lena's jokes, Blake went into deep thought as even without Lena advising him, the second he heard what Kate had done, he knew that he had a dangerous person on his hand, one that wanted him to be with her at all costs.
"Lena, are the mothers still downstairs?" Blake suddenly asked surprising the runaway wife.
"Ehh yes, though most have left."
"Well make an announcement that every mother can bring at most one child of their to be blessed and that a blessing session will last an hour for each mother and child.
I am planning to work into the night, so make the appropriate arrangements and preparations with Elena and Ryu, I want to begin receiving the women in 30 minutes."
"Huh, you don't have the sun god's blessing Blake what are you planning to do" Lena asked with narrowed eyes but when Blake ignored her and went back to staring into nothingness, she could only sigh and move to do as he had said.
"Also, find a way to filter out these mothers so that they can at the very least be pleasing to fuck"
This last request made Lena pause in total shock and confusion but she knew better than to question Blake and hence went on her way.
"Now I know I saw those two techniques here, this stupid system had better not have shuffled the list again" Blake cried in his head and several minutes later, he happily bought three different techniques.
[Lockdown: This is a rune that when placed in a room ensures its privacy, preventing the sounds within it from going out.
Price:1000SP
Sparkling: Used by the demons of hell to clean their torture rooms, this is a simple rune that is placed in a room and upon activation can be used to revert a room to its previous state of cleanliness.
Price 500SP
Blink: This technique erases the memory of its target but for it to work, the victim has to mentally submit to the user.
Price:2000SP]