Chapter 41 - Strategy

Waking up, Ethan felt the same hair on his face that he was used to now. Slightly moving them away, he opened his eyes with a smile on his face.

Remembering he was alone yesterday, he felt confused about the situation.

'did she come to me?'

Feeling her breathing, he decided not to let the matter bother him. Stroking her hair, he said

"Ais..wake up, it's 7AM"

Without her waking up, he felt that relax a little wasn't a bad thing. Continuing to stroke her hair, he closed his eyes again.

'Alright, we'll relax for half an hour...'

With Ais still asleep, he tried not to think about it and, losing track of time, it was already time to wake up.

"Ais, I need to start training.."

Without replying, She placed her hands on his c.h.e.s.t, like always. Staring at him, she replied

"We will train harder today..."

Nodding, he added

"Although I said this, I want to have a bath, what do you think?"

Thinking about it for a moment, she wanted to have a bath before going to train

"I want to do it too..."

Instead of a reply, he took out his [Bathtub] and, for washing their hair, a [Wash Bowl].

"I'll go talk with Loki while you bathe. After you're done I can wash your hair.."

"Isn't it faster to have a bath together..?"

Although he was tempted by the offer, he answered

"Yes, But I want to go talk with Loki first, I want to be updated on the situation"

Understanding, she wanted to say but, seeing he was looking at the bathtub, she thought he really wanted to have a bath.

What she didn't know was that Ethan was talking with Light.

["Can you set the temperature of the water? I don't want her to catch a cold..."]

With a fast answer, Light replied

["Yes, but I can't turn all the water in a single item, so you have to pay 20SP per litre of water"]

Without hesitation, Ethan bought 45 litres of water. Seeing the water forming in the bathtub, Ais was surprised for a second before she remembered about his [Space Magic].

Seeing the object fall from her grasp, she took it back before feeling that it was becoming liquid. Understanding it was something Ethan left to her, she tried to use it with the water.

With a surprised expression, she noticed that rubbing the object in her hands produced a good smell.

Deciding to try it on her body, the object continued to transform in liquid slowly. Feeling that she understood how to use it, she felt confused that Ethan hadn't explained how this worked.

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Meanwhile, Ethan was in front of Loki's door. Knocking, he heard Loki say

"Ethan, come in"

Although he didn't say anything, Loki was sure it was him. Seeing the door opening, she confirmed her theory with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Yes, I think you know why I'm here"

Without her smile fading, she replied

"Ganesha said he will lead an event and you will participate as the final part. The date is confirmed."

With a sigh, he sat on the bed.

"I'll answer some questions about my powers, so answer me honestly. Do you think I can do it?"

With her smile becoming more natural, Loki thought about it for a moment.

"Do you think you're not able to face so many people?"

Nodding, Ethan understood he was heavily underestimating others.

"I think I can fight a group of level 3 newbies, but if a more powerful group tries to beat me I'll have a probability close to 0% to beat them "

Although she wanted to ask how he knew such a probability, she decided to let the matter lay for now.

"Trick someone means using your own thoughts to beat others. It will seem fair from a normal person's perspective but, in reality, you're tricking them. If you want to beat others than the rules can become the key of your victory"

With a surprised expression, Ethan thought about it.

'I need to play with them..make a game..'

As if a light bulb had appeared on next to him, he said

"I will have them fight against me in groups of 4 people. People above level 3 can't enter groups.. I need to review it but what do you think? For a level 2 I think it should be fair"

Without replying his question, she had her mischievous smile while saying

"Now that I helped you, tell me details about your abilities"

Sighing, Ethan smiled

'Although she's doing all of this for her own business, she's helping me out anyway, so I think it's fair to tell her'

Without hesitation, he started to tell her what he knew about his powers. Without going into too much detail, he told her about his [Boost Magic], how it works and how he plan to test it.

Hearing his explanation left Loki speechless for a moment but, without having it showed on her face, she thought about it.

Understanding the next time she'll ask even more, Ethan planned to update his status before the event.

Leaving Loki's room, he re-equipped his [Phantom's cloak]. Although he didn't know how much time passed precisely, it was 8' o clock, so Ethan believed Ais finished her bath.

'I forgot to tell her how to use the soap..at least its use is intuitive.. right?'

Arriving at his room in some minutes, he knocked the door.

"Ais..have you finished?"

Hearing the familiar voice, Ais didn't reply with words. Instead, she opened the door so that he could enter.

Entering his room, he saw her covered with only a towel. Looking away, he repressed his l.u.s.tful thoughts before saying

"I can wash your hair"

With a quick nod, she sat on the chair. Buying another chair and placing it next to her, Ethan said

"I will put the wash bowl on the chair but you need to be near it otherwise we'll wet the floor"

Understanding, she got up from the chair.

Seeing him placing the chair where she was sat next to the bed, she understood what he wanted to do.

Sitting on the bed, she brought her head above the wash bowl

"Like this...?"

With a nod, he Filled the wash bowl with the bath water. Buying a soap with a lemon scent, he saw her hair already wet, putting the soap in the water, he rubbed it lightly in his hands.

"I'm not an expert with this, but I have always loved this type of soap"

With a confused expression, she wanted to ask what a soap was but, seeing the thing in his hands similar to the one that was there, she didn't ask anything.

Smelling the scent of the previous soap, Ethan had a smile on his face. Without adding anything more, he put the soap away while he started to wash her hair.

Feeling her hair so smooth on contact, his smile grew larger.

Washing them for a pair of minutes, silence fell in the room. Normally, it would be a sign that they didn't have anything else to say but, in the case of Ais, she just enjoyed the moment while Ethan was still smiling happily.

After he finished, Ethan said

"Now it's my turn to have a bath, why don't you wait for me in your room?"

With a nod, she said

"I want to wash your hair too.."

Feeling his heart twitch, he stroked her head with the towel, saying

"The next time you'll wash my hair too...ok?"

With a 'smile', she let him dry her hair for some minutes. After this, she dressed without a care in the world while Ethan looked away.

Now ready to go, she was about to leave, but...

Seeing her approach him, he had a confused expression on his face before Ais kissed him. Not ready for the contact, he was momentarily taken by surprise.

With the heat he nearly forgot making his presence known, she continued to kiss him. Without the willpower to stop her, he reversed the situation, becoming the one to push her down on the bed.

Although his lower body was aching, he ignored it to the best of his possibilities. After some minutes, he managed to stop.

"I.. I don't want to rush things..this situation is stressing me... If we don't stop I don't know If I will later..."

He wasn't afraid of claiming her v.i.r.g.i.n.i.t.y without a second thought, but he wanted to make her feel special, to make her feel that at that moment, she was the only thing he could think of. Something he couldn't do with the situation troubling him in the backside.

She couldn't understand why he was making such a big problem but, seeing him so troubled, she said

"If...it's troubling you..."

Seeing her worry so much about his state, Ethan was furious

'If only the situation hadn't become problematic.. At this moment...it's all people's fault'

Gritting his teeth, he replied

"It's not your fault... We should wait for the whole situation to be cleared. I promise, it will happen"

Without replying, she embraced him again. Having her so close to him, he felt more relaxed than before. With all the anger slowly fading until he started to kiss her neck.

After some seconds, he went up to her lips. Giving her pecks, he said

"I still need...to have a bath..."

Although she didn't want to leave, she understood he had to bathe. Getting up from the bed, she exited the room, heading towards her own.

He wanted to say she had to fix her dress a little, but seeing her use the [Phantom's Cloak] shut his mouth.

Getting up from the bed, he felt momentarily lost but, recovering at an equal speed, he undressed before soaking in the bath.

Looking above him, he started to think..

'I'll make them pay even more...Ais, I promise I'll do my best to never make you feel sad again..'

Feeling his lower body finally calming down, he sighed.

'I'm really lucky that Ais still doesn't know about s.e.x. Otherwise...'

After this, Ethan finished bathing before he dried himself boosting the water speed.

"This costed me 30% of my mana? Seriously..."

Yelling, he understood he had two choices

"Increase my mana pool or learn to use my mana better..."

Thinking about it for a second, Ethan chose.

'I'll increase efficiency. If I can't control the mana I have right now, it's stupid to try and increase it. First I need to learn how to use it properly, then I'll increase my mana pool'

With this, he dressed up before equipping his [Phantom's Cloak].

'I'll make you happy...'

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(A/N: of all the people who saw my novel, 2% are girls. To this 2% I want to say best wishes for women's day, I share the same opinion as Ethan, women needs to be respected!)

(I have a discord server. discord.gg/cpVr5X8 If you enter it, you can choose one of Ethan's future powers from the pool I created, but that's not all! On the server, you can see the reference on some things that will be present in the story! Right now you can freely see some things like the [Twin's Digimon] and [The Devoted Heart].)

(A/N: this mini arc will be so epic..so many things will happen in these few chapters)

(Alternate Titles: "Ethan is mad, omg", "Lefiya? Where is she?", "When your girl is ready for it but you're a gentleman and want to make her feel your everything. Keep up the amazing work Ethan", "They'll do it, probably in the next 100 chapters")