82- Meeting Armelia's mother 2 After Armelia exited the room, I calmed down and then got back to the ‘Inventory’ window. As the ‘Consume’ function was switched on, the ‘Inventory’ had a small change. That is – On the item slots which belonged to items that were consumable like HP and MP potions, had a new small button labeled as ‘Consume’ available. So, I clicked the button mentally and consumed a (level 2) HP potion. (You know the ‘mentally’ stuff, right? Like they can perform certain actions mentally without any physical activity. I am telling you people this because you might comment – How did he click when his bones are broken and he is unable to move?) And as the number of (level 2) HP potions decreased by 1, I felt a mildly sweet liquid appearing in my mouth, flowing through my throat and then to my stomach. And after a moment, the system notification rang, ‘ding’ ‘+500 HP’ And at the same time, I felt like, my body was like a thirsty human and it received chill
83- Meeting Armelia's mother 3 After speaking a few more sentences, I convinced Armelia that I was completely healed. Then I requested her to let me meet her mother and discuss the cure for the poison. To which Armelia happily agreed and we both started walking towards her mother’s house. While we were on our way, I came across many wooden huts and small houses made of mostly wood. Even the room I was in, was made up of wood. And the houses looked ‘not so shabby’ but of course, one cannot also complement their infrastructure. Along the way, I saw many Lamias of different ages, from small children to old women. And everyone looked at me curiously and even some children came to me slithering. (Here, Slithering means the way a snake moves.) They were really cute. While there were also a few female Lamias, who winked at me and tried seducing me. But as much as they looked beautiful and any normal man would be tempted by this, but I was not free and I was sincerely scared
84- Deal “Hello, Orochi. My name is Sheela. I have heard a lot about you from my daughter’s mouth. Thank you for taking care of Armelia.” Said Armelia’s mother, also called Sheela. “Ummm... yea...” I could not think of a proper answer because it was hard to maintain eye contact with Sheela, as she was so attractive and I feared that they might find my stare/look similar to that of a pervert. “Fufu... Looks like your boyfriend is shy.” Hearing this I just laughed awkwardly and Armelia who was beside me replied in a stuttering voice “Ahh... Aunt Bertha, he... he is not my boyfriend. And I won’t ever talk to you if say that again.” “fufufu... my niece is getting angry with her aunt, huh? Alright then, I will not tease you in front of your boyfriend then.” “AHHH... Aunt!!! Go, I won’t talk to you anymore.” With that Armelia ran out of the room. Seeing her running away, I was startled because Armelia was a link between Sheela and me. And if she was not present, it wo
85- Wishwa Saakshi oath I replied without any hesitation “Yes, I accept it. As long as you don’t ask for my life and don’t ask me to be your slave, I accept any condition that you have.” Actually, if there was someone else in my place, then he/she would have also added a point like – as long as your condition does not endanger my life, I will accept. But I did not add this point because, as they are putting conditions in front of me then it is most likely that there will be a condition where I will have to risk my life. Also, I want to train myself in life and death situations, so these kinds of things are the best situations. Seeing me accept their demands, Bertha and Sheela looked at each other and smiled cunningly. Just looking at that smile, made me feel that they have plotted something but since it is my problem, I will have to brace for any hurdle that will come ahead. Sheela turned to me and said, “Very well then. How about we perform the (Wishwa Saakshi) oath
86- The Procedure After we were done, all of us moved back to the room and I was asked to take a seat with them. After taking a seat, we applied some medicine to dagger cuts, I can also drink the HP potion to recover soon but I decided not to do so because it will raise some troublesome questions. After that, Sheela asked, “So, before we begin, let's discuss something shall we?” I had no problem so, I simply shrugged and agreed, “No problem.” “Oh, by the way, please try our Lamia special – Luboos.” Sheela poured me some kind of a drink. I took the glass and, a sweet and tangy scent assaulted my nostrils. Then I took a sip of the drink and as it touched my tongue, I felt an extremely sweet taste. And at the same time, the system notification rang, ‘ding’ ‘+2 MP’ ‘+3 HP’ I was startled for a moment and but more than that, I felt that the drink was extremely good. So, I took another sip and the system notification rang again. ‘ding’ But I ignored it beca
87- First Condition Putting away these lewd thoughts, I asked “Then I don’t understand what the problem is?” This time it was Bertha who replied, “Actually, the problem is your age, which is not qualified for stage 3 – Yin and Yang interchange.” “Because you are 16 years old, your Yang energy is still developing. And an average person needs to be at least 18 years old for his Yang energy to be fully developed. So, the first and second stages can be completed without any hindrance, but for the last stage you have to wait for 2 years until you are 18 years old.” Hearing this, I was disappointed because I will have to wait for 2 years to get fully cured. Although Bertha told me that the first and second stages can be performed and that will get rid of the poison. Maybe by then, this ‘1 HP per minute’ problem and ‘Resistance’ stat limit will be gone. But unless the third stage is not completed, my cultivation will be stuck and my enemies will continue to make progress, wh
88- Inner feelings “Yes, my first condition is for you to marry Armelia.” Huh? Did I hear that correctly? “What do you mean?” I asked keeping my mind and emotions in control. Sheela replied, “I said that I want you to marry my daughter Armelia.” Hearing this, I was completely shocked. Why would she want me to marry Armelia out of nowhere? So, instead of raking my brain and putting strain on it, I decided to ask her the reason but before I could speak, Sheela spoke. “I know you might find this condition weird but from what I can see, my daughter has developed feelings for you. And as a mother, I would like my child to be happy. So, wouldn’t it be better if I could get you to marry her?” I knew that Armelia has developed feelings for me but I never thought of marrying her. But nonetheless, I did have some feelings for her and I don’t think marrying her will be any problem. “Umm... Ok, then I will marry her.” Actually, to be honest, the biggest reason that I
89 – Claiming the rewards As I had nothing to do, I opened the system window and saw that there were many unread messages, so I started reading them one by one. So, the first message was, ‘ding’ ‘Host has upgraded the hidden ability related to HP and Defense, as the (Defense) stat has reached 250’ ‘1- HP limit has been increased by 2000.’ ‘2- Every time the (Defense) stat increases by 1, HP will increase by 50.’ . Seeing this, a smile appeared on my face but then I continued reading the next message. ‘ding’ ‘Host has upgraded the hidden ability related to Sense & MP, as the (Sense) stat has reached 250’ ‘Every 15 seconds, the host will recover 1 MP.’ ‘Note- but due to being poisoned, the host will recover 1 MP every 25 seconds.’ . Reading this assured me that soon, I won't have to buy MP potions from the shop and can start saving some money. Well, it's just that the poison in my body is affecting the MP recovery time and HP generation. As I have success