Falna?

"So girls, which familia are you ladies in out of curiosity," I ask.

We've been lounging in the spa for a while now, and my eyes finally got to wandering. So sue me so much natural beauty on display I am gonna commit it to memory. Maybe later in life, ill build the largest female-only bathhouse and just live in it. My mental fantasies now wandering into dangerous territory.

"uhm."I hear Celene mutter before looking down, and Starla is the same. Only Altina looked indifferent.

"We are from different familia's. The god Apollo challenged our familia's to a war game to take over some of our members, which we lost. In the end, our goddesses, per the contract, had to release us. We refused to stay in Orario any longer and also refused to submit to that man-child of a god. We formed adventurer parties and traveled the world helping merchants for cash. We cannot grow stronger unless we join a diety again." This seemed to drain her strength a bit, and I could see a bit of gloom hovering around them.

"May I see this Falna I've heard so much about? I'm really curious about them." I asked, raising an eyebrow in curiosity.

Altina comes over and sits next to me, turning so her back faces me, where I see a large full-back tattoo. Sitting up and focusing a bit, my inner consciousness stirs. Large amounts of information just meld together as lots of array and formation knowledge settles in my mind. I suddenly seem to have a better grasp on things.

"It looks like this uses the blood of higher beings as a guide to connect to a larger repository. Based on this excelia, energy is harvested by the formation from the actions you take and the monsters you kill. This energy or raw data is then transmitted to the primary formation to enrich it. It returns a portion to upgrade the body through the soul and can even give advanced abilities and knowledge directly. Truly fascinating." My eyes are wide at this new knowledge. Seems they are using mortals and their potential to power this higher world they call Tenkai. But why?

"I don't understand half what you said just now," Altina replies blandly.

"So my question remains: do you wish to become stronger, and if so, why?" I ask.

"Of course, we want to be stronger. But if we change to a new god or Goddess, our only link to our old familia will be gone." Celene Replies, looking frustrated.

"Then how about you give me a couple weeks? I'm sure I can preserve your original god's insignia and transport it to your arm or leg, then you can join me. Before you agree, know that I want to travel the whole world after seeing this Orario everyone keeps talking about. So don't think ill settle down anytime soon." I smirk at the dumbfounded girls.

"Really!" Celene pounces on me like a pirate finding buried gold.

"Of course, but that means we will be here for a few weeks, and then you'll have to follow me around. You will technically become my disciples. My role will be like that of a father and a teacher, so think carefully." I say while projecting the image of an immortal master.

"My, what large breasts you have, father." I hear just as Altina grabs me from behind and fondles my chest.

I unintentionally let out a moan. This pauses the little play that was happening, startling all three girls. I'm actually blushing dear ME. I guess I better push it one more step too far. Grabbing her hands before she can remove them, I turn my head so I can see her through my hair.

"You have to take responsibility. Please be gentle. It's my first time." I wink at her.

"Yes, you must take responsibility, Altina. I'll tell Aziz to plan the wedding." Starla says, adding fuel to the fire.

Just as Altina's head is spinning from the circumstances, the rest of us bust out laughing and practically fall back into the water, nearly drowning ourselves. It's official, I have corrupted these innocent girls and taken them down the path of mischief.

"Mischief Managed," I say while trying to catch my breath.

…

We made our way to the inn. Along the way, we talked about what I mentioned before. I told them I had a different training system we would talk about afterward. But first, I need to increase my strength. I need to reach the 4th or 5th rank in qi refining to be equivalent to rank 2, which should take a week of meditation. Then, I need to work on a ki refining technique and reach a similar level. All things in balance. This is how you get to the peak.

The biggest advantage of my system is that once you reach the 7th level of the 1st rank of either refining method, you begin increasing your lifespan, which does not happen with the falna outside of special skills. Those level 7 guys retain their youth longer, but not by much, and they are supposed to be like core refining realm cultivators. I don't know who designed this system, but it's horribly flawed.

"Do you Girls want to stay here for a while. It would probably take about a year to get you three up to par. And by that, I mean all of you clearly in the second rank and having polished skills. If I'm heading into a den of gods to make a mess of things, you girls should at least have the ability to escape and continue getting stronger." I ask while lying in a bed, the girls each taking up another one in the room.

"How did you use to do things before," Celene asks curiously, wishing to hear more stories from time immemorial.

"Well, we used to find mountains and then build all kinds of ostentatious buildings. We would set up formations to funnel and concentrate the energy onto these mountains to make cultivation faster. We would test children at age 10 for their potential and then lead them onto the mountain. Train them for a decade before having them go out to bring in resources and spread our reputation. Then whenever we got offended for any reason, we simply eradicated their entire faction for face. In all honesty, it was quite ridiculous. But when you live for thousands of years, things like face start to matter more than you would think. Which is why I'm the face-slapping king. I mean, queen. Haha."

"Let's just get a courtyard here. I have money saved up, and we can use it to house Aziz Caravan when they come through. We can also go out occasionally with him to keep enough money for food and such."

"Agreed." The other girls say.

"What about the kids? Couldn't Goddess adopt a bunch of the local orphans and help them too. It would help us with the officials in this town if we contributed in such a way." Celene asks with her big innocent doe-eye expression.

" we can think of that after I get I fix you girls problem. One thing at a time, girls. Now sweet dreams, we got a busy couple of weeks."