The Temple

Chapter 12

A car stopped in front of a building. Well, the building was another name for it. It was more like a temple from ancient Greece before they were all destroyed in the war.

It was literally a temple. Hence the name 'Temple' where people of the world could obtain arcane abilities from some cosmic existences humanity didn't know about or at least they couldn't extract that part from the Dawrians.

'Way to be dramatic.' Thought Kevin exiting the car along with Elizabeth. The car drove towards the parking and they were both left standing at the bottom of the stairs of the temple.

"Come one! Let's go." Said Elizabeth grabbing Kevin by his arm and dragging him towards the Temple's entrance.

Making their way through the security and showing their identity, they were guided by a staff member to the inner and the third wing of the temple.

Reaching a door, Elizabeth was told to stay outside while only Kevin was allowed to enter. Entering the room with the staff member, she said, "Please put your hand on the crystal. Only you can be present in the room during the ceremony so please listen to everything I have to say carefully."

She told him the whole procedure, from putting his hand on the crystal to the space where his consciousness would be taken to gain the ability.

She left after explaining the procedure and Kevin was left alone in the room.

"Let's get this over with." He didn't want to be here as he had been here many times before, but he didn't say to the staff member that he knew all about the procedure.

Walking up to the crystal, he put his hand on the crystal, like every other time. Every other time, there was no reaction and he would just waste his time.

He thought the same would happen this time but this time, there was a reaction. Only the reaction wasn't from the crystal but the system.

[A high-grade dark crystal in contact detected]

[User already possesses a divine-grade crystal]

[Extraction not possible]

[Would you like to convert the crystal in EXP points]

[Yes\No]

A bunch of notifications opened up in his view and for a moment he didn't know what to make of it.

So, he started analyzing everything from the top. First of all, the system was calling the arcane crystal the dark crystal.

Second, it was of high grade indicating there were more grades and even more astonishing that he already had a crystal, only of a higher grade. How many grades were there, he didn't know.

What he did know was he had a crystal but didn't know what that was. He knew he had no ability so how did it make sense for him to have the crystal that grants abilities but not have one himself?

Moving on, the system was asking him to absorb the crystal and convert it into EXP to increase his level. How much would it raise his level, he again had no idea.

But he didn't entertain the thought of course. He didn't know whether were more arcane or as how the system had called it, the dark crystals in the possession of the temple.

If he took it now, would no one be able to obtain high-level abilities again?

It was a risk he wasn't willing to take.

He removed his hands from the crystal and the notifications vanished.

He didn't stay any longer because there was nothing else that could be done here. Instead, he decided to visit the other wings before leaving.

The staff member made a strange face to his request but considering his status, complied nonetheless.

Elizabeth, not knowing what Kevin wanted, just went along with him.

Visiting the second wing, there was the same crystal, and he couldn't tell whether it was different somehow from the third wing's crystal or not.

But upon touching his question was answered.

[An intermediate-grade dark crystal in contact detected]

[User already possesses a divine-grade crystal]

[Extraction not possible]

[Would you like to convert the crystal in EXP points]

[Yes\No]

The same notifications as earlier were shown only this time the crystal was of lower grade than before.

Visiting the first wing resulted in the same only the grade of the crystal was low.

No matter what, one thing was for sure, he couldn't attain an arcane ability. But it did leave him with questions though.

What was a dark crystal and how was he in possession of one? And if he was, how come he didn't have an ability? Or was the system itself an ability that also came from a crystal?

His questions bred more questions and throughout the whole ride, he was only pondering over them. Elizabeth wanted to talk to him or console him but seeing him with his head down, she didn't say anything.

The car stopped in front of their home and they both entered their house. Finally, Elizabeth said something to Kevin before she had to go to her room to prepare for the academy.

"Don't be so down Kevin. I'm sure you will get one someday." She consoled Kevin but she didn't know that Kevin didn't care about an ability in the first place.

He didn't tell her that, only smiled in return. Elizabeth also smiled and left for her room.

Kevin was left alone in the living room so he turned the TV on to distract his mind from the questions that were bothering him.

That was before, his ears picked up a muffled sound. More like a moan.

There were no servants in the house so the sound could either come from Elizabeth or Samantha's room.

And the direction indicated that it was Samantha's room. His curiosity got the best of him and he went to have a look.

He wouldn't have if his father was at home, because the last thing he wanted to see was Samantha being boned by him. But the lack of his car in the compound made him sure he wasn't.

There was also a chance that there was someone else in there with Samantha but he discarded that thought. Samantha wasn't of that sort.

Then the only answer could be that Samantha was masturbating.

Looking at the door, it was a bit ajar because otherwise, it was impossible for him to hear through the soundproofing of the room.

Looking in the room, his eyes widened. His conclusion was correct.

Samantha was lying on her bed, stark naked with her legs parted, her left hand busy rubbing her vagina furiously while with the other she was smelling something. What? He couldn't see but he didn't care about that in the least.

His all attention was on her flawless, shaven, rosy, pink pussy. A mesmerizing sight so much so that he even forgot to free his member and rub himself.

Samantha was moaning incessantly, and the sight made him forget everything he had been worried about before. A beautiful distraction as long as he cared.

He kept on watching until Samantha finally climaxed but even after that, she remained on her bed unmoving.

That was Kevin's cue to leave and go back to his room to take care of his own problem. While going to his room, he made another observation.

He didn't gain any EXP for Watching Samantha masturbate, which meant that he had to be actively involved in the procedure to gain EXP.

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