New Found Affinity

Yamato once again woke up next to Yuki, though this time there was no passionate eye contact and more just cuddling and gentle nibbling, which she seemed to do regularly now after each time they acted on sexual impulses like yesterday and the night before. A pattern which Yamato found to be quite adorable. By now they had already returned to the school, much to Yuki's disliking but there was nothing she could do. The only ones happy about that were probably Shin and his group since they had no pleasant memories connecting to this island… But at least they were better now! Professor Reed must have used this exam to resolve what was left of the aftermath regarding Operation-ByeBye, as there were no more guards and Jessica's room seemed accessible again, since it would probably go to Lily. Yamato made sure the things stolen by Lily and Andrew were conveniently found again, to resolve everything that could be traced back to them in any way. Arina's training would now continue in the afternoon, since school officially started as well and Yuki would not be able to make up excuses for much longer. The way she evolved was slightly concerning to her, but nothing she could not handle. What was more complicated however was that Yamato seemed to have developed an oddly specific understanding of magic in general, especially in visualization and theoretical uses. She did not see him read any specific book that would explain such an affinity, but he was pretty much good at anything too… So maybe the only odd thing was that he was not good at it immediately? As his destined future wife, her words, it was however imperative that she knew with absolute certainty about the origin of his exponential growth. Though, since she was bored, she made it a mission to figure it out on her own, without asking him directly!

So one day, when she was siting on his bed doodling around in a sketchbook, she simultaneously looked at his notes through a mirror which she had placed on a shelf in advance, so it would allow her to look at his desk from a frontal angle while being behind him. Of course she could have just walked up to him and asked what he was writing, but that would be cheating! And she felt like a spy this way too!

From his notes she could gather… Nothing! She messed up the angle of the mirror and only saw his face, which was enough to make her momentarily forget her original goal and just stare for as long as he sat there. Ending the day with no progress. She continued this for a whole week. She tried: placing a special paper beneath his so the pen would write on both, which failed as he wrote so much that he just used that paper as well. Stumbling into his back to get a glimpse of the paper, which failed as he quickly turned around and catched her, which had her too flustered to safe the paper in her memory with so little time. Bringing him a cup of tea, which failed when he thanked her, ending in flustered thoughts as well. Playing games to distract him, like "I spy with my little eye", which failed because Yamato memorized ever object in his room and did not have to look up from his paper to guess. Telling him she wanted to go outside and walk, which failed became even though he agreed, he did not leave them in the open but instead but them in a shelf beneath his desk. Using the classic "What is that?!" distraction, which failed as he just calmly looked up instead of jumping up and looking around. And finally, hugging him from behind and making suggestive comments, which failed as she was the one being seduced even though it was her attack and he did not even react in a flirtatious way, leaving her once again unable to focus on the paper. It was then when she was at the verge of giving up… That she was even more humiliated.

"If you wanna know what I write just say so…"

"Huh…?"

How could he know, she wondered! Had she not been acting as subtly as physically possible? Moving with the grace and skill of a master spy?

"It's really obvious…"

"No it's not!"

"But now you admitted it…"

"Ah…"

There was no point in continuing… She had been beaten in every way imaginable. As the mature and intelligent adult she was, she accepted defeat… After rolling around on the bed whining about it being unfair and that she was not serious and that he was not playing fair. She prohibited him from telling or showing him, and she would findt out the reason for his growth herself. But she was willing to compromise (forced him to give her an opportunity), which he did not reject as he found it extremely silly and adorable in the first place. As she said she wanted to test something, the last thing he expected was that all it was seemed to be holding hands while keeping eye contact and being pressed against each other.

"…And?"

"I'm working on it!"

"Okay, okay…"

"Ah! Master!"

"What now…"

"You have mana!"

"No I don't?"

"Yes you do! But I can only sense it like this for some reason…"

"So did I have that the entire time and you just didn't notice?"

"No… I've touched you mire intimately before, that isn't it… It must be my blood! I'm awesome! You might even be able to cast magic! And that also explains your increasing understanding of the subject, because you subconsciously feel it now!"

"Aha… And what did the proximity and eye contact have to do with you finding that out?"

"That was my reward for discovering this! Besides, this is huge! Don't brush it off like that!"

"Alright, I get it. Good work."

He patted her head, which seemed to please her immensely.

"But seriously! This is huge! Huuuuuuge! We need to train right away!"

She looked up at him with big, excited eyes, really wanting to go this instant.

"As long as I don't have to yell weird attack names while casting, fine…"

"No attack name yelling needed, I promise!"

"She was already pulling on him as he was about to answer, and as they went to the same spot where she had previously trained Arina, she vowed to give it her all.

"This is gonna be awesome! Let's start with something advanced since I already explained the basics to you a while back!"

"Okay."

"Try to picture yourself, and the mana inside you, flowing through you and emitting from your body."

"Done."

"Excellent job, Master! Now try to control where it is emitted to, push it out beneath you. This might take a few attempts… But even if it takes until tomorrow, I will support you through good and- Ah!"

He was already levitating. As his feet left the ground, it felt as though he was falling, but he moved up regardless. If he had ever visited the moon, he imagined it would feel similarly to that. Though of course was entirely different from reduced gravity. Yuki clapped loudly in admiration, though he felt like he was exaggerating, he knew she meant it.

"You're such a fast learner, Master! Now try to move forward. You do that by-"

"I think I get it…"

He was currently emitting mana towards the ground, from his feet, obviously. So emitting some from his back as well while continuing to do the same with his feet simultaneously should result in a forward motion. Which it did!

"Ooh! Amazing, Master! I love you!"

She flew up to him and grabbed his hands. It was like learning how to swim. Though with swimming you would not hit the ground if you lose concentration, just drown maybe. However Yuki would probably catch him in that case so logically there was nothing to be afraid of. As they were rising up further, hand in hand, they spun around each other while Yuki seemed to have the time of her life.

"Haha, look, Master! We are flying together! TOGETHER!"

"We've flown together before…"

"That was when I was carrying you! Isn't this way more fun?"

"I do like it more than just being carried…"

"Right?! I love you!"

She spun around more, with Yamato as the center of her rotation as they ascended to new heights together, now above the clouds.

"Isn't this awesome, Master? I'm so happy!"

"It is quite exciting…"

He looked down, the clouds covering the city beneath, like a new ground or state of being they reached together hand in hand as one. The idea seemed pretty romantic and fitting.

"Do you trust me, Master?"

"…Yes? Should I?"

"Not very trusting if you have to ask! But it will do… Our final training for today will be the landing."

She suddenly locked her arms behind his neck and kissed him passionately while falling back and pulling him down with her, as they were now head first diving towards the ground while completely intertwined. Yamato had to admit that he did not expect that and it was actually… Pretty fun! Their kiss lasted the entire duration of their fall, which was quite long since they were so high up, and even more difficult since the air was thin at the beginning due to the height as well.

As they were closing in on the ground, Yamato wondered if he needed to do anything in the first place. Would she not catch them if it got too close? Or maybe she trusted him blindly, so much so thag if they hit the ground, she would gladly die together with him in such a poetic display of intimacy. But probably not, since she would never let any harm happen to him. But regardless, he catched them both in time and they landed safely on the ground, which lead Yuki to break the kiss and applaud him once again.

"That has to be a national, if not global record, congratulations, Master! I love you!"