Chapter 7 - Leaving the Vale Estate

"Last night was fun…" I muttered under my breath as I stared into Aria's eyes, which kept trying to look away from me, blushing like never before. "What do you think?"

A few seconds of silence passed as she finally formulated her response.

"I-It was…"

She was shy, not even looking in my direction.

After all, last night had been a significant step forward for us. We had spent most of the night sleeping, hugged against one another, my arms wrapped around her body. It's safe to say that the night had been a success.

We had definitely gotten closer, and I knew that if I had tried to do more, Aria would have never resisted. That was simply how she was.

Her loyalty was now at a staggering 90 out of 100. The chances of her betraying me were so low that I fully trusted her. It was only a matter of time before I hit 100 loyalty with Aria, and I was somewhat curious to see what would happen then.

Without saying another word, I moved closer to Aria, giving her one last hug from behind as I wrapped my hands and arms around her body. She snuggled closer to me without another word.

I moved my hands softly across her body, caressing her abdomen as my hands slowly moved up, grazing her chest.

Even with clothes, I could feel just how soft and perky those breasts were.

And without even looking at her face, I could tell that Aria was nervous.

"W-We shouldn't do this, young master… I'm your maid. I-If your father finds out…"

But I interrupted her promptly. "Don't worry about my father anymore. We won't even see him for months. We're leaving today in one or two hours to go to the Royal Kingdom. Nothing will happen to us."

Aria felt reassured by those words as she sensed the care seeping through my tone of voice. A soft smile finally appeared on her face before panic took over as she moved away from my embrace.

"Wait… one hour before we leave?!" She stood up instantly. "But I haven't prepared anything!"

She began running around the room as she grabbed all the clothes and necessities to leave for the Royal Kingdom.

I watched with a smile, enjoying the view as she ran and bent over multiple times. My maid's body was honestly a sight to behold.

'You definitely made the right choice, old Jake,' I said inwardly with a smile on my face.

One hour passed, and I was now inside a large carousel. In front of me stood Elena, the King's daughter, and on my right was Aria, who was extremely nervous, playing with her hands since she was in the presence of someone as important as Elena.

We all remained silent for the time being, and that's why I used this opportunity to finally take a glance at my very own status. I had only glanced at other people's statuses, but I never found the time to look at mine, and I guessed that now was as good a time as any.

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[Name]: Jake Vale

[Age]: 18

[Stage]: Third Mana Circle

[Affinity]: Fire (High), Space (High), Time (High), Darkness (High)

[Stats]

• Strength: B

• Agility: B

• Vitality: C-

• Charm: B-

[Skills]

• Fireball (Common) [Comprehension: 100%]

• Flame Armor (Very Rare) [Comprehension: 38%]

• Blink (Rare) [Comprehension: 91%]

• Spatial Collapse (Very Rare) [Comprehension: 26%]

• Quickstep (Common) [Comprehension: 100%]

• Temporal Loop (Very Rare) [Comprehension: 14%]

• Shadow Grasp (Common) [Comprehension: 100%]

• Eclipsed Soul (Legendary) [Comprehension: 7%]

• Noble Presence (Passive)

[Godlike Skill]

• Hypnosis (SSS-Rank)

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Now that I got a glance at my own status, I started to understand why everyone called me a genius. I had four different affinities related to mana. I had over eight skills with a decent amount of comprehension, and I had already reached the Third Mana Circle.

And the craziest thing was that I had done all that while lazing around and sneaking off with other women.

If I finally decided to put in some effort, no one would be able to stop me. I had no doubt about it.

The King's decision started making a lot more sense now. I was also very powerful; there was only one problem. I had no idea how to use magic, mana, my skills, anything for that matter.

Right now, the only skill that I could use was Hypnosis. That's it.

The anger that my brother Alex had felt back then now seemed somewhat justified. He was probably very angry that I had become so powerful with such little effort.

But it's not like it was my fault. I had been transmigrated into this body.

Nevertheless, as I kept looking at my status, I realized that Elena was blushing because while I knew that I wasn't looking in her direction… she didn't. My status was directly in front of her face, which made things… awkward, to say the least.

"Ah… I'm sorry I didn't mean to stare," I said with an apologetic smile. "It's just that you're so pretty that I couldn't help but stare."

Elena didn't say anything as she blushed even more and looked away from me almost instantly.

I smirked.

I knew why her Hypnosis Resistance was so low and why her natural loyalty was so high. The Royal Princess had a crush on me.

'This is freaking amazing.'

"Y-You didn't mean that…" Elena said as she looked away from me, staring at the ground.

Looking her up and down, I had to admit that while her body didn't have as many curves as Aria's, she was definitely fitter, especially around her back.

"I know that our marriage is only an act and all, but I don't think it would hurt the two of us if we got to know each other better. What do you say?"

Elena slightly glanced up and nodded quietly. "S-Sure…"

I decided to take the lead as I stood up from my seat and sat next to her, extending my hand to her this time around.

"Let's introduce ourselves again. I'm Jake."

"E-Elena…"

[Elena's Loyalty has increased: 46 → 49.]

I smirked. It seemed like she appreciated the closeness as our bodies kept brushing against one another because of how small the carousel was.

'Only one more loyalty before I can try and hypnotize her…' I thought with a smirk, as I would have both Aria and Elena under me soon enough.