Chương 193: Chapter 176. Morning Output Training

Kiss... I feel a warm sensation on my lips and a familiar, pleasant smell that wakes me from my sleep. I hope it's just a part of my dream and I try to drift back to sleep. Kiss... Another, different, but familiar scent entered my nose as I felt another sensation on my lips." I get it, I'm awake." I open my eyes to see Anna pulling away from my left, as Sarah was smiling at me from my left as well. She was standing behind Anna, who was leaning over the bed to kiss me.

It seems it was Sarah's idea to wake me up this way." Good morning, Sarah, Anna." To my greeting, both of my Wives smile and respond, one at a time." Good morning, My Love."" Good morning, Darling." I sit up and rub my eyes to help wake me up." We've been allowed to borrow the training grounds today. We'll begin practicing after breakfast." Sarah spoke with excitement as I stood up from bed to handle my morning routine of using the bathroom and brushing my teeth.

Once I had finished my business, I entered the living room where both of my Wives were sitting on the couch and eating breakfast." No dining with the Royal Family this time?" To my question, Sarah finished swallowing the savory porridge with pieces of bacon in it and began to answer my question." I thought it'd be... Less awkward to eat by ourselves than with the Royal Family since..."" My opponent for the afternoon would be eating with us?" Sarah nodded to my words.

I looked down at the food as I took a seat opposite my Wives, and I picked my bowl of porridge up in my hands." I guess that would be kind of awkward?" I took a bite of the porridge. They used a pork stock for it. I guess it fits with the bacon. It tasted delicious..." It's so nice to not have to worry about eating food from strangers anymore." Sarah spoke with joy as she saw my smile from eating. Ever since Anna made a Contract with the Goddesses, her eyes have gain new abilities.

The most useful for a situation like this is her newest eye called "Poison Eye", which unlike what the name would imply, lets her see if something or someone is poisoned. When I first heard her say the name, I assumed it allowed her to poison someone by looking at them. She then explained to me that the Goddesses told her that the Skills she would gain are based on her own desires. I guess her concern for me has only grown in time. I felt bad about it...

At least I did, until Anna told me about how much better she feels now that she can check for my safety whenever she pleases." Admittedly. it does make everything easier. Thank you by the way, Anna."" Don't thank me, thank the Goddess of the Underworld!" Anna smiled as she pointed to the source of our comfort." Who would've thought that making a Contract with an Underworld Goddess would give you such a useful ability?"" Are you saying my eye abilities were lacking before?"

Anna began to tease me because of my words. I took another bite of my breakfast before speaking." I wouldn't go that far, but having more abilities is always useful, just look at me. Because of my Evolution and meeting Gil, Rex and Hank, my options have increased. I guess it's a similar case with the Contracts you have with the Goddesses?" Anna nodded to my words." They say that the more I use their abilities, the more of their abilities will be unlocked for me to use.

Apparently, the strongest Skill for my Job as a Divine Channeler is the ability to Summon them like you can with your Contracted Spirits."" It's so strange that our Jobs have their progressions flipflopped. I can Summon my Contracts immediately and only after reaching a high-level of proficiency and trust, can I use their abilities by myself. Meanwhile, you get their abilities and can only Summon them later." This story has been stolen from Royal Road.

If you read it on Amazon, please report it" It just makes us more alike, Darling!" Anna happily continued to munch on some bread after finishing her porridge. Her and Sarah had already eaten 3 bowls of porridge by the way. The dietary needs of the Demonkin continue to baffle me. It seems like they all can eat around 4 to 5 times what I eat. Even getting to halfway through this bowl of porridge, I could already feel myself feeling a bit full.

Regardless, we ended up finishing breakfast and made our way to the training grounds... With the servants' eyes continuing to track us everywhere we went." Good! Now we can start our warmup exercises!"" Do I really need to do that, Sarah?" Sarah was excited and began to stretch along with Anna. She looked at me after I asked her about the warm up and gave me a quick look that told me "Yes, now join us, now!", not wanting to anger my Wife.

I began to go through the motions and before long, I was properly ready to train." Now sit!" Push! Fall! Anna, no doubt excited from knowing she and Sarah were about to spar soon, pushed me down from my shoulders and I landed on my butt." Well, I don't think he needs to sit for this, Anna? But I guess it's okay!" Sarah came and stood in front of me." So how does this work exactly?" I asked the most important question." Well, we should show him how to do it! Shouldn't we, Anna?" press... push... pull...

I felt a hand on the center of my back as Sarah placed her hands on my arm and pointed my palm to the open space in front of us. I cracked a smile." Even though Sarah wasn't here last time, it feels somewhat nostalgic, doesn't it, Anna?"" I was just thinking that, Darling. Though I must say, your back has gotten bigger since I last did this."" Must be from all of the exercise I've gotten since then?"" But you haven't sparred with us in so long."" I was thinking of the exercise we'd have during the night."

To my words, Sarah smiled, and I could feel Anna staring at the back of my head." You should stop teasing me, My Love. Otherwise, all these servants are going to actually have something to watch." rub... slide... Press... Sarah placed her hand on my chest and moved her fingers towards the buttons on my shirt. She would've taken my shirt off, if not for the intervention of a hand from behind me. Anna spoke after gently leaning onto my back." As much fun as that would be, Sarah.

We need to hold back and start working, we only have until after lunch to teach him after all."" Anna..." Sarah looked at Anna like a child being scolded. I can understand why, mind you. We all thought we'd be back at the mansion by now and we could make up for all of the holding back we've done for the past 6 weeks. Unfortunately, with all of the deterrents, as well as explaining the problems with the Elves that attacked, and now this... We've ended up staying for longer than we thought we would.

Hopefully, this will be the last day we have to stay here for. But the stress from holding back is draining in different ways. Sarah is growing more reckless to release what's been pent up. And for some reason, Anna had gotten stricter to Sarah's selfishness. It seems she wants to release it just as bad, but her logical mind takes over as we're in a Foreign Country. As for me... Well, I'm a guy, so it's easy to tell how I'm backed up. From my eyes wondering, to my mornings making me... Stiff..."

For now, let's focus! Darling, this shouldn't take long for you to learn, you've been using Magic for a while now after all! You just need to learn the principle and then you just need to practice a bit! If you run out of mana, Sarah or I can give you our mana. Sound like a plan?" Press... I nodded to Anna's words as she interrupted my thoughts. Sarah returned to bracing my arm for some reason." Sarah, is there a reason you're holding my arm?"" Can't I hold your arm if I want to?"

Sarah pouted, then began to laugh." Just kidding! I'm going to help guide your mana and help you get a feel for Output Control after Anna fires some mana through you. And, as a benefit, your Cute Wife gets to hold your arm!"" Wait, can either of you explain how this works to me now?"" Ah!"" Ah!" Both girls seemed to realize they forgot to explain the main thing I needed to know. After a few moments, Sarah began to speak to me." Well, it might be easier to feel it rather than explain it.

But to give you an idea, Anna is going to feed you her mana. In return, you're going to activate a Barrier Spell using her mana instead of your own. When you activate the Spell, I'll take the mana that Anna is sending you and make the output as low as possible, but still enough to activate the Spell. This will let you feel how it all works. After that, you'll just need to work out an image to practice with."" But wouldn't the Spell naturally lower its cost with my proficiency of it growing?"

I asked a question that was bugging me from her explanation. Sarah smiled as she spoke to me, like a teacher explaining a math problem to a student." Yes, silly, it will. BUT! Lowering the output of the mana, will obviously, lower the amount you use. That combined with the natural lowering of your Spells' costs, means you'll be able to fight for longer periods of time. Also, as an added benefit, it'll give you a grasp on how to lower the mana needed for new Spells as well as the ones you're already used to!

There really are no downsides to learning this technique, My Love!" Sarah seemed happy to teach me about the benefits of controlling the output of my mana. With a cool smile on her face, she looked behind me at Anna." Alright, Anna! Let's start!" Warm... Fill! With Sarah's words, the feeling of a familiar mana flowed into my back and into my mana center." Okay, now cast Barrier!" Sarah requested me to continue this little demonstration, I did as she wished.

Once the Barrier was up, Sarah began to manipulate the mana from my arm. Constrict... A weird feeling began to fill my body as I focused in on it. Right before I began to single-mindedly focus on the sensations in my body, a thought crossed my mind and escaped my lips.

"I think this won't be as difficult as I thought it would be." Grip! To my words, Sarah smiled, and Anna gripped my back tightly. I could feel a warmth that wasn't from the mana filling my chest and causing me to smile.