Chapter 683 – Lovely Areum (3)

It was after quite some time that Areum, who had fallen asleep due to overwhelming fatigue, woke up again.

Even right before she fell asleep, she seemed to keep saying that it was okay, so I wondered if I was overreacting until I forced her to sleep.

When Areum collapsed, unable to withstand the exhaustion that came upon her, I allowed her to sleep much longer than I expected.

Thanks to this, I had some free time, hugging Areum’s soft body and checking the points she had gained so far.

『Current awakening points: 3090』

So many points caught my eye that it could almost be said to be more than enough.

Now, even considering the spare points, I had accumulated enough points that it would be okay to spend about 2000 points at once.

There are so many options available that it is difficult to know which direction is best to invest in.

First of all, thanks to consistently collecting and investing points, I have raised my level to the highest level in terms of swordsmanship. And other skills have also been raised to at least level 2 or 3.

In addition, the main skills of fire magic, recovery, cold magic, and protection were raised to levels 6 and 5, respectively.

‘To put it simply, one way is to use all 3000 points to completely increase fire magic or recovery.’

Being able to use a variety of techniques was mostly my strength, but I still needed to possess a few more skills besides swordsmanship to be able to use one skill perfectly.

And among the skills I have now, the ones that most closely meet the standards are fire magic and recovery.

These two skills, along with swordsmanship, were also the skills that had been used for the longest time, so it was natural that they had grown the most.

‘And now, there is a teacher in charge of both skills.’

Hwayoung was my teacher for fire magic, and Lulucia was my teacher for all recovery skills.

Both of them were top-level experts in their respective fields, so if I wanted to, they could help me awaken my abilities in each field to the highest level like Eun-young did.

Learning both skills until the end was a necessity, not an option. The only remaining choice is which of the two skills to master first.

It was an important issue, but it didn’t take long for the decision to be made.

『Fire magic lv. 6 → Flame magic lv. 9』

『Current awakening points: 990』

In many ways, it is important to learn fire magic properly in order to use it more reliably in actual combat.

In fact, there was no problem using recovery spells to treat injuries even if you had already learned them.

My recovery level was already around level 6, and I had already confirmed that it was possible to sprout a severed finger at this level.

Even in cases of severe body amputation accidents, it was possible to put them back together if only the severed parts could be recovered.

If the injury was at a higher level than this, it would be too late to treat it in the company’s recovery room, and there was a greater chance that the injured person would die in the dungeon before arriving for treatment.

Of course, I was curious as to what level of ability it would turn into when the recovery skill was raised to level 10…

‘But fire magic comes first.’

I haven’t been able to see Hwayoung for a while since the last class ended, so it was right for me to at least show her that I have definitely become stronger to some extent when we meet again.

And no matter how much you level up your recovery, it doesn’t have much of an effect on overcoming the ‘limitations’ that you and your party members have.

In the face of truly strong monsters, they only suffered the pain of being injured over and over again, and their mental strength and divine power were eroded.

However, if you master both the physical attack method of swordsmanship and the magical attack method of fire magic, it will definitely become a means of overcoming your ‘limits’ in a crisis situation.

‘I feel like I want to raise it to the highest level, but let’s just be patient.’

If you raise it to the maximum level here, you will only have 90 points left.

Considering that I had to use a call or forced return in a situation where I did not have the minimum amount of spare points, I had to leave at least 500 points, and if possible, about 1,000 points.

In particular, in the case of Eunbyeol, it was not known when the Geumhyang Group would trace her again.

In her critical situation, she was told to escape by being called to her station, but the moment she was about to use it, if she was not called due to lack of points, the sense of betrayal she would feel at that time was indescribable. It would have grown without it.

For that purpose, I have to endure it until level 9.

Fortunately, compared to the time when I was just awakening, I am not short of points anymore. Restrictions on time and place to collect points have virtually disappeared.

Just yesterday, I collected almost 1,000 points by hugging Minah and Eunbyeol at the same time, and today I also earned awakening points by cumming with Areum three times.

Just by calmly doing what I had to do, I would quickly accumulate points. The number of people who can replenish awakening points has already reached double digits.

“… Kuu. … “Cooooo.”

‘… ‘Sleep well.’

After consuming the points accumulated over a long time, what caught my eye was Areum, who was relieving the fatigue accumulated in her body with her cute breathing sounds.

I also enjoyed my own rest while gently embracing her body in the narrow single bed.

To the extent that she doesn’t disturb her Areum’s sound sleep, she just uses her body as a pillow to sleep on.

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After relieving some of my old fatigue next to Areum, who was sleeping with a lovely expression.

After coming to my senses, I realized with my intuition that I had been asleep for quite some time.

I think I slept for at least five or six hours. Esilla and Belle probably know how long I’ve been asleep.

‘… Essila, Belle. ‘How long have I been asleep?’

“The master slept for about 22 minutes based on the time outside the dungeon.”

“I slept for about 9 hours in the dungeon! “Master, you’re pretty tired too, aren’t you?”

About 9 hours. This wasn’t the time for me to overwork Areum or anything.

It seemed like my body was quite tired without me knowing. Seeing how I was able to fall into such a deep sleep even though I was sleeping snuggled up with Areum in this narrow bed.

And even though that much time had passed, Areum, who was still sleeping without knowing the world, was probably even more tired.

“… Couuuuu. … “Kuuuuu.”

Areum’s expression was still calm, just like the way she looked before she fell asleep and the way she looks now.

Before I knew it, he seemed to be in a really deep sleep, with a drool flowing from the corner of his mouth.

I don’t know if it was because the bean pods were used, but I didn’t feel that it was particularly dirty or anything like that. I literally felt like every part of her was cute.

While thinking about that and quietly watching to see when her Areum would wake up, the corners of her eyes began to tremble as if she was moving cautiously.

Understanding that it was a movement to wake her up, I quietly watched Areum’s face and waited for her to open her eyes.

“Kuuuuu… Eup, puh… ?”

“Woke up?”

“Yes… Oppa, hey… Huh?”

As soon as Areum woke up, she seemed embarrassed by the sight of my face in front of her, and as soon as our eyes met, she began to understand the situation.

And then, with a slightly less awake mind, I diligently recalled the memory of her rolling her eyes and just before she fell asleep.

“Ah… Maybe I fell asleep… ?”

“Huh. “I heard you sleep very well.”

“Ah, ah… I’m sorry, brother… I said I wouldn’t sleep…”

“What is there to be sorry about? “I told you from the beginning that it would be better for me to sleep.”

“How many hours did I sleep? “Have you been sleeping for more than an hour?”

From the moment Areum fell asleep, I opened the system window, checked the amount of points I had accumulated so far, and raised the level of fire magic from level 6 to level 9.

And I observed Areum’s face while she was sleeping for about 9 hours, and before and after that, I observed her face…

“About 10 hours?”

“W-Ten hours?!”

“You don’t have to worry. “Even if you sleep here for ten hours, less than thirty minutes have passed outside.”

“Cha, I am truly sorry, oppa! I, I slept alone for 10 hours without any time…”

“Are you okay. “I just woke up too.”

“… Uh, huh? Oh, you’re sleeping with me too, Oppa?”

“Huh. “I didn’t know, but I guess I was a little tired these days.”

Areum placed her hand on her chest as if she felt slightly relieved when she heard that I was sleeping with her.

It was just lovely to see her fidgeting and paying attention to useless parts of herself.

“But Areum, you must have been really tired. She was even drooling while sleeping.”

“… Look, don’t look!”

“It would be better to remove the eye gouge first rather than acupuncture.”

“Look, I told you not to look… !”

After hearing my words, Areum hurriedly touched the area around her mouth and chin, wiping away the drool marks, and rubbing the area around her eyes to hurriedly remove eye mucus.

I watched her until the end as she avoided looking at me with her newly red face, and secretly smiled at her beauty’s cuteness only in her head.