Earth's Greatest Magus

Forbidden Forest, Fey Village.

The sun was shining brightly above in the sky, its light permeating the lush trees, a pleasant breeze blowing in the middle of the village. There, a dark-haired girl was seen sitting on a flat rock with a group of children surrounding her, intently listening to what she had to say as they chuckled at her words.

"So remember, boys, be gentlemen." She said, which drew another round of chuckle. "To you girls, do not enter a bathhouse with boys."

One of the youngest girls raised her hand before she asked in a voice filled with both confusion and curiosity. "Sister Klea, what is a bathhouse?"

Feeling a little guilty about bringing up something they'd never seen before, never mind the chance to experience it, Klea decided to lead them to a clearing in the village, where she then created a pool of water with her spell.

Under their curious gazes, she dipped her hand into the pool and a faint light could be seen appearing within the water.

A twinkle of astonishment appeared in their eyes as the children watched as bubbles started to appear on the surface of the water as the pool heated up. It didn't take long before a plume of steam started billowing out.

Klea smiled proudly at what she had done, seeing her capability to cast spells outside of the element she was proficient with had improved. Turning around, she gestured with her hand and the children didn't even take a second before they plunged into the pool in droves.

The smile on her face became wider as she watched all the kids enjoying their time in the makeshift bath she had made, playing around and splashing on each other. In fact, they had so much fun in it that older kids were attracted and decided to join. Among them were the twins Lilith and Lelith.

As for Glita, the youngest of the Fey sisters came to Klea. Seeing the latter not entering the bath, she curiously asked, "You're not joining, Sister Klea?"

Caught off guard by the question, Klea turned to the petite girl and shook her head slightly while saying, "No, I'm not. I don't think I'm going to take a warm bath for a while."

"But why? Did something happen?"

She caught the pondering gaze on the black-haired girl before she shook her head saying, "I don't want to talk about it."

After saying those words, Klea immediately turned around and left the group to have their fun. She made her way out of the village, walking through the dense forest heading towards a place not too far away.

Several minutes later, she finally arrived at her destination. It was a small hut that used to be Emery's residence.

When she opened the door of the worn-out hut, she saw the young man she had been waiting for. With a bowl of freshly cooked soup in his hand as he turned around and said, "Klea, I'm sorry to keep you waiting... I'm here now."

With a smile on her face, she took the bowl he offered her and quickly gulped it down without a trace. It was the best soup she had ever tasted. Alas, she knew perfectly well Emery couldn't cook soup that good. He wasn't here.

"These illusions are all wrong…"

As soon as he said those words, Emery's smiling figure disappeared like smoke, leaving the girl alone in the dimly lit hut as she let out a long sigh.

That was the blessing, as well as the curse, of having powerful spirit reading, which she had been practicing continuously. Being able to create whatever he wanted, she ended up creating something she had longed for so much.

Scanning the interior of the hut, Klea approached the empty bed and sat down in the lotus position on it. She then closed her eyes and promptly began continuing her training on her [Soul Tempering] meditation technique.

She had mastered the second level of the technique during her time at the Kronos palace. Since then, she had continued to set aside time for training, practicing almost every night during her stay in Rome and most of the time after she returned to Britain four months ago.

It's already been a year since her return to Earth, but she still hasn't made a breakthrough or any sign of it whatsoever, which was honestly starting to bother her.

As she was immersed in her meditation, another day passed. Her wait for news about Emery continued.

When the morning sun emerged, she once again met the young children of the Fey Village. The children greeted her enthusiastically, broad smiles on their faces as they excitedly talked about yesterday's bath.

It was clear what they wanted, but Klea didn't plan on letting them play too much.

"Alright, everyone. Calm down for now. We are not playing around today. Let's continue our training, shall we?" She said, ignoring the puppy stares these kids were giving her.

After spending six months staying in Rome, the experience changed her outlook a bit. These days, apart from training, she also spent some time teaching the young talents of the Fey Village in meditation and improving their understanding of spirit energy.

The place she chose as the training ground was none other than the Gaia Shrine itself that had a high concentration of spirit energy. Not only that, since it was considered a sacred place for the villagers, everyone, even the children, could restrain themselves when they trained inside the shrine.

As for Klea, whenever she was in the shrine, she was particularly interested in improving her proficiency with the water element.

Among the four elements she had an affinity to, water was the one she had the least understanding. As such, the Fey Shrine filled with abundant spirit energy was an excellent place for her to make up for her deficiencies.

[Congratulation you have reached a breakthrough in the water Element]

[Spirit force increased]

[Cleopatra]

[Battle power: 125 (95)]

[Spirit force: 995(925)]

[Acolyte rank 9 - peak stage 9 pillars]

[Lighting - 4 pillars]

[Wind - 2 pillars]

[Ice - 2 pillars]

[Water - 1 pillar]

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The notification certainly made her overjoyed. Even though it was actually just a single point increase in her spirit force, it was the third she had obtained in the entire year since she returned to Earth.

This was all she had been busy for months in the Fey Village: training and bettering herself farther. After a full day of training with the Fey children, Klea gathered them together with an expectant smile.

"Alright, let me see how much you all have improved."