I quickly concentrated on the new information and this was what I saw revealed.
[Level] 8 [Class] Fae-Bonded 0/20
Concentrating on the Class brought up further information.
By agreeing a covenant with a Noble-blooded Fae of the Seelie court of who has beco your servant, you will gradually take on more of the aspects of the Fae, who are renowned for their great Fortune and Charm. ?????? will increase and ????? ????? increases more rapidly. There may be ??????????? depending on the Fae you are bonded with.
Damn, I guess my Self-Examination Skill isn’t high enough as there are still things I can’t understand. Still, Fortune and Charm… those are pretty neat.
“Oh yeah, before I forget…” I concentrated on my Territory and with that dismissed my degraded weaselkin, who dissipated, axe falling to the ground with a clang. Now free, the Kamaitachi rushed over to the wounded Shaeula.
“Princess, are you-you going to die?” he asked, frantic.
She smiled at him with as much energy as she could muster and responded “I do not-not believe so. It hurts, but I think I will live-live.”
“You definitely will.” I promised. Concentrating I made the spear vanish from her body and re-appear just above her, withdrawn from her torn flesh, and I grabbed it. With that done the blood began to flow rapidly, causing her to groan and the Kamaitachi to try and staunch the flow with his own paws. Relax; I know what I’m doing.
With that thought I channelled most of the ether that she had bequeathed with to aether, and with that I closed her wound, pristine fur and flesh covering it. As they looked shocked I grinned wryly.
“It’s not a perfect job, restoring the blood lost is beyond at the mont, but with so rest I’m sure you’ll be fine.” To be honest I was a little worried that I hadn’t fixed all the internal injuries, but luckily I rembered what I was taught in biology class so my imaging of injuries was decent, and I trusted that since she was a fairy of so kind… wait, they call themselves Fae… That aside, I had a feeling that once I had closed her wounds she would heal, even if the sa would probably not be said if I tried the sa thing on myself.
As she struggled to her feet I looked around the cave we were in. Other than the chair, the table and the glass on it, the place was bare, the walls brown dirt, lit by the purple and green glows of the light-orbs. “It’s kind of… dingy… for a princess in here, isn’t it?” I said, provoking a scowl from Shaeula.
“We wanted to establish a firm control of this land before we brought over our Seelie treasures. Should any of them-them be stolen by other factions, or worse outsiders, then it would bring great sha-sha to us and my father.” I got the impression she was pouting, maybe I had touched a nerve. Her gaze was wandering a little too, suspiciously at that. Oh well, I guess it isn’t my business.
“That makes sense.” I nodded my agreent, trying to soothe her. “Oh, I need to fully integrate this place into my Territory. Do you have a Territory Anchor here anywhere?”
She looked at strangely, a bit puzzled. “I am not-not sure what you an. But my Territory extends from this-this throne.” She gestured to the wooden chair she was sitting on earlier. It had survived the gales of wind she had called up before, which was a testant to her control.
A bit shabby for a throne… I reached out to it and as I did so silver letters once more appeared.
This Territory is too far from your Anchor to take command of. Your Territory Anchor must be upgraded to Rank 2 before you can consolidate this Territory. You currently possess 3078 Ether. It requires 10,000 Ether to upgrade to Rank 2.
Hmmm, Well damn, ten thousand ether huh? That’s pretty much what I’ve spent already on everything else. Regardless, I dare say it would be worth it long-term… It seed Shaeula-chan had saved up a modest amount of ether, still, it was not enough. Ti would build trust, and I had no intention of mistreating her, but until she understood that and we built up a better relationship it would pay to be cautious.
As I was unable to rge the Territories the throne disappeared, and in a cloud of light more ether was transferred to as the Territory collapsed. Ignoring the ssage about the extra ether I turned to Shaeula-chan, who was hissing in rage.
“My throne, what did-did you do with it?” she complained.
“Calm down Shaeula-chan.” I tried to mollify her. “I needed to retrieve all the ether so we can strengthen my Territory so it can expand out to here and join with yours. That got rid of your chair as a side-effect. Besides, I’ll get you a far better throne soon. This whole place could use a redesign, it really isn’t fit for a princess, is it?”
“A new throne. See that you do-do.” She nodded, still scowling. She then paused for a second and then looked at , irritation in her eyes. “Shaeula-chan? What nonsense is this-this? I am not-not one of you mortals. I have no-no interest in being referred to by your silly-silly conventions. Either my na or princess will serve.”
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