Chapter 149: Natasha’s Skills

Elias lay sprawled across the bed, his arms resting loosely at his sides as he stared at Natasha with an affectionate look on his face.

"Haah..." he breathed heavily, still feeling the lingering excitement of what they had done.

He had never done anything even remotely close to this before, and Natasha had been far too tempting for him to refuse such a pleasant offer. Even so, there was one boundary he had deliberately refused to cross, and that was going any further than they already had.

To finally become one...

He wasn’t going to do that.

At least, not yet.

Somewhere in his heart, Elias felt that taking that final step before healing Natasha would somehow mean breaking the promise he had made to her. He had promised to teach her Mental Whisper somehow, and until he could fulfill that promise, he couldn’t bring himself to cross that final boundary.

However, at that moment, those heavy thoughts and responsibilities no longer weighed on him.

Instead, he simply looked at his wife with a passionate smile, feeling strangely content.

Natasha quietly finished cleaning him and the mattress before folding the handkerchief and putting it away. Then she looked back at Elias with a faint smile.

’ Holy... ’

The moonlight streamed through the window behind her, surrounding her figure with a pale glow that made her seem almost angelic, and the light spilling around her only made the sight more beautiful.

However, as Elias’s gaze naturally lowered to her breasts, the thoughts in his head immediately went in a completely different direction.

[What are you doing?] he asked inwardly.

Natasha furrowed her brows in confusion before crawling toward her notebook and quill.

Elias gulped upon seeing her breasts sway as though fruits hanging from a tree.

He quickly added, [Are you not going to sleep?]

Natasha halted.

She glanced at him for a moment, and then she picked up the pillows and crawled back beside him. After placing them properly so that both of them could sleep comfortably, she lay down and rested her head against one.

Her golden eyes settled on Elias, carrying a gentle smile and a hint of sleepiness.

He couldn’t help but smile.

He also placed his head on the pillow before turning face to face with her.

For several moments, they stared into each other’s eyes as the quiet night surrounded them.

Then Elias slowly moved his right arm over her waist.

Natasha responded in kind, wrapping her arm around him as well, and the two gradually moved closer until their bodies touched.

Her free breasts pressed against his chest while his member, which was still slightly stiff, spread heat on her abdomen.

The warmth between them was peaceful.

After everything that had just happened, simply lying beside each other like this felt euphoric.

Elias slowly closed his eyes, and Natasha did the same.

Before long, the two drifted into sleep in each other’s embrace.

Several hours later, sunlight streamed through the windows and spread across the room.

Elias’s eyes trembled open, and the first thing he saw was the beautiful sight of his first wife sleeping peacefully beside him.

Her long black hair had spread loosely across the pillow, framing her delicate face, while one arm remained around him, although her hold had become loose in sleep.

Elias smiled.

He remained still for a while, simply watching her.

Then his gaze slowly moved downward.

His member was poking her abdomen, but although he felt a little embarrassed, he no longer panicked over something like this. After all, he had been sleeping beside Natasha every day, and what had happened the previous night had certainly made him more accustomed to such situations.

Instead, he simply let out a quiet breath and returned his attention to her face.

For a while, Elias admired her peaceful expression, taking in her delicate eyelashes, blade-like eyebrows, tiny nose, and slightly darker lips.

’She has to be the most beautiful woman in the world.’

The thought appeared naturally in his mind, and he couldn’t help but smile wider.

He still couldn’t believe such a gorgeous woman was one of his wives.

Right then, however, he suddenly remembered the mechanical sound from before.

His expression changed slightly.

’Status,’ he mumbled inwardly.

An orange screen flickered into existence before his eyes.

Elias’s gaze immediately focused on it, and within the next moment, his eyes widened.

[Status]

[Name: Natasha Sephila]

[Rank: Warrior]

[Affection Rate: 31]

[Talent: Child of Divine (SS)]

[Physical Constitution: Heavenly Demon Physique (Dormant – Stage: II)]

[Weapon: None]

[Weapon Mastery: None]

[Weapon Aura: None]

[Mana Aptitude: S]

[Mana Affinity: Light (S), Darkness (S), Holy (S), Unholy (S)]

[Mana Circle: None]

[Spiritual Aptitude: SS (None)]

[Spiritual Affinity: Divine (SS), Demonic (SS), Ghost (S), Elemental (S)]

[Spiritual Stars: None]

[Stats]

[Strength/Constitution: 27]

[Speed/Agility: 19]

[Stamina/Endurance: 24]

[Perception/Comprehension: 18]

[Mana/Spirit: 137 (0)]

[Skills]

[Spiritual Sense (C)]

[Spiritual Ritual (C)]

[Demonic Sovereignty (SSS)]

[Unknown — Requires Affection Rate: 40]

His eyes became as wide as saucers as he stared at the screen.

"Thirty-one..." he mumbled.

Somehow Natasha’s Affection Rate had jumped from twenty-four to thirty-one, which meant he could now inspect Natasha’s skills.

His gaze shifted downward and stopped at the skills.

The first two were the ones every Spiritualist had, but the last one was what caused his jaw to fall open.

’A SSS-grade skill?!’

He blinked at the sheer grade of the skill and focused on it, excited to see what it actually did.

An explanation tab appeared the next instant.

[Demonic Sovereignty]

[Grade: SSS]

[Once awakened, the wielder has complete control over demons and demonic beings.]

[Targets with skills of S or above grade can challenge the control.]

[The strength of the control is relative to the wielder’s strength.]

’What in the name of the sword...’ he mumbled inwardly.

As per the Sword Spirit, demons were mythical creatures, and his wife could control them the way she liked. It was simply ludicrous how powerful this skill was, and more than anything, the system was actually giving him an explanation of the skill.

That alone made him understand how powerful it was because the system never did that for his skills.

A sudden thought appeared in his mind, and he mumbled inwardly,

’Even the system cannot act out before my wife.’