Chapter 112: Magic Abilities

After being with Evelyn for so long, and knowing she liked flowers, and gardening in general, I had to learn a thing or two about gardening.

My knowledge wasn’t to a drastic extent, but it was sufficient.

’I think?’ I mused to myself, and turned in confusion, wondering why my daughter wasn’t done watering the plant beside her.

"Are you... done?"

I was startled to see that the water inside the pot had overflowed.

"Sophie!" I called out, dragging her attention back to reality, and she quickly glanced down to realize the mess she had made.

"Oh no! Mom’s gonna kill me." she said to herself in shock and quickly tried to scoop out the water in the pot when I caught her hand.

"Leave it. Just come and trim the plants, I’ll handle it."

"Really?" Sophie stared at me with teary eyes.

It was almost as though she was about to cry, which startled me.

I’d never seen an angry Evelyn.

’That would be an interesting sight, wouldn’t it?’ I mused to myself as I shifted my attention to the flower pot ahead.

I slowly scooped some water out of it with a cup that was nearby.

Before long only the overwhelmingly wet soil remained. A few roots from the plant could be seen peeking out from the soft sand.

I stared at it for a bit, before thinking of something.

With my absurd control of mana, perhaps I could do something about this.

I stretched my fingers lightly onto the flower ahead and immediately felt a wave of mana appear at the tips of my fingertips.

The system seemed to understand my intention and my connection to the mana returned almost instantly.

I glanced around in surprise.

The flower ahead had thin trails of mana coating its outer edges.

It was as though I had an x-ray vision and could see through the flower ahead.

’It’s as though everything in this world possesses mana to a certain extent.’ I muttered to myself, silently studying it.

Slowly I could feel my control slipping into the water, the soil, and the plant itself. It was as though I could control them to a certain extent.

I thought about it for a bit and my fingers twitched upwards.

Instantly the water began flowing upwards.

All the excess water flowed upwards all the way until it was at my fingertips and had condensed into a ball.

"How’s that possible?" A voice echoed from beside me, filled with disbelief, and I turned to notice my daughter staring intently at the ball with a stupefied expression on her face.

"Mmm... this?" I raised the ball in my hand.

I had long since noticed she was watching me. Feeling no need to hide my abilities from her, I wasn’t reserved in the slightest.

As I raised the ball that was hovering just right above my hand, it swirled.

The ball was crystal clear and it reflected the gleaming sunlight.

Due to how absurd my control of mana was, the ball was completely transparent without the slightest dirt on it.

"Can... can I touch it?" Sophie stared at it with a curious light in her eyes.

"Sure." I controlled the ball to hover right in front of her face.

Sophie stretched her finger lightly and touched the ball.

It felt soft and squishy under her light touch.

I flicked my finger and the ball splashed onto her face, drenching it wet.

"Dad!" Sophie immediately exclaimed, as she felt the water drench her shirt, and flow all the way down to her mini skirt.

"You need to see the expression on your face..." I laughed, playfully teasing my daughter.

"That’s not nice!" Sophie pouted and walked over to the seat in the garden.

She sat down on it and continued pouting. The cool breeze slipped into her clothes and made her nipples stiffen against the fabric of her cloth.

I gave it a momentary glance, before shifting my attention to my daughter’s pouting face.

"Who made my little princess angry?" I asked curiously as I walked over to her location and sat beside her.

Sophie pouted and glared at me, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Alright... what do I do to make you happy?" I smiled and asked.

Seeing that smile, Sophie understood that she couldn’t be angry at me any longer.

She stared at it for a moment before her facial expression quickly melted.

"I... uh... how did you do that?" she asked curiously.

"You mean this?" I stretched my hand and Sophie felt her clothes going dry at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Droplets of water condensed and crystallized midair until they formed a familiar ball of water.

Only, this time the ball was much smaller, due to the fact that a little bit of it had dried off completely.

"Wow..." Sophie stared at me with glowing eyes, clearly impressed by such a display.

She raised her finger to touch it but instinctively shrank back, clearly afraid of getting splashed.

"This is an ability of mine. It’s not just water I can control, but a few other things." I stretched my fingers and mana coated the scissors Sophie had been using previously.

It floated midair, and began cutting the flower at its edges as though it was being mechanically controlled.

Sophie watched this sight with an amazed expression.

"Dad... can you teach me?" Sophie asked eagerly.

’That would involve becoming my slave...’ I muttered to myself with a frown.

I could make other women my slaves but not my daughters. They were my precious creatures.

’The system should have another way to conduct an awakening, perhaps I’m just not strong enough for now. Do I need to go on another corruption points grinding spree?’ I thought to myself.

Outwardly, I shook my head at my daughter’s words.

"Not for now. But eventually." I said with a smile and Sophie’s eagerness cooled off, replaced with disappointment.

She glanced down at her long, slender legs and fell silent.

I realized there was really nothing much to talk about with my daughter.

I gave her a light jab on her shoulder from the side.

"What’s going on in your mind? Why are you silent all of a sudden?"

Sophie sighed.

"It’s just surprising that you possess magical abilities."

"Mmm... there are a couple of people with abilities, it’s nothing new."

"Really?" Sophie was startled.

She muttered in a whisper, "how come I haven’t seen any of them before?"

"If I don’t choose to use my abilities would you know I possess it?" I explained and Sophie immediately arrived at a realisation.

We fell silent once more.

Sophie for an instant entertained the thought of studying her classmates closely to see which of them possessed abilities, if any at all, but she quickly caught herself as she realized that this was the weekend.

"Uh... dad..." Sophie called out softly.

"Yes?"

"It... it’s the weekend..." Sophie’s voice was as light as a mosquito and I could hear the embarrassment in her tone.

"Yes, it is." I replied, pretending to be ignorant about what she was talking about.

"I... uh..." Sophie found it hard to phrase the words but she knew that eventually she’d have to ask them so after a moment of silence she finally spoke up.

"You... said... you... were gonna teach me..."

"Teach you about sex?" I echoed calmly and Sophie’s ears turned pink.

Why did I say it so indifferently like that?

Just hearing the words made her feel flustered and embarrassed, however she still nodded slowly.

"Alright." I said with a smile, "I thought you’d never ask." I added.