Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1437

Chapter 1437 - Family Time (Part 1)

"Excellent work, everyone. See you all tomorrow." Faluel said.

"Wait, how do I-" Lith said.

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"Bye!" The Hydra Warped them to the barn before checking herself with Lifestream.

"That was an excellent workout. A few more lessons and I'll be back in shape thanks to my Awakened metabolism."

Meanwhile, in the barn, Morok swore like a trucker during a Sunday morning jam.

"Why did she send me here? I was supposed to go back to master Ajatar's lair! It will take me time and effort to get there by the city Gates network, unless…"

He looked at Quylla's lovely features. Fatigue reddened her lips and cheeks like no make-up could, also making her skin sparkle at the faintest light.

"Can I stay at your place for the night?" He asked while appreciating how her sweat and training clothes left little to his imagination.

"No!" Quylla jumped through the gate the moment she realized that Morok had been talking to her breasts and ass the whole time, turning to a bright shade of purple.

"Creep." Friya and Phloria said as goodbye while crossing over.

"It was worth a shot." Morok sighed deeply. "Bye, guys."

Once the Tyrant disappeared through the Gate, Lith looked down on Nalrond.

"And you wanted me to ask him for advice about women." Lith said with a sneer.

"Look at the time. I really need to go. Bye!" The Rezar pretended to have something urgent to do and ran away to avoid further mockery.

"Mom, we're back." Lith opened a Steps to the kitchen where Elina greeted him and Solus with a hug.

"Finally, I have both of you for dinner. I'm sorry I couldn't prepare anything special for you, Solus, but Lith gave me no notice and I thought you two would be staying in the tower again. Did you grow bigger again, dear?" Elina said.

"Don't worry, Elina. This is a pleasant surprise for me as well. I can finally dine together with the family." Solus returned the embrace, noticing that Elina was right.

After staying cooped up in the tower with Lith for days, her stone doll form had grown of a few centimeters.

"Please, stop making a fuss about this." Lith said. "We dined together for lunch and-"

"And it didn't happen ever since you returned from Lightkeep." Raaz rebuked him.

"First, we left you alone to grieve Mirim and recover from your breakup with Kamila. Then, you buried yourself in work so much that whenever we came to visit at the tower, we only met Solus.

"Do you realize that we've spent more time with her than with you?"

"Yeah." Solus nodded. "I hoped that after you introduced me to your family, we'd spend more time all together, not less."

"This is your family as well, Solus. You don't need that grumpy ass' permission to come here whenever you want." Raaz caressed her head, making memories of Threin, her father, resurface.

She only remembered the feeling of her father's touch while his face was just from the image that Lochra had shown her. Had Solus tears she would have cried, but her stone form allowed her to hide her feelings.

"Thanks, Raaz."

Having her own seat at the table, eating with others, and taking an active part in the conversation with her own mouth instead of Lith's made Solus's voice crack several times with joy.

Everyone was moved seeing how things that they took for granted brought such happiness to the newest member of their family and made them scold Lith many times for having kept Solus isolated for so long.

During dinner, Lith listened to the most recent events in the Distar Region. The new Count Lark had moved back into his ancestral home after the Royals had rebuilt it to its former glory down to the smallest detail.

As for Brinja, she was the new Marchioness, and much like Lith, she had drowned herself into work to not let grief get the better of her.

Lith then told his family about what he had learned from Faluel, even offering the kids a small demonstration about his skills with gravity fusion.

"I was thinking that after dinner we should research a new breathing technique." He said once everyone was sated and relaxed.

"What?" Solus's happiness faded at those words. "I just practiced the whole day and you want me to do more?"

"Well, I already had plenty of rest today and you don't need to sleep to reset Invigoration, only to stand above a mana geyser." Lith shrugged. "There's only so much time in a day and now that I've reached the violet core, Invigoration is outdated."

"Not a chance!" Raaz put himself between them as if Solus needed his protection. "I didn't see you for almost a week and now you want to run away from your family right after a meal?"

"I'm not running away I-" Elina pointed at the kids and their eyes veiled with tears, cutting Lith short.

"Fine. What about a compromise? We'll stay until bedtime and then we are going to practice. You guys need to sleep."

Elina and Raaz exchanged a sad look before rolling their eyes.

"Deal." They said in unison.