Chapter 16: Chapter 16 : Mark’s Speculation

The next day, Leona finally regained the consciousness. She looked completely healthy. Fortunately, there didn't seem any long-lasting effects either. 

Soon, she was briefed about the success of their first hunt, and that everyone was safe. To which, Leona sighed in relief. 

The whole time, Mark behaved rather awkwardly. 

Such a detail didn't go unnoticed by his family, and they guessed that he was embarrassed because he couldn't fulfill his role as a tank. 

Though when they told him that 'it was completely normal,' and 'even they were frozen on the spot because of fear', he finally gave them a genuine smile. 

Mark knew they were lying just to give him some confidence.

Otherwise, how did Leona reach the Quogoa if her mind had shot-circuited because of fear?

Or… How did Melanie and Catherine stop the Quogoa from killing him if they were frozen on the spot?

'Haah. They truly are the best.' Mark thought. 'But it won't do.'

He couldn't simply ignore the root of the problem.

Knowing the future, Mark was sure he would have to face many dangerous situations. If he froze every time then he was simply begging to be killed. 

'And I don't want to die!' Mark uttered in his mind.

Suddenly, mana around him began to rampage. 

Mark's eyes widened at the phenomenon. 

He knew an awakened's emotions could affect the surrounding mana, but that happened only at higher levels!

Were his emotions to survive really that strong for such a phenomenon to occur? 

Mark wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry. But one thing was crystal clear. If he wanted to live... He somehow had to overcome his trauma of death.

'Haah! How ironic.' Mark sighed.

Soon, Melanie brought some food for Leona, who was dying of hunger. 

Then they all decided to continue what they were doing and let Leona enjoy the food. 

Catherine was the first one to exit the tent. Her footsteps were hurried. 

'Hmm, did she find anything interesting about that array?' 

Catherine had been studying the array — that Mark had used to teleport all of them here — for the past month. 

Seeing how hurriedly she left, Mark made a mental note to ask her about it later.

He was also curious about the inner workings of that array. After all, it was most probably created by a demi-god, just like the pocket dimension he wanted to enter using the mirror. 

"I think, I should stay with Leona to take care of her," Eleanor said with a concerned look. Though she averted her eyes when Mark looked at her. 

"Yeah, that's a good idea," Mark nodded with a smile. 

Eleanor took a sigh of relief when Mark agreed. Though the very next instant, Mark's smile turned to an evil grin. 

"But why don't you complete this test while you are taking care of sis?" Mark said and hid his evil grin while handing her a test paper he had taken out of his inventory. 

Since Eleanor could potentially awaken a healing type divine spell because of her life domain, Mark had asked her to learn biology.

Which would make it easier and make it more cost-efficient for her to use 'Life Essence' and heal others. But to Mark's utter surprise, Eleanor hated studying biology. 

Though she was okay with doing complex math problems, she despised memorizing. 

"But son…" Eleanor gave him a pitiful look. "How can I memorize the whole book in just a single week?" 

Mark's heart began to beat faster seeing Eleanor's cute expression. But soon, he calmed down. 

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He had been living with her for 19 years, he had already learned to control himself in front of his crush. 

Mark shook his head to get out of his thought process and he had to agree that she was right. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough leeway to go softer on her. 

Why?

Because he had connected a few dots regarding the divine spells. 

Though he had met only a few people possessing the divine classes in the game, one thing was common among them.

The divine spells they awakened always had relationships with them on a deeper level. It could be their behavior, profession, knowledge, or it could even be a trauma they had to go through. 

And Mark didn't want Eleanor to awaken a random useless spell.

That's why Mark wanted her to have enough 'knowledge' about healing before her advancement. So that she could awaken a decent healing spell from her divine pool. 

'That's if my speculation is correct.' Mark thought.

"Haah! Give me two hours," Eleanor took the test paper from him with visible frustration on her face. 

If Eleanor knew the whole truth she would not have made any excuses at all and would have given her two hundred percent…. But Mark didn't tell her.

Because then, Eleanor would always think about what could she gain before doing any deed. After all, she was a human as well, and those spells could potentially protect her family. So of course she would do a few things to gain better spells.

And as much as Mark had seen, domains didn't award the selfish people powerful spells at all. So the more kind, selfless, and self-sacrificing Eleanor was, the better spells she could get. After all, her class was called Saintess for a reason.

'And no matter how difficult, mom always does something when I ask her to, anyway.' 

Just like now, when Eleanor was clearly frustrated, but she still sat to write the test because of him. 

Though Mark felt bad for her.

After all, it was really hard to study one's most despised subject 18 hours a day.

And when one had to follow such a schedule for 30 days straight… Mark had to admit he was the bad guy here. 

With a sigh, he sat beside Eleanor. Who stopped writing and looked at him in question. 

"Mom, what we are doing is really dangerous," he said. "Just like yesterday, we could get serious injuries anytime." —

Leona stopped eating for a second and looked toward them. 

— "And as you already know, potions are not omniscient."

Eleanor nodded. 

She knew healing potions took time, and could only give a hand in the natural healing process of the body. 

"That's why I am being so strict toward you." 

Eleanor looked at him in doubt. "Will these books really help?" 

"Of course," Mark nodded resolutely. "For example, if someone's bone is fractured then it needs to be set in the right place before the healing potion takes effect." —

Eleanor nodded.

— "And these books will provide you with crucial knowledge to take such measures on the spot." 

"Ah!! If that's the case, you should have told me earlier." 

"Sorry mom, I didn't know you hated biology so much," Mark said with a sheepish smile.

"Oh it's fine," Eleanor waved her hand in the air. "Now let me complete this test. I have to finish one more book before this week." 

Seeing her writing hastily, Mark stood up. He was sure, Eleanor would give her everything to learn now. Because she would believe she had to make such a sacrifice for her family. And that would increase the chances for the domain to give her a powerful spell.

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