Ignoring the extremely abstract system reward of Guaranteed Pregnancy Set, Gut, who had been released from the wall by Serie, boarded the carriage to headquarters together with his teacher.
Although space for living quarters had been deliberately reserved during the association's initial design, since the building had been completed for only a short time, the rooms' supporting facilities were somewhat lacking. Therefore, the teacher and disciple still resided in their previous inn.
During the journey, Serie continued reading through the otherworld magic book that her disciple had offered, her gaze sometimes deep, sometimes uncertain, pondering something unknown.
Gut rested his elbow against the window, his eyes seemingly looking toward the sky, but actually all his attention was focused on the System Space interface.
Having rewards stored without using them wasn't Gut's style.
Anything that could significantly enhance his abilities should be used as early as possible.
[Ding!]
[Talent Trait Draw Opportunity X4 used. Congratulations host on obtaining talent traits: [Charming Groove (White)], [Obsessive (Blue)], [Brother You Smell So Good (Green)], and [Loving Priest (Blue)]]
[Talent Trait: Charming Groove (White/Inactive)]
[Trait Description: A certain part of your body will become more attractive to males with special orientation, but that part's endurance will become fragile]
[Trait Effect: Host's charm value to special groups increases by 50%]
[Talent Trait: Obsessive (Blue/Inactive)]
[Trait Description: Regarding magic, you will have your own unique obsession]
[Trait Effect: When activated, all magic/curse comprehension increases by 5%; can designate any magic/curse for binding to conduct high-intensity research, during which host gains 30% comprehension boost, but cannot change research targets until success]
[Talent Trait: Brother You Smell So Good (Green/Inactive)]
[Trait Description: Brother! You smell so good!]
[Trait Effect: When activated, same-sex favorability toward host increases by 10%]
[Talent Trait: Loving Priest (Blue/Inactive)]
[Trait Description: A devout priest with absolute faith in the "Lord" and a loving heart]
[Trait Effect: When activated, host will firmly believe in [Goddess], all [Goddess Magic] effects increase by 40%, healing magic effects gain an additional 10% boost on top of the amplification, and host will develop unique fondness for young boys]
"..."
Gut fell silent.
Had he recently poked some unclean groove? How were three of the four talent traits he drew in this style...
The only relatively normal Obsessive also had significant limitations during use. This was just great.
"What's wrong? Thinking about something unpleasant?"
Even Serie, sitting across reading her book, noticed the gloominess spreading across her disciple's face and couldn't help but ask.
"Yes, something very aggravating. Like... being stabbed in the back several times in a row."
"Terrible analogy."
Serie shook her head. Her disciple's words made her lose the desire to continue caring and she simply lowered her head to continue reading.
However, at this moment Gut directed his gaze toward his teacher Serie.
Because just now, the system had issued a notification that Gut's newly acquired Investigation Module had finished loading and could be put to use.
And naturally, the first investigation target fell on his teacher.
As an invisible light emanated from Gut's eyes, Serie, who was reading with her head down, suddenly felt a strong sense of being watched and quickly raised her head.
However, with her magical detection frantically spreading out, besides her disciple Gut who was staring fixedly at her, there seemed to be no other targets around.
This shouldn't be right. She should have gotten used to her disciple's "disrespectful" gaze long ago...
[Investigation Target: Serie]
[Target Race: Human (Elf Branch)]
[Target Talents:]
[Mythical Mage (Gold-Red/Cannot Copy)], [Investigator (Gold-Red/Cannot Read, Cannot Copy)], [Strong Memory (Gold/Can Copy)], [Great Mage (Gold/Can Copy)]... [Long-lived Species - Elf (Purple/Can Copy)]... [Worldly Teacher (Blue/Cannot Copy)]... [Ambition (White/Cannot Copy)], [Tsundere (White/Cannot Copy)]...
While Serie was still puzzled, unbeknownst to her, her talent "underwear" had been completely seen through by her disciple across from her.
"Gulp—"
Gut swallowed, truly shocked by his teacher's "length."
This was truly the accumulation of thousands of years - this long string of luxurious traits could make one's eyes go straight.
However, what delighted Gut most was the Can Copy notation appearing after these talent traits, confirming that his initial speculation was indeed correct.
Talent Copy Opportunities could indeed synergize with the System Investigation Module, allowing him to selectively acquire others' talent traits.
Talents obtained this way, whether in trait quality or enhancement direction, were much more controllable than randomly drawn ones.
But even with his teacher right in front of him, Gut, who was extremely envious of Serie's high-quality talent traits, forcibly restrained his inner desire.
Although he wanted his teacher now, she was right beside him - consuming her was just a matter of time.
Such precious copy opportunities should be used first on the Hero Himmel and Heiter, whose lifespans were running short.
After making this decision, Gut continued resting by the carriage window.
Unlike before when he gazed at the sky while gambling, now Gut's eyes were full of his teacher Serie...
Her talent traits.
Mythical Mage (Gold/Cannot Copy) mainly referred to his teacher's magical accumulation over these long years. The reason it couldn't be copied was probably because it contained too many of his teacher's memories.
The Investigator trait was strange - unreadable and uncopyable, so he'd skip it for now. Strong Memory (Gold) and Great Mage (Gold) were massive boosts to various mage attributes. If copying in the future, these two traits from his teacher should rank at high priority.
But speaking of highest priority, it probably wouldn't be those Gold Talents, but rather the Purple Grade Long-lived Species - Elf (Purple).
[Trait Name: Long-lived Species - Elf (Purple/Can Copy)]
[Trait Description: As an elf, naturally possessing a long lifespan unimaginable to ordinary humans]
[Trait Effect: When activated, host's body will develop elf characteristics similar to the copy source, individual lifespan gains massive amplification, but emotional perception ability will decrease slightly]
"Wait, how is it like this..."
After carefully reading the system's description of this trait, Gut's interest greatly diminished. Looking at this trait again, he no longer had his previous enthusiasm.
Setting aside the decrease in emotional perception ability, more importantly, Gut speculated something from the system description's section about host's body will develop elf characteristics similar to the copy source.
If he copied and activated this talent trait from his teacher Serie, wouldn't his body then contain elf genes originating from Serie?
Then this...
From a reproductive perspective, if he and Serie had offspring, would those children fall under the category of consanguineous marriage?
Thinking of the exemplary products of consanguineous marriage in his previous life's Japanese royal family - the latest generation Prince Yujin.
This "noble" being who could score 20 points out of 1000 on student tests, breaking through the lower limits of carbon-based life forms, truly made Gut shudder involuntarily.
Better wait a bit longer and see what the frequency of lifespan-type rewards was in the system's Good Deed of the Day daily task reward pool.
As long as it wasn't so low as to be impossibly rare, Gut didn't plan to achieve longevity through such means.
Serie closed the book in her hands and sighed with some frustration.
"Sometimes I really want to open up your head and see what exactly you're thinking about."
Though she could listen to some thoughts in others' hearts, those that were too erratic and beyond common sense were excluded - like Gut's thinking that was too erratic to seem human, and the existence of the System.
But vaguely hearing terms like "pregnancy" and "children" was still possible.
Even with her extremely rich teaching experience, when encountering a special case like Gut, Serie was still helpless.
"Get off, we've reached our destination."
"Oh!"
Gut responded softly, stepping down from the carriage first and then extending his hand quite gentlemanly, wanting to help his teacher down.
However, this time Serie refused her disciple's kindness, stepping down with those legs that actually weren't very long, tiptoeing slightly on the ground.
Gut couldn't help but smile, wanting to say something to tease his teacher's cuteness, but Serie suddenly burst forth with an aura of dominance, her powerful presence making Gut close his mouth.
As the elf stepped forward, the candidates gathered outside the hall involuntarily stepped aside, making way for a path.
Gut followed closely behind his teacher. Under this aura's enhancement, it seemed like Serie was the one who was a head taller, not Gut.
But spiritual things ultimately couldn't affect objective physical facts. At the same pace, the taller Gut soon subtly surpassed his teacher by half a step.
The aura gathering around the elf paused.
But with Serie's slightly threatening backward glance, understanding that the elf wouldn't let him "overtake," Gut immediately stepped back sensibly.
He reduced his pace, following properly behind his teacher at a distance of one body length.
Actually, for Gut, the petite and cute Serie's height wasn't really low - she was even half a head taller than Frieren.
Barefoot, his teacher was about 158 cm, and wearing shoes she'd definitely be 160 cm tall.
Moreover, considering an elf's lifespan, his teacher might not have finished her growth period yet - there might still be considerable room for growth.
"Creak—"
With a soft sound from the wooden door, Serie pushed open the hall door and discovered two figures already standing in the spacious hall waiting for her.
One was Zenn, the Camm Clan disciple she'd accepted yesterday. The child probably didn't know her residence, so he'd come early to wait in the hall.
But who was this other girl looking at her with curiosity?
"Teacher, let me introduce you - this is Miss Sola."
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