Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!

Chapter 123: Chapter 123 - A deal with the magic tower

After having a quick breakfast with Kayden, we went back to my room and unsurprisingly, the guy fell asleep again. I must have really exhausted him.

While being as quiet as possible, I prepped up for my trip. I gave a quick kiss on Kayden’s forehead and left a note with a bottle of the pills he requested from me on the bedside table. He can just send me a quick message once he’s awake and I can give an update in return.

I dropped by at one of my businesses to get something warm to drink and get some freshly baked bread on the go. Eating bread from recipes that are popular back on earth is quite refreshing and I think that this is one of the personal goals that I was so happy that I achieved. It took me a lot of effort to find the counterpart of the baking ingredients from earth in this other world.

My next personal goal is to get some nice beverages to go with it like good quality chocolate, tea and coffee. I don’t mind discovering more types of tasty fruit as well for juice.

After my second breakfast on the go, I went straight to the magic tower to give my decision about their cooperation proposal. As I entered through the main doors of the tower, I tried to sneakily go to the room of questions again but was intercepted by one of the tower’s attendants. He guided me to the grandmaster’s office instead which is at the top floor of the tower.

The levitating platform that leads to the top floor is quite impressive. It really looks like an elevator but was powered by mana instead of electricity.

When I exited the elevator, what welcomed me was a huge office with floor to ceiling shelves that were full of magic books and magical objects. I waltzed in calmly and stopped right in front of the grandmaster’s office table to greet him. He nodded his head and invited me to sit on one of the soft chairs in the office.

He shooed the attendant away, stood up from his chair and then moved to one of the soft chairs near me. He then cleared his throat with a soft cough and immediately asked, ”Have you decided to accept our proposal?”

I stayed silent for a few seconds then replied, ”Before I make my decision, I want to put forth some conditions from my end.”

He nodded once in understanding and said, ”Go ahead.” I then said, ”I don’t want to go to the magic tower to answer questions. Just send me the urgent ones directly then I will send the answers back. I’ll take care of the means of exchange.”

The tower grandmaster stared at me then looked down to ponder for a while. He stayed silent for several minutes. When he finally looked up, he said, ”We agree. Is there a limit to the number of questions we can send to you?”

I smiled and said, ”Let’s tag the questions with stars depending on difficulty. The more stars, the more expensive the questions are. There is no limit to the number of questions you can send to me but... I will only send back answers to 2 questions of 3 stars or above difficulty in a month. As for those that are of 1 or 2 star difficulty, I’ll do 5 every week.”

He then smiled at me for the first time. He reached his hand for a handshake and I took it as we came into an agreement. We sealed a mana contract and he requested for it to be extended to a year and I agreed.

Once all the work and business-related stuff has been settled, his face turned serious again and he then asked a question that was quite surprising, ”I believe my grandson has a high resonance with you. He’s currently suffering a mana outburst due to your last encounter. His body took your actions last time as if it was rejection to the resonance.”

He added, ”For people who are gifted with mana, it is not only their souls that resonate. It also includes their mana heart so a rejection is painful and the suffering is continuous for the rest of their lives. I am not pressuring you or asking you to accept him but do you have a way to help him get through the pain at least?”

I looked at him with a business-like smile and replied, ”That is a 5-star magic research question, grandmaster. Are you going to use part of your quota for the month?” The grandmaster furrowed his brows but he still eventually nodded his head.

I stared at him for a longer time than usual and I saw how his face gradually showed signs of discomfort and nervousness. I am not trying to bully him but his grandson is quite a memorable stalker so I am honestly not really interested in helping the guy out that much.

This resonance thing is really a double-edged sword. If you like the guy then its great! If you do not like the guy then you just have to live the life of someone being guilt-tripped everyday. This match-making system is really making my life and my relationships even more complicated as they already are.

After the uncomfortable silence in the room, I spoke and said, ”This should be another proposal don’t you think or should I say something like an arrangement? I know that you already have an inkling that the only way to help him is to somewhat accept him, right? The problem though is I honestly don’t see any value or benefit I can get out of accepting him as of the moment. I am doing just fine with the one-year contract and I already have a few men by my side too so I am honestly not looking for more. Do you have a way to convince me into accepting him?” The grandmaster sighed at my statements.

It took some time before he spoke again and said, ”Did you know that I have prepared a plan to convince you to accept him when I found out he resonated with someone a few months ago? My grandson though, has a lot of pride. He hated the fact that I will have to come forward and convince the woman he resonated with using material things and benefits just for her to accept him. He disliked the fact that he will be treated as a commodity or he will be going through a business agreement and he will be part of the exchange. He hated it so much he almost had a tantrum like how he did when he was younger but here we are, talking about it like it was just another business deal.”

I smiled at him and said, ”My third husband sent over a business proposal and an engagement contract at the same time before. He used the benefits of the business to make me choose him. It is not like I disliked him but it made the decision easier to do, I guess? For now, I will give you this to ease his pain and I can meet him today. I’ll just have to do something. It’s just a temporary fix while you prepare the things you will use to convince me to take him in.”

As I stopped talking I handed the grandmaster two things. One is a ring that I told him he will use for our exchanges of questions, answers and remuneration. The next one was a simple necklace with a small mana orb I made as its pendant. I told him to have his grandson wear it. His body will automatically be nourished with my mana so his mana outbursts would be more manageable.

I saw the grandmaster observing the mana in the pendant closely. He even closed his eyes to feel its flow. After a few seconds, his eyes suddenly opened wide and he looked at me in surprise. He then carefully said, ”This is not human mana. You are...”

I stared at him and put my index finger on my lips as if telling him to keep it a secret. He then told me, ”This answers the question as to why the rejection and the outbursts are extremely severe on Keeran. Your mana quality is purer and stronger than what he had all along. His soul and mana heart resonated with you since it craved not only for offspring of higher talents but also the possibility of gaining more power. Have you heard of dual cultivation before?”

One of my eyebrows lifted and looked at him like he was giving a really bad joke. Are we going for that trope now? This world is really a mix and match of the genres I read when I was a human back on earth, huh?

Hey, gods of this world, don’t get me to do meditation and martial arts now. My fighting abilities are already exemplary as they are. I don’t need it.

Since I was silent for a while, the grandmaster must have thought that I had no idea about it. He then continued explaining, ”Dual cultivation is a technique only available to mages in this world. Mages look for possible partners through matching via mana strength, purity and elemental attributes. It supercedes the resonance thing of the soul since our existence greatly depends on our mana hearts.”

He continued, ”The mana heart searches for a suitable cultivation partner that would make it stronger. In simple terms, having sexual relations with a mage of higher rank and of the same attribute will result in a faster development of the mana heart. This will then make advancing to a higher mage rank quicker. Most mages hate the idea of depending on dual cultivation.”

He scoffed at the idea and added, ”It must be their pride that’s getting in the way but I did it with my wife before and it is what made me who I am today so I don’t have anything against it. This brings us back to the fact that Keeran may have resonated with you with both soul and mana heart. The effects then became out of control.” Ugh. This guy has been a pain since the first time I met him at the entertainment district.