100 Family Skill (2/2)
”But how come you know so much about what had happened?”, Irena asked the question she had in the back of her mind, ever since Lara had started to talk about the skill of her parents.
Seeing the curious look on her face, Lara smiled. When she had gotten her information from her secretary she had been quite surprised. Who would have thought that the girl Ivan had chosen as a training partner would be from that part of the family? Although officially there wasn't any contact between their families, in truth her mother and Irena's were good friends and often met.
”That's because my name is Von Berg.”
As soon as she said this sentence Irena stared at her in shock. Only the members of the royal family had the name, Von Berg, while the others could still keep the Berg name, they would lose the Von.
”Well, I guess that explains it.”, it didn't take long for Irena to calm back down. She took it surprisingly well, impressing Lara.
”Good. Back to the topic. Since you don't know anything about dual Training Skills, let me explain a few things to you.
First and most important, don't try to skip any steps in the progression.”, she then warned.
Irena understood that she meant the part of the skill, where it was described, which actions were necessary for it to work. For the first part, it was holding hands, while the second part was still hidden. ”Why is that? Shouldn't it be more effective if the partners are more intimate?”
”One might think that but the truth is the complete opposite. If that was the case then why is there even any progression? Couldn't one just start at having s*x?”
She hadn't thought about it before but when hearing these questions she too felt that it had to have some meaning.
”Our family has made many experiments before so we know much more about these skills than others and many things you won't find in any library.”
”Then why are you telling this to me and not Ivan?”
”That's because you are the one who is the most affected by skipping. For the male partner it doesn't make much of a difference but for the woman, there is a huge difference. If you skip a stage, then the effect of the training skill will diminish heavily. So don't skip any and follow the description of it. As soon as the next stage unlocks you can do whatever is described without suffering any setbacks.”
Irena looks at her thankfully, ”Thank you for telling me.”
”Haha”, Lara lightly laughs, ”I'm not just doing it for you. Ivan had, way to much luck with getting women, so it is necessary for him to follow the proper order with at least you. That way he will value you more too.”
”Women? Don't tell me there are more than us two?”
Once again Lara laughed. ”So he didn't tell you.” After that, he told Irena everything that had happened with Lin and his bloodline.
”Damn, that guy.”, Irena couldn't help but curse when she had heard all that. ”I'm definitely not going to skip any steps with him. What the hell, I am even going to take as much time as possible.”
The two continued chatting for a bit more until the housekeeper called them down for dinner. They had enjoyed chatting, so Lara invited her to stay for dinner and Irena gladly accepted.
While they had talked, Ivan and Jane had played in the other room together with Tess. After first materializing Jane had been unable to call out Tess again until today. It was the same with Ivans little lizard. He had disappeared after less than a day and during the time he had been out, he had only slept. Now, if not for the faint connection he could still feel, he would have already forgotten about it. When he had seen Tess, he too had tried to call out the little lizard, in the was Jane described she had managed to call out Tess, but there was no response. Maybe he would need more time until he was able to come out.
What Ivan found the most interesting, was that Tess was able to increase in size until she was about one meter high at her shoulder and it seemed like this wasn't the largest she could get. But because she was still young and Jane was still weak it was the most she could reach yet. When he had seen it he had tried to playfully fight with her, much to the amusement of his daughter who cheered loudly for her kitten.
It didn't take long before he had to realize, that without using weapons or deadly skills he was unable to win against her since she was much faster and only slightly weaker than him. After being thrown to the floor the second time he had wanted to stop playing with Tess, but seeing his daughter laughing loudly at him, he couldn't help but fight a few more rounds just so she could enjoy herself even more.
After that, they laid down exhausted at the floor. For Tess to fight, she had to consume some of Janes energy so she too was now tired. And if not for the housekeeper calling them to dinner, they would surely have fallen asleep.