After watching Nina show off her powers and explaining what she could do, Vicente and Lauren were pleased with the young woman's growth.",

"Your abilities are highly impressive. You're only a Low-level Mage, but on the battlefield, you can fight like a Mid-level Mage, and maybe you can even get High-level Mages under your control.

Your overall combat power should be pretty close to the level of an Earth Sovereign, although there's still a noticeable difference for you to reach that level." Lauren analyzed Nina's power, sensing her little sister had attained a power even purer than her own.

Nina's purity of darkness was almost at the same level as Vicente's!

But Vicente had a clear advantage over Nina, both because of his first magical form and the fact that his first Throne of Darkness' pentagram was already green.

Nina would probably only get something like that when she became an Archmage!

But Vicente still didn't have most of his pentagrams from his second magical form, and he was only a Low-level Paragon and already had this condition.

Vicente said to Nina. "You have a good second pentagram. I'll help you find your third essence in the next few days. Unfortunately, your magical foundation isn't strong enough for you to absorb a green pentagram, otherwise I could give you this.

Vicente pointed to the necklace with the special crystal Prisiche had given him earlier, which contained the green pentagram he had collected during his expedition to the north.

As they felt Vicente release some of the aura from the thing, Lauren and Nina understood what he had with him.

"A naturally formed green pentagram?" Lauren clenched her fists as she looked at it, while Nina felt eager to become a Sovereign and be able to absorb it.

Lauren didn't covet what would become of her younger sister. This magical essence was no match for her. Still, she couldn't help but marvel at Vicente's luck in obtaining good essences.

Vicente nodded, while Eve and Nova watched the necklace with anticipation, wondering how strong Nina would become when she reached the fourth stage and absorbed a new power.

Naturally formed pentagrams could not only grow with their bearer, they could also synchronize with other pentagrams formed in the same way, accelerating the development of all of them.

If Nina absorbed this green pentagram, it was possible her first magical essence would strengthen to the yellow grade!

This would give her two new vitality-stealing powers!

Considering how fast Nina was cultivating, Nova imagined this would happen in a little over two years, when the young girl would be around 19 years old.

The girl smiled with joy as she thought about what it would be like to have four pentagrams, and couldn't help but thank Vicente for the gift.

With that settled, Vicente, Lauren, and the other three women spent the next hour talking about things that had happened during his trip.

The women who stayed behind in the Seidel Kingdom had little to say to Vicente. Nothing very important had happened during the group's hunting trip to the north of the continent, and they spent most of their time in Grandis dealing with the issues of preparing for the worst.

Vicente did most of the talking, telling them about some of the major dangers his group had encountered, how their hunt in the north had gone, Lauren's rescue, and, most importantly, about his second magical essence.

When he said he would return to the North in a few years to hunt pentagrams, he had to explain where he would put the pentagrams he would hunt, since he already had five essences in his first magical form.

The three women understood the reality of Vicente's powers well, with Nina more or less understanding why she and Lauren had generated Dark Path powers, even though their families didn't have any magicians on that path.

Vicente also talked about the Cataclysm Order, his plans for that force, and the things he had done to help the forces of the central region prevent the arrival of the most powerful monsters in the south of the continent.

At the end of the conversation, Vicente and Nova left together to have some time alone, while Lauren left the mansion with Nina, curious to get to know the city and Killian in particular.

Eve turned her attention to the family business, overjoyed at the reunion of the Fuller siblings.

...

Later that day, Vicente and Nova lay on an enormous bed, both covered by a blanket as they embraced each other, completely naked.

They had spent the last three hours missing each other in this room, where they were now relaxing and talking.

"How is your family?" Vicente asked Nova, remembering something he had promised her earlier.

"My family is fine. I managed to get them to move here before the worst of the crisis hit. Now they have a new business in the city.

Myra is behind the family business, while Max has joined your army. He's a Mid-level Mage now, while my older sister is a High-level Mage. They've grown up a lot with the help of the Fuller family.

As for my parents, their magical powers haven't grown as much. They are no longer at the best point in their journey to increase their strength. But it's possible that they will become Mages soon."

Nova was the most talented in her family, which was why there was such a big difference between her, her siblings, and her parents.

"I see... I'm happy for them. But since they're in the city, it will be easier for us to have our wedding," Vicente said as he looked into Nova's blue eyes.

"Uh? Wedding?" She looked at him for a moment, taking her time to process the information.

But when she saw him nod his head in the affirmative, she realized she hadn't misunderstood and he really meant what he said.

"Yes, yes, we are going to get married, just like I said." He confirmed what she had in mind, making her shed tears of joy as she felt a sudden surge of energy in her body.

Nova kissed him again without realizing it, cheering up "little" Vicente again.