Temporal Pearls

She was ashamed of herself and tried looking down but her face was just too wide and flat that she couldn't look away. Not to mention she has no eyelid to close her eyes.

She just has to stare at him and everyone.

She was revolting, but Seth felt laughter trying to escape him and strangely he laughed. Was he free, but when he tried to move, he failed.

The hideous girl's eyes reddened and tears rolled down. "That makes two of us. But heck!" Seth said, "are you not trying to get rid of her?" He asked Redop.

Redop and the elders have calmed expressions but the town members shifted uncontrollably before the ugliest thing they ever saw. The mother was frowning but stayed beside her daughter.

When the girl moves, the bones on her back wiggle which made even her mother uncomfortable. In fact, some townspeople left to vomit.

What Seth didn't notice was that red energy was passing from him to the Bride through the rope that connected them. Gradually, a red halo enveloped her as the energy intensified and then she was encased in a veil.

The next thing that happened was the agonizing scream of the girl.

"What is happening?" The elders panicked as they saw Seth just sitting there looking at the red halo that pulsed with power. He was in shock.

When that happened a notification appeared that made him reevaluate what was happening.

"Calm down!" Redop said with confidence.

[You are supporting your wife's body reconfiguration with your mental power]

"Isn't they supposed to share some kind of bond where a portion of his body attribute passed to her?" One of the elders asked.

"Seth is different. He is weak physically. But his mental power is comparable to a baby dragon!" Redop said as he silenced everyone.

Seth understood what was happening. All this wedding shit was for him to be sacrificed for the girl to regain her normal human form. However, if he was weak physically and mentally then he was done for.

After 30 minutes, the red cocoon broke and the exquisite flawless rosy skin with a well-proportioned body appeared warped in red liquid and some red petals covered most of her body. She was in a coiled position.

'Goo...lord. The pain is over!'

Seth felt her thoughts as a very strong connection was established between them.

All the people around smiled with gladness. The townsfolk bowed, and the elders and the mother kneeled in respect. Only, Redop stood there.

"Your wish for your wife to be beautiful has been granted. Now the second part of the dowry!"

"My wish?" Seth cursed underneath.

"I, the father of your Bride, demanded to support the growth of our ancient tree for your brethren to be relieved of their valiant duty!"

At that moment, Seth's attention was attracted toward the fact Fratile was nowhere to be seen. Did he fight the dragon? Why is he? Is he dead?" Seth wondered, but then a dreadful feeling appeared in him.

"Did he betray me?"

The ancient tree was already flourishing and making new leaves fast. The near-dead players were no longer burdened but some of them have reached the points of no return.

"The ancient tree needs fertilizer. Quick brought those bags!" In a hurry, people brought powder and dumped it under the tree. A little pond appeared as it dilute but the next moment, everything was absorbed.

They kept putting more for a very long time and Seth had wide eyes as he looked at the tree that was overbearingly 10m now reaching 20m and it was still growing with no showing signs of stopping.

Seth's wife's leg moved a bit, and then the red liquid and petals shifted on their own and covered her body fully. The veil that fell away moved and her clothes that weren't on her were restored and in no time she was back in full clothes, hiding behind the red veil. Now it wasn't a hideous creature but a beautiful red creature.

Seth felt sleepy after some time, he looked up, and the tree is now 47m. For how long will they want it to grow? The people, including Redop, were happy, not only that, they seemed fearful.

"You are a monster!" Redop looked at Seth and said. The man in question was very sleepy. All he wanted was to close his eyes and have a nap. But the moment he did just that, he felt that will be unceremoniously bonded to the tree and that it would be over. So he forced himself to stay up.

"What is your gift?" An elder asked in servitude.

"Red Manipulation!" A soft hypnotic voice whispered. Seth felt the desire to see the lips that utter those words and even touch them. He gulped down and escaped from the hypnotic situation.

"Good." Redop approved.

Seth's light-headedness increased, and he swayed but as he was about to fall, his cloak shifted and pulled him forward. His head rested on the soft red fabric of his bride.

His wife has manipulated the red part of his cloak and pushed him to her. Seth's eyes threatened to close but he kept them open. But then in the end he couldn't last and he fell into the embrace of sleep.

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Seth woke up in a room under a tree, his hands were bound to the vines of the tree and his staff was distant away also swinging knotted with tree vines. What was strange was that the tree was green and its leaves too, were all green. Unlike the usual red that overwhelmed everyone.

Seth forced himself to sit down. The tree was 5m tall and 3m wide. It has wide and broadened roots that form some kind of seat for seth. He can lie and also sit on it. Strangely it wasn't that stone hard.

Before he called his status, his bride came in through a door. That was when he noticed a small stream of blood, or it was just red liquid surrounding the trees just beyond its protruded roots.

Seth's wife walked on the stream as if it was solid, on her hand were a small silver cup and spoon. She kneeled before him and scooped a portion of what was inside the silver cup toward his mouth. And he found himself opening his mouth and taking it in. He swallowed and he felt his exhaustion washed away.

He fed on it till there was no more. She brought a cup of water and made him drink too. " It's good that you are awake!" Her small soft lips said, and he felt relaxed and also the need to say something. But kept his mouth shut.

She looked down and played with her finger, waiting for him to say something for some time, Seth remained silent,  she then packed the foodstuff and left.

"Active Aura!" Seth's body was stimulated and pale sticky energy came out of his body, it made his clock flutter and his attire pristine, at the same time, the staff that was a distance away from him pulled toward him. Even the vine that held it began to come off but then the red liquid made a pillar and wrapped around the staff.

It tainted it with red and cut off the connection Seth has with it. Five seconds was the duration of Aura activation.

"Status"

Notification of his marriage with Redop popped up and then the benefit which was his right to own her property.

"Yeah, great!"

He called status again. This time two more quests pop up.

[Quest Completion]

[Red Valley names have purpose and meaning. By learning some part of the meaning of Fratile Redone, Dave Linus was able to cast Enthrall on you]

~Attract Red Valley Chief's Attention and help Dave Linus have his goal of persuading the Chief

[Reward]

~Meaning of Sascile Redone

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"Hmm. Where is my reward!?" Seth questioned since he finished the damn quest.

Ding

[Retracted Quest]

[Dave Linus Known as Fratile Redone in Red Valley was Enthralled by a powerful Red Shaman]

~Secretly help him find a cure!

[Reward]

~Residency in Red Valley

[Penalty]

~Red Shaman will have his curses on you!

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"This quest become obsolete?" Seth said with a frown, "but why?"

Seth has so many questions to ask but no one to answer him. And even his status wasn't showing but just passed off quests.

"Personal Status!"

[Personal Status]

~Seth Enoch

~Marital Status: Married

~Residence: Ancient Tree Seedlings

~Occupation: Stimulation Supporter

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"What? Where is my status? An actual status." Seth panicked, he was at that, and his so-called wife came in again.

Now that he looked at her, she was very young. She seems less than 15 or even less than 13. Her skin was rosy and her hair was the most eye-catching one, it was blood red and it touched the ground.

She walked on the red stream as if solid and sat beside him.