"We are back."

Sylvia immediately jumped onto Caelus’s lap.

"You are so clingy," Caelus said with a small smile.

"Why can’t I be clingy with my blood-bond?" Sylvia asked playfully. "All vampires act like this. You should see how my brother acts with his human wife."

"Human wife? Does he have a vampire one too?" Caelus asked.

"Of course. But the other vampires do not know he has a human wife. The human is his true blood-bond. If my father found out about their marriage, things would be very bad," Sylvia explained with some hesitation.

"This father of yours. What sort of bastard is he? Forcing others into marriage."

Sylvia sighed softly and patted Caelus’s head.

"Why are you getting angry for me and my brother?" Sylvia smiled. "Has my Caelus fallen in love with little old me?"

She let out a small giggle.

"What do I do? An Ender has fallen in love with me. I will have no choice but to run away from my clan to protect him."

"Who knows." Caelus clicked his tongue.

"Then, do you want to cuddle and watch TV all day?" Sylvia asked with a bright smile.

"..."

Caelus became embarrassed hearing this.

Cuddling and watching TV all day? That did not sound bad at all. Sylvia was naturally very warm. Since it was still cold out in Fortis City, it was actually a great idea.

"Before we get to cuddling, what ability did your divine halo give you?" Caelus coughed to hide his embarrassment.

"I got something called Divine Equivalent Exchange." 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Equivalent exchange?" Caelus was surprised.

"Yeah. I can exchange skills, talents, and other things for rewards. The thing the other person has will not be lost. It is more like copying. Based on what I copy, there is a cooldown before I can use the talent again. But I can copy something for the first time with no cooldown."

"Does that mean you can copy stuff from me?"

"I think so. If you allow me to," Sylvia nodded.

"Let’s try it," Caelus suggested.

"Sure. What do you want to exchange?" Sylvia asked.

"My talent." Caelus hesitated before saying it.

"You have a talent?" Sylvia exclaimed in surprise.

"Huh? Yes." Caelus was speechless. "Was it not obvious when you saw me use a lot of different abilities? Have you seen most of them in the market before? I think not."

Sylvia opened her mouth, then closed it.

At the same time, Caelus felt conflicted.

’Should I tell her about my Endless Extraction?’

This girl was completely loyal to him. He felt like it was only right to tell her. She showed her SS-Rank talent to him without fear. He should show his.

"Well, I have been hiding one more thing from you," Caelus sighed. "Aside from me being an Ender of Origin."

"What is that?" Sylvia asked, blinking.

"It is my talent. I actually awakened a talent back at our school, Fortis-01 High. The reason there was no light is because there was a problem with my awakening. But..."

Caelus sighed and opened his status window for her to see.

"Y-You." Sylvia’s eyes widened in pure shock.

There she saw it. Rows of talents filled the screen. She was almost blinded by all the colors.

Talents had specific colors. SSS-Rank was rainbow, SS-Rank was red, S-Rank was gold, A-Rank was purple, B-Rank was white, C-Rank was blue, D-Rank was green, and E-Rank was grey.

His screen was a massive mix of colors. His Bronze rank combat score blinked with a dark bronze shade.

Iron rank had an iron color. Bronze had a bronze color. Silver grew more colorful and pleasing to look at. Gold had a bright golden color. No one knew the Crown rank color, as that information was strictly banned on the internet.

"An SSS-Rank Talent," Sylvia breathed out. "Has there ever been something like this on the whole Azure Origin Planet?"

She looked at him with wide eyes.

"My ancestor once told me a story. In the domain, there was once a being with an SSS-Rank. He was extremely powerful, but one day he vanished without a trace. No one knows where he went. But it is said he had some connection to the Ender of Origin."

Sylvia grabbed his hand.

"Caelus, no matter what happens, never reveal your SSS-Rank to anyone. Both our talents are extremely rare. Less than ten people are said to possess an SS-Rank in a single era. I was only fine with you knowing about my talent because... you are you."

"Of course, I know that. I only showed you my talent because it is you," Caelus said.

"Now, what talent do you want?" Caelus asked with a small smile.

"I know my ability is not strong enough to get your SSS-Rank talent. I will choose Projection Frame."

"Good choice," Caelus smiled. "With it, you can move as fast as me."

Sylvia swiftly pulled her halo out and activated her trait.

"It is done," Sylvia said.

A new notification appeared in Caelus’s vision.

[Ding!]

[In exchange for "Projection Frame (Upper A-Rank)"]

[Sylvia Reign has wagered to give you a kiss after waking up in the morning every day.]

[Would you like to accept the exchange?]

"You..." Caelus was helpless seeing this. "You are a very bad person, you know that, right?"

"Am I?" Sylvia asked with a soft smile.

Caelus clicked accept.

The system accepted it instantly. That meant even if Caelus tried to act tough, the exchange system knew he actually liked the deal.

"You accepted. That means you want kisses every day after waking up," Sylvia teased.

"Did you get the talent?" Caelus asked, quickly changing the subject.

"Yep," Sylvia smiled. "I got it."

"Good. You should take this as well."

Caelus showed her the Divine Essence trait of his halo. It was in his trait tab.

"This can enhance the power of my blood extraction," Sylvia said with a look of surprise. "This is such a good ability."

Caelus nodded.

[Ding!]

[In exchange for "Divine Essence (Mythical, 2-Star)"]

[Sylvia Reign has wagered to give you "Earth Bending (Rare, 2-Star)".]

[Would you like to accept the exchange?]

A genuine smile broke out on Caelus’s face. Her talent worked on simple satisfaction. If both sides were happy, the exchange worked. In fact, he could just let her wager nothing and it would still go through perfectly.

But this gesture unknowingly put a warm smile on his face. He hit accept without a second thought.

Soon, Sylvia received the Divine Essence and entered a week of cooldown

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