Ding!

[You have gained a new Trait!]

[Trait Unlocked: Mana Link

Description: While maintaining physical contact with your wife, both your and your wife’s mana and stamina recovery speed will be increased by 100%]

"Huh?!" Reading the text, I subconsciously let out.

"What happened?" Viora asked. I immediately turned toward her and noticed that her face was in my direction. "Why do you sound so surprised?"

"Oh... It’s just that a bit if ice cream is stuck on the top of your nose."

"What?!" Hearing my reply, her eyes widened and she immediately turned to the other side.

Then, she frantically began to wipe her nose on the fabric on her shoulder and after doing so she faced me again.

"How is it now?"

Honestly, there was only a little bit and that is wiped off now. But if you ask me then I would say there is still some left because, the way she kept rubbing her nose was strangely addictive to watch that I wanted her to do it again.

"No, it is still not cleaned."

I said and watched her do the same again. I don’t know why. I just don’t. She is just being clumsy but, my heart is beating like crazy.

After making sure by touching her nose with her fingers that it was clean now she turned again.

"If it isn’t wiped off yet then do it yourself."

She said and leaned her face closer to me. Looking at her face up close made my breath hitch and I instinctively backed away.

"No. No... It completely clean now."

"Alright," Viora moved back and continued eating her ice cream.

Phew~

After all that I also let out a sigh and focused on the reward I had gotten.

It was something which literally went along with the ice cream quest. It is good that it isn’t giving me all overpowered skill but something really useable.

So according to this skill, I mean trait, if I just hold Viora’s hand then the mana recovery will rise up to 2×, alongside my stamina.

At last, some real progress.

Now, I should grab Viora’s hand and check how much difference do it make.

With side eyes, I glanced over at her hands. She was clutching the half eaten cone in her both hands and was taking her time enjoying it.

"Hmmm... Viora. Should we get going now?"

I said.

"Where? Back to hospital?" Viora said while licking the cone.

"No. Not the hospital. My house."

The mention of my house made her hands shake slightly and her grip loosened which made the cone fall on the ground.

"Y-your h-home?!"

Just like her hands, her body also stiffened up for a second.

Witnessing all this, I realized something which made my eyes widen and my mind racing.

"It isn’t what you think!" I waved my hands. "If not my house then where are we supposed to go?"

For a moment she stayed silent and then she took a heavy breath.

"If you don’t mind can we go to my house first?"

"Your house? Not at all. I would like to see it."

Hearing me, she lifted her hand up in the air and I grabbed it without wasting any second.

Ding!

[Stamina Recovery Increased by 100%]

[Mana Recovery Increased by 100%]

[Note: This is a one time notification. After this you will never be informed of this trait again.]

I thought so.

If everytime I touch Viora or she ’accidently’ touches me, then the constant appearance of the screen will become annoying and break the moment.

....

Leaving the park, we began to walk toward Viora’s house. To my surprise, it wasn’t even that far away.

Rather, it was quite close to Elena’s villa. If I am to put it in distance then I can say it would only take less than eight minutes on feet to reach my house from Viora’s.

"Are we in a place where two streets are crossing each other?"

Viora asked me and I looked around. What she said was true. We really are in the place where there are two streets crossing.

"Yeah, I think we are."

"Then can you see a flower shop nearby?"

"A flower shop?" I repeated and looked around the corssing.

On the corner of the street, there indeed was a flower shop which displayed different flowers outside.

"There is one."

A small smile appeared on her face and she told me to take her there.

"Can... Can you take me there?"

"Of course." I replied and raised an eyebrow, "Why are asking? You should just tell where you want to go and I will gladly help you reach there."

Saying that I helped her walk to the flower shop.

"Is... Is anyone here?"

After reaching, Viora called the vendor.

"Yeah, how may I help you?" The vendor chimed.

"Can I get blue Irises?" Viora said and the vendor gave her the flower she wanted.

After that, I paid for it.

But I couldn’t understand why she needed it, until... I noticed her putting the flower in front of my chest.

"Why isn’t it going in?" She let out as she tried putting the flower on my shirt.

She don’t think that I am wearing a three piece suit, right?

"Viora, I am wearing a simple white shirt, not a vest."

She paused and a faint pink shade begin to appear on her face.

"I... I know!" She exclaimed and standing on her toes she grabbed my face and placed the flower on my ear.

After doing so, she just went silent completely and covered her cheeks.

’Is... Is she shy?’ I thought.

"How... Is it?" Few seconds went by before I could hear her whisper.

"This?" I touched the flower on ear and felt it’s texture. "It is beautiful just like y— I mean other flowers."

There. I was going to say like you without even knowing.

"Like all the flowers?" Suddnely she dropped her head, and her words sounded like she was disappointed in my answer.

I was gonna clear up this small misunderstanding but before I could, the vendor spoke up.

"Cute couple." The vendor was a woman around in her late fourties and she was watching us while siting and resting her face on her hand.

Her words were to compliment us but Viora seemed to take it too seriously that she couldn’t even control it and burst out.

"I am not cute!" Viora shouted with her eyes closed.