The Mech Touch

voice.
Instead, the information his mother left behind implanted directly into his mind.

In fact, the method shared several similarities with how the System imparted knowledge to him after he exchanged his DP for a Skill!

His impression of his mother as some kind of spiritual sorceress only increased.
The more she revealed her abilities, the more Ves felt as if his own progress in this field was trivial in comparison!

”There ’s no point comparing myself to her. ” He whispered to himself.
”I should focus on my own advancement instead of looking enviously at the accomplishments of others. ”

Mech designers were already taught to avoid comparing themselves to others.
The existence of Seniors, Masters and Star Designers meant there were lots of people who clearly surpassed the vast majority in their profession.

”Besides, I ’m still young. ”

That caused him to wonder about his mother ’s age.
Was her record even accurate? What if her spirit was younger than her body?

The suggestion that his mother might be a centuries-old hag who hopped from body to body as if she donned new clothes sent a chill through his spine.
The beginnings of an existential crisis threatened to take over his mind!

”Some secrets are best left in the dark! ”

He shoved his mind of all superfluous thoughts and focused his attention back to the plain, black pair of wedding rings.

The message his mother imparted him only revealed a few scarce details.

First, the material used to make the wedding ring was actually a high-grade exotic that his parents came across in the Nyxian Gap.
They obtained it at great cost and somehow managed to process the material into a pair of ring bases.

The reason why the ring bases didn ’t elicit any reactions to his probes at first was because they were somewhat similar to P-stones.

”They aren ’t special by themselves.
They ’re akin to containers! ”

Different from P-stones, they possessed an extra property.
One that justified forming them into wedding rings.

Frankly, the implications of the message disturbed Ves a bit.
He could choose not to make use of the rings, but that would be discarding a powerful tool.

”There ’s a lot of potential in their use, but the price I need to pay is not something I can ignore. ”

Ves was very surprised that his mother unearthed something so powerful.
The Nyxian Gap was a treasure trove of spiritually-reactive exotics.
Whatever material the wedding rings were made of turned out to be the fourth spiritually-reactive exotic he came across!

It was also the one with the most powerful effects that he discovered up to now!

He closed the box and placed it back in the vault.
For now, it was way too early for Ves to commit to their use.
Once he followed the instruction of his mother ’s message, he would pass a point of no return.

”Wearing the rings is literally a life-long commitment.
I have to be absolutely sure I chose the right person to spend the rest of my life with.
If I screw this up, I ’ll regret it for the rest of my life! ”

Both he and his partner would have to pay a big price to activate the rings.

When Ves thought about proposing to someone like Gloriana, the spike of fear he felt exceeded his apprehension towards the Ancient Sarcophagus!

He could handle the latter, but he wasn ’t necessarily sure that he could handle his current girlfriend!

”I better keep these rings buried as deeply as possible.
I don ’t want Gloriana to get in touch with them before I am ready to make a choice! ”

For now, thoughts of tying the knot with Gloriana was way too premature.
Despite her overpowering enthusiasm for him, they barely knew each other.
Ves needed much more time to see if he could form a healthy relationship with the Hexer.

”Even if I can ’t..
I might not have a choice. ”

Any relationship they might form would be dysfunctional to say the least.
Both of them were simply too weird to act normal.

”From this perspective, we fit together pretty well. ”

The point was that if their relationship turned out to be less than ideal, Ves may still consider tying himself together to Gloriana.

This was because he might decide to take advantage of the practical benefits she brought into the relationship.
Her talent as a mech designer and her identity as a scion from a prominent Hexer dynasty extended a lot of protection.

Leeching off his girlfriend ’s wealth also assisted him in obtaining stuff he couldn ’t obtain on his own.
The pure ASMAS that Gloriana arranged for him without an excessive price was one good example.

”At most, I ’ll treat her as my sugar mommy. ”

Ves wasn ’t satisfied with that, though.
Though he loved his work more than anything, he still wanted to share his passion with a like minded partner.

A purely transactional relationship where both mech designers only came together in order to borrow from each other ’s design philosophies was not unheard of.
Yet Ves scrunched his face at the thought of entering into a loveless union.

”I ’m still human. ”

If his relationship with Gloriana turned out to be too dysfunctional or one-sided, then Ves should seek to disentangle himself from her.
No matter how obsessed she was with him, he didn ’t want to waste his chances to experience genuine love!

Of course, rejecting someone like Gloriana was easier said than done.
He ’d have to make her detest him in order to get rid of her entanglement, but Ves had no idea how he could do that.

With her intelligence and determination, she ’d easily see through his attempts to lower her opinion of him.
Even if he was the ugliest man in the galaxy, her obsession with him would still be strong because of the potential benefits she stood to gain if they started working together!

For this reason, it would be better if he found some way to make his relationship with Gloriana work.

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