“I was quite surprised when I heard that you were going to get married again at that age. Not only Mylene did, but Claire will be marrying the same woman. What caused your change of heart, Claire?”
“Well, to tell you the truth, Brother, it just happened mysteriously.”
“I guess so.”
After Mark accompanied the four of us inside their mansion, we were currently gathering in the living area of it, having a conversation with the Raeven family as well as introducing Gabrielle to the Raeven.
In the room, there were four comfortable seats around the short table. Mom, Mother, and Gabrielle took their seats on the same sofa. Adjacent to them were Uncle Steville and his wife, Aunt Dorothy. The seat at the diagonal left of my two mothers was occupied by Mark and Melissa. The last seat was for the pair of me and Sophia, my fiancee.
Of course, once I personally saw the figure of Sophia after months, I immediately gave her a tight embrace to feel her warmth. I also whispered my apologies in her ear as I did, but she told me not to worry about it and to talk about it later.
She seemed to be clingy to me whenever my parents were around, as well as to Gabrielle. Even now, Sophia had been grabbing my arm as we sat in front of everyone.
I had been updating her about my status with my women, so she must have been wary of them since she knew how far we had come. She probably wanted to be more greedy when it came to me. Sophia had been trying to secure her property.
“But you and Mylene had immortalized yourselves, right?” Uncle prolonged the discussion and asked. “Gabrielle does not even reach Level 300; can she even catch up with you if she wants to?”
“Well, what you just said was somewhat true.” Mother responded. “Claire and I had decided to live forever and had already halted our maturity. And we wanted Gabrielle to do the same as well.”
“Ho? From the sounds of it, I can assume that you have found ways for her to have a long life, yes?”
“Yes.” Mother plainly answered as she put her cup down on the table. “Actually, she has already immortalized herself now.”
“Really? May I know how?”
“You also want to have a long life, Brother?”
Mom responded to Uncle’s question with a question. But upon hearing it, Uncle just put on a smile and then chuckled before answering Mom.
“Well, frankly, having an eternal life sounds good. You do not have to mind about the side effects of aging such as the lines on my forehead, the whites in my hair, and the pains in my back.”
“That is true.” Mother said. “We experienced the benefits of it firsthand after all.” .𝘤𝘰𝑚
“Actually, to tell you the truth,” Aunt Dorothy uttered with an awkward smile. “Both of you have not changed a bit for more or less two decades, physically. You know, I am quite envious of how young you two have looked since then.”
Being an immortal being is essentially beneficial to a person. Just as Uncle Steville and Aunt Dorothy said, one would not have physical and beauty decline and deterioration once one was immortalized. If there were pros, those were paired with cons as well.
“But for me,” Uncle continued. “Being an immortal was not a blessing, but a curse. What is the purpose of having an eternal life if you can see your loved ones getting older and older and gradually dying as the days pass?”
Yes, having immortality or being able to live longer than average could be seen and treated as a curse by others. As you gained eternal life, you were just suffering yourself, seeing your loved ones one by one die because of their naturally short lifespans.
In addition to what my uncle said, there were other negative effects of being immortal as well. For example, since your body had been fixed at a certain state, you could not undergo biological changes anymore, preventing your body from naturally evolving and leaving yourself behind in the advancement of your species.
But natural evolution took place over thousands to millions of years, so it would be irrelevant to a single immortal individual. The outdatedness would be noticeable after many, many generations, so immortalization could become a problem in the long term.
“I understand how you feel about immortality, Brother Steville. But we had long decided that we would be living and loving forever.”
As Mother said that, she grabbed the waists of Mom and Gabrielle, who were at her sides, and then pulled their bodies closer to hers. Afterwards, the throuple of gorgeous women filled the room with their radiating geh atmosphere.
“Well, there was nothing we could do about that. But please, can you do it more privately.”
“Not a problem.”
After being told by Uncle, they undid their cuddling and sat themselves properly in their seats. Not only Uncle, but the others feel embarrassed by the scenery they have seen as well. Though I actually loved to behold it more.
“Ahem, so, how did you manage to…”
After the atmosphere had returned to normal, Uncle Steville continued the matter that was delayed earlier.
“Actually, it was Raphael who gave Gabrielle immortality.”
“He did?”
As I became more powerful, I gradually revealed a portion of my abilities. Once my parents knew that I had the ability to give up to three of my skills to an individual, they asked me to bestow Longevity on Gabrielle.
But in reality, I actually did nothing and just had Gabrielle unveil the Longevity skill that she already had. I had acquired the Longevity without reaching Level 1000 by copying the racial trait of a High Human (through Mom’s saliva) and then applying it to my clones before their embodiment.
“That was true, Uncle. I was the one who granted her eternal life so that she could live with us. Had Sophia told you or mentioned that she would be living with us forever as well?”
“Hmm. I think she mentioned something about it earlier. She said that she had decided to live with Raphael for eternity. She also said that you had found a way to do it; could it be that you applied it to Gabrielle?”
“Yes, Uncle.”
“So it is true that you can bestow your skills on someone, as Sophia said?”
“Yeah. That was why I worked myself so hard to become a High Human and acquire Longevity. And with my Unique Skill: Bestow, I can basically grant eternal life to a person.”
“I see.”
I had no problem revealing that information to the people here since they were family. Sophia wanted to have an eternal life, so her family had the right to know how she would acquire it.
“Well, letting that matter aside,” Uncle said, and then he took a filled cup from the table and inspected it. “This beverage you brought called coffee is really something. It is aromatic and has a strong taste. Do you know that it has the potential to be a big hit?”
After changing the topic, Uncle was now focusing on the coffee that we brought from home, and it seemed that the Raeven family liked its taste. Uncle seemed to be in merchant mode and wanted to discuss it.
“Actually, I have been planning to put it on sale in our cafe. So I really need the opinion of a veteran before releasing it to the public. Can you help me with that?”
“Of course, Raphael, since I also wanted to negotiate the reservation of it.”
“As I thought.”
After that, I discussed coffee and the other business that I wanted to do with the Raeven through the afternoon.