Combat Maid Harem

A few hours later, Lawrend stopped teaching Nao. She was average at best when it comes to magic, and he was starting to lose hope in her. He even thought of learning potion brewing himself.

"I'm sorry, Master," Nao said.

She was sitting on the floor, dejected, while Lawrend was standing and holding his chin in thought.

"Come here." Lawrend beckoned her.

Nao stood up without thinking much about it and stood before him.

"Turn around."

Nao was confused, but she still followed his words.

Lawrend went behind her and grabbed her wrists from behind.

"Master!?" Nao exclaimed.

Lawrend was dangerously close to her. Her heart couldn't help but start beating fast in nervousness.

"Close your eyes," Lawrend whispered into her ear.

Nao closed her eyes hard. Her imagination started to run wild.

Suddenly, a warm energy flowed into her wrists. It was a bright red color and powerful.

"W-What is that?" Nao asked nervously.

"That is my Fire Mana," Lawrend replied.

He inspected her body using his mana. It was hard as he couldn't directly sense what was his Fire Mana was touching. He could only sense it indirectly.

Nao started relaxing. Her imaginations were not becoming true, and that placed her at ease.

It took Lawrend almost half an hour to thoroughly inspect her body.

When his warm mana touched her sensitive spots, Nao became aroused. It was as if he was touching directly inside her body. It was the first time Nao felt that way.

"Your mana pathways suck," Lawrend said.

"Huh?"

Nao looked back at him in confusion.

"Your mana is delivered throughout your body in a sporadic way. They were like tangled ropes," Lawrend explained.

Akin to a river, her own mana pathways were hindering the flow of her mana. That's the reason why she was not to his expectations.

'So mana pathways decide the talent of a mage?' Lawrend thought to himself.

This technique was something he randomly thought of. It wasn't invasive unless he let go of his mana. If he did so, his mana would wreak havoc inside her body.

"What does that mean?" Nao asked.

"Basically, I will operate on you to change something. There's an amount of risk. Do you want to do it?" Lawrend calmly asked.

"What would it change?" Nao asked timidly.

Hearing that there were risks, she became scared. Her arousal quickly evaporated into thin air.

"Your talent is average at best. You will not achieve much by being a mage."

"I…"

Nao was enlightened. She finally understood why her Grandfather never told her parents that she had talent in magic.

She was delighted that she was able to practice magic, but now that she knew that she was average, it was better that she didn't know about it.

Ignorance is bliss.

Her hopes of becoming strong and showing her parents in the afterlife that they could be proud of her quickly shattered. She was disappointed and sad.

"What do I now? Are you going to send me home?" Nao asked and looked at him with teary eyes.

"Wait, why are you crying?" Lawrend asked in shock.

He didn't mean to make her cry.

"You have no use for me, right? Don't worry. I won't bother you anymore. I will go find work in this city," Nao replied as droplets of tears started falling from her cheeks.

Lawrend placed his palms on her cheeks and made a sandwich with her face.

"You're not an idiot sandwich," Lawrend said and looked at her straight in the face.

"W-What?"

Nao looked at him, stunned.

"That's why I'm going to do an operation on you. I will try to increase your talent," Lawrend replied.

"Really??" Nao looked at him skeptically.

"I did it with myself before," Lawrend replied.

"Is there really such an overpowered operation? Everyone must've known about it now," Nao replied.

Her words make sense. It would be very widespread if talent could be increased. After all, who would want to live an average life?

"That's because I'm unique. From what I know, I'm the only one that can do it," Lawrend replied.

Nao stared at his eyes and saw that he wasn't lying.

"Okay. I trust you," Nao replied and wiped her tears.

"Come here."

Lawrend pulled her to the bed. He sat on the side, and he made her sit on his lap.

"!!"

Nao's face turned red. She wasn't ignorant about the dragon that was under her butt.

Lawrend intertwined their hands together.

"This is an easier position than standing up as this will take a while," Lawrend said to her.

Nao nodded her head as she was too embarrassed to speak.

"Close your eyes and don't do anything under any circumstances," Lawrend said in a deep solemn voice.

He had no idea what would happen if he made a mistake. He did it before without any of his mana. This time, he would do it by using his own mana to change the pathways of her mana.

As his mana was stronger, it could control her mana to a limited extent.

Nao closed her eyes and so did Lawrend.

He poured a lot of his Fire Mana inside her through her palms. He started changing her mana pathways immediately.

He decided to copy his own mana pathway. It was inside his body, and it should be the most efficient mana pathway there was.

"A-Ahh!"

Nao felt a searing pain suddenly appear in her fingers. She could feel something moving inside it.

When she looked inside her body, she saw Lawrend's bright red fire mana alter the course of her mana. It was something seemingly simple, but really painful in reality.

Nao's moans didn't escape the others. Aezel was listening outside, and she heard it very clearly. It made her stop and listen closer.

The more Lawrend altered Nao's mana pathways, the more she moaned and the lewder it sounded to Aezel.

She called the others and immediately gossipped the good news.. Nao was now an official part of Lawrend's harem.