Alicia rolled her eyes before slapping his shoulder lightly.
"Geez! Now you're making me sound like I'm nothing more than a piece of meat that attracts wolves or something similar!"
"Heh heh. That may be the case, but I will be the big bad wolf who guards his precious meat against those horny wolves." Nova joked around while bopping her nose.
"Oh my! You make me shiver when you say such things, big bad wolf! Still, that's fine since I'm your delicious meat; you can wolf me down whenever you like," Alicia giggled in response.
A grin formed on Nova's lips before he moved in to devour her lips once again.
This time they remained embraced like that for some long minutes.
Finally, the pair cleaned up and returned to the ground, then continued their journey.
They followed the river, enjoying the scenery around them.
"Oh! I almost forgot! We should keep our magic powers and skills secret for now!" Nova suddenly said when they left the river behind.
Alicia frowned at him with confusion written all over her face. "What for? I think it's better for everyone to know what they can expect out of you in case someone decides to pick a fight!"
"No. It may not be a good idea yet. For now, we need to learn more about this world and its inhabitants firsthand before making any decisions regarding magic. Otherwise, we might reveal too much and end up in a troublesome situation. Also, it'll be helpful if things go south."
Alicia nodded, agreeing with her son-turned-husband's thinking and advice. "Yes, that does make sense."
Then she looked at the cloth bag he was carrying in one hand and raised an eyebrow.
"By the way, I saw that there were some precious items inside the bag that are better off kept hidden from sight. Don't you think?"
Nova realized that she referred to the looted items that he obtained from goblins.
"Uh, yeah, I guess so. I will tie it around my body and hide with my invisible skill when we get close to the settlement."
"You also have teleportation skills, right?" Alicia inquired further, and Nova nodded. "Why don't you store those items in your space pocket or whatever it's called? I am sure that space magic allows people to keep their possessions hidden like this, or so I saw from anime and light novels."
"Aahhhh..." Nova grunted in frustration. "I... didn't think of that..."
He felt quite embarrassed over this fact.
It would have been more sensible to do that than keep things on the body for others to steal.
However, he wasn't sure whether he could do something like this or not.
After all, the skill mentioned by Alicia sounded like something too advanced for him.
Still, he decided that he had to at least try since she mentioned it as possible.
Nova reached into the bag and took out one of the coins to experiment.
Nova concentrated deeply until he felt himself getting closer to a presence of something mysterious that seemed to linger within him.
His breathing slowed down as his heart rate fell into a steady rhythmic beat.
With a thought, he pushed the coin in his hand into that mysterious presence, and it disappeared like magic.
"Whoa..." Alicia exclaimed while staring at his empty hand. "You did it! You do have a storage or something similar!"
Nova nodded before opening his space magic storage again and pulled out the coin from inside it, making it reappear in his hand.
The smile on Alicia's lips grew wider. "This is so cool! We don't have to worry about carrying our things or getting robbed anymore! Yay!"
"Yes. The space is also quite large... at least as big as my bedroom back home, I believe." Nova stated, though he wasn't really sure how to measure this.
Still, judging by the feeling he got while sending the coin into the storage and pulling it out, he assumed it was about right.
With that out of the way, Nova opened the bag and stored all the things in the storage space in a neat arrangement.
It would be easier to search through the items and take whatever he needed out of it than to search for individual things one by one.
Once everything was safely stored, he turned to his companion with a grin. "Alright, time to continue our journey, my dear!"
Then, the couple headed off along the river in hopes of finding people or something resembling civilization.
While walking, they talked about different topics that popped into their heads, trying to learn more about each other's new powers and skills.
It turned out that Alicia obtained the ability to awaken the lustful desire of males around her, and that was the reason for the goblins' behavior toward her.
It sounded like a joke at first, but after testing it on Nova, he found himself growing hard even though she didn't do anything but use her skill on him.
Nova didn't know what to say about this other than that it was Alicia's own fault for triggering sexual urges in goblins and almost getting herself raped.
"Yeah, yeah! I messed up. But come on, I just wanted to help you heal if things turned out to be difficult." Alicia defended herself with a pout.
Nova wasn't really happy with what happened, but it didn't matter anymore. After all, everything ended well in the end. He calmed himself down and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
"I know. Just remember to be more careful in the future because we have no idea what to expect from our powers. They could do us more harm than help if used without caution."
"I will remember, my darling~" Alicia promised with a bright smile. Then, she suddenly stopped and pointed out something in front of her. "Look! There! There's smoke coming from that direction!"
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