The Tales of Draconic Warlock

I was so immersed in increasing my perception level, that I forgot the flow of time. I was lucky that I was born into a noble family, where there are a lot of resources available to train myself.

I increased my Perception level to six, within this month and that was possible only because of my clones. All my clones and I dedicated every minute of the day that I trained to increase my perception only.

I mean, I know even with clones I couldn't increase my level by much but that was the fact of the world. Only the ones who lived for hundreds of years would be able to reach level 100 of a skill and even they sometimes fail to do so.

As the level of the skill improves, it becomes difficult to increase the proficiency of the skill. They would need some kind of enlightenment to progress and that was not an easy feat to achieve.

Even with my clones, I could go only to a certain degree. If I can't find an epiphany, then my progress too shall stall after reaching a certain level.

The only advantage that I got was that I can progress faster than others when it comes to the Skill Levels and thereby I can have a lot of skills at high levels.

It would also mean that I can offset any drawbacks that other skills may have and can use a variety of skills on my opponents, who wouldn't know or think that I have a lot of skills in my possession.

If I can find a way to bypass the hurdles and get epiphanies a lot easier, then I don't think there would be anyone else in this world who can stand against me and still live.

I heard that there are treasures that can help people gain some epiphany easily. I should find those, as I am sure that my family doesn't have them or there are some restrictions on their usage.

As you can understand, not every treasure would be useful in general conditions. Every skill would have its own treasure to help it. So it is normal for nobles to possess such treasures but not the right one for them.

The only way was to find them in the dungeons, secret realms, or some ruins. If one was lucky they would find an unguarded treasure in the wilds, which is not likely as these types of treasures are all guarded by monsters that are Rank-5 and above.

They are not easily defeated, as they would have their own personal armies at that rank. So to get those treasures, one has to defeat the army and then the Rank-5 or higher monster. Even then it wouldn't guarantee that you can keep it.

Battles mean a lot of noise and blood, which would alert other Rank-5 or higher monsters.

So it wouldn't be worth the trouble unless you have an army of disposable cannon fodder and a means of escape once you get your hands on the treasure.

So no one would think of taking such a risk and try to get an epiphany by themselves without any support.

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Things were going as usual for the past month, but this morning things were not. My mother was in rather a different mood than she would be. She was happier than on other days.

So I inquired about it and she told me what was happening, well at least partially.

"Huh, a birthday party?" I asked them in confusion.

I didn't know anyone whose birthday was near. Even if there was someone in the family whose birthday was near, she wouldn't be fussing over it that much.

"Yes, it's your fiance's", my mother said, then looked into my confused eyes, "Oh, we forgot to tell you", she apologized.

I shook my head, "It's okay Mother. You have a lot of duties and I spent most of the time in training", I said.

"Yes, but that shouldn't be an excuse. Now go and put on your best dress for the night. You after all would meet your fiance for the first time. As the old saying goes, First Impression is the Best Impression", my mother said.

I nodded and returned to my room to try on my clothes for the evening. I should select something that would highlight me in the party but at the same time doesn't steal the limelight from the birthday girl. It would be awkward if my dress appeared more fascinating than hers.

That would be a very bad start. Even though I don't know her, she is after all the girl that my parents arranged for me. I may be a modern world person in my past life but that was the past life. Now I am a child of Ragos and should act like one, even though I don't like their lifestyle.

As long as that wouldn't touch my bottom line, I would follow the customs of this world.

Speaking of customs, there is that weird promotion mission. I made some progress in that matter. I was able to acquire the slave magic that would bind a creature or another being to me and make it my slave. There are slaves in this world and even in my family as a matter of fact, something that I didn't know before.

Many of the servants that serve us in this manor are slaves. I didn't know that because they were treated as servants rather than slaves.

So anyway, part of what I should do what I should was completed. Now I have to find a way to change the ritual so that the one I summon would not be dangerous and also the one I am seeking to complete the promotion mission.

Now that there is a birthday to attend, I should postpone that and should find a Gift for the birthday girl.

I want to remain low-key not an idiot. If I go there without any gifts, then I would appear a miser and a fool.

After the dress selection, I should go out and find a good gift for her.

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What gift should I buy for her?

I believe a necklace should do. Though it wouldn't be considered as a unique way, it is a classic move and something that could never go out of style.

Now what necklace I should select among these various models.

Hmm, what is that?