Azel blinked, his breathing steady as he realized he was back in the same position he had been before he accepted the visit to the Plane of Light.
The creak of the inn's wooden beams overhead grounded him to reality.
He lay sprawled across the bed, one arm hanging off the side as though the meeting with the goddess had been nothing more than a dream.
Yet the tingle on his lips betrayed the truth, he could feel the energy even now...
"Seems like she sent me out," he muttered under his breath.
His voice was calm, but when he raised a hand to touch his lips, he felt the lingering warmth there — the afterglow of the goddess's kiss.
It was like she had marked his soul with it…
Even though it hadn't been his physical body that kissed her, he could feel the energy woven into his very being.
A strange sensation, like molten silver, coursed through his veins, lodging itself deep within him.
It was divine power.
[Your mana core has been blessed by the Goddess.]
