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'Shit, system say that-' Before I could even complete my thought a sharp pain shot through my mind, so sharp that the next moment everything went black.
" Ahh. "
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Ereshkigal was panicking, she had gotten her first child or Familia member.
[ A / N : Gods call the people in their familia as children. ]
But when trying to give him her blessings or Falna, she had shed a drop of blood on Light's back and spoken the short chant as she had been told to do before her descent from Tenkai.
She had done the same, but instead of a glow on his back and a symbol of her along with the stats appearing, it was the same from before, no changes.
' Maybe, it's because I'm from another world hence my blessings won't work? What do I do, what do I do? Should I just say the truth ? '
As Ereshkigal's was feeling more panic and almost decided to tell the truth, she felt the concentration of Magic in the air increasing.
" Ahh. "
Just as she looked up she heard a small scream from Light and then saw her child losing consciousness and falling backwards.
Catching him before he fell to the ground, she carried him to the sofa and lay him down.
As she looked at him, she once again felt the magic in the air gathering towards him.
Lines of golden color began appearing under his skin starting from his chest, and they were spreading all over his body.
Looking at the yellow lines visible through Light's skin, Ereshkigal was a 100 percent sure that they were magical circuits from her world.
Looking at those dense circuits spreading all over his body, she just stared at them, her eyes wide astonishment.
" Is this due to my blessing? It did not give him Falna which increases his status, but instead allowed him to get magical circuits. "
While wondering, Ereshkigal condensed mana from the air and injected into Light's body.
Ereshkigal was not sure how the magical circuits were being engraved or formed in his body, but she at least wanted to make sure no harm comes to Light.
A few minutes later the circuits were spread over Light's entire body. They glowed for one more time and then vanished.
Just as Ereshkigal felt that was the end of it, magical lines started to appear again on his left bicep, one single line tuned into two, two to four quickly dividing itself into numerous small lines and then they started spreading, connecting with each other and finally formed the shape of the cage weapon Ereshkigal always carries with her.
There was the cage symbol all the way from Light's bicep to his shoulder.
" Ah, even a magic crest appeared, and even the shape is that of my weapon, does it mean he got some of my abilities ? "
" I'll ask him when he wakes up. "
After the magic crest also disappeared, Ereshkigal checked and found that Light was only sleeping, ' Maybe due to the strain of getting those magical circuits and the crest ? '
Ereshkigal sat down on the chair which she herself had earlier pulled out earlier and let out a sigh.,
" What a mess, how do I explain to Light about this ? But still, him getting both magical circuits and a magic crest just because of a drop of blood from me. "
" Is it the same in my world (Fate) also, or is it because the rules of this world is different. "
Ereshkigal was thinking that it was due to her blessings that Light had gotten his magical circuits and a magic crest, but she was only half correct. Both were rewards from the system, but enhanced due to the goddess's drop of blood.
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I woke up to a dim pain in my head, but other than that I felt like I was even stronger and energetic than before.
Just as I sat up from the sofa, I heard Ereshkigal's voice,
" Light- kun how are you are feeling okay? Any pain anywhere? "
Looking at the source of the sound, I found the goddess sitting on the chair looking towards me.
She got up and walked to the sofa.
" Kami-sama I don't feel any pain anywhere, instead I feel better than before, any idea what happened ?"
Ereshkigal walked to the sofa and sat down next to me and was silent for a moment, contemplating something.
And as if she had decided something, she stood up and moved in front of me and spoke, " First of all, Light- kun I want to tell you something, I am a Goddess but not from this world. "
" This may sound strange to you but not from this world means, not Gekai nor the Tenkai, a separate world. "
I was gobsmacked, she just put it out there directly, I couldn't even reply to that, of course I knew she was from a different world.
But I can't just say that she were brought to this world because of me right?
Seeing me not reply, Ereshkigal took another deep breath and continued to speak, " You have gotten the Falna, but it's in a completely different way. You did not get the normal stats type but instead you have gotten magic circuits and magic crest. "
" I'm not sure how they compare them to this world's Falna as I have never directly seen one, but both the abilities you've gotten are also good. "
" Kami-sama, give me some time to process this information. You can sit down till then. " Ereshkigal sat down next to me once again.
' I mean this was almost similar to what my plan was, but I never expected you goddess to be so straight forward and tell me that you were from a different world. '
' How can you say it just like that. Then in that case. ' I felt bad for trying to use a trick now and decided to tell the truth.
I stood up and moved in front of her.
" Kami- sama, as you told me about your secret that you are not a goddess from this world, in that case I also have to tell you about something. "
" Actually, even before receiving your blessings, I already had an ability. Using that ability, I could already view my stats even without Falna. "
Now it was Ereshkigal's turn to be astonished, she was looking at me as if I almost grew a horn on my head.
" One day, I was able to view my stats just by thinking about it. I tried using it and it helped me in the dungeon, I could check my stats and depending on it fight monsters which I can easily handle. "
" Give me sometime to process it. " Ereshkigal stood up and gave me a small smile and sat on the chair.
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" Okay, now that we both know each other's secrets, it's good. There won't be any problems in the future. "
10 minutes later, Ereshkigal was back to her enthusiastic self.
' Sorry, I still can't tell you about my system. ' I silently gave an apology to Ereshkigal in my mind.
" Okay, Kami-sama, also I'll be cooking dinner now, anything you want for dinner ? "
I started walking towards the kitchen, halfway I tuned around to ask what Ereshkigal wanted to eat.
" Light-kun, I'm still not sure about the dishes in this world, after all there was no food in Tenkai, except me hunting and roasting them. You can cook whatever you want. "
" Sure, in that case I'll make Omurice and Pasta. "
I grabbed the Pasta packet which I had bought last week, and had been left unopened.
Halfway through my cooking, Ereshkigal walked into the Kitchen asking me to show where her room was.
Leaving the two dishes on low flame, I led her through the corridor connected to the hall and into the guest bedroom on the opposite end of the small corridor.
The room was still tidy, I would at clean the entire house, or at least the first floor ever two weeks.
Informing her that she could stay in this room, I went back to the kitchen.
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After the dinner was ready, I called out to Ereshkigal while laying down the plates.
She entered the hall just as I had set down the plates and the dishes. She had changed from her red dress into a pair of black pajamas.
" Light, who taught you how to cook? It's so good! "
Ereshkigal praised my cooking after eating a spoon of omurice.
" Kami-sama, I just learnt cooking from a professional chef when I was younger. "
" Light, you can call me Ereshkigal, no need to call me kami-sama. "
" Sure, Ereshkigal-san, I'll call you that. "
While talking about random things, with mostly Ereshkigal asking me details about Orario, we finished dinner.
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After washing the dishes and placing them back, we both retired for the day.
As I lay on the bed in my room, I opened the system screen to see the changes in my status and abilities.
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[ Notification (!) ]
[ Status (!) ]
[ Map ]
[ Skills ]
[ Quests ]
[ Inventory ]
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Clicking on notifications, and reading the last few notifications once again surprised me.
So Ereshkigal did help in me getting those skills.
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[ Notifications ]
[ Side Quest [1/5]: Join a Familia - Completed ✓
Following rewards are issued.
1) Summoner Ticket. ]
[ Interference detected, a drop of blood from a goddess, helping the host decode the properties of the drop of blood. ]
[ Enhancing the rewards:
1) Grand Summoner Ticket.
2) Magic Circuits (???)
3) Magic Crest (???) ]
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Next was my status.
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---Status-----------------
Name: Light
Race: Human
Age: 16
Level: 10 (1600/2000)
Title: none...
Class: none...
Familia : Ereshkigal Familia (New)
HP: 4000/4000
MP: 5000/5000
CON: 40 (5↑)
SPI: 50 (15↑)
Status points: 0
---Skills--------------
• Acceleration [/Accel]
• Trait Maker
• Anomaly [True]
• Miracle Maker
• Mimicry
• Appraisal
• Fault Perception
• Magic Circuit [ C (EX) ] (New)
• Magic Crest (???) (New)
---Magic-------------------
• Float Magic
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" Damn, my constitution stat increased by 5 points and spirit stat increased by 15 points. I've also gotten two new skills. "
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[ Magic Circuit [ Quality: C(EX) ]
• They are a pseudo-nervous system that spreads itself through the human body, which helps you to use your mana more efficiently and allows you to caste any type of magic as long as you have enough mana.
• It reduces the time to cast magic by half.
• Grow stronger to increase the quality and quantity of this magic circuit.
• You can also increase the number of magic circuits as you grow stronger. Current number = 30.
• Find out more applications on your own. ]
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[ Magic Crest
• It is a series of Magic Circuits that are given a more stable form in order to act as an archive of spells learned over time.
• Helps you to instantly cast spells archived in the crest without any chant.
• You can add more spells to the crest by learning them and instantly cast them without chant.
• Can help preserve your life in case of fatal injuries as long as you have mana left.
•This magic crest is a brand new one, does not contain any spells.
• Find out more applications on your own. ]
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Looking at these abilities I was already thinking about diving into the dungeon tomorrow to test them.
Next was the summoning ticket which I had gotten, it was a piece of paper with red spell circles drawn all over it. The red color was a bit dim.
Using Appraisal on it, information about it popped up in front of me on a virtual screen.
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[ Grand Summoning Ticket (One time use)
• Can be used to summon an entity or an item from anywhere.
• Can only be used once.
NOTE: Currently locked, needs a specific situation to unlock. ]
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