Chapter 128: Humility and Charity
Chapter 128: Humility and Charity
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“Eh?”
Kamei glanced with her aquamarine eyes at the game-like holographic window that had suddenly appeared right in front of her sight.
For a few seconds, she believed that this might be some kind of hallucination, or that she was dreaming…
However, Frank quickly brought her back to reality.
“Kamei, can you see any kind of window in front of you?” asked Frank.
“Ah…! Y-Yes… Is this… your… power? Is this magic?” asked Kamei.
“Kind of… This is one of my Abilities… It would be quite cringy to admit it, but it’s like… I am… well, game character,” said Frank, scratching his head.
“Oh? Oh…! That’s… That’s actually pretty… cool!” said Kamei with a gentle smile.
“You don’t have to hide it, it’s weird, I know… It’s just that I always saw having some kind of game-like system as the ideal power, so I guess my wish kind of came true when I got this ability… And magic? I guess it could be related to it… Anyways, the important thing is that I am capable of sharing this power with anyone I want. I want you to have this power too, Kamei… So if you can, please select ‘Yes’ so you can learn your first magic spell,” said Frank.
“You want to give me this power, brother?” wondered Kamei.
As a girl that had never experienced anything supernatural through her whole life aside from the recent incident with Wasp, Kamei was rather baffled, she began to think how diverse these ‘powers’ or ‘abilities’ could be to such an extent that there was one that made their user a game-like character.
However, she sighed once more, although she was not as old as Frank, she was as mature as him in some aspect, seeing that this was perhaps the best way for her to be capable of being ‘strong’ and to defend herself from people such as Wasp.
Without doubting anymore, she moved her index finger towards the holographic window, pressing the ‘Yes’ option that had appeared in the ‘Do you wish to learn this Grimoire’s Spell?’ question.
Flash!
“E-Eeeh?!”
The moment Kamei selected ‘Yes’, the Grimoire turned into particles of light as they embraced Kamei and flew directly into her chest, overflowing her with new and foreign power.
“N-Nii-sama…! I-I’m scared!” she cried, as the power engulfed her very being.
“Calm down, Kamei, take it east, it won’t hurt you…!” said Frank, grabbing Kamei’s hands.
“A-Ahh…! T-This is… it feels so weird…!” cried Kamei.
The power not only flowed into Kamei’s chest, but it began to flow through all of her body, her bones, muscles, and even her veins.
This was because the power was not only giving her the system and the spell but also helping her in becoming capable of using magic by forcefully opening her Mana Veins and even letting her soul begin to produce mana naturally.
Usually, on Earth, normal humans would need to go through years of training to finally begin to use Mana, although this could be offset through things such as items or even bloodlines or special techniques that awakened someone’s Mana Veins, the normal human being was completely dry of any mana.
Every human had the potential to wield magic, but most of such potential was locked away, and needed arduous training to finally open that path.
However, through Frank’s System, Kamei was receiving such training immediately.
Although she did not felt any pain, the opening of her Mana Veins all across her body really did make her feel strange.
However, after a few seconds, it stopped, leaving Kamei embarrassed over how much she cried out from something completely harmless, making her recall those times when she was a little toddler that did not want to take a bath.
Frank petted Kamei’s head.
“See? It was not anything bad… I would never do anything to hurt you, Kamei,” said Frank with a gentle smile, although his crimson eyes were filled with sorrow.
“Nii-san…”
Kamei tightly hugged Frank’s stomach for a few seconds, she was still a bit in shock.
“Sorry… Perhaps I should have told you of what might happen to you beforehand… Although this is the first time it happens so abruptly… It must be most likely because you didn’t have something like a Mana Core like the people in this world…” said Frank.
“People in this world?” asked Kamei.
“Oh… Well, I can explain to you our situation after we confirm a few things… Kamei, can you say ‘status’?” asked Frank.
“Eh? Okay… Sta… Status…” muttered Kamei, as she was spooked by another holographic window appearing with a ‘ding!’ sound right in front of her sight.
The holographic window showed her stats, her level, her skills, spells, and more.
“This…! I really am as a game character! Like the game we play on our phone sometimes…” said Kamei.
“Haha… Kind of… But yeah, I guess because you are already used to games, it will be easier for you to get used to this power…” said Frank, as he used Inspect on Kamei.
[Name: Kamei Kimiko.
[Race: Human (Earth).
[Titles: Apprentice, Zenith of Humility, Zenith of Charity.
[Gender: Female.
[Job: Earth and Light Magician.
[Job History: None.
[Level: 1
[Health Points: 20/20
[Mana Points: 50/50
[Strength: 4
[Defense: 7
[Magic: 65
[Resistance: 40
[Agility: 20
[Passive Skills: [Heavenly Blessing: Level -], [Humility: Level 1], [Charity: Level 1], [Mana Control: Level 1], [Guardian Shield: Level 1]
[Active Skills: [Miracle Magic: Level 1], [Holy Light Magic: Level 1], [Earth Attribute Magic: Level 1]
Frank glanced at Kamei’s stats, as he found that she was particularly talented in magic…
And then… he noticed.
“Two more titles… Zenith of… Humility and Charity?! And… Eh?! Heavenly Blessing, Humility, Charity, Miracle Magic, and Holy Light Magic?!”
“E-Eh? W-What’s wrong, nii-sama? Is it not… normal?” asked Kamei concerned.
“No… This is just very surprising… Kamei, you seem to… already had some immense potential within you… Somehow, you awakened the power of two Heavenly Virtues, Humility and Charity…” said Frank.
“T-Two? But what are they? What do they do? Is it dangerous?” asked Kamei.
“No… I think it is incredible,” said Frank, as he inspected the Skills.
[Heavenly Blessing: Level -]
A Blessing is given to those devoted to anyone except themselves.
Grants the [Humility: Level 1] and [Charity: Level 1] Skills.
Increases MP, Mana, and Resistance growth per level.
[Humility: Level 1/10]
Grants the effects of Inspiration and Experience Gained X2 to everything that is recognized to be an ally around yourself.
Increase the level of this Skill for greater effects.
[Charity: Level 1/10]
Gives the effect equal to the High-Speed Recovery Level 1 to everything that is recognized to be an ally around yourself.
Increase the level of this Skill for greater effects.
“Eh? These Skills… they do not help her… but they help those around her? Devoted… Has Kamei not been thinking about herself but about others this whole time?” wondered Frank, glancing at Kamei’s aquamarine eyes.
“Nii-sama… Are you okay?” asked Kamei, as she noticed Frank’s crimson eyes which seemed to be filled with intrigue.
“Yes… I am okay, Kamei… Your ability is amazing, but it makes me sad that it does not bring you strength…” said Frank, as he explained to Kamei her Skill effects in detail.
Inspiration was a positive status effect that gave… well, inspiration to anyone that had it, being given inspiration, the person inflicted with this status effect would feel as if there were a greater purpose to their lives and will make them strive forward.
Experience Gained X2 was quite straightforward, giving double the gained exp to anyone that the user considered an ally. If Kamei were in a real game, she would be requested by many players, and perhaps even paid to be their party member and grant them twice the progression speed.
However, none of the effects of these Skills affected Kamei, which was not what Frank wanted.
After all, he needed Kamei to become strong… not particularly to make others stronger.
Frank still thought that this might also help those like Hilvera, Asterion, and Annabelle, although he would have to first present Kamei to them and everything else.
“I-I see… so this is… My Ability? Like you with your System… Maybe this is also my Ability, nii-sama!” said Kamei smiling happily, it seemed that the power that she had made her change a bit the perception that she had of herself. She was also incredibly happy to have something that could make her useful and also help her brother as much as she could.
Frank sighed as he gave Kamei a gentle smile.
“Indeed, but do not take it all for granted, alright? We must train hard… I know that everything has gone very fast… I want us to take it easy for now and let you digest things at your own pace. For now, I want you to see the outside world…” said Frank, extending his hand to Kamei.
“…Alright, I… am ready,” said Kamei, grasping Frank’s cold hand as both siblings glanced above them.
Flash!
Suddenly, they were moved outside of Frank’s Shadow.
“Err… this is the outside world?” asked Kamei, glancing at the sewer-like structure around her, which was the dungeon, the chamber where Frank was sleeping a few minutes ago.
“This… Well, this is my Dungeon, but I still think that it belongs to Orb… Ah, Orb, where are you?” wondered Frank, as Orb appeared right behind Kamei.
“Hm? Master, who is she?” asked Orb.
“E-Eeeeeh?!”
Kamei almost fell to the ground in surprise, but thankfully, Frank managed to grasp her before that happened.
Seeing a giant, floating crystal ball was rather surprising.
“S-she’s Orb, my friend… She is a Dungeon Core. You could consider her like the Heart of a Dungeon,” said Frank.
Frank then had to go into detail about what a Dungeon was with Orb and also took the opportunity to explain to Kamei that they were in another world named Terra, making her very dizzy over all the information.
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