The carriage drove past the tall, majestic palace gates where stood a group of imperial guards on both sides, saluting respectfully.
Avalyn could only hear the uniform sounds of the guards' boots stomping on the ground while saluting and the solemn welcoming voice of the captain outside. During the trip back to the palace, she casually checked out the new 'cheat' system that Asteria gave her while pretending to sleep and she could only say.....too OP!* (Overpowered)
[Name: Avalyn Anastasia De Callisto
Age: 1 day
Gender: Female
Hp: 2100/2100(Vitality Blessing +2000)
Mp: 200/???
Attributes: Water, lightning, light, wind, fire, earth, ???
Status effects: N/A
Blessings:
- Blessing of the Goddess of stars(Highest level) : Water magic mastery, water elemental affinity and healing greatly increased.
Additional effect: Protection of water (Mana Regeneration: Speed of mana recovery increased by 3 times.)
- Blessing of the Goddess of Earth(Highest level) : Earth magic mastery and elemental affinity greatly increased.
Additional effect: Protection of earth (Indestructible defense: Can give invincibility for 10 seconds. Cooldown: 3 days.)
- Blessing of the God of light(Highest level) : Light attribute magic mastery, elemental affinity and vitality greatly increased.
Additional effect: Light's protection (Purification: Grants immunity to negative energy and dark magic. Purifies all the impurities from the body every time anything dirty comes in contact to the body automatically.)
- Blessing of the God of Wind(Highest level) : Wind attribute magic mastery, elemental affinity and wind manipulation greatly increased.
Additional effect: Protection of wind (Flight magic mastery: Lets you take flight with the help of the wind. Gravity magic effects lessened by half.)
- Blessing of the Supreme God(max) : Lightning attribute magic mastery, elemental affinity and immunity to lightning damage greatly increased.
Additional effect : Supreme God's protection (Skill acquired: Lightning fury(strengthening/active), Zeus' spear(offense/active) , Supreme protection(defense/passive))
Skills:
- Lightning Fury(Strengthening/Active): When used, absorbs large amount of pure lightning elements in the surroundings and strengthens the physical condition of the body and debuffs all types of negative status ailments with no side effects. Cooldown: 2 hours. Mana required: 0
- Zeus' Spear(Offense/Active): It summons lightning clouds in the sky and strikes down a huge lightning spear formed of pure lightning element at the target which can give electrocuted, scorched or stunned effects on the target. Mana required: 2500 Cooldown: 1 day
- Supreme protection(Defense/Passive): An invisible barrier of lightning elements surrounds and protects the body from danger. Can block 4 magic attacks and automatically recharges itself after the end of cooldown. Cooldown: 2 days
(???) :???
Titles: N/A
Remarks: A puny little 1 day old adorable bun, loved by the gods for unknown reasons and extremely weak. Can be pinched to death. Grow up, you little kitty.]
(A/N: This is the remark made by the system after calculating the overall results. Because it was made by Asteria, it has some of her personality. Lol)
'Can be pinched to death. Little kitty....' Avalyn stared at the last two remarks and felt the corner of her mouth twitch slightly.
Although it was true but there's no way anyone would like being said that to their face, right? Right? And what's with that little kitty thing? She is a human child, a human!!
Avalyn fumed inside with a pout.
'But what do those question marks mean? They are in three places... Does it mean I'm too weak right now to unlock them or something?' She thought.
[That's right. You don't meet the requirements to unlock the locked sections.]Just then, a childish voice of a little boy rang inside her head which almost spooked her to death.
What the F*ck?! Σ(°ロ°)
Avalyn nearly jumped out of Violette's arms in shock, yet again. She couldn't help but lament in her heart how she had almost been shocked to death so many times today that her heart felt numb.
Feeling the previously quiet and obediently sleeping baby flinch so suddenly, Violette stopped her conversation with the Queen in the middle and lowered her head to look at the baby, worried.
"Oh my. She was sleeping so peacefully just now. Did she have a bad dream?" Violette said in a voice filled with concern for her baby.
Arthur frowned, "Maybe she was startled awake by the noise outside. I should probably tell the guards to not be too noisy from now on."
The poor innocent guards: (╥﹏╥) Your majesty, we are wronged...
Avalyn listened to their conversation with a stupefied face. What are they looking so serious for...?
Realising her blunder, Avalyn quickly calmed herself and closed her eyes again, pretending to be dead as she thought about the voice she heard before again and wondered if it was just her imagination. But without giving her any time to convince herself about her conjecture, the childish voice spoke again as if noticing her confusion.
[It's not your imagination. I am speaking to you, little kid.]
The cute childish voice suddenly sounded very annoying to her ears when she heard what he called her. Annoyed, she roared inside her mind, You are little kid. Your whole family is little kid! Damn you! I am a freaking adult in essence!
[Adult? Hmph. Say that after you take a look at your small body and the age shown in your bio-data analysed by the system, little kid.]The childish voice sounded again with a hint of haughtiness in it.
[Well, damn you and your buggy system analysis. Who the hell are you now? Another god?]Avalyn asked with annoyance.
Avalyn had already experienced telepathy after the encounter with the goddess Asteria in the Cathedral of Stars so she wasn't as surprised of having her mind read as the first time. She just wondered what existence it was now after thinking about the childish voice of a kid.
It couldn't be the child of Asteria, right....?
[Hmph, I* am the mighty lord Kaiser, a celestial dragon spirit who is one step away from ascending to godhood. So you must feel honored that I'm the one supervising your system. If not for the sake of a favour I owe to the mischievous goddess, I wouldn't even take another glance at a puny little cub like you.]said Kaiser, his tone proud and disdainful.
[A/N: The *I, he uses is an arrogant way to call himself to express his pride. It's like Oresama in Japanese.]
Avalyn felt a vein pulse on her forehead when she heard the tone of his voice. Ah, I suddenly feel like punching its face.
But she still kept her calm even though she was hurling quite a bit of curses that the other couldn't understand inside her head as she expressed her confusion,[A celestial dragon spirit? Are you really a legendary dragon? What is godhood? What do you mean supervising the system? Is it necessary? What did you owe to the goddess? ]
Faced with the barrage of questions from Avalyn, Kaiser was left speechless at where to start answering her. After waiting for her to finish asking her questions in silence, he said, [Are you done?]This sentence seemed to hide the helplessness and speechlessness he was feeling at the moment.
He didn't wait for her reply and continued, [Although it's below my great self to speak to a puny human cub like you, since I have made a promise to that old goddesses, I won't go back to my words.]with a pause, he answered, [I am a dragon but not like those lower-level weaklings you have in mind but instead a powerful and mighty celestial dragon spirit! A celestial dragon is the closest to reaching godhood. A godhood is the highest level of achievement in magic which births a new god. After I achieve godhood, I will become the new Dragon God. That old goddess asked me to supervise the system and protect you till I ascend to godhood since the system contains a mysterious and unfathomable amount of mana which even I cannot perceive the depth of, which is quite surprising, and it needs for someone to keep the mana in control which is why I am here.]
[As for what I owe to that old goddess...why should I tell you?]Kaiser snorted in his childish voice.
Well, it wasn't that he couldn't say it but just that the matter was a bit too embarrassing to him so to keep his image in front of her, he didn't dare to say it.
[Woah, you can become a god? Can I also become a god?]Hearing his explanation, Avalyn felt her weeb heart thump in excitement when she imagined becoming a god like Goku then destroying planetary bodies with just a punch while screaming 'Ahhhh' with the special effects of her hair glowing golden.
No, wait. That doesn't really sound so appealing to be honest. I don't wanna ruin my throat, forget it.
She quickly shook away the absurd idea from her mind when she heard Kaiser snort again.
[Hmph! Do you think becoming a god is as easy as you think? It might be possible for the great me but as for you....hmph, keep dreaming.]
Avalyn's head was filled with black lines at his mocking words but didn't say anything since she also thought the same. She was just a normal human, how could she become a god, right?
Although her daydreaming was dashed by his words, she didn't feel disappointed or anything and just continued carefreely, [I got it. Since we will be together for quite some time from now on, let's get along well! I am Shizuki- I mean, Avalyn. I will call you Kai from now on, okay?]
[Hmph, what's there to get along with a puny human like you?]Although he said that, he didn't agree nor disagree to her words which she took as a silent consent. She smiled happily and somehow felt that the little guy wasn't so bad.
Oh, right一[By the way, why do you sound like a little boy? Shouldn't you sound more like an old geezer according to your age?]She nearly forgot to ask about this thing that's been bugging her for a while. According to his words, reaching his level is very difficult so it must have taken him thousands of years to get to his current level. But then why does he still sound like a small kid?
Kaiser suddenly stiffened after hearing her curious tone. After a stretch of silence, he said in a furious voice which sounded a bit embarrassed, [W-what do you mean about my age?! I'm not an old geezer! I'm still young according to our race's long lifespan. I'm only a thousand and seventy years old which is considered very young to us dragons. And I'm the youngest genius who could reach celestial level in my race!]
Kaiser was really very young. To the dragon race, a thousand years old dragon is considered a toddler who just entered the second growth stage from the infant stage. But due to his innate talent in magic, he was able to reach celestial level in just a short amount of time and become the youngest dragon to touch the threshold to godhood. It wasn't easy to get to celestial level and it was almost impossible to become a god without enough talent and strength which he obviously had.
If there was no accident, he could one day become a true god in a short period of time without a doubt. Even Asteria herself believed that.
[Wow, a thousand and seventy years old? You could even become my ancestor's great-great-great-greaaaat-grandfather.]said Avalyn in amazement.
Kaiser harrumphed furiously once then kept his silence, unwilling to talk to her anymore.
Avalyn called out to him a few more times but gave up after not getting any response. She pouted sadly for getting shunned by the arrogant dragon then finally decided to check the situation around her.
When she opened her eyes, she was dazzled by the sight in front of her. They were currently walking down a lavishly decorated corridor with dazzling gold and precious jewels embedded on the snow-white walls.
There were many big photo frames of gorgeously dressed dignified men and women hung on the walls. The precious luminous magic stones were casually lined up on the long corridor, lighting up the whole place as if it was daytime even though it had already turned dark outside. The floor was soread with red carpets with golden intricate embroideries while the floor was made of smooth black marbles making a great contrast to the snow-white walls which set off a sense of beauty and luxury.
Everywhere she looked, her eyes could only see illusion of large amount of money raining down on her. She was nearly blinded by the show of extravagance which made her feel a bit dizzy.
So this is the palace! It is really deserving of its fame ah!, she thought with praise in her heart.
Everyone around her chuckled when they saw her looking around curiously with big, round shining eyes. She really looked too adorable.
"Lyn looks so happy. She seems to like it here very much." said Violette.
Isabella chuckled, "Then you must bring her here more often."
"Of course."
"....But what if she suddenly wanted to live here instead of going back home?" Johann suddenly spoke in a low voice which made everyone look at him blankly. Then they burst out in laughter at his serious face, amused by his unnecessary worry.
"Haha, Johann, Lyn isn't even a day old yet you are already worrying about her leaving you? How come I never knew that you were such a worry wart when it came to your daughter?" Arthur teased his best friend with a chuckle.
Johann felt a bit embarrassed but still kept his poker face, "Well, I'm just stating my thoughts. Nothing else."
Violette smiled in amusement at her husband's embarrassed look and gave him a few encouraging pats on his back. Avalyn also looked at him with humour-filled eyes.
My serious-looking father is actually so cute. Is this gap-moe?