"Urgh, my head" Eleos groaned as he awakened.
"He's awake Sera!" Exclaimed Mareem.
Across the house Sera began to rush to Eleos' room.
*Crash*
*Bam*
*Slam*
'What was that' wondered Mareem as Sera wondered into the room.
"Um… we're gonna need new plates Mareem" Sera said as she wandered over to where her son lay.
"Mom, Dad, what happened?" Eleos asked.
"Well son. Your mother and I think you finally awakened your innate skill." explained Mareem. "Talk about a late bloomer" he muttered to himself.
"Can you check your skill status for us Eleos? So we can see if that's what happened." Sera asked.
"How do I do that?"
'Oh right. He's only five,I always forget that with how mature he acts.' Sera thought to herself.
"Just think in your head [Skill Stats]" explained Mareem.
"Ok, I think I can do that"
'[Skill Stats]'
[Skills]
[Innate Skills] - [-Crude-Plasma Phase-]undergoing optimization
[Granted Skills] -
[-Universal Language-], [-Immunity to Detection], [-Deceive Detection-]
[Basic Skills] - none
[Intermediate Skills] -none
[Advanced Skills] - none
[Legendary Skills] - none
[Chaotic Skills] - none
'Huh, what's it mean by optimization?'
- Notice -
- The System is set to automatically optimize the Host's [Skills] -
- Does the Host wish to change this setting -
'No, that's fine. What do you mean by optimize?'
- Response -
- Within each level of [Skill] there are three sub levels [Crude], [Normal], and [Perfect] -
- The System automatically optimizes the Host's skills and upgrades them to the level of [Perfect] -
- When the [Skill] reaches [Perfect] the host is able to use it at whichever level the Host desires -
- It is recommended to use the [Skill] at the [Crude] level so the Host can learn how to use the skill properly -
'Well that's kinda broken'
'I won't complain though'
'System how long does it take normally for a [Skill] to upgrade like that anyway?'
- Response -
- The time usually varies. But usually in order to reach [Perfect] it takes decades for most skills -
- For example the [Skill] [Plasma Phase] would normally take twenty years to reach [Perfect] status -
- However the System has almost completed upgrading the skill to [Perfect] -
'This system really is broken isn't it!'
"Mom. It says I have a skill called [Crude-Plasma State]"
"Hmm, I've never heard of that [Skill] before. Have you heard of it before Mareem?"
"No I don't think so. We'll have to figure it out when Eleos is better"
"I feel better now let's go"
As I tried to get up I fell down onto the ground my body limp.
'Huh, what's wrong?'
Before I could hit the floor my father disappeared and reappeared below me catching me.
'Fast' I thought as he lifted me back up to my bed.
"You're not better. You're going to rest mister" my mother scolded.
- Notice -
- Due to the excess strain of the reconstruction process caused by the [Plasma State] [Skill]. The Host' body is exhausted -
'What?'
'How long do I have to rest for'
- Calculating -
- The Host is required to rest for one day for a full recovery -
'That's not too bad I guess'
"Anyway I haven't taught you how to read yet so we have to do that" Sera stated matter of factly.
"Huh"
"Don't play dumb with me. Let's get started"
A few hours later.
'I thought this would be easy. She's teaching me advanced grammar now'
My mother had seen through my facade and learned that I already knew how to read quite easily.
"So we have a go getter here I see" she had said with an evil glint in her eye.
That's when she started me on advanced grammar and proper speech etiquette. Apparently my language skill only goes so far as to let me understand and speak languages. It doesn't teach me how to talk fancy like my mother wants me to.
'This is just too difficult!'
After all of that my mother left my room to let me sleep saying, "We'll continue this tomorrow."
I really did think her classes would be easy but I guess even demon lords can be wrong. With that I drifted off to sleep.
Morning
"What's all this?"
When I awoke the dining room table had been moved into my room and my parents were eating breakfast.
"You're finally up sleepy head"
"Why's the table in my room?"
"Well we felt bad eating breakfast without you so we decided to move the table into your room so you wouldn't feel left out" his mother replied nonchalantly.
'My parents are the strangest people in the realm aren't they'
"Well I think I'm feeling better today. I think we can get back to training"
"No, we're going to wait at least another week before we even consider that!" my mother exclaimed.
"But really I'm feeling fine mom"
I put up the cutest face I could muster.
'This is so demeaning'
"Pweease mommy"
'Such cuteness, can't resist' thought Sera.
Relenting, "Fine" she said.
'Mission success'
'He's a true pro' thought Mareem.
After we finished eating breakfast in my room my parents decided to move the table back. After that disaster(there was a lot of difficulty and bloodshed in this process) my father brought me outside to find out just what type of innate skill I had unlocked.
"Ok Eleos. I'm only gonna explain this once so listen close."
"Innate skills are [Skills] we are granted from birth for an unknown reason. It's a mystery where they come from but discussion of that is for another lesson. There are a multitude of innate skills some are unique while others aren't. Some have variants that branch out from one another."
"New skills are often quite rare because we've been around for so long. This only goes for innate skills and not other types of skills because you can create actual new skills that you weren't born with."
"Let's figure out just what type of innate skill you have unlocked. From what happened the other day your innate skill may be quite volatile."
"Since this is the case my innate skill [Perfect-Shield Conjure] is the perfect skill to counter it while we train"
"Now then, that's enough talking. Let's begin."
End of chapter eight