Ajearaa is quietly walking through the hallway this time, he's all alone.
His father told him to go back first because of some serious reason, or so Ajearaa thought at first. However, [System] told him the real reason is just all about his sixth birthday that will come at the end of the month.
He just noticed how huge truly this castle is.
Chirp Chirp Chirp
The warm sunlight coming through the hallway. And the refreshing sounds of the birds chirping.
'Today is a good day'
Ajearaa thought wanting to go outside to explore. However, there's something he must do first before exploring this world.
That is to know about {Stash}, the one who will give him the abilities to protect this world... At least, that's what [System] said a while ago.
Due to that, he decided to go back to his room to sort out the remaining task he set for himself for today.
After walking for a few minutes, Ajearaa managed to get back to his room and get inside without wasting time.
He then locked the door to make sure that no one would bother him. Went to his bed, sat on it with his leg crossing and closed his eyes.
(So what now? {Stash} are you here?)
{Oh! finally it's my time to show up!}
An enthusiastic voice answered, this voice is slightly different to [System] whose voice is that of a woman AI.
{Stash}'s voice sounds like a voice of a teenage boy. A very hyper one at that.
([System] didn't explained how your power works for some reason, so can you explain it for me by yourself?)
{Of course, however I'm not good at explaining so how about you ask me something about my power and I will answer it?}
(Well, if you say so...)
Ajearaa pause for a moment thinking where to start this coming question and answer scenario.
(Okay. [System] told me earlier that you can give me a set of abilities every month and I can choose one from it. Is that true?)
{Yes and No. It's true that I can give you a set of abilities but not every month. It's more complicated than that.}
(What do you mean complicated?)
{There are steps to all of this. First, I will give you a set of abilities, each set has a five random different abilities, it can be benignant or useless at all. It's so random that I, the keeper of these abilities didn't even know the usefulness of many abilities.}
(Is that so? that's indeed complicated. So what about the other steps...)
{Right, the second one is the choosing part. You'll pick one abilities in every set and when you chose it, you need to master it before I can show you another set of abilities.}
(Why though? Can't you do anything about that?)
{That's impossible. If I can do that, I'll already give you all the abilities at once even without you telling me. Also, think about it: In your previous life, what if you give a nuclear weapon to a kid, what do you think will happen?}
(It would be catastrophic I'm certain of it.)
{That can also be applied here, If you ever happen to chose a powerful ability and you don't have a full control on it; it's going to be very dangerous... It might take a week for you to master weak abilities, and it may take you years to master the powerful one. However, the real question here is; whether you diligently practice every day to master every ability you've chosen.}
(That makes sense I guess, then what if I master an ability in less than a week. Will you give me another set at that point?)
{ No. The cooldown of every set is one month at the very least while there's no maximum cooldown. So you need to be careful while choosing an ability, make sure that you can master it right away. Well, that's my own personal opinion and an advice you can do whatever you want.}
(So you're a double edge sword of an ability. Wait, what if in a single set there's a two abilities that caught my interest, and since I can only choose one what will happened to the other? Will it just disappear, because if so that's a waste.)
{Yes, it will disappear but not forever. If you're lucky, you will see it again the next time or the next next time. However, the ability that you already had will not appear anymore.}
(That's good.)
Ajearaa finally opened his eyes. Just like {Stash} said earlier, he's not good at explaining things. And so, Ajearaa still didn't fully understood what kind of power is {Stash}.
Unlike [System] who's good at explaining and easy to understand, {Stash} on the other hand is true to what its saying.
Nevertheless, Ajearaa decided to just learn about {Stash}'s ability by himself through the long run. He wishes if [System] can elaborate it further, but from the way it acted earlier by the mention of {Stash} it feels like that there's something going on.
(Now that I think of it. [System] acted like you two didn't get along with each other.)
Ajearaa said out of curiosity in which {Stash} answered, laughing,
{That's a lie . [System] and I got along with each other just fine.}
[No we're not.]
[System] whose keeping silence until now nonchalantly sneaked in to the conversation.
(So, you do know each other. Are you two actually a human?)
[We're not a human or a human at some point, Host. You can just refer to us as an object to help you. And if I may, this idiot and I might know each other but we're not close.]
(Okay, I understand.)
{You really good at explaining things smoothly, but why you didn't help me earlier when I'm explaining to the host?}
{Stash} said sounding like a child whose about to throw a temper tantrums.
[Host, I recommend you to chose an ability right now to see it for yourself and understand {Stash}'s ability better]
[System] said ignoring a certain someone.
(So you knew that I didn't understand {Stash} well enough. You really are a knowledgeable one aren't you?)
Ajearaa sigh, laying down on his bed looking at the ceiling both hands is on the back of his head acting like a pillow.
[I apologized for that, Host. I just want to avoid that thing as much as possible.]
(You two also had an emotion like the one you're showing now, despite being an object like you said. If there's someone who can make an object with a will and an emotion of its own, then that someone is very powerful.)
[Indeed. That someone is a God, so this much is expected.]
(A God huh... Well, enough about that. Let's try our luck with {Stash})
A window like thing appears in front of Ajearaa's eyes, but this time, it's color green unlike the blueish [System].
There's five image of it, probably the logo representing the abilities. Although, there's no description about the abilities, but at least there's a name for each one of them below the image.
Ajearaa looked at them one by one and read the name of it accordingly.
The first one had a logo of a blue triangle and a little circle on top of it, namely; In front of you.
The name of the abilities sounds so funny that Ajearaa can't stop laughing. He even needed both [System] and {Stash}'s help to stop him from laughing.
After he settle down, he moved his gaze onto the second one.
The second one had a logo of a lightning, striking something similar to a letter X, namely; Loyalty.
The next one is a rather plain looking red sword. Just like the logo, the name of this ability is also the most ordinary and easy to understand one out of the bunch. The name is - Sword Proficiency.
The fourth ability had a simple logo of a man flexing his muscles, and it's name is the most funny according to Ajearaa. The name is; Hit them with Muscles.
The last ability had a name of 'To make it Slow' while the logo is something like a blue greasy stuff scattered around.
Ajearaa ain't a dumb person, so he quickly eliminated three of the abilities due to certain reason.
He eliminated the 'Hit them with Muscles' because he thought it's for idiots who can only think of muscle.
He also eliminated 'In front of you' because he just feels like it. And the third ability he chose to eliminate from the list is the 'To make it Slow' due to a reason that whenever he looked at the logo of it, he feels messy.
The two remaining one are 'Loyalty' and 'Sword Proficiency'.
This is a world with swords and magic and having a proficiency in swordsmanship is a huge plus.
However, Ajearaa can't just choose it and ignore an ability called Loyalty. Considering he's a person who will protect this world, a royalty, and a person who will lead a bunch of people called Crusader. He definitely need something for people to become loyal to him and this ability seems the perfect thing he can ask for currently.
Ajearaa pondered, rummaging his brain for a decision. After the long process, he finally decided what ability he would choose.
That ability is 'Loyalty', when he chose it, the other ability vanished in thin air and more information regarding the ability he chose, popped out.
'Loyalty' is an ability to punished those who are not loyal. You can cast it to someone you considered your own people even without their consent. Though you can't use it to someone who's older than you except if they agree to it. When the caster use it to them, the caster will know if the other party is a traitor via the [System]. The caster also had a choice of striking down the traitor with a lightning, it will hit them no matter how far the traitor is to the caster or how powerful the traitor is. The power of 'Loyalty' is absolute. And the other choice of just letting the traitor go without getting punished.
"So it's not making someone obey you, but rather, an ability that keeping an eye on your people. That's better."
Ajearaa laughed like a madman in his room. He wants to make everything easy for himself as much as he can. So, having an ability to obliterate those who'd betrayed him is a blessing from the heavens.
Although, this newly gained ability of him is powerful. He still needed to spend his time mastering it, and it may take him months or even years depending on his skill.
{You're having a good start boss! If your momentum continues, you might undone the curse in your heart!!!}
{Stash} yelp praising Ajearaa. Except, that last part is not a praise to say the least.
(Curse?! What curse?! Someone cursed me?!)
Ajearaa's reaction is expected considering he didn't know someone who hated him in this world.
Is it the King? or the father of his fiancee that cursed him hating the fact that his daughter is already engaged at such a young age?
Ajearaa starting to suspect everyone he can think of. However, [System] interrupted his confused train of thought.
[It's not the people you're thinking right now, Host. The one who gave you a curse is the angel you met before coming in this world.]
(What is the curse? The angel? But why?)
[The curse is in your heart. It will shatter your heart into pieces causing you to die. I'm not too sure about the exact date, but in the future, this world will experience calamities enough to wipe out every being in this world. If you fail to prevent this event the curse will activate and you will die.]
Ajearaa listened to [System] and noticed that if he did fail to stop these calamities. Then, there is also no reason for him to be alive since all the being in this world will cease to exist. He doesn't want to be all alone again and he thinks the angel already know it.
So it gave him a curse that will end his life once he fail to protect this world. But for him who realized the real intention of the angel, it's a blessing that can prevent him from being alone.
Ajearaa have a smile on his face realizing this, [System] and {Stash} just stayed quiet but if they ever had a face, they're probably wearing a dumbfounded look now.
For them, Ajearaa looked satisfied that he got cursed which make them think that Ajearaa is an M.
Author: Hahahhaha, I don't even know what I'm writing is all about. I can't express in words what I actually had in mind. Curse this.