Sadly though, I have lost my sleep, so I decided to go through my status screen.
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As I lay in bed staring at the floating screen in front of my eyes with bewilderment, I also couldn't help but look at the sleeping log beside me who had somehow gone back to sleep despite everything that happened just now.
I don't know if I should be impressed or not.
Ignoring her, I studied my status.
[The Insatiable System - Lv.0]
[Host – Anshe]
[Physique - 4]
[Magic - 15] (+5)
[Control - 6]
[Skill Points - 0]
[System Abilities]
- Soul Bind
- Locked
[Innate Abilities]
- Locked
- Locked
[Acquired Abilities - None]
There are some interesting things here, but still looking at such a name, I couldn't help but get worried.
Insatiable. Something that couldn't be satisfied. Was something like this good to have? I don't know. All I know is that it helped me.
Let's go from the top, looking at the system’s level, being level 0 is not surprising as I just got this system.
How much of an advantage the system’s levels can give me I’m not sure.
The realms of power in this world come from training their magic root which is further aided by their innate abilities.
Stimulating their magic roots by nourishing it with natural magical energy and raising its ranks allows them to command tremendous power.
When someone becomes nine years old, they become eligible to awaken their innate ability.
I am nine years old now, but I haven't awakened my abilities naturally yet so I will be able to awaken my innate ability in the upcoming ceremony in a few days.
I would've gotten an ability even if I was a magic cripple, the only defect this body of mine had was that I was not able to utilise mana. But that problem is now solved because of the system.
I don't know why I see two locked abilities in there though, I've never heard of anyone having more than one.
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Now, although everyone gets their abilities, all abilities require magic to work, and since I couldn't use magic previously, even if I had gotten my abilities, I wouldn't have been able to use them due to the nature of my manaless body.
Hence being called a cripple.
Although no one called me this out in the open, this was what everyone in the sect knows me as.
The faculty, the students, basically everyone with the exception of two people, that is.
Not like I cared. Previously, even without my adult memories I didn't care, so why should I now.
I'm better than a child.
Moving down, I looked at the three stats displayed, Physique, Magic and Control.
They are exactly like they sound. Physique shows how strong and durable my body is and Magic shows the amount of magic I can handle and Control shows how well I can handle said magic and strength.
Skill points I'm hoping I will earn on level ups. What they can be used for, I can only guess for now.
Although the previous me couldn't use magic, I had spent my time in books trying to learn and make myself a magic scholar or researcher. But finally being able to put that knowledge to use makes me really glad I got this system.
Even before I got my previous life's memories, I was already a lot more mature for my age.
Lastly, let's look at the skills.
The only one I could look at now was the system ability.
[Soul Bind]
[Create a connection between the host and the target. As long as the connection is there any progress made by the target will also be passed to the host several fold. More benefits may be unlocked as the host levels up.]
“...what?”
I rubbed my eyes a few times and read the description again and again.
“What a broken skill…”
Although I said that, the smile on my face could no longer be hidden.
I wanted to try it right away but the only person in here was Lily. And I didn't want to experiment on Lily. What if this hurt her?
Ding!
[Answering Host - The process of Soul Bind is almost non-detectable. As long as there isn't too much difference between the host and the target's realms, there should be no issues in creating a bond. Also, the system would recommend using Soul Binding on allies as it can be beneficial for them.]
Surprised that the system answered him, he asked again.
‘How would that be beneficial? Nothing in the skill’s description is showing that it is beneficial for anyone other than me.’
[Host isn’t worthy enough to receive an answer… yet. Increase your authority. Demand More.]
‘And how do I do that?’
[The authority of the system is aligned with the growth of the Host, as the host grows, the host’s authority grows.]
I kinda figured it would be like this. There were nicer ways to say it though.
Since the system said it would be beneficial later on, I chose to trust it and turned towards Lily who was still sleeping soundly without a care in the world.
“This girl…”
Sighing. I activated my skill. Since touch was required I moved my hand towards her arm that was stretched towards me.
[Suitable target for Soul Binding found, Lily Chambers. Establish connection? Yes/No]
“Yes.” I spoke quietly.
All the conversation I had previously was in my mind, so I had to be quiet as I didn't want her to get up.
[Connection established with target - Lily Chambers]
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“That's it?”
Although it may seem like nothing happened, I could clearly feel something like a thin string connecting me and her, I quickly opened my status to confirm.
[Active Targets - Lily Chambers]
“Well, I hoped to get a skill as soon as the connection was established, but I guess I’ll need to wait for her to make some progress before that happens. Work hard big sis.”
Saying this with a light smile, and with nothing better to do than wait, I too drifted off to sleep.