"Um. Master?! Can you tell me why my sister is like this now?" Zaira asked.
"Yes, of course." Theo looked at her. "Your sister is now like this because she began to awaken a lineage in her body..." Theo sighed. "But since she possessed a lot of impurity in her body, her lineage that was trying to awaken was picking up the low pure Mana she had in her body. Because of this, they were affecting her vital organs and leaving her in a weakened state."
"A-A lineage?!! Seriously?" Zaira was in disbelief.
"Ah? Is it so surprising, her awakening a lineage?" Theo asked confused.
"Y-Yes!! Master, do you not know that only the most powerful have a lineage? Even though my knowledge is very small on this subject... I know that there are very few that have a lineage!!" Zaira spoke excitedly.
Indeed, Theo's knowledge of lineages was very lacking. He looked in the direction of Shina, since she lived in a city and perhaps knew something about it.
Seeing him look at her, Shina told him what she knew: "I don't have much knowledge about lineages either, but even in the city where I lived, I know that only the royal family has lineages and the Sect teacher where I was as well, but I don't know exactly what lineage they have..."
"I understand... anyways if things went on like this... I'm pretty sure your sister would have died!" Theo looked at Zaira and smiled, "But she was lucky to have a sister who cares so much about her and managed to find me, now, besides she can recover and she will acquire a lineage."
The sadness in Zaira's eyes instantly disappeared. "I did nothing! Who did it all was Master! If it weren't for Master, I couldn't help my sister!!"
Theo was amazed to see Zaira's eyes, that were almost like a fan staring at his biggest idol.
*Sigh~*
Theo put little Yui on the floor, who pouted and to which he laughed at from the cute expression of his daughter, and went to Zaira and ran his hand lightly on her head, surprising her.
With a gentle smile on his face, Theo said, "Even if it is true that it was I who saved your sister, it wouldn't have been possible if you didn't find me and persuade me to help you." Seeing her nod with some tears threatening to come out of her eyes, he continued: "So it isn't a lie to say that it was thanks to you that your sister was saved!"
"I understand..." Zaira nodded, but in her heart, she will not forget the kindness Theo and they showed her.
"By the way, you don't have to follow me as 'Master'-"
"But..."
Theo did not let her interrupt and went on to say, "I'm not saying that you don't have to pay your debt for my help, but you do not have to spend your whole life to pay it, just consider what I did as a payment, stay by my side, doing some things I ask of you, okay?"
"Right!!" Zaira replied determined to help him, as long as he needed her, regardless of what he would need her for and as long as he asked, she was determined to do it.
They then chatted... minutes passed... an hour had passed... and only after almost 2 hours Zaika opened her eyes again! Her body was surrounded by dark flames, her light-green half-open eyes sparkled dark flames, giving her a somewhat mystical appearance.
Unlike the lineage of Yuki and Theo that grew with them, her lineage already came at its highest power!! Of course, that doesn't mean she'll be able to use her lineage immediately with perfection. She is no different from Yui who was born with the Cold Metallic Dragon lineage in the same way that Yui has to train to be able to release even higher strength of her lineage, Zaira was the same now!
Even more so since she has many impurities in her body! Even though Zaika received help from Theo, who helped her expel a good part of her impurities from her body, that was not even 20% of the impurities. Unlike Yui who was born with the purest Mana and with the help of the Moon Lotus Flower, she was able to be born with a body without impurities!
But if she wants to continue to strengthen her lineage and release even more strength from it, she will need to have a better cultivation technique to cultivate, if she continued with the technique she now... Theo thought she had a large probability of reaching a bottleneck in her cultivation. And without finding any treasure to clean the impurities of her body, he couldn't even imagine how long it would take until she could rank up.
If the Mana in Theo's body is compared to a bottle and his Mana as the water in it... The current mana in Zaika's body is more like a bottle full of stones. Because of this, it was difficult for her to cultivate, since together with the Mana that her technique of cultivation collected, it comes many impurities as well.
Take for example the fight that Yui had against Zaira. One of Zaira's reasons for not being able to defend himself against Yui's attack, even with the same amount of cultivation, was because of the quality of Mana that Yui had! The time it took Zaira to control her mana to her head to defend herself was much longer because her Mana was much 'heavier' due to the impurities in her Mana and body.
Unlike Yui who can control her Mana to manifest as fast as a thought! Faster than if you were going to open a faucet in your house!! And the more time passed, the more Mana she could concentrate on whichever body part she wanted.
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"Before when I had looked at her [Status], she had not gained any cultivation technique, unlike Yui… maybe now that she was able to fully awaken her lineage, she could?" He could not help but think this was possible. His knowledge was very weak in this area, so he could only depend on his newly acquired divine eyes to see whether his theory was right or not.
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Name: Zaika
Species: Magic Animal
Race: Crimson Wolf
Cultivation: 9th Tier of the Student Kingdom
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Lineage: Wolf of the Dark Flames
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((Affinities))
Darkness
Fire
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((Techniques))
Cultivation technique: <Fire Wolf Art>
Breathing Technique: <Wolf Breathing>
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"Oh! She gained two techniques! But as I thought, all the Mana that was on the pill was used to awaken her lineage!" Theo pondered a little. "But will these be the only lineage techniques that she will get? Or as her control over her lineage increased, she will get even more? So does Yui have a chance to acquire other, better techniques from her lineage? And everyone who awakens a lineage, will gain techniques as well? Or just some that are special?"
Many doubts began to appear in his mind. Each time, he realized that his knowledge of this world was small, feeling like a frog at the bottom of a well, without knowing the vastness of the world in which he currently lives. This only made Theo want to go to a city and expand his horizons even more!
Yuki who was looking at Theo's face was amazed at the current appearance of his eyes and asked: "Theo?!! What happened to your eyes?"
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Hearing Yuki's question, everyone in the cave looked toward Theo. They were also very surprised to see his eyes constantly change colours from gold to red and so on. It gave them a mystical feeling, and at the same time, it was a little scary, for they felt that Theo could see all their secrets with his eyes, it was as if they were naked in front of him, unable to hide anything from his sight.
"Oh! What?!" Now that he remembered that he had yet to tell them about his eyes. "Well, that was something I got through my lineage." He said but didn't want to explain the functions of his eyes... at least not now.
Although he trusted Shina, Yui and Yuki, he didn't know the sisters Zaika and Zaira yet. It may seem strange, as he easily trusted Shina when they first met and told her several of his secrets, but that had several factors that made him decide to trust her.
First of all, she didn't look like someone who would rush out to betray him and tell others. Second, she started living with them, and it was far from the other living things she could tell. Third, even if she was going to run away and tell someone, it wasn't as if the others would blindly believe her, and they could escape away during this time. Fourth, even if she wasn't going to tell and had a chance that someone would read her mind, they were far from powerful beings who could have such abilities, if there was such a skill…
There were even more reasons for him to trust her, but those were his main reasons. But regarding the two sisters Zaira and Zaika, as much as he might have helped them, he still didn't know much about them, and his current destination was a city... so he didn't want to risk telling... and end up being hunted.
Without giving any further answers, Theo deactivated his Golden Fox divine eyes and soon they were back to normal.
Zaira could tell that Theo didn't say much about the lineage of his eyes because of them, but even though she was a little sad... she soon returned to normal as she knew they didn't know each other long enough for him to trust her now; even though she offered to be her lifelong contracted animal.
Of course, his daughter Yui was very curious about it and kept asking, but Theo already knew how to handle his daughter, he magically made a chocolate bar appear in his hand. But it wasn't any chocolate! It was a bar of chocolate that cost him 800 system points!! This chocolate was made with the best ingredients in this world!! Even the milk used to make this chocolate is superior to the milk Yui liked so much, so little Yui's attention was soon diverted to the chocolate in Theo's hand, her eyes sparkling with small stars and a little drool started to drip from her mouth… {TL: This is not bribing, definitely not.}
"P-Papa!! Is that for Yui?" She asked eagerly to eat once again this chocolate she couldn't forget the taste of. Theo had set a limit before that she could only eat this chocolate once a week, and it had been a long time since she had last eaten one.
"Yes, child!" He smiled and handed her the chocolate.
"Papa is the best of all!!" She said happily and hugged him tightly, but not before taking the candy bar from his hand.
Shina and Yuki, just shook their heads, thinking Theo spoiled his daughter…
"Delicious!!" Little Yui expressed her happiness aloud, licking even her small fingers, not wanting to waste her precious chocolate.
Soon the silence took over, only with the sound of little Yui's voice of happiness left.
Not wanting to leave this awkward silence for too long... Theo asked Zaika, "Well, how are you feeling now? Still feeling pain?"
"Ah, no, I'm fine now!! I no longer feel pain... thank you so much for helping me!!" Zaika stood on his four legs and bowed to Theo.
Theo laughed and said, "Haha, don't worry about it! Treat it as a payment for the services your sister will have to do for me."
"Services? What kind of services?" She looked at him suspiciously. {TL: No comment. Wait a few moments and let's just see where your imagination takes you.)
Now they all looked at Theo once more, because they didn't know what he wanted Zaira to do for him either.
"It's no big deal, just stay by my side for a while helping me kill some Animals and Monsters until I think it's enough to pay for my help," Theo explained.
"Ohhh!" The sisters were surprised that they thought they were harder to get. {TL: Did you think the same? Pervs.} Even more so because they could tell that the pill Theo had made Zaika eat was not simple at all, so they didn't think they just needed to help kill some Animals and Monsters as payment.
Of course, Shina and Yuki, who knew what he was doing with the bodies of the Animals and Monsters, could imagine that he would make them work for him until they were able to make up for the 'Energy' he had to spend helping Zaika.
And their first destination was not the city, but Ang Village where he and Yuki befriended Jka and Klin. So while reaching the city, Theo calculated that they would be able to make back points on the system that was spent on them. Then he would see no problem in letting them go.
Sure, he could just let them go without paying for anything, but Theo wasn't so good as to give so many points in his system to some animals he barely knows, though he wouldn't think twice to help strengthen Shina, Yuki and Yui. He would not go around handing out the points they worked hard to get, either.
"Um... I'd like to be of some help, for what you did for me!" Said Wolf Zaika.
"I don't see any problems! That way you can repay me even faster!" Theo smiled.
"Yes!" She agreed.
"Do you think you can walk now?" Theo asked.
"Yes, I don't see any problems! After absorbing the pill you gave me, in addition to helping to awaken my lineage, it also helped to regain my strength!" Zaika explained.
"I see." Theo looked at all of them and said, "Well, let's go then?"
"Yes!!" They agreed.
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