4 - Chapter 3 - Day 60
[Changes complete. Reinitialising]
Adya awoke from unconsciousness and opened her eyes. The deluge of memories were no longer present. She took a deep breath, and she suddenly heard someone cry out close to her.
“Madam Gauri, Madam Gauri, please come quick. The young mistress has opened her eyes!” cried out a young girl dressed in a simple cotton dress.
Gauri rushed into the room and took Adya into her arms, as she spoke to the servant.
“Sally, go and call the healer. Now. Tell him to hurry!” Gauri commanded Sally as she fretted over Adya.
Sally ran out of the room, whilst shouting to the house “young mistress is awake, young mistress is awake.”
Gauri rocked Adya in her arms, whilst crying tears of happiness, softly cooing to Adya, telling her how much she loved Adya.
Adya slowly realised what had happened. She had assumed that she would be asleep, but hadn't considered what would happen to the baby whilst she was unconscious. Obviously, her mother, Gauri had panicked when her baby was unconscious for 53 days!
Adya, was shocked that she hadn't considered how things would be taken by her new family. She was so used to just dealing with things herself and being totally independent that she had totally forgotten that in this world she was just a baby.
Adya burbled in her mothers lap whilst they waited for the healer to come. Now that Adya could actually think without being overwhelmed she took the time to look around and access her surroundings.
Adya was in a brightly decorated room, with high ceilings. The construction seemed to be of white marble like stone. There was a thick rug on the floor. In the middle of the rug sat a large bright wooden crib. Next to it was a rocking chair. On one side of the room sat a large cupboard with a variety of toys. At the foot of the crib sat a large ornate chest.
Adya took a long look at her mother. Gauri was around 6 feet in height, with a slender figure. She had long jet black hair that came down to her waist. Her eyes were piercing with dark irises, almost bordering on black. Her skin was almost glowing and wheatish in colour. Adya looked into her mothers eyes, cocking her head.
It wasn’t long before a harried looking man in white robes hurried into the room followed by Sally.
“Madam Gauri, you shouldn't have picked up the child.” admonished the man. He gestured for Gauri to hand Adya over to him. Gauri didn’t reply but reluctantly handed over Adya.
Adya felt a wave of mana probe her, the probe continued covering her from top to toe. The man huffed out a sigh.
“Healer Simon, what is happening? Is Adya ok? How did she wake so suddenly?” Gauri questioned Simon relentlessly trying to work out what had happened.
“Madam Gauri, I can’t find a single thing wrong with your daughter. It is as I said to you even when she was unconscious. Apart from not being able to wake her, she presents as normal and healthy.” replied Simon tersely. He was not happy with not being able to explain why the young mistress had been in that state. He also couldn't explain how Adya continued to grow despite being unconscious and not having any fluids for almost 2 months.
“What good are you if you can't even tell me what happened to my daughter? How can you promise me nothing else will happen to her?” questioned Gauri.
“All I can say is that we should keep an eye on her. I would like to examine her every week for at least a year to ensure there aren't any side effects from whatever this was.” replied Simon, keeping his tone calm. Simon didn't want to upset Gauri further.
As Simon spoke to Gauri he carried on probing Adya with his mana sense. As the scan progressed Adya received a notification.
[Scan Detection skill learned]
[Scan Detection skill is now Level 1]
Simon handed Adya back to Gauri saying “I have completed the examination for today Madam Gauri. I will be back next week to examine her again.”
Gauri took Adya from Simon. “Sally, please pay Simon and show him out.”
“Yes madam.” replies Sally. She handed Simon a small sapphire crystaline stone. “This way please Healer Simon.” she says, pointing the way out.
As Simon looks at the stone in his hand, Adya stares at it trying to work out what it is. Another popup appears.
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[Analyse skill learned]
[Analyse skill is now Level 1]
[Analyse: Mana Stone, Mana Density Rank 1, Mana 100]
Sally led Simon out while Gauri sat with Adya in her lap and started to feed Adya. Adya fed whilst her thoughts went to all the interesting things she had just learned.
Adya took the opportunity to review new system messages in her HUD.
[Memory separation successful.]
[Personality Mai created.]
[Personality Sai created.]
[Race evolved from Human (D) to Scion of the Progenitors (S){Hidden}]
[Race Traits unlocked]
[Traits evolved]
Adya looked at the status messages nonplussed. She had expected the memory separation and personality creation, but she had not expected a race evolution or race traits. Memories from her cultivation life came to the forefront likening the Race to Bloodline something that could be enhanced to bring about benefits.
Adya decided to ask the system about her traits and personalities.
System query: What happened to the new personalities Mai and Sai? How do I access them?
[Personalities Mai and Sai have been created. Personalities are offline]
System query: please bring the personalities online.
[Personalities Mai and Sai are now online]
Mai: Hello Adya and Sai. I am analysing and processing memories and programming. Time to completion 120 sol cycles.
Sai: Hello Adya and Mai. I am processing data. Time to completion 300 sol cycles.
[New traits unlocked]
System query: Please list all traits and provide details if possible.
[Trait 1: Universal Language Comprehension (Rank 4) evolved to Universal Language Guru (Rank 8)]
[Universal Language Guru (Rank 8): Native fluency in all languages up to Rank 8, evolved from basic comprehension of all languages to Rank 4]
[Trait 2: Dimensional Storage(Rank 1) evolves to Soul Storage (Rank 11)(MAX)]
[Soul Storage (Rank 11)(MAX): Store items in your soul. Any items stored are maintained in cryo stasis. Items limited by Soul strength.]
[Trait 3: Loot (Rank 4) evolves to Perfect Loot Perfect Essence (Rank 8)(MAX)]
[ Perfect Loot Perfect Essence (Rank 8)(MAX): Automatically harvest kills. Gain the maximum amount of essence from all kills. Items harvested are automatically placed in Soul Storage]
[Trait 4: Parallel Processing (Rank 8): Think is parallel. Allows for multitasking. Number of parallel processes are limited by Mind stat, minimum 4 parallel processes (Cores)]
[Trait 5: Perfect Memory Processing (Rank 8): Eidetic memory, with the ability to analyse and identify patterns from memorised information. Processing time is impacted by the number of assigned parallel processors.]
Adya, read through the traits in detail. memories from all her past lives provided context to the list. The sheer power and advantages of her traits was mind boggling. Whilst Adya didn't know what the normal was for this world, it seemed like she had the best available power from both her technology inheritance and her cultivation inheritance.
It also created more questions than it answered. Why had she gained a hidden race, and who were the progenitors. She remembered the warnings she had received when she had been born into this world. She looked them up again.
[Warning scion protocol activated]
[Warning protection protocol activated]
Why were they warnings? Why did she need protection? Adya understood very well that nothing in the world was free. So to have received such powerful traits, she worried that the consequences would be just as momentous.
Given that her new personalities were busy and she was still a baby with no access to information nor the ability to investigate or communicate, Adya thought about what she could do in the meantime to maximise her gains.
Then she remembered the mana stone. She had access to Mana, could she create her own mana stones? Resources were always a help, and money could always make things easier, no matter her ultimate goals.
So Adya decided to try and create her own mana stones. This was something she remembered from her cultivation world memories. Shaping mana into crystalline coins. It had been considered an immortal level skill but with rigorous training Adya remembered achieving the skill far earlier.
The first step was to feel the mana entering her body and soul. Adya closed her eyes, pretending to fall asleep, on her mothers shoulder, as she entered a deep state of meditation. She started to feel the highly energetic mana entering her soul and body. She looked deep into herself looking for her mana core that she expected to find only to realise that as a new born she didn’t have a mana core. That came as a total shock to her. In her memories it was impossible to manipulate mana without a core, how was she able to feel the mana if she had to core.
As she spent time in meditation slowly examining her own body and soul, she came to a shocking realisation. All the mana was only held in her soul. Her body was only managing the mana bleeding in from her soul, but her body was totally incapable of managing mana.
This left Adya in a quandary. She would need to create a core to properly harness her potential, but building a first core was not an easy or quick task. Adya still wanted to start to prioritise creating resources as early as possible. This would give her the best start possible.
Could she manipulate the mana in her soul directly? Then another thought came to her. Her storage trait had been upgraded to Soul Storage. So perhaps she didn't need to bring the mana out of her soul? Maybe she could manipulate the mana in her soul and create the stones directly in her soul storage. That would also alleviate the issue of trying to explain where the mana stones came from and actually storing them.
Adya started to focus on soul, trying to partition a small portion of mana. She decided to start with just 1 unit of mana, as the smaller amount would make it easier to manipulate. Adya started on the task of trying to compress a single unit of mana in her soul.