Karla couldn't calm down after returning back to her room. She was very excited to learn more about Blue. He was truly the most handsome and charming man she had ever seen in her life. Even those movie stars, popstars or magazine models pale in comparison just to his casual gaze.
Apparently he would also be an adult in a week so Karla was hoping that he would awaken in the ceremony. If she also managed to become one then she would be in the same batch as him. Her academy life will surely be exciting with him on her side.
She really just wanted to barge into his room now and chat some more to hear his sweet voice again. But she held herself back from acting rude. Blue needed time to adjust to his new home after all. She shouldn't bother him right now. Though calling it "bothering him" was a bit much. At least they would be bonding as family.
As she changed into a casual dress she usually wore indoors Karla walked to the mirror to check the white strands of hair that was previously hidden from outsiders view with the cap. She would have been dismayed if such a thing as "hair turning white" happened to her before her birthday but since she knew that this was also a similar type of sign her elder siblings had before becoming awakened made her happy and confident about the ceremony.
She would surely awaken!
As she entered into a deep thought her phone suddenly vibrated prompting her away from the mirror. She picked up the phone to check who's calling and instantly became overjoyed to see it was Blue. They had already exchanged their numbers when she showed him around the mansion.
She also added her mom and big sister's number just so she wouldn't come off as too eager. That way she was able to give off the impression that it was just exchanging numbers with her family so he wouldn't have any trouble contacting. Her brother was abroad in a very far away place so he couldn't be contacted with the phone but only when he bothered to send a letter to them or so she explained.
After accepting the call she asked what happened and whether he had any questions for her. But she was surprised that he called to invite her to his room for a private conversation. It should be said that it had just been an hour and a bit since they parted. Karla honestly thought she would see him again at lunch.
Anyways, she was happy to talk with him some more so she didn't put much thought into it as she hurriedly went to his room.
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After checking the [Host Stats] menu of Progenitor System for the first time, Blue gained some understanding about this system as well as about himself.
Though he initially grimaced when he pondered about the individual with 100 existence levels, upon further deliberation it might not necessarily be that this system had some connection to that individual or was pulling the strings in the shadows. The system might have based it on some theory when it considered someone's existence at hundred so there's no need to scare himself unnecessarily.
He had also figured out why after reaching puberty he drew everyone's attention without doing anything.
The Obsequious Charm physique.
This physique seemed to have been latent in the original Blue's body and it then became active when its owner, the current Blue, reached puberty. This physique's abilities were mostly passive as he didn't have to think to activate those in any way. He seemed to be affected by those abilities just by existing.
Though he tried to further investigate the spectral screen by willing it to show more information on each of those physique abilities, it remained unmoving. Maybe the level 4 evolution wasn't enough? There's nothing he could do about it so he initially concluded that Center of Attention physique ability was the culprit for those uncomfortable stares and Sculpted Form ability further made him appealing to the aesthetic senses of humans.
Another big surprise was that he had an innate ability. Back in his past life he had already figured out that the "instinct" which always saved him one way or another wasn't present in other abyss spawns. At that time he didn't meet anyone who had such an "instinct" that helped them or ever heard about them. Him being the cautious fellow that he was, the matter of possessing this "instinct" was never revealed to anyone and not even to his girls.
He always kept his methods hidden.
Thus learning about the innate ability that had helped him since his birth and that it wasn't called "instinct" but Premonition ability was a big surprise for him. Of course, it made him happy to finally unravel this.
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About bloodline abilities, there weren't any surprises. His total amount of abilities actually tally up to 22 but even with this much power his existence level was only 0.01 out of 100. Blue didn't despair though since he knew his advantage as an abyss spawn soul inhabiting a mortal human permanently was bound to bring him unexpected results which would elevate the existence level.
Especially since he hadn't even awakened yet. After awakening the aether vein it was bound to rise up a notch. But there were many weaknesses and flaws he had to mend before he dared to follow Karla to the awakening ceremony. He was still fearful of being caught by the players for abnormal aether fluctuations.
With these thoughts swirling in mind, he checked the [Mission] menu to see what it was about.
Ding!
[Mission menu overview will be revealed for host's convenience]
[Overview: Mission menu is where the host can receive a mission after the Appraisal menu has appraised an entity which is deemed important for both the host and the system. This menu has two types of missions that can be available for the host to complete, main mission and side mission. Main mission is crucial for the host's guaranteed elevation as an existence and to unravel the next system evolution requirements. Side mission is significant enough to help host solve present predicaments, has a rare possibility to slightly elevate the existence level and may lead to information that will generate a main mission]
Ding!
[Host is advised to habitually use the Appraisal menu to increase the chances of mission generation]
Ding!
[Mission]
[Current Main Mission: None
Ongoing Side Mission: 0
Completed Main Mission: 0
Completed Side Mission: 0]
Reading the onslaught of information that appeared on the spectral screen Blue further increased his comprehension about this system. [Mission] menu seemed to be very important as it could actually give him a main mission that will surely elevate his currently pathetic existence level of 0.01 to a higher degree.
Side mission apparently could help him in his present situation so Blue held some anticipation to see how it operates to actually be able to help him and if he had enough luck to hit that rare possibility of an increase in existence level then that would be great. Anyways, without appraising any entity no mission will be generated.
He then thought back to when he had his first contact with the system.
At that time he received the system activation conditions and evolution requirements without doing an appraisal as that menu was not even available to him. He suspected that even without him actively using the [Appraisal] menu this system could run its own appraisal but it still advised him to make a habit of using that menu. Blue concluded it was still hiding a lot of stuff from him.
"Well, even if it's hiding something I can only explore further at this point."
With that he finally checked the [Appraisal] menu.
Ding!
[Appraisal menu overview will be revealed for host's convenience]
[Overview: Appraisal menu is where host can appraise any entity's information whose existence level doesn't exceed by 1.11 than host. Appraisal range is proportionate to host's own perception range. The appraised entity's information will be revealed in two different form. If the entity is sentient life form then a spectral bar containing the vitality, aether and threat level of that entity compared to host will appear in a digitized manner on it which only the host could see. An additional spectral bar containing the information of its behavioral trait, current emotion and favorability towards the host will be shown under the previous bar. If the entity is inanimate then only its relevant information will be shown on a spectral screen next to it. This menu's usage is obligatory for generating any mission]
Ding!
[Appraisal]
[Appraise The Perceived Surrounding?]
[Yes/No]
Blue chose yes after he finished reading the overview. He had to say, this system was really interesting. To even be able to appraise someone who's a level higher than him in existence and even able to glean intelligence out of them was truly marvelous. He wasn't sure if there was a chance of being detected when running an appraisal so he had to be careful.
The appraisal result came back in an instant. He saw many spectral screens next to all objects in his vision. There was indeed the most relevant information available to him. An example would be that his phone had the information about what was inside it and all the components that were used to make it. Phone's existence level of 0.00004 was even on the spectral screen. Blue was shocked. Could it be that others' existence level would also be revealed along the things mentioned back in the overview? Well, this came as a pleasant surprise.
Blue then quickly checked the appraisal of himself which was also within the perception range. He was anticipating the spectral bars of digitized values but frowned upon seeing that it was replaced by the [Host Stats] instead even though he didn't use it now.
Sighing, he decided to call Karla to run some experiments.