Free Web NovelChapter 36: Little Mi
"Father?" Alister asked with surprise, not expecting this.
But without giving an answer, that fox-girl immediately took a scarf from his head and somehow made clothes for herself from it; since she was on Alister’s shoulders, he didn’t see how she did it, but it turned out quite well, one could say.
White clothing with 12 orange-white tails on the outside, as well as very cute ears that emphasized that she was, one could say, very adorable.
"He-he..." she began to laugh a little and then slowly started massaging Alister’s head and his hair with her small hands.
’One can note that she definitely knows how to give a massage,’ he noted.
"Well then, what kind of father do you mean?" he asked once more, but there were no emotions on his face-only a stony face waiting for an answer.
"Did you really forget so quickly how your blood entered me?" she asked with a little sadness because he had forgotten immediately.
’So when I cut myself and my blood began to flow into the blade and then she swallowed it and she immediately became my sword?’
"Doesn’t that mean the sword chooses its master, rather than the person themselves?" he asked a quite pertinent question.
"Yes, you are right, father. Ancient swords like me can feel the depth of the aura of the person holding them. If the swords like it, they conclude a contract with them. Since after the contract the sword literally becomes a slave, the choice of the master was given to them," she explained the whole mechanic of how the contract works while simultaneously not stopping the massage.
’I see; if swords are free to choose their master despite becoming their slaves, it’s quite fair. Because if a sword ended up with someone with, say, an unpleasant character that differed from the character of the sword itself, raising ranks would be very difficult.’
’This means she knows my character and chose me, yet she behaves innocently; but from a moral standpoint, I’m quite a monster, so why did she choose me as her master? What motives are hidden beneath this innocence?’
’If I recall, she called me "not stupid," which means she knows I’m not a fool, which strengthens my suspicion that she knows my character.’
"Papa, you promised to buy a chocolate bar," she said, tilting her head, and her ears immediately covered his eyes.
’I should study her for now. I don’t know yet if she is telling the truth, so I need to do what she wants for the time being, and considering that what she wants is no trouble for me, I will assess the situation in the process.’
’Wait! Does the Primal Gaze work on her?’ immediately the system that can evaluate people and their characteristics came to Alister’s mind, and he wondered if it could evaluate ancient swords as well?
’Primal Gaze!’
<Current stats — ??? (give a name) :
Strength: 800
Speed: 800
Stamina: 800
Intelligence: 100
Rank: 0 Path:
Regeneration (natural path)>
’Just as I thought, she is not stupid; she has an intelligence of 100, which means she is smarter even than Lucian, whose intelligence, in my opinion, is far from just 70.’
"Father, do you not believe me?" she suddenly asked with a sad face, and her ears immediately drooped down.
"What made you think that?"
"You are using the abilities of another ancient sword to check me; I don’t mind, but it’s kind of offensive. You can just ask and I will answer you without lies," she said and stopped giving that pleasant massage.
’Abilities of another ancient sword? Does she mean the system?’ immediately he again deeply analyzed the situation. ’Could it be that the system is also an ancient sword, but where is the sword itself? Where is the essence itself?’
"You said ’abilities of another ancient sword’-what did you mean?" he asked her directly, as she had point-blank said she would answer any questions.
Of course, she might be lying, but it was possible to check for internal contradictions and immediately detect a lie.
"I don’t know exactly which one you used, but I felt the power of some ancient sword touching me,you pervert!" she said with aggression.
’She is in a state of aggression right now, so it’s better not to ask too many questions about the system just in case, but it’s possible to check her loyalty.’
"Fine. Tell me-are you immortal?" he immediately asked a question to verify if she would answer correctly, since her stats listed the path of regeneration, which might allow her not to die from any attacks.
"Not exactly. It is impossible for ordinary people to kill me, no matter how strong they are; the exception is only ancient swords like me and gods-though I don’t think any are left, but I’m a hundred percent sure," she answered quickly and without hesitation.
’In that case, this path of regeneration makes some sense. But her stats, each at 800 except for intelligence, are already a devastating force at rank zero; I can’t imagine how strong she will be at rank 12. She definitely needs to be leveled up, which will be of great help in the future for my goal.’
"But don’t think that I can defeat just anyone stronger than me. I only regenerate back, but I can’t fight back at all if they are stronger than me," she added, clarifying that she is not omnipotent, and that strength comes from raising her rank.
The higher the rank, the stronger the sword; the stronger the sword, the stronger its master; the stronger the master, the more opportunities; and finally, the more opportunities, the greater the chance to reach the Primal Truth.
This was the domino effect, but in practice, it was very difficult to implement, though Alister didn’t give a damn about the difficulty; he saw only the goal and was ready for anything for its sake.
’Alright... I understand,’ he said to himself.
"Then from now on your name is Little Mi. Shall we go buy you some chocolate?" Alister suggested, and there was a slightly soft smile on his face.
"He-he, Little Mi... I like it. Of course, let’s go!" she shouted.
