A while later.
Seiji told Shika Kagura to have a good rest before he left the room.
He was currently in a wonderful mood.
It was as if his confession had been a success.
No, no, it was just a promise to be friends … whoops, adopted siblings. It was a pure relationship!
… Was it true?
Of course it was true! Shika Kagura was only in his second year of middle school! Even if … even if they could develop a deeper relationship, it definitely wouldn't be now!
Seiji suddenly regained his senses and realized that he was just retorting to himself.
He forcefully suppressed the restlessness in his heart and recited pi in his mind.
'Yep, good, I've calmed down.'
When he returned to the living room, Seiji's expression was clear.
He poured himself a cup of tea and slowly sipped it before silently opening up his system.
In his basic stats window, he saw a new option for [Spiritual Power] as expected.
[Spiritual Power: 0]
There were no additional comments.
What was even more surprising was that there was no option to upgrade "Spiritual Power"!
Seiji furrowed his eyebrows.
[Learning], [Physical], and other basic stats already had options to increase their stats, but [Spiritual Power] didn't.
How was he supposed to increase it?
As for the lack of an additional comment, that wasn't important. But what did this mean when compared to other stats? This was a little intriguing.
The key was still to increase it. There was no way to increase it, and he couldn't increase it, so …
Seiji fell silent for a moment before he looked at the new option for [Spiritual Powers].
He clicked on it.
It was completely blank.
Blank … what the hell!!
Seiji was stunned.
'Hey, system, what's the meaning of this?
Didn't the [Spiritual Powers] option say that I could increase my Spiritual Power or obtain points or items?
What was with this blank screen!? Was there a bug!? '
The system was rendered speechless.
Seiji forcefully retorted before he opened up the [Items] option to inspect it.
[Character reward card 'Shika Kagura' — from today onwards, I will travel with you.]
[This card is permanent once obtained. You can't use it, but you won't lose it.]
[All basic stats receive an additional 3 points.]
[Resistance against ice and snow Spiritual Power attacks increases by 30%.]
"Ability to break through ice and snow Psionic Energy defense increased by 30%."
“？？？ (The conditions for use have not been met, temporarily inactive) "
“？？？ (The conditions for use have not been met, temporarily inactive) "
"Additional Skill 1:??? (The conditions for use have not been met, temporarily inactive) "
[Additional Skill 2:??? (The conditions for use have not been met, temporarily inactive) "
"Additional Skill 3: Brother and Sister Drawing (Drawing required)"
[Drawing Enhancement Skill: Increases the ability to draw older and younger siblings by 65%, increasing the influence of the drawing. Using this skill requires concentration — the distance between siblings may be the closest and the furthest distance in the world.]
Additional Skills 4, 5, 6 … they were all question marks.
Seiji: "…"
He felt as if he had obtained a piece of godly equipment, but his level was not high enough to equip it.
What the hell was going on?!
He didn't even have the mood to beat up the system fairy anymore. All he felt was exhaustion.
Alright, there was one more special reward.
He looked at the [Psionic Ability — Special Power Conversion Activation Card].
He was now able to activate the [Special Power Conversion] suboption of the [Spiritual Abilities] option.
That was all there was to the system's explanation.
This explanation … it wasn't even an explanation at all, it was just to make up for the number of words!
Why didn't you just leave it blank? That would have been even more impressive, system!
By the way, this idiot had already left it blank, and twice at that.
Was it trying to make up for the number of words because it didn't want to use the same trick a third time!?
Seiji commented from the bottom of his heart.
Sigh, he decided to try using it again.
Just as he was about to choose [Use], he suddenly had a realization.
Wait a moment, this might be a trap.
Ignoring the fact that the [Spiritual Power] and [Psionic Power] options had been left blank twice, the [Psionic Power] activation card had such a confusing explanation. All in all, there seemed to be something strange about it.
Seiji felt as if he could already see the system fairy's sinister smile.
He kept having the feeling that if he chose it, it would be like opening a Thriller Box. Strange things would jump out, or strange situations would occur.
He couldn't just use it carelessly here.
Seiji closed his system and finished the rest of his tea in one gulp. He then got up and returned to his temporary room.
He entered his room, closed the door, and lay down on his bed. Only then did he open his system again and choose the activation card.
After mentally preparing himself, he chose [Use]!
[Psionic Power — Special Power Conversion Activation Card] instantly split into six golden-red beams of light that drilled into his head, chest, arms, and legs.
Then, Seiji felt an intense numbing sensation all over his body, as if his entire body was about to dissolve!
His consciousness went completely blank, and he was unable to think at all.
In his daze, he felt as if he saw countless scenes, heard countless sounds, breathed in countless smells, and touched countless things … After experiencing so many things, everything finally turned to nothingness and was completely forgotten.
…
Seiji slowly opened his eyes.
He reflexively wanted to raise his hand, but the moment he moved it, he felt waves of pain.
It was as if he had been exercising for a long time, but accidentally exercised too intensely, resulting in a muscle strain.
What was going on? 'Oh, right, I used that activation card, and then …'
Seiji recalled what had happened.
He tried moving his hands again, then his feet, then his entire body … Everything was so sore that he wanted to die!
His head was also faintly numb, and his brain was becoming sluggish. 'What the hell!?
This [Psionic Power Activation Card] was far too powerful. Compared to it, the discomfort he felt when using the [Fighting], [Writing], and [Drawing] activation cards was child's play.
Seiji sighed inwardly. Then, he noticed that the sunlight coming in through the window was a dim yellow.
'It's already dusk?
How long have I been unconscious? '
He endured the numbing sensation and took out his cell phone to check … Yep, that's great, I don't need to go to class anymore. School's already over!
Putting down his cell phone, Seiji was glad that he only used the card after returning to his room. Otherwise, if he had collapsed in the living room for so long, Houjou-senpai would definitely notice him, and that would be troublesome.
'My system really did me in.'
The corner of Seiji's mouth twitched as he opened up his system.
'You made me suffer so much and become like this. You bastard, you better give me enough benefits!'
At a glance, he discovered that the value for [Spiritual Power] had changed to 5!
Increasing it from 0 to 5 … didn't seem to have any meaning?
The key was how he increased it!
He clicked on the [Spiritual Power] option and saw that there was a new option, [Special Power Conversion].
Apart from this, there was one, two … three new options!?
'Hey hey, I think I only used one activation card, didn't I?' Seiji was rather dumbfounded.
'The system gave me a huge gift? Impossible! There must have been a bug!! '
Seiji calmed down and endured the numbing sensation in his head as he carefully examined the options.
The three new options were: [Spiritual Power increase], [Mana increase], and [Spirit-branded Retainer Contract].
So this was where the [Spiritual Power] increase came from!
As for [Mana] … it probably increased his energy, similar to increasing his MP limit.
And there was also [Spirit-branded Retainer Contract] …
[Spirit-branded Retainer Contract]!?
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