(Location: Echo Gorge)
"This place is perfect."
After about ten minutes of walking, Nasiens finally found an isolated clearing, ideal for his daily meditation.
The whisper of wind through the leaves and the babbling of a nearby stream created a soothing symphony.
"I don't know when it started, but my sensitivity to nature's beauty is becoming stronger and stronger."
He wasn't really an environmental advocate on Earth, but he had begun to greatly appreciate nature in this new life.
Surprisingly, giants and fairies possessed a strong connection with nature, despite their different appearances.
So, Nasiens attributed this to his hybrid race and racial powers, which grew stronger each day thanks to his daily practices.
'I should stop letting my thoughts wander.'
He quickly found a pleasant tree and settled underneath it, before closing his eyes to concentrate.
"I... I feel..."
For years, Nasiens had been trying to breach the invisible wall separating him from his magic.
Despite his numerous attempts, Nasiens failed each time.
His only consolation was the evolution of his connection with his fairy powers, but the magic demonstrated by Nasiens in the original story eluded him, like water between fingers.
He could sense its presence, but not grasp it for unknown reasons... at least until today.
"This time, it's different."
The substance, or thing, that he had always struggled to grasp had become as clear as day to his mind.
The phenomenon unfolded as if a switch had been triggered in his mind.
One moment, he couldn't use his magic, even though he felt it, and the next moment, he suddenly succeeded.
"What the...?"
A pleasant smell began to spread rapidly around Nasiens as he tried to understand the basics of his magic.
During Nasiens' process of taking control of his magic [Mix Venom], it behaved somewhat like Perceval's magic.
It radiated from him without restraint or control!!
*thud*
A bird fell beside him, without any warning sign.
With a simple glance, Nasiens could see that it was no longer breathing.
'Darn, I need to act quickly or I might really kill innocents'
[Mix Venom] allows Nasiens to assimilate any substance in order to "memorize" its composition, then synthesize it, or even produce his own mixtures.
The smell he emits is a poison, formed from numerous venoms of his own creation, without old Ordo's consent.
'I... I think I've managed to regain control, but I can't practice my magic at home anymore.'
The risk of death is too high for Nasiens' taste.
This testifies to the lethality of the magic in his possession, but also to its extremely high potential in the hands of a former aspiring doctor like him.
'As a great man once said: Everything is poison, nothing is poison, it's the dose that makes the poison.'
Nasiens sketched a smile while clenching his small fists. He was satisfied with his magic, but also with his evolution.
The six years he has lived have been profitable.
He now has a huge head start on his canon version.
[Ding!!]
[Loading System Template...]
[1%... 8%... 15%... 100%]
[Completed.]
[Congratulations, you have met the minimum criteria for activating the System Template.]
[Initiating random model draw...]
[Model: Vegapunk selected.]
"W... what?!"
It took Nasiens a moment to regain his composure and try to better understand the situation by checking the system's content.
"I get it now, this thing is an extremely basic system."
The system had no AI.
The announcement made was probably a recording, without real intelligence or sensitivity.
Nasiens had obtained his current knowledge of the system through trial and error, using his fictional knowledge as a base.
This is how he understood that the system had a status simply displaying his name, species, magic, synchronization rate with the model, and his overall power level.
"Show me status."
Name: Nasiens
Age: 6 years old
Species: Hybrid (fairy/giant)
Gender: Asexual
(A/N: This will change depending on the host's affection target.)
Magic (mana): 200
Strength (physical capacity): 100
Mind (Perseverance or composure): 150
Total: 450
Synchronization rate with Doctor Vegapunk model: 0.1%
Magic:
- Mix Venom: Beginner Lvl
- Levitation: Intermediate Lvl
- Heart Reading: Beginner Lvl
"I'm surprisingly strong..."
Although he was inferior to a holy knight or even some holy knight apprentices, Nasiens didn't take it badly.
He had literally spent his days studying Ordo's books and learning from the old apothecary.
He was even pleasantly surprised by his strength, clearly above that of an ordinary adult human.
For comparison, it was above Jericho when she participated in Gloxinia and Drol's tournament.
She had obtained a small 280, and Escanor had shown the lowest score ever recorded: a tiny 15.
Of course, that was Escanor without Sunshine activated.
"I remember that Galand had, in his total, more than 40,000."
*gulp*
*drip*
The taste of blood spread in Nasiens' mouth, but that wasn't his immediate concern.
At that moment, Nasiens sketched a wide, frightening smile while looking at the holographic panel.
"I can't wait any longer"
That day, the young boy made a decision that would shake the world.
....
"I really don't understand why you're interested in giant customs today."
After awakening his magic and accidentally activating the system, Nasiens decided to accelerate and slightly modify his objectives.
'At first, I wanted to become strong enough to follow Perceval, but...'
The plan had been reworked.
He was no longer just a former medical student or a hybrid possessing the best of the fairy king and the giant queen.
He had become Doctor Vegapunk's successor!
He couldn't be content with becoming a mere side character or companion to the heroes of the prophecy.
He wanted to be something more.
'On Earth, I had no choice and decided to become an essential element of a much larger machine, but here... things can be different.'
To achieve his goals, he needed his own laboratory and had to increase his synchronization with his model.
This pushed him to quickly learn giant magic, aka [Creation].
"I just want to know more about my sister!"
He clung to the leg of the giantess Dolores, pretending to be sad at her hesitation.
'To hell with my pride, I want to learn this magic quickly!'
Despite Dolores' efforts to avoid Nasiens' 'sad' eyes, she eventually gave in.
*sigh*
"What do you want to learn about giants?"
"Everything~"
And so, to Ordo's great joy and Dolores' great misfortune, Nasiens began to hang out a lot with his adoptive sister and frequently leave the valley.