The first thing, Ivan felt when he woke up was the pain. Every little part of his body sent pain signals to his brain, nearly overwhelming it and forcing him to blackout again. Only the fact, that he had increased his resistance before, enabled him to hold on.

*d.a.m.n, not again.*, was what he thought. It seemed like every time he blacked out he would wake up in pain. Just as when his bloodline evolved. Back then he too had awoken in pain. Not to mention these time he had gotten killed while training. Some of those deaths were so painful, that it had nearly warped his mind. But with time he had become more resistant against it, so he was now able to stand the current pain he was feeling.

He slowly opened his eyes. Even this movement was enough to send new spikes of pain through his brain. While he was trying to open his eyes, he could feel someone gently removing his sweat. The soft touch of the wet cloth on his skin felt comfortable since luckily his skin wasn't hypersensitive.

When he finally managed to open his eyes, the first thing he saw was unknown eyes staring down on him, with a gentle look in them. While he was still wondering, whom these eyes belong to, the memories of what happened before filled his brain.

*Fuuuu..., what the h.e.l.l did I do?*, he asked himself, shocked that he had acted so completely against his usual behavior. *What happened?*

Before he could ask himself anymore question a gentle voice said, "You are awake? That's good. How do you feel?", the last question was filled with concern, making him feel warm. He never before had someone worry about him like this. Or at least, n.o.body had shown it like this.

He pushed the pain into the back of his mind and answered in a coa.r.s.e voice, "I'm alright. It's just that I seem to have damaged my body. How about you?"

Hearing his answer Celine's face relaxed and she smiled lightly. Still, there was some concern in her eyes, when she heard that his body was damaged. "I'm very good as well. I'm not sure what happened, but it seems like you have activated some ritual stemming from your bloodline, which has changed my body. Now I'm young again." At her last sentence, there was unconcealed happiness in her voice.

"I guess that this ritual has required your body to handle energies, that it couldn't withstand, so it is now damaged.", she then explained her take on why he was injured. "But you should first check your system prompts.", she then advised him.

Ivan agreed with her and now that he knows that she was alright and that what had happened didn't seem to be something that had hurt her, he turned his focus towards the system prompts, that had been minimized.

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You are currently connecting with your Ancestral Soul. According to the rules of the realm you are currently in, this is not permitted. Continuing this action will be heavily fined.

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The first one he read was a warning. And a warning that promised him a heavy fine, if he didn't stop his action, whatever it was. He had no knowledge about what the Ancestral Soul was, but it seemed like it was responsible for most of the things that had happened. Checking the system-wiki didn't yield any result either.

He then checked the next Prompt.

< warning="" you="" have="" connected="" to="" your="" ancestral="" soul.="" with="" this,="" you="" have="" broken="" the="" rules="" of="" this="" realm="" and="" will="" be="">

You lose all your honor points and won't earn any for the next two month.

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"d.a.m.n!", when he read this prompt he couldn't help himself but cursed out loud. Losing all his honor points was a big hit. He hadn't used any yet since he had saved them up for better and more expensive things. And now they were all gone. The two months, where he wouldn't get any, was irrelevant in comparison.

"What's wrong?", Celine instantly asked with concern when she heard him cursing.

Instead of answering, Ivan just shared the prompt with her. "Oh, that really sucks.", she agreed with him. Still, she was much more relaxed than him.

"You don't seem to think that it is that bad?", he asked her.

"That's because it isn't.", she answered and then explained, "There are only a few rules that can be broken. Most of them are enforced by the system and there is no way of breaking them. Because the system can't enforce these rules, it instead heavily punishes those that break them, so that n.o.body else would even try."

Ivan instantly understood what she meant, "So losing only my honor points isn't that hard of a punishment, since I can regain them, right?"

"Yes. I have heard, that most rule-breakers are punished with some form of reset. In heavy cases even a hard reset."

Hearing that, Ivan felt better. After all, he had only lost some honor points, which would automatically regenerate.

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Having been calmed down, he then took a look at the next time.

< congratulations,="" you="" have="" connected="" to="" your="" ancestral="" soul="" and="" during="" this="" time="" have="" access="" to="" your="" racial="" skills.="">>

< congratulations,="" you="" have="" successfully="" cast="" the="" racial="" skill="" "draconification="" ritual"="" on="" the="" target="" celine="" lefair.="">>

It seemed like this what, what had created the changes in Celine's body. But since it didn't provide any real information, he just skipped this prompt and checked out the next one.

Once again it was a warning:

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Your body is currently unable to withstand the energy required for the ritual. Continuing will heavily damage your body.

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As he expected, this warning had been ignored as well.

< congratulations,="" you="" have="" successfully="" finished="" the="" "draconification="" ritual",="" changing="" celine="" lefair="" into="" a="">

As this is a violation of article 2 you will be fined.

As you have channeled too much energy through your body, your body has been severely damaged.

You have been fined for twenty gold. Until this has been replayed, the money in your inventory can not exceed 20 silver.

Because of heavy damage to your body, all your stats have been reduced to 50. (This doesn't concern shadow stats.)

Because of heavy damage to your body, it is unable to gather strength for 1 year. (All stats are locked for 1 year.)(This doesn't concern shadow stats.)

Because of slight damage to your base essence, you will not be able to use mana for 1 month.

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After that followed a description of the Draconian race.

While he was glad that Celine's problem had been resolved, the information from that prompt made him feel like screaming. To think that he had just lost most of his strength. Sure, compared to others he had a large amount of shadow stats, which hadn't changed, but still, he would now be much weaker than before.

But not only that. He wouldn't be able to increase his stats for one year either, making it only worse. The last part was like adding insult to injury. If not for it only being for one month he surely would curse nonstop.

Celine saw his expression change and asked. "What's the matter. Is there anything bad?"

Ivan didn't answer but directly shared the prompt. After she read through it, she was stunned as well.

"This really is harsh.", she then said, while looking at him with sympathy. She knew the feeling of losing one's strength and being unable to get it back. And although it was only temporary, that didn't make it easier.

He didn't dare to continue thinking about it, or he surely would become depressive. Instead, he thought about what he would still be able to do. First, he would have to check out his current strength and then he could still work on his shadow stats. And after one month he would focus on his alchemy.

Having planned like this, his mood slightly increased. There were more prompts left, so he swallowed nervously and then opened the next one. Hopefully, it wouldn't be anything bad.

< congratulation,="" you="" have="" made="" celine="" lefair="" your="" first="">

Each system accepted servant can be carefully groomed with the support of the system. The system will provide skill sets as well as equipment specific to the path selected for the servant.

The servant section of your interface has unlocked. There you can manage your servant's skillset and equipment as well as summon them.

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< congratulation,="" you="" have="" gained="" the="" quest="" 'servant="" development="" (1)'="">

Each servant is a great a.s.set for the master and has to be groomed carefully. Thus it is necessary to select the further development path for your servant. You can select one or more of the following paths:

- Warrior path

Your servant's development will focus on fighting.

War is everything and everything is war. (Dominus I)

- Management path

Your servant's development will focus on management. Because who doesn't need someone to manage one's a.s.sets?

Wealth is everything and there is nothing wealth can not buy. (Gregorius III)

- Relief path

Your servant's development will focus on serving you and supporting you.

Relief is important because without stress everything will look better. And what could reduce one's stress more, than the service of a s.e.xy servant? (Lucius VI)

Because of the situation in which your servant has been gained, the Relief path has automatically selected and can not be deselected. Please choose at least one other path you want to develop.

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