The system messages she had received were nonsensical.

What do you mean Blessed Skill removed, that is not possible. Mom said that is not possible, your blessed skill is your foundation. And I gained another one. How?

Before she could muse further on the nature of what just happened, Liana was brought back to reality by being shuffled around rather roughly.

She had been grabbed by a man she didn’t know and the woman that had tried to diagnose her just a bit ago and was now being carried off to somewhere else.

Under normal circumstances she would be worried, she was too confused right now though. Furthermore, her friends were in tow, looking only slightly worried, which gave her the impression that nothing untoward was happening.

Liana was gonna inquire regardless.

“Hauuld onn, what are you doing?” Liana asked. Not noticing her slurred speech pattern or her creaking voice.

The music still played in the background as though nothing had happened. For most people, nothing of import had happened.

“You are here with your parents, right? Could one of you get them for me please? Tell them not to worry she will be fine in a heartbeat, I would just prefer to talk to them for a moment before I do anything,” the man said, speaking to Liana’s friends.

“I’m gonna see if I can find her parents,” Cora said, storming off the very same second.

“Nooaaw, neeed. I’m fine,” Liana slurred trying to put up a convincing image. She really felt fine. For the most part. At least nothing hurt. Her extremities only responded sluggishly to her instructions, proving that her body had not been completely restored to its previous state. The process seemed to be still in progress of doing so.

“Now don’t worry. We will have you sorted out in a bit. Just try to sit still until Mr. Jarut gives his all clear. We can have a small chat to see if you are really feeling fine if you want to test it,” the woman that was helping carry her asked. She looked somewhat familiar. In her current state, Liana couldn’t be sure from where maybe even the very same party.

“Leave her alone Ionis, you can pester her all you want in a few minutes, once I’ve made my diagnosis and got her back on her feet. Alright? Let’s set her down over there,” the man said pointing towards a comfortable-looking couch.

He’s probably Mr. Jarut she thought. Not sure why she had that thought. Something was clearly odd or wrong. The more she thought about it the events of the last couple of minutes the clearer they became.

First, we were dancing. Then I felt as a puppet on a string must, but it was fun until moving became weird. Followed by the floor dropping away. Wait, was that me falling down, wasn’t it? So what did I see afterward, was that just some sort of dream. It must have been, water doesn’t just speak about blessed skills. I’ll have to ask pa or ma.

For a second Liana just looked dumbfounded at the realization of having fallen down and let herself be moved to wherever the adults were transporting her. Her friends were still there so she kept calm. Cora was even fetching her parents, all was gonna be fine. Then she checked her status.

Name: Liana

Class Unlock: 4 years

Status:

Physique: 5

Agility: 6

Reaction: 4

Flow: 6/7

Attunement: Ocean (Water, Air, Life, Death, Cycle)

Traits:

In Rhythm

Child of the ocean

Ocean’s Attunements

General Skills:

[Panous’ Cycle](blessed) - Rank 1 Lvl 1

[Child of the ocean] - Ocean attuned spells and impressions come easier to you. Ocean attuned spells and impressions are more efficient. Your flow is more efficient on the ocean ( + 2 Flow)

[Ocean’s Attunement] - You have gained the attunements of Ocean ( + 2 Flow)

[Panous’ Cycle](blessed) - Unknown (Does not count for class evolution only skill limit)

You have gained access to the following skills. Choose up to five further skills to form the foundation of your class. Your choices cannot be reversed, choose wisely.

[Dancing] (Physical) - Moving in forms and patterns comes easier to you and is remembered better. Agility during dancing is increased by 10%, Physique by 5% ( + 1 Agility)

[Ocean Breeze] (Air, Life) - summon an ocean breeze that slightly invigorates everyone in its area of influence. Wind speed maximum depending on Flow and skill level, duration purely depends on skill level. The invigoration effect increases based on skill level and slightly scales with flow ( + 1 Flow)

Liana’s mouth opened a bit, just for a second before jaw dropped down all the way towards her chest.

Seven Flow?? What is this since when?

Her confusion was quickly lifted as she realized the attribute gains her new traits offered.

So why is it six out of seven? Is it regenerating from three or did I use some? That would have to be some quick regeneration.

As she continued inspecting her status and the unexpected skill and trait gains her jaw only slackened further. Not only had she gained two whole new traits, a process that could take up to decades for most people, she had also unlocked a flow-based skill.

Magic wasn’t uncommon in itself. The starting point for when one got access to flow-based skills was just high. Lucky and skilled people got classes that occasionally boosted flow after their level twenty-five evolution, everything ahead of that was extraordinary.

Reaching level one hundred basically guaranteed a flow-based skill and a minor boost to flow but most people didn’t go that far anymore. The increased danger and time it took to get there was just not worth it for most or so she had been told.

Mom is gonna be so happy and I might actually have a chance at getting a good apprentice slot, then she squealed. They are gonna be so envious.

“Liana, what’s wrong? Why are you smiling like that?” Teira asked slightly worried.

She thought for a moment about how to respond. It wasn’t like talking about one’s status was a big deal but as a minor, she was always told to consult her parents first. Some stuff could lead other parties to react poorly.

Her eyes glanced at her Blessed skill. It was the only thing that wasn’t awesome about her status, it simply made no sense. Why would the skill not say its effect? Regardless of that, it would be the best excuse, of why she was smiling before consulting with her parents. Most children knew that you weren’t supposed to talk about it before you had a good conversation with your parents or a keeper about it.

“I got my blessed skill,” she ended up saying simply. Which dream a few excited gasps from most people in attendance. Her friends, the two strangers, and her parents who were just arriving in a hurry.

“We will talk about this later, you know the rules. No talking unless you have already talked about it with your parents,” Nardar began, before inquiring further about what was going on and why Liana was laying down.

“From what I am told, mind you, I didn’t observe the event, your daughter just suddenly passed out while dancing. Now that I know she has also gained her blessed skill right around there I am a lot less worried but I would still like to use my diagnosis skill on her. It has a touch-based range though,” he informed Liana’s parents.

They promptly agreed, worry growing in their eyes after hearing that their daughter had apparently passed out. Liana began feeling slightly bad about her behavior and lack of effort to defuse the situation. By now she felt as good as knew already.

Mr. Jarut laid a hand on her forehead and closed his eyes.

In a burst sudden of vertigo she shut her eyes. A jolt of something electric rushed through her entire body before zipping out of her forehead again.

“Odd, she is healing already. Say, did you gain a restructuring skill, maybe a regeneration when moving skill, that could have knocked you out. No, it would have to be a regeneration while in stasis skill,” he rambled on a bit further negating his theories before anyone could say anything he finished.

“You seem to be golden again. Couldn’t tell ya what knocked ya out. Given that it happened while dancing I would advise you to do more physical training. Well, that is, if it is not skill-related. Even though that will no longer help you grow your stats, your body can still improve. Seems like I am done here. If you have any questions feel free to inquire about me,” the healer finished turned around, and left. Not saying another word or reacting to the thanks directed at him from all involved parties.

“So care to tell me what sort of spell that was that you got? And that as a blessed skill. I am more than just curious,” the last remaining other stranger, the woman who had previously been called Ionis, asked.