Three years passed in the blink of an eye.
Nagisa Kiyotaka was now four years old.
So were her 4 troublesome siblings.
The five children had changed considerably since their birth.
They could walk.
They could run.
They could argue.
And, most importantly, they could finally communicate properly.
They weren’t using ordinary speech.
At their age, their vocal cords were still developing, but their spiritual energy had already begun to awaken.
Through a technique known among their people as Spirit Speech, they could transmit their thoughts into words that others could hear.
It was strange at first.
Nagisa remembered spending her first few years making little sounds and squeaks.
Now she could hold an actual conversation.
And she intended to take full advantage of it.
“Mother!”
Nagisa’s voice echoed through the house.
Celeste looked up from what she was doing.
“What is it?”
Nagisa ran into the room.
“I want to go outside.”
Celeste smiled.
“You’ve been outside plenty of times.”
“I mean farther.”
“How far?”
Nagisa pointed toward the enormous forest beyond their territory.
“There.”
Celeste stared at her.
“No.”
Nagisa’s ears dropped.
“Why?”
“Because it’s dangerous.”
“Dad will follow us then.”
“That doesn’t change anything.”
Nagisa puffed out her cheeks.
“But I can protect myself.”
Celeste raised an eyebrow.
“Can you?”
Nagisa paused.
“…Not yet, but soon enough I can feel it.”
Her siblings had followed her into the room.
Sato immediately started laughing.
“Big sister can’t even protect herself.”
Nagisa turned toward him.
“I can beat you.”
“Try.”
“Both of you, stop.”
Celeste sighed.
Nagisa sat down.
She wasn’t actually interested in fighting.
What she really wanted was to explore.
Ever since she had become aware of the world around her, she had been fascinated by it.
This world wasn’t Earth.
It wasn’t the Celestial Realm either.
It had its own rules.
Its own races.
Its own civilizations. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
And most importantly…
It had power.
Nagisa had spent years quietly observing everything she could.
She had watched her siblings display strange abilities.
Sato could manipulate water.
Hirata sometimes produced tiny sparks of lightning.
Ren’s body radiated warmth whenever he became excited.
Airi had an unusual connection to blood.
But Nagisa had shown nothing.
No element.
No special ability.
Nothing.
That bothered her.
Not because she wanted to be stronger than everyone else.
She simply wanted to understand how the world worked.
One afternoon, Nagisa sat beneath a large tree with several books scattered around her.
She had asked her parents for anything related to cultivation and the world’s power system.
They had given her several introductory texts.
Nagisa had been reading them for days.
She looked at one page.
“Spiritual roots…”
She flipped to another.
“Elements…”
Another.
“Cultivation realms…”
Her eyes widened.
“So that’s how it works.”
According to what she had learned, every living being possessed spiritual energy.
The quality and quantity of that energy depended partly on their spiritual root.
A stronger spiritual root meant greater potential.
Elements were another important part of cultivation.
Most people were naturally compatible with one element.
Some rare individuals could use two.
Three was extremely unusual.
Anything beyond that was considered extraordinary.
Nagisa stared at the information.
“So basically, the stronger your spiritual root, the higher your potential.”
She paused.
“But how strong is mine?”
She had no idea.
Her parents hadn’t tested it yet.
Apparently, that would happen during the Awakening Ceremony.
The ceremony was held when children reached a certain age.
It revealed their spiritual roots, elemental affinities, and other aspects of their potential.
Nagisa had been looking forward to it for months.
She closed the book.
“Awakening Day…”
The words immediately reminded her of something else.
A goddess.
A certain silver-haired goddess.
Bai Yuexian.
Nagisa’s expression became complicated.
She still remembered her previous life.
Not everything was equally clear anymore.
Some memories had become distant after reincarnation.
But the Celestial Realm remained vivid.
And so did the promise Bai Yuexian had made.
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Nagisa smiled.
Then her expression changed.
“Wait.”
She suddenly remembered something.
The strange feeling she had experienced before reincarnation.
Bai Yuexian had said she had something for her.
Something that would help with her new life.
Nagisa frowned.
“She better not have forgotten.”
She had been promised a second life.
And if she remembered correctly…
Bai Yuexian had also mentioned something about a gift.
Nagisa looked up at the sky.
“You didn’t scam me, did you?”
Naturally, there was no answer.
She narrowed her eyes.
“I swear, if you sent me into another world and forgot to give me whatever you promised…”
Sato walked past her.
“Who are you talking to?”
Nagisa looked at him.
“No one.”
Sato stared at her.
“You were talking to the sky.”
“I know.”
“That’s weird.”
Nagisa ignored him.
She looked back at her books.
The Awakening Ceremony was approaching.
Soon, she would finally learn what kind of power she possessed.
Maybe she had a strong spiritual root.
Maybe she had an elemental affinity.
Maybe she had nothing special at all.
She didn’t know.
But deep down, Nagisa had a strange feeling that something was waiting for her.
Something Bai Yuexian had left behind.
Something that had been dormant inside her since the moment she was born.
She just didn’t know when it would awaken.
Nagisa stood up and stretched.
“Awakening Day can’t come soon enough.”
Her siblings looked toward her.
Hirata grinned.
“I’m going to get lightning.”
Sato immediately responded.
“I’m going to get water.”
Ren crossed his arms.
“Fire.”
Airi smiled.
“Blood.”
Nagisa looked at all of them.
Then she smiled.
“Guess we’ll find out.”
Five siblings.
Five different possibilities.
And one approaching day that would change their lives forever.
Nagisa had no idea that when her Awakening finally came…
She would discover that Bai Yuexian had not forgotten her promise.
Not even close.
I’m saving her ability for later, nagisa will awaken a ability, or maybe not