Frostfire Legacy

Aster was surprised by the suddenness of the situation. It was so abrupt that he didn't even have time to feel embarrassed about it—or, more like, he wasn't even embarrassed but was perplexed as to how his patient gown disappeared, shredded into pieces.

At the same time, Vanessa started to examine every nook and cranny of his body, checking for whatever clues she could find.

However, Aster was just as usual, without anything different about him. As such, her observation yielded little to no results.

"...?"

Feeling that the girls got too quiet, Vanessa and Aster turned toward them. But other than Kali, who was watching on with a serious gaze, and Tina, who fainted with a bleeding nose, the other two were staring blankly in Aster's direction. To describe their state in one word, they were smitten!

"Well, that should be enough, right?"

At that moment, Dr. Zell moved, covering Aster's body with a new patient gown, hiding his body from the girl's sight. A sigh of disappointment left Cassy and Liz's lips before they realized what they had done a few moments later.

Liz quickly averted her gaze awkwardly, acting as if nothing happened, while Cassy was pressing a hand over her chest, looking all confused. Her heart was beating fast, something that she hadn't experienced before.

"Yes, it is," Vanessa replied, nodding her head lightly. "And with this, I'm 100% sure of the identity of this Legacy."

She paused for a bit, as if letting the tension build up.

"This is the first and oldest recorded Legacy Level Magic Carved Seal, said to have been discovered right after the summoning of the mana world over... The Frostfire Legacy!"

"Hmm... Haven't heard of it before." Dr. Zell muttered in disappointment. "Is it an obscure one?"

Hearing his comment, Vanessa shrugged her shoulders. "Well, there's no recorded user in history, so it is quite obscured. If not for the ancient records left in its image, then I wouldn't be able to figure it out either."

She then stared at Aster once more, her eyes glowing with excitement.

"As it's an unknown seal, its powers weren't recorded either. Although I'm curious as to what it could and couldn't do, I'm still more curious about your Nameless Disease."

She placed a finger on her lips, as if holding back some kind of impulse. "Will you let me draw a sample of your blood? Don't worry, just 500 cc is enough."

"Stop it right there." Dr. Zell quickly blocked her attempt, of course. "If you want a sample of his blood, then you would first need to ask for permission from the government!"

"Tsk! Stingy old man!"

"Hmmm, yes, I'm stingy, but that's beside the point. Continue explaining that Frostfire Legacy or something first." The doctor crossed his arms, unperturbed by her little comment.

Vanessa stared at him, glaring, before letting off a short sigh. "Alright. But anyway, I don't have much information on it either. What I told you earlier is all of it." She added. "But if it's about other regular Legacy Level Magic Carved Seals, then I do have a few more data."

From her words, a Legacy-level Magic Carved Seal was apparently something that was made via a contract with spirits of nature. For example, the Frostfire Legacy that Aster had, based on its name, was supposedly made with a combined contract with fire and ice spirits.

And spirits, like other beings, have a status of their own.

"... As such, when you kill something with your carved seal, it wouldn't yield you any experience and instead would go to the fairies themselves."

"And as the level of the fairies grows, their influence also gets heightened, is that it?" Aster asked as if to confirm Dr. Zell's earlier hypothesis.

Vanessa grinned, nodding her head lightly.

"Of course. And if you let your guard down and let the spirit have a greater level than yourself, particularly letting their INT be higher than your WIS values, then cases like this, where your brain is getting influenced by them, would get more frequent."

Aster sat down on the bedside, feeling tired all of a sudden.

"... Is there nothing I can do to fix this?" He asked in a weak tone.

"Well, there is. First, you need to show the spirits of your seal—the fairies—who's boss."

"How?"

Vanessa raised a finger, adding. "Maintain a higher WIS than their INT, and keep your level higher than theirs. Not using the seal for a while is the simplest solution."

Aster frowned. Her suggestion was basically what he decided to do early on, so it wasn't helpful at all! However, Vanessa wasn't done speaking just yet. Her next few words gave Aster a little bit more hope of fixing his situation permanently.

"Other than that, your Frostfire Legacy must reach level 10 so that the spirits in there can gain the ability to materialize. If they're physically present, then it would be easier to convince them, no?"

"Level 10..."

Assuming that Aster's computation with experience points was correct, then the Frostfire Legacy he had should be two levels above him. This wasn't only from the experience gained by killing Dire Wolves and Small Cave Spiders, but also from taking the lives of the kidnappers.

Right. Killing people gives one experience too! It was something that Aster learned a tad too late, but better late than never.

Aster began to organize the information he had. It basically gave him four points to follow for the immediate future.

The first is to keep his level higher than the seal. This meant he couldn't use it to kill other entities for a while until he caught up to its level. The second is to let the seal reach level 10. That would also mean he needed to be at level 10 or above himself to reduce risks.

The third is to not let the spirit's intelligence stat overpower his wisdom stat. Given that he was already affected by it, he could assume that the spirit's INT is already one or two points above his WIS stat. In short, after his CON, it was now his WIS's turn to get focused on!

And fourth, "I need to get myself a proper class."