Birthday Gift

The word [Phoenix] was colored black, ominous black.

'Why is it black? Didn't it displayed grey in the soul core?'

Driven by his curiosity, Seth reached the words. Almost instantly, he understood the situation. Unlike humans, he could have an absolute understanding of the attachment ability he acquires.

'There is actually another classification of Attachment Ability—Mythical!'

'Mythical type ability don't have qualities since they essentially have the same potential and strength. And due to their unlimited potential, they couldn't be identified and measured easily.'

'But I still don't understand how it would show grey. Does grey means default?' Seth was skeptical about the result of the awakening ceremony. Nevertheless, he was happy for Tina. With her Mythical Ability, she would definitely rise to the top in the future.

Of course, he was also delighted about acquiring a mythical type attachment ability.

Seth wanted to exit the void mind, he stopped. A familiar intoxication of information struck him. Seth was dazed for a while as he gradually absorbed the information.

He received another Pillow Inheritance!

Seth took a deep and heavy breath. He calmed his excitement. Seth saw Tina sat up and smiled. 'I can finally help you'

. . . . . .

"Are you feeling better now Tina? You should rest for today, I had already called your Aunt to help me," Her mother Julia said worriedly, in her hands were a soap spray and a hand towel.

"It's okay Mom. I could also ease up my mind by working," Tina said before grabbing the money for the bread on the counter.

"You..."

"I'll go buy bread now Mom! People would be coming soon!" Tina said as she exited the Inn.

"She is just like you when we met," Greg suddenly approached her from behind.

"Stop it, Greg, someone would see us!".

"Okay okay," Greg lifted his arms as if he was caught stealing.

"It seems we didn't fail as a parent after all," Julia said proudly. "Hey, stop it!"

"I couldn't help it, you look too beautiful just now!" Greg laughed as he quickly walked out of the kitchen.

. . . . . .

Tina strolled towards the bakery. Not long later, she arrived and saw a lady with heavy makeup on the counter.

Tina was slightly surprised. 'Did Uncle George hire a cashier?'

"Hello! I would like to buy some bread please," Tina smiled.

"Mhm. What kind?"

"French bread, Wheat Bread, Bagel..." Tina read the list in her hands.

After a few moments, Tina paid for the bread, and just as she walked out, she said to the cashier. "Say hello to Uncle George for me, Ms. Cashier!" Tina waved her arm and left.

"Who's Uncle George?" The cashier was confused by Tina's words as she took out a sandwich board sign:

[Grand Opening.]

"Oh no, I forgot to give the girl a discount..."

. . . . . . .

Tina arrived at the Inn and saw that it was crowded already. She could saw people laughing together as they enjoyed their meal. The environment wasn't peaceful but it somehow lightened her mood.

"It's not that bad to work here," Tina smiled. Even if she doesn't become a puppeteer she still has a place to call home.

"Mom the bread's here!" Tina told her mother who was busy providing food and beverages.

"Okay!" Julia immediately responded as she handed a salad to a customer.

Tina no longer bothered her busy mother and safe-keep the bread inside the styrofoam box near the counter. After that, she went to clean the unoccupied rooms.

. . . . . .

In her bedroom, Tina laid on the bed slightly tired from her work, but it was mostly because of dejection. She was already doing her chore for years, her body has been trained to a certain degree.

She stared at her vibrating phone and saw a few missed calls. She ignored it. She was too ashamed to respond.

"I guessed I won't be able to fulfill my promise," Tina forced a smile. She and her best friend promised together to travel the world and become the greatest puppeteer. However, she certainly won't be able to achieve that.

Just like that, Tina drowse off. But unbeknownst to her, Seth had later invaded her mind.

Seth looked at the orb of black light in Tina's mind. He could feel a slight pressure from the light. Seth ignored the black light and transferred an orb of red light from his mind.

'It would probably take you some time to discover your true ability, as myth type abilities need a huge amount of emotions to trigger'

The red orb shivered when it saw the black orb, it approached Seth as if it wanted to be taken away. Seth just shoved it off and placed it far from the black orb.

'Consider this as my birthday gift,' Seth said lovingly to the sleeping Tina. The space around him slowly distorted. Moments later, he went back to his void mind.

Seth used one of his pillow ability he recently obtained. He doesn't know what to call the new ability, but he could now control the invasion of his mind. He wouldn't lose consciousness anymore!

But, that was just an upgrade of his previous pillow ability. What he primarily obtained was the ability to duplicate his attachment abilities and give them to the slumberer.

Seth paused and thought of a good name for the new ability. 'Ability Supplier?'

He then nodded perpetually, seemingly proud. 'Hmm. It's a good name, to be honest.'

. . . . . .

Tina gradually roused from her deep slumber. She felt unusually refreshed, it was something familiar.

She stared blankly at the ceiling for a while before her face contorted from excitement. The sensation of something unleashed inside her was shockingly familiar.

A thought immediately appeared in her still dozing mind.

Second Awakening!

Tina went to her parent's bedroom—connected to her room—and slammed the door opened. Her speed far behind what she could muster.

"Umm. What are you doing?" For a moment she saw the bed shaking fervently.

"Tina?! It's still early in the morning. Why are you up so early?" Julia said with a crimson red face.

"Mom! Dad! I had a second awakening!" she said excitedly.

Both of them were stunned. It was later followed by elation. They weren't ignorant to second awakening. According to the Federation, 1 out of 10,000 had a second awakening for the past 190 years. When a person awakened, there's a certain chance of soul energy delays, that had taken some time to awaken their second ability. Those who had a second awakening are also called dual ability users.

"What quality?!" Both of them asked simultaneously.

"Red quality!" She shouted and, out of excitement, prepared to leap to her parent's bed.

Then, before she could summon any strength, a pillow suddenly planted to her face. Tina almost fell, her head was buzzing from dizziness.

"Tina go down first! Go prepare Cloud Cattle Meat. Let us celebrate!" Julia said with a hurried voice.

Before she could even realize it, she was already pushed out of the room. Then the door was slammed heavily.

"Why are they acting so weird?" Tina rubbed her face, she felt her nose would bleed any second.

Tina saw Seth, who have fallen from the bed because of her outburst. She approached the white pillow. The pillow was about a meter in length. It has a fluffy fur-like texture and a pure white color.

It was white, but she had never seen any stain for the past month. She had been cleaning the Inn's bedrooms for almost 8 years now, yet she has never seen such a pillow of quality.

A month ago, Julia, her mother, bought a bunch of pillows from the market. She initially thought it was just a normal pillow, but when she tried laying on it, it was like she had been thrown to heaven. She inquired her mother about the pillow and was also shocked by the quality of the pillow.

Since then she always carries the pillow around like it was her lifeline. Unfortunately, her mother didn't agree to swap the pillow with hers. Julia may be a caring and loving mother, but when it came to business, she was strict.

Julia just said: "The pillow for the Inn will always be for the Inn."

Tina grabbed the pillow and hugged it tenderly. "Sorry Mr. Pillow, I thought you were bad luck and the cause of my grey ability. I was just about to burn you," she apologized.

Seth who was laughing at Tina's innocence froze. 'What?!'