[It feels like I already know what you will na him.]
"No, you don’t."
I cleared my throat.
First, omniscience: understand the magic you want to use.
I wanted to na to bear, thereby forming a contract with him.
Second, omnipresence: understand and feel your surroundings.
For , that wasn’t just the mana in the air, but the codes present in each spell.
I had read all the spells for spirit arts, so I knew the codes around them.
Last, omnipotence—this was a sure thing for .
I raised my hand as my mana ford into runic codes.
I let it flow around the bear, shaping them into a na.
Normally, a spirit art user would have to use their mind to project the na onto the spirit.
That was exactly the problem.
The amount of ntal energy and omnipotence required for that was imnse.
However, all I needed was to write it within the codes.
"Your na is Allen Vanderbilt Junior, or Junior for short."
[I knew it!] Sylvia scread through the comms.
"What? There isn’t any na greater than mine."
She sighed while the bear blinked.
[You are really going to give a bear your na?]
"Yes." I pretended to be offended. "What’s wrong with my na?"
[Nothing, just... I wasn’t expecting a stepchild so early.]
"What the fuck are you saying?"
The bear, anwhile, just stared at with wide eyes.
"What?"
He lingered for a mont, then spoke out with a loud, bubbling growl.
"So... I have a—na?"
The last step to form a contract?
Well, it was simple: acceptance.
Spirits weren’t kids to whom you gave nas, and they didn’t just remain silent.
In spirit arts, when you give a na, the spirit chooses whether to accept it or not.
Ding!
『Cyber Beast 101 has accepted your na』
I grinned. "Now say your na."
It parted its trembling lips. "Alwen Vanderbilta Perka Junior."
"Yes... wait, what?"
The bear blinked. "Should I say it again?"
’Did I hear that wrong?’
However, the words I heard were confird by Sylvia’s voice.
[Pfft... Hahahahahaha... Alwen Vanderbilta Perka... Hahahahahaha.]
I covered my face in sha. "Please, one mont."
My na...
My na has been sullied!
"Uhmm... Master."
I turned to the bear with burning anger. "How dare you call my na like that?"
My na. My identity.
The coolest and coldest thing I had in my collection!
"Okay, let’s try this again, from the top."
I began breaking the na into smaller parts. "Say ’Al’."
The bear repeated after , and I continued to the next syllable. "Len."
This ti, it copied what I said.
I pointed to the air as if the next syllable would drop from there. "Vand—"
"Vand?"
I nodded. "Now ’er’."
It followed my lead once more.
"Now say ’bilt’."
"Bilt."
"Finally, ’Park,’ like ’Parky Park.’"
The bear nodded as I stretched open my hands. "Easy, right?"
The beast watched with the puzzled solemnity of soone who had never been taught nursery rhys.
Finally, it opened its mouth.
This ti, the word ca out like clumsy wooden blocks stacked by a child.
"Al—len—Vand—er—bilt—Pah—k."
The vowels were slightly off, the cadence uneven, but there it was—an attempt worthy of praise.
I couldn’t help but smile. "Nice job, kid."
Its eyes flared warr, then suddenly calr as it closed them.
It inhaled, exhaled, and tested the na again.
"Allen Vanderbilt Park Junior."
It said it.
Fully. Clearly.
A loud, satisfied laugh escaped my lips.
[Wow, it actually said it. I never knew you were good at taking care of children.]
Sylvia let out a dry laugh.
[Though it was your fault for giving it such a hard na to say.]
I scoffed, shaking my head. "You won’t understand, Sylvia. Perhaps if your na beca as great as mine, you might."
[Like hell, those Isekai princesses have more complicated nas.]
"I wasn’t talking about—"
Boom!
The ground of the passage shook as the bear bowed its head, my chains snapping and dissolving into red light.
It bowed, not forcefully, but in total submission.
"Now I have a na, I won’t need to stay here any longer."
It raised its head with a warm smile. "I greet my new and only true master."
"Wait." I raised my hand. "Who said you are leaving here?"
Junior blinked. "As master’s servant, I should—"
I cut him off. "And how do you expect to carry you around?"
"Uhmm..."
I sighed. "See, Junior, I do want to carry you, trust ."
[You definitely don’t want to carry him.]
Shh... Sylvia.
"...But I need soone to stay here for now. Once I leave the academy or need sothing, I will call you."
Junior didn’t say anything for so ti, then nodded once.
"Okay, Master. You may steal as much as you want while I guard here."
I smiled. ’Such a peaceful thing.’
I was about to pass him when I rembered.
"Oh right, we bear bear, what rank are you?"
Junior scratched the fur on his head. "I think I’m about B-rank now, but I was initially built to be an S-rank monster."
’Built, huh.’
So there was soone with the knowledge to create sothing capable of becoming S-rank.
I wanted to see that person so badly.
A fellow tech guy.
The beast stood on its four limbs and, after so distance, pushed its snout toward a wall and, with surprising delicacy, pressed a hidden panel.
The inner vault shuddered, and another set of red torches flared to life.
A large room, more like a hall.
The red torches illuminated its contents.
Shelves and stacked alcoves filled with rolled parchnt, scripts, dusty artifacts, a Chinese-looking item, and boxes.
My heart literally jumped at the sight of all these things.
The best part: they were all mine.
"Sylvia, you really need to see this."
[I’m lovesick, I can’t leave my room.]
"Still, you would know the artifacts more than ."
It was easier to rember gears in gas than random artifacts in novels.
I took a step forward as Junior stepped aside.
For now, I would take the knight diagram and a few artifacts. This place was at the outskirts of the academy, so I didn’t need to worry.
I stepped into the vault, and the air felt like it was over a hundred years old.
Shelves filled with old books, texts, and artifacts.
This was a sanctuary for .
I wanted to start opening everything at once, but...
"Restraint," I muttered with an exhale.
According to the novel, Jake Kim had just seen part of the vault when teleporting and couldn’t get back here.
"It was here, right?"
A small green notebook written in English, a language unknown to this world.
"Finally..."
It was ti to gain regeneration.
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