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While I had Skills such as Heavenly Sight and Heavenly Sun, which were directly related to the Divine Protections of Theia and Hyperion, Aquarina had other Skills similar, and comparative to them, one of them was Heavenly Ocean Ruler and then Heavenly Poseidon Aegis.
FLAAAASH!
And she was able to activate the first one with just three words, something that sometimes took her a bit of time to bring out was activated in just a single, mere second!
A powerful, blue-colored aura, resembling flowing water appeared around Aquarina, making her long silvery white hair rise above her head, her eyes glowed bright blue in surprise.
"W-Woah…!" Aquarina gasped. "I can sense the power of this divine ability so much clearer now… I remember it took me such a long while to figure out its powers. But now… it feels like I can manipulate it however I want. So this is how Skills work?"
"More or less." I nodded. "I have comparable Abilities related with my Divine Protections too, they're born from them through the system concentrating their power and compacting it all into an ability, and it becomes yours, so it easier to manipulate and utilize, and the Gods can't take it back either. I plan to eventually give this power to our parents as well, so they can keep growing stronger."
"Sylphy… Any other person would had probably kept this power for themselves but you're so open in giving it to anybody…" Aquarina was surprised. "Y-You shouldn't be so kind!"
"Hey, I am only giving it to people that I consider my own family and trust them most." I smiled. "Anyways, why don't you explain me how this power of yours works?"
"Let's see… Well, one of the primary abilities is controlling any body of water within a certain range." Aquarina said, looking at the pond in the backyard from the window.
SPLAAASH!
The pond suddenly rose into the skies as she raised her hand, dancing in midair like a snake made of translucent water, rather beautifully.
"I can also control the density of water, and… This one's a bit complicated, but I think I can make it work." She said, imbuing more Mana into her powers.
SPLAAASH!
Suddenly, the water splattered everywhere and then transformed into small spears of ice, falling into the garden. Thankfully, there weren't anybody there.
"I can change the state of water around… It is much easier now." Said Aquarina with a smile. "Freezing it is easy, and then… Steam!"
PPPPFFFFF…!
The ice then melted and turned into steam in a mere second, gathering into a cloud of pure and hot steam above the pond, which then turned into a small black cloud, and started raining the water down into the pond once more, until it was completely filled once more.
"A-Amazing! This power of yours is insane, Aquarina! You could do so many things with it too!" I was honestly amazed. "Maybe you could even try controlling other living beings' internal water… Like Blood Magic."
"I have tried to an extent." Aquarina sighed. "But it seemed impossible, there are certain conditions that need to be fulfilled to be used, such as needing to be bodies of water that probably don't belong within the body of a living being, for starters… But I can still kind of gather the water in the surroundings and throw it at someone, freezing them. And so on~ Pretty cool, right?"
"Yeah! You're so awesome!" I praised her.
"Hehe." She giggled pridefully. "Oh? The skill suddenly gained Skill Proficiency…"
"Yep, repeated use of a skill will net proficiency, reach the max number of proficiency and the skill will level up and… Yep, become even stronger."
"Awesome!" Aquarina said. "With this maybe… Maybe I can become stronger faster, so I can help everyone better… And help protect our home, and you too!"
"I'm glad you're so happy." I giggled. "Well then, let's practice some more for now!"
"Alright!" Aquarina was pumped up.
Like that, through the rest of the week and until the next one, we practiced skills and magic with Aquarina, while sometimes sparring with friends and exploring the city from time to time, doing small little tasks to aid the people of Agartha, and also help the new paladins get used to the life in here.
Grandmother and aunt Aina and her daughter quickly flew back to the capital at the beginning of the next week, and landed safely in their airport, without any complications. Nonetheless, my father and Shade accompanied them in their trip, and came back just this morning with the good news that everything went fine.
"Today is the day." My father said. "I imagine you're all prepared for what's to come. We might face many dangers you've never seen before; I've asked you several times if you wanted to stay, but you all said you wanted to come."
My father glanced at our party, everyone was here except my brother, who was going to stay in Agartha for… well, obvious reasons. My parents didn't wanted to endanger the lives of their youngest child, and he wasn't strong enough either.
We had originally thought about letting Mist and Celica stay back home as well, but due to their over insistence on the matter, we were forced to bring them along as well.
"Yeah, we're coming!" Mist nodded. "I've not been growing stronger until now for nothing."
"All of my fluffy friends are well repaired and upgraded thanks to Sylph's Alchemy, so we are ready at any time." Celica giggled.
"You heard them." Celeste sighed. "Honestly I didn't wanted them to come either but… There's no helping it. Zack, make sure to protect your girlfriend, okay? If Mist gets a single scratch I'm going to curse you for life."
"G-Girlfriend?!" Zack blushed a bit. "A-And of course I'll do, do you think I am useless or something? Hmph…"
"Hehehe, with Zack's protection I don't have anything to worry about~" Mist giggled innocently, hugging Zack's arm.
"Take care, Sylphy, make sure to come back with those two kids at all cost." My mother said, giving me a hug. "We can't let their fate end so abruptly."
"I know." I nodded. "We'll make sure to find them."
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