Black Fire

We finished dinner and afterwards gathered in my father's office. They didn't let Zhira join. Well it was better this way.

" Mother, do you want me to translate anything other than affinities ? " I asked just to be sure.

" Uhmm, knowing about my main skill would be okay I think…" she said.

" Okay. Open it. " I said.

[ Name - Rihala Re Nustahim Trisk ]

[ Skill - The Spider : User can release and control sticky threads at will. + Extra skill : Danger sense ( Critical hits can be predicted by instinct 2 sec before attack ) ]

[ Affinity - Earth, water ]

I translated and wrote on a paper as above.

" It's correct word to word. And critical hits you said, my revealing ceremony translation only said some hits. So it's even more accurate. "

I got my mother's approval. And it didn't seem like Granny and father had any questions either.

" Can you do mine ? " granny asked.

" Sure " I said.

[ Name - Kairin Waccarin ]

[ Skill - Fire lord V. Yellow : Flame release and control at will temperature up to 6000 k ]

[ Affinity - Fire, wind ]

I translated and wrote down on paper again.

" Yes it is exactly as she says…but what does 6000 k means ? Our family translator was also not able to say anything about that. " granny asked.

" It's a measurement on how hot something is. Its called kelvin " I explained then I asked….

" Your skill is so cool, granny, are there any other versions of fire lord too ? "

" Oh my thank you. Infractio's have White fire lord and blue fire lord too. Blue one is the most powerful. " Said granny.

We waccar's also had black fire but she didn't mention it, so I asked.

" What about our black fire ? "

" Uhmm black fire is different its not same as fire lord skills " Granny seemed somewhat hesitant.

" Black fire is a pair skill with sword god…. It reduces opponents stats and can apply negative effects. It's more suitable for swordmasters." Explained father instead of granny.

" So what are we gonna do now ? " I changed the subject of discussion as i felt that situation was little heavy.

" There is no doubt in her ability to translate anymore right ? " Asked mother and the other two nodded.

" We could cancel the ceremony…. " Said father.

" Didn't you say that you already sent invitations. If we cancel now they would think something is wrong. We don't want any more incidents. " said granny.

Oh was she talking about those jaang-juu people…?

" Can't we like make some arrangements with Sekhmet sisters ? " I chipped in.

They all looked at me like I was some criminal they were gonna punish.

" Are you asking us to bribe them, child ? " Asked granny.

" Your company has corrupted her innocent mind Zukhar " Father was taking heat for me from mother. Ha ha serves him right.

" She was already corrupt. " Oye what are you talking about ! you scheming father of mine.

" I guess canceling it is the only way. " Said granny.

" I have an idea " I said.

" We can't do that neff the sisters might listen to a lord's request but their faith is too strong. If the word spreads our reputation would suffer a major hit. " Father said.

So you had no problem in bribing !??

" No I was thinking that maybe we could fake it…" I tried to explain.

" What do you mean change it ? " Asked my mother.

" First I want you to tell me whether editing hides from the analyze skill ? " I asked the thing I was most concerned about. But…..

" What does this editing mean ? Don't speak random ancient words, kid. Not all of us knows much about ancient language." Said granny.

" No I don't think even professional translators know about this word. She says that she has a skill that allows her to speak and understand never before seen ancient words…" Said father.

" A skill like that exists ? " Grandma was totally confused.

Wait, they don't know what edit is ?? it's the only button on the stats. No one has tried touching it ??

" Open your stats " I said.

Mother opened it. Then I pointed to edit button.

" This button is called edit. You don't know about it ? " I asked.

" Oh that's just a kviler…" Said grandma.

" Huh? What's that ? " I Asked.

" Touching it lets us practice writing ancient symbols….see " Said mother and typed random keys on the keypad that comes after clicking on edit. She played for a while and then closed the stats window and opened it again. And said…

" See it's a kviler..you can practice and play but your true stats will never change. " Said mother.

My mind was totally blown !!? What was that….

" What ?? it's an edit button you could change details about your skill and add fake entries of skills. " I tried to make them understand.

" Are you sure ?? There was a rumor that some houses had secret ways to hide their true skills but there was no proof for it. "

" Are you saying this is it ? " Asked granny looking a bit panicky.

" You know her. She never says a lie. "

Um that line…I felt sudden pain in my chest. I may not have lied but i was the lie itself. To be honest i was revealing all this things in somewhat unknown to me hope that they would suspect me, question me. Ask me whether I was their daughter or not…

" Neff, you think you can do that ? " Asked my mother.

" Even if you can, how would you explain affinities? Only skills can be edited right ? " Asked father.

" Ummm after looking my mothers stats… I thought you know the extra skill is part of her original skill right ? " I asked.

They nodded.

" So I could just add it as an extra skill saying that it allows me to have 4 affinities…" I explained my plan.

" Ohhh…"

" She is a schemer…"

" Definitely your daughter…"

Father, granny and mother had all weird reactions…

" Neff, can you show me how to do it ? " Asked my father.

I nodded. Opened my stats screen. And my father almost shouted.…

" Whoa how did you reach level 3 ?? "