"Dad, Mom. Can you tell me everything that happened back then?"
Aisha and Gerald exchanged looks. Aisha looked at the sky before saying, "Iām sure you donāt remember this, but you awakened your unique ability at the age of 4.
"However, you must remember that your grandfather told you once about you suddenly killing animals."
"!!!" Clovis raised his eyebrows. He definitely remembered about it. That was the reason everything began. It was because of his condition that his parents looked at him differently back then.
Although there wasnāt much memory of that time, he still remembered the sensation.
"That was the time you awakened your second unique ability." Aisha raised one finger. "A unique ability is something youāre born with. It has always been active in your body, but you can only utilize it when a certain requirement is fulfilled.
"For example, your grandfather was born with his unique ability, but he can only manifest that power when heās 18 years old, which is the exact time he becomes an explorer.
"In other words, the certain requirement is to become an explorer and awaken your evolutionary path."
"!!!" Clovis was surprised. Now that he thought about it, Another World Mall only appeared after he became an explorer. Although it wasnāt immediate, he certainly awakened it not long after.
That was why the fact that he could awaken his second unique ability at the age of four meant something special happened.
"But Mom. If itās the first one to awaken, doesnāt that mean itās the first unique ability instead of the second one?"
"Nope." Aisha shook her head. "Although itās the first one to awaken, something like this shouldnāt happen unless something extraordinary occurred.
"In this scenario, I have checked everything related to the unique ability. Even without your grandfather, Iām certain that something changed when you were 4 years old."
"What do you mean?" Clovis frowned.
Aisha closed her eyes with a pained expression. "You know Iām a doctor, right?"
"Yes."
"When all this began, I examined your body, blood, and everything else. That was when I found out something special.
"In your body, there was a gene different from what you were supposed to have. I wasnāt aware of whose gene or what gene it was, but it was clear that the data was different from the ones at your birth.
"Hence, I believed this gene was the real cause of your sudden awakening, the reason youāre able to have a second unique ability.
"The exact details are still unknown even for me... No matter how hard I try to find the reason, I simply couldnāt get it.
"Originally, this is how a unique ability appeared in people, but the fact you were 4 years old at that time made me doubt myself.
"During that time, I found out the exact gene that formed the unique ability. This particular mutation is still unknown, like how theyāre formed and other things. Everything I have done canāt be close to replicating that gene.
"And this is the reason I know you have a unique ability in your body prior to the second one."
Clovis looked down, falling into deep thought. "Whose gene, huh... If thatās the case, doesnāt this mean I have received Maraās gene?"
"Huh? What do you mean?" She frowned. Even Gerald turned solemn.
"No. I feel like I understand it a bit more than you do. Iām afraid if I tell you the reason, you will think of me as crazy..."
"No. Tell me about it, no matter how unscientific it is." Aisha shook her head.
Clovis took a deep breath and pointed up. "Iām not sure if you know about it, but it looks like several people can actually see the system notification.
"Do you remember that our world is said to be a simulation world? I can see the system notification, though mostly about the error.
"Not long ago, I received a notification about ātwo users with the same unique ability in the same world,ā which is not supposed to happen.
"After listening to your theory about the gene mutation that allows one to have a unique ability, I come to a realization that this gene is Maraās gene. I have the same unique ability as Mara Leverstrikeās."
"!!!" Both of them didnāt expect they would reach such a conclusion.
Gerald rubbed his chin. "Itās not unscientific. In fact, your father has told me about this ability. He personally couldnāt see those notifications, but he has seen people with that power. Even the Prophet, your grandfatherās archenemy, has that ability."
"If this is true, that means thereās a way to transfer oneās unique ability to another... As for the method, I donāt know yet. And thereās a chance it will destroy oneās body..."
"Destroy oneās body, huh? Now that I think about it, my unique ability is kinda weird." Clovis tilted his head.
"Elaborate."
"Whenever I look at everyoneās unique ability, I realize that itās some sort of mutation to the body. Even Christinaās Provoke is the mutation of oneās instinct, right?"
"Yes. It is true."
"However, my unique ability is different." Clovis waved his hand and took out a cupcake from the inventory.
"Huh? Where did it come from?" Gerald squinted his eyes.
"From my unique ability. My unique ability allows me to bring out things that arenāt supposed to exist. After learning from your theory, it doesnāt make sense for this to be a unique ability..."
"No. Thatās certainly your unique ability, but this... is a strange mutation... Something that no one has ever seen before. It might be because of this mutation that your body can somehow receive another mutation. However, I have no way to prove this theory, no matter how plausible it is..." Aisha assured him.
"I see..." Clovis pinched the bridge of his nose. "This is a problem."
"Now, I get the gist of your unique ability." Aisha let out a long sigh. "It looks like there are too many questions that canāt be answered."
"Indeed. There are only two ways to figure out the questions. The first one is to find out the answer through science, while the second method is to break free from this world.
"If this is a simulation world, there must be a way out there. Maraās gene is the reason I believe that method exists. In other words, Grandfather is not wrong. The closer weāre to the truth, the higher our chance to escape from this simulation world," stated Clovis in disbelief.