The ritual for receiving a boon did not need to be overly formal. It was mostly about careful selection.
Especially considering one's profession and the family's future, the choice of power was very important, with no room for jest.
So, after school on Friday, Chika sought out Ren.
"Ren, are you free tonight?"
She did not know about the others, but after she spoke with her family yesterday, her mother said she wanted to meet today.
"Yes, I'm free, but has your family decided this quickly?"
Ren did not expect the Fujiwara to be ready so soon.
"Mm, my mom has extremely strong execution. She made a decision after two hours of deliberation. Last night, she canceled all her appointments and told me to ask if you were free today."
Thinking about what her mother said yesterday, Chika could roughly imagine how much importance her mother placed on this matter.
She canceled her schedule just to ask if Ren was free tonight.
To be honest, it was not that they did not know whether Ren was free.
Knowing was one thing. Attitude was another.
"Canceled her appointments... your mother's execution is indeed very strong."
Ren also did not expect Chika's mother to be so proactive. While others had not even prepared, she had already started acting so quickly.
"Alright then, I'm free today, so a meeting is fine."
"OK. Then I'll tell Mom."
Chika quickly took out her phone and sent a message to her mother.
"Ding."
"So fast."
Less than ten seconds after the message was sent, a reply came back.
Was Mom holding her phone, waiting for her message?
Chika could not help imagining her mother waiting with the phone in hand.
She shook her head. Her astute and capable mother would not be like that.
She looked down at the message.
[Mom: Got it. Toyomi has been arranged to pick you up today. We will discuss other matters when you return.]
For some reason, Chika felt her spiritual perception growing sharper, as if she could already see what her mother was doing behind the scenes.
She shook her head, then looked at Ren.
"By the way, Ren, which Sequences do you think are suitable for our family?"
"Sequences for a political family?"
When asked this, Ren thought for a moment, then gave his opinion.
"One is the Spectator Sequence you chose. Politics requires understanding the deepest thoughts of others. High-Sequence Spectators, while understanding, can also implant their own ideas into others' minds, making them follow the Spectator's script."
"However, once someone becomes a Spectator, it is best to serve as an auxiliary for a political family. Spectators are not suitable for standing on the front stage."
"Mhm."
Chika strongly agreed.
Based on the abilities of high-Sequence Spectators Ren had mentioned before, it was best for such abilities not to be on the front stage. Spectators should dilute their presence and work behind the scenes.
"And what else?"
"As for others, the Lawyer Sequence, chosen by Hinagiku Katsura, is quite suitable."
"Understanding rules, utilizing rules, and even defining things through one's own customized rules. Oh, right, if that city is built in the future, a high-Sequence Lawyer could formulate a set of rules, which would make city management more convenient."
Speaking of the Lawyer's abilities, Ren thought of Tingen City, which he wanted to establish.
The Lawyer's abilities were quite suitable for use within a city. As long as certain corresponding rules were set, public order could be assured, and confidentiality could be maintained through the rules.
"Eh? Can a Lawyer do something like that?"
Chika was slightly surprised.
"Of course. When weak, a Lawyer abides by rules and utilizes rules. But once a Lawyer becomes strong and gains greater authority, the Lawyer is no longer merely a Lawyer, but an Emperor."
"Besides abiding by rules, an Emperor can also formulate rules beneficial to themselves. Because an Emperor has the right to be willful."
"Abiding by rules, utilizing rules, and finally even formulating rules."
Listening to Ren's introduction, Chika became even more interested in the Lawyer pathway. Clearly, this was indeed a Sequence suitable for a governing family.
Especially the phrase that a Lawyer becomes an Emperor, and an Emperor can be willful.
What a governing family needed was to formulate its own rules, especially within its own faction.
While formulating rules, they could also make others abide by them.
This could create many conditions favorable to a governing family.
After understanding the abilities of this pathway, Chika could not help exclaiming.
"This pathway is too suitable for a political family. If someone reaches the end, would they be able to formulate rules that even the nation must abide by?"
"You've really hit the nail on the head."
Ren nodded slightly. As someone born into a governing family, it was normal for Chika to have such thoughts.
"The end of the Lawyer is the Black Emperor, and becoming an Emperor who controls a nation is also a necessary condition for the ritual of becoming a god."
"Eh? Is that really true?"
Chika's eyes widened.
Ren knew where her surprise came from, but he still explained it clearly.
"Chika, you need to pay attention to the difference between before and after."
"Every advancement after Sequence 5 requires a corresponding ritual. The Black Emperor's advancement ritual requires one to act like an Emperor, formulating a reasonable set of rules and implementing them in one's own country."
"In other words, it is not that you can formulate rules because you become an Emperor. Rather, you need to first have the conditions to formulate rules to be qualified to become an Emperor."
"The process is a bit more troublesome."
So that was how it worked. That made it more reasonable.
Chika patted her chest, immediately feeling that the power at the end of the Lawyer pathway was justified.
The difference in Sequence made the Lawyer pathway go from seemingly unreasonable to more reasonable.
After all, that kind of power also needed a corresponding auxiliary status.
Having the corresponding status allowed the Lawyer's abilities to be fully utilized, which made it reasonable.
"As for the other one, it is the Bard Sequence."
(To be continued.)