Blood Assimilation

After taking the key from his mother, Randy went upstairs right away and into his mother's personal room, which was separate from the bedroom that both his parents used together.

Although they barely used their bedroom as often since his father was always busy at work to come to rest. 

After entering the room, he directly went up to the drawer and after counting from the top, he proceeded to open the second drawer with the key given by his mother. 

Following his mother's instructions, he carefully put the key in the keyhole and instantly a magic formation in a form of a seal appeared.

But after waiting for a while and seeing that nothing happened, Randy inwardly heaved a sigh of relief. 

He then twisted the key to the right.

Ka!

The sound of the lock being unlocked reverberated and instantly the magic formation disappeared just as it came. 

And Randy heaved a long sigh this time, as he held his breath when he saw the intricate patterns in the magic formation which was ready to activate the moment something had gone wrong. 

After that, he pulled the unlocked drawer and looked through the items inside.

And to his surprise, there were not that many things in there except for the obvious thick blue book, which was the grimoire his mother was talking about, and some other green book that was not as thick as the blue book.

'I thought there were many treasures in here or something, but there were only two books in here. Hm?'

While looking at the two books, Randy thought he saw a flash for a second there, but it did not come from the two books. 

'Was it my imagination?'

He turned in the direction where the glow came from, and he saw a tablet that had some characters engraved on it. 

'Is this one of those jade tablets from the cultivation profession. Then is this perhaps a protective charm or something? Well, I guess that's why it was glowing just now. Maybe grandfather gave it to mom, but why isn't she keeping it with her and leaving it here instead.' Randy pondered but soon gave up.

"Well, it has nothing to do with me. I only came here for this blue grimoire." Randy muttered and immediately grabbed the thick blue book. 

Afterward, he pushed the drawer back and left the room without wasting any more time.

And then he came down to the living room and gave the key back to his mother and then he proceeded back to his room. 

...

After he left, Riley sighed and said: "It feels very strange acting amicably with him again as a mother. But it seems like he is trying his best not to feel estranged around us. So I think I should also get used to this treatment since we, parents brought this upon ourselves."

When Randy was young, he always came to her for anything that he might need. Since his father was not home most of the time but lately, he barely come home anymore. 

And during those times, they could be said to be a close parent and child, but ever since both she and Nathan found out that Randy could not awaken after so long, they decided to take this route of giving him some motivation to improve himself, especially after his younger brother, Rex had awakened to his innate ability.

But now that she thought about it, perhaps, they should not have been too drastic with their decision; but the circumstances did not allow them at the time. 

Thinking about this, she sighed again, and then she recalled something.

"Oh, that's right, I forget to tell him that Lydia had awakened her innate ability too. I guess I would tell him later when I get the chance…" She said.

…

Inside Randy's room.

At this moment, he sat on his bed and held in his hand the grimoire that he received from his mother.

A few moments later…

[[Detected A Grimoire With A Collection of Spells and Techniques]]

[[Displaying the information about the grimoire]]

⟪[[Riley's Frost Magic Compendium]]⟫

⟪[Rank: N/A]⟫

⟪[[Type: Grimoire]]⟫

⟪[[Description: This is a grimoire that has a collection of simplified spells and techniques. It was created by Riley using the knowledge she accumulated from learning and comprehending many ice spells and techniques. This grimoire contains her experience and crystallization of her enlightenment as an Ice Mage, and also as an innate ice ability user]]⟫

[[Reminder: Some of the spells and techniques in this grimoire might not be usable by the host due to the necessary conditions and requirements of the spells and techniques. As long as the host does not meet these prerequisites, you would not be able to learn or comprehend them. Please keep that in mind.]]

[[Would the host like to record the contents of this grimoire and comprehend them later?]]

The system then prompted after displaying the information regarding the grimoire.

Randy read through the lines of texts and then nodded in understanding.

'I can guess those prerequisites that the system is talking about; it is probably the ice innate ability. Since I awaken the innate blood-type ability, and not the innate ice-type ability like my mother, without a doubt, it would be hard to learn her techniques. But there should still be some techniques or spells that are useful for me as a mage even if I don't have an innate ice ability.' Randy silently pondered this to himself.

And then he turned his gaze back to the system's displayed screen, specifically at the last line of text.

'Since I can record the contents of the grimoire, I should just do that and return the grimoire to mom afterwards…'

Thinking that, Randy immediately answered the system: "System, please record the contents of the grimoire for now."

[[Response Acknowledged!]]

[[Currently recording the contents of 'Riley's Frost Magic Compendium Grimoire']]

[[The recording would take approximately 5 minutes, please wait in the meantime while holding on to the grimoire]]

The system instructed, and then the countdown begun on the screen in front of Randy's eyes.

Seeing this, Randy had no choice but to hold on to the thick and heavy grimoire.. But to the current him, the weight of the grimoire was nothing.