Vanessa was utterly confused.

She recognized every single word, but when they were combined, she had no idea what they were trying to convey.

How strange.

“Just kidding, right?” Vanessa could hardly believe that this was the information displayed on her personal panel.

“Mr. System, could you please come out and explain what’s going on?” In her female form, with her double-barreled shotgun confiscated, Vanessa’s tone was soft and polite, like a dignified and proper lady who instinctively resisted any rude behavior, as if it were a muscle memory and habit ingrained in this body.

Even cursing felt like she was coquettishly whining, which made Vanessa extremely uncomfortable, as if the vast reservoir of her “manly power” had been sealed away, leaving less than a tenth of it.

After a long while, there was no response.

Well, it was unclear whether this Virtue System had any self-awareness to begin with.

Even if it did, it didn’t have a mouth and couldn’t respond to her.

“Even if it’s a joke, it’s too much, isn’t it?” Vanessa felt deeply troubled.

Just as she finished speaking, a line of small text suddenly appeared on the panel.

‘It means exactly what it says. If you don’t believe it, you can try it.’

“Try, try, try, try??” Vanessa lowered her head, her pretty face blushing, and stammered for a long time.

“Please don’t say such irresponsible things!”

Ugh, why had she become so effeminate?

This must be Varelis doing!

Recalling everything that had happened in the church earlier, Vanessa thought to herself.

‘That’s not the case. The Varelis family has always been perfect ladies throughout the generations. This is a habit engraved in the bloodline of the [Blessed Angel], awakened along with the bloodline.’ As if understanding what she was thinking, a new line of text appeared on the panel.

So, this system did have self-awareness after all.

“Then, if I change back, will I still be affected by the bloodline?”

‘No.’

Receiving this reply, Vanessa breathed a sigh of relief.

“After changing back, if I want to transform into the [Blessed Angel] form again, do I need to wait twenty-four hours?”

‘No, transforming from male to female has no cooldown time. You can change at any time. However, transforming from female back to male requires a twenty-four-hour wait.’

Is that how it is?

“Mr. System, is there no time limit for the transformation?” To prevent the system from ignoring her again next time, Vanessa wanted to ask all her questions at once.

‘Essentially, it’s the activation and deactivation of the Blessed bloodline. There is no time limit. If you want to remain a girl forever, you can do so by simply not changing back.’

“Thank you for your guidance.” Vanessa listened to and understood the rules explained by the system, but she chose to ignore the additional comment at the end.

After learning that her little brother and masculine power could return, Vanessa felt much more at ease and began to study the updated features of the Virtue System after her awakening.

She noticed that [Armor Fortress] not only adapted its functions based on the changes in her body but also had an additional progress bar.

This progress bar had already reached one milestone, and the entry “Slightly increased armor and impact resistance” was unlocked.

Vanessa counted the small dots on the progress bar and found there were seven in total, with only the first one lit up.

She quickly associated this with the realm levels. Apart from the most basic Initiate level, there were seven others: Apprentice, Artisan, Warlock, Master, Grandmaster, Infernal, and Immortal.

These likely corresponded to the seven dots.

In other words, every time she advanced to a higher realm, [Armor Fortress] would evolve once, and the enhancement gained at the Apprentice level was impact resistance and a slight increase in armor.

Vanessa was beginning to understand why [Armor Fortress] had a 100% compatibility rate with her, and she felt incredibly grateful that she hadn’t overlooked the seemingly insignificant Best Soul Guide back then.

This enhancement should also apply in her female form, though since the armor coverage in her female form was extremely low, the effect was far less pronounced than in her fully armored male form.

Moreover, all armor would be converted into a certain proportion of magic resistance.

Returning to the Virtue Tree interface, Vanessa looked at the dazzling array of skill trees and focused on the few skills she could currently unlock.

[Intermediate Healing Skill]

[Divine King’s Baptism]

[Lesser Strength Blessing Skill]

These three Skills each required 50 points of Virtue, and Vanessa only had 54 points.

This meant she had to choose one out of the three, as she could only unlock one for now.

After some thought, Vanessa temporarily closed the panel and closed her eyes.

Moments later, a soft pink light coalesced in her hand.

Success.

This was the Basic Healing Skill, which she didn’t need to learn, it came naturally with the awakening of her bloodline.

Moreover, as the source of the [Saint Envoy], Vanessa received a significant boost when casting any [Saint Envoy] Skills.

Gazing at the light in her hand, Vanessa felt an indescribable joy.

[Saint Envoy], a Soul Armament that could only be absorbed with a four-star magical aptitude, had now blossomed in her hands.

It felt like she had finally overcome a great hurdle.

Since she already knew the Basic Healing Skill, her need for the Intermediate Healing Skill wasn’t that urgent, so she decided not to consider it for now.

The Lesser Strength Blessing wasn’t something she needed immediately either.

From her current perspective, the only Skill that could give her a significant boost in the short term was [Divine King’s Baptism], a divine blessing skill.

Why bother learning healing Skills? If she could fight, why bother healing others?

And so, with her balance dropping to 4 points, Vanessa unlocked [Divine King’s Baptism].

At the same time, the knowledge related to [Divine King’s Baptism] flooded into her mind.

As an exclusive divine blessing Skill, it naturally required the support of Varelis [Divine Blessing].

Speaking of divine blessings…

Vanessa took a deep breath.

Just as flying is an innate ability for birds, the method of using [Divine Blessing] appeared in Vanessa’s mind after her bloodline awakened, as if it had always been there. It was a skill she was born with.

She spread her palm and gathered the mana.

Suddenly, the surroundings dimmed slightly, as if their colors had been drained.

A flame with a white-cherry core and a glazed outer layer, radiating a kaleidoscope of colors, appeared in her hand.

As the flame rose, the nearby furniture and walls began to show signs of melting.

Vanessa didn’t notice this. At that moment, her beautiful eyes were fixed solely on the mesmerizing flame.

This was the legendary sacred flame of the Church of Radiance, the [Flame of Ten Thousand Divine Blessings].

Even though she had never seen its true form before, its power to purify all things in the world was unmistakable at first glance.

The Flame of Ten Thousand Divine Blessings, she had actually summoned it!

However, before she could get excited, the small flame in her hand flickered out.

Huh?

Vanessa was stunned. She tried to summon it again, but this time, not even a spark appeared.

At the same time, an overwhelming sense of exhaustion washed over her.

What’s this? No way…

Vanessa seemed to realize what was happening.

She had run out of mana.

Seriously? She had only summoned a tiny flame, and it hadn’t even lasted long. Has she already used up all her Mana??

Just how much Mana did the [Flame of Ten Thousand Divine Blessings] consume??