Chapter 145: Naming The Cub

The Celestials were selfish, to begin with. There was no one in the world who hadn't reached a greater height without actually being greedy.

Almost everyone is greedy about something like the celestials' greed was for the power of ruling the existence.

Well, it would be inappropriate to say that they didn't do their jobs well because it was basically thanks to them that the forest and other places had proper laws.

'I know that they have lots of things to do…'

'However, that doesn't mean that they wouldn't help anyone…'

Shin's thoughts were legit. Helping someone was considered to be good and protecting someone would definitely give one good results in the afterlife – it was believed to be so.

However, Shin wasn't a fool who would think only from one side, because that would just be talking about perspectives.

'Yes…'

'If they were to help someone, it would be as if they were favoring a particular someone…'

Because of that, the Celestials refrained from helping anyone just simply because they needed help since it could end up starting a war as the power balance might end up getting destroyed.

The celestials minded their own business when it came to matters such as protecting someone with whom they had no relations.

Then why did the celestial protect the cub from the shocks?

Well, Shin had no idea about it, at least he knew not about it for now.

"…"

He was in no position to question the celestial that was watching him. He didn't even know if the celestial was near him or was watching from a faraway place.

He also had no idea about the celestials and their identities so he thought that it was best to let this matter pass by.

"Alright, since you have joined me, I will give you a name…", was what Shin said right after all that thinking.

It was not uncommon to name your underling, however, naming could be problematic too.

Since there was a law that no two beings could hold the same name, it was usually impossible to get the right names on the first try.

The reason was simple, there were billions of beings in the world who had names and many more that were nameless, amidst them, they had many billion names.

So getting a unique name out of all of them was something that would happen by luck,

Suppose if the namer were to try and give a name that already existed, then the namer or the owner would get a backlash of it due to breaking the law set by nature.

But did that apply to Shin? Couldn't he just give any and whatever name he wanted?

Yes, that was true, he could name the beings whatever he wanted unless and until he could alter the exact meaning and wordings – this was an exception made for him because he was an outsider, to begin with.

So it was understandable why he could name so easily without having anything to worry about.

Also, the names which he chose were from the modern world with unique meaning and since the language differed, there was not much for him to worry about.

"A name!?", the cub's face suddenly got brighter than before.

"Yes, are you excited?", Shin asked as if he was playing with the cub.

"Yes, master! I am."

She was indeed excited because gaining a name was a big thing after all. 

It was such a huge thing that it was of no surprise to see a cub knowing about it.

"Alright then…"

"What should I name you…", Shin started to think about a good name that would not only suit the cub's outer appearance but also would suit the attributes that it could use.

'I really wish that the system would show the attributes of the beasts that we would encounter…', he just thought about this while trying to pick a name and the system took it seriously.

'Ding'

[ Would you like to enable the 'Attribute(s)' feature? ]

[ -> Yes/ No ]

Shin was not surprised by this because he somewhat wanted the system to take it seriously.

Also, he didn't even hesitate to accept this.

"Yes.", though, he ended up saying that louder.

'Ding'

[ Command Accepted ]

'Ding'

[ The attribute feature has successfully been enabled ]

So the feature already existed but had been disabled for reasons unknown. Shin knew about this because right after the tutorial, tons of things had been turned off which he had noticed.

Whatever, as time passed and as he felt the need of them, he enabled them one by one which was a good thing.

Instead of having everything in a single bite, he was savoring them one by one – the features and skills.

'Alright, so what name should I give her…', he came back to this topic and started to think of a name that was associated with light and dark.

'Should I name her Alina?', that was the first name that Shin thought of.

However, he knew that the name 'Alina' meant 'light'. With this, the cub's light attribute would indeed receive a huge boost and she would end up becoming one of the strongest light ability users, however, the dark one would end up being lagged.

This would essentially decrease the rating of a dual-element beast. '

'Man, it's such hard to name such monsters…'

Yes, that was true. A dual wielder had to get a name that would boost both the characteristics that it held. That way, it would be stronger than ever and would have many routes of choices to grow stronger.

'Hmm…'

'I can't name her Kira because that is his name…', he respected Kira so thought about not using that name.

Of course, if he had named her that, her dark attribute would have gotten stronger, but then what would have happened to the light?

That was yet another problem.

He had to think of something that would boost both of them for which he was literally working hard.

'Man…'

'Naming sure can be hard…'

He could just name her whatever he wanted, but why was he not doing that?

Because he didn't want to do any mistakes at the beginning stages. Once the foundation is built, the remaining blocks could be built with greater stability.

He believed in that and wanted to give her a good name. Also, she was quite charming and seemed friendly.

He felt that it was his responsibility as a brother, since he got that feeling, to give her a proper name.

That was why he tried to think about something better when suddenly, a thought struck his mind.

'Why don't I just merge the names – Alina and Kira?'

That was a fantastic thought that he got. By doing this, he could actually boost both the attributes, however, he still had something to worry about.

'But what if the names combine and end up giving a different effect?'

He was right, what would happen if the combined names boosted something else?

He thought that with the names on his mind – Alina and Kira.

'If I combine them…'

'I will get Alira…'

'Not bad, but…'

'Ding'

[ The name Alira means 'Shinning Stone Woman' ]

'Uh…'

'At least the name is feminine…', this was what he said to himself after seeing the system notify him.

"Sigh…", he gave a big sigh as if he was quite frustrated with the naming.

"Master, name her whatever it comes to your mind first!"

"It's not as if-"

Terran wanted to continue and say something else when Shin all of a sudden glared at him with intense green shining eyes.

It was as if he was saying, "Shut the fu*k up!"

"…"

Terran didn't open his mouth after that.

'Looks like master is really tired from thinking…'

He wasn't wrong, he was indeed tired from thinking about a name.

'Just what should I name her then?'

'I really liked the name Alira but it has a totally different meaning…'

And just when he had thought that the system displayed another notification that put his heart at ease.

'Ding'

[ The word Alira does not exist ]

[ It was created by the host ]

"…"

'What the-'

'Then how did you know its meaning?', Shin asked.

Yes, just how did the system know about that?

'Ding'

[ The meaning of the word was derived from the host's consciousness ]

That is true, since the system somewhat had an access to what he was thinking, it might even have the access to his previous life's memories.

With that, it might have known what the word meant.

'Then does that mean…'

'I can decide the meaning of the words that I introduce?'

[ Affirmative ]

[ You may use the name with the meaning you desire ]

"…"

"Alira!"

"From today, your name will be Alira!"

"…"

To be continued…