CHAPTER 12 “Isekai.” Part 2
[Now pay attention! I don’t have all day to sit around explaining every single thing to you].
- Of course, boss. Go ahead.
[Normally only those who have the system beforehand can figure out if you have it too. Or they can try to see your stats if they have a skill to identify above your level. You can lock the system screen, so that even if someone else can see that you possess it, it will be impossible for that individual to understand the data displayed. You can also set the system to private, so that no one else can take advantage of viewing your screen while you are looking at it].
“Oh, that’s quite useful.”
[You’d better set yours to private! I don’t want any nosy humans trying to read your stats if you get careless!]
“Of course, boss! Set the system to private!” She exclaimed, but seeing that nothing happened, she asked again. “How do I know it worked?”
[You should get a confirmation window.]
As soon as her boss’s screen explained that, two screens, one blue and one violet, appeared before her, asking her the same question:
[Are you sure you want to set the system window to private?]
[Yes/No]
She immediately selected ‘yes’ on both screens.
[From now on, only the user will be able to see the system window while the user is using it.]
“Done!”
[You can also rename the system, or activate it with a specific or different code than others use, and thus prevent others from accessing the information in it when you are unconscious, or by means of certain magic crystals that humans often use to steal information from others. It is not recommended that you change the commands because you might forget them later, but it is your decision. To unlock the screen, just say unlock screen or unlock system, depending on the type of information or section you want to lock, hide or unlock].
So you can also hide a section? When you talk about sections, do you mean tabs or something else...? But there was something else I was also curious about. Does the boss know that I have two systems, and that’s why he’s explaining all this to me? For some reason, she got the impression that he didn’t know, so she refrained from asking about it.
It’s much safer for me to keep that information secret then. Then she remembered what he had told her a couple of windows ago, ‘only someone who owns the system beforehand can see if you have it too’. But then that led her to have another doubt, does that mean that there may be other systems besides these two and no one else knows about it because no one else, or very few, have them?.... That’s a very smart precaution on their part... you can’t search for something if you don’t even know it exists. She was fascinated by the idea. And that also means that there must be people who don’t have any systems, just like on Earth.
[I think you now have enough information to start working with. You have a lot to explore, so I will give you some time to familiarize yourself with the system. I will meet with you again in a few hours.]
“Thank you very much for your time and your explanation, boss. See you in a few hours then,” she said, but got no response. And a long sigh escaped her lips.
Well, at least I know how to make things work from now on.
But she still had one question left.
“Inventory!” she exclaimed. And again, both screens appeared before her. “Hide inventory.”
Two new screens appeared, asking her the same question.
[Are you sure you want to hide the inventory section?]
“Yes,” she whispered, but still pressed the ‘yes’ button on both windows. Less than three seconds later, two confirmation windows appeared before her.
[From now on, the inventory section will only be visible to the user.]
“Great!” And her gaze immediately shifted to the tab that said skills. “Hide the skills section.”
[Are you sure you want to hide the skills section?]
“Yes!” And this time, unlike the previous ones, she didn’t press the ‘yes’ button, but stood waiting to see what the system would do. And to her surprise, two new screens appeared before her.
[From now on, only the user will be able to see the information found inside the skills section.]
Kalysto, excited and curious at the idea that the system responded to voice commands, exclaimed:
“Close all tabs!” and she waited, but nothing happened. After another minute of waiting, she exclaimed: “close all windows!” But again, nothing happened.
What the heck, what word should I use then to close this pile of open windows?
“Close system!”
[Are you sure you want to close the system?]
Kalysto was about to answer yes when two new screens appeared before her.
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[Warning: If the user closes or shuts down the system, it will never be available to the user again].
[Are you sure you want to shut down/close the system?]
“No!” She got scared. No way I’m going to miss the opportunity I’ve been given! “Never shut down the system! Never close the system!”
[Are you sure you never want to shut down/close the system?]
“Yes!” she exclaimed with relief.
[From this moment on, the system will always be running, and will never shut down unless the user dies].
Okay, this thing that only using voice commands can become dangerous. She thought and bit her lower lip, worried about the ease with which she could lose the system. And carefully she closed each of the windows that were open. As soon as she finished, she let out a long sigh of relief.
For heaven’s sake! I almost lost this thing and I haven’t even begun to fulfill my part of the contract! What would have become of me if I ran out of the system... Maybe my boss would have found a way to turn it back on? But then I would have lost the blue system. And considering everything she had to go through in order to get it, it was an experience she had no desire to experience again. Or maybe I would have died first for breaching the contract?
A shiver ran down her back, and her heart pounded wildly against her chest. Trying to distract herself with something, she exclaimed:
“Status window!” Two windows opened before her. And while the blue screen had only one data difference regarding the current amount of mana she possessed, the violet one had more differences.
[Status window]
Name: Kalysto Luna
Age: 21 years old
Race: ---
Level: 1
Fatigue: 93
Class: Saintess (Heroic)
Occupations: Not selected.
Title: Champion of the ?????/ (?????? of ?????)
Affiliation: Kingdom of Bahram
HP: 100/100
MP: 100/100
Strength: 14
Vitality: 18
Agility: 25
Endurance: 18
Intelligence: 27
Charisma: 2
Luck: 1
????: 50
Status: Recovering.
Available points: 0
Well, at least the boss kept his part of the deal and I already have 100 mana.... but what the heck is that ???? and why do I have it so high?
Then she checked her status windows again, comparing them.
So my boss is from the kingdom of Bahram, he sure is the king. Good to know.
She exhaled.
Then she looked at her classes.
So now I’m a saintess, huh...? That’s so strange. She didn’t even know how to feel about it. At least I can heal people now. It was a pity that she hadn’t gotten it when her mother was still alive. And immediately her mood dropped when she remembered that. But when she saw the blue screen, she was a bit excited to see that she hadn’t lost her class as a wizard. Well, at least that’s a relief. She thought, wishing that someday, now that she lived in a world where magic was possible, she could become a powerful archmage. Then she would never have to rely on others to survive again.
And if I level up enough and can return home, I could heal Alice’s grandparents. That cheered her up.
Biting her lip, she looked at the blue window’s skill tab, eager to open it and discover her new powers, but at the same time, afraid of what she might find there.
“Please let me be able to throw fireballs!” She chuckled under her breath. “Please let me be able to throw fireballs!” But this time, when she pressed on the skills tab on the blue screen to activate it, she didn’t get what she wanted.
[Skills]
Active skills:
Inspect: level 1
Mana Sense: level 1
Mana control: level 1
Mana Manipulation: level 1
Passive skills:
Mental defense: level 40
Pain resistance: level 30
Focus: level 5
Empathy: level 3
¿¿¿¿???? of the ¿¿?? Level 40/125
Languages: legendary level (the user can understand, read, speak and write in any language in the world. This is a bonus given by the system for being the first user in your region to awaken the ‘wizard’ class).
Reading her last passive skill, Kalysto was discouraged. All those years killing myself studying languages just to earn a skill that would save me all the work. She let out a long sigh. Well, the good news is I can now go visit Japan. The bad news is that she had to wait until her contract was over and she could return to her world to check it out. Wait a minute... Does this refer to Earth or this world? She was worried. Because if it’s just Earth, I’m screwed. How am I supposed to survive here if I can’t even communicate with the natives?
She let out another long sigh.
Stupid faulty blue system!
Then she looked at her active abilities again, looking at two that she felt made no sense at all to be separate when they almost seemed to refer to the same thing. And then, stung by curiosity, she tapped the screen over their names. To her surprise, a small blue window opened.
[Mana control: level 1. A skill that allows you to give and change the shape of mana. Basic skill to develop in order to cast elemental spells.]
Then she did the same with the next one.
[Mana manipulation: level 1. A skill that mages, wizards, archers, and warriors have. While mages/wizards awaken with it, the other two classes must learn it. Allows to imbue objects with mana, usually used to increase the damage a weapon deals against monsters. Mages and wizards, however, use it to imprint spells on objects. Skill needed for the enchantment profession.]
So learning to perform magic is going to take me a lot longer than I thought it would. She noticed and immediately stopped feeling comfortable lying down. She needed to move.
Taking advantage of the fact that the itch on the left side of her body had already disappeared, she thought about sitting up, hoping to find the cork of the bottle of holy water, which she had saved without it. But as she tried to do so, she rested her now fully healed left hand on the floor and was surprised at the lack of pain. And as she was sitting up as she made herself comfortable with the intention of observing her now-healed hand and verifying that everything was in order, she ended up pulling back as she saw a body lying to her left. The sudden movement caused Kalysto to almost lose her balance as she collided with something else behind her, and frightened at the thought of falling she rested her right hand on what she initially thought was the ground, but her hand slipped and the sound of a couple of glass bottles colliding caught her attention as she averted her gaze to her right.
Only to find another body, next to another one.
Kalysto opened her eyes in surprise, seeing that she was completely surrounded by a sea of bodies.
And every one of them appeared to be human.
What the hell was going on here?