*Beep beep beep* *Tak tak tak*
The sound of keyboard and the PMC (Personal Magical Computer) blended on the background as I typed in codes and codes of information into the PMC.
"Have you finished your preparation?"
Briskly I stopped typing as her voice registered on my head. It seems I was too absorbed in my work when a colleague of mine, a cat tribe female, called.
"No, not yet. How about you Janu? Finished?"
"Well yeah~ How do you think I'm able to wander around like this if I haven't?"
"Oh... You're right... hahaha." laughed I as I wiped the tears from my tired eyes.
"...you know?"
"?"
"You ought to take care of your self better. She wouldn't be happy to find out that you got sick because of overworking."
"Yeah... I guess so."
Although Janu said that with a preachy tone, I could feel the mixed emotion from her eyes. She is really worried about me and her.
"Then I better finish this as fast as I could. I will take a break after this."
"You sure? Promise?"
Her eyes turned to slits as she asked me that in a forceful tone.
"Yes, I promise I will take a break after I am done with this." I put my left hand on my chest and my right hand on my left to show my sincerity. This is a pose that one uses when they want to pray or swear to the gods.
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Her slit eyes slowly turned back to her usual rounded and cheerful eyes as she observes me.
"Pfft-!" in the end, the both of us chuckled before she waved goodbye after patting my shoulder.
"Okay then, let's finish this quick."
In a cheerful tone, I continued my final preparations.
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Painful. My heart felt a wave of very painful emotion.
This is triggered by the scene in front of me right now. Through the monitor, a figure of a young man's pained and pale face was reflected in my eyes.
Although what was causing the young man to feel such intense pain was not wholly his own emotion, but instead because of a skill in his possession, [Emotion Link] and two traits that he possessed, [Sympathizer] and [Empathizer]. The effect of the former is the amplification of emotion and emotion-related skill. While the latter trait increases or decreases the performance of the owner depending on the type of emotion that the owner is overwhelmed with for a period of time.
These traits, along with the [Emotion Link] skill are what causing his intense pain. Mana's own fear and anxiety were transferred to him due to his link with Mana. Although initially weak, [Sympathizer] amplify them to greater heights. Combine them with his own amplified fear and anxiety, [Empathizer] deliver its effects in the form of an uncontrollable whirl of emotion and pain.
Although his condition should be temporary, the entity or should I say, soul that I was supposed to assimilate with, couldn't help her self. And I understand. Because this intense pain in my heart is caused by her.
At the beginning of the war, after I volunteered to be Mana's operator, I was told to assimilate with this soul in order to gain the knowledge necessary to help Mana and her Master. One thing led to another and it turns out that this soul, she, has the same objective as I am. To bring happiness to someone. Mana in my case and Mana's master in her case. So we decided to work together and cooperate.
I stopped the assimilation process and concealed the fact that I haven't assimilate with her. Not that anybody could know. Only him, this world's god, could know matters regarding souls and he is sleeping once again after starting the war.
Hm? Yes, yes. I will lead his thoughts away from the pain. ...that's why stop taking over my body and give it back to me!
Look, I know that you care about him so much, but don't do anything unnecessary before we start our plan.
Then... let's begin.
"...hey, how about I give you a proposal?"