Keira: [Elly, where is the Master now? Is she coming? Is she even around the area?]

System 999: [The Master had already arrived just an hour ago, so don’t be anxious Host, everything will go according to plan!]

Keira: [Do we even have a plan?]

System 999: [We don’t Host!]

Keira: [...]

But hearing the Master’s location from the system eased a lot of heaviness in her chest. She was finally able to breathe freely. Although that Master may have a stupid laugh, the system wouldn’t lie about her skills. So she could only put her faith in this Master.

Keira looked toward the large glass window. The sun was setting, painting the whole room orange. Now that she settled her heart, looking at the setting sun, her nervousness was already gone.

Keira: [Why didn’t we just use the mystic arts to escape this world using the system’s help?]

System 999: [The mystic art in this world Host is greatly underwhelming than you actually perceive. Using the mystic art could not even do anything massive like the telepathy that the Master displayed nor can regular mystic art users transfer souls over to different dimensions. Only the Master was different.]

Keira: [Different in terms of power?]

System 999: [Yes, but not only that, her very existence is a variable on its own. To explain, the world had acknowledged her powerful existence. This is to say that the Master also has a role to play in this world, that’s why it allowed her existence to continue to exist despite the unstable variables. Usually, if a powerful being came to life, it would be erased by the world—this means death. Usually, they would be erased in their infant years or before they were even born.]

Keira: [So the Master has a major role to play in this world?]

System 999: [Yes, but I could tell that she still does not know her role nor does the world need her to act now. Maybe in the future, she would be required to act.]

Keira: [Why can you say that she had yet to fulfill her role?]

System 999: [Because usually, people who are given a special role by the ‘world’ dies after they finished acting their part. Others who know about this information even speculate that this is just the world’s method of getting rid of a tool after it had finished using them.]

Keira: [How brutal. It seems like the world and the main system are alike. Being that the main system is like the overseer of the different worlds like an omnipotent omniscient god.]

System 999: [The main system is an existence that even we smaller systems could not comprehend.]

Keira: [Going back. Can we use the mystic arts or not?]

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System 999: [We can, but with the experience points you currently have, you could only use it at the level of those normal mystic arts users. And if you did have enough experience points, using mystic arts at the level of the Master that typically is not accepted in this world. We could only hope that the main system would not directly disseminate your soul and my system data. So, I advise you to stop those thoughts Host.]

Keira: [You can stop rubbing it in my face that I am going broke from these worlds Elly. Anyways, I have another question in mind.]

System 999: [Ask away Host. (*^▽^*)/]

Keira: [What about the male leads that I help in each world, were they also given a role by the world?]

System 999: [I have no in-depth information about the male leads in each world since my system level is too low to have access to that kind of data.]

Keira: [It would explain why I helped Aster since he had the duty to defend humanity against Darkness, but what about Ezekiel? My mission in this world is to only help his business expand while trying to romance him. Wait—why the hell do I even need to romance the male leads in the first place? If I didn’t have them fall for me, none would have blackened!]

System 999: [I do not know Host. From what I know from the other systems, they said that their Host typically just requires them to assist the world’s chosen people, like the Master. None of the systems with whom I have chatted before, have had a Host required to romance their target.]

Keira: [You talk to other systems?]

System 999 thought that its Host was focusing on the wrong stuff again, but it still continued to explain.

System 999: [Yes, from time to time when I’m not doing anything.]

Keira: [Hoho… Do you perhaps have a system that you are interested in Elly? I didn’t know a new system could be so bold as to already have a romantic relationship with other systems.]

System 999: [Us system do not date Host!]

Keira: [Has there really been not a single time that systems date?]

System 999: [That—!]

Keira: [So you systems can date! I can’t believe this!]

System 999: [As I said Host, We do not! Only the irregular systems develop weird feelings toward other systems or hosts.]

Keira: [They even date their hosts? (⊙o⊙)]

System 999: [Let us not talk about this Host, we should focus on the task at hand.]

Keira: [Hoooo… My cute Elly is getting flustered, how cute!]

System 999: [Let’s just drop this Host, please. QAQ]

Keira: [I’ll only let it slide this time since you begged!]

Talking with her system for quite some time, Keira didn’t even realize that she was just staring at the now dark horizon while Ezekiel was carefully observing her. Keira returned to reality after her system told her that the male lead was looking in her direction for quite some time now.

Keira looked at Ezekiel and their eyes met. The mood of the room got weird as they continue to stare into each other’s eyes. Keira’s senses told her that it was getting dangerous. Possibly, Ezekiel would not let her ‘slide’ this time.

She let out a fake cough, “Ehem… When is dinner ready?”

Keira looked at the other side of the room to break the heating eye contact.

“I’ll get it ready.” Ezekiel got up from his chair and went towards her. Keira could feel the approaching Ezekiel despite having her view on the concrete wall.

‘To hell with getting it ready! Maybe I would be your dinner for tonight!’

Keira didn’t look back even when Ezekiel was standing beside her, who was sitting on the bed. She felt a lightweight on her head. Keira twisted her head and looked at Ezekiel who was gazing at her with tender eyes.

“Sorry for not noticing the time. Wait for a moment and I’ll have it prepared.”

With those words, Ezekiel then left the room.

‘Leal…’

Ezekiel who was sharing the same qualities with her fiancee at home, made Keira yearn to meet Leal more…

Even after hopping across worlds, meeting different people, and spending years apart from Leal to complete missions, did not make Keira’s feelings towards Leal weakened. It even gave her motivation to do her mission as the finish line was meeting Leal again, instead of dying.

‘After escaping this world tonight, don’t worry Leal… I would be one step closer to seeing you. So please… wait for me.’