“You are the first person to truly understand me! But you absolutely cannot tell anyone you saw me. If Sister Miona finds out, I’ll be in big trouble…!”
Vivian, the second daughter of the Draco family, began to look around nervously like a startled deer.
In truth, it was the girl who had discovered Erika and Emil’s secret tryst. Vivian didn’t seem to care about that at all; instead, she was afraid Erika would tell others she had seen her.
“If people knew I had seen Lady Vivian, why would your sister, Lady Miona, scold you?”
“Because… Sister doesn’t like it when I go out on my own. And, and if my existence was known to the outside world, it might cause all sorts of problems…” Vivian replied weakly. “I snuck out while Sister was tired, so walking here is also a secret.”
‘Oh, I see.’
Only then did the girl roughly understand the situation based on the novel’s plot. The twin sisters, Miona and Vivian, shared one body but possessed different consciousnesses. No wonder it was called “Twins.”
‘So it’s two souls in one body?’ Erika thought. Usually, the dominant control of the body belonged to the older sister, Miona, while the younger sister, Vivian, was currently wandering around outside behind her sleeping sister’s back.
Sharing one body naturally led to all kinds of inconveniences and disputes. Erika herself had a younger brother before she transmigrated, and she remembered the fierce arguments they had as children over a computer to play Seer. How much worse would it be to share an actual body?
Suddenly, a sense of pure curiosity welled up in her heart. “Then, Lady Miona doesn’t know about our conversation right now?”
“Mm-hmm! That’s right! Sister is currently fast asleep in the Heart Room. She might be exhausted after our talk since she hasn’t seen a stranger in so long! I can only sneak around while Sister is sleeping, hee-hee…”
“Heart Room?”
Erika frowned slightly at the unfamiliar keyword, and Vivian kindly explained, “Oh, the Heart Room is a resting place deep within our souls. I guess you could call it an advantage of the ‘Twins’ talent?”
“An advantage of the talent…? Talent?!”
“Ah, talents are gifts bestowed upon us by the Main God System.”
“The system…?”
Before she knew it, questions were popping up one after another. At that moment, Vivian, who had been lost in thought, seemed to realize something and began to mutter.
“System… invocation…”
A blurry shadow flickered before the girl, and then something slowly emerged in front of Vivian. Erika couldn’t see it clearly, as if she were wearing high-prescription glasses, making it impossible to accurately identify the details. However, it was likely text or something similar.
The information hidden behind it was self-evident.
Vivian Draco, possessing a Status Window…
**[Calmly judging the situation! Gained experience points through the talent ‘Calm Thinking’. All class experience +5]**
Although she was somewhat surprised, Erika realized it was possible upon reflection. After all, she had received a Status Window as a gift from the pixie Silsil. It wouldn’t be strange for others to have one too.
‘But didn’t I hear that this system was designed for the demon race by the Demon King, Solomon Noel?’ Erika wondered. ‘Wasn’t it only supposed to be shared among senior demons like succubi and ogres, or fringe races like fairies?’
While Erika was lost in thought about system copyrights, Vivian spoke again. “All students at the Ark receive this system. It is the power granted to us humans by the God of Light and Flame to fight against magical beasts and darkness!”
“I see. I think I’ve heard of it. It’s that thing where levels and text appear, right?”
“Exactly! As long as you work hard to improve, anyone can gain great power! Isn’t it amazing? Oh, right, Erika, you’re becoming a student at the Ark this year, too, right? Then you’ll be able to receive this gift as well!”
According to the succubus Silsil, the Status Window was a gift from the Demon King, but now Vivian firmly believed it was a blessing from the God of Light and Flame. Why were their accounts different?
Regardless of whose version was correct, that wasn’t the priority right now.
“Excuse me, is there a way to see other people’s system text?”
“Of course not! That’s personal privacy!”
“Is it completely impossible?”
“If anyone could do it, it would probably only be Solomon Noel with his Eye of Truth… Ah —” Mentioning the name Solomon Noel, Vivian first looked around cautiously, then lowered her voice to a whisper.
“Demon King Solomon has the talent to foresee the future and see through falsehoods, doesn’t he? He can also see into the hearts of men, discern all things in creation, and is a master of all kinds of magic and miracles.”
“That… that is true.”
‘Indeed.’
It appeared that viewing another’s Status Window was generally considered impossible. The “Eye” she possessed seemed to be a quite rare type. Could this be considered luck?
If someone with the same type of talent viewed her Status Window, they would see the name “Erika Noel” in giant letters. The wicked girl… no, the Witch Erika would surely be sent to the execution block.
‘Is Solomon the only one with the Eye of Truth?’
‘Could my “Eye” talent have awakened because I inherited the Noel bloodline?’
**[Calmly judging the situation! Through… +5]**
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Erika and Vivian, the two girls, chatted on the balcony for a long while like new best friends. They mainly discussed the Status Window and learned that it wasn’t something just anyone could obtain.
“So you’re saying that system can only be obtained by heroes through an Esoteric Ritual?”
“Exactly! That’s why only upperclassmen of the order can be granted this grace, ah —” In the middle of her sentence, Vivian’s body suddenly jerked as if she had been startled by something.
“What’s wrong?”
“Sister seems to be waking up! It’ll be bad if she finds out! I have to go back quickly…!” Vivian hurriedly continued to plead with the girl, “Keep our meeting today a secret, okay? Sister doesn’t really like me talking to others, and she doesn’t like me doing anything. She just wants me to stay quiet…”
“Ah, since Lady Vivian asks, I will certainly keep it a secret.”
“Really? You’re kinder and friendlier than I thought! I feel like we really click!”
‘A kind and friendly person?’ Could such adjectives really be used to describe someone met for the first time without truly knowing them? The old Erika might have labeled someone as kind based on a few actions, but her current self certainly wouldn’t.
In the girl’s eyes, it was actually Vivian, the younger of the two sisters, who truly deserved to be called kind, loving, and beautiful. Perhaps she should be called pure and innocent, without any affectation or hypocrisy?
Talking with her made Erika feel remarkably relaxed, so much so that she had asked many questions and listened to many things without realizing it.
However, the Witch who would destroy the nation was not a purely kind soul like Vivian. She considered herself more like a black scorpion, ready to strike with its stinger at any moment.