[Intermission] Bleu's Domain: Nine's Status
Nine opened her eyes.
Soft.. what is this?
Goggilly raising her body while rubbing her eyes, she scanned her surroundings. She was on a bed alright.. wasn't she on the sofa a while ago? Oh, this space is familiar, it's the goddess' domain.
"I didn't expect to see you here?" Bleu herself yawned, shifting her body to face Nine, she herself still sprawled on the bed.
"What the.." Nine jumped backwards. She had been sleeping with Bleu this whole time? No wait.. what soft thing did she touch?!
"You touched what you touched. I don't mind," Bleu sprung up and sat with her legs crossed. "Good too see you again, it seems Noel and Liliath aren't coming this time."
Nine didn't reply, shifting herself closer to the edge of the bed. Why was she here? Why was she the only one? Where is Noel, Liliath and Prune? Weren't they just reincarnated a while ago?
"Calm down, calm down. The reason you're here is because you thought of me in your sleep."
"What do you mean.. this is not some kind of weird situation again right?" Nine thought perhaps she was going to be given a special task of sorts.
"Put it in this way, you understand how Noal and Liliath can travel to and from the real world and my domain, correct? What this is, is that you too are able to do what they could, which is to visit me here. All it takes is a conscious thought in your sleep."
"What.." Nine was confused.
"Ask Noel and Liliath about it tomorrow if you don't believe me. Now, you have two choices, you either get out or fool around in my domain until times up and you wake up," Bleu said.. then fell on her back. She grabbed a bunch of pillows and like a cat, curled up into a ball.
Nine rubbed her eyes a few times. Bleu was wearing a semi-translucent nightgown, her pearl skin showing, bountiful breasts pressed against the pillow, her alluring thighs exposed. The bed was akin the land, her hair represented the rivers meandering across the meadow.
A very beautiful goddess-- Nine thought.
"Hehe.."
And she could read minds.. Nine clicked her tongue and got up. Though, she wasn't lying when she said that Bleu was beautiful.
"Then I'll spend my time here then. Sorry for intruding," Nine walked over to the couch, seeing the glassware and jug on the table,"Can I get myself some water?"
"Help yourself," Bleu said lazily, she tossed and turned on the bed.
Nine said thank you in her heart and had a glass of water, it looked like a little lemon was added to it.
Since she had the time, might as well plan for the future.
Sobering up a little, Nine concluded that she would probably return to reality by waiting-- which was probably the isekai world once the time limit in this world is up.
Learn magic, explore the kingdom, get registered at the adventurer's guild, find a place to stay (permanent), methods of earning money, building connections with the people in the kingdom, information gathering, the princess' issue…
Nine wrote down everything she could think of and made a list of possible actions she should take. That is, by using her nifty keyboard and touchpad that came in with the package of her Unique Skill.
And also a few suggestions about the widgets that Unknown could develop for Noel, to increase personal safety and utility.
Nine realised that she could no longer live-stream. She felt a little weird to suddenly stop doing something she has been doing daily for the past 3-4 years. it was uncomfortable, but it's pointless to wallow over it. She had to move on.
Nine stretched her back and brought up her status.
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Name: Nine Quaint (female)
Race: Reincarnated Human
Lv: 1
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Vitality: 92%
Mana: 99%
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Stats:
HP: 10
MP: 4
DEF: 5
STR: 10
DEX:10
AGI:10
INT: 10
LUK: 5
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Skills:
[Appraisal]
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Unique Skills:
[Omnipotent Keyboard] [Widget: tethered] [Otherworld language] [TALENT: Gender Swap (EX)] [Stats Concealment (EX)]
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Titles:
[Bleu's Blessing]
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Interesting, Nine thought. It seems the status window is a little different from the typical kind. Usage of percentages? Why is her vitality at 92 percent?
"That's just how it is. Its' rare, but sometimes you can meet someone with 100 percent vitality. But most of the time, our bodies aren't at tip top condition so 90-100 is the normal range for a healthy person," Bleu explained.
"I didn't ask for your explanation but thanks," Nine turned to Bleu, this time, using appraisal on her.
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Name: Bleu
Race: Goddess
Lv: [disregarded]
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Vitality: 99% (999,999,999...)
Mana: 99% (999,999,999...)
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Skills:
[-]
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"Ohh my god.." Nine was seeing nines.
"A breach of my privacy, how dare you!" Bleu shot up to a sitting position and stared at Nine
"You do the same thing to Noel, what's the difference?" Noel hinted about this in the past. Though, it was really just based on her hypothetical thinking.
"That doesn't count. That is that, this is this."
Whatever that meant.
"Why don't you have any skills? Why is your status window different from mine?"
"That's because every person has individual differences. Unknown said it was a hybrid status view so I don't know what it means either. In short, that's just how it is."
"I see.."
Nine then tried thinking about her Unique Skill and a keyboard and touchpad appeared, not to mention, a movable cursor appeared on her status window.
"Wow."
"So what does it do?"
"What.. so even a goddess doesn't know?"
"Of course I don't know, I'm not the developer!"
"I don't know either," Nine shrugged.
Nine tried a number of things, Ctrl V, Ctrl C, typing, deleting..
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Name: Nine Quaint (female)
Race: Reincarnated Human
Lv: 1
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Vitality: 93%
Mana: 9991%
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Stats:
HP: 1010
MP: 44444444
DEF: 5555
STR: 101010
DEX:1010
AGI:1010
INT: 1010
LUK: 5
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Skills:
[Appraisal] [testing typing# NOTASKILL] [Infinite Mana] [Auto Kill]
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Unique Skills:
[Omnipotent Keyboard] [Widget: tethered] [Otherworld language] [TALENT: Gender Swap (EX)]
[Stats Concealment (EX)]
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Title:
[Bleu's Blessing] [Bleu's Blessing]
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"Careful not to adjust the main components, it might cause the system to malfunction."
"Hey, the custom skills are greyed out."
"Are you even listening to me.."
"Yes, I am. So if it malfunctions will that Unknown guy come to fix this?"
"Perhaps," Bleu who was now sitting beside Nine twirled her hair around her finger.
Nine was entranced by the scene for a moment but she was brought back to reality when she noticed Bleu staring straight at her. Playing truant, she acted as if she never admired Bleu and returned to stare at her status.
Gender Swap.
Somehow Nine was a little afraid of doing so. How much more attractive would Bleu look if he had male hormones pumping through her veins? She didn't know.
"And here I thought I had to go to a saloon to work on my looks," Bleu siad.
"WHat do you mEAN?! what salon are you even talking about?!"
"Dense.." Bleu muttered.
"What the.." Nine had no clue how to respond to that.
"Change to your male form, do that and I'll give you a gift," Bleu moved to the opposite couch and folded her legs.
"What gift?"
She's blackmailing.
"This is not black mail sheesh.. your mind is so corrupted, even worse than Noel."
"What did you complain about just now? Intrusion of privacy was it?"
Pouting, Bleu raised her right hand as if to pledge, "Just change to your male form, I swear by my name that I'll give you a gift if you do that."
"Why?"
"Why not?" She pressured Nine with her golden eyes.
"Fine.." Nine was reluctant but relented in the end.
"Hm, so this is what Unknown meant by an extra function.. and how a human body looks normally," Bleu stared at Nine who was now a male-- but she kept blinking.
"WHAT THE FUCK??!!!"
Because Nine was stark naked.
"Here!" Bleu quickly tossed on a set of clothes she got from out of nowhere towards Nine. The moment it hit Nine, the clothes were automatically worn onto him.
"Shit?! Why! Oi…" Nine, though noticing he was now clothed, he still curled up into a ball on the sofa, reminiscent of a certain tea-loving girl.
"Perhaps that's how it looks for Noel too, I'll make sure to tell Liliath I saw something interesting," Bleu placed her finger to her chin.
"Do you want to die!?"
"Nope," Bleu smiled.. angelically. Nine couldn't help but be captivated by it, his heart was beating fast from the shame he felt just now.
"So this is goddess.. I find it hard to believe."
"Is that supposed to be a ridicule?"
"It's the truth? What other word could I use to describe a goddess that just stripped me naked.."
"You did it voluntarily," Bleu leaned over, one elbow propped on the table, a fist supporting her chin.
Nine took in a deep breath to calm his mind down. It was pointless to go on with this stupid debate was it now? That said..
"These clothes are nice," When Nine looked at the clothing properly, he realized he had been given cosplay-like clothes that's key component was a black trench coat that stretched close to the ground. It came with a bunch of weird belts, secret compartments and holsters he could use to hold weapons. The material it was made up of was unknown.
"You're welcome. I also furnished it with a knife, thank you very much."
"Yeah, yeah. Thank you very much."
However, Nine was sure that this wasn't the clothes his other self wore. The design was slightly different. Which meant two things. He either changed his clothes in the future, or that the timeline differs each time. Nine was inclined to believe the former.
He searched himself all over for the said knife or dagger, it was located at the inner part of the black trench coat.
Pulling it out, he stared at it with an expression as if he saw a dead hamster.
It was a kitchen knife.