Chapter 22

* Third person point of view *

In a library you can see a beautiful woman with black hair, high ponytail and blue eyes using a laptop, while on the table you can see various papers with circles, triangles, squares, pentagrams, mysteriously the place doesn't seem messy and everything mysteriously seems to fit into place.

She is dressed in a white overhang crop top, with blue edges showing her navel, a pleated skirt mini skirt half blue and the other half white, showing off her long legs, over an open blue jacket, and white and blue socks and sneakers, It is worth mentioning that in several of her clothes she has a small emblem, in her case a blue double-headed eagle with outstretched wings, behind her leaning against the wall is a staff.

Although looking at it carefully, the staff is levitating, the staff with a red body adorned in golden lines, upon reaching the top it has the figure of an angel on one side slowly transforming into the figure of a demon on the other side, connecting between the wings of both a reddish stone is levitating a gift of the Master of the woman.

'I can't believe how much my life changed almost a year ago, since the day we found our Master, I always wonder what would happen if I... we hadn't met him.' The woman, stopping work, gets up and walks to the window, observing how some people are unloading merchandise from a ship, the staff slowly levitate behind her.

'I still remember the day I met him, when I had accepted my destiny... to live in something a little better than slavery. Our Master did not know it, but our world is governed by a 'god', Odin the all-father, or at least I thought so, now I know very well that our world is governed by two systems Sakray and Renewal, which are nothing more than computer programs.'

"What would happen if they all found out the truth... Would they accept it? Would they mind be erased? Or would they just ignore it?" The woman simply sees the sailors lowering the merchandise, merchants checking on them and others preparing everything for transport. Something that would be normal, if it weren't for the fact that the 'people' outside don't talk to each other and still manage to work harmoniously without errors.

'Nothing more than NPCs as our Master called us... and to think that we created a social class based on how much 'reasoning' we had, in that system the more autonomy of the 'gods' you had, the higher your social status, but from time to time anomalies appeared, which we called heroes, beings who did not enter into social status but still enjoyed the love of 'god'.'

'All people in this world have what our Master calls System, although comparing it to the one we use now is an insult, since it is nothing more than a few lines of text written in front of you, only if you are loved by god can you do something with it.'

Finally, the woman stops looking outside and looks carefully at the library where she is. It's as if she were looking for something out of place, something that could change the way she perceives the world.

'It still makes me laugh to remember the day I met my Master, at first I looked down on him, believing that I was superior to him thanks to my superior 'reasoning', and not only him, even my other four sisters who were bought with me. I was a superior noble, even Arldana did not possess a worthy status to think on her own.'

'The first surprise was when he gave us money, directly from his hand without using the system and he gave it directly to Lilinaya, no one trusts a sub-Norman and even less a Miho, even so our Master did and he explained to us why he did it, at that moment I knew, he is an anomaly, a hero, at that time I had a small desire for revenge towards my family, but knowing that I would be the companion of a hero, I decide to put it aside, I will increase my status and show the world who I am as my mother wanted.'

At that moment the woman again walks towards the chair where she was sitting, and out of nowhere a beautifully decorated box appears in front of her and she gently places it on the table, when she opens it a simple cane is inside, something simple without decorations and without any special carving, a simple cane that any person would use to help them walk. The first gift she received from her Master

'That night we talked about our dreams with our Master, and again I was able to notice that he is a hero by saying that he has no memories, that is something common among them or at least the stories tell it that way, that they only appear one day and from there they go on an adventure to save the world.

The people don't know it since I only discovered it by chance when I was cleaning the studio of my father who was the hand of the king... a good man, sometimes I wonder what would have happened if I had introduced myself to him as his daughter.' After slowly stroking the rod for a bit, she carefully places it back into the box and puts it back in her storage, as this is her most prized possession.

'Even so, I was surprised by the story he had, generally they appear in a place without memories and from there they begin their adventure, our Master didn't, from what he tells us, he already had an adventure and not just any, an adventure worthy of being written in history even if he didn't give us many details about it, he even have knowledge about the Miho! something that even the king, the wisest person didn't know.

That day I could hardly sleep and seeing how our Master even slept differently from us made me even more excited, the next day I received an even bigger surprise... his way of fighting, never in my life had I seen someone so skilled, and he taught us, we are not just companions, we will become partners in arms of the hero.' This time the woman leans back in the chair and leans her head back, closing her eyes. Something different about her are her ears, which are slightly longer than a human and pointy.

'After that we continued training, until the wolves attacked us. I honestly believe that we would die there, but our Master showed us otherwise, although later he made us leave... and he stayed behind. for a bit I thought the worst, but he came back a few hours later, when he returned he made Arldana accompany him, my mother had commented on this, although she did not teach me, I was too young at that time she said, it's one of the things that unfortunately I didn't learn...

After that I don't remember much, only that the next day our Master was very depressed and Arldana didn't help at all since she couldn't even reason what happened, after that everything disconnected for a while, when I came to me, I felt afraid, I knew what it had been, It's when you don't know something, the system protects your weak mind so that in scientific terms you don't get overloaded, so sometimes you lose track of reality while the event occurs...

Even when I discovered that I was able to advance in class, as mercenaries we are not supposed to do it, even so I thought that being the daughter, even if I was a bastard of the hand of the king, my level was higher, that the love of 'god' to me was biggest, but it was not like that, I was... am also another NPC.... ' At that moment, the woman begins to hug herself, trembling a little, the hopelessness of not knowing what was happening, not being worthy of it.

"Epia-nee are you alright? Are you sick or are you cold?" A voice of another woman is heard clearly worried, when the black-haired woman Epianne finally hears it, she comes to her senses and turns to see the girl who entered the library.

"I'm fine, don't worry, nothing's wrong Sheti" Epianne answers the new young girl who came in, Shetinoth, a beautiful woman with long blue hair and one purple eye and the other green, which was previously covered by a patch.

"If you need something you know you can count on me Epia-nee, I'll do my best to help you." Shetinoth answers her and then proceeds to hug her, unlike Epianne she that is more reserved, she doesn't mind showing her emotions, although that doesn't change the fact that Epianne is somewhat jealous.

'How the hell can she have that devilish body! We are clearly the same age but why did our bodies develop so differently...' Epianne's body also has the right curves and you can't really say it's flat, but Shetinoth is on another level after changing jobs, and even more so because she doesn't bother to hide it, wearing only a small bikini that only covers her H-cup and other private parts, Her reasoning, everyone in the mansion is family so it doesn't matter, she also wears the same emblem as Epianne, on her bikini top..

"Did you come to look for something at the library?" Even so, Epianne doesn't bother with her, before she was too shy and hardly spoke with the others, thanks to their master she can now express herself freely with all of them, and if there is a stranger at least she can talk to them without stuttering. The only thing that keeps bothering Shetinoth is her green eye, which she doesn't show to anyone other than them, because if you look closely you can notice how suddenly something moves inside it.

"I'm not, just going to my favorite place to do some reading, I found an interesting web novel and I want to focus on it." After finishing speaking, she strikes a pose and covers her green eye with her hand, smiling. "I have to entertain the beast locked in my eye, to prevent it from destroying the world out of boredom."

"What is the new book you found about? Are you still reading about hidden powers?" Epianne is not surprised or even thinks that her way of acting is strange, for her, her sister is her priority and she is happy they can talk like this, that without mentioning that her Master was the one who taught her to act like this. Although it's not something evil anyway, there really is something inside her eye, which could be said to be sealed but does not represent much danger to them..

"That is the most interesting, it seems the story of dad, a very strong man who hides among normal people, little by little he finds and help multiple women, and from time to time villains appear who underestimate him and they do stupids things to attack him." again she begins to move making another pose, raising her fist while taking a turn.

"Huh? as you say it certainly seems a bit like what our master does... why does he fight against so many of these villains? I know it's part of the story but why does it happen? and who can go around with so many enemies?"Master always taught us to avoid conflicts, and if you have to fight, kill your enemies quickly, don't toy with them.

"There are several, but generally because they have a lot of money or noble status and the protagonist, being unknown, thinks that he will not defend himself, and the most important one is that they want to take the women that accompany the protagonist just because they are beautiful, generally by force. And these villains have a collective name, Young Masters!" says Shetinoth, clearly excited by her new story.

"As if something like this could happen, within the nobility members are trained to prevent that from happening, I do not deny that they exist, but even they wouldn't try to force a woman by force, it would be a greater shame if they are found out. Not to mention the fight that they would have to have with said woman and if he can actually win, why does he try to force her? If you find such a strong man, isn't it best to be with him from the beginning?" Epianne certainly knows that, since no actual noble would use their power to force a woman to be with them, and much less if said woman already has a partner.

It must be remembered that the women of Rune Midgarts are strong, so it is extremely rare for situations like this to occur, generally if you want to be someone's partner you must prove it with your own strength, in a world where death is in every corner there is no time to waste stealing other people's women. After that they talk some more and Shetinoth retires to her place in the library near the window...

'I wonder how many secrets our Master has, like that protagonist that is a medical expert and fighting master.... Our master has shown many qualities of the god of war, he also knows how to build fortresses, agriculture, navigation... rather, it would be what the master doesn't know?' She start reading some of the book reviews, after finishing, she begins to look at the ceiling, where there are small gems embedded and during the nights it resembles the night sky.

"Well I hope you enjoy your reading, if you need anything tell me." After saying goodbye, Shetinoth smiles and continues on her way, towards a corner of the library, as Epianne continued to stare at the starry ceiling.