HELLO ARIEL

"Huh! A system. I am lost here. How?! My brain Augmentation-optical panel is changed. Tezoz was destroyed, and V01D was implanted. What is the meaning of this?"

["There is no cause for alarm. Don't be scared, sweetie."]

"For real? Who are you? I am damn! freaking out."

["I am LEGION, hihihi. Joke apart. I am Arvina. V01D is my operating system. Uh... I am not sure if it's V01D or DIVINE ORACLE. Just call me Arvina, home girl."]

"Really, I have read so many novels on e-novel. I have not read of a unique system that needs a fix."

"First impressions matter. Go straight to the point. I am Arvina and I will respond… It's a pleasure to meet you."

["That is etiquette madness."]

"Ha-ha, fantasy, we are on the same page, uh! Arvina"

"Do you have a body or an avatar? Mechanical or pixel. Please, not the cold system with the 'DING!"

["Ding! ha-ha, I blocked that shit. I am an energy lifeform."]

Shua!

A scattered mass of energy is gathering in tornado form. Shaping into a female. From the tip of the toes, it slowly adds together, piece by piece. Gathering... ascending to the knee cap, then the waist. Ah! It stopped at the ass; a good sculpture design played out. The mass of energy continues to the abdomen. Making the perfect work of a slim, athletic stomach. Straight up to the chest, piling up, forming a busty, busty twins' mountain peak. When its work is done, it continues upward, creating a neat streamline of the shoulders and neck. Finally, the face. Its build-up started with a skull. The skull was sculptured into a V-shaped, perfect face. Features like cherry-pink lips were deliberately designed to have a strong attraction for both genders. Very few will stand the temptation to swallow it whole in a passionate French kiss. The next feature was a straight, pointed, perfect nose. An emerald iris with no spot in the white eyes. A beautician craved eyebrows. Next, the white hair flowing down to the waist gave a finishing touch to an energy goddess beauty. She was mesmerizing. A perfect athletic figure. Her beauty can kill a girl's self-esteem. The leftover energy mass gathers to form a futuristic battle suit, covering up the naked energy body.

"Whoa! Magical and a grand intro. A... dramatic intro"

"You know, I once had the privilege of watching an ancient movie. It was Marvis's record, uh! Iron man. Hmm! Yea, iron man," Ariel Sebastian spoke as she tried to recall the movie.

"The protagonist got a super dupe war suit. The iron suit got an AI called Jarvis. They go about phew... phewing... the bad guys. With a phobia of the world ending. We have got to save the world. Are you his descendants because your war suit is also super dupe?" Ariel Sebastian said as she tried to recall all the movie plot.

Two wide, icy blue eyeballs starred with expectancy at Arvina, waiting for answers.

["Oh! Ha... Girl, Jarvis was a mechanical fantasy. It was also an imaginative movie—a very rich one. I am not his descendant. Just like OPTIMUS PRIME of the Transformer, they are all wild and interesting imaginations from humans. These imaginations strike epiphanies in the creator's imagination. My elaborate suit blueprints were inspired in such a manner. While my energy body was created with feedback to beautiful girl's dress styles of this era."]

Posing an elegant, naïve, and second-generation rich kid stance, Arvina continued her explanation.

["I am me. A first-generation ME. Within this realm, I am the only developed energy lifeform that exists. Uh! Maybe... just a guess. Skip this part if there are other energy lifeforms, but I am unique. A progenitor of my own race."]

["And yeah! My sophisticated suits can phew. phew.. phew... laser, guided mini-missile, etc. It is already optimized to match this era's technological breakthroughs, whether human or alien."]

["I can morph the suits for various work needs. It's more sophisticated than Jarvis's suit because a variety of features are added. You can use such suits but you have to meet some criterion to unlock it."]

["Complete some annoying requirements and hoolaa, you get access to it."]

Pouting while frowning. Arvina looks cute as she explains herself.

'What a beauty! The difficult-to-please Ariel Sebastian agreed that she truly looks stunning when she is acting arrogant.

"Are you my guardian angel, Arvina?"

["Hmm! It fits, but not perfectly, the description of what I am to you. I am your sister-in-arms. Your trusted battle partners. Your evolution companion."]

A mischievous smile crept onto Ariel Sebastian, and she burst into maniacal laughter. She knew her path to greatness was set.

"Hey! Wipe off that smug face. So, you are a system to assist my evolution."

["I'm not associated with a system. I'm a first-generation member of the Tinder civilization. I got sentience. Yeah! I will help you with your evolutionary progress. We got a lot of years, dear."]

Hahaha~

"I finally have my genius system. Just as in e-novels. UNIVERSE… TREMBLE AT MY NAME"

["Shit, you are really the descendant of the Creator. Blood doesn't lie."]

"Uh! Who is the Creator?" asked Ariel Sebastian.

["You ancient ancestor. Quickly, pay respect to your ancestor."]

"…"

Remembering the afternoon incident, Ariel Sebastian has to ask, "So, how did you get inside my head?"

["Simple, I caused you to sleep, and I merged with you. Like an ancient Venom movie. Assimilate into the host and grant mysterious alien power. I do not assimilate. I merge and guide you to perfect evolutionary path."]

"But I was supposed to be at the college, playing tennis with my best friend, Anika Abby. What happened? Why am I in my room? What time is it? Eh! You said you made me sleep. How long was I out cold?"

["Eight solid hours, after a messy scene at the tennis lawn. Your girlfriend contacted the medic. Your handsome brother rushed over and whisked you home."]

"La…lad…lady killer was there. Shit! It is indeed messy."

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AN: One of her brothers' nicknames

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["Your handsome brother was your knight in shiny armor, rescuing a distressed princess. In a princess carry, he gallants off."]

'Pah' Ariel Sebastian facepalmed herself.

"Doomed! I won't have my peace for a while. Lady Killer will nag me and remind me often. This dinner will be hell. Arvina, you should have waited till I got home," Ariel Sebastian's grooming voiced out.

["It should have been a few passing seconds, but there was an interference. Don't bother asking. Your clearance level is low. Evolve to learn."]

"Uh! Okay, but fishy reply. I will go with the flow of whatever is thrown at me at the dinner table. I will answer if I feel like I have to or play sick to neglect the questions I do not wish to answer." Ariel Sebastian reserved herself for faith.

'Step' 'step' 'step', the sound of footsteps approaches...

Knock. Knock…

"Sweetheart… Are you awake?" Annie Abilene-Sebastian worriedly asked.

Annie Abilene-Sebastian, wife of Aiden Sebastian. Mother of two lovely kids, namely Alec Sebastian and Ariel Sebastian. She is a perfect adult version of Ariel Sebastian. Had this mature woman's charm lingered all over her? Despite being in her forties, she exuded the beauty of someone in their early twenties. Haa, the blessing of immortality has caught up to her—never aging due to being an evolver. A stranger can mistake the mother-daughter duo for identical twins.

"Yes, Mom," a tiny, calm voice replied.

'Exhale'… the worried face of her mom slowly rescinding. Bringing out her mature beauty's charm.

"Mind coming for dinner, dear." Annie Abilene-Sebastian asked.

"Yeah, sure, I will join you in the dining room."

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'Click clack' the cutlery dug through the plates.

Arriving at the dining room, dinner had already been served. Dine-in with her family, Ariel Sebastian took her seat. She glances at her family members and then starts eating.

You know, having dinner with a loved one is always a special moment. It is subconsciously stored in our tiny brain nerves, only to be triggered in fleeting happy moments.

At the head of the dinner table, Aiden Sebastian was seated. Yeah, that is Ariel Sebastian's dad. He had a rare complexion, features, manners, and voice. He was middle-aged and had a warrior-built body. His eyes, of the usual blue, were perhaps remarkably cold, and he certainly could make his glance fall on one as trenchant and heavy as an axe. There was sometimes an indefinable, faint expression on his lips, something stealthy—a smile—not a smile; I remember it, but I can't explain because... I can't explain. He had a neatly trimmed anchor beard and light ash gray hair, like a light from a cinema screen, before the drab velvet curtains had been fully withdrawn.

At the other end of the dinner table was Mom, my mature doppelgänger. The right of the dinner was my annoying sweet lady killer—big brother. The left was me—this era's beauty. My personal assistant didn't join us for this dinner. Maybe she lost the sense of time in her crazy death research. My consciousness returned when I was asked a question.

"So, my dear Ariel, your baptism is in less than four days. Got plans for these few days?" asked Aiden Sebastian.

Father skips my fainting episode. Wonderful! Perhaps he was worried about not aggravating my health.

'Huh'

Ariel Sebastian almost got choked on the juicy, tender alien beast meat, but wait... 'Do I really have a plan?'

"I really don't know, Dad. My usual, maybe? Just refresh on my combat teachings. Ah! There is shopping. You will sponsor me, right?"

Piercing me with his axe-like gaze while he rubs his temple and thought.

'She is a sweet headache'

"Okay, and see me in my study after this meal. I got a baptism gift for you."

That was it. We ate dinner and discussed other matters. Questions were not asked of my pass-out, but the lady killer was making weird faces. I ruthlessly retaliated by stomping his feet beneath the dining table.

Dinner was lovely. It has always been mouth-watering.