century

It's been 2 years since I have turned into an anomaly, I still don't know what to do though... everything looks normal other than the world being in the eternal night... no fights, no killing, everyone is pretty much the same...

"hey Ma'il, what does anomaly do?"

"hmm... that's a vague answer... well do you know the actual population of Ilatra? well the anomalies?"

"no... does this have to do of what they do?"

"yes, the actual population of the anomaly count is about 1 trillion"

!! that much?!

"and every wonder why the central is almost always empty? well the main reason is some beginners... well most of them train for a century or fewer, and in a 50/50 chance they'll go chaotic in the world they were living, while there are also others that turned into an anomaly yet still wants to live in the world they lived in"

... so other anomalies live in the previous world that they died in?

"why don't you train too? I recommend Maritika, it's Mae's world although" I doubt you'll be transported in a specific coordinate"

"why?"

"Maritika was previously an unstable one, the Mana is extremely unstable so anomalies entering the world willl have a harder time training, it's like a hardmode training because of the Mana disrupting a cast or a spell to any anomalies, it's more about the skill you have rather than experience on it"

I'm gonna have to train on Maritika? but I don't know how to fight...

"I'll be accompanying you for a while then Mae will be replacing me"

"wait why did I suddenly get this invitation?"

"it's more of a recommendation really... if you don't want then I'm afraid you won't gain experience in fighting... and you're only friends with a few people here in Project so if the community votes you off then that's out of my hands"

...

"fine... I'll train, how about Naoya? will he be with me?"

"afraid not, Naoya's not an anomaly remember? he returned training at his original world a few months ago by Mei's orders so you're on your own"

haahhh... I want someone I'm familiar with to be with me at least...

"don't worry, nothing bad will happen to you, Tama will be protecting you since her clan's a group of mercenaries"

as he said that he began chatting with the system, I gotta prepare at least... I don't know what I'm getting myself into

...

...

...

"done, we'll meet up with Tama for a few hours why don't I show you some worlds in the mean time?"

I nod in response... I'm nervous though... Nick's fight with an anomaly was short but it was extremely short in their experience... Nick's a few centuries old while as for me... I'm a child... I can't defend myself that well too... I'm not even a fighter in my past

.....

"here we are, Chaos world Maritika, population: 500 billion, other worlders... I don't know, anomalies, only 3."

"what's with the introduction?"

"ehh? nothing, just reading the system out loud, anyway we seem to be in a predicament, this is western, Tama's clan is central, and this planet is huge, I'm afraid I'll be accompanying you for about bellow a year"

"a year!?"

"This planet is a lot larger than Ilatra, surprising considering that Ilatra has more population, anyway we should find an Inn here, and keep that clothing, I'm still unsure why that silk shirt you're wearing despise being without you... is it... nevermind, anyway just keep wearing this for now, layer it with that thing"

I nod, I can take this off just fine but I if someone else forces me or forces this silk to come off then it'll shine as bright as a sun

"sir Ma'il, can't we just go back and go to an exact location?"

"you plan to deplete my ether? no we can't, the Mana here is so unstable that writing exact coordinates will be all for naught, and returning will just exhaust my Ether"

... well it was just a suggestion, no need to be mad about it...

"Isabelle, do you have any fighting skills?"

"no but I have time manipulator will this due?"

"well... you already told be a year ago what that was so I think it'll do, just be careful alright? don't want a member disappearing suddenly"

I nod.

...

we found an Inn in the middle of our walking and right now, we're just hanging around, some people sat on our table and immediately left when they found sir Ma'il, and we're currently with some adventurers of Maratika.

"so, why are you couples traveling? don't you know that the plains are dangerous?"

"yeah! so hiring some adventurers would be your life support!"

these 2 have been rambling for a long time, not even giving attention to sir Ma'il's breaker sword.

there's also another one with them but he doesn't seem to care what's happening

"I-I'm sorry but I can't travel with other people... more so we don't have much money to buy some people to protect us..."

sir Ma'il! please help me with this!

"that can't be! a beautiful girl like you going around the plains unprotected? such the noble, me, shouldn't let this shining girl away with no swords! what is your name"

"Alright that's enough, Isabelle, I believe this is out of your hands right? and I can't keep testing you too much... well then, I'm sorry mister noble but she has enough protection for her to last a century"

"this is preposterous! I demand you hire me!"

that... is a sentence I wouldn't hear in another century

"... excuse me? anyway we'll be packing for the night, Isabelle mind helping me with this?"

"what is this!? letting a fair maiden do work? you are lo-"

the person with them cuts him off

"I believe my mast... partner is pushing himself too much, sorry for disturbing you two"

"apology is ours, please don't bother Little Isa too, she's not that good with strangers"

Damnit sir Ma'il! not you too!

...

...

...

"see what happens when you just ignore them"

"you really didn't ignore them... you just denied them."

"oh, really? well the best way sometimes is a big fat no so it's still a good lesson"

"you should take a rest today, I'm gonna stay awake and guard the halls if some people somehow thought of barging in a girl's rest"

"why? isn't it unlikely that they'll enter?"

"this is the world where chaos exists for a reason, always best to be cautious in places you never been before, that's another lesson"

"yeah... good night father"

"!! please don't..."

"hahaha, well goodnight sir Ma'il"

...

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that... was embarrassing... gladly no one heard that...

「shh... they'll hear you」

?? is someone there?

the door opens and-

"oof.."

three people fell, well... not really great at stealth huh?

"mind telling me what's going on?"

"we've come to take the Maiden!"

. . .

"nothing great comes out in your mouth huh?" [restraint!]

in a matter of seconds, the two lost their will to move, except for one

"I'm guessing you have the most common sense here out of the two, so explain yourself"

"I guess I'm not in a position to deny... haahhh... this is sir Reinhold, son of Duke Grey and... well what he said"

haahhh... these idiots...

"don't you guys know that it's practically 12:00 midnight? and you assume that kidnapping Isabelle here will help?"

"Forgive me but It's my orders..."

this'll lead to nowhere...

"just... leave her alone, [exhaust]. here... you're all free and this time you're all tired, time to rest right now"

"...s-sir Ma'il? something wrong?"

"ahh! Isabelle, just go back to sleep everything's fine"

"... kaaayy"

...

"look you all almost woke her up... I guess I'm partial to blame but I hope you don't disturb her sleep any more soon"

they all nod and left as soon as they could, I close the doors and return to the chair I was sitting in, it's gonna be a long night...

[incoming call from Mei and Mae//: "hello? Ma'il you there?]

right... my phone's auto pick up...

"yeah, I'm here, what's up"

I exit the room so that Isabelle doesn't wake up from the conversation

[ahh, you see, Mae is on the western pacific, so I think you will be both quite far with each other, just a note]

"ahh then that's great news, we're currently in the western country, don't know the name of the city though..."

"ahh! then I'll give you the coordinates of where Mae is right now"

[message by Mei has been recieved]

"scan"

[affirmative: ----]

"I see... wait what's Mae on right now?"

[I am still here... sir Ma'il, please head over here once available, I can't escape the cell, my ether has been sealed]

"what the?! hahhh... fine, fine... I'll head in right now"

I'll just leave a message to Isabelle right now, I think this spell will protect her see her again [summon!: ancient Spirit Tria]

a woman with slender body, long hair and pitch black eyes appeared

"Tria, I'll trust her to you, protect her and protect yourself"

the glass spirit nods and giggles then entered Isabelle's body

this'll protect her for the time being... I'll see you soon Isabelle

...

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"haahhh.... goodmorning s-"

huh?

"sir Ma'il?"

not here... where is he? huh? a note?

{dear Isabelle, I'm currently going to the western Port to save Mae, go hard west to meet us, we'll be waiting}

... I'm gonna have to talk to sir Ma'il... wait can't I just call sir Ma'il?

wait... how do I...

"My Maiden Isabelle! why are you here alone!"

this person again... and I'm still in my room, does this guy doesn't know privacy?

[report: spirit Tria has suggested to restrain the man with metal vines]

Tria? oh! then use it

a few seconds in and metal vines that somehow spawned out of nowhere restrained the noble...

"ahh... sorry but... system, what was that?"

[reply: silver glass spirit Tria's skill, Iron Whip]

... since when did I have this?... oh right

"uhmm... who are you again?"

"I'll tell my name once you release me from this... thing!"

haahhh... uhh... Tria was it? can you release him?

[hihi] what was that chuckle

"there... you're released, now tell me who are you"

"Pardon me, I am Reinhold! future Ruler of the city of Reska!"

haahh... "you're hallucinating, anyway I'd like to leave?"

"Please! let me come with you! Magicians are rarely seen so I suggest having a company!

...

I can't believe I'm gonna be with them...

"please don't mind us, we'll just be protecting you"

humm... well, I'll take that offer, System, can you turn them invisible for me?

[wish granted. note: they're still there]

dully noted, haahhh... oh right, System, can I still hear them?

[with permission, yes]

then silence them in my mind, if they offered me that then I'd take it...

...

this place is amazing, the trees are green and the grass is lush, and the monsters are dying around me... why's that?

[resopnse: Party, Reinhold has been killing monsters around you]

huh... are they talking to me?

[response: yes]

oh... keep it, I don't want to talk to them

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"sir Reinhold, miss Isabelle is still ignoring me"

"stop waving your hand in front of her face! she may not be comfortable with it!"

"but sir, look at this..."

he swings his sword right in front of Isabelle just barely hitting her and Isabelle doesn't even flinch

"SEE?!"

"heed it no mind, I did say that she doesn't need to talk to me"

"here our boss being an idiot again..."

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ooohhh rabi- no rabbit!

rabbit died... oh well, this could be a symbol of them protecting me, somehow I feel like a child here, without a care in the world...

rusling? probably just them checking the area... hey System, could you make them visible for me again? of course hear them too

[granted]

"Sir! there's a minotaur on this side!"

"quick! take miss Isabelle! I'll handle this!"

somehow it'ss more hectic... System, what's a minotaur?

[answer: Minotaur is a type of beast not exclusive to Maritika, to Maritikans, a Minotaur is level 5 of B rank, it's strength can be rivaled by a singular A rank and 5 B rank adventurers]

so... it's tough?

[response: yes]

for me, is it tough?

[response: yes but with Tria it's easy]

okay the- "Hey!"

"sorry miss Isabelle, it was my orders..."

hahh... a year ago Nick and Mei told me how to use skills... but... hey system, is it fine if I use you multiple times in a day?

[response: yes]

alright... yosh, how do I use my time manipulator skill?

[answer: chant "time god Shiva"]

alright then... this'll be the first time I'll use a skill haahhh... here we go... [time god Shiva!]

...

.

woah, everything became gray, is it always like this?

[warning: status. Ether== 100,000,000. can only be kept for one hour]

oh, so this is limited? well... I guess I would be cheating if it's unlimited... anyway what about Tria? will she be okay?

[response from Tria: yes, I'll be okay, I'll kill the minotaur so you don't need to get your hands dirty]

hmm... okay then, I'll leave it to you

...

"alright Tria, go ham on it"

as I said that, multiple shining vines rose from the ground and tangle the not moving minotaur, the vines can't do anything though...

[alert: code to stop a specific toggled skill, 'part of skill name' stop!]

"alright... that seems useful... [Shiva! stop!]"

color began to envelop the area again and everything became the way they are, the two were surprised that I suddenly appeared out of nowhere and the spirit, Tria, massacred the Monster, those vines are scary as hell though...

well this won't get worse right?

|monsters began to run towards the area ranging from F rank to Ulta S rank|

ahhh.... system? can I defeat them?

[response: no. recommended action, stay and command Tria to protect you]

「Isabelle! run now! you can't defeat a whole wave!」

can she do it? defend me I mean

[response from Tria: of course I can! I've been alive far longer than your leader y'know!]

haahhh... that's reassuring alright then, Tria please protect me

|Iron Bars, Barbed wire and mirror-like Iron condensing light around Isabelle grew from the spirit, burning and killing off everything that entered|

"you know what, everything's reassuring when you're with me"

...

no response?

[response from Tria: unless it's important I won't response, I'm not a way to converse you know?]

hahhh... so I'll still be lonely even when I have someone to talk to? where is Ma'il anyway?

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"Sir! we can't stay here! just run!"

"I won't allow myself! there's a Lady in need and you expect me to leave her here?"

"with a wave like that she'd be dead! just run!"

a man covered in full iron armor and other more started preparing the cavalry

"you fools! if you stay there then don't expect us to rescue you!"

pissed at himself, Reinhold ran back to the city. if he couldn't save her then he thought at least to bury her remains

[Riri: the story will proceed here, it's still book of chaos. anyway the main character will be Isabelle Civia and her only, supporting characters will be what you expect, this time it' more of training for Isabelle and letting her experience the world by herself with strangers, Mae will be helping her train and some of Muse and Project will visit but that's rarely, also news about volume 3, it's halfway through, chapter one of Isabelle's story consists about 7000 words, and each chapter has around 5000 words, for people that's been reading this horrible light novel by my friend then consider a slight change, he's been busy lately and I'm on leave so the one who's providing the story is him while the one writing will be me, Kirin's other friends are all working nonstop on different times and cannot help on checking for grammar mistakes. future chapters will be published almost daily and expect long chapters. have a nice day]