Spilling the Secret(1)

***In the forest***

Erika brought Teresa to her hideaway in a giant tree saying she has an important secret to tell.

"Teresa will you swear before the binding heavenly cosmos that you won't tell this to anyone."

"Yes."

"I swear before the binding heavenly cosmos to Erika to never tell anyone about Erika's secret unless I receive permission from her or it's a person who I 100% know already knows her secret. If I break this vow may my cultivation collapse as well as my mind or body, and my soul be wiped clean?"

A flash of light happened and an invisible string bound Teresa to Erika.

"So the real Erika was an orphan who died stealing food to feed herself, but I took over

her body. I'm a-"

"REINCARNATED EXPERT!"

"No, not quite," Erika could keep the smile off her face," I came from a world with no cultivation or magic, but science and technology-

Though there was a saying in my world technology is magic. It's kind of true, heat without fire, touchable screened, talking to people across the world, a light at the flick of a switch the list goes on-"

"Wow" Teresa unconsciously interrupted in awe.

"Back to the story though!," Erika snapped her back to reality," I was murdered at 23, a world-renowned chef who longed for the love of a family, friend, or partner. Whom she had forsaken on her lonely journey to the top of the gourmet food industry."

'How sad and heartbreaking but she achieved her dream right?' Teresa thought.

"I took over '𝙴𝚛𝚒𝚔𝚊'𝚜' body and got a cheat

called a system. It's called the merging system and can merge about anything although the sum isn't always greater than its parts. It depends on compatibility, number, age, degradation, etc. The beasts I '𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚍' came from merging the soul fragment and bodies of beasts I killed and merged into beast cards. Summoning the costs mana(Qi) though but after they're summoned I can maintain them indefinitely or until they die... there is no way to summon them to my side without recalling to their card first though."

"Wow! This is amazing but must absolutely be kept a secret."

"Yes, but it's getting dark now. We'd better go home before your parents and Nana worry about us."