Rebecca's Status

In a distant valley.

The tranquil valley was swaddled in a veil of poltergeist-white mist. It was eerily silent in the valley and the reason was obvious.

The deathly vapour didn't lick the valley's cold floor as the wind was known to do. Its tongue less form wouldn't allow it to. Instead, it warped nature by using its spineless tentacles to trail around everything. It drifted and ghosted, glided and dangled. Then it pounced.

Once it was sure it had conjured up enough of its milky white substance, it clung to and enrobed everything it could. Nothing was spared. It snagged and snared every crag and tree without mercy.

Although it looked ethereal and gossamer-fragile, it packed a punch far above its weightlessness. It writhed and coiled with delight, its ghostly scarves wrapping the valley in a maze of mist. Then its age-old enemy arrived to banish it into nothingness. Darts of icy rain came spitting from the sky. They hissed and swished, shredding the veil into collars of isolated steam.

But regardless of the onslaught of the ferocious rain which assaulted the valley, it stood intact,like a Guardian.

Finally,the raindrops slowed down their onslaught as the fine morning rays of the sun fought with the glistening rainy night sky filled with darkness.

However, oblivious to the tranquil beauty of the changes happening in the environment,a boy,named Mika, just lay on his bed,eyes affixed on the dome shaped ceiling.

But contrary to what he saw last night,there was nothing written on the ceiling but Mika kept on staring as if memorizing the entire layout of the dome.

Pitter! Patter!

Pitter! Patter!

Thump!

Sounds of falling droplets along with the thumping noise of the tree branches beside the mansion echoed through his ears as he just layed on his comfortable bed, peering into nothingness.

"All I have done,all this time is just....lay down and think... ",muttered Mika while slowly closing his eyes.

Mentally comanding in his mind the word ,'Status',he opened the Quest section of his status tab only to sigh looking at it.

Sigh..

[Demonic Possession : 80%]

Tear drops flowed down regardless of the occasional'Ting' inside his brain as he rubbed his eyes vigorously,making them red.

'Why?....just ...why....'

'All I have gone through from coming to this world is just procrastinate and whined like a child'

'What am I even here for?..I didn't ask that entity to reincarnate me..so why?.... Atleast tell me something to do...'

'Fight the Demon Lord....

'Be some stupid hero....save a princess ..

Anything...

'All people,even weapons here just want to posses me for God knows what reason and then there is this system which suddenly locks my emotions and makes me some seriel killer..'

'I just can't stand it anymore....', thought Mika ,as teardrops stained his white reneissance shirt.

Gathering up courage, he sat up from his bed as he rubbed his eyes and nose clean and muttered in a low tone.

"No....I have been taking this really lightly.."

"All I have thought about all these months is just think about food and improving my skills....a lost endeavour indeed. "

"And even now,all I want to do is scream and cry my heart out properly but alas..."

Teardrops continued flowing down his glistening blue eyes, making a puddle on his bedsheet.

'Haha,even after all this internal monologue, I'm crying yet again... hehe',chuckled Mika inside his head.

He was really frustrated right now as to what he should do,but just as he was going through his thoughts,a sudden tap of footsteps echoed outside his room.

'Rebecca's here again,Huh', thought Mika .

She really was an enigma,even to him.Intellgent ,kind, loyal and trustworthy.She was the text book example of these features.

But all of these failed in comparison to her status window.Even Calling her an enigma would be an understatement then,atleast according to what Mika new about the power system of this world.

With a wry but forceful smile,Mika reminiscined over his faint memories of yesterday night.

He had actually used the [Identity] skill of Rebecca while she was cleaning his body of grime and sweat.

And to his surprise,his fever came down instantly as soon as he saw her status window.

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[Name: Rebecca Esperanza]

[Life form :Tier 3]

[Age:45][Sex:Female]

[Height:175.5cm ][Weight: 48.8kg]

[Race:Wolfkin]

[Bloodline: Ancient Pterolycos{Pure:40%}]

[ Class:Swashbuckler Rogue lvl 45][Subclass: Stewardess lvl 90]

[Title:Slave of Wintercrest]

[Level:C Rank(Adept)]

[Private attributes:

-Strength-C {Progress:55/100}

-Agility-B {Progress:45/100}}

-Stamina-B {Progress:60/100}

-Perception-B+ {Progress:60/100}

-Intelligence-C{Progress:64/100}

-Mana pool- 1st Star {⭐}]

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[Emotional Status: Anxious:Sad ]

[Alignment:Chaotic Neutral]

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'A Wolfkin huh.....but I don't see fluffy ears on her....did she cut them though? I don't see a tail either?', thought Mika as he went through his status log for yesterday.

It was his first time being in the presence of a Beast kin as he never expected Rebbeca of all people to be one and the fact that they looked more human than anyone,for some reason bothered him.

Considering, this being the human domain, and combining with the knowledge Mika had gained from the books inside his Mom's library, rarely did a beastkin settle in the Therocracy mostly out of nesscessity due to slavery and other types of discrimination in the Theocracy.

But seeing the title Rebecca had,that is, of a slave ,Mika stopped thinking about it for now and focused on the more important things of her status.

However,what blogged his mind completely was her class, as well as, her bloodline.

Her class was called [Swashbuckler Rogue] and from what Mika remembered from his endless grinding of D&D in his previous World,it was class which focused more on Non-Magical Combat rather than Magical Combat.Which meant they could use magic but just didn't specialise in one.

Very similar to a Duelist fencer yet different.

And furthermore,she was a 1st circle in her mana capacity or pool.

He lacked information about the various Circles of the mana pool ,so he didn't dwell on this and kept it aside for the future.

Next he deducted that this class could also weild two handed weapons like a bastard sword or duel swords and with her Progression being that of a Rogue,Mika speculated her class to be a mix of a swordswoman and an assassin class which inturn focused more on speed and perception rather than just strength.

And because she had mana as well ,it was more apt to call her a magical assassin rather that such funky names like Swashbuckler.

Inshort,it was a balanced,yet powerful class.

But her bloodline.....it was off the charts.

It was of a Pterolycos!

A f*cking Pterolycos!

A Pterolycos was a bloodly mythological winged wolf back in his world!

And she was her kin!

A bloody kin!

And considering her level being 45,if by any chance she would reach level 100,she would just transform into a abomination!

A Bloodly Abomination!

It would be crime if he would let go of such an opportunity!

'I need to recruit her into making my own group of talented individuals.....', thought Mika with eyes full of determination.

'I need to do a thorough screening on them as well with my skill to weed out possible betrayals.'

'But first ,to ensure my survival until I reach Tier 3,what I will need the most is information and then,power.'

'The power part of the plan will be ensured by me but as I have less time on my hands , I would need someone to help he sort out useful information about the world as well as do my bidding in my endeavour of money making.....'

'But...first things first....'

'I would need her to be my proxy,here in this place for forming an information network for myself as I would be in the Academy and making it from there might be risky and problematic. Too many eyes would be at me as well, considering the location being the Capital'

'I need to speed up my plans and recruit her as fast as possible.I can't be lazy anymore...'

'I don't know if her stats were special or downright bad in this world as I lack information regarding the stats of other people but....for the time being she will prove to be usefull for my survival.'

'And even if she proved to be weak later on, I can just keep her around and let her do the technical parts of my plans.',planned Mika as he massaged his forehead.

"Yes let's do it this way ....but first,....",said Mika while he sat down in a meditative position as he tried concentrating on his surroundings.

Activating his [Spirit Vision],Mika tried concentrating on his surroundings as he tried peering into the void , trying to find the space he had seen in his nightmare.

Yes,Mika remembered what he had seen and how an ethereal hand had crushed his throat while whispering unrecognisable words in to his ears.

He wanted to find out what were those words or who was that veiled person.

And after he went through his thoughts,he speculated that that person was indeed ,the so called entity'X'.

But what he was trying to do now was trying to navigate his way into that same endless spance of darkness,all just to have an audience with his nemesis ,no matter how devious or demonic he looked.

But even then,he was failing miserably as this was the 6th time already that he was trying to navigate using his spirit vison.

Relaxing his body,he opened his eyes and jumped off his bed with a sigh.

Sigh..

Cracking his body a little he checked up on his condition before opening the door only to find a basket full of towels and the usual goodmorning note.

Closing the door he went back to his washroom and after freshening up,he came downstairs only to find silence in the entire house.

'Maybe they are out ....', contemplated Mika as he failed to find anyone in the house.

Considering it was already noon,it was natural that no one would be in the house now except for the gardener.

His mom and dad along with his stepsister, probably were in their workshop and Rebecca was out groccery shopping.

So he was all alone in this house.

But this time there was the presence of the tutor in this house.

"Lets go visit the Tutor", muttered Mika but suddenly, his eyes constricted as he remembered the scene where he was just about to take that frail lady's life and the blank he saw in her alignment.

Mika started palpidating as black veins bulged out of his forehead but before things got worse,the usual 'Ting' resounded inside his brain.

'This is the same thing that happened to me yesterday..but....',thought Mika.

Sigh.

Breathing a sigh of relief,Mika strodded towards his Tutor's room while muttering,

"This skill really works wonders sometimes...."

***

A young lady,paced around her room, planning vigorously over how to make her rezendevous activity private without letting anyone know.

Biting her nails with fidgety hands she muttered,

"What shall I do? How do I get access to this mansion's office ?"

"Should I seduce the Grand master Blacksmith?....or his retarded son....."

"No!.....what am I even thinking....", muttered the young lady named Catelyn with paranoria evident on her now grumpy face.

But suddenly,sounds of knocking echoed throughout the room.

Knock !

Knock!

Hearing the sound of the knocks, Catelyn became tensed as she turned her head full of frizzy black hair towards the door and asked in a quivering tone.

"Whu...who is it?"

"It's me ,your student,Teacher"

"Student?",asked Catelyn, extremely confused.

Then after a while of thinking,her entire face turned into a shock as she slapped her forehead.

'Shit!...I forgot I had to teach that white haired boy'

'I didn't even finish making his curriculum for the year !'

'Shit! Shit! Shit!'

Hurriedly picking up her glasses which lay on the bed,she fixed her skirt as he strodded towards the door, trying extremely hard to look elegant.

Keeping a fake smile on her face,she opened the door.

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Knock!

Knock!

Knocking on the door Mika silently waited outside the guest room in silence.

After some time a quivering voice entered his ears,

"Whu...who is it?"

"It's me ,your student,Teacher" said Mika in a respectful tone.

"Student?"

But just as Mika was about to say 'Yes', sounds of rummaging entered his ears as he understood she was fixing herself up but some part of his now hyperactive brain told him that things were not so simple as they looked.

'Was she hiding something?'

A knife? A sword?

Some artifact?

Is it poison?,thought Mika as he cautiously activated [Spirit Vision].

But unbeknownst to him ,his eyes were slowly changing colours to golden-yellow and just as his eyes constricted,the door opened revealing a beautiful but visibly tired lady, albeit with a fake smile.

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