NATURAL BORN

"Girl, you just don't listen. You dishonest traitor, I will not allow you to witness my baptism."

"Just a few words: V01D would have reduced the difficulties of my training. Hmph! Hell, where is your so-called old grandmother in the backyard to provide you with baptism?"

"Why are you so passionate about my baptism?"

["Hic... Hic... Who has corrupted my sweetheart? She ought to be naïve, cute, and untainted. Universe, give me back, my Ariel Sebastian."]

"CRAZY! Extremely crazy!" she said, making a mental note to steer clear of Arvina.

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'Knock... Knock... Knock'

Lisa Maya's distinctive pattern of knocks got Ariel Sebastian's attention. Ariel Sebastian, watching Arvina and contemplating how to flee from this disloyal energy lifeform, viewed the knock as an escape. Lisa Maya's knocking was a glimmer of hope in her bleak situation, offering her respite from Arvina's relentless blabbing. Moving swiftly, she arrived at the door and cracked it open. Ariel Sebastian happily welcomes Lisa Maya. Lisa Maya was confused about such a welcome. She casts a strange stare at Ariel Sebastian. Ariel Sebastian pretends nothing is wrong while holding Lisa Maya's hands.

"Lisa, my dearest sweetie", Ariel Sebastian grabs the face of Lisa Maya, plants a kiss on her chin, and hugs her tight.

Speechless and lost. That is Lisa Maya's mood. She was embraced hard by the strange-behaving Ariel Sebastian.

"Hey! Snap out of it, girl. I am straight. I love cucumber, especially cucumber of your..."

"Don't crawl around me like a cat."

Lisa Maya covered her mouth and struggled out of Ariel Sebastian's embrace. A flourishing red chin was on her face.

"..."

Ariel Sebastian was initially perplexed by her unfinished sentence. Her mind was supercharged and rebooted like a supercomputer. Slowly picking up the gist. She yelled.

"Universe!!! WHY?! Why am I surrounded by strange beings?"

["Hihihi, you crack me up, sugar."]

'Shut the f*ck up, Arvina. I won't have a conversation with you.'

She made a mental note not to reply to Arvina, but it was a failure. Ariel Sebastian's sour mood maxed out. She needs to cool off. Or she will make things difficult for everyone. Who will be her scapegoat? She didn't wait long. A scapegoat was in front of her. She won't miss cooling off.

Ariel Sebastian's sharp gaze pierced the very soul of Lisa Maya. In a slow but intimidating voice. Ariel Sebastian opened her well-perfect pink lip and said, "My dearest sweetie, why don't you repeat what you just said?"

Subconsciously, Lisa Maya decided to reply to Ariel Sebastian but stopped halfway. When her thoughts have been processed, "Ops! My bad. Don't take it to heart. That should be a slip of the tongue, but I rea..."

Sensing danger and knowing something was wrong. She looked up, and Lisa Maya saw the seething, angry gaze of Ariel Sebastian waiting for her to finish up whatever rubbish she was saying before pouncing on her.

Lisa Maya knew at this moment that she had to choose her words carefully or face the apocalyptic fury of Ariel Sebastian. She has to be smart to escape whatever madness Ariel Sebastian is planning for her.

"Eh! Today is our special day. How will we—you know, you, Miss Anika Abby, and I—make plans for our baptism? I am overly excited."

"What are we going to wear? I had heard a lot of stuff about the Garden of Eden. Both exciting and terrific." Lisa Maya keeps rambling on. She was praying to avert Ariel Sebastian's foul mood.

"Today, we will evolve from humans to Evolvers. My blood cells are boiling." Lisa Maya has to rush through her words to escape and cheer up Ariel Sebastian.

'Smack'

Her ass was smacked. Ah! She almost escaped Ariel Sebastian's punishment.

"Ouch! It hurts. It hurts." rubbing her smack-ass, Lisa Maya looks at Ariel Sebastian with teary eyes. She didn't escape the fury. Ariel Sebastian, having cooled off, relaxed. She picked up where Lisa Maya left off in her conversation.

"I don't know, but with the way our school usually handles stuff. They will arrange hovercrafts to escort us to Eden's gate."

"We just have to be early to school. Contact Anika. She has to arrive early at school today. We will regroup at the school's teleport hall," replied Ariel Sebastian.

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The three girls, Ariel Sebastian, Lisa Maya, and Anika Abby, grew up together as kids. Mistaken as a triplet by many bystanders. They each have their strong points.

Although Ariel Sebastian, Lisa Maya, and Anika Abby were born on the same day, hours, minutes, and seconds. Which was strangely rare. They went to the same school from their childhood to the present day. Those who are close to these ladies know they have unique personalities. Lisa Maya is a terrifying research freak. It explains her absence when Ariel Sebastian fainted on the tennis lawn. She was immersed in figuring out which chemical properties would be terrific when added together. She is a good analyst. Her work can make the most complicated problems easy for a five-year-old child. She is a natural-born analyst.

Anika Abby is a strategist. A natural-born commander. Give her a team, two to infinity, and her enemy will experience endless nightmares. The last of the three is Ariel Sebastian. A natural-born leader. She is a fighter and a terrific one to face.

The three ladies are exceptional for what I call normal humans. The question now is: what marvelous feat will it be if Ariel Sebastian successfully pulls them to be members of V01D? What monstrous height will the three ladies reach? Well, let the future worry about itself. We only need to attend to the present.

Lisa Maya returned to her room. The three ladies were set to do their ladies' stuff. Hours of bathing and beauty makeup are the deadliest, time-wasting traits enshrined in the DNA of all ladies. Hmm! Yes, there are also the infamous difficulties in the selection of what to wear. Handsome gentlemen, you understand, right?

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7 a.m., Sebastian's villa.

Three... Uhm! How do I describe this? They were beyond lovely, beautiful, and gorgeous. Okay! I got this... Otherworldly moon faeries walk out of Sebastian's mansion. Together with Alec Sebastian, their default bodyguard, who has been relegated to protection, and a skilled chauffeur. His face was partly frowning and partly smiling. The smile was because two of the fairies had succeeded in causing storm ripples in his heart. While the frown was obvious, his headache, little sister.

Walking to the garage. The limited-edition Titan-ZDX hovercar was chosen. Blood-red design. Titanic engines are geared for speed. Ha! Ancient game: Need for speed just flashes into my mind. Yea! It reminds me of the supercharged Dodge Viper. Alas, this Titan-ZDX is not a car but a flying monster. With over four thousand kilometers per hour, a titanic engine. It equates to 4 Mach speed, or m/s. That is the height of today's technology. It exceeds some ancient jet speeds. The red limited demon ride was automatically the love of all hover car fanatics.

{Recognized user...

Unlock the door...

Hello? Please input the destination.}

Of course, Starlight College was selected.

Vroooom!!!

The blood-red demon awakes...

It accelerated to 1.5 m/s within three seconds. Zooming off. The environment was blurred. Was it blurred? Nah! It vanished. The distance between Sebastian's villa and Starlight College should be, hmm! At least 294, 000 kilometers. So, the blood-red Titan-ZDX runs at a maximum speed of 4 Mach, which is 4900.18 kph. Ariel Sebastian calculated to be in school in an hour plus. Having nothing to do at this hour. They chatted for a while. Alec Sebastian was teased. His face was red. He was too ashamed to stay with the girls. Ariel Sebastian never rescued him. So, to hide away. He quickly wore the ready-arranged virtual helmet. Kept to relieve boredom on long journeys and log in to a popular VR game - The Universe. The girls got bored. No one to tease. Ariel Sebastian picked up a VR helmet and logged in too. It was also The Universe VR game. Lisa Maya and Anika Abby followed suit. They log in too.

Everyone had logged in. Let's divert to other gossip. What does one know about this game called 'The Universe'? Well, the game inspired time travel, but it is a pity that humans only succeeded in creating FTL drives for spaceships. A technology that can shrink and contour space and time is an amazing study case.