(disclaimer in the bottom)
it's morning? I just woke up today and right now I'm headed to miss Mei, she said it was an emergency, also miss Mae is with me, she told me I should bring someone that as skills with stealth and sir Ma'il recommended me miss Mae.
"... do you have... any hobbies?"
"I train my skills, that is all"
"right... well why do you train?"
"I train to further increase my skills, I am a couple of centuries years old but I still can't surpass my master"
"oh really? what's your master like? is he strong?"
"my master is a woman, she's not an anomaly but she surpasses me even when she's just 37 years old"
hmm I thought anomalies are the strongest in all of dimensions...
"you are gravely mistaken"
ehh?
"us anomalies are different, some pursue power while others pursue skill, I clearly surpass my master in power yet with skill, I still need to train"
"wait... you can read my mind?"
"yes... forgive me for prying into your mind but I need to make sure you aren't planning anything"
"I believe you overestimate me for a bit... I don't have any fighting capabilities"
"... so it seems... sorry for mistreating you harshly"
"no! no, you don't need to apologize"
"no I in-"
"well before your conversation loops mind if I barge in? seems like you two are having fun chatting"
"miss Mei! sorry for the wait"
"haha, well before we loop this conversation too, I'll brief you two on the details:
there's another world just recently discovered by some anomalies from World:stidjia, they said it's similar to worlds of stones and wood, there's no electricity nor magic so do be careful"
"affirmative, coordinates please?"
"right here"
[notice: unknown world has been sent to Isabelle. accept coordinates?]
"yes. miss Mei, why did you ask for me? shouldn' it be other people like sir Ma'il or miss Liliya or sir Eisen?"
"I didn't finish the briefing yet you know? anyway continuing; there are also some unknown anomalies running amok on this coordinates, these pieces of information has been given to me and they asked for this to be kept classified so I there are jobs I'm going to give the both of you, if worse comes to worst I'll ask for backup. anyway Liliya, you'll be the one searching in the open area while Mae will be gathering information on the shadows, any questions?"
we shake our head and miss Mei responded with a "good" and we head to the central.
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we spawned in some sort of bathroom... there are toilets though that's surprising,
"oh Ma-"
she's gone, since when-
[notice: individual Tama. Mae has messaged; I'm sorry but I'm heading out now, I'll message you if I learn something]
oh well... looks like I'm all alone again... I'm getting quite used to this especially a couple of years ago...
this area looks like my homeworld when it was like old... home's made of cobble and bricks, some made of wood and I see some stores on the streets... this area looks great if not for the aura it gives...
[alert: this world is made by a girl of earth: original, heed mind that this world is highly unstable] dully noted, but is there something wrong with this world?
[response: a world created by a book creates unstable rifts, creating anomalies and loopholes, if otherworlders such as reincarnated and anomalies intrude on such timeline the world will destroy itself]
ooohhh... can I call miss Mei right now?
[response: affirmative, calling individual Yin Mei aka Daisy]
「yes? what is it Isabelle?」
"ahh, miss Mei the system said this world is highly unstable, and was made from a book, should I still investigate?"
「if so then this'll be a problem... I'll call in Noel just in case, keep your investigations and avoid as much conversation as possible, have you said this to Mae?」
"no I haven't should I?"
「you don't need to, I'll contact her myself, continue your investigations then」
[conversation disconnected]
I have to be careful huh?
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[Yin Mei from World:Muse is calling]
"pick up"
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「Mae, have you learned any information yet?」
"yes, I've spotted people with abnormal amounts of Ether, permission to assassinate?"
「no! just confirm it, some people over there might have Ether of unknown amounts so don't act immediately, also upon Isabelle's message, this world is highly unstable so take precaution on every movement」
"affirmative. system, disconnect"
[call disconnected]
this place isn't as illuminated and I can hide easily in the shadows, but just in case.
{shadow cloak}. Mae's shadow enveloped her and only a silhouette of her can be seen.
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hmm... wonder what's good here... the shops looks normal but...
「would you like to buy a heart? I have quite a few beauties to offer.」
「... sir would you like to buy a heart?」
she seems nice... well I shouldn't really intrude on her right now.
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looks like he's gone, I should talk to her
"would you like to buy a heart?"
"ahh! no, sorry. but what is this hear-"
[Alert! the world is crumbling due to conversation, suggesting to refrain from speaking]
!!!
"hello? miss?"
"ahh... sorry, but..."
help me out system!
[suggested action: run or talk, if talk, conversation topic recommended, not about hearts]
"ahh... sorry for spacing out... I was wondering why you were selling hearts"
"oh! this? it's just a hobby, I like to sell these hearts to make people happy!"
"oh! then what did the man a few minutes ago do? did he buy some?"
"no, he was asking to fix his heart, if you'd like I'd show you where the heartsmith is!"
"ahh! no need, I was just asking, so how much for a heart?"
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people with high ether spotted, Yori, recommended action.
[refrain from immediate action. scanning for data... failed, scanning again... failed.]
they're anomalies, if they were normal people from this world then the scan would've succeeded at the first or second try.
「these hearts from the girl gives so much ether! boy if I keep buying these then I'll be the most powerful one in Ilatra!」
「oy! don't hog it all! I gave you the coordinates of this world so it's only proper to give half to me!」
「these hearts were bought by me! didn't you know these hearts are expensive!?」
「yeah yeah... wait what th-」
strings that can pierce through skin tracing back from wall to wall
「shoot we've been breached r-」
"I'm afraid that won't do" a knife made of pure hardened obsidian and an iron back traced the man's Neck with blood
"o-oy... let's not get hasty here... why don't we-"
"I'm sorry but my mission is absolute, I'll be taking you two into custody"
"... to hell with that!" he envelops himself in flame and then darted off
"at least I got one but..."
I can't chase after him right now, or the other one here will escape...
"so... you're not gonna chase him?"
I refrain from answering. "Mei, I might need reinforcements"
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we've been talking to each other for quite some time.
"yo"
"sir Eisen! what are you doing here?"
"I got called for emergency, where's the other one?"
"don't know... oh I forgot to-"
「Move out of the way!」
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he passed...
"you don't see that every day..."
"neither in our home!.. town..."
"I'll be seeing you again Isabelle"
"Okay, bye-bye"
he jogs to where the man ran off to, was he...?
"oh, I hope you don't mind but I'll be changing places, hope to see you another day"
"you too" although I highly doubt it...
again... I'm alone in this place... the heartsmith huh? should I? oh, the man's there too... wonder what they're talking about... eh... it's not my business
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"oh! miss Mae, you finished already?"
"yes, I'll be returning now with him" an... unconscious man...
"o-oh... please head before me then..."
"I will, it was nice working with you"
hearing that from you is scary... you know that?
"oh, sir Eisen, you're here too?"
"yeah, I'll be heading back too, mission accomplished so there nothing much to do today, you should also come with us or you might instigate something here, remember that this world is unstable."
"oh... okay... I'll head back, don't worry I won't talk to any other people here"
"good, cause last time I saw was you talking to the girl over there, hahh... you could've killed us you know that?"
"wait really?"
"Mae... care to explain..."
"affirmative, an unstable world will destroy itself if it notices something abnormal within itself, a self destruct mechanism to all worlds and since there's no gods protecting this world it would destroy itself without permission."
scary...
"well... I'll take a final look around so please return before me"
"gotcha, Liliya's waiting for you on the other side to so don't make her wait too long a'ight?"
"yes sir"
they both left, I just noticed this too, the two of them except for me seems to be invisible to everybody here, wonder why though...
"it's because of a skill called camouflage"
"EEK!"
"hahaha, don't worry, I'm not some creep, anyway you should return or this world will find you and destroy itself"
"ahh! are you an anomaly too sir?" if he (she?) knew then I'd assume yes
"you could say that, but it's not best to lump me with anomalies. it's gettingg late you should return"
"ahh then you shou-"
he's gone... who was that?
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I'm back in Miss Mei's lab
"welcome back, Liliya's waiting for you in my dimension, you should meet her right now"
"wait, what about the guys still there"
"what guy? I only found 3 there excluding the two other. just you, Naoya and Tamamo"
"eh? then who's the child with the diamond eye?"
"hmm... who knows... anyway you should meet Liliya right now, also here, the book you entered manifested so the story is here"
"the heartsmith... huh? then I'm glad I didn't enter the smith"
glad that thing's taken care of, although I want to know who that... child went off to, and who was he?(she?).
"Isa! Welcome back!?"
"miss Liliya! what are we gonna do today?"
"why don't I tour you to the old archives?"
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this... painting looks familiar...
"oh, you looking at 'ye olden times'?"
"what's with that accent? yes"
"that's Sakuraba, a part of Kirin Helios, there's 4 known generations but we only know of the three; Helios, Sakuraba, and Aiha. and along them is the creations they made, Helios and Parva, Sakura with Pix, and Maya, and Aiha with me, Mei and Naoya"
"the short one looks familiar..."
"ahh, if you're talking about senior Sakuraba then it might, he can shapeshift but he prefers to use the body he got upon birth, also he's a spirit of ages so I think his spirit's immortal... or something like that. oh! this here's a book... I think it's their Diary... but no one other than Nick can read this so if you want this translated then you can look for him"
"thanks... now I have three books I don't understand but at least this can be translated"
"you're welcome. anyway I have a group of rookies to train so I'll leave you to here, bye"
I wave back and head back to my room... sir Nick translated all of this while I was heading back, there seemed to be a program making the system not translate the letters here. I think I'll read this tonight... every day's night...