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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: An Unlikely Confession

"Faenry, can you show me my stats please?", I asked.

"I'm sorry Master, I haven't been completely honest with you. I'm not really a system as I've claimed but a sentient being that took interest in you. To be honest, I'm really a spirit but the Manacaust sealed me into the abyss since I had grown too powerful but when you appeared master, it was you who was the only ray of light which managed to free me from the unrelenting eternal torment ", said Faenry.

" When you appeared, you forcefully binded me with your soul which is the reason why only you can see me but others cannot. I only said I'm a system to put your heart at ease but unfortunately all of my powers have been taken away so until I get them back, I'm afraid I can't really help you in dire situations ".

The more Faenry talked is the more dumbfounded I got. To think that I coincidentally unsealed an entity powerful enough to threaten the balance set by the Manacaust. But in that moment I started thinking, 'Why did the Manacaust seal her and not other high class mages?'. And so inorder to sate my curiosity I asked her, "Why did the Manacaust only seal you and not other powerful mages like yourself?"

"Master, I'll tell you when I'm ready but until then please be patient", said Faenry.

"How am I supposed to trust you, when you can't even tell me how you were imprisoned, the fact that you're hiding this from me is highly suspicious of you", I stated with a voice oozing with suspicion. "How can you expect me to just say, 'Of course you can tell me later why you were imprisoned by a powerful entity, meanwhile let me tell you my deepest darkest secrets because I trust you", I added in a sarcastic tone. Naturally, I was extremely more annoyed than suspicious since it seemed like she could read my mind but I couldn't, this whole soul binding deal situation was highly unfair.

"Master can you keep your voice down, you're attracting attention and now people think you are crazy", said Faenry and the moment I turned around I then realized that in all this time I was in the middle of the road and everyone must have thought that I was talking to myself, if only the world could have opened up and swallowed me whole as red appeared from my neck to my ears due to shame.

One question kept popping in my mind though, why were the multiple species I saw walking in the area clad in medieval clothing, and why was it also that humans looked just the same and even looked like they fit in whilst I didn't.