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After successfully completing their brief slime-hunting and accomplishing their objective for today, the trio found solace within the spacious confines of the large tent in the middle of the graveyard, furnished with two comfortable beds, a kitchen, and an area with some useful stuff.
And as soon as they settled in for a well-deserved rest, El's enthusiasm bubbled over, prompting her to call out to Eva with a playful smile on her pretty face.
"Hey, Eva~! It's time for the magical words!" El exclaimed, affectionately tapping Eva's shoulders in encouragement. And of course, she didn't mean it in a strange way. She would never. Not with Eva at least.
However, Eva's response was laced with hesitation, as the novelty of being able to perform the very task she had only heard tales of from her late father still felt unfamiliar and somewhat surreal to her current self.
Connecting to the worldline system. For the inhabitants of this world, it was generally referred to as 'becoming an important part of nature.'
Few people could ever achieve this amazing feat and most of them were nobles or highly talented people.
Many would dedicate their entire lives to achieve it, yet find themselves falling short by many steps.
The very fact, however, that two ten-year-olds possessed such profound knowledge and understanding of this unique natural power and heaven's blessing was a source of astonishment for her.
She knew just how talented they were and how much effort they put in to get better.
In the last few months with them, she had learned a great lot about them, their unfathomable talent, and their deep knowledge and understanding of the elements of this world. She knew very well just how special they were but... she was different.
Unlike the two of them, she was just a normal woman who only knew cooking, caretaking, and some sword welding which was also only by their grace.
She didn't think she was either as talented as them or even had some unbelievable knowledge like the two.
They were young but they were also reincarnations. People who had memories of their previous lives.
They were definitely people who had lived for longer than her and had knowledge and wisdom far surpassing any simple noble.
For her, they were like the heroes talk about in the myths.
But she wasn't anything like them.
She wasn't talented. She wasn't knowledgeable like them. She didn't know much about the world either...
All she had was either the blurry memories of her time with her father, the unforgettable memories of the way that fucking asshole treated her, or the poor memories of how she took care of the miserable children.
She wasn't a noble or a hero. She doubted she could do something only a few truly talented ones could ever do. She doubted herself… she doubted she was even qualified to even deserve all this from them.
But the two of them were strangely too confident about her, about her talent, about how they chose her to become their companion.
They chose her and not anyone else. It was a fact she knew the best. And she also knew the best just what it actually meant.
Maybe they pitied her. Maybe they saw something in her that even she didn't know about. Maybe they knew more about her talent than she did. And maybe she was more than just some weak, helpless, talentless, impure woman. But whatever the reason may have been, she could tell from the look in their warm, excited eyes that...
She could see the two of them believed in her.
And if they, her heroes, believed in her, she could believe in herself too. They gave her the power to do so, and she could never betray them for that.
So…
She nodded at the happy and confident El and thought about the special words she had taught her.
{ "W-world link… Complete registration. Generate status window?" }
And as soon as she said these magical words, she felt something strange.
She felt as if she was getting connected to something. As if some strings had risen up from the ground and cascaded down from the high sky and were now binding her, connecting her with an overwhelming power that was far above anything in this divine nature.
It was a strange feeling. But certainly not unpleasant.
[Synchronizing Worldline...]
[User ID confirmed.]
[Generating Status Window.]
[Launching basic operation.]
[Scanning the user.]
[Physical body: Good.]
[Mental Body: Better.]
[Skill search start.]
[Innate Skills found.]
[Status Window generation: Complete.]
[Worldline welcomes the new user!]
Strange blue light with something written in it started floating before her. And this was the moment she was seeing her status window for the first time in her useless life.
It was strange but even more strange was this sudden feeling of someone watching her.
Someone good, someone bad, some like that pig bastard, some like the two she looked up to the most. Or, some that she can't actually put into mere words.
It was a strange feeling and though she felt a bit stranger, this unpleasant feeling of someone's eyes on her back, and head, or these eyes practically seeing through her very being wasn't something she was expecting.
"You'll get used to it." But Lucy patted her head and El cheerfully danced over something entirely different.
"It's time~!" She was excited now that the preparations were complete and Eva had connected to the system. It was time for them to go do some cleanup and obtain the special slime dungeon, their first passive income source.
"Shouldn't we eat something first? At least she needs some rest after that tough fight."
El, our (Lucy's actually) excited hot girl wanted to just go there, clear the mating place of the slimes, and enter their very first dungeon. But, she was being inconsiderate again.
They were perfectly fine after killing tens of those slimes but Eva was different. Just one of them was difficult for her for now and she was almost weakened after finishing her connection process.
But…
"Ohhh! We have to do the skill-sharing too~! Okay. Let's rest." She still didn't think about things like being considerate of her Dera people.
He sighed at this usual reaction of his ever-complicated girl and gave her a loving look.
And she noticed it too so she smirked and winked at him in a very wrong way.
"Wanna-"
"No, sister. Go rest."
He turned away while shaking his head and she puffed her cheeks, expressing her angry yet cute reaction.
'Ahh~, when will that fucking day come and we can finally cum together.' Were her thoughts right now.
And he knew it too and he wanted to do it too but, the restrictions… were important.
Anyway, even Eva already knew this special relationship the two of them had.
She was a woman so she could understand a bit but they were siblings right now.
They at least were siblings from the looks and general knowledge so this special relationship was… strange even in her point of view.
But they could do anything if they wanted. She couldn't tell them what to do at least in this matter.
There were many strange relationships in this world anyway. It wasn't uncommon for relatives to like each other.
And in the noble society, it was more common than one can think.
The thing about 'keeping the bloodline pure' was widespread after all...
Alright, so, she had to make lunch now and then they are going to some new place.
Their current place was great, even though they were in a graveyard, among creepy things and dangerous monsters and slimes roaming the area.
The temporary dwelling they made, the two tents, and the cooking area outside were better than their orphanage.
The beds they bought and carried with them were far more comfortable too and the strange thing they set in the middle of this camp made an area of a fifty-meter radius a safe zone.
It was just a strange, strong vial with some purple liquid inside it that one could tell from just a look was poison. But it was enough to frighten the slimes as well as other creatures that sadly stumbled across this graveyard.
It was a good place and she had her fun with this cool stuff but they will finally go to the place they wanted for so long now.
She didn't know it yet but she was going to see the real, dangerous, and bad side of these twins. And alongside them, a captivating scene would unfold upon their arrival at the entrance and the last stage of the dungeon, further intensifying the intrigue and uncertainty of their journey ahead.
Well, not many liked seeing some slimes fucking each other, becoming one with each other in true meaning, and producing new offspring by killing their own selves.
But they would see it. The two of them would even destroy all of them and their dreams, future, hopes, and children.
Yes, well, doing this mass genocide wasn't needed but these slimes were free experience points.
And now that Eva was connected to the system and they could use party commands to share experience points, they had to make sure she grew well.
They were going to have some fun in that dungeon but still, their treasure, the (Blank slime membranes) were a unique thing that even Raz would be surprised to see.
But that was after they defeat that nothing slime-like slime creature at the end of their little journey.
"It would be fun~!" El shouted while sitting on the bed with Lucy, and the two of them couldn't help but chuckle at her cute excitement...
Yes, it would be fun. But still… they were going to struggle. Something was going to happen. And the doors of the future were going to shift forever after this little expedition of theirs...