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Chapter 31 - Chapter 31

The silence of Marcie's apartment was both foreign and comforting when she awoke from her bed the next morning. Richard and Angelo had brought her home like they said they would and stayed long enough to make sure she was settled. They had put their own lives on hold that day for her sake, she couldn't keep them any longer.

Her sleep was deep but dreamless and she hadn't any desire to leave her soft bed, but chores needed to be done. Ordering grocery delivery, cleaning, watering her very droopy plants, and catching up on emails were the main order of her day, particularly an email that she sent off to officially relieve herself of her old job.

In all that fuss, she nearly forgot something rather crucial. It was something she never really had much of a chance to do since she awakened. "Oh! That's right!"

A blue screen popped up in front of her, showing a profile detailing information about her.

* Name: Marcie Bromley

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Level: 3

XP until next level-up: 423

SP: 6

Strength: - Error -

Agility: - Error -

Constitution: - Error -

Mana: - Error -

Special Status: Parasitic Host, "Living Corpse"

Titles:

Blessing of the Sky Guardian, Survivor, The One Who Sees

Special Abilities:

- Absolute Shield (SS-Rank) (Active)

- Dimensional Inventory (X-Rank) (Active)

- Gift of Providence (SS-Rank) (Passive)

- Eyes That See Beyond (X-Rank)

- Magic Class: Lightning (D-Rank) (Active)

- Magic Class: Creation (A-Rank) (Active)

Skills & Resistances:

- Pain Tolerance C-3

- Fortified Bones F-2

- Spatial Awareness E-2

- Iron Stomach F-2

- Shock Absorption F-3

- Strong Arm E-1

- Poison Resistance D-7*

Marcie was a little surprised by the lists in front of her until her browsing found the Special Status line. The parasite part may not have been surprising, given the results of the tests from yesterday but what stopped her in her tracks was the other one. "Living Corpse?!"

What was this?! Has she actually been dead this whole time? She frantically thought back to what the doctor said, about how she should have died two years ago and the parasite kept her alive. Is this why the system had all those errors when she first awakened? It'd make sense considering healing doesn't really seem to work, her stats in the window are also showing up to have errors.

"Does the system think I'm dead?" There's no way she is! Her body isn't degrading, she has normal function aside from her paralysis. Perhaps the parasite is causing this abnormality?

"I-if the system doesn't even fully register me as being alive, m-maybe removing the parasite will actually kill me…." Marcie began to feel panic set in again and her breath quickened.

Ding!~

*Survival rate in a removal procedure is currently 5%. System evaluation of the user will reinitiate after the removal of the parasitic entity.*

"Only 5%..." Marcie needed to figure out how to increase her survival rate. She was almost thankful that she looked at these things before agreeing to any surgical procedures.

"Maybe the people at Atlas Guild might have some ideas…"