"Yumi, I tell you, most of these chosen ones are useless. They are so easy to steal from, even in the bustling market, and they carry so much money despite being so weak. I got so much money again from these fools." said a girl to another girl who looked exactly like her. She laughed at the incompetence of the chosen ones and showed off her loot to the other girl.
Both girls were dressed in black from head to toe. The only difference was that the first girl, Ayame, carried daggers, while the second girl, Yumi, had a bow and a quiver of arrows.
"Ayame, you didn't encounter any difficulties, right?" asked Yumi. She looked happy watching her younger twin sister show off the copper coins she pickpocketed from the chosen ones. But she was still worried as there was a reason those chosen ones were called like that.
Even after dying, they could return to life in a day or two, as well as before. To date, no one has discovered the limit of their resurrection. Hence, unless no other options were available, no one wanted to make enemies with someone essentially immortal. Even those strong Extraordinary wouldn't easily make enemies with them.
"Yumi, you are worrying too much. With you here, nothing will happen to either of us." Yumi dismissed her sister's worries.
She had absolute confidence in her sister. The two sisters were orphans. They had no idea who their parents were. They had only each other to survive the streets.
They might end up dead or in some pervert's basement if not for her sister's ability.
Yumi would occasionally get visions about the future. Those visions helped the sisters survive the harsh world. They had survived many dangers by relying on her visions.
"Fine, as you say." relented Yumi, then asked, "What do you want to do about that pervert, Peter?"
Peter, the local gangster boss. All the criminals in the area were required to turn in a cut to him, but they never did that and were proficient enough to either run away or beat all the goons he sent.
They didn't kill; they wanted to be as low-profile as possible. They knew their beauty, so they always covered themselves entirely in black, including their faces.
After facing multiple failures, Peter came directly with his top goons. At first, they were ready to fight and kill them, but then they needed to run and look for a new base, as killing the local gangster boss would bring them into the limelight.
Fortunately or unfortunately, their worries were baseless. When Peter saw them, he stopped the fight, offered them a place in his gang, and even promised to make them his top generals.
That was not the first time that happened to them. They were all too familiar with the lecherous expression he was showing. They knew as long as they joined his gang, they would be forced to warm his bed.
This was not the first time it happened; it had happened many times before. They either killed everyone or ran away if the enemy was too strong.
"What to do, just kill him and his dogs and then find another place to start over?" Ayame directly dismissed the gangster boss.
He was not worth their time. Together, they had defeated stronger enemies, and Peter was not the strongest.
"Then when do you want to start?" Yumi agreed with her sister's thought process.
Ayame smiled mischievously and said, "Let's find a few more fools to rob, and then we can start tomorrow."
Yumi sighed and shook her head; she had long abandoned correcting her foolish sister's antics.
Ayame showed a fake hurt expression, "Hey, don't be like that," then continued thoughtfully, "You know we need to collect enough money for potions for both of us. We will see a bigger world together, so we need to work harder."
Yumi also looked serious after hearing that. Then she smiled at her sister and said, "Come, let's go and find another fool."
"Yay, thank you, Yumi." Ayame laughed happily and hugged her sister tightly.
The sisters came out of their hiding spot inside an alley. They were on the rooftop of a building. They were about to leave for the town square to find their next target but halted as they saw a guy leisurely walking inside the alley.
"Hey, Yumi, see him. What a fool. He must be a newly chosen one to walk in an alley like that. Let's start with him." Ayame called Yumi while laughing at the foolishness of the chosen one.
"Yumi, Yumi, why are you not repl…" Ayame stopped mid-way when she saw Yumi standing in a trance while watching the guy walking below.
She stopped talking right away, knowing Yumi had triggered a vision. She got serious. Yumi mainly triggered visions when they were in grave danger, suggesting ways to leave or sometimes offering a small profit.
They didn't offend anyone; they couldn't afford to do so only because her visions triggered to warn her of the potential dangers of going after a particular target.
Meanwhile, when Yumi looked at the guy, her mind immediately blanked, and she found herself in a weird, dark place.
Usually, when she had a vision, it played in her mind like a movie. But it was different that time. She could interact with it then.
She didn't find anything in her immediate vicinity. Then, she saw strange lights coming from one side and moved towards it.
After walking for an unknown period, she saw a giant throne with someone sitting on it. She could only tell that the figure was male, but his facial features were covered by fog.
Yumi felt as if she had seen him somewhere. Then she found there were many different figures surrounding him. She was sure they were not there before and appeared suddenly.
Unlike him, the rest were standing around him, sitting between them like a king.
She felt that all of them were women. Like the man, they were covered by fog, but they vaguely showed different phenomena around them.
Strange fire and water surrounded one figure. When she saw the water, she felt that if she looked too long, she would forget her existence. Looking at the fire, she started thinking about all her good and bad deeds. She quickly looked away from her.
Another figure was covered in the galaxy, with the sun, moon, and stars revolving around her. She was too small in front of such a celestial phenomenon and looked away again.
She gave up on looking at those figures directly but again noticed something. She could vaguely see the faces of two women.
She was shocked to find that they looked like her and her sister. Both women were covered in boundless darkness as if they were the darkness.
She and her sister were identical twins but had no problems distinguishing them. So, she quickly found out who Yumi was among the twins before her.
She focused on the woman who looked like her. Other than the darkness, she had a strange hourglass behind her. It was weird because the hourglass had no bottom, and the sand fell continuously into the void as if representing the passing of time.
The woman slowly turned towards her. She could tell that her look-a-like saw her. But her focus was on the strange blindfold covering the woman's eyes. She wondered why she was wearing a blindfold. If she was so strong, why couldn't she cure her eyes?
The woman smiled as if she knew what was happening in Yumi's head. Yumi was unable to look away. Slowly, she lost herself in the darkness surrounding her, falling like the sands in an hourglass.
"Y..u…mi…"
"Yu…mi… can…"
"Yumi, can you…"
She felt she heard her sister's voice but was not thinking straight enough to give it much thought.
Seeing Yumi's state, the woman smiled again and said, "It's time to leave, little one."
Yumi heard it, and her mind again blanked, and she suddenly disappeared from the place.
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"Yumi, can you hear me?"
"Yumi, please don't do this to me. Please wake up."
"Yumi, please wake up."
Ayame waited for her sister's vision to complete. Usually, it would have taken less than a minute, but that time, it took over fifteen minutes.
Ayame started worrying about her sister. After the twenty-minute mark, she saw blood coming out of her sister's eyes. She panicked seeing that. Her sister was her only family; she couldn't afford to lose her.
After calling her for over a minute, she finally opened her eyes. Ayame thought that Yumi's eyes looked dull.
On the other hand, Yumi also sensed her changes. Although she had lost her eyesight, she felt happy and free for the first time. She could see her sister and everything else, but it was better than before she had her eyes.
She remembered the blindfolded woman who looked like her, smiled, and went inside. She took a cloth and tied it around her eyes. The fabric became red from the blood.
"Yumi, what are you doing? What happened to your eyes? Why did you wear a blindfold? What did you see in the vision?"
Ayame was having a panic attack watching Yumi's strange behavior and started crying.
Yumi gently hugged her, which calmed her down somewhat. She said, "I lost my eyes." She felt Ayame stir strongly, wanting to say something, but she was not given the chance. "I don't regret it. I can still see, and that is much better than before."
After she felt that Ayame calmed down, she gently let her go. Ayame just watched her sister with red eyes.
She remembered that her sister's current condition was caused by the vision she had after watching that guy.
"Did it happen because of him?" asked Ayame.
Yumi knew whom she was referring to and said cryptically, "Yes and no."
Ayame seemed eager to ask more questions but gave up looking at her sister because she knew she would not get any more information.
She changed the question, "What to do about him?"
When Yumi heard that question, she showed a smile that looked even a bit crazy. Instead of answering her question, she said, "I found the lord for us to serve."
Ayame knew she was referring to the guy before. But she didn't realize that before the vision, both of them were vehemently opposed to serving someone, even though her sister had suggested that they do that.
But she had absolute faith in her sister, so she didn't oppose her directly but just asked, "Why?"
"Because that's the best for us. Following him, we would reach the heights we never imagined before," explained Yumi.
"Do you understand the meaning of us serving him together?" Ayame asked another obvious question.
Yumi agreed, "Yes, I know," then continued with a slightly crazed expression, "We will serve to fulfill all his needs and wants, including opening our legs for him whenever he desires."
Listening to her, Ayame was sure that Yumi had made up her mind. And knew enough tactics to help her make up her mind.
Moreover, Yumi's visions always helped them by showing the best way forward. And she couldn't let her go alone.
In the end, she relented. "Fine, I will listen if you think it's best for us. But I still need to see him first. And we will do it in my style." She went outside to find the stranger.
Yumi didn't refuse and followed after her with a gentle smile. But her smile was hiding her craziness deep within.
If Yumi had a status panel like players, she would find that her SAN was barely above 0 at 0.00000….001.
The twins quickly found the guy enjoying a leisurely walk inside the alley where he might lose his life anytime.
Ayame saw his pouch, and based on its size, she confirmed that he was a newbie and should have five copper coins in it.
She went into stealth, her sister following behind. She moved towards the guy and tried to snatch his pouch, but he stopped her. She quickly retracted her hand and backed off. After creating a safe distance, she just stood and watched him.
Yumi followed, but the guy stopped her, and she joined her sister.
Ayame observed the guy. Although he had good reflexes to stop her, she couldn't see anything in him that made Yumi want to follow him crazily.
Likewise, the guy was also watching them.
"I don't have much to steal. I only have five copper coins in my pouch. If you want, I will give them to you. How about you let me go, then?" the guy said, clearly feeling uncomfortable and looking for ways to leave.
They just continued watching him. Ayame scrutinized him to find out what caused her sister to behave crazily, and her sister watched him with a hint of fanaticism.
When the guy was about to unsheathe his sword, Yumi turned to Ayame, who knew what her sister wanted. She was not satisfied with her sister's decision, but she gave up and accepted it. She would follow her sister's decision no matter how crazy it might seem.
Yumi was happy to see her sister finally relented and smiled warmly. Then, both sisters knelt on the ground and said in unison, "My lord, please let us serve you. We will be your eternal loyal servants."