ELENA POV—
Within 10 minutes, I dressed up myself. I don't have many dresses with me. They rarely buy dresses for me but if you go into Selene's room, you will see tonnes of those in her closet. Fuck that! I don't even have a closet. I don't complain if they pamper her with materialistic things but I am also a human. How could I not get jealous?
I don't know if I can fully trust Fipi. I am touched by what it said. Though I am not going to put my faith on it blindly.
The person whom I should believe cent percent is me and by that, I mean, only me.
I turned my head towards Fipi and saw it a bit tensed. I asked, "Fipi, what's the problem? Why are you looking so tensed?"
Fipi looked at me and said, "Host, there is one thing you should know."
What! Is there any problem? Why is it so tense? A part of me doubts that I am the problem. Is Fipi going to cancel our partnership and go away?
I said, "Am I the problem? Did I do something wrong? I am sorry. I won't do that again in the future. I promise." Against my will some tears escaped through my eyes.
Fipi looked at me in shock. It shook its head frantically. It said, "No, no, no, you are not the problem, host. The problem lies within me. I can only be on this plane for only an hour. After two hours, I can't interact with you. It would be like I am in some kind of statis."
Oh, so this is the problem. I took a sigh of relief and said, Its fine. "Honestly, I am kind shocked by what you said about the time limit. Though I am more shocked that for the first time in my life, someone told me the fault lies in them, not me."
"No, host. You don't have any fault in you. You are kind and you are also so good. Those people are blind if they said that you."
I don't know but maybe this is the reason why a part of me blindly trusts Fipi.
"Thank you, Fipi. It means a lot to me. Really, I mean it." Fipi is the first person in my entire life who has behaved kindly with me and I mean, both the past and present life.
Fipi said, "Your welcome, host. But what should we do about the time problem?" I could Fipi is kind of disappointed with itself.
I pondered for some time on it. After analysing, I found out a solution for this. I know Fipi has the time limit of 1 hour. So why not divide one hour into 4 halves. Though dividing it into eight halves would be a bit problematic as it would greatly reduce the time of each half. Four halves in the interval of 24 hours, meaning each half in every six hours and each half would have fifteen minutes in it.
I said, "Fipi, let's divide your time limit of I hour into four parts. We can get 15 minutes in every 6 hours. We just need to use it judiciously.'
Fipi's eyes widened in shock. It exclaimed, "You are a genius host! Why didn't I think of that before?"
Hmmm, maybe Fipi is not so bright after all. Though I shouldn't say it out loud as the last thing I want is to make Fipi cry.
I said, "Sometimes, people tend to ignore the obvious thing in front of them. If you have given some more thought into it, you would have been the one to suggest the idea, not me."
Fipi smiled and said, "You are correct, host. I should have thought some more about it. Also, there is one more thing. When I would be away, you could still see your status and objectives."
"You have never said anything about status and objectives before!" I exclaimed.
Fipi appeared guilty when it heard that. It said, "I am sorry about this, host. Let me tell you about it. In my absence or presence, you can see a screen if you call upon it. You also have missions enlisted on it. It will help you to level up."
I nodded and said, "Should I just say status to see my status?"
"Yes! Host, you can call it anytime and except you and me, nobody would be see it. You can say it out loud or in your mind whatever seems convenient to you."
Ok, saying it out loud would certainly attract people's attention.
Status, I thought.
A screen appeared right in front of my eyes. It said:
Name: (Elena Acton)
Level: (1)
Skills/Elements: (Unknown)
Missions: (Not listed)
H.H: (Nothing)
My level is one, I guess should be thankful that it's not zero. But what is H.H?
I asked, "Fipi, what is H.H?"
"Oh, that's like a help box. It will help you to analyse things, show you maps and other things you require," replied Fipi.
It's a great feature, from what Fipi said this feature, H.H can help me in many things in the future.
I said, "Fipi, now this is over. Can we head to the Marlon Fair? Or is there something more?"
"No, host. This is it. There's nothing more. Let's go to there and retrieve the ring for you, host."
I nodded and opened my piggy bank. I took all my savings with me. To be honest, I don't have much money with me. My parents stopped giving me pocket money in the form of punishment when they heard I cheated in my exam and got caught. Obviously, it was a lie but nobody believed me. Back then, I thought that it would like for some days or a week. However, I was proven wrong. Days turned weeks and weeks turned months but I never received any money. Not even, a single penny. *Chuckles bitterly* I guess they just forgot about it.
As I had no money to take a cab, I walked to the station. The housekeepers didn't question me about where I was going. They all share a single emotion about me and that is hatred. Selene is their true mistress, I am a bitch who's trying to take her rightful position.
I bought the train tickets and boarded the train. Suddenly, Fipi said, "Host, I am sorry but my time for today's up. You—"
"It's fine, Fipi. I can do this on my own." I said.
I have been always alone before. So, it's nothing new for me.
Sensing my low spirits, Fipi said, "Host, even if I am not present know one thing that I am always with you. You are both my host and best friend. Besides, the H.H will help you."
Hearing what it said made me laugh. This time I smiled reassuringly at him and said, "Don't worry Fipi. I can do this on my own and I know even if you will not be with me there, your support will always be there with me. Trust me, I can do this."
Fipi smiled and didn't say anything. Sometimes we don't need words to understand each other feelings. Maybe I can put my faith on Fipi, it doesn't need neither to be blind nor it needs to succeed. It just needs to be there. We don't need to prove or see it; we just need to embrace it.