A dead body lay on the chair.
"....."
Caught off guard, I stared at the body chained around its arms and legs to the chair, with no flesh remaining on it.
White lights clicked on as soon as I entered, maybe the computer’s doing, giving a clear view of the body.
’...Hmm?’
What was even more weird was its body structure; it wasn’t like a human’s. It was bigger and sturdier than a human body.
’...It’s not human,’ I concluded as I walked closer, with the others entering after .
"...Okay, now this is getting weird," Nadya comnted, looking at the dead body.
She still wore her traditional maid dress as she walked elegantly towards .
Leaving the body, I scanned the room, and it was the sa as the previous room—a round room.
Just beside the body lay a large table with mountains of docunts placed on it.
On the sides were three smaller tables with orb-like objects placed on them.
A few pieces of equipnt were scattered around the room; so were recognizable, while others were things I saw for the first ti.
And at the end, along the wall, a ladder led to the hatch on the ceiling.
’...Damn, this room is huge.’
Only after I looked up did I notice how tall the room was.
Maybe fifteen or twenty feet above the ground was the ceiling.
"...Can you guys check what’s on the docunts?" I asked, gesturing towards the pile of docunts on the table.
They nodded, moving towards the table and picking up the docunts.
While Linda stood on the side, not doing anything.
While they did that, I moved towards the dead body to examine it closely.
’...I’ll just assu it’s male for now.’
...well, his body structure suggests so.
The first thing I noticed was how he was chained.
It was tight, and that is when the body had already been stripped of all flesh.
’...Either this guy was way too powerful for his opponents, or the one who bound him hated his guts.’
Extending my hand, I touched his skull, which was cracked in many places.
Like he was punched again and again until his skull couldn’t take it anymore.
And the sa went for his broken ribs, fractured arms, and twisted legs... still bound with the chains.
’...Yep, whoever tortured this guy definitely hated him.’
...Anyway.
’Any idea what race he is, Edda?’
[Soone from the sea tribe, that’s for sure.]
Hmm...
With how stupidly sturdy his body is, it could be possible.
"Did you guys find sothing?" Shifting my focus towards the girls, I asked.
"...Most of the docunts contain anatomy," Elyisa replied, showing one of them.
"..Of what?" I asked, taking the docunt.
"...Sea tribes," she replied, piquing my interest.
Opening the docunt, I scanned it once, and sure enough, it was filled with detailed explanations about rmaids, their weaknesses, how to defeat them, and... how to cure them as well.
"....."
Thinking about the rmaids, two faces flashed in my mind.
’...Emily and her mother.’
The forgotten princess.
...wait.
I scanned the docunt once again, solidifying my thoughts.
....This could aid in healing her mother.
....I an, I would still need to do so work, but I definitely had sothing to start from.
"...Is that sothing helpful to you?" Noticing keeping the docunts, Nadya asked, squinting her eyes.
"..Yes, it can co in handy in helping one of my friend’s mother—."
"...Female friend?" Interrupting , she asked, her eyes narrowing further.
"...Yeah."
"Of course, female," Elyisa chid in as well, "Don’t you know he has an allergy to male friends?"
"...I do have a male friend," I replied, emphasizing my words and glaring at her.
"...Let guess," Nadya asked, clapping her hands, "...You never tried to be friends with him, right?" Experience tales with empire
"..."
"I’ll take your silence as a yes," she replied sweetly as I ignored her question and moved towards the orb.
Picking it up, I looked at it closely.
’.....’
I don’t know why, but I used a small amount of mana to see if sothing happened.
...Nothing happened.
Sump!!
....But when I did the sa with Star Energy, the orb flickered to life, glowing in a silvery hue before storing the energy within it.
’...’
....Another thing related to Star Energy.
"Didn’t you say Star Energy is unique to you?" Walking closer to , Elyisa asked, looking at the orb, "...then how did this happen?"
"...I have no idea," I mumbled, looking at the orb as it kept storing Star Energy.
"...Isn’t it weird?" I shifted my gaze towards Nadya as she muttered, frowning her brows, "...How can everywhere you go, you find sothing related to you?"
"....Yeah, that’s definitely weird," Elyisa agreed, adding, "...And I don’t think it’s the first ti it happened to you, right?"
"..Yeah," I nodded, glancing at her.
"...It’s like you are walking a predetermined path," Nadya comnted, looking deeply into my eyes, "...Like a path already made for you."
"....A paradox," I mumbled with a sigh.
"Exactly," she nodded before asking, "...wait, what’s that again?"
"...How can you be dumb and smart at the sa ti?" I grumbled as I walked towards the ladder.
"...My thoughts are filled with sothing else," she replied, eyeing greedily.
"..."
[You both have the sa level of horniness.]
’Shut up.’
"In simple terms, it’s a loop," I replied, explaining to her, "...the things I did in the past determine the things that happen in the future, and there is no way to break it."
"...Like going back to fuck a certain silver-haired wo—Ouch."
"...Don’t joke about it," I replied as I walked past her while lightly chopping her head, "it’s all in theory, and I don’t have the energy nor the reason to do anything like that."
"...That’s the most concerning part, Neil," she grumbled softly, her voice serious, "...What can make you defy the natural order and do sothing crazy like that?"
"....."
....I don’t know.
....It’s scary to even think about what could make do this.
"...Don’t worry, if I get to know sothing, I’ll tell you first," I reassured her with a light smile.
"..You better do that, mister," she replied, smiling back.
"...Wait, then was eting with us also predetermined?" Elyisa asked, making glance at her.
"...Not us but Lady Sylvia," Nadya comnted, looking at , "...What made you go to her in the first place, Neil?"
"...Nothing," I replied, shrugging.
"...Well, she is a milf, gilf, and most probably a virgin as well," Nadya counted on her fingers, smiling at , "...That’s more than enough to attract a horny bastard like you."
"I do not like gilfs," I rebuked, glaring at her. I wouldn’t let her tarnish my reputation.
[You have one!?]
’What do you know, weird voice in my head.’
"...But the way you ogle our grandma says otherwise," Elyisa chid in as well, making shut my mouth.
"...Anyway, we should check out what’s on the other side of the hatch," I ignored her once again as I looked at the ceiling, "...Linda should go first."
"Yes, master," the fox girl nodded her head as she walked towards the ladder.
"...You go first, Nadya," Elyisa instructed, looking at her sister.
"..Why?" Frowning, she asked.
"...You are wearing a skirt, have so decency."
"...It’s not like he hasn’t seen anything," she replied with a smirk.
"...Hey, tell who should go first," Elyisa shifted her focus, glaring at .
"I an, I am happy with any back view," shrugging, I replied, making both sisters glare at .
"...Fine." Walking close, Nadya kicked my leg, "Go see her ’back view’."
She started to climb the ladder without looking back at .
"...Let’s go," I said, looking at Elyisa.
She nodded before climbing as well.
At last, I also started to climb with both sisters above and Linda, who reached the top.
She cranked three full rotations of the hatch, and I heard a click.
The hatch tilted downward and fell open, suspended by its hefty hinge.
I shifted my focus to climbing as Linda entered the hatch.
’Thud.’
"Huh?"
But my gaze abruptly shifted to the ground as I heard sothing falling down.
’...What?’
It took a second to comprehend that the thing that fell down was a head.
....Linda’s head.
Fear crept inside as I snapped my head looking up only to notice a silver blade-like thing inches away from the girl who looked down.
"NADYA!!"
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