After that episode with her panicking about the System Notifications appearing in front of her, Nysia happily pulled in her embrace.
Once I was locked in her arms, I could feel that her body was trembling slightly. It wouldn't be noticeable if I was not this close to her. With my head leaning on her chest, I could hear the rapid beating of her heart that was slowly settling down at this mont. She was this nervous since earlier, though it didn't show on her face, she was probably afraid that I would reject her.
"I know this is way too fast for you but I am already waiting for 10 years, Daisuke. Waiting for this day where you will appear before . I don't know it myself but upon seeing you it's like I already know that my long wait was finally over."
Nysia said in a gentle and shaky voice, trying to explain her side. This destiny thing is really absurd but for her to force herself to explain like this…
"You don't need to reciprocate what I'm showing you instantly, it's already enough for that you accepted . I'm going to prove to you why I believed that you really are the one for . I still don't know how to do that but trust ."
After finishing her sentence, Nysia released while showing her most beautiful smile to date. It accentuated her mature aura, coupled it with her light-pink hair that was freely flowing down her head as well as that reddish-pink eyes that were staring at with unmasked affection.
"You said, you received sothing from , right? I also felt that you beca connected to . A connection that will only be severed through death. I now buried this mory inside but for you, I want to tell you my story. Are you willing to lend your ears for a bit?"
"Go on. I'll listen to anything about you. In fact, I'm curious how you reached this height without being tied down by the three factions."
Her orb most probably beca one of her trump cards. Concealnt helped Zerina escape, Avelin also saved her from being ramd by the beast.
Err… let's not talk about Jayna using it for pranking soone so that she could slip away.
For sure Nysia has been constantly using it even until now. I won't ask the orb from her unless I could give her sothing that could replace it. She's my Companion now, I could still borrow it from her if ever.
Upon hearing my answer, she fixed her sitting posture and leaned on the backrest of her sofa. She then pulled to also sit next to her before starting her story.
"I'm an orphan. I started to tread this path when I was still a young girl living in poverty. I lived in an orphanage in one of the poorest countries that ever existed which is, as you can guess, already part of the forgotten history. In there, we only get to have one al per day while we were being exploited by having us work excessively at an Outsourced Regenium Purifying Factory."
Kids as factory workers? That's harsh and regenium of all things.
"I got really lucky when on the pile of regenium ores allocated to , this stone was stuck inside one of the softer ores. Due to this stone, my sowhat diocre ta energy absorption rate was ignored due to the effect of this stone when I activated it using my minuscule energy. None of the children in the sa orphanage can break past my defence."
Nysia was really like a main protagonist in a novel. From an orphanage to the lucky encounter using the orb that helped propel her growth.
However, she probably has a misconception about her absorption rate.
How can she reach this stage with only relying on the orb? She's probably too young back then or her Brain Capacity hasn't expanded yet.
If that's the case, how can one develop their Intelligence or Brain Capacity? Is this pathway just like the System Pathway where one can receive Intelligence points? However, Yuko was only receiving Strength and Endurance.
Does it depend on person to person? The denizens here have that kind of talent? Probably.
"Once they determined that I am the Top Pick among the kids, I was sent to an Academy that nurtures young Pilots and Operators. The orphanage thought they would earn more if I beca employed by the country as a Pilot, I was 7 at that ti. Spending the 3 years of maximum ti anyone could spend in the Academy, I graduated with an average score of Bronze-rank Tier 4 and Rank E in terms of Brain Capacity. The orphanage was disappointed but they couldn't do anything about it anymore."
This girl suffered hardships and she said she already buried this history but now she's retelling her life story.
"To repay them, I applied to beco an Operator in the country as well as nurous companies. Becoming an Operator was still sowhat a decent job that gives a higher pay than normal. However, before I could even join one. A war that ravaged the land and destroyed nurous countries happened. Our country was one of those who fell. I beca a refugee to a nearby country. And that made it harder for to find a decent company who would hire an inexperienced war refugee like ."
I looked at Nysia's face which was full of seriousness as she told her story in detail. I reached for her hand to hold it on parts where she suffered untold hardships.
When she felt that, this mature lady acted like a teen again as she used my shoulder to lean her head on. It's not even a day since she t but she's already this attached. It's not that I'm complaining, when I really felt sothing when I saw her lying lazily on this sofa bed.
According to her, that useless war refugee status of hers was cast off when she reached the Silver-rank at age 12. It was the line which sets off normal soldiers to elite soldiers for countries that's slightly ahead of her destroyed holand. And by reaching it, she awakened an ability, Armor Manipulation. A control-type ability which complinted the Orb of Reinforcent a lot. Also, her Brain Capacity has leveled up to Rank D.
She joined a small security company as an Operator escort to rchant Traders. Being young and beautiful, she often beca a target for perverts and maniacs. None of them managed to do anything to her though, her Armor Manipulation and Orb of Reinforcent rendered them unable to penetrate her defense while she could freely attack them.
Due to that incident, she quit the company after only one month. She also cut her hair and started to disguise herself as a boy despite the growing bulge on her chest.
From an Operator of a small security company, she beca an independent Bounty Hunter with the alias Aegis to hunt the scums like those who tried to attack her.
Aegis beca a known na in the World of ta for at least four years before Aegis seemingly disappeared from history.
That was because she couldn't continue to hide her identity as a woman anymore. Also at the sa ti, she reached the Gold-rank and leveled up her Brain Capacity to Rank B. Her Armor Manipulation has evolved to Advanced Armor Manipulation which gave her the ability to not only manipulate her own armor but also her target's armor to a certain extent.
"According to your story, you don't seem diocre at all. Age 16 to reach Gold-rank? Also without any help except an Orb which only boosts your defense."
I couldn't help but comnt when she paused for a bit. She sounded like when I was still starting, Adaptability is diocre? Look at where it leads in less than 4 months.
"This world is harsh back then and even now, I couldn't imagine living up to this present with you if I did not persevere."
Nysia clasped my hand tightly while she tried to reposition herself and stuck closer to .
"With your beauty, there should've been many n who want to take you as their wife, how did you end up relying on a fortune-teller 10 years ago?"
She ntioned sothing about suiting her taste. How did I suit her taste then? Young and naive? No, there's a lot of that here.
In response to my question, Nysia shook her head lightly before giving her answer.
"They don't want a woman stronger than them. And I also don't want soone who only looks at because I'm stronger than him."
"Eh? That sounds confusing."
"It's too simple, really. I want soone who will look at as I am. A woman. Just like how you are looking at right now. It doesn't matter to you whether I'm stronger than you or not, right?"
Using her free hand, she reached for my cheeks to turn my head towards her and have our gazes et.
I let her do that and while staring at her eyes, I answered her.
"Un. It doesn't matter. However, you're the head of this organization, Nysia. As the new recruit, I have to give you the proper respect you deserved."
If I suddenly beco this close to her, won't her followers be disappointed? She couldn't build this place by herself, for sure there's a lot of helpers from her organization. She's my Companion now but I have to lay low for the anti. It is to not shake this organization where she's the center because of who she took as her man.
The phrase 'Everything will succumb to absolute power' could be used by her here but if she did that, the years of effort in building this place will crumble and will be a waste.
"It's fine to do that when there are other people but when we're alone like this, I don't need that from you. The fact that you didn't really care that I'm a Mythic-rank and I am this close to you proved that you're really the one I was waiting for."
I see. She wanted to prove to that what she saw in as her destiny was genuine by telling all of this. Truthfully, I stopped doubting it anymore as soon as she was listed as my Companion.
"You are already connected to . You saw it, right? Of course, I won't care about your strength anymore."
"I intentionally tripped earlier to see how you will react. You're nowhere near my current strength that's why you haven't noticed."
Nysia gently shook her head as she revealed what happened earlier.
"If it was any other people they would think first of my current identity before deciding whether to catch or not. But you, you imdiately decided to catch . Now, tell if what I saw was a man who suited my taste or not?"
Ending it with that question, it's obvious that Nysia already gave the answer to that.
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