Chapter 130: Her Story (1/2)

After that episode with her panicking about the System Notifications appearing in front of her, Nysia happily pulled me 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 moment. 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 me. 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 me that you accepted me. I'm going to prove to you why I believed that you really are the one for me. I still don't know how to do that but trust me.”

After finishing her sentence, Nysia released me while showing me 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 me with unmasked affection.

”You said, you received something from me, right? I also felt that you became connected to me. A connection that will only be severed through death. I now buried this memory inside me but for you, I want to tell you my story. Are you willing to lend me 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 became one of her trump cards. Concealment helped Zerina escape, Avelin also saved her from being rammed by the beast.

Err… let's not talk about Jayna using it for pranking someone 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 something 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 me 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 meal 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 me, this stone was stuck inside one of the softer ores. Due to this stone, my somewhat mediocre meta 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 same 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 became employed by the country as a Pilot, I was 7 at that time. Spending the 3 years of maximum time 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 me her life story.

”To repay them, I applied to become an Operator in the country as well as numerous companies. Becoming an Operator was still somewhat 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 numerous countries happened. Our country was one of those who fell. I became a refugee to a nearby country. And that made it harder for me to find a decent company who would hire an inexperienced war refugee like me.”

I looked at Nysia's face which was full of seriousness as she told me 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 met me but she's already this attached. It's not that I'm complaining, when I really felt something 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 homeland. And by reaching it, she awakened an ability, Armor Manipulation. A control-type ability which complimented the Orb of Reinforcement a lot. Also, her Brain Capacity has leveled up to Rank D.

She joined a small security company as an Operator escort to Merchant Traders. Being young and beautiful, she often became a target for perverts and maniacs. None of them managed to do anything to her though, her Armor Manipulation and Orb of Reinforcement rendered them unable to penetrate her defense while she could freely attack them.