Chapter 193 - Personal Assistant (2/2)
And so, after going over the plan in his mind, Aurus went ahead and disappeared from the boundary of Tempest Cliff, teleporting his way to the Tempest Cliff Inheritance with all of his movement buffs enabled.
…
Whoosh!
After about a few minutes or so, Aurus had appeared in the center of the Tempest Cliff Ruins once more, appearing on top of the magic circle that led both him and Herellia back then to the entrance of the inheritance. Utilizing the system, he commanded the inheritance to let him in, which the inheritance hastily did at the instant he was finished commanding.
Swoosh!
At the instant he had arrived, he could not help but look at his surroundings with an aura of nostalgia radiating from his as he muttered, ”Looking at this jade green hall sure brings back good memories of struggle…no, wait. I didn't really struggle that much.”
After saying this, he then commanded the inheritance to open the path that led to the skill room, an ever-familiar corridor appearing on one of the sides of the jade green hall not long after. Of course, with Aurus being able to teleport, it only took Aurus one teleportation to arrive at the skill room, looking at the plethora of skill books that were in front of him.
As he looked at the multiple bookshelves in front of him that were filled to the brim with skill books, he could not help but wonder if there was a way for him to learn all of these skills through a faster method other than learning them one by one. With this in mind, he asked the system about it as well, and surprisingly, he had received a reply.
Ding!
”The user can utilize its expertise of manipulating their soul to learn more skills at once,” the system's voice resounded in his mind, slightly surprised at the answer it had received. The question he had given to the system was normally something the previous version of the system wouldn't have answered, and yet, it had answered this problem without a problem. A few seconds later, it then gave an answer that surprised him.
”Not only that, but the user can also opt to transform the system into a personal assistant, which would help out in learning skills as well.”
”A personal assistant can do that?” Aurus questioned himself, deciding in the end that there was no harm in trying. He then told the system, ”System, transform into a personal assistant.”
”As you wish, User,” the system's feminine-sounding voice resounded in his mind before being replaced with a monotonous voice.
”The Transcending Existence System is now on Personal Assistance mode,” the monotonous voice resounded in his mind as a white ball of light manifested on the left shoulder of his glowing wooden sculpture body. It resounded in his mind once more as it asked him, ”What would you like to be called, User?”
”Eh? You can actually change how you're called?” Aurus could not help but mutter in slight shock, only for the monotonous voice to respond with, ”The user has opted to be called 'Eh? You can actually change how you're called?' Is this what you'd like to be called?”
”No,” Aurus briefly replied, to which the monotonous voice followed not long after. He thought about it for a while, letting out a sigh of defeat at the end since all of the names that came to his end were bordering on the edge of the dark phase. If anyone other than him heard his system say that, he would surely be embarrassed to death. And so, in the end, he replied, ”Call me…Master.”
”The user has opted to be called 'Master'. Is this what you'd like to be called?” the monotonous voice replied to Aurus's words not long after, to which Aurus confirmed a few seconds after being asked.
”Would you like the personal assistant to take on the appearance of a male or a female?” the monotonous voice asked yet again, to which Aurus unhesitatingly chose the latter.
”To be more specific, what appearance would you like your personal assistant to have?” Hearing this question resound in his mind, Aurus was at a crossroads. In his previous life, he had multiple favorite tastes when it came to women. With that in mind, he then held a tournament in his mind of what the best female appearance would be when it came to a personal assistant, letting out a sigh in the end as he muttered, ”A kind older sister…that's extremely beautiful and is also wearing a maid dress.”
Surprisingly, those specifications were more than enough for the monotonous voice to reply, ”The customization of the user's personal assistant has been completed. The system has decided to take inspiration from the user's past memories for some aspects. The user can opt to customize the personal assistant at any time.”
After that statement, the white ball of light had undergone an abrupt change, taking on the appearance of a kind older sister with silky black hair with a body that would make men fall in love at first sight, which is complemented with an exquisitely designed maid dress that accentuated her figure quite nicely. Of course, this personal assistant had only mimicked the appearance of a human, being multiple times smaller than a regular human.
”Nice to meet you, Master!” At the very instant the maid started talking, a voice that would easily lull a person to sleep, as well as warm a person's heart, was heard by Aurus, making him feel grateful that he was reincarnated as a stick yet again. ”I currently don't have a name yet, so what would Master like to call me~?”
”Hmm…” To be honest, he was expecting for the system to name itself, but he did not mind it all, thinking that this was also a part of customizing the personal assistant, eventually replying with, ”Since your full name is the Transcending Existence System, I'll morph the first word into Theresa. How does Theresa sound?”
”Theresa…” the personal assistant pondered over the name Aurus gave it, only to become elated soon after as it said, ”I like it, Master~! Theresa shall be at your service~!”
'Heavens…Kurohana…thank you for giving me this gift,' Aurus shouted out loud in his mind, feeling that the grind he was going to do would be more fun with Theresa around.
A few seconds later, Theresa went ahead and asked him, ”What would you like me to do, Master?”
”Do you see the multiple bookshelves in front of me?” Aurus asked Theresa not long after, to which it replied, ”Yes, I do. What do I do with them?”
”Could you go ahead and number them? Oh, and also, could you separate the content of the three bookshelves into offensive, supportive, and defensive skills?” Aurus soon replied to its question, to which it replied, ”As you wish, Master~!”
Whoosh!
After it was given a command, Theresa went ahead and split itself into multiple smaller Theresa, slightly leaving Aurus at a loss for words, only for him to chuckle not long after as he said, ”It seems…this plan of mine wouldn't be so boring after all.”