Chapter 57: You Are Too Weak (1/2)
Although Snowy, as The System, didn't have any consciousness or self-awareness at that time, she still could answer the little girl's question since the replying ability was programmed inside her to assist her host. She was more like a replying machine, only stating a fact without any tact.
However, the little girl not minding it and felt happy that she had someone to talk to. She even one-sidedly proclaimed that Snowy was her first and best friend.
Across the million miles and thousand years that they had trod together, the little girls always treated Snowy as her family and never a tool. From she was an ugly goose until she spread her wing and traverse the sky like a great swan, she had always shared her happiness, grief, frustration, and much more emotion with Snowy despite never got a human-like response.
”S-system... C-can I really cure my mother?” when she first learn alchemy, the little girl spoke to her with an anxious voice.
”System! Look, this is my first pill! Uhum, how is it? Good, right?!” said the little girl with sparkling eyes as she puffed her chest proudly while holding a high-purity pill with her fingers.
”Boo hoo, S-system... What should I do... L-little cauldron is... little cauldron is broken... boo hoo...” the little girl's face drenched by a snot and tear when her cauldron exploded for the first time when she tried to refine some medicine.
”System... thank you... really...if not for you, my mother won't be here with me... ” this time, the ugly and dumb little girl was no more replaced by a youthful girl with a kingdom-toppling beauty and heaven-defying talent, but the gentleness and warmth radiated by her presence were still the same.
”System, senior brother seems to be interested in me. What should I do?” murmured the girl, blushing and fidgeting.
”System, why would every strong people always trample the weak. Why don't they protect them instead?” lamented the girl, her expression filled with sadness.
”System, what do you think...”
”System, why did...”
”System...”
”System...”
”System...”
In the end, the day they need to bid farewell came. A woman with divine light surrounding her body stood at the summit of a sky-piercing mountain looked at the horizon sentimentally.
”System, I know there is no parting that lasts forever, but it still unbearable when the time comes. You're always on my side since I was just an ant, listening to my nagging and worry. You're my first friend and always be my family. And I am your best friend too, right? So what if you had no choice? just deal with it. Hmph,” snorted the woman and then let out a little chuckle.
”They say Grand Dao is vast and boundless. Anything could happen if they have a firm heart. Even a stone could gain flesh and blood and reached the dao if they had a willing heart. I hope someday we can talk like this again, and maybe you'll have your own body by then,” said the woman with a warm smile on her face.