Chapter 89: The Chained Door Of Trauma (1/2)

”Her trauma won't even have the choice of holding a candle to yours”

.....

Marcus held back his gasp. A guardian before him went insane because of her trauma... and now the system said her trauma won't even hold a candle to his?.

'What did I even go through?'

Marcus couldn't do anything other than think that to himself.

Of course, as the system said, he won't remember anything because they were locked up by the system. So instead of worrying more about it, he turned towards the door.

His eyes ran through the door in front of him. The fastened door, for him and in reality, looked like the answer to everything running inside his mind.

The way it was chained and locked just proved how indispensable the knowledge on the other side would be.

”System?...”

”Yes, Marcus?”

Marcus drew in a whiff.

”Do you think... you'll have to self-destruct too?”

”Ah... The answer to that question would depend on how you deal with what's coming”

”....”

”Of course as a system, I must ensure that my user doesn't cause trouble for others... At least that's what my originator says.”

”We system... are not allowed to abandon our user, especially if they go mad because of our incognizance”

”....”

”That's what my originator said... It's not like I care for you or anything... but after what I've heard from you, it does make sense... we system are somehow parasites. Parasites that coexist with its host....”

”Simply... you can't survive without us, at least not in this world where power matters, and we can't survive without you, not according to the rules we were injected with.”

............

”Living in a stone wouldn't be fun at all, you know?”

The system grinned at Marcus.

It was rolling inside his thoughts, but now he knew... now he knew why his system amassed emotion. He wasn't sure about it before but the first time he met the system in this mysterious abyss, it seemed to carry sympathy for him... and it seemed to carry guilt.

But from what he had understood about systems from his academy, they were supposed to be just 'default' entities that originated to support humanity through daily life. Now what 'default' was, he didn't know. It was another topic that was never entailed in the books.

Even though that was what he learned about them, he was now having a change of mind after he heard what the system had to say.

It was true that his system was different, it was a CHEAT SYSTEM. A system speculated to be just a fantasy and nonexistent back in his world. The only myth in which it transpired is in the legend of 'THE FLAME EMPEROR'.

Even though it was called a myth, the legend of the emperor was still believed to be true, at least by most of the inhabitants, and that was the only reason why it was taught to the children.

But as he reminisced about the random events that happened in just 2 mere years of his life, Marcus was starting to realize, that he had begun to question 'Reality' itself.

Momentarily, doubting reality wasn't what he had to do... it was way out of the picture... because he just remembered something else.

It was just a vague memory but he just remembered something that could hold the answer to why his system carried emotions.

If he remembered it correctly, right now... he was 100% integrated with his system.

Just like what the system had said, it would slowly evolve to being synonymous with him. That meant, his system would gradually yet steadily become human, just like him.

And what did humans possess which distinguished them from insentient organisms?.

EMOTIONS.

”Marcus?”

”Ah yes?.”

Marcus shook his thought off. The system was calling out to him, it gestured towards the huge door in front of them.

Before it spoke, the system drew in a quick gasp of air. Just like any human would do if they were nervous.

”It's time to harden my heart... or whatever I have beating inside me... and ask you this Marcus...”

The system shifted its hand towards its chest and felt its heartbeat...

No, The system shifted 'his' hand towards 'his' chest and felt 'his' racing heart. The system had eventually realized what it felt like to be a human. He felt weak. Yet he bolstered his serenity and continued his speech.

”Are you ready to go through the hidden file?”

”huuuuuf... YES LET'S SEE IT!”