189 Erinas Condition (1/2)
Erina hopped out of her chair and wrapped her arms tightly around Maura. ”Big Sis, what's your name?”
”Big Sis?!”
Maura was taken aback by Erina's statement. She had never been called that before, but it made her happy when she saw Erina's innocent face.
”Call me Maura, okay Erina?”
”Okay, Maura!”
Jack didn't know what to say or do. He now understood that being overfriendly ran in Willim's family, but he still wasn't sure why Erina was crying in the first place. Why would she need a frost pearl so badly?
”Jack, I'm sorry about this,” Willim apologized and shook his head.
”Don't worry about it. Since Maura gave it away, it's Erina's now. I'm just confused. Why does she need something like a frost pearl so badly?” asked Jack, hoping they'd be more open after receiving the frost pearl.
”I'm not the one who should answer that. If Erina is willing, then let her.”
”Mhm!” Erina lifted her head from Maura's chest, looking at everyone else in the room. ”Can you keep a secret?”
Jack's party looked at each other, laughing at themselves. What secrets weren't they keeping?
”We'll all keep your secret Erina. So, please, tell us,” Maura answered for everyone.
The small, teenage girl nodded and put on a more serious face. ”I'm different from other people. Ever since I could remember, I've had something inside me. If I'm not careful, it attacks me and trying to take control of my water type energy.”
”If I ever run out of water type or ice type energy, then the thing inside me will take over my body.”
”Take over your body…” Jack pondered her words, trying to come up with what might be able to cause such a thing. ”Erina, if you run out of energy, do you start to feel cold like you were frozen inside your own body.”
”Yes!” She nodded frantically, surprised that someone was able to understand how she felt.
Scratching his head, Jack made an ugly face and groaned.
Rydel and Maynard both watched him carefully. They had been with Jack the longest and understood that Jack's reaction wasn't a good sign.
”Can I have your permission to inspect you with one of my skills, Erina?”
Willim asked, ”Do you know what might be the cause of this? I'm not sure if we can let you do that since she has royal--”
”Okay!”
”Erina!” Startled to see his shy sister willing to be inspected, Willim gave her a strange look.
”Maura, do you trust Jack?”
She chuckled when she heard Erina's question. ”Erina, Jack is my husband. Of course, I trust him.”
”Oh, so he's Big Bro Jack? Then I trust him too.”
Willim let out a pained sigh. ”Erina…”
”Don't worry Willim, it won't hurt her in any way. It's not that kind of skill.”
A part of Jack was happy he could test that part of the skill. It also made him curious if other skills had abilities that never existed in-game. But that was a thought to ponder at a different time.
Thanks to Eagle Eye, Jack better-understood everything about Erina and noticed a strange status.
”That's what I thought… Willim, was she born with this?” asked Jack.