Chapter 44 - 2.5

Luckily, before she was about to start acting out techniques from a fantasy media, she was reunited with the System.

[Host! Are you alright?] The System's worried voice resounded inside her mind. He had a tinge of tiredness as he spoke, a tone which Xu Jiaqi picked up with ease. Reading emotions through vocal tones and gestures was one of her forte in life.

'My angel! Come here, teach me how to use magic! I can do it, right? I will kill you if you start saying bullshit like "Oh, Ariel Maine is actually not Reginald's child, but rather someone who her mother tried to frame the Duke with in order to climb up social ranks, but failed to complete." Come, come. Sit down.'

Xu Jiaqi's face instantly brightened up, thinking that she would finally get the solution to her problem through the almighty System that was certainly not under her feet at all.

The System's heart skipped a beat. His Host's words made a lot of sense, and it sounded so much like a bad omen that he had to personally check the girl's background from the storyline, making sure that her identity was correct before connecting back with his Host.

A fleeting thought passed by his head, why was he so afraid of his Host? Wasn't he supposed to be the one who orders her around and holds authority? Why did it turn to be the opposite?

No, no, this can't do. He had to straighten up his pride! He couldn't just stay silent as he was being bullied by this Host of his!

The System coughed internally and made an angry emoticon to solidify its intentions. He wanted to knock some sense into this Host who did whatever she wanted!

[Host, stop. Listen to me. I won't tell you anything if you keep doing this. I will stop working.] He said with a stern tone.

Right! He could use this tactic to threaten her! He wanted to see what she could do if he refused to obey her orders and depleted her of the resources he so generously gave her all this time! He wanted to be more appreciated for his efforts, was that such a bad thing??

However, despite his hopes, the Host crushed his dreams and will in an instant.

'Aaah? Is that so? Then I will just kill myself and fail this mission, I remember that you said you can get a demotion if you can't cooperate with your Host properly, and she fails a mission with bottom rock grades? You want to try me out? Can you stop me from lodging a knife in all the leads' throat then suiciding? Banging my oh-so-small head at this wall with full strength? Imagine the waterfall of blood that will spurt.. Perhaps some of it would even get to your spiritual form. Wouldn't that be great? You will be bathing in blood.'

Xu Jiaqi said all of that without batting an eye. It made the System wonder if the woman was a psychopath that he hadn't researched well enough yet, thus leading to this situation where he was being completely suppressed.

Hateful!

The System was silenced. His angry emoticon changed into a sad one, then a happy, smiley one.

[Of course not, Host! Your happiness is my happiness! Let us proceed to the storyline first. Ariel Maine's identity will be displayed in the database as well. Please allow me to inject the plot..] He tried his hardest to restrain his tears.

'That's a good boy. Now, come!' Xu Jiaqi was fired up. She wanted to use magic! She would listen to the story, then immediately plan how she would ruin the story-  *cough* How she would solve the story.

Magic! Flames! Water jets! Wind tornadoes! How cool would that be? For someone who was trapped in modern society without a shred of magical elements for two worlds, she wanted to try this new trope out.

Perhaps, if she was able to soar as a magician, she would just quickly complete her mission and wreak havoc using magic. That would be fun. She wanted to try reigning over a kingdom once, but it would be quite taxing and troublesome to handle the royal tasks she had to execute.

A puppet ruler? Would that be a more feasible option?

Xu Jiaqi closed her eyes and felt information make their way into her head, letting go of her ambitions for the time being.

The setting was indeed in a world with magic usage, albeit not everybody could utilize the element.

Her character, Ariel Maine, was a young girl that seemed to be detested by the world itself. There was no explanation on how she was thrown into the fray of so many chaotic fights.

She was tortured in the Maine household, then sent to the Palla region in order to undergo strict education as a Saintess candidate. There, she was repeatedly harassed by not only the other candidates who wielded negative intentions, but also the executives of power behind Palla's reign.

In fact, this Saintess position was impossible to get if you did not have the officer's approval. Even though the monastery was marked as a holy site that should partake in nothing but good deeds and beyond, the truth was largely different from that.

The officers readily partook in satisfying their worldly desires and would not hesitate to extort others to their wishes while hiding behind the impenetrable shield that is the people's beliefs. Varadan Empire's people were dedicated to their religion- based around a certain Goddess Eula.

Goddess Eula was noted to be a venerable idol that created the universe and bestowed life upon the world they were in. Her grace gave humans the power they had now, and her intelligence gave birth to the current technology advancement. Going around this topic, the humans were once truly innocent when they discussed serving Goddess Eula. However, as time passed by, bad thoughts began to spur inside the 'holy' individuals lurking behind the power structure.

There were many untold truths that this place harbored.