Chapter 46 - 2.7

The System readily replied.

[Yes, Host. I have ran a check ahead of time and found out the cause of the researchers' addiction towards you. The answer is simply your magical affinity. Despite not being able to showcase flashy spells due to Ariel never being taught how to use her mana properly, she actually had a very pure Holy element residing inside her, like her body itself was the embodiment of holiness. This caused the executives to want to cultivate this power and try to achieve a similar result, and they framed Ariel with a heavy crime in order to make her 'disappear' from the world despite actually being captured and shackled down.]

'Wow!' Xu Jiaqi commented, not feeling content with the end she was served. The original was just too pitiful. She was a normal child, but her mom wanted to use her, her family abused and mistreated her, the 'Holy' monastery framed and captured her until her death arrived.

Who was as pitiful as this woman? Why was the world so merciless towards her? Life was truly unfair to some, and this was the perfect example of it.

'But I suppose.. Hm, how strong do you think I can be compared to the main leads?'

[If we are talking about potential, then your body should be able to contend with them. However, they have started training their powers ever since they were born, and Host will naturally lag behind even if you trained to death right now. The time gap is too big.] The System evaluated.

Xu Jiaqi smirked. Time was never a problem for her. She was someone who could bypass such aspects of life, it was her dazzling talent that carried her everywhere. Although tackling down magic will be a new challenge for her, she wasn't daunted.

'That's it for the plot I can receive, right? Show me the mission. Then we will talk about how I will gain power.'

[Understood, Host. There will be one Main Quest and one Side Quest. Like before, the Side Quest has to be triggered by specific conditions at a later time, and will be hidden by now. The Main Quest is as such.] The System politely answered before letting out a beeping sound, and giving Xu Jiaqi new information.

The quest window was dropped in front of her eyes.

[Main Quest: A New Light Within the Darkness.]

[Details: Ariel Maine was discarded over and over again. Her faith towards humanity has perished. Due to her good heart, she wants to eradicate all of the injustices and rotten cores that roams the empire. She had big dreams, but she couldn't execute them because she was continually suppressed even though she had high potential and hopes. She accidentally died after long hours of unwarranted abuse. To change this, break free from the chains that hold Ariel down and reform the world for the better. Dispose of her enemies and soothe her hatred, let her rest in peace.]

It was a quest of revenge.

'Not a romance quest! Thank God! Who was it again? Goddess Eula? Goddess, your world is the best!' Xu Jiaqi praised her situation inside her heart, rejoicing over not having to deal with romance and being able to focus more on the fantasy trait of this place.

The quest's content was also something that she desired as a whole.

Xu Jiaqi was someone who loved authority. No matter how much she tried to resist it, the allure of ruling over others was just too much for her. She loved seeing others cower in front of her power. Because she believed that she was superior, that she was more qualified to stand on the top than anybody else.

She was always such a twisted person, even before she died and was recruited by the System. Every single action she took was one that would build her up. She viewed romance as something useless. It wasn't a baseless stance, but rather a logical perspective on emotions. She knew that romance could potentially bring her down, so she avoided them.

Above all, she was an addict who fell in love with power. Handsome visages did not attract her the most, it was power that could make her breathing rough and get her heartbeat pumping madly.

This kind of perversion was really special. Xu Jiaqi was a pervert in this spectrum. For power, for authority, for her victory.

If someone annoyed her, then she would remove them. It was that simple. This time, it would be the same. She made a tricky bet with herself, exposing her playful nature.

How long would it take before she crumbled down this evil source of power and made everything hers? Until she could usurp the power and control everything?

Ahh, the very thought of it made her skin crawl with delight. It was a very joyful moment for her, who was crouching in the corner of the damp cell.

A delirious smile appeared on her face. Before, she was trapped in a modern world, and considering her situation, she couldn't fully launch a world scale dictatorship. She resorted to increase her range of control behind the back, while engaging in a flashy and upright domination of companies in the front.

Come to think of it, she was rather curious to what happened after she passed away in her original world. To her fiance, she might have just been an exemplary young lady who was competent in work, but that wasn't it. She was a shadow ruler from the back, and most countries were already technically in her hands.

Wouldn't they fall apart when she, the controller of all that held a balanced grip on their affairs went missing?

But back to the story, this was an empire. A place where even if the ruler was a dictator, the people would have no other choices but to obey if they wanted to keep their heads still.

She was able to fulfill what she couldn't previously.

Hiding her willful bets that treated the hundreds of thousands of people that would be indirectly affected by the changes she would make to the world like mere puny ants, she painfully bid her time until the day the Palla inquisitors came to her rescue.

Xu Jiaqi: Yes... Take me away from this household, so I can destroy your home.