"How is that possible!"
To Cipher's surprise, Bartholos didn't believe a word she said. Instead, he crossed his arms and asserted, "Even if I couldn't recognize Ancestor Zagreus, there's no way I wouldn't recognize you, Boss! This familiar aura, this identical appearance, and most, most, most importantly, the Divine Power of the God of Trickery!"
After hearing Bartholos's declaration, Cipher wanted to say more, but before she could, a text appeared before her eyes.
[Thief Spirit Bartholos (Zagreus)]
[A carbon copy of Bartholos from the Emperor's Scepter data. Cifera in it's memory is adjusted to be you.]
Is that how it is?
Looking at the short description before her, Cipher fell into thought.
Does that mean I didn't actually steal Cipher's companion, and the Bartholos before me was originally my companion?
However... if his memories are fake, do I still need to tell him?
Thinking this, Cipher shifted her gaze to Bartholos, who was clamoring at her feet, and a slight curve appeared at the corner of her lips.
Since she didn't steal "Cifera's" companion... then please allow me to be selfish for a moment...
Bartholos, but at least I'll ensure that all your memories from this point forward will be real. I'm sorry.
"Stop shouting, Bartholos. Can't you recognize yourself?"
Bringing her thoughts back to Bartholos, Cipher crossed her arms, rolled her eyes at him, and said.
"Uh... how, how could I not! If someone had told me back then, 'The great Ancestor Zagreus will one day turn into this Spirit form!' I certainly wouldn't have believed it, let alone recognized him!"
"Heh, a change of concept."
Cipher chuckled softly, then shifted her gaze to the system's gacha interface.
"Alright, go find somewhere to play for a bit. Oh, and don't scare anyone in this room, they're all my friends."
"Boss has made new friends!"
Upon hearing this, Bartholos seemed to have heard some earth-shattering secret. He floated directly into the air, covering his face, looking utterly incredulous.
"What? Is it strange for me to have some friends? Are you afraid your position will be stolen?"
Cipher first spent 160,000 credit points on a gacha pull, then looked up at Bartholos above her, asking with a hint of teasing.
Then she looked down at the gacha interface again. Hmm, blue.
"No, no, no, who could steal this lord's position by Cipher Boss's side." Bartholos, floating in the air, crossed his arms and shook his head, looking very punchable. "And why isn't it strange? Boss, you haven't made friends in hundreds of years. Why are you starting to make new friends now?"
"Didn't I come to a new world? There's no erosion from the Black Tide here, so there's no need to maintain that lie. So, relaxing a bit and making new friends, isn't that perfectly normal?"
After explaining, Cipher once again spent 160,000 credit points on a pull. It was still blue.
"That's true..." After hearing Cipher's explanation, Bartholos floated back down from the sky, adopting a thoughtful expression.
"So, go play." Saying this, Cipher once again threw down 160,000 credit points. "Oh, and just in case, if you get caught by one of the people in this room, to avoid misunderstanding, just say my name."
Still blue.
"How is that possible!" Bartholos felt as if Cipher was looking down on him. "Mere mortals, how could they possibly discover this lord's whereabouts!"
"So it's just in case. After all, their strength is quite good, they're not the 'mortals' you speak of. Don't fall into a trap."
After speaking, Cipher pulled as usual... still blue.
At this point, she only had enough credit points for one last pull.
"Then Big Sister Boss, just watch! This lord will go see how powerful they really are right now!"
Before he finished speaking, a portal appeared before Bartholos. Immediately after, this purple figure 'whooshed' into the portal and disappeared.
Just then, Cipher also made her last pull.
Immediately after, her eyes gradually widened.
Because the gacha interface was now starting to emit a golden light.
She! Cipher! Was finally getting a gold!
As the golden light flashed, Cipher suddenly felt as if her vision had shrunk considerably, while another, completely different perspective rapidly zoomed in until it filled her entire field of vision.
Looking at the lush trees and forest before her, she was a little confused. Wasn't she just in Claire's bedroom a second ago? How did she end up in this forest-like place the next second?
"What's going on? Where am I?"
"No, my voice? Why has it changed again?"
Just by speaking two sentences, she noticed the abnormality in her voice. She could tell that this voice clearly didn't belong to Cipher, so did this prove that she seemed to no longer be Cipher?
At this, the familiar system mechanical voice appeared along with a system text. Looking at the description, she finally understood what the current situation was.
[Character unlock: Firefly]
[...]
[The negative status "Entropy Loss" has been cleared]
[You can switch perspectives between body, after switch the other will enter dormant state unless you control them simultaneously]