Stand up, child. Vicente said, but it sounded like an order to Lisa's ears.
Yes, Lord God.
Lisa stood up quickly.
Then Vicente finally took his eyes off the fragment shaped like a necklace and looked at her properly.
She has messy black hair, wears linen clothes, is thin like a stick, wears sandals, maybe made of straw?
Her hair looks like it was cut with bread knives. I remember, because at my school when I was younger they cut their own hair with a knife and it ended up like this.
Vicente mentally judged that her age did not seem very old.
Either she was a beggar or… an illegitimate daughter of a noble. I remember hearing that illegitimate children lived worse than servants in most cases.
Containing his strange thoughts again.
Vicente finally spoke: Hello, child. This is my shop. You possess an item of unknown value. Trade it with me and I will give you very good things.
Lisa trembled for a moment, but soon realized that if there was something a God desired, He could take it directly.
There would be no situations like negotiation with a God. The Lord God must have guided me to this shop to offer me blessings, but in another way.
Lisa bowed forward while speaking: Lord God, the only thing I have on my body is this.
With that, she removed the necklace from her neck and it automatically flew into Vicente's hand.
Vicente held the necklace and looked at it. In the next moment, a notification sound came into his mind.
[Chaos artifact fragment, original part of the "Supreme Shop"]
[Value before the fall: 12,000,000,000]
[As the shop is fragmented]
[We cannot convert the full value, only 1%]
[The total is 120 million]
[Do you wish to convert?]
[YES/NO]
—It depends. If the fragment simply
disappears otherwise, it is not worth it. Vicente thought.
[As an original part of your body, it will merge with you since we are only converting 1%]
[There is no way for the remaining 99% to simply disappear]
—Reasonable, then convert. Vicente thought.
With one order, the entire Supreme Shop began to tremble. The fragment flew and disappeared into Vicente's chest.
He felt something in his heart and became excited. Before, the shop was sustained by Ellie with projection into reality. Those things were never real.
Now, many things that were unreal before are gaining form. The space is expanding.
Before, everything that could be modified could not exceed the limit of the initial "white room." The space increased with my strength.
But it was only the space of the white room, nothing special. Now, with the absorption of the fragment, everything changed.
If before it was the size of my school's sports court and the background was fake,
now it increased ten times in size.
However, only increasing the size would be a waste.
The real reason for me being so excited is simple, like a person who refuses to leave home.
("Supreme Shop")
What would be the most comforting thing? Clearly, that no existence discovers where your home is.
Lisa's fragment had two words.
[Protection and concealment]
There is no need to say anything else. Now I do not need to worry for a long time about being found.
And with protection, the previously weak barrier that could barely navigate the sea of chaos can now fly freely.
Seriously, if it were not to maintain my divine image, I would like to hug this child.
Even though she is dirty, I do not care. She truly shines in my vision.
Lisa felt strange with the entire divine realm trembling, but after looking at the figure on the throne who continued as if nothing had happened,
she calmed down and waited quietly in her place.
Vicente truly thinks this girl is very cute.
Since I do not want to adopt a daughter, there should be no problem adopting a sister.
The reason was simple. Since we are in a new world, we need to know everything about it.
Even though I know it is a world dominated by theology, I do not know about distribution, methods, and so on.
It may seem opportunistic to adopt a sister just for that, but besides that, the main reason was that she gave too much.
She fixed two extremely problematic functions, freeing me from extreme burdens.
Even if not all of them, a large part is gone.
Excluding the 120 million, of course. The object was in her possession. The shop's rules state that half goes to the shop owner and the other half to the owner.
Of course, all rules are subject to the shop owner's evaluation.
Clearly, besides this reason, since she will be my future sister, we need to give her a power up. She is not even a cultivator.
We do not need to rush in this new world. We can increase our strength first. Hmm, I think level 6 should be fine.
But how to say it, theoretically reaching level 5 or 6 of pure cultivation infusion, 60 million should be enough… maybe?
However, even if possible, I will not do that, because I would be the weakest at that position.
Increasing my talent should be more economical. Well, we will see which is more economical.
Because it is not every day that we get this amount of points, we must be careful.
However, I do not know if this world is different or if I can convert any faith into points.
If it is the first, this world is an important future source of income.
If it is the second, it does not change the fact, since it is a world dominated by theology, harvesting should be considered easier.
Even if not all followers give faith at the same level as Lisa, even if it is only 1 point per person.
If this world has the same number of people as my previous world, 1 point per head, 8 billion points.
Of course, I know I will have to fight the current gods for the number of believers.
However, it does not change the fact. I already knew I would have to fight for points in some way at some point, and I am prepared.
Psychologically, Ellie made me go through that training, even though my consciousness is protected by the shop,
to prevent death from causing me trauma.
Ellie made my enemies resemble real people, so technically I have been prepared for a long time to kill…
Of course, this is the worst-case scenario. I am not a murderous person.
However, besides training this child to be my sister and also my image outside,
continuing my training is a focus I cannot stop, right? Since becoming stronger has always been the goal.
So attacking this world, whether to initiate slaughter or to negotiate faith with the native gods, all depends on absolute strength.
Containing his thoughts, Vicente looked at Lisa, who was standing quietly.
He finally stood up, walked slowly until he was in front of her,
removed his mask, and a very handsome face appeared in Lisa's field of vision.
The girl thought the divinity was very beautiful. No wonder it is a divinity.
Unfortunately, before she could continue thinking, the divinity placed a hand on her head and began to rub it and said something Lisa would never forget in her life.
—Hello, child. Do you want to be my younger sister? Vicente asked.
Lisa thought she was hearing it wrong, but after realizing that perhaps the divinity had another meaning than the one she knew,
she cautiously asked: Great God, forgive me for the offense, but I think our phrases have different meanings.
Could you tell me what you mean by becoming your younger sister?
Vicente thought for a moment and realized that there are indeed many differences in words. For example, in Brazil, if someone says "vai tomar pica," you would think they are insulting you.
But if you say "vai tomar pica" in Portugal, they think it is normal, since it has two different meanings in the two countries.
If there are differences in words between countries, how much more between different worlds. My mistake, Vicente thought.
Let me explain it in an easy way to understand, child. A younger sister should be like a family sibling, but since we do not share the same blood,
naturally, you are my adopted sister. Hmm, let us call it divine family. You will be my family from now on, if you do not refuse, of course…
I accept, yes, yes, yes. It is an honor!!! Lisa accepted promptly.
Her words began to become incoherent, and she fainted.
After speaking, she could not handle the emotion. It was too great, and she was afraid she was dreaming and would wake up, so naturally she fainted.
Before she fell to the ground, Vicente caught her and carried her like a princess.
He then looked at Ellie, who had just awakened, and ordered.
Vicente: Ellie, build a room for her in our house and return to modern mode.
Ellie: Yes, Master.
With that, a simple extra room was formed in the house, next to Vicente's room, with the name Lisa on the door.
She was placed inside to sleep. She probably will not wake up for a long time.
After she wakes up, we will decide her future path of growth.
Looking at the dirty child on the bed, Vicente thought and said: Of course, giving her a bath and changing her clothes is necessary before anything else.
After leaving Lisa's room, Vicente walked through the house and noticed that before, things seemed like images.
Even sending the sensation of being real to the brain, something was still missing compared to reality.
So, Ellie, tell me what changes occurred after we merged with the fragment. Besides the increase in space and concealment and protection, did we get something else, right?
Ellie: Yes, Master. Besides those above, we are now out of sight of beings at the "multiverse" level, and we have protection to escape even if we are discovered.
I also unlocked new memories, Master, and how to say…
Master, I remembered the species of the previous shop owner. How to say it, contrary to our expectations, there is no way he could be Chinese at all, not even as a joke.
He is not even human. He is an intelligent race called teraks, which we will call the slug race. They look like slugs but have humanoid form.
Vicente: What do you mean???
Man, he is not even human? Then what about xenophobia?
Ellie, with an anguished face, began to explain: How to say it, Master, it is like humans have racism.
But since these humanoid slugs have a civilization similar to humans on Earth,
they also have countries, and xenophobia naturally happens. The countries of that place and the slug civilizations across worlds followed the same logic, so I can explain.
There were slugs of different colors in that world, and the previous owner was a white slug from a certain country.
Black, blue, red, yellow, purple slugs were from other countries. Then xenophobia seemed more like racism. He did not care about other races in the worlds.
However, if there existed a slug race in that world, he would certainly enslave, kill, and use them in every possible way.
Not that he spared other races; it is just that he was more brutal with these.
And regardless of everything, if it were a white slug, it was a friend. If it were an authority among white slugs, he would flatter them and obey their orders almost unconditionally.
Vicente: I should say I already expected that there would be worlds where humans do not exist, but man, this is really…
Against my expectations in every possible way.
Ellie: Mine as well, Master.
Vicente: Okay, that is enough for now. Let us give a power up to this data panel. I am really very mediocre. Come on, Ellie!!!
Ellie: Yes, Master!!!
(Fim do capítulo)