"You're still there?" she asked without much hope.
But she was surprised because she was answered.
[Yes, what do you want to ask?]
"You really were here!" Shen Bing shouted, pointing at the screen.
[Of course, you're special. My master is sleeping and your sister too.]
[I have no one to play with.]
[If I don't watch your life, what am I supposed to do?]
[I'm alone and want to have fun. Your life became my entertainment.]
"You!!!" She didn't know why, but she had the urge to take off her mask and grab her cheeks.
She forcefully restrained her thoughts because she would need her help next.
"So you should know why I called you, right?"
[Wait a moment.]
[Yes, the system is connected to your soul.]
[Knowing what you think is easy, but…]
[To preserve the user's privacy]
[If we don't actively use it, it almost never appears.]
[Look, if you think about something important to the plot, your voice appears as if you were speaking, but you're just thinking.]
"So you know what I want. Can you help me?" Shen Bing asked.
[That's easy, but why would I do that?]
Shen Bing: "No idea."
[???]
This time it was Ellie who got confused.
[Sister, you just want my help for free after your mother's analysis?]
"I'm just thinking that as a possible wife of your master, it should be easy for you to help me with something small like this."
Actually, Shen Bing was just gambling. If it worked, she would gain.
If it failed, maybe just a slight dislike toward her?
But the next reaction caught her off guard.
[Pff… pfft… HAHAHAHAHAHA]
Shen Bing couldn't see Ellie, but she could imagine the scene.
Ellie trying to stay serious and then completely failing, laughing like crazy.
She didn't know why, but she felt displeased… she… was mocked???
She thought this was the first time in both her lives that she had been mocked.
Before the apocalypse she was the daughter of a rich family but reclusive.
Even after the apocalypse, when order was restructured, she was still a powerhouse.
On the screen Ellie kept laughing, only after some time did she slowly stop.
Ellie thought this was the funniest joke she had seen since her birth.
With her creation issues and all the romantic rejections, making Vicente truly open his heart again.
was almost an impossible dream.
Even the five people she sent invitations to were only attempts to make him feel that again.
Ellie, knowing his personality, didn't have much hope.
If Vicente hadn't stopped her, she would have sent more. If five weren't enough, she would try 100, 1,000, 100,000.
One day she firmly believed she would make her master find love again.
So the first person speaking with such confidence, as if conquering her master were easy,
she really couldn't hold back.
"Is that funny?" Shen Bing asked coldly.
[Yes, it really is. Look…]
With that, she explained everything that wasn't a secret to her.
Whether it was Vicente's personality or the fact he had already fallen into deep depression and suffered romantic disappointments.
She told everything, and Shen Bing fell completely silent.
[Understand now? Conquering the master is harder than saving your world before the apocalypse.]
Shen Bing fell into deep reflection about life.
About him being a transmigrator, that didn't seem like such a big surprise.
From the way he spoke, it seemed he never tried to hide it.
She just didn't know his age, but he shouldn't be that old. Usually transmigrators grow to absurd levels quickly.
Or they just stay stuck for years.
Obviously, the shop owner was the first type.
Looking at his life story, she found it even harder than expected.
Even if they had met before he became what he is today,
it would still be difficult.
His distrust of everything and paranoia that someone wanted to harm him felt familiar.
Shen Bing: "Yes, aside from the romantic disappointment part, we're like gender-swapped versions of each other."
[At that point, I admit you're right.]
[It would have been easier if you were friends with him before transmigrating.]
[But he wasn't handsome or rich. He would be suspicious if someone like you approached him.]
[He would probably think you came from the future to kill him and prevent some cosmic disaster.]
Shen Bing stayed silent. Aside from a few points, they were almost identical.
She really didn't expect them to be so similar.
She thought it was only about combat strength.
[Ah, and lastly, he hates betrayal, so you shouldn't have physical contact or stay close to other men after you start being with him.]
[Like none at all, regardless of age.]
[Right, with all these traits, do you still want to try being with him?]
Actually, the conversation between Ellie and Shen Bing was being recorded like episodes.
Ellie was recording to see if even knowing all these flaws she would still want him.
If the answer was satisfactory, her chances would increase considerably.
When Vicente wakes up, maybe he would have a higher opinion of her.
Ellie hadn't forgotten the idea of finding a wife for her master.
But she also didn't want to see him suffer because the woman's personality was…
Shen Bing: "Saying I don't care about all his flaws after only meeting him once would be fake."
"But nobody is perfect, and about getting close to other men or having intimacy when you already have a boyfriend or husband…"
"Don't insult me. That's something only a slut would do."
"Girls who chase other men while dating have no character, and I don't associate with any of them."
"If I had someone, it would be like my mother with my father."
"My mother doesn't run after other men and has been married to my father for 20 years."
"I've never fallen in love and never cared about relationships."
"It's my first time in everything, so I hope he won't mind my flaws."
"If he's going to be my husband, I hope it's forever."
[Clap clap clap]
[Just for those words, you gained my interest.]
[You don't need to worry whether he will accept your flaws.]
[If he comes to love someone, he can even ignore an extreme factor for him, like beauty.]
[As for his reaction to our conversation, I don't know.]
"This is being recorded too?" Shen Bing asked, slightly surprised.
[You didn't know??]
Shen Bing: "I thought it was a private conversation."
[Wow, incredible, then it came from the heart without pretending.]
[+1 points]
[Well, let's leave that aside. You made me happy, and since I'm one of the three administrators]
[Unfortunately, I don't have the power to help you]
[Only the owner's sister and the owner himself can]
[I don't have strength, but I can give you a basic cultivation technique]
Shen Bing felt depressed knowing they wouldn't find Cerberus.
But when she discovered she could get a basic technique for free, that sadness disappeared.
Shen Bing: "Sister Ellie, tell me, do techniques depend on spiritual roots like in novels?"
[Not all. At least the one I'll give you doesn't.]
[It also doesn't need spiritual energy since your world doesn't have that.]
[It's an ice-based technique, your talent element later.]
[But their cultivation system absorbs natural energy, not spiritual.]
[For example, all inhabited worlds have natural energy.]
Shen Bing: "Then what about spiritual roots, do they require something?"
[No. In most worlds, the so-called spiritual root is something the Heavenly Dao places at birth]
[To limit the number of cultivators and avoid energy depletion and the death of the cultivation world
[When high-level cultivation worlds first started, there was no energy shortage, so there were no spiritual root restrictions]
[Only later, with decline, those things appeared]
Shen Bing was shocked by this information.
"So it's a restriction?"
[Not exactly. It even helps if you're favored by the Dao and have a high-level one]
[As long as you don't die, you'll reach that root's maximum level]
"I understand, but if I buy one, what would it be?"
[It's not linked to any world system]
[At most, it was created by the shop]
[Right, do you want to send your consciousness to play?]
"Can I?"
[Yes, I'll send your consciousness directly to the console]
[Since you're not entering the shop physically, the master allows it]
"Wait a moment, I'll tell my parents I might take a while."
[Ok]
She sent a message saying her consciousness would go to the shop to play with Ellie.
Maybe she would take a while, maybe return by dinner. Don't worry if she looks asleep, because she isn't this time.
After sending the message, she asked Ellie to send her consciousness.
With a thud, she fainted.
When her parents heard the news, they were happy to know their daughter was being sensible.
Shen Xuan: "She's already building connections with high-level characters. She really has professional instincts like her father."
Xiao Yu shook her head:
"It's more likely she just had a good talk and got invited to play."
"Do you think someone like our daughter would ignore a console that even the owner and his people like?"
Shen Xuan didn't deny it: "Makes sense."
"And even if she could buy it with points, it must be worth a fortune."
"In the end, it seems she built a good relationship with Ellie without noticing. Our daughter is amazing at that."
Xiao Yu: "Yes, our daughter is amazing."
(End of chapter)