The System Play Store
3. Charcoal
{After knowing my name, can I call you Aurel?. Your friends call you that, don't they?}
Arang asked so politely.
‘No problem for me.’ reply Aurelia through the mind.
{Alright Aurel, let me explain how you are currently}
Although his face was covered by Leak's mask, but the tone of voice made Aurelia aware that Arang was being serious.
{Your time is only one hour}
‘One hour?.’
{It's true, one hour. You only have that much time}
Arang then tells how Aurelia is still alive and survives until now even though her body has been destroyed.
{All because of the effects of meteor} said Arang.
“Meteor?, I saw a meteor shower when the earthquake occurred, and...the fireball that hit the factory..”.
Aurelia looked at the central area which contained a small crater with a black chunk of rock in the middle.
{Meteor is what keeps you alive, and also the reason why you can see and hear me}
Arang said if the meteor that rained down on the whole earth two days ago had a miracle that is difficult to explain.
To be honest it was hard for Aurelia to believe everything Arang said, because it sounded so fantasy and imaginative.
But seeing the situation now makes Aurelia have no reason not to believe in Leak's masked woman.
{An hour more, the regeneration ability provided by the rest of the meteors will disappear. After that you will be killed instantly}
Charcoal knocked on the concrete wall above Aurelia's body. The girl asked, can Arang help her out of her current state.
{If what you mean is to get your body out of there, then the answer is impossible}
Charcoal extended his carved hand to touch Aurelia's head, but Arang's hand pierced through her head.
‘You ghost!.’
{Not!}
Aurelia was so surprised to see Arang's figure becoming somewhat transparent.
Realizing that Arang could not help her out of her current state, Aurelia resigned. He was already preparing to die while saving his friend Rani, so no regrets were left behind
But strange feelings begin to come to Aurelia.
{So apparently}
‘I've guessed that she is indeed beautiful from her voice. But I don't think her beauty is beyond what I can imagine.’ thought Aurelia.
Charcoal's lips revealed a smile, the black-haired woman thanked him for the praise Aurelia gave her through her mind.
Charcoal was leaning beside Aurelia, and the two were staring at the night sky together. Somehow Aurelia felt the same feeling from Arang.
Such a heavy feeling.
Because so curious, Aurelia finally asked, ‘Arang is this also your last day?.’ He just asked. But it is not expected that the question is on target.
{You're right. Just like you, I will also vanish in one hour}
“Why?.” somehow Aurelia felt worried.
The two had just met a few minutes ago, but in that short time Aurelia felt like she had become so familiar with Arang.
Arang told his story.
Hundreds of years of Arang fighting for the recognition of the gods. Until the last fight took his life, Arang thought if he could finally rest.
But the Gods instead gave him a gift he did not want for his dedication during his time as a Messenger, namely the opportunity to live again in another world with special powers.
It looks like a mainstream isekai story template, but that's the fact.
‘So what gift do they give, but you don't want it?.’
Aurelia's question was not immediately Arang replied, the beautiful woman was still staring at the sky covered in black clouds as if immersed in her own thoughts.
‘It doesn't matter if you don't want to say it.’ said Aurelia.
Hearing that Arang immediately shook his head.
{Only I don't want you to be sorry for me}
‘Why is that?, As if my current condition isn't bad enough, to still have a chance to think about other people's circumstances.’
Despite saying so, Arang easily saw the curiosity in Aurelia's eyes. With the reason that the girl did not become a curious spirit after dying, Arang continued the story.
{They turned me into Support System}
‘Support System?.’
{Maybe it will be easier to understand if I refer to it as Artificial Intelligence}
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(Connected)