NOVEL SIMPLE She’s A What???
Elysia moved her hands away from Eliana’s face, bringing them up to her hair and pulled it back, exposing her milky white neck and Eliana fought as hard as she could to not listen to the voices in her head urging her to plant kisses all over it.
Elysia smirked in satisfaction seeing her heated reaction but chose to subtly ignore it. She then brought her hands to a simple and plain old necklace she was wearing. Something one wouldn’t really pay attention to even though it might be right in front of them.
“T-that necklace, isn’t that??” Eliana inquired in slight surprise as she tried to recall where had she seen it before.
“Hm, the one I’ve had with me ever since I could remember” Elysia started off, her tone turning a little solemn.
“Do you remember asking me why it was that I was holding onto something like this... especially in the circumstances you had found me in all those years ago?”
“Uh...” Eliana trailed off, her mind turning a little blank before details and visions of said memory quickly flashed by in her mind.
She lightly shook her head to relieve herself of the sensation and continued.
“I had always found it a little weird that of all the things you could’ve kept around with you on your person, you chose that necklace. I had assumed that it held some kind of special meaning to you though so I didn’t really push too much for an answer and you never really spoke about it again from that point on either...”
“But judging from your tone, is there really something special about it” Eliana asked curiously.
In both sets of her memories, she could not think of a situation where there was something special or weird about this ordinary ornament adorned with a blue gemstone that had already lost its luster. It wasn't even something she even remembered being spoken about when regarding Elysia's character in that game so she wondered what kind of peculiarities it had.
Elysia gazed at it once again, her expression becoming a little complicated.
“Well, it turns out that it really is special, special in ways that even until now, I still don’t understand very much nor the reason as to why I even have it with me.”
“Well, care to explain how?”
Elysia then shuffled a bit and got off of Eliana to stand on her feet, putting some distance between herself and the bed.
“Well, to start off, I’ll tell you the reason as to why I kept it around. It wasn’t because of some great or sentimental reason, it’s simply because I could never actually get rid of the stupid thing. No matter how far I chucked it away, it always found it's a way to back onto my neck after some time as if nothing even happened"
“And no matter how hard I tried to destroy the fucking thing; it always came off without a scratch either, whatever I had used to strike it always ended up being the thing that breaks....”
Growl
Elysia became frustrated the more she spoke about it, till the point she let out a low yet deep growl marred with annoyance and it caused a shiver to run down Eliana’s spine.
‘What was that?’
Phew
Elysia then took a second to calm herself before she continued...
“At some point in time I had chosen to not bother about it anymore and pretend that it doesn’t exist while also trying not to garner any suspicion towards to it at the same time. It would’ve remained that way for eternity if it wasn’t for...” her words trailed off and she subtly glanced at Eliana with a somewhat guilty expression.
‘Do I tell her? No! Knowing her reaction every time that woman is mentioned, she always blows her top off...I don’t want her to get mad right now... I’ll let her know later...’
‘Mm I’ll tell her once I’ve stuffed her full and satisfied her enough that she doesn't even have the opportunity to get mad.’
Elysia’s mind went into overdrive as she pondered on whether she should continue what she was saying but ultimately, in those one or two seconds she spent deep in thought, she chose to not finish off what she was saying since it would jeopardize her... plans.
“And? If it wasn’t for what, don’t leave me hanging here.” Eliana grumbled in annoyance.
‘Don’t tell me she’s going to act all mysterious now.’
Elysia took another quick glance at Eliana before she continued speaking.
‘Did she just ignore me?’
“Anyway, the second thing that is special about this seemingly plain old necklace is that it was essentially the root cause of what was preventing me from Awakening.”
“I’m sure you could recall that sensing mana was never an issue for me. Even in the places in the empire that have the lowest mana density, I had always had a keen sense for it but whenever I tried to gather that mana and bring into my body, I always ran into a problem.”
Eliana’s ears perked up hearing this as it was something that had always dumbfounded her about Elysia since even in comparison to most of the individuals around her when she was growing up, she was always among the most talented.
Her physical abilities were always a cut above the rest and they always seemed to be slightly on par with hers even though she herself was already enough of an anomaly.
‘And yet, such a talented individual wasn't able to even gather a simple sliver of mana into their body, something someone with even Black Grade Talent could do. I had always found that a bit fishy...'
Eliana pondered in her mind before she glanced at the necklace in Elysia's hands.
“So, for what reason was this necklace even restricting you from gathering mana into your body in the first place?”
‘I have a feeling that something cliche is about to happen here’ Eliana thought inwardly but didn’t let it show on her face.
“Well, this coincides with your earlier question, the reason why I am hiding my feline features is because for one, I’m not fond of how sensitive they’ve become and I don’t want anyone other than you and... a few others to be the one to touch them.”
“And two, I am hiding them because of well... this”
Elysia grip on the necklace tightened just a little and she sent a wisp of her mana into it and the dim blue gemstone began to regain its dazzling glow. Soon after, it began to emit a soft light that obscured Elysia’s form. It grew brighter and brighter until it began to light up the entire room for a few seconds before it dissipated completely, revealing Elysia’s true appearance.
“Oh my...”
Eliana gasped. She was beautiful, simply too beautiful that it was hard to even put it into words and this only astounded her even more. Elysia had already been beautiful and turning heads before and the fact that she was now wearing a disguise artefact didn’t sit right with her at all but she could now understand her reasoning as she would simply draw too much attention wherever she goes.
Her form oozed a strange sort of perfection and primal beauty that made it hard for her to keep her eyes away. Sure, her body being cleansed by mana and removing it of impurities helped with this but still.
This also wasn’t helped by the slight changes in her looks. Her flowing blonde hair had turned into a beautiful snow white while feline ears of the same color now rested cutely atop her head. There was also a tail with black and white stripes swaying lightly above her ass and peaked out from the back of her dress.
“You look... gorgeous”
Eliana whispered as she walked up to her and began to stroke her ears with her hands. The feeling being somewhat novel yet familiar to her.
‘They are so fluffy’
“S-stop it”
Elysia backed away as she looked away to hide the slight blush on her cheeks.
“You said I can touch them, didn’t you?”
Eliana replied smugly and just as she was about to chase after her...
[Check her status Master]
The system which had been quiet for a while suddenly spoke up in her mind and she reluctantly did as it said.
Appraisal!
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[Name: Elysia Flameheart]
[Age: 18]
[Gender: Female]
[Rank: E]
[Race/Species: Magical Beast]
[Bloodline/Lineage: Royal White Tiger]
[Affiliations: Flameheart Dukedom]
[Abilities: Lightning Manipulation, Wind Manipulation, Human/Beast Transformation, Predator’s Aura]
[Stats: (Max Stats for E-Rank are 50)]
[Strength: 48]
[Agility: 49]
[Stamina: 44]
[Vitality: 49]
[Intelligence: 45]
[Charm: 50]
[Mana: 47]
[Mental: 47]
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‘Oh shit!’
‘She’s a white tiger. A royal one at that! What’s a member of such a secluded tribe doing on this continent’
Her mind was overtaken by a flurry of thoughts as she processed the information that she just read and many questions appeared in her mind while a few answers of Elysia’s origin was made clear to her but opened up even more questions in the process.
‘Hm, what’s this feeling?’
For Elysia, she had suddenly felt something strange. It was as if there was something peering through all her secrets and laying them bare for one to see as Eliana gazed at her. She wasn’t sure how she was actually doing this but it felt eerie and it made her feel a bit uncomfortable... and almost instinctively.
“Grrr!!!”
She let out a low beastly roar that belied her beautiful countenance yet seemed somewhat intrinsic at the same time and she began to exude a sort of baleful aura that subtly bore down on the space around her.
‘What is going on’
Just as Eliana was lost in her thoughts, she felt something begin to encroach upon her mind and when she ceased her thoughts to gaze at Elysia, her new piercing blue eyes caused a shiver to run down her spine. If any other person were to be standing in her position right now, they would surely be quaking in their boots.
A few seconds later, Elysia slowly retracted her innate ability after calming down but the few seconds of her releasing it left Eliana’s emotions in quite the turbulent state, her body subtly trembling but not exactly in the way you would think...
