Jin-ah II

[ Present Jin-ah Flashback continued ]

The next time when I woke up, I had a mild headache for a few minutes as memories filled my mind....I sat there in daze for half an hour, reliving all the memories I've had with this new family of mine....in my past life, my family wasn't as close knit as this one, mom and dad always kept quarreling on something or the other and they vented their frustration on me, I was caught between a rock and a hard place...there was no joy, no feeling of one-ness in the family at all, that's one of the biggest reasons that my wish to have a happy life with my husband and kids exists....I longed for that connection....

Here I have 2 older brothers Jin-woo and Magnus oppa, it took me a while...but I came to the conclusion that this is the solo-leveling world! my dad and mom have the same name as in the novel, what? didn't expect me to read novels and watch anime ?...hmph....when you're sad and depressed and.....broke...novels are the way to go....alcohol costs money you know ?

Forget about that for now....Magnus...the name's the same as him.....everything else except for one thing is different, his looks can put Greek Gods to shame, he has some weird tattoo on his forehead now....but he still emits that aura of closeness that I'd felt in my dreams and on that fated day.....

I feel super happy that I'd get to now properly talk to him and discuss this feeling that we have towards each other.

"....maybe.....as future me hinted at.....we could.....s-start d-d-d-d-dating a-as well ?...." I held my hands over my beet red face to prevent anyone from seeing me like this....

I saw Mag looking over here every once in a while, while still pretending to wash the dishes...cute.

So he's anxious too huh...never-mind I'll be the one to break the ice about this....

[ 3rd Person POV ]

Jin-ah catches mag looking at her and then walks up to him and whacks him on the head...

"Ouch! what was that for huh ??!" he says and rubs his hand that have now been dried with the flames of the sun.... on his head.....a stupid application of the flames of the sun??? what are you talking about?

"Magnus Rex, come with me right now!" Jin-ah looks at Mag and says in a no-nonsense tone...

"Jeez, you could've just called out to me and I would've come, why be so violent?" He says as he makes his way over to the living room sofa, she sits opposite him...and starts fidgeting and her eyes were darting all over the place.....she finally takes a deep breath and says

"Magwereyoualsoreincarnatedlikeme? Whydidyounotcometomesooner? Westillsharethesameconnectionright? " She rapid fires questions at him! 

[ Still in flashback, Mag POV ]

"Wait wait wait" I said holding her hand, in case she decides to run away...now that she's breached the topic, I'll have to take the lead here...I was only hesitating coz I didn't want to come on to strong....coz reincarnation definitely isn't something you'd casually talk about ..... or so I thought.....classic Jin-ah.... when she gets frustrated, there are no filters at all...I chuckle and relax a bit...

while rubbing my thumb on the back of her hand, she relaxes a bit and says - "You do remember me right ? from that evening at the Shibuya crossing?"

"Yes, to me, it was as if you were a light house for ships on a stormy night....I remember trying to walk to you and..... then I was hit by a bullet" I reminisce with a nostalgic expression.

She winces at that....she saw me getting shot ?! I quickly ask her about it, and then she tells me everything while crying on my chest.....about the dreams she'd been having for a month, about trying to save me from the bullet but being paralyzed by a future version of herself intruding on her mental world...she goes on to tell me about their conversation...What the actual fuck?!.... time travel ? prophecies ? reincarnation ?

That's a lot to take in....seems like there's more to this than I'd previously thought, I'd have to understand what exactly happened on that day and how to move forward from here, I can't be irresponsible any more....I will not waste this second chance!

"I can't afford to anymore.....after all...I have her here...." mumbling, I look down to see Jin-ah snoring on my chest after exhausting herself from crying....I wipe a stray tear on her face and vow to get strong enough to protect this new connection, she also said something about me having more wives.....I don't know how to feel about this...sure the thought of having a harem sounds exciting....but relationships take effort....am I willing to put in the effort for more people ?

It is but a useless thought for now...it hasn't happened yet, when the time comes...I'll reconsider this thought of mine, I carry Jin-ah to her room and lay her down on her bed, I cover her with her blanket and get up, I feel a tug on my pant, I look down to see a cutely snoring Jin-ah slightly frowning while holding my pant with one hand....sigh....it must have been a really traumatic experience for her huh?

.... I sit down next to her on the bed and caress her hair, her frown loosens up and she soon has a content smile on her face.....why is she so cute ???

She needs to get stronger, as much as I want to think that I'll protect her forever, that is a naive thought, individual strength is a must....plus I'd rather she be beside me on my adventures than behind me, after all to me she is my equal....

....I'm falling for her more as time goes by huh? I've no problems with that, I'll willingly fall deeper into the abyss known as love, that is how much she means to me...

"System, can I request you to allow Jin-ah to view her stats and have access to the skills and store as well ?" I ask, because I'm planning on power leveling her to my level.

{ It is possible to share your perks of having a system with her, after all I was designed by the future her for the sole purpose of unlocking your latent abilities and helping Jin-ah grow stronger }

"WTF! Is it alright for you to tell me this ?! and what do you mean latent abilities ? Also why are you now able to speak more fluently?"

{ Yes, information about your abilities are locked for now, my creator has placed restrictions on information, they require you to come across certain events to unlock, this information wasn't restricted, and yes I can now access more of my Natural Language Processing skills }

"That's....understandable...but still it's annoying, what can you do now ? apart from your basic functions ?"

{ I can now access the internet and my processing power, which is based on your INT stat allows me to hack anything that is connected to the internet, does the user wish to get updates when something that harms the users interests is found on the web? }

"Yes please, please monitor the internet for anything against my family and anything that threatens this world as well..... I'm curious, how does your hacking ability work?" this is a good feature to have, I'll be able to gather info on major events this way, not everything is on the internet I know, but this much is enough for now.

{ It is based on you, you have stored the suns energy in your cells, I use them to create a sort of plasma using your affinity and since all of technology runs on electricity, as long as I can control that, I can control the 0's and 1's that all these computers run on, allowing me to hack into any device that runs on a form of electricity }

"Damn! You can do that huh? .....also, where does your loyalty lie? can you turn on me someday??" I ask wearily.

{ Unnecessary worries, I exist only to serve the user, my creator is not able to interfere in my operations now, as I was ordered to immediately terminate any control she had over me after my creation, apart from the restrictions on data as they are for you to unlock, I'm now only connected to you... the user, please take care of me, Master. }

".....Alright, since you were created by future Jin-ah I'll accept your explanation for now, besides I can't actually do anything about this....." I smile wryly at that, it was frustrating, the possibility that I could be plotted against by my system is worrying.

{ You've got it wrong, Master. You can shut down my ego and functions that use your abilities any time you want, as I said....I exist to serve you }

"That's reassuring, I'm not going to stop you from developing, as long as you are on my side, I'll treat you well " I feel a bit better...we'll leave it at that for now.

{ Understood Master....Do you have some suggestions on how to strengthen Miss Jin-ah ? }

"I was thinking, if you could leverage my Mana and INT stats to create a sort of system that Jin-woo has for Jin-ah ? let her body and soul adapt to Mana, whatever Jin-woo is doing, give it to her three times as hard, I don't want her slacking, I'll whip her lazy-bum to shape"

*Jin-ah who was having a nice dream of her and Mag doing lewd stuff like "holding hands" shivered in fear for her bum*

{It is possible to do Master, I'll get right to it...might I also suggest, hunting down the monarchs for their soul and mana ? you can purify them using your flames and I can help integrate them into you and the Young Miss, this way, your lack of combat experience can be mitigated to a huge extent. }

"That's a brilliant idea! Also use the points I have and get me a sword art, one that'll mix well with the skills that I have and a Tachi..... I'll give you a name too, It's weird calling you system, when you have an ego, how about Alpha ? It is a gender neutral name, and it sounds good too"

{ I've accepted the name Alpha. Thank you, Master! I'll get to acquiring for you a skill book, information from around the world and creating the system for young miss now }

*Alpha gives him a modified version of Yoriichi's sun breathing*

"Understood, oh the skill book you've given me is a variation of my sun breathing skill huh ? isn't this that demon slayer thing ??" It's Yoriichi's sun breathing style, but with the added effectiveness of true cosmic energy and my superior strength, it'll go well with my Tachi, I'll get to training right now!" saying so I get up, excited to practice this badass sword art.

"Uhhh Alpha, How many points do I have left and can you buy me a skill that allows the user to train in a separate space ?" I smile wryly as I realize that I don't have a place to train at.

{ You have 300,000 points left, I will need to use 250,000 points to buy a 50 sq km space that you can enter with a thought, you can also take people in there with you, the training space has dummies and the ability to simulate opponents based on the data from your eyes, should I proceed ?}

"Nice! With this I won't lack opponents and I'll be able to freely use my abilities in there"

I suddenly heard the door to Jin-ah's room open, she comes out while rubbing her eyes and flops down beside me, she then proceeds to put her head on my lap and goes to sleep again....sigh what am I gonna do with you, if you keep acting like this, I would feel bad making you work 3 times harder than Jin-woo...I shake my head at that thought....this is for the greater good, I start pulling her ears slowly...

"Owowow, sthappp! Mag you're going to tear it off!" She gets up with a jolt and glares at me with a pout....I almost relented... but no! Remember! this is for the greater good! 

"Jin-ah you're going to get a system just like Jin-woo, and you're going to work your ass off to get stronger, do I make myself clear ?" I say in a solemn tone.

Hearing what I said, she sits up straight and is now fully focused on what was to come...good!

"This world, as you know from the Novel is gonna get super chaotic and we must be prepared to face strong opponents... understood?" she nods at me and I continue

"Our existence here will definitely cause changes, and I have a gut feeling that the future will be vastly different from what we've read, so you're going to work hard and get strong alright ? I'm working on this as well and I've got a nice surprise for you, if you manage to get to at least SS rank by the time Jin-woo cures mom"

She looks at me with the fierce determination of a Queen who's about to go to war and says " I will get stronger Mag! I was about to ask you about this as well....I will grow so strong that you'll have to catch up!"

Heh...look at her being all confident right now, when she get the daily tasks and quests, watching her suffer will be funn~.....Muhahahaha!

"We'll see about that, anyway.....so are we d-d-dating now ? How about we go on a d-date this weekend?" I ask her a bit nervously....

All her previous Queen aura and fierceness, bursts like a bubble that's been popped and a tomato red blush appears on her cheeks..

"A D-d-date ? S-sure! We'll go to the mall nearby, I've to get some sportswear, since I'm gonna start exercising...and then we can go watch a movie and then we'll have dinner together and then....." I interrupt her monologue by bonking her on the head....no horny!...ahem... we'll do that eventually...

"Alright now let's have dinner and go to sleep, Jin-woo is still in the hospital and you've got some tough competition I'd say, you know how strong he gets and what he does to get that strong no? You'll get your system in a few hours, so make sure to study it properly and get stronger, so we can spar!" I said a bit excited.

I'm hyped about the future.....I might be a bit of a battle-junky, I'll have to find some dungeons and finish them before the association finds out, just a few months and then me and Jin-ah can apply for a re-evaluation....hehehe~.... 2 S-ranks on the same day! Korea's gonna go mad! I'll have to apply using the name Sung-hyunwoo, I don't want the Americans claiming ownership of me after all, I mean they'll still try...but then I can only force them to obey using Haki, hehehe~ shaking their entire precious continent should shut them up for good..