The Finals Begin
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Alright, let's do this one last time.
My name is Vivian Moore. Named after my paternal grandmother, and I have the middle name of Keone, which is from my maternal grandmother.
Vivian Keone Moore, yep, that's me.
What do I do?
I am a professional Villainess, you are welcome.
I was in a bad spot once and my whole life was almost ruined because I retained the memories of one Nadia of Medjay, a black ops agent from another world. Armed with the beauty of an angel and the skillset of an assassin, we have become a new Vivian, a new me.
We have become the Ultimate Villainess, the Karma Thief.
Cool, right?
Welp⦠I need someone to explain it to me before I say Aye or Nay.
Turns out the Heroine has a System too!
Like⦠are you fucking kidding me?
Don't tell me she has the memories of another player as well.
It seems not since she is acting like her usual self around me. If she was someone who played that stupid game the same as I, she would have figured out that I should be dead by now and she wouldn't approach me as carelessly as she did today.
But what is that about me interrupting her System's Quest?
So it is not like empathy for people in trouble and that bullshit, she has a System too and it is guiding her.
Damn! I need to be extra careful.
Even more, I need to understand what a System is before she gets wind of me being not entirely me.
Goddammit! What am I thinking of right now? I am in the middle of an exam and it is looking this bad!
Calm down!
Let's work on this together!
The questions seem easy.
Diplomacy, international relations, governing skills, economic improvements. I know it all. Not just as Vivian, but as Nadia as well. Nadia's world is advanced enough to have international problems that are way too advanced even for my sophisticated world. If I were to let Nadia take care of this, even she alone can ace this exam.
Alright!
Let's carve through this exam and pray for the best.
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It didn't take Vivian an hour to finish a three-hour-long exam, which gave her time to return to her thoughts once again and stare plainly at the ceiling of the examination hall.
Her idleness attracted the attention of her peers, who figured that she was definitely brooding without a hint of focus on the exam. Some gloated while others relished in the demise of the former top female student, and there were those who tried not to think about it.
As the remaining two hours passed, Vivian was the first to hand out her sheet and leave the examination hall. After the written test, there was a short break before an order was issued to gather in the homeroom of each class to go through the verbal and practical tests.
Since Vivian was part of the Diplomacy Class, the practical test she'd go through was a research paper prepared by every student and discussed by the Class' professor and other members of the school board assigned to test every class. Vivian had already prepared her paper long ago this semester, even before the Transmigration situation and all she had to do was to have an open discussion with the professors.
Unlike what everyone expected, Vivian was firm and resolute with her answers, providing more than enough explanations about her research papers to the professors, and was later awarded with the highest grade which is announced on the spot for this particular sort of exam. Moreover, since she was one of the first students to be tested verbally, her performance established the criteria for the testing professors which later was applied to everyone else and caused many to lose grades they wouldn't normally lose.
In a way, she slapped them all without even trying to even while she was absent-minded the whole time thinking of the situation between her and the Heroine and how the latter happened to have a System as well.
With that, the first day of the exams was concluded and Vivian retired to her dorm room.
There was no time to waste, Vivian wanted to put her mind to rest from the matter with the Heroine and prepare for the next day. However, fate decided to be cruel to Vivian and deprive her of rest. Even though it was getting dark and the curfew started, she couldn't help but feel extremely bothered.
"Sir System, show me the shop window, please."
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Β« Shop Β»
[ Weapons - Apparels - Consumable - Gadgets - Miscellaneous ]
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She started browsing the shop again but this time, she was looking into the grayed items, the things she couldn't buy yet.
There weren't many of those and they were either too expensive or had some requirements that needed to be provided before purchase. This latter sort was what Vivian was looking for.
The game she played had a crafting system: acquire some materials that are mostly herbs, spend some points on them, and a new item will emerge. And since the Heroine is known to be a herb collector, she should have that in her system too.
However, Vivian didn't find any of the Heroine products in the shop. In a way, her shop was completely different despite some similarities.
"So a Heroine's System is different from a Villainess System. But does this mean my system is also labeling me as a Villainess?"
The system did not call Vivian a Villainess, still, it said something about Villainess Karma. That made Vivian more bothered about the System calling Matilda the Heroine though. Either way, she couldn't find the iconic items that the Game lets the Heroine craft, such as the Pet Elixir, the Healing Powder, and the Experience Booster, as well as many other things.
On the other hand, Vivian had the Panacea, the Antidote, the Sustenance, and some other consumables that were grayed out.
"Everything I have is survival-based! Add to that the Weapons, the armor options in the Apparel tab, and even some of the Gadgets. It's as if the system is telling me to prepare for war."
Vivian rested her head on the back of her hand while resting on an armchair and started to think of whatever scenarios she may face in the future. Her habit of making things up in her mind and thinking of countermeasures was a habit she was good at in addition to Nadia's intrusive thoughts that opened the door for a lot of naughty possibilities.
"This was it, huh? Telling me to survive! I must prepare for anything. All the bad scenarios I know of and don't know of."
She knew life wouldn't be sunshine and rainbows for Vivian but for the first time, she realized she may be in over her head with trouble.
Her four guns won't cut it either, her mild daily training won't suffice, and she needs more power, both personal and social.
First, she had to hear up as of tonight.
"Profile!"
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Β« Profile Β»
Name: Vivian Moore
Race: Human
Level: N/A
Age: 18
SP: 2859
Social: Noble (Count's Daughter)
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Β« Traits Β»
Novice Mithridatism
Novice Assassin?
Novice Gunslinger?
Adept Diplomat
Adept Scholar
Expert Pianist
<Dormant Records>
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Vivian's SP has reached a point where she isn't worried about spending for the time being. What she lacked in SP she can make up for in Money and since she had been receiving the allowance she was missing these past few months, she already has around 55,000 Elgardish Pound in cash and that's without counting the money she will receive from Count Julian upon graduation for her personal business venture.
Vivian started making a plan after she confirmed the capabilities of the system as well as her personal capabilities. She has done some research these past few days, especially after the attack and she arrived at the conclusion that without help from others, she won't be able to build her own strength.
This was clear since she couldn't learn Aura Arts or Magic on her own without a proper mentor. After all, Vivian may be perfect in many things but she has talent for neither Aura nor Magic.
On top of that, House Moore itself is not a strong house in terms of Martial prowess and their pact with the Kingdom forbids them from hiring Mages, they have to borrow strength from alliances and her marriage was supposed to be such an alliance.
Who knows if the beef with the prince and his cronies will last? What secret does the Heroine hide? Why did Nadia and Vivian become one? And what is the system's origin?
These questions really hit Vivian hard that night and deprived her eyes of half of the night's sleep.
***
By the next morning, Vivian refreshed herself with her daily training in the academy's garden right after dawn. She kept a low profile and finished her training in an hour then slipped back to the dorm without anyone noticing.
There were still three hours before the students gathered in the academy and so she bathed and ate before heading out two hours earlier than the others.
Since the early bird gets the worm, Vivian followed the same steps she did yesterday, only this time there were different scenarios and different people in need of help. With every individual she helps, she gets a piece of information regarding the exam and today is a very vital day for Vivian.
Previously, she planned that she'd have the Diplomacy Major exams on the first day, the liberal arts which she has applied for three of them on the second day, and finally the third day would be one exam related to the scientific and mathematical knowledge which she only signed up for the subject of Astronomy and Navigation, while she would completely disappear on the fourth day.
That, of course, wasn't possible to happen after her documents were tampered with and she was forced into a position where she would have to participate in every single exam.
So rather than simply pestering the Heroine and interrupting her System's quest, Vivian was busy gathering information for her own sake and she made it with more than enough hints about the exams to a point where she was able to draw an outline of what to expect.
Today's exams are supposed to be an hour long each, unlike yesterday's exams which took more than half a day. Each exam will be two hours long, and there are five or four with an hour break between each. As the first exam starts at 8 AM, the last exam will be over at 8 PM.
Vivian had to last twelve long hours getting through each exam both today and tomorrow.
It was bound to be draining to the extreme.
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