Skills & People

Wow now that was some serious shit ! She can turn into anyone she wants ! But can she use their skills too ? Then I noticed something, she had two stats windows ! One I was reading from and the other was very familiar ! It was my own stats and not just that it was my original stats too !! Before I edited it. Just like the one I was born with. I found a counter to editing, I guess. Her skill is really terrifying !!

" Christy chant a fire ball magic.. " I said.

" But..it will hurt…and I am…" She was afraid, I understand though.

" Just try…if it starts hurting stop immediately besides rahil here will perform a soothing and pain nullification skill, so don't worry. It's still up to you though we won't force you ! '' I tried to convince her.

She stood up, one hand forward she started chanting the fire ball lines, and just in second a huge fireball flew right between me and rahil, " what the hell !! " someone shouted as we both jumped to the sides. Man that was scary !!

" Huh ! I can use magic….!! I can learn skills !!? Oh I am so sorry lady Neff it was not my intention to hurt you. Please don't execute me." She almost cried. Was that tears of joy or worry I couldn't tell.

" Don't worry it was my fault for not warning you…" I said standing up.

" But that fireball…..that…."

" I have never seen a bigger fireball before " Rahil said it first.

" You have too much magicules and plus you never used it before that's why it was abnormal. Try not to use too much magicules." I said going near her.

She could use the skills and specialities of the contracted person too ! That makes her skill one of the best I had seen in a while !! I wanted to test the main thing that i really wanted the answer for so i asked,

" Can you imagine a ball of iron ? "

" Huh ? A ball of iron my lady ? " She had question marks in her eyes.

" Just try to imagine it and use magicules to make it like fireball " I said.

" If you say so " She tried and made weird noises in between but nothing really happened. Does she not have my original skill ? I took her in another room with me. Rahil started to get the room back in useful condition.

" Okay take this " I created a small sword and put it on the table.

" I don't know…how..!? " She was saying but i said it before her.

" Take it with your left hand….and try to imagine absorbing it…"

" Azdorbingjj my lady ? " Ohh yeah that's another word they don't know.

" Try imagining like being one with the sword or sucking the sword inside you with your hand " I tried my best. It sounded so weird though. But she closed her eyes and put her hand on sword after a while the sword disappeared ! Oh shit she can copy even original skills ! That's outright cheating !!

" Imagine making that sword that you just absorbed…" I said.

She closed her eyes again and made a perfect copy of the sword I had just made. She looked at me i looked at her then she spoke,

" My lady ! Does this mean I can do whatever you can do ? " She asked with so much innocence I almost kissed her.

" I think so, but don't tell anyone about what i can do okay ? It will be a secret between just us two !" I said.

" Oh of course my lady !! Don't you worry about that ! You can always count on Christy here ! " She said holding my hand like a kid which she was now. She looked much more perfect in my body than i ever felt !

We went back to the meeting room which now had a hole burned on the side wall. Father will kill me ! I sat christy beside me, Rahil was on the other side. He copied her stats, and she was just playing with random magic chants that she learned all through her life but could never use ! I told her that she will be back to herself in 30 minutes, so now she was just enjoying her new found power. She even had my magicules pool, I can bet her skill is minimum rank A or it even could be S ! The next candidate came in and we started our same routine of questions and answers but now everytime I asked someone something they looked at me then at christy then me again. I guess they were confused about which of us was the real one !

After 30 minutes we interviewed another 4 people and finally christy turned back to normal. I told her that she would get the job if she still wanted it, and she said yes. I asked another maid to show her where she will live and what to do as a maid. Father had told me not to hire them without letting the potential candidate meet him but I wanted to let her know that she had a job here and this was not another rejection. Then after a few guys a girl in her teens came in. She had long black hair, she was a little tan. She reminded me of myself when I was pulling all nighters before exams. She just had that scholar wibe to her. But my notes said she was uneducated.

" Hi ! How are you ? " I started.

" I am fine my lady ! Thank you for asking ! " Hm ? Her speech was so formal.

" What's your name ? And where are you from, Miss ? "

" My name is Somy and I am from Lordfell in Karasta."

" Karasta ! why do you want a job so far from home ? " I asked.

" My mother was from waccar so we came to live here after…."

" Ohh it's fine ! How old are you ? You look so young ! " I went off script.

" Uhmm i….my family..um.." She was hesitating for some reason.

" Lordfell is known for their locals who are said to not age until they reach 40 " Rahil said.

Huh ! What the hell was that about ? some kind of natural phenomena or some special skill that they had ? l looked at Rahil and he understood my confusion.

" It is said to be a skill at work of a saint who died there, anyone who is born there and lives until 5 gets affected by this skill." He explained. If that's the case then people must be going there for…..it could really be heaven for some people, ladies who don't age !!

I asked her to show her stats and she complied without a word. For some reason she felt the oddest one I had interviewed so far. It was like she was ready for anything. She could do anything. I wanted to give all my responsibilities to her and just slack off. And I found out why that was - Systematize, her skill's name was. At first it seemed like another skill that made no sense but after i asked her to say systematize it activated. Her eyes which were black changed to blue like some display of some sort. I looked at her stats again and as expected it was much more detailed now.

[ Systematize - User can organize and assess flawlessly. Can make copies of literature, literacy consuming x5, photographic memory ]

Wow now that was one perfect office lady we have. I told her the details of her skill and she cried. I understood her but It was weird because we didn't know how to deal with such situations. Anyway I made her some tissues and gave her some water and tea.

" Thank you so much lady Neffarantini ! I didn't know what to do here ! I have no fighting abilities and I can't read. No one gave me any job except….except…"

" It's fine ! Here, drink this and don't worry ! Everything is okay now " I tried my best.

" Yes…yes it is." She took the tea and said smiling.

We did some experiments with her photographic memory which only worked when her skill was activated, then her coping ability - She didn't know how to read, yet she wrote perfectly the things she saw just once like a machine. Father is gonna love her. We need to teach her common language though. I ticked her name in the list and suggested her as a secretary rather than a maid. She was just too perfect.

Another guy came in. He looked really good for his thirties or mid twenties I don't know but he had that look which gets really nice as he gets older. His clothes were also top notch, he was no normal commoner that's for sure, maybe a merchant or rich adventurer ! But why would someone like that come here !!

" Hello ! What's your name sir ? " I asked even though I knew his name. It was common courtesy I guess.

" Vincent Kasarian, my lady. " He said gracefully. Kasarian was a bastard surname for those who are born in Kasar by illegitimacy.

" Are you here for the job ?" I asked since he clearly was a child of some rich noble.

" Yes lady, Neff " He said. He had just noticed the hole in the wall and had a very confusing expression.

" If you don't mind, can I ask you about your parents ? " it was a touchy subject.

" Lord of Zikmat, Abedan Alroha in Kasar is my father. Lady neff " He said.

" Lord Abedan ! The right hand man of lord kasim ? " I blurted out.

" Haha ! Yes, his trusted advisor, as people say. " I was embarrassed. I sometimes unknowingly blurt out informal language in front of people. It was my bad habit from my life on earth. Commoners never noticed it much but nobles were different.

" Apologies that was rude of me. Then why are you here umm sir Vincent ? '' In the documents in my hand it was written that he had been anointed knighthood at age of 15, but because he had no powerful skills so the association of allied knights (AOAK - Commonly known as Ark or ork ) never gave him an official position. There were many unemployed knights out there like him, some becomes adventurers, some just traveled from here to there in search for temporary employment by nobles in wars and such. Knights were trusted much more than adventurers because they take oaths of protecting and serving the land they reside on when called upon. Also they are bound to fight for the land they take oath in when called upon. It was not just a made up title; the anointed person really does get the title on his stats. I had heard that it gives a 4 % boost in all stats.

" To tell you in short my father kicked me out of his castle….That's why ! " He said laughing. It was no laughing matter sir !! Lord Abedan was a really good person according to stories I had heard. He was one of the best strategist in waccaria too. I don't think he kicked him out, out of spite. He wouldn't have kept him for so many years if that was the case.

" And now you want to become a butler ? " Rahil asked. Something was going on in his head as well I guess !

" I am fine with that if I can get free meals and drinks…" He said laughing. " But the reason I came was because your father said there was something in it for me if I did. He was all mysterious and all too ! " Hm.. Father invited him ? He wants me to look at his stats. Is he someone special to him ?

" Okay you're welcome here anyway ! Can you show me your stats if you don't mind sir ! " I asked.

" I am anvinsik lady Neff and other skills that i have learned are not that great either. I can tell you what you want to know…." He was a little reluctant for some reason. I guess nobles really didn't want to show their stats to anyone hm !

" I am sorry sir. But it is necessary to show the stats if you want the job !" I said.

" Who will read it ? You two ? " He asked.

" Yes, " we said.

" You guys have analyzing skills ? " He asked again.

" Something like that, " I said.

" Okay but I don't want anyone to make a copy of it. " He said with a serious face.

" Don't worry sir, it will be completely confidential. And we will not make any copy either. We just need to confirm some things, that's all ! " I said seriously too.

" You want to see if I am real or not ? " He asked.

" We won't force you sir, If you want to meet my father first you can, but he will also tell you the same thing. It's better to do it in front of us kids than him, don't you agree ? '' I tried to convince him.

" You sure are his daughter ! That I completely agree with. " He said laughing then opened his stats. He had a lot of skills learned but only a few were active. Most were movement skills or strength and stamina boosting skills. Then I realized, most of these skills were necessary swordsmanship skills. Two things were really worth noticing in his stats. One was his name, it was not Vincent Kasarian but Vincent Alroha ! I guess the system doesn't care whether you are married or not ! I bet all the men loved this feature…. The other thing was his original skill - Warlock. What the f*** was this now ! Was this guy some kind of wizard or some shit ?! I was not sure whether it was a reference to my old world or some class that this world had. Warlocks are supposed to do something with witchcraft and stuff. Does that mean his skill makes his magic boost or something ? Or it's dark affinity magic related something ? But as my experience has been, these anvinsik skills are supposed to be activated before it has any kind of effect.