Status Window?

Noah woke up feeling groggery, he was met with the white scenery again. It felt familiar but he could that it was not the same 'higher realm' that he visited earlier. It was only a feeling but seeing there were no noisy ball of light talking down to like he was a bug!

" Fancy seeing you here again." Noah almost jumped out of his skin hearing someone whisper in his ear. It's not like he had legs to do so as he too was a ball of light in this place!

" Fucking hell Nova! You almost scared me to death!"

" Wouldn't that be a good thing? At least your soul would be able to move on freeing me from all this trouble." There she was with that depressing train of thought. Since he came here, everyone was trying hard to kill him that he couldn't even catch a break!

" Funny.."

" Since you are here than I can presume that you passed out again. I hope it wasn't from having too much fun with that girl you have been fawning over."

" What the heck are you even talking about?"

" Sex? I hear that's all what lower lifeforms from the lower realms aspire. I never understood their hunger for lust."

" Good on you for that. At least, I have something over you now." Instead of getting angry at her calling him in a demeaning tone, he was used to it. What else could he do about it when they had absolute control here?

" Feeding into your carnal desire is nothing to be proud of. Evolved people like us broke that shackles long ago."

" Is that why you guys are so grumpy all of the time? Ow.." Nova buttheaded him, which was strange because they always seemed to phase through him like gas cloud.

" I am not going to argue with you about how you guys procreate, it's gross either way. I want to talk to you about what will happen next."

" Next?"

" Yes, I watched your fighting with all those people and I have to say you really are too weak. I mean even lowest of the low life forms would need one breath to kill you on spot. I don't understand why didn't you use your powers in the fight."

" I did use my rifle right? What more do you want from me when I only have a ten kilogram capacity of summon!" Noah said frustratingly. The restrictions were too strict for him to do anything, he was also injured and tired from his earlier fight with Henwen.

" You could have summon...forget it. At least you managed to survive."

" Come on tell me!" Samuel felt like he was talking to a moody teen going through whole range of mood change and was not giving him anything. If they told him how to use his bloody power, he wouldn't have to get injured after every fight.

"*sigh* Here." Nova purposefully made a noise before everything lit up and a status screen appeared in front of him.

" Are you kidding me?" Instead of being happy, Noah was furious. It was the same bland status window that he had seen the last time he was here!

" What?"

" It's the same! Where is things like strength, magic abilities and such. Isn't that how things should be? Me being able to see the power levels of others so that I will know when to fight and when to run away." There was also a gray section that he wanted to get in but from how she was, there was very little chance of her explaining anything to him.

" This- Summon-Specification. Here- Eye- for protection."

" Protection?"

" You will know what to do. Just next time remember that you have it."

" Also-"

" What now!?"

" I mean...I want to ask if there was something wrong with my body?" Noah decided to be polite on the surface even though he was thinking about thousands of ways to kick teach the little piece of shit some manners!

" I don't want to tell you. First you gave me a weird name and look at me now? I can't even manifest myself anywhere because I have to sign a contract with you. You know how boring things get when you are all alone in this empty room?"

" Can't you return to your original home? You were able to do that-"

" I said I can't! I have to stay close to you or-"

" Or?"

" forget it. It will go over your head regardless or whether I tell you or not." Noah was speechless. He didn't know just how dumb these people thing he is? He was a college graduate for god's sake!

" Regarding your body. I think my superior did mention that since you falled into this place unexpectedly and stuck here like a glitch in the system everything regarding you is strange. You seem to heal faster, display strength close to someone having unique abilities in strength department and even manage to use magic at will. I have to admit you are the most impressive when it comes to any lower realm individual that I observed over the years."

" I am that powerful?" Noah was surprised. Considering people like Nova didn't seem to have concept of time, she must have witness countless people over the years. Despite her tone, he took it as a compliment.

" Don't let that get in your head. You are also a mortal and to them death is a natural thing but you do have some potential."

" Thanks I guess?"

" I don't need your thanks. I need you to recover fast so that I could get out of this place." Noah was surprised to hear her say that. Is this contract such a powerful thing? Did they write the terms and conditions like those scummy businesses do on Earth: fine print that could only be visible under a microscope!?

" What do you mean get out of here? Are you guys so higher than us mortals that you don't need our help with anything?" Noah smirked feeling the desperation in Nova's voice.

" Urgh.."

" What? If you don't want to tell me than don't bring it up. I will get injured as many times as I want-"

" Fine. I will tell you." Noah was happy that he was able to get something out of the fucking brat. For someone who always act so high and mighty they were quite moody and erratic to say the least!

" A contract is a sacred ritual. There are many types some of which would give one of the party dominion over another party's life."

" You mean slave contract? Don't tell me you hassled me into signing a slave contract!" He was instantly alarmed hearing her say mention something so dangerous.

"No, normally it would be the case since I am superior to you in every aspect."

" There we go again." He rolled his eyes not that he had any here.

" I am! Why is it so hard for you to admit that I am above you? Wasn't it a concept from where you came from?"

" Have you been looking into my memories again!?" He knew she couldn't do that, at least that's what she told him during previously.

" We are binded so I have some leeway. Beside it's not like I am digging for your secrets like how you have a ritual of looking at naked woman watching screens and jerk-"

" Stop! I get it!"

" Ah Ah Ah~ It was something along this line right?"

" Fuck you! Can you quit using that fake voice?" He was reminded about her vocal choice which sound awfully familiar to a japanese pornstar that he liked when he was a teenager.

" It's nothing to be embarrassed about."

" I don't want to hear it."

" Is this better?"

" No! Absolutely not!" For some reason, her voice went high in pitch awakening his dark history that he tried to hard to forget. He didn't it would come up in such a obscene way. It wasn't illegal or anything but it's the culture that permeated through his search history which would definitely get him cancelled if anyone on earth found out about it!

" Can we please move on from this or I will die of embarrassment!"

" Alright, so I was saying that there were different type of contracts. What we have is sort of put us on the same level so none of us have a leg over another. It was only possible because you are an anomaly. If anyone else from lower realm try to bind themselves to higher life forms they would either have to give up their freedom or beat the stronger party into submission through their wits."

" Did that ever happen?"

" There are some instances in the future. There are some people alive but its a slim chance for you to ever encounter them so don't worry about it."

" Right, I also want to ask one more question."

" Yes?"

" Does that mean we share some powers? What if I die what would happen to you?"

" If you die then I will go back to where I belong." For some reason, Noah could tell that she was hiding something. It was only an intuition but he could tell there was more to the story.

" What about powers?"

" Of course there are some benefits but you are not strong enough to utilize it. If I put even 0.0000...." she went one and one with the number before finally stopping with a '1'," You whole body and soul would shatter."

" Doesn't that mean I will never be able to use that power?" How long would that take him to get strong enough to utilize even fraction of her powers? Isn't it same as about a millennia of painful and torturous training? granted that's how one get strong which he didn't even know.

" Everything will be revealed slowly for now, our talk will soon end."

" Why?"

" Because you are about to wake up."

" Wait! How do I call you again? You mentioned something about hibernation.."

Samuel felt his consciousness starting to float again. The pain he was feeling prior to fainting was slowly returning.

"It will take some time. In meantime, don't try to get injured again. I am only telling you since I don't want you to die on me." He knew his dead would be bad for Nova because she kept reminding it about it. 

" Fine, I will wait for you but you have to give me more answers next time."

" That's up to you. Meanwhile, I will look forward to see how much you will grow."

His body faded and there was only Nova left floating inside the dreamworld. She was a glaring ball of light when he was around but just when he left, it started to turn crimson constantly losing it's brightness.

Her angelic white hue reduce to a dim light red, which stick out like a sore thumb in the white room. She became the most darkest point in the room phasing in and out of existence as she whimper in pain.

" I can't believe I became so weak. It was really a close call." She was clearly hurt and suffering but her pride didn't her reveal it to Noah.

She began to channel her energy slipping back into hibernation to heal her injuries.