Chapter 19 : A Summer Rose.
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''And one of those missions is to come into my world and stop me from stopping a robbery which if you don't leads me to join Beacon 2 years early which sends me on some kind of hero journey that ends up with me and my future friends facing the forces of evil, the Grimm and Salem, the queen of the Grimm.''
''Eyup,'' I said with a nod as I extended my hand across the table I had summoned from my pocket space to pick up one of the cookies I broth with me from home.
I should thank Tarte for the sugary treat once I was back home.
''And in exchange for just distracting me from my apparent fate, you are rewarded with me being bound to you as some kind of eternally loyal companion and/or sex slave.'' She asked, while still blushing cutely at the sex slave part.
''That's about it,'' I said trying not to laugh at the annoyed expression on her face. She proceeds to bend over on her chair and plant her face on the table before letting out a loud groan.
''Then why did you try so hard to convince…'' she began before stopping herself, I could practically see the proverbial light bud flashing over her head.
She quickly sat straight on her chair before slamming her hands on the surface furiously.
''Was THAT the reason you have been so insufferably smug all this damn time?'' She snarled at me.
''To be fair, I could have done a lot worse than giving you an offer you couldn't deny this way at least you get something you want out of this before the binding makes you part of my retinue,'' I explained.
''Also just because you are made loyal by the brand, it does not mean you will be happy with the situation, Love.'' She let out a sigh at my response.
''I guess that makes sense, if this thing lasts as long as you said me being willing is the better outcome for you.'' She relented before eating another cookie.
''So about Mom.'' She said after a minute of silence. ''You said that you couldn't revive Mom but you could buy an alternate version of Mom that was previously owned by one of your fellow contractors.''
''that's the idea, I could buy you a clone of her but in both cases, it wouldn't be your Summer Rose but A Summer Rose.
And one of those options kind of could use a new home as they most likely lost their version of you and your family when they were captured.'' He explained.
Finally, after I explained the situation Ruby took a deep breath before looking at me with determination shining in her silver eyes.
''Okay Millicas, I accept your deal. Bring my Mother back and I'm yours.'' She said.
Nodding at her decision I opened the catalogue function of my device and chose the option to buy a used Summer Rose (T6) companion.
An additional window opened revealing the three used options I could choose from, normally Only the prices would be available as a distinction of those 3 but thanks to open rolls I got extra information.
[Summer Rose (T6) Trauma Level 1. A version of Summer captured by an Arthur Watts contractor.
Trauma originated from the death of her team at the hands of the contractor after graduating from Beacon.] [Buy for 20]
[Summer Rose (T5) Trauma Level 0. A version of Summer captured by a Jaune Arc contractor.
No Trauma. Tier reduction originating from years of retirement after a career-ending injury.] [Buy for 20]
[Summer Rose (T4) Trauma Level 1. A version of Summer captured by an Extra contractor.
Trauma and Tier reduction originating from years of imprisonment at the hands of Salem before the contractor captured and sold her.] [Buy for 5]
Luckily for me, the cheapest option was also the one with the more chances to be as close to this world's original as I could get.
Choosing the T4 version and for her to be delivered at my current location I was grated with a second additional window I wasn't expecting.
''Ruby?'' I asked her softly.
''What happened something wrong?'' she asked me anxiously. I stood up from one of the chairs I had brought out with the table and walked to her side so she could read the message on the screen.
[It seems that the companion you are trying to purchase and have delivered to your location has a local version available for capture.
Would you like to buy the Native Merger perk for an additional 10 credits and have the merged version delivered to your location?
Please remember that this option invalidates any capture credits you would get from the native version if you buy this perk at this time.]
''My Mom is alive?'' She said as tears gathered in her eyes, hundreds of questions flashed behind them.
''And, unable to return home on her own,'' I answered as I put a hand on her shoulder trying to comfort the younger girl.
The possibility of summer being alive in this version of Remnant had never crossed my mind so of course I hadn't mentioned it to Ruby.
If I had to guess her situation must be similar to the slightly used version of her I had just been attempting to purchase, most likely captured by Salem or one of her minions in whatever her last mission for the wizard was.
''What does 'merged' mean Millicas?'' She asked me after a second of silence.
I didn't answer her immediately still considering the situation.
In the long term, this revelation didn't affect my plans but the sudden disappearance of Summer from wherever she was being kept was something that could be problematic if not dealt with.
"It means that instead of a summer from a different timeline, we get the original summer with extra memories.
As a bonus, we save her from wherever she is been kept without having to run around Remnant for who knows how long before we save her.'' I explained to her.
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