NOVEL NEXT Chapter 227: Favour
I had a grin on my face as I teased Sade, and when I let her go, I fixed my eyes on her butt, my gaze lecherous and my tongue over my lips.
There was no one in the long corridor we were in, and I had no qualms about blasting Sade with a taste of the lust within me.
Doing all this, I thought I would make the woman uncomfortable. However, as she moved away from me toward the double door, she maintained a grin, and when she finally pushed both doors open, she turned and waved me over.
"Come."
Within the room was total darkness, and Sade waited until I moved right beside her before raising her hands and clapping.
As two bulbs came on, I raised a brow at a library having this feature. My eyes landed on the desk close to the door and five long bookshelves placed behind it. Then, a second later, another two bulbs lit up, revealing around a dozen more shelves at the back. In the next second, over six large chandeliers hanging from a much higher ceiling came on.
From the chandeliers, shelves more than two times taller than the ones close to the door were lit up, and what had my eyes widening was the fact that they were all fully stacked.
"What is this?" I asked, my face one of total shock.
"My library."
"Don't drool," Sade said as she proudly walked in, leaving me at the entrance.
It took me some seconds, but when I finally walked in, my steps were slow and my eyes went all over.
Sure, this library was nothing compared to the one back at the university, but we were talking about a personal home.
The library in front of me was big and stacked enough to serve as that of a prestigious high school.
"Don't think too much, this one is nothing compared to my dad's personal library."
Further shocked and unable to follow Sade's advice, I walked around the library, reading the names of some of the books in wonder. Several minutes later, when I finally had my fill, rather than take me to her parents as I thought she would, she took me to the desk and slammed books in front of me.
"We don't have time. Let's get studying."
"What about your parents?"
"We'll meet them at dinner."
Sade's face was scrunched up tight, showing she was damn serious, and just like that, I spent the next two hours looking down at my book.
Things continued until suddenly the light headache I had first felt when I woke up returned.
At first, I ignored it, believing it would go away, but then the pain rapidly worsened, and I had to look up from the book open in front of me.
Taking a breath, I felt for the state of my body to see if there was any invasion, especially in my head, but I found everything to be at ease.
The earth's breath, while in my head, was still flowing over my Psion like oil would over water, with zero reactions happening between them.
I subtly put a hand to my forehead, rubbing it as the pain intensified, and I had begun worrying for my life when a sweet chime sounded.
[Ding!! An opportunity to mutate your Psion using nature energy has been detected. The chances of it succeeding are 50/50. Do you want to proceed?]
Though the notification surprised me, it was a welcome surprise, and I quickly read the information provided.
"What are the benefits of this mutation?"
[Normally, when Psion reacts with nature energy, it remains unaffected. The chances that your prolonged exposure to nature energy will lead to a mutation could never have been predicted.
What this mutation will lead to and what would be its benefits are unknown.]
"You said you know nothing about its benefits. What about its cons? What happens if the mutation fails?"
[Normally, when a mutation fails, your head either explodes or you go insane, but for this mutation, the system will protect you.]
"And what am I giving you in return for this protection?"
[Nothing. The chances that Psion will combine with nature energy are normally impossible. Something must have happened to make this impossibility a possibility, and while this reason cannot be deduced, this is an opportunity the system is very interested in.]
"Just like that? Nothing for me to lose?"
[If the mutation succeeds, depending on the output, you might very possibly lose some functions of the system or, in the worst case, the entire system.]
"You're joking, right?" I said after some seconds of silence.
[No.]
"Marcus, is everything alright?" Sade called, waving her hand in front of me.
"Yeah, I'm just thinking," I answered strongly, ignoring the brightness that flashed in her eyes.
The information the system had just shared was way too heavy. Even after confirmation, it sounded like a joke to me.
"There is a chance that you will be eliminated from me, and yet you actually want to take that chance?"
[Yes. For the greater purpose.]
"That's cold. So my life is worth less compared to you satisfying your curiosity about this mutation?"
[Would you prefer I lied to you and let you carry out the process believing there was no harm?
Great risks come with great rewards. If the mutation succeeds and things go in your favor, the benefits could be very well overwhelming.]
"Could?" I quipped.
"What happens if I refuse to carry out this mutation at all?"
[Nothing. Other than losing species treatment from the system, everything remains the way it was.]
"How long will it take?"
[That cannot be accurately calculated, but a day is possible.]
"Alright, I'll do it. But know I'm doing this only for you. Left to me, I would have taken the safe path. My life is already great the way it is."
Most recent events, among others, had shown me that the system was not the most powerful existence in existence and that it had been given to me by some grand entity for some unclear reason.
Denise had sometimes mentioned to me that connections could very well be the line between success and failure, and taking her advice, I decided to create a connection between me and the system.
The thought of having the system be in my debt was quite pleasing.
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