Chapter 3
Possible Future
'This getting awkward haha.. let's wear the shirt first then I'll try to explain, hope she's believing it'
"Emmm excuse me… can you look away for a second?"
'Damn! Why do I feel embarrassed right now… this body is the same as Eve, but.. But I can't think of myself as a woman, huft..'
"Ahh yes.. "
Eve then proceeded to turn her head away.
"Ok it's alright now"
'i guess it's a given, feeling embarrassed because of someone seeing your private parts, especially from the opposite sex, yeah.. Indeed, i guess it's fine'
With curious expressions Eve then asks a question.
"Big Sister…Emmm, are you an angel?, why are you wearing Brother Lucius' clothes?, are you perhaps his girlfriend!?"
'Huh?! An angel?! Ohh right there's this wing attached to my back, I haven't seen myself in a mirror after transformation,
'How do I look from another perspective? Did I really look like an angel?
'Hmm? I'm curious about that let's take a look then'
Lucius makes an awkward expression and try to explain so it makes sense,
But after thinking he remembers the whole thing doesn't even make any sense whatsoever, so he gives up and just says…
"Eh? No. I'm not an angel, and actually I'm your brother, yeah it doesn't make any sense..
"BUT.. please wait here for a minute, I'll bring sister Sophia she will explain it for me"
Hearing the answer Eve almost doesn't buy it, who believes something like that?
Of course anyone with a right mind won't believe it,
But as Eve is still curious and sees that the 'Angel big sis' wants to explain with the help of older sister Sophia she then decides to wait and see what explanation they'll tell her.
Lucius then leaves the room with a bit of troubled expression,
Before waking Sophia, he goes to a mirror beside the bathroom door at the top of the sink used for washing the dishes.
With curiosity he then stood in front of the mirror, stunned with what he saw he began to understand why Eve says that.
'W.. What the hell!! This is me?! How did I look really different from before?!
'I.. I mean that whole transformation did really a good job on changing my gender and my body, but my face!?
'Uh.. But after looking for sure i guess the transformation really did a great job,
'Haaah… now i can't even lose in the looks department if I'm standing side by side with the most beautiful gravure model,
'This.. This face is really addicting… I can't stop admiring my face!,
'No! Lucius, don't forget that you're a MAN!, ok it's enough let's wake sister Sophia so Eve doesn't misunderstand the whole situation'
He then walks away from the mirror and gets closer to Sophia, gently trying to wake her up.
"Sister… Sister Sophia, please wake up, i need your help"
After some gentle nudge for a couple seconds Sophia began to come to her senses, with a sleepy expression and half awake mind, she responded.
"Uhh? Emmm? Who are you… ?"
'I guess it's given with how I look now but isn't sister Sophia seeing the process herself, did she forget it because of something like trauma or that PTS? PTSB? Ahh, this will be a headache if that happens!'
She gets up, sets an expression that she is trying to remember something, then like a lego brick that clicks into the right set, her expression changes and immediately remembers who is in front of her right now.
"Aaa!.. Lucius sorry i forgot about your new look, what did you say before? Sorry I'm not fully awake before hehe.."
'Yes! Thanks god i don't have to think of a plan to make both of them believing me'
Smiling, Lucius doesn't mind and begins explaining what happened before.
After Lucius is done telling her the story, both of them turn silent trying to think of the best answer.
After a minute of pondering, Sophia decided that it's best to just tell her everything without hiding anything.
"Let's just tell her honestly, there should be no problem,
"She is already old enough to understand, if we tell her seriously she should understand and maybe believe it herself,
"You can also give some proof for example some question or fact that only you can answer, how about that?"
'No problem for me, as expected sister Sophia always insightful and wise…'
Thinking for a second Lucius thinks there's no problem with the plan.
"Sure, we can proceed with the plan, i just hope that it's all end up well, alright let's go"
Turning back, Lucius began to walk towards the bedroom door, and suddenly Sophia asked him a question.
"Uhh Lucius, where's the wing on your back?"
"Oh the wing? I can actually hide it and summon it back, emm hide?..uh maybe dismiss is the right word.. Or expel?
"I don't know i actually just absorbed it back to my body,
"Oh if you have a question about how i did it please wait after we explain the whole thing to Eve, then i can explain what i learn after wake up, Eve also can get to hear the answer"
Feeling satisfied with the answer Sophia then get closer to the bedroom door, while putting her hand on the handle, she stops for a second, her head facing Lucius.
"I'm fine with that, it's convenient that way, also are you ready now?"
"yeah, let's go"
Sophia then opens the door and gets inside followed by Lucius.
Eve notices the door open and immediately gives a greeting as always to her sister.
"Ohh good morning sister Sophia"
Then with curious expression while stealing a glance towards Lucius Eve expecting some explanation,
She thinks that this all a prank tailored together by her sister and the 'Angel big sis' to give her some surprises,
But she still can't make any sense about the wing that she saw before.
'Haha i can see you stealing a glance at me Eve, yes i know you're curious,
'Especially with this appearance, not anywhere we can find someone as gorgeous as me… wait!
'Not me but my current body.. Yes, my current body, huh? Why do I feel like my thoughts are easily convinced to accept this situation?
'I have to keep myself in check so i don't forget who am i'
"Morning Eve, i can see that you're waiting some explanation"
After getting comfortable, Lucius, Eve and Sophia sat in front of the small round table in the center of the bedroom,
The table that they're often used for dinner, breakfast.
Sometimes Eve also uses it as a personal table for studying.
Sophia explains what is actually going on, Eve from time to time adds some questions,
Pondering for a minute then proceeds to ask another question,
Lucius also tells Eve some facts and information that only he and the sisters know to further back up the explanation so she is convinced.
After some long explanation they finally done, understandably Eve is stunned with the whole situation,
She wants to refute the whole situation but after a series of facts and information given by that beautiful big sister she thinks of,
Ev finally gives up and decides to trust them.
'Will she buy this explanation? I'm afraid that if it gets worse, I will have to be a different person in front of my family.. I can't imagine the difficulty'
For a couple seconds of silence, Eve finally broke the atmosphere.
"I mean i understand, now i almost fully believed the whole situation, but..HOW?!"
'Huft she actually believes it, haha yeah i know Eve, i will ask the same question if i were you,
'I guess it's finally time to tell them what I experienced and of course I have to omit that thing… the whole pain i feel while undergo the transformation, i don't want to make Eve mood ruined, it's already hard for her just right now'
Feeling bitter about the situation Lucius then gives some of his personal experience about the situation, about the status panel, about the magic power,
Of course in the limited information he personally knows and experiences it himself.
Actually while the whole explanation things going on Lucius finally noticed something is off on his sister Eve,
He feels that Eve skin and complexion is getting better, her skin looking plump and full, it also visibly more smooth and brighter,
There's no blemishes in her face, especially noticeable because Eve is undergoing puberty right at her age,
So there's some acne and freckles in her face before, but now it's really clean and smooth.
'Huh? Wait? Did Eve look different?
'She looks more gorgeous than before.. Ahh of course Eve is always beautiful! I should let them know, maybe Eve actually experienced something similar like me..'
Another thing to notice is that's Eve looking more beautiful overall, Lucius doesn't know what make the difference but he can feel the difference,
Of course the siblings is naturally gifted by a really good genes so they're naturally beautiful and handsome, remembering that their father is from Europe and their mother is half Indonesian and half Chinese,
With all the good genes the parents have and passed to the children, they really stand out and look different from the typical south asian look.
Finally done with his explanation about his personal experience, Lucius then asks Eve,
He has a suspicion that Eve is also experiencing a similar 'tragedy' or 'miracle' that he experienced last night.
"Eve i just noticed, you're looking different,
"I mean it's funny when I'm here asking with a different face and body, but i can see some difference on you Eve,
"It's like you've becoming more healthy…and beautiful"
Hearing that Sophia then looks and Eve faces, after a couple seconds of intense staring Sophia finally noticed the difference.
"Ohh.. Right, when you look at it properly, Eve is indeed becoming more beautiful,
"How did you notice that Luci? Aren't you usually quite dense at that? You even beat me into it, how unusual"
'Uhh i guess? After remember it yes i do indeed quite dense before and doesn't really pay attention towards how people looks and their appearance'
Lucius himself also doesn't completely understand how he able to notice really small details,
Having to think that Lucius also finally noticed that he can feels, hear, and see better than before, his also feel the surrounding different than before,
It's like he has a new set of eyes and hand extending from his body, it's a completely new feeling,
He can sense without looking that there's something moving behind his back,
Curious Lucius looked back and noticed that there's a small jumping spider crawling on the wall.
'What is this… this feeling, it's like I have a Spidey sense!, oh right, Status! '
The panel then pop up and Lucius immediately clicks the skill that he haven't check before, his suspicion is correct.
[ Sixth sense: You can feel the surrounding better, you can sense threat, killing intent, negative energy, and small movement,
This skill area of effect is depends on your mana capacity and mana core rank, the area will extend when you pour your mana into the skill,
This skill is usually passive but can be extended with mana control ]
"Ahh…actually i just found out about it, you know that i have received some skill, and that skill is visible on the status panel, and..
"There's skill that enhanced my sense, uhh maybe i just have a better body after the whole transformation things,
"Oh Eve can you say 'status'?, you might have experienced something similar"
Eve was surprised with the instruction, but still do it without asking questions.
"Status"
With a jump scare the status panel popping out of existence only visible to Eve,
She jerked back and almost jumped because of the sudden appearance of the status panel.
"Wow! What is this?
"Oh… I remember seeing something like this on manhwas i read before..
"Hmm? High Elf? Brother.. Wait, should I call you sister now?
"Anyway the status screen thingy just popped up here, can you see it?"
'Haha yeah i also feel the same as you Eve, she looks funny when surprised, did i also look the same when i see the panel for the first time?
'Huh, I wonder what my expression at that time looked like from a different perspective,
'Damn remembering the whole situation that happened inside a bathroom while naked made my face hot, i should stop imagining things,
'Huft what should i call you? she say…
'Eve I'm still the same person even though this body is different than before but I'm still a MAN inside my heart,
'Hmmm if i think more about the situation that will happen outside of our home it's getting complicated..,
'The looks of others' faces when Eve calls me brother will be strange for sure, I don't want Eve to get a strange look,
'I guess when I'm outside I should act like a normal woman should act,
'It should be easy as I know two most beautiful women in the world! Wait three my mom is there too'
Lucius already expects that Eve has the same ability now, so he then tells something and asks for confirmation, especially about the racial traits Eve has.
"You can call me whatever you want, but I still prefer you call me brother, especially at home,
"But I think it's better to call me sister if we ever go outside together in the future,
"Ahh about the status panel? , we can't see it, did you get high elf as a transformation race? Anything strange? Also can you tell me about your race traits?"
On Eve status panel it shows.
[ Name : Evelyn Mawarina Middleton
Default Race : Human
Transformation Race : High Elf
Gender : Female
Age : 16
Mana Rank : Knight (sealed)
Mana Core : 1
Strength : 19
Willpower : 23
Dexterity : 28
Mana : 29
Transformation Traits : Spirit Bond | Nature Guardian | Dexterous Hands
Transformation Abilities : Spirit Magic | Wind Magic | Earth Magic | Elfen Archery
Default Traits : Cheerful Minds | Better Eyesight | Youthful Charms | Natural Genius
Default Abilities : Parallel Thinking ]
After reading for several minutes Eve explains several traits and abilities she finds interesting.
"There is this spirit bond trait from my transformation traits, it says that i have good affinities with spirit and able to use spirit magic,
"But it says that i need to make a bond with spirit first before able to use the magic"
Lucius tries to give his understanding about traits he learns from games and novels, he thinks there should be some similarities between them.
"Ohhh that's quite good traits for sure, but we don't know if there is even any spirit here,
"Because of that we will need more information about something about this,
"Anything better than that?"
"Emm… this is quite complicated isn't it? Isn't it better for me to just write all of the explanations on my status screen?"
"You're right… alright I'll fetch you some paper and pen"
Getting up and searching the bookshelf he found a notebook and a pen, then giving it to Eve.
Receiving the book, Eve begins to write down everything that is inside her status panel,
After some time waiting, Lucius and Sophia are finally able to see what is inside Eve's status panel.
Several things are really interesting for them.
After reading the description, Sophia finally gives her opinion after silent for the whole conversation regarding status panel.
"Ohh this Natural genius, youthful charms and parallel thinking are really interesting, especially youthful charms i feel a bit jealous with this"
'Sister Sophia finally joined the conversation, i guess she feeling left out because she can't connect with this game-like situation, especially because it's connected to a lot of game and novel trivia'
[ Nature Guardian : You're a guardian of nature, you have great affinity to plants and animals,
You're able to regenerate your mana faster if you surrounded with nature,
You won't get fatigued easily when you're inside a forest,
You're naturally developed empathy towards plants and animals ]
[ Youthful Charms : Your appearance will stay youthful longer than most people,
This traits also enhance the health of your skin and gives more energy so it can recover faster ]
[ Parallel Thinking : You can think and do different tasks at the same time,
This ability requires mana to be used, and you need strong minds and good intelligent to be able to use this properly ]
"Ahh right, those traits and abilities really interesting, for me this 'Dexterous Hands' really interesting,
"If you just read it at face value you might think that the trait is weak, but having great hand coordination will help a lot, for example archery, swordsmanship or even crafting,
"I am really jealous of these traits, you really got a good one Eve!"
Hearing those compliments Eve smiled brightly and asked more questions about how to use some of her skills,
She expected more feedback, actually she just wanted more compliments and wanted a good pat from her brother.
Pointing towards parallel thinking she ask
"Brother! How about this skill?"
"Hmm this one for sure is OP, even though you will need a lot of practice and strengthening your mind with good application you can be a bane for your enemies,
"Imagine doing archery while casting some magic, you might be able to go solo facing a monster, welp not that I know that there's a monster out there,
"But who knows? We got this magical phenomenon out of nowhere, i can imagine something similar to a gate or portal will follow"
Both Eve and Sophia become silent and don't know what to say, they get lost in the thoughts of hearing the possibilities of a monster coming out of a gate or portal.
With a panicked expression Eve suddenly bursting with complaint.
"Brother you know there's something called the death flag in the manhwa right?
"And you just said it! Come on, we can't let it happen, I don't want to lose my school life,
"I haven't even met my prince on the white horse!"
'Sike! I forgot to suppress my thoughts from going wild! I just blurted out some terrifying thoughts!'
"Yeah don't say some ominous thing like that Luci, but i think we can be prepared if something like that happens,
"Ahh i might need to start buying some rations and food in a possibility of chaos in the future"
'Sorry guys! I will make sure i don't forget to keep my thoughts in check,
'I should stop thinking too much like this, yeah stop doing too much internal monologue Lucius!, I'll do less in the future'
As expected of someone with more experience, Sophia gave a good scolding and plan for the future.
Feeling regret, Lucius then apologizes to the sisters.
With a regretful expression he said.
"I'm really sorry guys, my thoughts got mixed with excitement from learning this new abilities and my judgment clouded from thinking that this is a game,
"Once again sorry for scaring you,
"But sister Sophia is right about the possible future, let's be prepared.
"We don't know if something will really happen, also thanks for the reminder i won't do it again… i hope"
Feeling bad for teasing her brother, Eve then try to make her brother not feel bad by waving her hand and also shook her head while saying
"Ehh don't worry brother Luci, I'm half joking anyway hehe,
"But yeah thinking about the possible future i feel a bit scared, though not as much as getting hated by someone i loves hehe"
Then she shyly saying the last sentence with a small voice, feeling a bit embarrassed for saying it in front of the people she cares about.
'Awww… I can hear you Eve.. She's always this sweet, ah my little cupcakes..,
'Right… i should stop for doing too much internal monologue, i can't let myself becoming too immersed in my thoughts'
Sophia looked at her phone screen and noticed that it's 10 AM right now, so she get up and asked Eve and Lucius.
"Alright, I need to wash my face and make us some breakfast, it's almost noon, we are taking too much time and almost miss breakfast,
"Or do you guys want to just skip it? I can make some quick toast for a snack before lunchtime, how about that?"
'It's ok sister Sophia!'
"I'm fine with anything, and it's already late for breakfast anyway it's better to ate my fill on lunchtime"
Lucius then gets up after saying that he wants to check his phone, expecting some messages from his friends or colleagues.
"Alright sister Sophia brother luci, i also want to take some shower, my body feel a little bit itchy, I sweat a bucket last night at sleep"
Three of them go for their own activity, Sophia preparing snacks and lunch,
Eve taking a shower, and Lucius expecting some messages from friends,
He also doesn't forget his own personal time playing games or reading some novel he hasn't updated yet.