“Your abilities and stats are finally back to what they were before they were reset, right?”

Yeon-Hee began to look at the scene behind my back with joy.

I responded, “I got the Moong Special Privilege, and it allowed me to absorb some of their System’s remaining power. Thanks to that, I was able to upgrade myself.”

She blinked. “...Moongs had a System?”

I shrugged. “It collapsed as they were invaded much earlier than us. You must be able to read their minds, correct?”

“I have something to tell you before we discuss that… Just in case I behave weirdly. Nothing will likely happen, but there’s still a possibility,” Yeon-Hee remarked casually as if it wasn’t a big deal.

I deliberately kept my face blank as I asked, “For example?”

Yeon-Hee looked worried for a moment and lowered her head. The aura she gave off now was completely different from the cold, blade-like vibe she had when she first met Lee Soo-Ah and Shin Kyung-Ah. She felt more primitive now, as if she were a dangerous beast wearing the skin of a human. When she suddenly raised her head, her eyes resembled those of a fierce and evil beast. Her small nostrils flared out, and her mouth was clamped shut. The way she bent her neck with such an expression looked somehow unnatural. However, her wild eyes were so familiar to me that I wasn’t nervous, and Yeon-Hee seemed to be in complete control of herself.

Srrr.

Yeon-Hee’s normal expression came back, and she swept her hair back and said with an ashamed look as if she had shown something embarrassing,...