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Waking up on his first day as the Inoue family’s new research director, Se-Hoon naturally opened his eyes.
“…”
“…”
Instead of a ceiling, he was greeted by a curtain of hair and Erika’s face, which hung over his.
The two locked eyes in silence. Erika looked down at him steadily; Se-Hoon stared back without a word. Like that, the peculiar silence lingered all the way until Erika eventually turned her head slightly away.
“Good morning.”
“…Yeah. Good morning.”
He considered asking why she’d been staring at him, but knowing Erika’s personality, he knew she’d just reply with something like “just because” or “I wanted to see you.” So instead of wasting his breath, Se-Hoon got up from the bed.
Immediately after, Erika’s winged robe—the Bound Celestial Garment—began tidying up.
Swish- Flap!
The robe swiftly folded the blankets and even squared off the corners. It was moving far more delicately than before, prompting Se-Hoon to raise an intrigued eyebrow.
“Seems like you’ve gotten the hang of it.”
“Of course. It’s practically a part of my body now,” Erika remarked, twitching the robe’s wingtips like fingers.
Looking between the two, Se-Hoon observed the robe in detail.
It really has become part of herself.
What was once a stand-alone Legendary-tier artifact now emitted Erika’s own presence—evidence of nearly complete assimilation. It had to be close to ninety… or maybe even over one hundred already while maintaining its full capabilities.
Considering the uniqueness of her nature, that might really be possible.
After all, Erika was a synthetic lifeform whose genetic information had been replaced by spell formulas.
Lingering on those thoughts, Se-Hoon put the thoughts away after a while and asked, “Where’s Ren?”
“He’s waiting outside.”
Taking those words as her cue, Erika neatly placed the folded bedding...
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