Their conversation would have continued if they hadn't felt the faint tremors of the earthquake. Imdiately after that, all three of them felt a powerful surge of energy.
Irene couldn't identify what kind of energy it was, but Arabel and Esma imdiately realized that it was a burst of Madness Energy.
They realized that this release of energy could only be related to one person, Idan.
Esma and Arabel exchanged glances.
"Has he decided to blow up the city?" Esma asked Arabel, already aware of Idan's condition.
Arabel didn't know what to say. Then she rembered Esma's words that Idan had so "plans".
"Was that really his plan?" — Arabel thought.
"Do you seem to know the reason for this energy?" asked Irene, and at that mont her smartphone vibrated. However, Irene was in no hurry to take it, staring intently at Arabel and Esma.
"It's Idan," Esma said instead of Arabel, and Irene froze when she heard that.
Irene quickly regained consciousness and imdiately answered the phone.
"Guild Leader, a powerful release of unknown energy has been detected near the city. The military has appealed to all Guilds to help find the source of energy and, if possible, eliminate it!" a young girl's voice rang out on the phone.
Irene imdiately caught several important details from this call. Firstly, the release occurred outside the city, which cald her down a bit. Secondly, the military realized that they could not handle the situation on their own, and turned to the awakened, that is, to the guilds. And thirdly, the request included an order to eliminate the source if it turned out to be dangerous.
"Okay, send a squad of Strike Queens to the designated location and have them wait for , I'll join them soon!" ordered Irene.
"Okay, leader!" and the conversation ended.
Irene quickly moved away and, finding her mother, handed her her still sleeping son. Then she returned to Arabel and Es. And only then did she notice that Arabel was standing with her mouth open, a huge shock written on her face.
"What happened?" asked Irene anxiously.
"Damn it, Idan! That's what you're up to! Damn! Damn! This can't be happening!" Arabel began to swear when she recovered from the shock.
"My pill!" she moaned regretfully.
Irene and Esma, having heard Arabel's swearing and her words about the pill, could not understand what was happening.
As soon as Irene finished talking on her smartphone and walked away to give her son, Arabel received an unexpected notification from the System.
[Host. You've lost the bet. Your partner was the first to master his first bloodline!]
[The result of the bet: As the losing party, you will have to serve in your bloodline form for 1 day as a servant and fulfill all of your partner's requirents! You also lose the right to a personal reward!]
Upon hearing this, Arabel froze in shock. This was the third ti she had lost her chance to get the Beauty Pill.
Arabel offered this bet, being confident of her victory. But who would have thought that Idan would be faster than her? And it happened almost imdiately after they returned to their ho world.
Although Arabel was upset by her defeat, she was genuinely happy for Idan. He was finally able to deal with his problematic bloodline. Compared to her bloodline, his bloodline caused the most problems. Idan shouldn't have any difficulties now.
Arabel had no ti to recover when a rift opened in front of her, from which a small, steaming ball of fur fell out. The sll of burning wool imdiately filled the living room.
Everyone's attention imdiately turned to this little ball of fur.
It was Coco, and her tail was smoking.
When she saw Arabel, she ran up to her and began to cry piteously and resent Idan, waving her paws and showing her burnt tail.
Arabel had mixed feelings. On the one hand, she felt very sorry for Coco, but on the other, she wanted to laugh at the situation.
"Coco, how is Idan? Is he all right?" asked Arabel. Coco looked at her resentfully and shrugged her shoulders.
How was she supposed to know? She barely managed to escape, singeing her fluffy tail at the sa ti. She didn't have ti to think about him while her tail was on fire. All she thought about then was how to complain to the Mistress!
"Co on, my guards have probably already prepared the transport!" said Irene, turning to Arabel and Es.
Arabel and Esma looked at Irene in disbelief.
It was only later that they realized that the awakened ones, unlike them, could not fly.
Arabel glanced at Esma, who, at first intending to object, then relented with a sigh.
"Okay, okay! Don't look at like that!" she said.
Arabel called out, and a second Arabel appeared next to her. She looked around and looked at her mistress.
"Take the form of Irene's sister and stay and take care of this house while we're gone!" asked Arabel, pointing at Irene. Bera imdiately turned into an exact copy of Irene without hesitation.
"Yes, Master!" she said in Irene's voice, completely assuming her appearance.
Irene was in a state of shock. She had never seen anything like Bera before.
"This... this..." unable to ask a question, Irene couldn't recover from her astonishnt.
"I'll explain everything later. I don't want to leave my nephew unprotected! Let's go!" said Arabel, and without waiting for an answer, she headed for the exit, followed by Esma.
After a mont's hesitation, Irene also followed them. She had a lot of questions, but she decided not to ask them now.
Outside, they stopped in a small open area in front of the house, ignoring the guards who were bustling around, preparing transport.
"Your turn," Arabel said to Es.
Esma, with a snort, took on her Valkyrie form, and her cloak turned into two pairs of huge wings, surprising and attracting the attention of the guards.
Irene was also delighted by Esma's appearance. This ti, her wingspan was much larger than in the restaurant.
Arabel shifted her gaze to Esma, then to the direction where the energy of madness was coming from, and wondered, "If Idan was able to take control of his bloodline, then what the hell is he still doing there?"
But no one could answer her. Arabel could sense Idan's presence in that direction, but she couldn't connect with him through a ntal link.
[Host, prepare to use the unique "swap" ability]
"Eh?" exclaid Arabel.
Upon hearing this, Irene and Esma turned their attention to Arabel, but suddenly Idan appeared instead in the form of a blond man with blue eyes. When he appeared, he scratched his head.
"Idan?" whispered Irene.
Idan bowed his head.
"Ned?" Esma asked, and finally he nodded.
Irene and Esma exchanged glances.
"How the hell did Arabel get replaced by another Doppelganger? Where is the real Arabel?"
***
Arabel felt dizzy and could barely stand on her feet. Barely able to resist, she looked around and found herself standing in the center of a sea of fire. Surprisingly, the fire did not cause her any harm.
Arabel was startled by the sudden change in her surroundings. She tried to figure out what had happened, but she couldn't find an answer. At that ti, she heard an unfamiliar voice calling out to her:
"You're here!"
Arabel turned around and saw sothing she couldn't believe. At the sa mont, she received a notification from the System:
[Host. This System has found that your partner has achieved mastery over his bloodline, and your level of synchronization with the bloodline is 80 percent, which fully ets the established requirents.]
Arabel couldn't take her eyes off the being that appeared in front of her, listening intently to the System's words.
[A huge amount of Madness Energy has been detected in your partner's body. The system has found a way to use this Energy and initiate the Ascension Trial!]
[Host. Are you ready for this?]
"Idan?" — Arabel finally spoke, looking at the being in front of her without giving her answer to the system.
"Yeah. Well how? Do you like my new look?"
Arabel couldn't find the words.
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