The Heart System Chapter 621

Novel: The Heart System Author: Niemenaeyes000 Updated: Jun 05, 2026

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Now reading: Chapter 621 from The Heart System, a Fantasy novel by Niemenaeyes000.

I let out a quiet chuckle and held her a little tighter. "This’ll have to do, huh? I paid a fortune for these parts, Es. Do you know how much sixty-four gigabytes of RAM costs these days?"

"Thank you," she said, her face buried against my shoulder. "Really. Thank you."

"No problem."

I was about to make another joke when I noticed her shoulders start to shake. A mont later, I felt sothing damp against my shirt.

She was crying.

That caught off guard. I slowly reached up to lift her head so I could look at her, but she refused to let . Instead, she buried her face even deeper into my shoulder, hiding from like she didn’t want to see her like this.

"Es?"

"N-nothing," she mumbled. "Let’s just stay like this for a second."

"Okay..." I muttered, clearly confused but trying to keep the mood calm. "If that’s what you want."

I wanted to ask more, but I figured pushing her right then would just make things worse. So I changed the subject instead.

"Where’s Cora?"

"Outside," she replied, her voice still shaky but quieter now. "She said she was watching soone. Daniel... Dora... Dennis, I think. Or maybe she said sothing like Dorathy. I don’t know."

"Dakota?"

"Yes," she said, and her voice sounded a little steadier now.

She finally pulled herself back and turned away from , quickly wiping her tears before walking toward the kitchen like nothing had happened. I followed her, leaning against the counter as she opened the fridge and pulled out two bottles of orange juice.

She handed one to and kept one for herself.

"Thanks," I muttered, taking a sip. "You, uh... you alright?"

She nodded. "I am. Thank you."

"Yeah, yeah. Sure."

She hesitated for a second, then pointed toward the couch. "Um... sit?"

I followed her gesture and walked over to the couch. We both sat down, and she tucked her legs beneath her while sipping her orange juice. The TV was on in the background, so weather report running again. Rain. More rain. Of course it was rain. This city seed to take so kind of sick pleasure in that.

I leaned back and glanced around the room.

"Want to set up the computer for you?" I asked. "I used to be a tech wizard, if you can believe it."

"Used to?"

"Yeah," I said with a faint smile. "Had to sell my computer and console back in college just to cover rent."

Her expression softened again. "Oh... I’m sorry."

"It’s fine," I said, finishing the orange juice in one go. "Co on. Let’s get this thing set up."

"O-okay."

I stood up and picked up the first box. "Where do you want it?"

She looked sleepy now, her eyes half-lidded from crying and probably from exhaustion too. "Here," she said, standing and walking toward her bedroom. "Co."

I followed her down the hall and into her room, where she pointed at her desk. It was a simple setup, nothing fancy, but it had enough space for a serious rig. A monitor sat off to the side, along with a few ssy cables and so decorative nonsense that made the place feel a little more lived in.

"Alright," I said, rolling up my sleeves. "Let’s build you sothing nice."

I set the boxes down and started unpacking everything one by one. First ca the case, which I carefully opened and placed on the desk. Then the power supply, the motherboard, the CPU, the cooler, the RAM sticks, the storage drives, the graphics card, and all the cables that ca with them.

Es hovered nearby at first, but I could tell she was trying not to get in the way. She kept glancing at the parts with a kind of quiet excitent that was hard to miss.

I started with the motherboard, fitting the CPU into place and locking it down carefully. Then I attached the cooler, making sure it sat properly before moving on to the RAM. The sticks clicked in with a satisfying snap, and that always felt good no matter how many tis I did it.

"Hand the SSD," I said.

She imdiately passed it over.

Nice. She was learning fast.

I mounted the storage drive next, then worked the power cables through the case. I had to stop a few tis to line things up properly, route the wires cleanly, and make sure nothing would interfere once everything was powered on. Es watched in silence while I worked, only speaking up when I asked for sothing or needed a second pair of hands.

A little over half an hour passed before I finally stepped back and wiped my forehead.

The computer was built.

It looked damn good too. Clean and all white like I’d hoped. The lighting inside gave it this polished glow, and with the transparent side panel, the internals looked almost too perfect. I’d gone with the white color because I couldn’t tell what she preferred, but honestly, it suited her.

"She’s a beauty, huh?" I asked, leaning back slightly to look at it properly. "I didn’t know what color you’d want, so I went with all white."

"It’s nice," Es said softly, still staring at it. "But... this is really expensive, Evan."

"It is."

She looked at again, guilt written all over her face.

I shrugged lightly. "But it’s worth it."

"Worth it?"

"Worth seeing you happy," I said, then reached out and gave her shoulder a gentle punch.

That got a small smile out of her imdiately.

There it was.

That little expression was worth every cent.

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