Chapter 6: Questions, Answers, Decision
"Since that's the case, let me introduce myself first. My name is Arslan Morgan!" said Arslan, addressing Idan. Irene and his sister already knew him.
"And this is my older twin sister Arabel Morgan," Arslan continued, and the siblings were surprised to hear his words. It turned out that they were twins!
"Irene. This is my younger brother, Idan," Irene briefly introduced them. Idan only nodded in response to the twins' greeting.
They immediately realized that Irene didn't think much of them.
They had barely exchanged greetings when a young man approached their table, followed by a whole flock of girls.
When the twins saw him, they frowned in displeasure. It was Arabel's fiance, from whom she had recently run away and hidden. He found her again and decided to join them.
The brother and sister, seeing the new guest, also frowned and stared at him with displeasure. Idan was annoyed that his quiet corner had become so noisy, and Irene didn't like young people from high society like this guy and Arslan. She's had enough of them over the past few months.
"Well, who do we have here?" Arabel's fiance said affectedly, looking around at them. He didn't really linger on the twins, but looked at Idan and, finding nothing remarkable about him, turned his gaze to Irene. His gaze lingered on her for longer than expected. There was undisguised lust in his eyes.
The twins ignored his question, but Irene narrowed her eyes. She didn't like his look, and she coldly said,
"I'll gouge out your eyes if you keep looking at me like that!"
"Hey, hey, chill out, beautiful!"— Irene's words didn't scare the guy, and he unceremoniously sat down at their table.
"Your friend?" asked Irene, turning to the twins.
"I'm not just their friend, I'm their family. I am Christopher Hugh, Arabel's fiance!" the young man hastened to declare, ahead of the twins, who did not have time to say anything.
"Idan," Irene addressed her younger brother. When she heard Hugh's last name, she immediately decided to leave this place. The Hugh family, like the Morgan family, is one of the most influential in the United Federation.
Idan was amazed to realize that Arabel already had a fiance. He looked from the young man to Arabel, noticing how her face contorted in disgust when the guy called himself her fiance.
"Let's go," Irene said, getting up from her seat and waiting for her brother.
Eden did not contradict his sister. After taking one last look at Arabel, he silently followed Irene, thinking about how to proceed. He did not want to interfere in the affairs of high society and attract attention to himself.
No one stopped them. Christopher kept his predatory gaze on Irene, ignoring the guy who followed her. No one knew what he was thinking at that moment.
Arabel realized that Irene, like Idan, had a dislike for people from high society like her.
Arabel's emotions were mixed right now. She glanced at the timer that appeared after activating the so-called system and receiving the task. There were less than 50 minutes left, and she had to complete this task if she didn't want to lose the chance to awakening and delete the system.
Of these two options, awakening was the most important. She didn't know if she would have another opportunity if she abandoned the system and didn't become Idan's so-called "wife."
Arabel thought about it and came to the conclusion that even this so-called system, like her family, seeks to impose its decisions on her, without taking into account her opinion. This made her unhappy. She silently cursed both her family and the system.
[The host shouldn't scold the system! The first warning is issued! After the third warning, you will be punished!]
Arabel cursed to herself as she heard a monotonous voice in her head. At that moment, she noticed that his brother and the so-called "fiance" Christopher Hugh were looking at her strangely.
"I need to go to the restroom," Arabel said, finding a simple excuse and getting up and heading towards the restroom. No one followed her.
"The system! How about you, what are you?" - Arabel had a lot of questions about the system, but she decided to start with the simplest and most obvious: what is the system?
[Answering the host's question, I am one of the many systems created to help their owners develop and fulfill their desires. I am the Supreme Wife and Supreme Husband System!]
"Huh? One of the many? Are you saying that there are many systems like you?" asked Arabel in surprise.
[The number of systems is limitless, but the Supreme Wife and Supreme Husband Systems no longer exist. There is only one such System, and that's me!]
Upon hearing this answer, Arabel felt even more confused.
[To dispel your doubts, host, the system will be happy to provide information that there are about 100 users of other systems near you at the moment. Your twin brother is also a user of one of them!]
"Huh?" exclaimed Arabel, startled by the system's response.
"Are you saying that the so—called awakened ones are system carriers?" she asked, reaching the bathroom, where she found an empty stall and closed the door behind her.
[The answer is yes!]
"So if I don't complete the task, I won't be able to awaken? And will I have another opportunity?" Arabel asked the question that was bothering her.
[Failure of the quest means that the chance to awaken will be missed. The system will be deleted and disappear, going in search of a new suitable host. The Host will no longer be able to activate another system. Other systems won't choose the one the previous one rejected as the host!]
Upon hearing the system's response, Arabel laughed softly and bitterly.
"And I thought I got something unique, but it turns out it's just an ordinary thing that everyone has!"
She sat in silence for a while, thinking about the system's response. Time was running out, and the timer was already showing that there were less than 40 minutes left.
Arabel was still confused and couldn't make a decision. Everyone around her looked at her as a tool. Even this so—called system chose a "Husband" for her without her consent, and most importantly, it was her only chance to awaken.
No one asked her opinion, and she didn't know what to do.
[Host! Let me dispel your doubts. Not all systems are the same! Even among them, there is a hierarchy. This system is unusual, it is paired, and it requires two hosts to function. Even among systems, paired systems are considered rare. Yes, there are other systems similar to this one: the Husband System and the Wife System, which function separately. There is also a paired System of Wife and Husband, as well as a System of an unfaithful Husband and an Unfaithful Wife. But even among similar systems, there is no system higher than the System of the Supreme Wife and the Supreme Husband! Apart from the fact that this system is paired, it will also help its masters become the most powerful Husband and Wife not only in this world, but also in all other worlds!]
From the side, the system's words sounded like the whisper of the devil, who tempted an innocent woman, promising her advantages and strength.
These words of the system finally found a response in Arabel's soul.
She didn't fully believe what the System was saying, but she made a decision anyway. If it was a choice between two evils, then the System's offer seemed to her to be a better option than her family's demands.
With a determined look, Arabel saw the remaining time on the timer and went in search of her future "Supreme Husband."