NOVEL WEB Chapter 2: Sister
Nathaniel opened the door and was greeted by a tremendously luxurious hallway. Some paintings literally came to life, like some roaring dragon or a magical forest that had its own illumination. All of this left Nathaniel stunned as he marveled at the sight, but as he began to walk again in search of his sister, a sudden shadow began to materialize seemingly out of nowhere.
Nathaniel was surprised and took a defensive stance, but because his body was not athletic as it had been in his past life, his reaction was slow, and his posture was wrong. He realized this himself but still decided it was better than nothing. The shadow grew to a height of 5'3", scaring Nathaniel, who considered running far away from here, but because his sister was in the next room, he decided at least it would be a good distraction if it turned out that this 'thing' was hostile. Contrary to his expectations, out of the shadow materialized a beautiful woman. She was black hair with equally black eyes that seemed to absorb the light itself. Her delicate features could astonish any man, and her well endowed yet athletic figure drove the most worldly desires of any man with even the slightest bit of sexual appetite.
"Young Master, congratulations on your awakening, are you all right?" Kneeling on one knee and lowering her head to the ground, the woman spoke respectfully and submissively, surprising the already shocked Nathaniel.
'Does she know that I transmigrated?' such a doubt appeared in Nathaniel's mind.
Fortunately, because her gaze was fixed on the ground, she did not see Nathaniel's changing expression, which quickly transformed into a severe mask without letting out any emotion. The system took pity on him and informed him of the woman's name, otherwise he would be in trouble.
"I'm fine, Novem. You can go rest, I'll visit my sister" The monotone voice of her young master gave her shivers, usually loaded his voice with pride and arrogance, but now it was like a cold sword that did not allow objections.
"Understood" Novem said, and like some illusion, she melted into a black liquid and blended into the shadows.
Not letting this surprise him again, Nathaniel continued his walk down the surreal hallway and arrived at some luxurious double doors. As he was about to knock, another shadow materialized in front of the door and knelt. She was part of the shadow squadron protecting the house from intruders, just like Novem.
The woman who, although a little less beautiful than Novem, was equally a beauty that could bewitch any man who wanted to. She spoke, looking down at the ground in a respectful voice.
"Can I help you with anything, young master?"
"I'll visit my sister, you can rest" Nathaniel said in his emotionless voice.
"However, young master, young miss is sleeping, tomorrow-"Before she could finish, Nathaniel spoke in a cold voice sending chills down the spine of the new shadow bodyguard recruit, who did not understand that an order from the master is absolute and requires no questioning.
"Haven't you heard? I will visit my sister, tell the rest of the squad that I do not allow interruptions" She trembled slightly and disappeared, knowing she had done something wrong. She only prayed that her young master would have mercy on her and not report her to superiors.
When Nathaniel saw the woman disappear, he mentally sighed without breaking his emotionless expression. Because he did not know how the child behaved before taking his place, he chose the safest option, to show no emotions. It might seem odd if the child was cheerful or outgoing, but it would be even stranger to act like cheerful if the child was introverted, so Nathaniel chose the worst of the two ills. Again he faced the door and talked to the system.
'System, deactivates the barrier.'
[Done, host 1]
Nathaniel wasted no more time and opened the door, only to find a girl of about eight years old on the floor. The girl had delicate features with pretty red lips matching her eyes, and the silky black hair only added to her already pretty face. However, none of this mattered to Nathaniel, who quickly ran to her side when he heard the girl's gasping breathing.
The girl had been struggling to get up for a while. She woke up confused in a strange room, unable to move and move her body correctly. She started to panic quickly. Even with the system notifications telling her to calm down, she was overwhelmed with panic. Her brother usually came right away when she had a panic attack, but she hadn't had one for a long time and was currently in a strange room as far as she could see. It didn't help her already degraded mental state that an unknown boy rushed up to her while she was immobilized.
She opened her mouth, trying to scream for help for her brother, but nothing came out of her throat. Her eyes watered, and pitiful tears streamed down her childish face. The boy's face changed to a scowl, and she sensed that he was furious, but she did not panic because he was not angry with her. Instead, it was a familiar situation, so she calmed down a bit. The boy reached out and tried to touch her, but she flinched. Quickly the boy realized his mistake and spoke in a soothing voice.
"Relax, it's me, Adam" Said the boy, who uttered a familiar name in an unfamiliar voice.
She looked at him confused, but he quickly explained himself.
"I look different, I have no idea what's going on, just like you, but you can be sure I'm the same Adam."
The girl tried to speak, but nothing came out of her mouth, now much calmer she realized that probably the boy in front of her was her stepbrother, he had the same worried look he once had when he saw her with her sudden panic attacks. She relaxed a lot and waited for her brother's decision, after all, when she didn't know what to do, she could trust him.
"System, can you do the same thing you did with me so I could move?" Adam or now Nathaniel asked as he watched his sister in the unknown body.
[The procedure requires the approval of the host 2].
Nathaniel quickly understood. After all, it wasn't his body, and he couldn't make decisions about something that wasn't his. He sent a nod to his sister, who was confused as she looked seemingly at nothing. She watched the system screen, and as she received her brother's command to accept, she thought about her response. She quickly jerked due to the electric shock to her body. Although Nathaniel did not like to see his dear little sister suffers in this way, it was a necessary procedure.
After a while, she regained her mobility, and without waiting for a second, she launched herself like a missile at Nathaniel's chest while crying loudly. She hugged him as if he would disappear, and he could only caress her head soothingly while she sobbed and gibbered in his embrace.
"I was so scared, big brother" She whined as she used her pajama sleeves to wipe her cheeks.
"Don't worry, you know very well that I wouldn't let anything bad happen to you" Nathaniel said reassuringly.
She nodded as she tried to control her heavy breathing and sudden hiccups from crying. She knew her brother would protect her, and he always will. Such was the faith she had in him. When she finally calmed down, she looked around, trying to understand where they were, only to give up. Although she considered herself an intelligent person, no one, not even a genius, could come up with a reasonable explanation for her current situation.
"What's going on, big brother?" she asked, thinking that her big brother would have more information because he had been conscious longer.
"Honestly, I'm quite confused, but from what this entity called a system says we've been transmigrated to a pair of siblings in a story" Nathaniel said, scratching his cheek with his index finger.
She looked at him trying to guess if her brother was joking, but it didn't seem to be the case.
"Transmigrated? As in the games?" She asked, expectant and frightened. But what gave her the answer was not her brother but a strange voice in both of their heads.
[Yes, exactly like in the games, host 2, however, this world is not a game. All people are real]