Chapter 246: We Are The Same [2]
"Until I heard a voice..." Cassandra continued, her gaze fixed on some unseen point. Was she looking at her system? I didn’t know. But I was sure she was gonna talk about it. "It wasn’t... from the outside, not like a person speaking, but more like an inner voice, appearing directly in my mind. It was more like a guide, helping me through the chaos. It called itself a... system."
Her eyes refocused on me, sharp and questioning.
"What about you? What kind of Inheritance did you get? Do you have that ’system’ too?"
I went silent. She trusted me enough to reveal something this significant, and here I was, still hesitating to reveal mine.
...Alright, I will just reveal only the necessary ones.
"Actually, I meant something else when I said our situations might be different." I started. "The truth is, I woke up with no memories of who I was or anything about this world. No name, no past, nothing..."
Cassandra’s surprised gasp echoed inside the barrier.
"It happened just a week before I met you at the town, or two weeks after the term started."
I paused, watching her expression carefully before continuing.
"But... I wasn’t completely empty. I also had fragmented memories... but they weren’t like yours, probably. They were of countless stories, tales, and concepts that felt so foreign yet so familiar. I didn’t know my identity, my origins, or the fundamental workings of this world. I had to learn everything on my own, often through difficult experiences. I wasn’t aware of Resonators or Aura until I almost died in an assassination attempt."
I could see the emotions in her eyes, even the sympathy she felt for me, just as I felt for her a moment earlier.
I met her gaze directly. "And yes, I heard a voice in my head, too. But unlike yours, it didn’t introduce itself at all. I figured it out on my own, thanks to those fragmented memories I had. And it was the ’system’ that helped me to survive till now, to get stronger, and use powers even without being a Resonator."