How To Beat the System

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   Wisteria and Silky immediately summoned a carriage and headed straight towards the kingdom. On the ride, Silky remained unmoving, scared to even take a peek at her agitated owner. She pursued her lips and scooted to the side, facing the window.

On the other seat, Wisteria had a hard look on her face. Riveting in anger, she didn't notice her scowl deepening. She was busy having a conversation with the system, and currently looking at her storage. Eden began to explain more information that she had processed in the world.

With her Wisp distracted by the forest outside, Wisteria carefully skimmed her fingers across the invisible screen and tapped on a few items that she had stored. She looked through each of the potions she had and spells as she continued to listen to the system. Her movements faltered when Eden started to discuss on another topic, one that made her interested. Resuming through the storage, she flipped the screen pages a few times and tapped on a spell. The female read it silently and made sure to burn this in her memory.

Thanking Eden for the advice, her system vibrated in return before leaving temporarily to scan the world again.

"Silky." Wis grabbed her attention.

The Wisp looked outside to see the place disappearing before they entered on another path, one that lead to the kingdom. She then turned her head to give Wis her full attention.

"Are you okay with putting your hood on for a while?"

She nodded and obediently did what she asked. The Wisp didn't need an explanation.

Wisteria gratefully smiled before lifting her hands up and placing them on her head, smoothing her hair down while small glitters of her power followed. As she smoothed down her locks, they turned into the color of onyx. Her crystal eyes changed into a brilliant blue, but her facial expressions did not change.

"This is only going to last me for about two hours." She explained to Silky. The Wisp nodded. Although the former student of wanted to do the same, she figured that Silky wouldn't like the idea of it and strayed away from the thought of displeasing the creature.

But as soon as she said that, her image started to shimmer and shatter, going back to her original appearance.

Damn it. She cursed. "Never mind, Silky. I was wrong." Wisteria still needed more time and practice with her magic. The Wisp let out a silent giggle.

Eden. "Yes?" Is this a mission? Can I get points from this?

"If you manage to get Delilah out of her predicament and manage to not harm anyone, then you can-" She chirped.

What level of task is this?

"Easy, of course." It didn't seem easy to her. "But I don't know how much you receive until you complete it." Wis stifled a sigh. She was going to do this task. Even if there wasn't one, she'd still do it.

Feeling a bump in the carriage, Silky looked out of the curtains and saw that they arrived. The Wisp wanted to get out quickly when she saw some pink hair accessories from nearby stands, but Wis held onto her arm and shook her head, remind the creature what they were here for. Although dejected, Silky nodded.

Wis chuckled, "After this, we can go and check those out if you so desire."

With her mood now becoming elated, the Wisp happily nodded and quickly checked themselves before going out.

Wisteria made sure to tuck in her golden strands securely before she and Silky could wander off the streets, looking for Delilah. But when people began to crowd them, Wis carefully listened to Eden on where to go. She couldn't see above some guys' shoulders if she went without her system's info. It really was a pain to be small sometimes. But even with her instructions, the crowd became even more large and it seemed like there was a gathering happening around Silky and her. There was a moment where Wisteria had almost lost the Wisp.