Rebirth: Awaken, Milady

8 - Don't Cross Your Line (1)

The following morning, Aria woke up lying down in her bed, still in the ripped black dress.

Upon getting up, she noticed a movement coming from her left.

Undine, now renamed as Dianthe was reading her books with great concentration. It seems like she didn't even realize that Aria was now wide awake.

"Do you like books?," Aria asked.

Dianthe slowly turned her head dramatically.

Before Aria was able to say anything, the water nymph was already freaking out and floating around.

"Dianthe! Calm down!" Aria raised her voice, forgetting that someone could hear her.

"Young miss! Is everything alright?!!" Aria heard a worried female voice from outside.

"Uhh... yeah! I.. accidentally ripped my dress.." Aria quickly thought up of an excuse.

"Oh my, is that so? I heard the young miss telling someone to calm down, though.."

"Ummm~ That's my... friend! Yeah! I'm video calling my friend right now, she freaked out when she saw my torn dress,"

"Should I help dispose the dress then?"

"I'll do it myself, thank you. You may resume your work. I will call you if I need help," Aria lightly coughed and regained her composure. She put her index finger to her lips while looking at Dianthe, telling her to keep the noise down.

"Understood, young miss," Aria's improved stats made her senses, including hearing skyrocket, so she confirmed that the servant had already gone away from the sound of her footsteps getting further and further.

"Di.An.The!!" Aria silently shouted at the now kneeling sea nymph.

Dianthe's large ears drooped down, and it looked like she was truly sorry.

Aria sighed.

"I'm not going to scold you for reading my books, you know? It's not a big deal. Besides, I'm surprised that you can understand..." Aria looked at the book piles.

If there was anything Aria was good at besides her shadow Main, it would be languages.

Aria had an outstanding aptitude towards languages. At the age of 6, she was already able to speak 4 different languages fluently. Her bookshelves had books that diversed in both topics and languages.

"You are able to understand all of them?"

Dianthe nodded.

"Grenn," Aria summoned the other shadow.

Grenn appeared in a smaller build. Aria's room could not sustain Grenn's full size. He was now only 3 meters tall as opposed to the original 10 meters.

"Can you read this?" Aria handed one of the books to him.

Grenn took the book and scratched his head, zoning out at the letters. He then snapped out of the trance and shook his head.

"Hmmm~ So Dianthe is a special case?" Aria was starting to have fun.

Although she had tons of knowledge in regards to others, she never truly researched her own Main's true use.

"Good. You guys can go back now," Aria withdrew the two shadows.

Aria took a warm bath and felt refreshed. She wore an oversized knit sweater that acted like a shirt dress and wore black short pants underneath for safety measures. She wore her wristwatch and checked the time.