Divine Harem: My Sect of Heavenly Beauties

The Ally was empty and nobody entered it for some reason. Shen Yu was the only one who just sat there in silence. Memories of his past life playing in his mind like a tape recorder.

However, he didn't dismiss them and watched them with focus. He always avoided them, ran away from them. Now, he was accepting it.

His past couldn't be changed unless he wanted to erase himself. Sam was right. His past made who he was, otherwise he was just a plane existence.

That was why he was now going through the memories of his time spent with Sam. It wasn't much as they were separated soon after they met, but that time still had the happiest moments of his life.

He watched everything, including how Sam was captured because of him and how his head was placed to warn everyone.

His body trembled but he persisted. He spent almost an hour going through those memories and spent another hour to get his emotions right.

In the past, he might not have been able to get his emotions. But he had worked on himself and improved a lot. Now, he could take things head on and not run from it.

Shen Yu sighed and stood up, still having the two gold coins in his hand. He looked at them one more time and stored them in his personal storage ring.

There was no major change in him, but he was now just stronger in mentality. His soul was also now more solid than before, as if it has gone some change, while remaining the same.

He turned invisible and flew high above the slums, looking down at it with an indifferent gaze.

"I'm pathetic, ain't I?"

[In some ways, but not really. You would be pathetic if you didn't fix your problems and improve and run away instead. But you are improving and I can see it clearly, isn't that the reason I'm still with you? If you were pathetic I would have long abandoned you.]

Shen Yu smiled, and said.

"Thanks. You really are something, aren't you? You were always there for me, from the start. You are the only who actually saw my lowest and the few improvements I had. You even supported me."

[Don't mention it, Master. This is what the systems are for. Take us as a Shadow. A shadow can't exist without a master...well, even if it did due to some miracles, it would be incomplete. We are the same and are incomplete without the Hosts.]

Shen Yu felt his heart relaxing, hearing the system. He had a new wonderful life now, but he knew the one closet to him was still the system. Without it, he wouldn't even have survived.

After all, it was there for him when he mentally broke. And no power could resolve that.

[We are also always searching for a proper Host. You know, when we actually bind with hosts, it's just a temporary one. As you have guessed from my previous talks, we can kill our Host after that temporary binding ends. Actually, I'll need to go in too much detail to actually explain this.]

"Is it related to the reason the systems were made?"

Shen Yu asked, already having a few guesses but he didn't ask as he knew the system couldn't tell him those secrets and he would be forcing it if he asked.

[Yes. Well, it's sort of test. That's all I can say and you have passed in every one of them. I would have offered you the Main contract long ago but you were not complete. You were running away from your own past but now it's different. So, Master, would you like to sign a permanent contract with me?]

Shen Yu was dumbfounded and asked, after a few seconds of complete silence, "Is there any difference from what we currently have?"

[There are many changes and the main one among them is that your life determines mine. If you get erased from existence than I would also be erased from existence. But don't worry, it doesn't work other way.]

"Wait! Wait! Why would you actually sign something like that?" Shen Yu was truly confused on this.

[Don't worry, Master. For you this may be weird but for us Systems, it's an honor to have a worthy Master. Haven't you noticed how I have been calling you Master instead of Host? I've accepted you long ago.]

Shen Yu was surprised and didn't know what to say. Now that he thought about it, it was true. In the novels he had read, the systems called their user Host, but his system had been calling him Master.

He took a deep breath and asked, "Are you sure there is no harm for you in this?"

[No, Master. I'm really happy that you're thinking so much for me, but you should know that I've been waiting for this for quite a while. I want to become one with Master, so can you allow this mere servent to become your life long partner?]

"Don't say like that. Haah! Sure, it'll be my pleasure to have you as my partner."

Shen Yu smiled and nodded. He then remembered something and asked.

"Wait! What is your name? Or do you even a gender in the first place?"

[Fufu! Master is already thinking of having me under you?]

Shen Yu choked on air and turned speechless. When had the system learned to actually tease him?

[Haha, I love that expression. As for your question, Master. No, I don't have any name as we're supposed to be based on shadows and shadow don't have any names until they are bound to their Masters. So, you will be the one to give me my name.] NovelFire-unofficial-text

Shen Yu thought about it and asked.

"That's good, but I need to know your gender to actually name you."

[I'm a femboy.]

Shen Yu rolled his eyes, getting used to the playful nature of the system. In fact, he actually liked this side of it as it meant that they were now closer than ever.

"Shut up and tell me the truth."

[What do you want me to be, Master?]