Tera’s heart nearly stopped.
It had taken her a few seconds to come to the realisation that he was referring to the Jackdaw tribe, and not the Dow clan. The weight of that word suddenly felt so heavy to Tera.
Because she had taken it from him.
Not her. The other Tera. But they shared the same face, the same body, the same name, and every time Ermin looked at her, some small part of him had to see the ghost of the female who had destroyed his life.
Tera hated the original Tera even more at this moment. That female had been selfish, cruel, and always left something behind for someone else to clean up. Even if she was ostracised, did she have to harm someone else to make herself feel better?
Tera had no recollection of Ermin being mean to her, so for him to have been a target in all this was terrible.
But most of all, Tera hated that she had to be the one to clean up this girl’s mess.
She wanted to tell him that she wasn’t the real Tera and had just entered this body.
He needed to know Tera hadn’t just changed but that he was with someone else. Someone who would have never even done such a thing to him in the first place.
"Ermin, I am not actually Te—"
Her voice vanished.
It simply stopped as if someone had pressed a mute button on her throat. Her mouth was still open, her lips still shaped around the word, but no sound came out.
Tera’s eyes widened.
’What the actual fuck?!’
[HOST!]
[٩(ˋᗣˊ*)و!!]
[VOICE COOLDOWN ACTIVATED — 5 SECONDS]
’WHAT IS HAPPENING TO MY VOICE?!’
[This system has temporarily restricted Host’s vocal output!]
[What were you THINKING?!]
[(ᗒᗩᗕ)]
[Do NOT reveal your identity to the inhabitants of this world!]
’WHAT?! You didn’t tell me about this before, damn it!’
[Because it is COMMON SENSE!]
’Oh, fuck off! Give me my voice back and stop blaming me for your incompetence. YOU DID NOT TELL ME SOMETHING SO IMPORTANT!’
[Σ(゚口゚;)//]
[Host...]
[(꒪ᗜ꒪;)]
Tera was silently panicking. This was a vulnerable moment, and Tera’s heart spiked when she saw Ermin looking at her and waiting to finish what she was about to say.
If she wasn’t so occupied with something so important, she would have just...
’Urgh! This is a crucial moment. Let me speak!’
Luckily for Tera, Ermin had read her sudden look differently. She was about to say something she found difficult.
He looked down at their joined hands.
"I am not trying to blame you," he said quickly. "I know you have changed. I see it every day."
’SYSTEM!’
[The timer is already over, Host]
[(꒪ᗜ꒪;)]
[And there are no other forbidden rules]
[Only this one, Host]
’Never mind. I think I’ll be better off expecting such things from you. It is what you do.’

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