(Ch.6) Sister, emmmm, sister…
At the end, I still skipped.
There"s no way to avoid this because bringing a loli-shaped unknown creature to cla.s.s itself is pretty astonishing, and my VP with menopausal syndrome definitely would not give up this chance to "educate" me.
What about leaving her aside……according to most movies/novels, the only possible outcome is tons and tons of trouble. So after my a.n.a.lysis, the best choice is to skip……and, I"m feeling a bit uncomfortable. It makes sense to skip.
Jing already left for work, me and Pandora is the only people at home. I have to hurry up and educate this unknown creature about common senses.
"Ok, remember, from now on your name is Lily Pan," I repeated again, "you are my long-lost sister. Unless there"s no one else around, you are forbidden to mention anything about the Xiling Empire. Em… show me the "birth mark" on your arm - excellent, magic-powered a.s.sembled organism ARE powerful. Just remember not to let my sister notice anything weird."
"Yes……brother" Pandora isn"t used to this t.i.tle, she hesitated a bit before saying it.
This is my plan. Pandora will be my "long-lost" younger sister. I am an orphan, no one knew anything about my family, so no one would wonder if I suddenly have a sister. But, why do I still feel there"s something weird?
I scanned Pandora which already changed into normal clothes, frowning. There must be something weird, but I just can"t name it……
Uh, found it……
"Pan……Lily, can"t you smile?"
This is the point. Since I met her, she haven"t smiled. No, not even smile, she haven"t even shown any emotion. She looks just like a dedicated doll. And, aside from introducing the Xiling Empire to me, she haven"t talked much. The amount of words she spoke are little enough to make people surprised. This kind of personality should be present on a 14 year old girl, no matter what.
And those are not the biggest problem, because extremely autistic personality can still be explained by horrible past, but her eyes……
There"s no focus at all, it looks completely like a decoration.(Although she greatly mimics human anatomy, the way she sense the outside world is still different, at least she doesn"t need to rely on those simple organs such as eyes.) No matter where she go, her eyes will always catch people"s attention on first sight.
Looks like I still need to work hard to fool everyone about her ident.i.ty.
A day pa.s.sed by quickly. In this day, I did my best to tell Pandora everything I know about normal human life, not worrying about whether she can remember or not. And I also got more information about the Xiling Empire from her, including the thing I"m most concerned about - the execution list that is 99.99999999999999% unusable.
According to Pandora, the void node is too far from me. My commends need to talk a long distance to reach there, and because it"s too far, my commends are already as weak as cosmic background radiation when they reach it. Then of course they will be treated as noise. The support I got yesterday was just a coincidence, our great sun supported me, and helped me to connect to the Xiling mother-star on the other end of the universe.
"I can be used as emergency terminal", this is what Pandora said, "but even through my amplification, still only about 10% of comments will be usable, and, the criteria will be very harsh. Do you wish to build a Xiling outpost on this planet? After the base is built, you can start a war any time, and turn this world into the new frontier of Xiling Empire."
"No," I rejected this "tempting" suggestion, with cold sweat all over my face, "I didn"t plan to take over the world."
Are you serious? Creating a Xiling outpost? Then? Summon a lot of Xiling army? Conquer human? Rule the world? And be the brutal emperor killed by a fool like what happened in most novels?
According to my brief scan of the index, everything I received yesterday is related to war, including all those that go against the peaceful condition of earth, like summoning army, long-distance bombing, or strategic attacks. How could I possibly use those on human? So the commend list is completely useless to me, therefore building a base would also be a waste.
What about using them as the secret weapon to bully jerks/date girls?
Ya right, people punch me and I bomb the earth with Xiling planet extinguisher? I cross-spatial military support system is obviously not for showing off.
"Brother, a carbon-based organism is moving toward us, please verify her ident.i.ty."
"Probably my sister"s back," I look at the clock, "and, Lily, don"t talk like this again. You have to make people think you"re a human."
As I was saying, the door opens.
"I"m back~~, " Jing said with tiredness in her voice, which soon switches to surprise, "en? Jun, who"s this girl?"
"Lily Pan," I push Pandora forward, pretending to be excited, "she"s my younger sister!!"
"Younger sister?" She was surprised and confused, but she soon realized. "Your sister? Your biological sibling?"
"Yes, "I grinned, "I thought none of my relative is still alive, but, I still have a sister."
"h.e.l.lo." Pandora slightly nodded, greeted with her special emotionless voice
Jing frowned, maybe unsatisfied with her cold reaction. I try to explain, "Lily didn"t have a normal life, and……she experienced something really bad, so her personality is a bit weird."
Jing noticed Pandora"s old and ripped clothes, soon feel sympathy toward Pandora, but her doubt still hasn"t went away.
I know why she is suspicious. I wasn"t even one year old when she brought me back, it"s impossible for me to remember any of my siblings. And Pandora isn"t even born then. She is worried that I was deceived.
I grinned, pull over Pandora"s arm, and curl up her right sleeve. There"s a pea-sized triangle birthmark, the same as the one on my arm.
"This is the heredity of my family, not a birthmark, every relative of mine has this. And, although it might sound very supernatural, there"s some kind of connection between us. My intuition tells me that she"s my sister, and I"m 100% sure."
Thank G.o.d for giving Jing for a biology-challenged brain, otherwise she would"ve see through my stupid lie - where on earth would you find heredity this weird?
Gladly, Jing never pa.s.sed any of her biology courses, so she immediately believes me. At the same time, she noticed Pandora"s eyes.
"Jun, her eyes……"
I gently lay me hand on Pandora"s head, showing sympathy on my face.
"I said, she experienced something really bad, after that, she couldn"t see, and that event also shaped her personality……"
I really feel that it"s a great loss for the movie society that I"m not an actor.My perfect acting skill instantly ignited my sister"s maternal instinct. At that exact moment, she completely threw her suspicion away.
"Poor girl," you can almost hear tears in Jing"s voice, she bends down, and wraps emotionless Pandora with her arms. "Where do you live now? If you want, you can move in, I"ll take care of you like I"m really your sister……"
She is completely supersaturated with sympathy she completely ignores how I can understand my sister so much in only one day. She even forgot to get our DNA tested……
Sorry my dear sister, I have to lie to you. The facts are just too overwhelming for normal people to know……