I, the System Creator

She didn't want their relationship to develop problems because of their Class Cards.

Wouldn't that, in a sense, make it their fault...

Illya: It hurts! I want to cry! That really stabbed me in the heart!

Haibara Ai: "I see... So recovering Class Cards means fighting Heroic Spirits, incarnations of those legendary heroes. That really is exhausting, compared to fighting these zombies that have no combat awareness and only know how to bite..."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Judging from the Resident Evil instances we've had before, that's indeed how it is!"

Busujima Saeko: "The troublesome part is that these check-in missions aren't easy to complete..."

Saeko's brows furrowed slightly as she looked at the people in the room and sighed deeply to herself.

Illya: "Are your missions difficult to complete? Don't you just need to kill these zombies while protecting people?"

Given Saeko's formidable combat ability, shouldn't completing such a mission have been a piece of cake?

Illya couldn't understand what was so difficult about it.

Busujima Saeko: "The key issue is that there are too few people here capable of properly fighting these zombies... Once I leave, things become troublesome. I want to charge into the zombie horde alone and slaughter them to my heart's content too... By the way, Ai has already returned to her own world to finish her mission as soon as possible..."

Haibara Ai: "Don't worry. Things on my end will be resolved soon... I've also made some progress on an antidote for the Zombie Virus... It's just that I have to be extremely careful every time. After finishing my research, I have to put the entire lab into the system space, which is rather tedious... Once I've dealt with my own matters, I'll head over to your side..."

As she said this, Ai felt rather helpless. In truth, she didn't want to bring her Zombie Virus antidote research back to her original world, but she was worried that people there might tamper with her things, so she had simply brought it back. However, after every experiment, Ai would put the entire laboratory back into the system space, ensuring that the Zombie Virus could not leak out.

She was terrified that her own carelessness might cause a Resident Evil outbreak in her world.

Fortunately, nothing had gone wrong so far. Haibara Ai was now busy setting a certain great detective straight...

Illya lay flat on her bed, recalling everything that had happened that night, a slight smile rising at the corner of her lips.

The greatest gain tonight was probably that Miyu and she had finally become friends...

Illya: "Miyu, are you home yet?"

Miyu: "Mm... I'm already home... You too, Illya..."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "!!!"

Haibara Ai: "!!!"

Busujima Saeko: "!!!"

Illya: "What's wrong with all of you? Is there something wrong with Miyu and me greeting each other?"

Illya immediately panicked a little. Why were they all making those expressions?

Yukino Yukinoshita: "There's naturally nothing wrong with you and Miyu greeting each other. What surprised us is how your relationship with Miyu became so good. Before this, Miyu could barely be bothered to respond to us... At most, she'd agree with a word or two..."

Haibara Ai: "Is this the legendary affinity of a Magical Girl? I've learned my lesson..."

Illya: "That's not it... Miyu can become friends with everyone too..."

Miyu: "No... Illya is my only friend, and Illya alone is enough..."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "..."

Haibara Ai: "..."

Busujima Saeko: "..."

Administrator: "Illya, does your face hurt?"

Chu Chen found it instantly amusing. What Miyu had said was almost exactly like when she had successfully become friends with Illya in the original story!

Back then, Miyu had also said that Illya was the only friend she needed, leaving Illya's other friends speechless. There was nothing they could do. They considered you their friend, yet you said that one friend was all you needed. They had simply been thinking too much. How could that not hurt them...

Illya: "Don't ask me. I just want some peace and quiet right now..."

Miyu: "Illya, who is Peace and Quiet? Is she your new friend?"

Illya: "(╯‵□)╯︵┻━┻!"

Miyu: "('◇')?"

Chu Chen silently withdrew from the System Network and focused his gaze back on the Class Card in his hand.

This was the Rider Class Card he had obtained today. Chu Chen was very curious about its internal structure.

Class Cards were probably created by Einsworth using Displacement Magic to directly exchange part of their own power with a Heroic Spirit's power from the Throne of Heroes, transferring part of the Heroic Spirit's power onto themselves and thereby achieving Install.

Chu Chen wanted to study the power within the Class Card and see whether he could replicate one.

After all, his Item Creation was at an unpredictable EX rank. Perhaps he could replicate this sort of Class Card through that ability. Chu Chen had always been highly proactive when it came to finding ways to strengthen himself.

After all... with his current power, dealing with the Saber Class Card wouldn't be a problem, but against Berserker, Chu Chen lacked a means of killing him. Berserker couldn't kill Chu Chen, but the Twelve Trials left Chu Chen helpless as well!

Chu Chen wasn't one of those invincible protagonists. There was no power in this world that could be gained without effort.

Huh? You said Chu Chen was freeloading off Haibara Ai and the others' cheats? He had created those cheats himself, so how could that count as freeloading? Chu Chen gave the system to others, so there was nothing wrong with collecting a little compensation, right? Besides, Ai hadn't lost anything.

Haibara Ai completed an event check-in: Obtained 1 wish opportunity from the Defective Holy Grail.

Chu Chen raised an eyebrow slightly. Ai had completed her mission so quickly.

Then again, the mission had a forty-eight-hour limit, and given Ai's enthusiasm, it was perfectly normal for her to have finished it by now.

Haibara Ai: "I'm preparing to make a wish to revive my sister. Wish me luck, everyone... No matter what, reviving my sister is the most important thing. Even destroying the Black Organization isn't as important as this!"

Of course, another reason was that she feared the Black Organization might be right beside her, and she might accidentally kill one of her own people as well. Ai would collapse if that happened!

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Good luck, Ai!"

Busujima Saeko: "Good luck, Ai!"

Administrator: "Good luck, Ai!"

Miyu: "... Good luck!"

Miyu hesitated for a moment before speaking. After all, Ai was trying to save her sister...

It was the same feeling Miyu had about wanting to save her brother, so she silently offered her blessing as well.

Illya: "Good luck, Big Sister Ai!"

Haibara Ai: "Cough, cough... Sorry, Illya. While I appreciate your encouragement, you should probably refrain... I can't handle the blessing of someone with Luck E..."

Illya: "o(╥﹏╥)o"

Illya: "It hurts! I want to cry! That really stabbed me in the heart!"

Haibara Ai: My sister has been revived, but why does my stomach hurt?

"Is this the Holy Grail's wish opportunity?"

In the laboratory, Ai, with her brown hair, looked at the Holy Grail in her hands, faint anticipation appearing on her face.

She had finally waited for this day. After obtaining the system, she had considered taking revenge on the Black Organization. But after learning of all sorts of worlds, especially Illya's world with its legendary magic, Ai's desire to revive her sister had only grown stronger. Since such worlds existed, then reviving her sister wasn't impossible, right?

That was what Ai thought. No matter what, destroying the Black Organization could never compare to reviving her sister.

Although the Black Organization might find her at any moment, with the system, she would always have a way to become stronger.

But reviving her sister was an urgent matter... and Ai no longer believed she had any reason to fear Gin's appearance.

Filled with anticipation, Ai raised the Holy Grail in her hand, her heart brimming with hope.

"Holy Grail... Please grant my wish. Please revive my sister, Miyano Akemi... I'm begging you..."

The moment her words fell, dazzling golden light instantly flooded the entire laboratory, making Ai squint reflexively.

Was it beginning? Was her sister about to be revived... Still, it said something about being defective. She only hoped nothing went wrong.

With that expectation in her heart, Ai slowly opened her eyes and looked toward the true form wrapped in golden light.

Then—Ai froze!

Haibara Ai: "... I made my wish."

Busujima Saeko: "Congratulations, congratulations! Your sister has finally been revived!"

Illya: "Congratulations, congratulations! Your sister has finally been revived!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Congratulations, congratulations! Your sister has finally been revived!"

Miyu: "... Congratulations..."

Miyu was happy for her as well, but her reserved nature meant she could only offer such a simple congratulations.

Administrator: "Ai, your tone doesn't sound quite right... You made your wish, so what was the result?"

Chu Chen's expression turned extremely strange. She had made the wish, but that didn't mean it had been perfectly fulfilled!

Chu Chen's words immediately woke everyone in the network up.

Right, she had only said she made the wish, not that it had been granted... Could the Administrator really have guessed it?

Busujima Saeko: "Did your sister turn into a zombie?!!! ∑(Дノ)ノ"

Haibara Ai: "..."

Yukino Yukinoshita: "Did your sister turn into a ghost?!!! ∑(Дノ)ノ"

Haibara Ai: "..."

Illya: "Did your sister turn into a man?!!! ∑(Дノ)ノ"

Haibara Ai: "..."

Administrator: "Say something. At least give us a definite answer, so we can have a laugh... Cough, cough... I mean, help come up with a solution!"

Haibara Ai: "... You actually wanted to say 'have a laugh,' didn't you..."

Ai felt utterly speechless. Sure enough, this was the Administrator's true personality. She had been far too naive to think he was reliable for even a moment! She should never have expected anything from this Administrator...

Haibara Ai: "My wish was granted, but the way it was granted... it really is defective..."

Illya & Yukino Yukinoshita & Busujima Saeko: "Did we really guess it right!!! (*ω)!!!"

Haibara Ai: "Why are you all looking forward to this so much?! (╯Д)╯︵┻━┻"

Why did she have friends like these?! She had encountered something like this, yet they were standing by and enjoying her misfortune!

Administrator: "So what exactly happened? Judging by your current mood, it doesn't seem to be what Illya said. In what other way could your sister have been revived? Don't tell me she's completely stopped being human?"

Chu Chen became curious. What exactly had happened to leave Ai silent for so long?

Haibara Ai: "It's not like what you imagined. It's just that my sister has become the same size as me... She still retains her original memories, but this appearance is practically like she took APTX just like I did..."

As she said this, Ai's expression grew increasingly pained. This was simply ridiculous...

She could return to normal through the APTX antidote, but wouldn't her sister have to slowly grow up again?

Then, painfully enough, it would become like she was raising her own sister as a child...

Come to think of it, hadn't their positions suddenly been completely reversed...

Honestly, the very thought gave Ai a stomachache. I should go take some stomach medicine.

Administrator: "I see, the relationship between you sisters has been reversed... You probably don't dare take the antidote now, do you?"

Chu Chen immediately found it amusing. This was probably why Ai had been left speechless...

At first, when Chu Chen saw Ai not replying, he had thought his bad luck had really come true and something had happened on her side.

Haibara Ai: "All right, I'm logging off first. I'll probably need to explain the situation to my sister... It should be fine if I tell her about the system, right? I remember the loaded system didn't include a confidentiality agreement."

Administrator: "Do as you wish. I never required you to keep it secret... There's no problem explaining it to people you trust!"

Chu Chen did not impose excessive requirements regarding this. No matter what, Miyano Akemi was Ai's sister. If Ai ever went to another world because of something, and Akemi knew nothing about it, she would probably worry herself to death and think Ai had been captured by the Black Organization...

So from the very beginning, for numerous reasons, Chu Chen had not specifically made them download a confidentiality agreement.

Besides, this was unnecessary in the first place. As someone who made systems, he naturally hoped to create more systems for more protagonists, supporting characters, or even villains to use. After all, the more people who used them, the stronger he could become.

As for whether one of the system hosts he empowered might surpass him and then kill him, Chu Chen simply thought that by then, who knew how many worlds would have his system hosts? The number of abilities, skills, and attributes he gained every day would be impossible to count! Would someone like that still need to fear being surpassed and killed? They were thinking too much...

Illya: "Congratulations on Big Sister Ai's sister returning! Hurry and have a good talk with your sister!"

Busujima Saeko: "Yes... And you'll definitely have plenty of things to deal with afterward. I'm not in a hurry on my side either. Come over once you've resolved everything there. My mission doesn't have a time limit anyway."

Haibara Ai: "I'll resolve my matters here as soon as possible..."