The Original Name of This Continent

Katie spoke as she picked up the kettle from the table by the wall and poured herself a steaming cup of coffee.

"Wouldn't you say that since everyone's already using the word 'split,' we obviously can't be exactly the same? Otherwise, it wouldn't be a split—it would be a clone."

Seeing how calm she was, Lan Qingyou and the others didn't know what to say next.

They were talking about clones again.

But it was obvious Katie didn't understand clones the way they did.

She had her own interpretation.

"Then what should we call you? Esmeralda or Katie?"

After thinking it over, Lan Qingyou asked.

After all, the other woman was being so particular about words. That meant she must care a lot about these things.

"If you don't mind, I'd rather you call me Katie."

"If it's difficult for you to understand, you can think of me as Esmeralda's twin sister."

"After the split, our relationship is actually more like that of twins than one person."

"If you still don't understand, you can think of it as being similar to the Artificial Humans on the White Witch's side."

Katie answered Lan Qingyou's question without reservation.

She spoke as if she were talking about something trivial.

Though, for the two of them, it really wasn't anything worth making a fuss over.

But to everyone else, it was another matter.

To be honest, even at the dinner before the auction a few years ago, Lan Qingyou had only caught a brief glimpse of her from a distance.

She had never spoken with her or observed her up close like this.

But after meeting her now, she realized her guess had been right, yet not quite right.

They were indeed the same person.

But because they had been split using a secret