Chapter 3: Three People
The two figures lying on the ground suddenly woke up.
“?!”
“What’s going on?”*2
“Where is this?”*2
“What happened to my voice…”*2
“And this body!”*2
“Who is this blue-haired person? Why are you copying my speech!”
“Hmph, who is this red-haired wild girl? Not even wearing clothes! How shameless!”
At the very beginning, the super-dimensional score of the red and blue combination reached an astonishing four sentences, and with time, they would be two good seedlings for playing with “Hop”.
『 But judging by this performance, neither of them seems to be lacking in sensibility like I am. 』
Watching the two who were about to start arguing again after only a few sentences, the golden girl checked off another guess in her heart.
After another round of bickering, the two little red and blue figures finally began to calm down and observe their surroundings.
Then, both immediately noticed the golden figure observing them silently from the side.
“Whoa! There’s another person here?!”*2
Super-dimensional score plus one.
“Nice to meet you, other two ‘me’.” The blonde girl’s tone was calm, but she dropped a bombshell.
As expected, the two were stunned upon hearing this. The Red You Ling couldn’t help but open her mouth.
“Huh? What nonsense is this blonde talking about—” the Red-haired Girl’s question cut off abruptly.
An indescribable sense of familiarity seeped from the depths of her soul, informing her of the identity of the person in front of her.
“It’s just as you think.”
The Golden You Ling nodded. If the other party was also ‘herself’, she should be able to easily figure out the current situation with that sentence.
“We were originally one, but were split into three independent individuals by some power.”
“You’re my dad’s illegitimate daughter!”
Golden You Ling: “…”
The discrepancy between the individuals was a bit beyond her expectations, and the feeling of being rendered speechless halfway through such a statement was not very pleasant.
“We’re one person?!”
The Red You Ling, completely taken aback by the explosive nature of the other’s words, was even more dumbfounded.
“You, you, what are you talking about, you suspicious person! How can I be…”
“Quiet, give me your hand.”
Abandoning the inefficient method of explaining the situation with words, the golden You Ling chose a more direct approach.
Upon hearing this, although still confused, the two little figures obediently extended their hands.
The other party’s tone was not heavy, but they dared not disobey, as if it were a suppression from the darkness.
The golden You Ling held both little hands, one on the left and one on the right.
In an instant, a faint soul resonance surged through the three bodies like an electric current.
“Huh?! This feeling… although very weak, it feels like our souls are connected.”
This feeling of “I don’t know why, but this is what soul connection should feel like” greatly surprised the Red You Ling.
“More accurately, it’s the residual pull after our original complete soul was torn apart.”
The Blue You Ling frowned. “But scientifically, it makes no sense…”
The blonde girl let go of her hands, allowing the lingering connection to fade in the air.
“Tell me your memories. Do you remember what happened before you passed out?”
“Ah! I, I remember I was playing cards, and then suddenly there was a ‘whoosh’, my vision went white, and then I didn’t know anything else.”
The Red You Ling answered truthfully, accompanying it with an exaggerated gesture.
“Mhm, my memory is similar to this red one.” The Blue You Ling nodded with her arms crossed.
“And you?”
“As for me… actually, regarding what happened afterwards, I still had some consciousness at that time.
I could feel my soul being split into three parts by that light.” The golden You Ling recalled the moment before she lost consciousness.
“How is that possible?
If what you’re saying is true, and my original soul was split into three pieces, how am I still alive?
And with complete consciousness.”
The Red-haired Girl was still somewhat disbelieving.
“And if what you mean is that you and this blue one are actually split from me?!”
『 Unconsciously taking herself as the subject, it seems that after splitting, everyone has become an independent subjective individual. 』
The golden You Ling perceived this fact from the other’s words.
This division was a true separation, not a “one main, two sub, trinity” split into avatars. Each was an independent entity.
A fragmented soul could not exist for long, nor could it have a future, so it could only re-form a cocoon and await metamorphosis into a brand new life.
『 So, it was you who re-wove our life cocoons… the Egyptian God Cards. 』
With this thought, the Golden You Ling once again lifted a strand of her golden hair and brought it to her eyes.
The silent Blue You Ling beside her also grabbed a strand of her blue hair, twisted it left and right, and then began to nod to herself.
Thus, the Red You Ling, left to the side and feeling out of place, simply hugged her own hair and started to look at it.
2000 YEARS LATER……
Perhaps finding playing with hair uninteresting, the Red You Ling began to lose patience and sought to speak to someone.
But she was hesitant to approach the Golden You Ling, who was clearly deep in thought, so she poked the blue figure she had always disliked.
“Hey, what are you nodding about over there? Do you know something?”
“Hmph, even though we are both ‘me’, is there such a gap in intelligence?
It seems now that you were formed by expelling the foolish and mediocre part of my soul.”
Interrupted from her thoughts, the Blue You Ling retorted sarcastically, rolling her eyes without politeness.
“Huh?
What are you, this rude blue-haired scoundrel, so proud of? You were just shouting ‘This is unscientific!’ and such.”
Seeing this, the Red You Ling naturally retorted without showing weakness, loudly protesting and mocking back in the same way the Blue You Ling had.
“Also, what do you mean by foolish? What do you mean by mediocre? You shorty, explain yourself!”
“You’re too loud, be quiet! You red-haired megaphone.
As expected, after losing me, who constituted calm and wisdom, can’t you even perform simple thinking?”
“You…!”
“The foolish play of arguing with oneself can be continued later, shall we return to the main topic now?”
The Golden You Ling, whose thoughts were also interrupted, ended the dispute with her distinctive voice.
“As you can see, there is still a faint connection between us, who were once the same person.
This is probably because our souls have only recently separated, and our new individual souls have not yet fully formed.
However, I can feel these connections slowly weakening.
I can no longer even feel your emotions now, which indicates that we are indeed developing into complete, independent individuals.”
The Golden You Ling proposed her hypothesis based on the available clues.
“In other words, what we’re doing now is akin to meiosis.
Our ‘nucleus’, that is, our souls, split and regrew into new complete cells.
Then, due to certain factors, they differentiated into different forms.” The blue You Ling summarized with her own understanding.
“Huh?”
The Red You Ling replied with an expression on her face.
“That’s right, and that ‘certain factor’, according to my guess, should be the power of the Egyptian God Cards.
The evidence is that our current faces are almost identical to the Egyptian God Cards figurines placed nearby that day.”
Kindly skipping over the bewildered Red Reckless, the Golden You Ling continued to elaborate.
“The divine power merged into our incomplete souls, making them whole.
However, because an adult’s soul was divided into three small parts, our bodies and ages also became smaller, resulting in our current appearance.”
Hearing this, the two little red and blue figures belatedly shifted their attention back to their own bodies and then began to grope around at the nearby rock, which, for some reason, happened to serve as a mirror.
Watching the two busily moving without speaking, the Golden You Ling did not stop:
“As for why we have this current appearance, perhaps it’s the gods’ prank.
Or perhaps the divine power used a nearby template when reshaping our souls.
Or maybe it’s simply how one looks after merging with a god.”
Finally, after examining themselves from all angles, the Red You Ling was the first to stop and offer a simple, surprisingly wise summary.
“You two are talking about such complicated things, meiosis, soul fusion, to put it bluntly, we were screwed over by the Egyptian God Cards!
Tsk~ I knew I shouldn’t have randomly recited those lines. How dare these Egyptian gods enforce their laws across borders!”
“Mhm, the situation is more or less like this.
However, calling it a punishment would be somewhat inaccurate.”
Seeing that the other party had understood enough, the Golden You Ling did not offer any further explanation but decided to talk about another important matter that would interest them.
“What do you mean? Are you actually happy about becoming like this? I may like Egyptian God Cards, but that doesn’t mean I want to become one!
That was my lifeline! My second brother who went through thick and thin with me for decades!
Why did I have to summon a feminized version of the Egyptian God Cards back then! Wuwu~~~”
The Red Reckless, misunderstanding the meaning, let out a motorcycle-like wail and was about to roll on the ground.
『 It seems not only has the body become smaller, but the psychology has also regressed to that of a child? 』
“Back then, summoning the feminized version was still being controlled by the ‘little head’ instead of the ‘big head’.
Now, the ‘little head’ is gone, so it’s also a cycle of cause and effect.” The Blue You Ling chimed in with a timely remark.
“You, you, why don’t you care at all?!
That was, that was more important than a golden finger after crossing over, my second brother!”
The Red motorcycle stopped rolling and looked at the speaker’s eyes with disbelief, trying to see if they were being sincere.
“Although it may take some time to adapt, it’s ultimately just an organ that was rarely used except for going to the toilet. If it’s gone, it’s gone.”
The other party’s tone remained indifferent.
The Red You Ling’s light golden eyes were filled with disbelief. Her soul had only just separated, and the cold words already made her feel the discrepancy between them.
『 Did… did the former me have such a side? 』 The Red You Ling felt a sense of strangeness towards “herself.”
A light clapping sound interrupted her wandering thoughts.
“Alright, when I say it’s not a punishment, I don’t mean in terms of gender, but rather this…”
Saying this, the Golden You Ling extended a hand.
