"Eh? Is this the name you gave yourself? It sounds pretty nice, but why not keep using your previous life's name?"
Now that she knew the spider before her wasn't an enemy, Mirei Shinohara was completely at ease. She wriggled her body in a circle around Shiraori, looking her up and down.
Yes—Mirei moved by wriggling her body. Though she was a pureblood dragon, she was still in her juvenile form, with no limbs yet, and could only crawl like a snake.
Her overall form resembled that of a traditional Eastern dragon, with a long, serpentine body over two meters in length and no wings. Her body was covered in translucent, snow-white scales like fine jade, shimmering beautifully. The small, underdeveloped horns on her head were also white, almost transparent, giving them a faintly ethereal look.
She was, in short, beautiful—nothing like a monster.
This was one of the reasons Shiraori envied her.
"No need."
Shiraori's answer was simple and direct, and Mirei wasn't surprised—she was already used to this manner of conversation from their previous life.
"But seriously, you actually reincarnated as a spider? And you look so ugly—it's hilarious! If Eriri saw you, she'd be shocked!"
Hearing Mirei's mockery, Shiraori's fangs itched—she wanted to bite her. But after a round of furious internal grumbling, she calmed herself and decided to let Mirei off this time.
She didn't want to talk to Mirei anymore, but since they'd have to find Eriri together, she forced herself to keep the conversation going.
"Enough nonsense. I'm going to find Eriri. What about you?"
"Of course I'm going to find Eriri! That's the number one priority in my heart!" Mirei replied without hesitation.
Hearing that, Shiraori nodded in satisfaction.
"In that case, we'll act together from now on."
"Mm-hmm, I was thinking the same thing. It's good to have a companion. By the way, Wakaba—do you know where we are now?"
"Elroe Great Labyrinth, Upper Layer. And… just call me Shiraori, or Shira."
"Alright, but I still don't get why you gave up your old name. It wasn't bad. If it were me, I'd still be Mirei Shinohara in this life!"
Just as Mirei finished that thought to Shiraori, a broadcast-like voice different from their telepathic conversation—and somewhat familiar—sounded in her mind:
[Name registration successful. Congratulations, you have obtained the Unique Skill: Appraisal Ultra Version (cannot be upgraded), passive immunity to all negative effects, and 100 skill points.]
Hearing this, Mirei instantly grew excited. Ignoring her conversation with Shiraori, she began examining her new abilities. She knew exactly what these skills meant—those countless isekai light novels from her previous life hadn't been for nothing.
She immediately used Appraisal on Shiraori, and in an instant, a flood of information filled her mind. When she saw Shiraori's skill set, she froze.
"Eh? Wakaba—I mean, Shira—so you also have Appraisal and that passive immunity to all negative effects?"
Shiraori blinked at her words, then, without replying, used Appraisal on Mirei in return. Unlike the first time she had appraised someone and only received three pieces of information, this time the results were complete—and Mirei's abilities made all eight of Shiraori's eyes widen.
[Name: Mirei Shinohara / Mirei Shinohara (Reincarnator)
Race: Pureblood Dragon (Juvenile)
Evolution Path: Pureblood Dragon (Juvenile) → Pureblood Dragon (Adolescent) → Pureblood
Dragon (Complete Form)
Evolution Requirements: Time
Passive: Immunity to all negative effects
Innate Skills: Solar Sovereignty MAX (Skill description: Can borrow the power of the sun to perform attacks), Autonomous Evolution MAX (Skill description: Will automatically evolve into Adolescent and Complete Form over time; skills will also automatically level up over time)
Unique Skill: Appraisal Ultra Version
Skills: Flight LV1, Intimidation LV1, Diamond Body LV1, Five Elements Manipulation LV1, Breath LV1
Skill Points: 100
Weakness: …]
"Isn't this cheating? This is definitely cheating!!!"
Shiraori could hardly believe the appraisal results she had obtained. Her Predator skill was powerful, but compared to Mirei Shinohara's Autonomous Evolution, it was nothing—Mirei could literally level up by doing nothing.
That Solar Sovereignty skill was also on a completely different level from her own Hermes Dash.
She even began to suspect that Mirei might be the biological daughter of this world's creator god.
Seeing Shiraori give no response, Mirei didn't press further. Instead, she began testing her Appraisal skill on her surroundings, just as Shiraori had done when she first acquired it. Finally, she couldn't resist appraising herself.
When she saw her own appraisal results, she fell into the same stunned state as Shiraori—but instead of envy, she was thrilled.
Especially when she noticed the Flight skill, she couldn't help but exclaim in joy.
"I think I can fly!"
Acting on instinct, she immediately activated the Flight skill, and her whole body floated into the air.
...
Months passed quickly.
Okazaki Kanami and the other students who had reincarnated into this world along with Shiraori and Mirei were gradually born. Their birthplaces and abilities were mostly the same as in the original story—except for Kanami.
Born among the elves, Kanami not only possessed the innate skill "Class Roster" but also had an additional innate skill called "Perception."
This skill allowed her to sense malice from others and detect lies.
The reason for this deviation was, of course, Eriri's doing.
In the entirety of Class 2-3, besides D and Mirei, Kanami was the only one Eriri felt any goodwill toward. To help her avoid the brainless mistakes she had made in the original story, Eriri gave her this extra skill when she reincarnated.
Whether Kanami could free herself from the control of the world's cancer, Potimas, and take a different path was no longer Eriri's concern.
Her goodwill toward Kanami went no further than that—after all, Kanami wasn't one of Eriri's loyal followers.
As for Mirei, who was Eriri's little tagalong, she naturally received special treatment.
Mirei's situation was completely different from the original story, entirely by Eriri's design. From changing her race from Earth Dragon to Pureblood Dragon, to giving her so many overpowered skills—none of it was accidental.
Furthermore, the Pureblood Dragon was not part of this universe's dragon species at all; it was something Eriri had personally created, far beyond the dragons native to this universe.
However, the Pureblood Dragon wasn't without its weaknesses—the evolution time was extremely long. Reaching the Adolescent stage from Juvenile required at least a thousand years, and reaching Complete Form from Adolescent would take tens of thousands of years.
But once she reached Complete Form, Mirei's power would undoubtedly rise to the peak of Level 8.
Even as a juvenile, she was strong enough to be invincible in this world.
Of course, to reach that level, she still needed some time to grow. Not much—just a year or two would be enough.
While Eriri could be a bit mischievous, she wasn't about to let her own people suffer. Clearly, Mirei Shinohara had, after two months of effort, succeeded in being recognized by Eriri as one of her own.
This was the perfect example of "lick long enough, and you'll have it all."
So even if Eriri sent Mirei to an isekai to "survive," it would really just be to let her experience an overpowered life. And here, "survival" meant that the people of the other world would be begging her to spare their lives.
As for her other pet, while Eriri didn't give her quite the same treatment as Mirei, she still granted her two extremely powerful skills: a special Appraisal skill that could reveal all enemy weaknesses, and Predator, which greatly accelerated evolution speed.
It's worth noting that while Shiraori and Mirei's Appraisal skills had different "versions" — one being Pro Max, the other Ultra — in reality, there was no difference between them. The so-called version names were nothing more than one of Eriri's harmless pranks.
Another difference was that Eriri completely removed Mirei from D's constructed system, whereas Shiraori remained within it. This was why Shiraori could hear two "voices of heaven." The first was Eriri's, slightly modified to sound different, which explained why both Shiraori and Mirei found it familiar. The other was the voice of Sariel, the angel serving as the system core.
...
Although more than half a year had passed in the other world, only three days had passed on Earth. The time flow difference between the two worlds was already significant in the original story — ten times faster in the other world — but Eriri had increased it to a hundred times.
During those three days, Eriri had been keeping an eye on Mirei and Shiraori's situation, even turning her living room into a viewing room to livestream their "survival" records.
Her audience consisted of herself, Aoi Kujou, D, and Meido. Since becoming Eriri's personal maid, Meido hadn't returned to Hell, naturally enjoying her laid-back life.
Eriri wasn't planning to leave this world just yet; she intended to wait until Shiraori and Mirei returned to Earth before departing. At a hundred times speed, that wouldn't take long.
And indeed, the live feed was now showing Shiraori evolving into an Immortal Taratect.
...
"Ahhh~ I'm so bored. Why don't I get any experience from killing monsters?!"
Floating in the air in lazy circles, Mirei Shinohara looked at the evolving Shiraori with an expression that was more cute than imposing.
Though she knew she could evolve automatically, discovering that killing monsters yielded no rewards still left her feeling dissatisfied. All the prey she had caught recently—apart from the tastier ones she ate herself—had gone straight to Shiraori as food, massively boosting Shiraori's evolution speed.
In truth, with Mirei's evolution method, the best plan would be to find a safe spot and sleep for a year or two, waking up as an unstoppable force. But in the end, she chose to travel with Shiraori.
Despite often teasing "Wakaba Hiiro" in their past life, it would be impossible to say she felt nothing for her after spending two months together. So, no matter how bored she was, she wasn't about to abandon Shiraori.
Over the past half-year, they had fought their way from the upper to the lower layers of the labyrinth, growing far stronger. Not long ago, Shiraori had taken down an attacking Earth Dragon on her own. After consuming it — and with all the previous gains — she was finally ready to evolve again, from Reaper's Shadow into Immortal Taratect.
Although evolving meant losing consciousness, Shiraori was completely at ease doing so with Mirei around. She had no doubts about Mirei's strength; after all, she had often grumbled internally about how outrageous Mirei's growth was. While she worked herself to exhaustion to defeat enemies and evolve, she would wake up to find Mirei had grown even stronger.
Even with all the skills she had acquired through Predator, none could compare to Mirei's Solar Sovereignty, which could annihilate all her abilities in an instant. And despite being in a sunless labyrinth, Solar Sovereignty's power was completely unaffected.
Not to mention, Mirei's body would naturally gain new skills over time.
So if there was one thing Shiraori had no doubts about, it was Mirei's ability to protect her while she evolved.
After some time, Shiraori finally awoke, having successfully evolved into an Immortal Taratect.
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