The takoyaki stall had gone dead quiet.
People weren't even pretending to eat anymore. They were just… watching. All eyes were on Alexandra—no, Yuki—the girl who somehow kept stealing the spotlight with nothing but a bite of food and an aura that said, Don't mess with me unless you want your lungs frozen from the inside out.
Prince Gabrielle stood nearby, arms crossed, eyes narrowed, trying to play it cool—but the furrow in his brows betrayed him. Something was seriously off. This girl—who just froze the air with a sigh and turned a takoyaki stand into a war zone with a glance—wasn't normal.
He activated his hidden appraisal skill, hoping to finally understand what the hell was going on.
Then… it popped up.
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APPRAISAL: ALEXANDRA (YUKI)
Full Name: Earth Name: Yuki Hageshi
Alias Name: Alexandra
Unknown Identity Detected: "Yurei Kairos" (Possible Real name of Yuki in Isekai but unaware)
(Status: Dormant)
Race: Human (Unconfirmed) Host of a Dormant Entity
Level: 56 Class: Elite Adventurer (S++) Title: The Still Flood
Stats (Unlocked): Strength: B+ Agility: A Intelligence: A+ Endurance: B Charisma: B Luck: A
Passive Abilities (Unlocked):
Basic Ice Control
Wind Sense
Cold Resistance
Combat Reflex
Alchemy Apprentice
Locked Skills (Requires Entity Awakening – "Yurei Kairos"): Ice Mastery , Wind & Water Mastery , Atmosphere Sense , Sub-Zero Immunity , Advanced Alchemy Knowledge , Liquid Control , Combat Instincts
Ultimate Skills (LOCKED – SEALED): Freeze Time Zone , Ocean Lift , Blood Lock ,Element Erase , Memory Flood
> Status: Majority of powerful skills sealed. Dormant entity presence confirmed. Abilities only manifest under extreme threat or awakening condition.
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Gabrielle blinked. His heart started racing. So she wasn't just powerful—she was sitting on a landmine of potential. But right now, most of it was locked away. If she had access to even half of what he saw in those sealed skills, she wouldn't have gotten stranded in a goblin dungeon, as noted in the earlier adventurer reports.
He could barely keep up reading when a new screen loaded.
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APPRAISAL: ALEPOU
Name:
Earth Name: Kitsune Naboru
Isekai Name: Alepou Vandeia
Race: ???
Level: ???
Title: Hero Legend
Status: Unknown
Strength: ???
Agility: ???
Power Limit: Unknown – No recorded cap
Danger Rank: Cannot be classified
Abilities (Visible Only):
Master of every known martial art
Super Speed, Super Strength, Flight
Heat Vision, Frost Breath, Instant Teleport
Energy Blast, Ki Control
Invulnerable to most damage
Combat Instincts beyond measure
Observation: She doesn't fight to win. She fights when she's already won.
Warning: Appraisal cannot scan full data. Large sections remain hidden. Possible divine-class entity.
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Gabrielle's breath caught in his throat.
He glanced between Yuki and Alepou. One girl was an elemental force of nature—locked down and sealed tight. The other? A blank void where even the Appraisal skill feared to tread.
Then he made the mistake of staring too long. Alepou raised an eyebrow. Yuki's eye twitched.
Yuki's ice-cold aura suddenly thickened, and the temperature plummeted. Ice began forming in jagged edges around her feet, even as she desperately tried to contain it. She clenched her fists, forcing the ice to melt into puddles, scooping it into a glass and drinking it with gritted teeth.
But it wasn't enough. Her aura, dense like nitrogen, began to seep outward. The air grew heavier. Gabrielle's breath hitched—his lungs failing him like he'd just walked into a freezer full of liquid nitrogen. Worse than asthma, worse than poison—it was suffocating.
She was pissed. Beyond pissed. Her voice came out low and sharp. "I'm done. I've been stranded in a dungeon, accused of being a bandit, a thief, a fraud. I've had enough."
Alepou stepped forward, arms crossed. "You're lucky she's controlling it. If she wasn't? You'd be a popsicle, prince boy."
Gabrielle, still coughing, tried to explain himself, "I-I was just using appraisal. I wasn't—"
Yuki's glare cut through him. "Were you just peeking at my chest?"
Alepou narrowed her eyes, deadpan. "Real smooth. Peeping royalty now?"
"What?! No! I—I was reading your stats!" he stammered.
"Ohhh," Yuki's tone was venom. "So you were scanning us and ogling us. Double offense."
Gabrielle's brain short-circuited. "No—I mean—yes—I mean, not like that!"
The tension in the air thickened again. Gabrielle took another half step back, but Yuki was already sighing.
"Forget it. You're lucky I'm still hungry."
She sat down, stabbing another takoyaki with fury-fueled chopsticks.
Gabrielle stood frozen, mortified, sweat rolling down his neck.
> He'd just tried to peek into the minds of goddesses… and accidentally made it worse.
Yuki glared at him over her takoyaki. "If I wanted to hurt you, Gabrielle, we wouldn't be having this conversation."
And with that, she popped the bite into her mouth.
To be continued...