Even after Jordan had transformed it, he'd always treated it as just a system. It'd long grown used to being called the system and had never had another name.
Then, Shannon said, "I'll give you a name to celebrate your new host body and new future.
"From today on, your name shall be Albany. How about that?"
Legends spoke of the legendary Albany as an unfathomable abyss in the sea where all waters converged. Its name originated from the word "abode", as home to the sea.
Since the system had chosen to defy the Divine Power for her, she hoped it'd one day find its abode. And from now on, her place would always be its home.
The system shivered. Black smoke instinctively seeped from its body but was quickly drawn back before it could engulf the surrounding spiritual light.
Then, it began trembling.
Almighty! The almighty King of Testudines! It liked that!
"That's gonna be my name from today onward!" Its voice was filled with unprecedented excitement. Even as it was enveloped in spiritual light, one could see the sheer joy radiating from its tortoise body.
Shannon's lips curved slightly. After finalizing the name, she softly uttered the final words of the spell. "Now, return."
A surge of spiritual light burst forth. In the array where the mosaic scutes tortoise was, a stream of spiritual light wrapped in black smoke shot out from its body and swiftly entered the alligator snapping turtle.
Spiritual light in the array gradually faded to reveal the true forms of the tortoise and turtle.
The once-possessed mosaic scutes tortoise tilted its head blankly. It now looked adorably dazed without the system's arrogant personality.
Then, it turned and wiggled its way toward a pile of snacks nearby.
That day, everyone in the Jensen family knew that Shannon had given the system a new host body and named it.
Though they felt subtly uncomfortably about its past events, they had to admit the system had become part of the Jensen family.
Watching Albany zoom around the house with its new little brother in tow, Thalia walked over to Shannon. "When it talks in your head, has it always been this insane?"
"...Well, not all the time." Shannon hesitated briefly and decided to spare the system a little dignity.
After a brief pause, she turned to Thalia, and her eyes carried a rare seriousness. "Mom, now that everything in Seastone is settled, I plan to go to Jambrough next…
"According to Reuben, it's time for me to return to the fox clan and formally acknowledge my bloodline."
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