《A Hero turned Succubus Tale》 Prologue We underestimated the enemy. It isn¡¯t to say that our smooth journey into the heart of the demon¡¯s territory had made us conceited, on the contrary knowing that the demon king would be waiting for us in his castle confident about his victory had only served to raise our caution to strategize and prepare enough trump cards to ensure our flawless victory¡­ and yet, 30 minutes into the final battle our tank, the stout dwarf named Bhelkam capable of taking a breath attack from a fire dragon and coming out unharmed is lying on the floor unconscious and covered in blood with multiple fractures and an arm twisted into a spiral with bone fragments sticking out of it. The scout Jack, assassin and ex-underworld boss¡¯s right hand and our prideful arch mage Diana were the second to go out of battle. Feeling the exhaustion catching up to him in a high pace fight such as this, our scout/assassin who once terrorized the corrupted nobles and denizens of the underworld with his stealth and assassination skills was plucked out of his hiding space and thrown at our arch mage, destroying------ her magic shield and sending both of them flying across nearly 100 meters... not exactly what I had in mind when I said I wanted them to become closer¡­haaah¡­ *Splash* Shit! There goes Almeira, our elven archer, a great marksman in terms of skills and the woman responsible for foiling all my peeping attempts on the girls bath. Getting hit by a viscous acid bolt to the face melted her skin and eyes out¡­ uwaahhh¡­ I dodged the dark bolt he tried to surprise me with and collected the unconscious archer and put her behind cover so that our healer and priestess could take care of her. Celia our healer and angel who cures my emotional scars has already overworked herself to total mana exhaustion and is already struggling to keep everyone alive. Ah! Did I say I had a crush on her and was planning to marry her? I guess there really is no other choice is there? ¡°HAHAHAHAHA!!! HERO!!!! It¡¯s been a while since I went all out! Come! and taste DESPAIR!!! HAHAHAHAHA!!!!¡± Well at least one of us is excited. If I had known I was going to go out like this I would have atleast gotten rid of my virginity. No medicine for regret I guess, hope next life is better. I gather the rest of my mana within me and focus all of it on breaking the aether shell keeping my soul tied to this mortal body, leading to all my stats skyrocketing and enormous amount of mana rippling out of me to cause fissures in the air. ¡°WHAT!?¡± Haha, I guess even the Demon king would be shocked by what I did now; The superior version of limit break, an original spell made by me known only to me- ¡°Raymond! NOOOOO!!!!!¡± -and Celia, I suppose¡­ I wish I could have told her how much I loved her when I had the chance. The rest of the fight was a blur, it all happened too fast. With me already destroying myself faster than the Demon king could harm me, I neglected all defence and focused on destroying the enemy in front of me. And before either of us could catch up being able to react to my sudden increase in strength, I had already thrust my holy sword through his heart. With the healing negation of my holy sword, his fate is sealed. ¡°*cough**cough*¡­ haha, as expected of the mad hero¡­ I should give thee a reward¡­¡± A sudden surge of unidentifiable mana shot out from him and went inside me. My death was set in stone the moment I activated my final trump card, yet as creeping feeling of dread causes me to ask ¡°WHA! What did you do!?¡± ¡°Rejoice hero! For thou shall become the next demon lord!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHahahaaaa¡­..¡± He passes away wearing the same maniac grin he had for the entire duration of the fight. The meaning of his last words completely lost on me. A moment of silence passes before I am suddenly hugged from behind. ¡°Raymond! No please no! Don¡¯t leave meeee!!!¡± Aaah, Celia, your crying face is beautiful too. How wonderful would it have been if I could stay here¡­ it¡¯s no use, I can already feel my body breaking down and crumbling away. God, if you are out there, please bless me with a life of luxuries and free from burdens in my next life. [Notification: Soul collected and ready for forced reincarnation] ...what? Spring, year 1048 The hero Raymond with a few of his trusted companions assault the Demon king''s castle and succeded in defeating the evil Demon lord, bring a close to near 100 years of war and hope of everlasting peace. The news spread out to every corners of the young world Nova, people singing praises for the hero who sacrifised himself to bring peace to the world. Stories were told and retold passed down from generation to generation. Summer year 1605 Inside the orphanage connected to the church in a small village near the border town of Torena a middle aged nun with a stern face could be seen reading a storybook to a silver haired child lying on the bed. "... and that is how the valiant hero defeated the evil Demon king and brought peace and prosperity to our world." zzzzZZZZzzzz A warm smile spreads along her normally stern face as she notices the little girl had already fallen asleep, she bends over to give the girl a soft kiss on her forehead before whispering "Goodnight, Lily" Shortly after the sister leaves the room, the girl''s eyes shot open. You can''t really expect me to sleep while listening to a story based on my past life now can you? Especially when it has been glorified to such a horrifying degree. Yes, yes as you have already expected, it is I the hero Raymond REBORN!!! Though I said that, I have no intention of being the hero character again, also it is pretty impossible considering I''m a demon now, a greater succubus no less. I''m only 12 and already more than half of the men in the village have turned into pedophiles. No surprise considering my appearence even while disguised as human is enough to stroke the flames of lust in any man. Getting turned on while seeing my own reflection in the mirror is certainly not normal I guess. On to more serious matters. To the god writing my story and the readers who give him power. "Thank you. For granting my wish and gifting me with this wonderful life free from burdens and responsibilities. I promise to live my life living selfishly seeking all the fun and pleasure this world has to offer... world domination seems like a good idea...nah..." Chapter 1: Rebirth That was not expected. I wonder whats going to happen to me. [Task: Soul collection complete] [Initiating randomized creation of new vessel according to parameters] [Error: Vessel''s statistics not specified] [Notification: Interference from Administrator detected] ¡­huh? Administrator? [Initiating creation of new vessel created as per input from Administrator] [Soul parameters match vessel parameters] [Creation of new vessel complete] [Initiating transfer of soul to new vessel] [Soul transfer complete] [Teleporting newborn to location chosen by Administrator] [Notification: Message received. Do you wish to read message now?] What? Message?... Yes? [Message: You did well my hero. With the death of Demon King Rathos the world will safely enter its next cycle. Since both of you had contributed for the advancement of the world, your souls should have been rewarded with a life filled with better prospects, a so called ¡®blessed life¡¯ if you will. In your last attack you ripped open a tear in the shell keeping your soul safely connected to mortal body, consequently getting struck with the soul attack from the demon king sent your soul to the demon''s cycle of reincarnation, although half-assed, a genius move for a last stand attack. You have been destined to be living a harder life filled with more suffering than the life I had prepared for you, but I can¡¯t really allow that now can I? I may be not perfect, but I¡¯m still a god you know. And so the reason for my interference in your rebirth, I will let you keep your memories and transfer your soul into a body more suited to your character. Of course it will be personally made by me; you would still be a demon though. While your understanding of the world may be higher than most mortals currently living in Nova, it is still only the tip of the ice berg. I¡¯m excited to see how you will spend life, will you live a life for the protection of poor and innocent as a Guardian, or will you climb to stand on top of everyone with your superior skills and life experiences as a Ruler or will you hide your skills and powers to experience a mundane life of a Commoner or will you engage in debauchery and seeking pleasures as degenerate? Follow your desires, child for this time there will be no chains attached to you. Do as you will, for where there is a will there is a way. I gave you cloaking skill as part of your beginner¡¯s package. Better put it before anyone sees you. It will make your life easier. Off you go now my little Mad Hero] Who are you calling Mad!? Wow! The fuckin HELL!? God really exists and he or she just messaged me!? Does that count as a real fucking divine message? From the way it talked it doesn¡¯t seem to fit the Goddess of Light Aaris nor the God of Darkness Drakath, so a different god or are the two gods merely the different faces of the same god as he/she seemed to acknowledge both the hero and demon king? Also what was with the last question? If you already know what I will do then don¡¯t ask! Hmm, the teleportation magic circle seems to be activating. You made sure I won¡¯t be sent to anywhere dangerous right? A flash of bright light later. I landed in a jungle filled with huge trees¡­ DON¡¯T PANIC, DON¡¯T PANIC!!! Yeah! Deep breaths¡­ in and out, in and out. Good, now, surely god wouldn¡¯t throw me out to the wolves since he spent the effort to personally create my body¡­right? Also the trees aren¡¯t huge, I¡¯m just small. After all right now I¡¯m just little baby with squishy soft hands and legs, probably a delicacy to any monsters out there¡­ hmm? What¡¯s this on my back? Bat wings? Pointy tail? Yep, confirmed it, I¡¯m a demon now. Also he said something about cloaking skill, what was that? Status. Name: Lilith Race: Greater Succubus Age: 0 Class: None Level: 1 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Reincarnated Individual Former Hero Physical Stats: Strength: 1 Agility: 1 Dexterity: 1 Endurance: 1 Intelligence: 1 Wisdom: 1 Perception: 1 Charisma: 1 Skills: Appraise Lv Max Special skills: Greater Disguise Lv Max Sexual Experience Lv Max Pheromones Lv Max Resistances: Magic resistance Lv 5 Traits: Enhanced Strength Enhanced Agility Enhanced Intelligence Enhanced Wisdom Greater Charisma Hmm¡­ This is new. So I¡¯m a greater succubus now¡­ Never heard of it. Greater succubus is new race specially created by administrator to reward the former hero Raymond. The new race possesses superior skills compared to normal succubi while not having any weaknesses normal succubi suffer from. Okay, that explains a lot. What about the weird new special skills? Greater Disguise: Cloak or alter ones physical appearance and Status Page from all senses magical or otherwise. Max level reduces the mana cost of maintaining disguised state to zero and offers protection from normal Dispel magics. Good one, that means I can pass for a human. Sexual Experience: Gain experience by engaging in acts which are considered sexual/intimate with others. The experience gained is dependent on both the act performed and the individual the act is performed with. The greater the level greater the experience gained. Not the strangest skill I¡¯ve seen, but it gives experience without risking your life in combat. A normal succubus skill¡­ WAIT A FUCKING MINUTE! I¡¯m a SUCCUBUS NOW!!! Doesn¡¯t that mean I¡¯m not a man anymore?! My tools are gone!!! There is nothing between my legs!? It''s GONEE!!! ...Did God know I¡¯m a bisexual?! I thought I hid it really well. As expected of a god. I heard that women experience more pleasure during orgasms. So its not bad I guess, still a bit conflicted about this. Whatever. Pheromones: Release a pleasant scent into the air. Those affected by pheromones display favorable reaction to the possessor of the skill. Beware, as the pheromones strokes the lust and mating instinct in living beings both with or without intelligence. This skill cannot be turned off, only the strength of released pheromones can be adjusted. Setting off pheromones into the air in the jungle is a bad idea. I¡¯m definitely too young to mate. Got some titles too. Reincarnated Individual: Those born possessing memories of their past life. Gaining skills they possessed in past life will be easier and faster. As consequence, experience gained from combat will be halved Experience gained will be halved. Ones level is directly proportional to their physical stats, this will affect my rise in combat power, especially in a world where the weak are merely meat for the strong to eat, it will prove fatal. Will have to make do with Sexual Experience...hehe... I¡¯m definitely not happy about this! Former Hero: The individual who once possessed the blessing of light. Grants the possessor of the title Appraisal Lv Max and better proficiency in light based magic. Similar to the Hero title though a few other perks are missing now. ¡°Head sister Margaret, do we really need to go ourselves to pick those herbs? Isn¡¯t it better to send the kids?¡± Voices!? They are getting nearer! They are my ticket out of here, can¡¯t miss them. But first! My disguise. Activating Greater Disguise my wings and tail seem to disappear, they didn¡¯t just vanish from sight, I can¡¯t feel anything there anymore. Perfect. Now my Status Page. Change race, hide titles, hide skills. Good, now I¡¯m a perfectly normal human baby alone in a dangerous forest. ...Pretty suspicious. Beggars can¡¯t be choosers. ¡°Of course not Milly, it is still a forest. Its too dangerous to let a child inside.¡±a second voice firmly replied ¡°Ehhhh¡­ But I don¡¯t wanna¡­¡± ¡°Move your lazy bum or you will be going without desert today. Mr. Raizer came back from the Royal capital and has offered to make a new type of sweet desert called ice cream for the children today.¡± Only two prey detected. Okay, they are near enough, its time to attack! How you ask, obviously the only way babies can attack is¡­ Crying! ¡°Waaaaa! Waaaaaaaaaaa!¡± ¡°!! You hear that? Is that a baby crying?!¡± ¡°In the Forest? How? Its coming from that way!¡± Hehe *evil grin* Mission Success. Chapter 2: I picked up an angel Chapter 2: Margaret¡¯s POV I wake up just before sunrise. Wipe myself over with a wet cloth before entering the kitchen. Being the head sister in an orphanage is lot harder than one would imagine. Looking after several trouble causing children would give enough stress to make a person go bald. After all, being the orphanage closest to the border town of Torena means lots of children to look after and being the person who everyone relies on is hard. But, being depended upon by everyone, seeing the happy smiles of the children laughing and running about, becoming a sturdy support for everyone to rely on gives me a satisfaction I never experienced before joining the church. I was city girl, born and raised as the second child of a well-off merchant in the Royal Capital of the Holy Kingdom. Raised alongside a talented older sibling, though my parents always compared me to my older brother and never paid me any real attention. You could say that I was frustrated, being ignored and never relied on by anyone made me feel unwanted, unneeded. I used to like walking around the capital with my friends, or more like my ¡®acquaintances who I spend my free time with¡¯ because it was too suffocating to stay at home. It was then that I met Jerry, the blacksmith¡¯s apprentice. We started talking; it was fun to say the least. Conversing with someone who didn¡¯t look at me as a product for sale made me felt alive. A few months after, he proposed to me, asking me to become his girlfriend. I felt it was the happiest moment of my life, being proposed by the boy I had a crush on, someone who looked at me as Margaret and not Margaret Thales, daughter of owner of a merchant company. Though his muscular stature and huge biceps probably helped me say yes. The days that followed were one of the most exciting days I ever had in my life. I sneaked out whenever I found time and being the horny teenagers we were, our dates were always followed by a round of passionate sex in his room. But, like every good dream having an end, our short romance faced its first tribulation. My family picked a fianc¨¦ for me. The son of rival trading company, a marriage purely for the benefits it would bring. I knew my parents would never let me marry Jerry, so we eloped. We ran to the border town Torena, hoping to live a happy life in a world with just the two of us. We hoped. Reality came crashing down, Jerry was not able to get employment and our limited funds were dwindling. I saw different faces of him that time, the angry face, the resentful face, and the worst, drunk and abusing face. He said everything was my fault, that I caused him to lose everything. I was pregnant at that time; one of his venting sessions resulted in miscarriage. He apologized after coming to his senses but as expected, some things cannot be forgiven. There was no love between us, at least not anymore. I left him. I turned to the only path left to me; begged the goddess and got accepted as a nun. Jerry no longer bothered me after that. The days that followed were best described as frugal, a simple life time centered around the church and its activities. Years passed and I was deemed reliable enough to be the head sister at the orphanage in the village nearest to town. Village life is usually filled with risks of monster or bandit attacks, but being the village nearest to town and on a major trading route removed the risks and the village was deemed to ideal place for the churches orphanage. I spent 10 years there, now 30 years old and living a life of happiness. It was normal day, finishing work at church, we help around the village. The herbalist was out of herbs and we were heading to forest. There we found... an angel. She had silver hair which seemed to glow with light reflecting from it, her big round blue eyes staring at you, eyes that seem to draw you inside. Finding abandoned newborns in front of church doors is not anything new. But finding one inside a forest? Being a merchant¡¯s daughter, I had to train my appraisal to level 3, and am able to see much more than normal person. Appraise. Name: Lilith Race: Human Age: 0 Class: None Level: 1 Current Status: Healthy Seems to be normal, but who would leave a baby in forest? Why? Ah, she¡¯s smiling at us. Such an adorable baby, I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if she really is an angel in disguise. I walked up to her and picked her up, she started smiling. The always cheerful and lively Milly tried to get her attention by her usual antics, being more popular with the kids; it does sprout some feelings of jealousy in me. Oh? She¡¯s staring back at me; it seems she likes me more. I keep losing myself in those eyes, the color of sky, giving me a sense of freedom and strength, it made me believe myself capable of doing anything, wishing deep down that she would always keep looking at me. After carrying her back to the orphanage, we sent the guards to investigate the presence of the baby in the forest, as expected they found nothing. I confess I felt relieved knowing that nobody would come asking for her. It was wrong, I should be worried for Lilith¡¯s parents, but knowing that she would be staying in the orphanage made me happy. Made me wish even if her parents were out there searching, that they would never come asking here. ¡°!!!¡± Oh Goddess Aaris, please guide this lost lamb for she seems to have lost her way. I should never think like that. What¡¯s wrong with me? Her parents would be worried. Even if Lilith were to stay here, I shouldn¡¯t treat a single child as special; it will make the others feel distant, like what my own parents made me feel. But looking at little Lily sleeping on my bed made me think, ¡®Isn¡¯t it fine? She deserves to be treated special.¡¯ That night she spent the night sleeping beside me; it takes time to arrange for new addition into our orphanage. Lying while holding her, I found myself unable to sleep. Staring at her peaceful resting face, too adorable even on a newborn, taking in the sweet scent of honey and milk she seems to exude made my mind mushy and unable to think properly. That night I started secreting breast milk again. A pleasant surprise since I¡¯m the one in charge of feeding Lily now. There are few things better for a baby than a mother¡¯s milk. Fufufu, it seems the goddess blessed me to experience happiness only mothers are entitled to. Everyone noticed me becoming too attached to Lily, it wasn¡¯t right, as the head sister I am supposed to be the central pillar of support for everyone. But nobody could bear to separate her from me as they thought I was treating her as replacement for my lost child. I spend my days waiting for the time I get to spend alone with Lily. She makes such an adorable face while smiling. Sucking on my nipples while her other hand squeezes my other breast using her soft small hands, I feel myself filled with overflowing happiness. Happier than when I was proposed to by Jerry. Holding her and feeding her gives me more pleasure than the most intense orgasms I had during sex, making me wish if time would stop, if this moment could continue forever. These days I wake up to see the cute face of sleeping angel. Chapter 3: Growing up Chapter 3: Peaceful Daily Life Hello everyone Lily here! Now, you all will be curious about what I did as a succubus to survive in an orphanage taken care of by the church preaching for the demon¡¯s destruction right? Well¡­ reality is often disappointing. I didn¡¯t do anything! I may have been born to a very superior race as greater succubus but I¡¯m still an infant! What did you expect?! Throw magic around and demolish the church to the ground? Charm everyone and turn them into my sex slaves?! ¡­If you did, you need help. See a doctor. My life in the orphanage has been pretty peaceful. I did freak out when I was about to be baptized with holy water though. But I¡¯m immune and I think I still have a talent for holy magic. I was successful in charming the sister who picked me up, Margaret. Now she loves me like her own daughter. Apparently as a sister she is not supposed to favor a single child more than others but her past miscarriage before joining the church won her some sympathy, and of course after seeing my cuteness nobody could blame her. Cuteness is justice. Also she started secreting breast milk. Maybe a side effect of my pheromones. It is very powerful skill. I repeat, it is a very powerful skill. I messed up the amount a bit and Margaret, now called ¡®mom¡¯ is obsessed with me. It¡¯s a good thing and all; but the face she makes during breastfeeding time scares me a bit. It was like she was going to swallow me whole! Still being the spoiled daughter of the head sister came with its perks. I am currently 5 years old now. And my current status looks like this. Name: Lilith Race: Greater Succubus Age: 5 Class: None Level: 3 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Reincarnated Individual Former Hero Physical Stats: Strength: 3 Agility: 3 Dexterity: 3 Endurance: 3 Intelligence: 4 Wisdom: 4 Perception: 3 Charisma: 5 Skills: Appraise Lv Max Deception Lv Max Mana manipulation Lv 5 Sprint Lv 3 Sneak Lv 3 Meditation Lv 3 Throwing Lv 2 Hide Lv 2 Herbology Lv 1 Unarmed fighting Lv 1 Climbing Lv 1 Special skills: Greater Disguise Lv Max Sexual Experience Lv Max Pheromones Lv Max Resistances: Magic resistance Lv 5 Traits: Enhanced Strength Enhanced Agility Enhanced Intelligence Enhanced Wisdom Greater Charisma My level increase came from intimate acts with mom, maybe. Now on my skills. I¡¯m sure you all must be wondering why my highest skill is deception right, and how despite being a former hero I was able to have great skill in deceiving others. Well the answer is precisely because I was the hero. If you think my past life I was a perfect human, leading the forces of good and fighting against the evil for the world; then I have only two words for you. GROW UP! Wars are never fought between good and evil. They are fought between a lesser evil and greater evil. Even the labels depend on the perspective of observers. We were a strike force made to take out the head of the demon army as fighting the war on the larger battlefield almost always led to defeat. Had I lost against the Demon King in the final battle, it would have been the humans labeled as the evil beings. Considering the atrocities committed during that time, it wouldn¡¯t have been wrong. Now those atrocities are lauded as heroic acts and monsters revered as heroes. History is written by the winners. As long as you win, the methods employed are insignificant. All is fair in love and war. Being the central figure at that time, how many lies do you think I had to spew? How many people I had to deceive? How many fake motivational speeches I had to give, saying they would be saved, while knowing they probably won¡¯t survive the week? There was a reason I rushed the party to the demon kings castle. But I could never escape the guilt. My brave companions were not forced by fate like me and they all had selfish goals in defeating the demon king. They even believed in the lies I was spewing. Deluding themselves into being heroes. There was never good nor bad, only different shades of grey. The weak die while strong prospers. It¡¯s all natural. They died because they were weak. For the god watching from up there, all the things that happened were merely parts of the next step the world made. ¡­This is depressing, onto better matters. My traits increased. Greater Charisma gives me 2 charisma points per level. It¡¯s stupidly overpowered. The four enhanced traits were transferred over from my past life. Only 1 in 1000 is lucky to be born with a trait. 2 traits are even rarer, 1 in 100000; people with 3 traits are consider geniuses of the generations, while only beings recorded to have 4 traits are the Hero and Demon King. Every normal person without traits receives 4 attribute points when they level up. This can be increased via achievements but those are near impossible feats. That means disregarding skill levels, a hero at level 10 is as strong as a normal warrior at level 20. That¡¯s a fucking huge difference. But me, I receive a total for 10 stat point increase per level. Freaking awesome right!? ¡°Lily, this one is ripe, catch!¡± This person who interrupted my inner monologue is an elf child named Reina. She is 1 year older and an elder sister character. She has enhanced agility and enhanced Dexterity traits. I easily catch the falling fruit and say. ¡°Sister Rei, you are too high up, itz dangerous if you slip and fall.¡± ¡°I¡¯m fine, I¡¯m fine. Climbing trees is natural as walking on ground for us elves.¡± She says with a smug smile. She is the person I¡¯m closest to after Margaret. While my cuteness attracted attention of everyone in the village, talking to everyone is tiring. So I have decided to play the pure and shy little girl character to keep others away. The fact that it increases my charm is an unexpected boon. ¡°Come on Lily, If you are late, the head sister is going to chew my ear off again.¡± This foolishly smiling elf showing off to her cute little sister is my future adventurer party member. We walk back to the orphanage while chewing on the sweet mango fruits. There is another person with two traits in this village. Coincidence? No. You can call me delusional but most coincidences are merely parts on the scheme of some grand being. In this case God is just giving me leg up as part of my reward. As if. I don¡¯t believe in kindness, free meals don¡¯t exist. He still wants something from me. And there is nothing I can do about it. So I¡¯m just gonna do what I wanna do. Fuck you! ¡°Are you nervous, Lily? about tomorrow?¡± Every child between 5 and 10 are forced to do a complete appraisal every 5 years to find and record their talents. It is a day which can literally decide the future. So of course anyone would be nervous, well except me. ¡°I¡¯m not, no matter what happenz, Lily will be Lily. You don¡¯t hav to be scared sister Rei, Lily knows for zure sister Rei has a dexterity trait. Sister Rei will become the best ranger in the world. I believe in you!¡± I say with a slight lisp in my voice before finishing her off with my angelic smile. ¡°When you say it like that I kinda believe it, you know¡± She says before turning around with a red face. Ufufufu, you are cute too Reina. ¡°I love you Lily¡± ¡­hm? I hold her hand tightly with my smaller hands before saying. ¡°Lily loves you too, Sister Rei. Ehehehe¡± Chapter 4: I have a little sister Chapter 4: I have a little sister and I love her very much. I couldn¡¯t sleep yesterday. I was too nervous about the talent examination today. Looking around the dining hall I can see many others also have bags under their bloodshot eyes. I¡¯m pretty sure I look just as horrible. Well almost everyone. ¡°Good morning sister Rei.¡± Lily greeted me before sitting as per usual in front of me. The morning sunshine comes through the window behind her giving her a holy look; her angelic smile, unblemished porcelain white skin, and deep blue eyes you can see yourself reflected on really makes you want to believe she is a fallen angel rather than human. ¡°Morning, Lily¡± I greet back a little delayed. ¡°Sister Rei didn¡¯t sleep properly yesterday night, did yuu? Don¡¯t be so nervouz, what¡¯z going to happen will happen. Worrying about it will not change anything. Besidez Lily believes sister Rei will have good traits.¡± She says while looking at me with a carefree smile. As if the talent test wasn¡¯t even a serious matter to her. Also those are not words you would expect from someone younger than me. While her words still contain the cute lisp, the content isn¡¯t anything a normal 5 year old girl would say. Lily has always been special. Everyone knows it. Though it has always been her physical appearance that everyone is focused on, what¡¯s underneath that is what makes her truly unique. She joined the orphanage while she was still a milk-sucking baby, 2 years before me. Her silver hair and blue eyes should have given her away as nobility, but apparently she was found in the forest while the sisters went there for herb collection. Nobody abandons a baby in a forest where it could get attacked, especially a perfectly healthy and cute one like Lily. The head sister treats her like her own daughter. Lily calls her mom and sleeps in her room instead of the dormitory hall like the rest of us. She is cute and seems to be getting cuter the older she becomes. In fact she is better looking than me, an elf! Everyone treats her as special. She gets special treatment from both the sisters and senior kids. All this should have made her spoiled rotten, but she still remains kind and gentle. Seeing her smile seems to melt away all the fatigue and her small acts of kindness like bringing you a glass of water when you are tired from sweeping the floor makes her all the more endearing. Seeing me lost in thought, Lily breaks a small piece of sweet on her plate (a privilege her mom grants her) and shoved it in my mouth. ¡°Mou, sister Rei alwayz worry too much. Some sweet will make you energized again. Hehe.¡± ¡°¡­Sorry for making you worry Lily¡± That was when the head sister came into the room and announced- ¡°The official from the capital has come with the appraisal stone. All of you have 30 minutes to finish breakfast and assemble at the village plaza. Wear your best cloths.¡± We shoved down the rest of the food before hurrying to our rooms to change. In the village plaza there was a crowd of people gathered around a small stage. Near the stage are a group of children aged between 5 to 10 years old chattering among themselves nervously. Among the children is an elf with pale face looking around unable to keep herself calm. Me. It¡¯s going to start and I still pretty scared out of wits here. Goddess of light Aaris, please help and guide me, please let me possess traits that would help me become an archer and achieve my dreams. As if in response to my prayers, a pair of small hands covers mine. It was Lily, she was wearing a blue and white dress you wouldn¡¯t expect on an orphan, with frills and flowers and small gold outlines here and there it is undoubtedly expensive. A courtesy of village tailor, saying a cute child her deserves only the best dress, though I¡¯m pretty sure he was just using her cuteness as means to advertise his products! How shameless! Though I must admit Lily does look cuter today. ¡°Don¡¯t worry sister Rei, Lily is with you.¡± Lily says without paying any heeds to the loving looks directed at her and envious glares directed at me. Lily can be a bit air headed at times. It¡¯s probably for the best considering the affect she has on her surroundings. There was a time when she saw the slave dealer abusing his slave for collapsing due to exhaustion and looked at him with disgust, something very rare for her before saying, ¡°Treat others how wish to be treated yourself.¡± A single moral from the stories the head sister reads for us at night and it changed the life of the slave dealer. Quite literally. Over the years Lily had become not only the orphanage¡¯s favorite but also the village mascot. Her words were heard by someone standing nearby and the fact that Lily despises the slave dealer and people who treated their slaves harshly spread like wildfire. The villagers¡¯ treatment of the slave dealer went from normal or favorable to cold and heartless. After his reputation went down the drain, his business also soon fell. He lost everything without even knowing why. Pretty scary how much power a popular person can wield, right? She did end up causing the villagers treatment of slaves to better. Imagine that power in someone other than our pure hearted Lily. It would be the world¡¯s end. ¡°Everyone line up according to your age, youngest first.¡± The head sister who was helping the smooth procession of the program commanded. She is obviously favoring Lily as she would be the youngest among us, but the adults are nodding with warm smiles on their faces. I can agree with them as they are the most excited to see Lily¡¯s status. Anyone with eyes and half a brain can see that Lily¡¯s status won¡¯t be normal. But why can¡¯t you see that you are raising the hurdle for the rest of us! After everyone took positions Lily walked up to the dais unperturbed by the gazes. I always find that part of her amazing, if I was the focus of this many people I would have been shivering and unable to move due to anxiety and stage fright. She smiled lovingly at the head sister before putting her hand on Appraisal stone and the Projector stone displayed her status for all to see. Name: Lilith Race: Human Age: 5 Class: None Level: 1 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Physical Stats: Strength: 1 Agility: 1 Dexterity: 1 Endurance: 1 Intelligence: 1 Wisdom: 1 Perception: 1 Charisma: 1 Skills: Sprint Lv 3 Sneak Lv 3 Throwing Lv 2 Hide Lv 2 Herbology Lv 1 Climbing Lv 1 Special skills: Resistances: Traits: Enhanced Intelligence Enhanced Agility Enhanced Charisma She has Skills from playing around¡­Hm? Her sprint is higher than mine!? As expected from a genius. And her traits are three. This should have sent the whole village into frenzy as having 3 traits would make her a genius among geniuses. But no one is shocked, except for the official from the capital. Everyone here expected something like this. They started applauding. Embarrassed by the sudden applause Lily flies into the embrace of the head sister with a red face. Ah, an embarrassed Lily is cute too. One of her traits is Enhanced Charisma, it explains why everyone can¡¯t help themselves from loving Lily. Enhanced charisma has more often caused more problems for women than not. But with her other two traits she should have no problems protecting herself. More than that; one of the reasons I want to become the best ranger is so as to protect Lily! The talent exam proceeds without hitch till it reaches my turn. I climb on to trying my best to appear calm and head to the Appraisal stone. Lily smiles at me encouragingly standing beside the head sister. I raise my hand to touch the stone. Name: Reina Woods Race: Elf Age: 6 Class: None Level: 1 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Physical Stats: Strength: 1 Agility: 1 Dexterity: 1 Endurance: 1 Intelligence: 1 Wisdom: 1 Perception: 1 Charisma: 1 Skills: Sprint Lv 2 Sneak Lv 2 Throwing Lv 2 Hide Lv 2 Climbing Lv 2 Special skills: Eagle eyes Lv 1 Resistances: Traits: Enhanced Dexterity Enhanced Agility ¡­Wut? 2 traits and a special skill? 2 FUCKING TRAITS AND A SPECIAL SKILL?! I raise my hand and keep it back just to be sure. Its not changing? The audience is shocked into silence since no one expected anything from me really. Not even me. ¡°Sister Rei, I told you so! Congratulations!¡± Lily started clapping, which started spreading to others until everyone was clapping. But my eyes were glued to Lily still smiling, happy for me. Doesn¡¯t this mean I finally have a chance to make my ambitions true? That I am worthy to stand beside Lily without anyone complaining? Tears started flowing as I ran and hugged the only person who believed in me. She hugged me back while asking ¡°Sister Rei, are you happy?¡± ¡°Hmm!¡± I could only nod and hug her even closer as she pats my back. Sometimes it¡¯s hard to know which one of us is the older sister. After my shocking revelation and embarrassing display, the examination continued with 2-3 single trait possessors coming up till it reached Edward, the most popular boy in the village. Of course he is nowhere near as popular everyone¡¯s favorite daughter Lily. Name: Edward Race: Human Age: 7 Class: None Level: 1 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Physical Stats: Strength: 1 Agility: 1 Dexterity: 1 Endurance: 1 Intelligence: 1 Wisdom: 1 Perception: 1 Charisma: 1 Skills: Sprint Lv 3 Sneak Lv 2 Throwing Lv 2 Hide Lv 2 Climbing Lv 1 Sword arts Lv 1 Special skills: Blessings of Fire Resistances: Traits: Enhanced Strength Enhanced Agility This was also kinda expected as he already displayed better physical abilities compared to normal kids and had bright red hair and eyes together with his hot headed wannabe heroic character which seemed to be screaming ¡®I¡¯m on FIRE!!!¡¯ . But he is dangerous. Like all boys he has a crush on Lily and my instincts as older sister is screaming to keep him away. This would give him an opportunity to get close to her and from the look in his eyes he would never let this golden chance to get close to Lily pass. Hehehe, challenge accepted. You need to get through me to get Lily you perverted bastard! I¡¯ll make you regret looking at Lily with those filthy eyes! A round of applause and some time latter we, the ¡®three budding talents¡¯ gather before the City official for a debriefing. Chapter 5: A mother’s feelings Chapter 5: A Mother¡¯s love Today is probably one of the happiest and, ironically, one of the worst days of my life. I still can¡¯t calm my mind after what happened today. I never realized that I was such a weak person. If Lily saw me like this she would surely be disappointed in her mother won¡¯t she? ¡­Oh right, I¡¯m not her mother. I¡¯m just her caretaker¡­ 12 hours ago. Today is a very important and special day. It is celebrated only once every 5 years. Yes, today is the day talent examination is conducted. And I just know Lily is going to knock everyone¡¯s socks off! Ufufufu. The children are gathered below the stage and waiting in line for their turn. I can see that most of them are nervous, just like I was, excited about the future and all. Oh dear, Reina looks quite bad. The poor girl should have some confidence in herself. Her pretty looks are wasted if all she does is keep her head down burdened by insecurities. But I¡¯m not worried, Lily considers her to be her elder sister, albeit an unreliable elder sister, an elder sister nonetheless. Any problem she encounters, Lily will protect her and look over her. I¡¯m not boasting about my daughter¡¯s abilities, I¡¯m just confident in my daughter¡¯s capability. She will not disappoint. Even now she seems unaffected by the tense atmosphere; making her stand out even more in the blue frilly dress the village tailor gifted her. While I am happy to see my daughter look cuter in a good dress, the fact that it was not a dress from me seems the rub me the wrong way. Maybe Milly is right? I¡¯m being too possessive of Lily? ¡°Sister Thales, it is time to start.¡± The city official from the capital, Mr. Thomas conveyed. I went to the front and started calling the children; the first and youngest one is of course my cute daughter. She smiled at me showing that she is confident and no matter the result she will accept it with a smile; though it is impossible for her to not possess any traits. And sure enough, Name: Lilith Race: Human Age: 5 Class: None Level: 1 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Physical Stats: Strength: 1 Agility: 1 Dexterity: 1 Endurance: 1 Intelligence: 1 Wisdom: 1 Perception: 1 Charisma: 1 Skills: Sprint Lv 3 Sneak Lv 3 Throwing Lv 2 Hide Lv 2 Herbology Lv 1 Climbing Lv 1 Special skills: Resistances: Traits: Enhanced Intelligence Enhanced Agility Enhanced Charisma 3 traits! Getting your suspicions confirmed really does make difference. The villagers are also showing proud looks on their faces. Why do you have such smirks on your faces? Lily is my daughter; the one who should be proud is me! They started applauding; Lily turned red from embarrassment and buried her face in my chest. ¡°Congratulations Lily, mommy¡¯s proud of you!¡± ¡°Hehehe. Thank you mom.¡± I patted her head before going to call the next candidates name. It is a little disappointing that the only person shocked by Lilies traits was the city official, an outsider. The test continued, Reina and blacksmith¡¯s son Edward were shown to be dual trait possessors. I gathered our three talented little geniuses for the debriefing from the official. ¡°Congratulations, three of you, possessing multiple traits means that you have bright futures ahead of you. My name is Thomas and I am here to inform you about your future prospects. Since it is already lunch time, let us discuss it over a meal shall we?¡± He said before leading to the table prepared in the plaza. Everyone was seated, the members being the three children and three adults including the official Mr. Thomas, Bob the blacksmith and me as the children¡¯s guardians. Mr. Thomas proceeded to take out a variety of piping hot dishes from his item ring. Since it has time freeze feature, it should be the more expensive variety, as expected from former B-rank adventurer. The wide eyed look on children¡¯s faces did not escape anyone¡¯s notice. I see. He is trying to tempt the children to follow the adventurer trade; though he doesn¡¯t need to try as hard as these three aren¡¯t the type to obediently stay in one place. The dishes prepared were specialties from the capital, the kids not having any mind for serious conversations when faced with such good food should also be considered natural. The table was silent except for the clattering of cutleries. After the dishes were demolished with astonishing speed, Mr. Thomas went on to the serious matters. ¡°The kingdom, in collaboration with the Adventures Guild has built an Adventurer Training Academy in the royal capital. The aim of the institute is to train the young and talented individuals who desire to become adventurers in the future. The project has succeeded in minimizing the death rates in newbie adventures and has given a leg up for their faster advancement into the upper ranks. For talented individuals like you there will be no registration fee and you are only obliged to spend 2 years operating in the guilds in Holy Kingdom after graduation. Normal graduates are needed to spend 4 years. In exchange you will be given direct tutelage from accomplished adventurers; also both individual and group training for your party members. It also serves as a location to obtain a party members of similar talent and potential as yourselves. When you have decided to join the adventurer guild and have reached at least 13 years of age, please come to the Adventures guild and present the receptionist with this tokens.¡± He said before giving each of the silver tokens ¡°Now then, are there any questions?¡± The fire child named Edward raised his hand. ¡°Is there an upper limit to age for joining the academy?¡± ¡°No there is not; though most students are below 18 years of age. Joining when you¡¯re young is best. Anything else?¡± Seeing no more questions from the children and the guardians he made to leave. If he left now, he would reach town just before sundown. Of course as the head sister I was the one to escort him out of the village. ¡°This village has many talented individuals, especially that girl named Lily, she seemed close to you?¡± ¡°Yes of course, she is my daughter.¡± I replied with pride. ¡°Daughter? Aren¡¯t a nun, how can you have a daughter?¡± ¡°!¡± I¡¯m a nun, the head sister¡­ so how can I have a daughter¡­? ¡°Oh! You see all your children under you as your own, that is rather big hearted of you. Anyway, the kids seem interested in becoming adventurers so I can expect to see them again in 5 to 10 years.¡± ¡°Y-yes, Of course, they are all infatuated with Hero stories.¡± ¡°Haha, that¡¯s good to know. It was a pleasure working with you Sister Thales.¡± ¡°The pleasure was mine.¡± I replied with a slightly dazed look in my eyes. Thankfully he didn¡¯t notice. Even after he left I stood there, his question running through my mind. ¡­ Lily had been calling me mom for so long that I had inadvertently believed myself to be her mother. So this is why everyone was telling me that I was too possessive¡­ Time flowed too fast and by the time I got hold of myself it was time for bed. I stood there thinking of all the cruel ideas which seem to find its place into my mind. The thought of kidnapping Lily and eloping like I did with Jerry seemed to doing its best to crawl into my mind. A life with just Lily and me living happily was too sweet to ignore. But I must not do that. Lily is an angel sent to me by the goddess, how could I even think of breaking her wings and chaining her to me!? I should be sent to hell as punishment! As I stood there contemplating on the thousand thoughts flowing through my head I didn¡¯t notice Lily entering. ¡°¡­Mom?¡± ¡°! Yes Lily?¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± She asked as she peered into my eyes. ¡°It¡¯s nothing, just thinking about tomorrows breakfast!¡± ¡°¡­hm¡± She noticed! Lily has always been too smart. Nobody knows this but me; she has always been hiding her abilities and is quite adept in manipulating people. Everyone dances on her palms, doing everything that she desires without even knowing. It would be impossible for any normal person to see the monster hiding behind the visage of my cute daughter. She is already strong enough to destroy people that can threaten her at the young age of 4. She can see through any plots and scheme. Her eyes can literally see through your entire being. The case with the slave dealer, it was no coincidence that he was caught while planning a kidnapping of the orphanage children, a plan if executed would have resulted in mine and other sister¡¯s death. Lily found out about that man¡¯s intentions and set in motion the events which lead to his arrest and subsequent death. While nobody noticed it was all a plot set in motion by my cute daughter. She fooled everyone. Everyone except me, I may not have given birth to her; but I am still her mother, I know her best. She is wiser and stronger than any person I seen or known. She is a dragon disguised in sheep¡¯s clothing. Goddess tits! She could read my mind for hells sake! Its over. She already knows. She is going to ask it¡­ Despite waiting for her to ask the forbidden question, she didn¡¯t. Instead she rushed forward to hug me. ¡­What happened? ¡°I¡¯m sorry mommy! *sob* I didn¡¯t know!*sob*waaaa!¡± What? She is crying!? Why!? She has never cried before? ¡°Lily?¡± ¡°You were worried that I would leave you and never come back right? Worried that I would have no reason to return because you were not my real mother!¡± ¡°ugh¡± She hit the nail on its head didn¡¯t she? I hugged her tightly as tears started spilling from my eyes. How could I show such a shameful appearance to my daughter? I¡¯m a failure as a mother. ¡°Itz okay mom, mommy will always be Lily¡¯s mommy!¡± She said looking into my eyes. There were new emotions in her eyes, sincerity and¡­ desperation? Her eyes widened a bit before smiling at me. ¡°Mom, appraise me and look¡± Huh? What is she talking about? Appraise Name: Lilith Thales Race: Human Age: 5 years Class: None Level: 1 Current Status: Healthy Her Name!!! She has my surname attached to it! Names have a special meaning in this world. Every sentient being is born with one and it cannot be changed before death. Even camouflaging skills can only block your name, not change it. Because your name is your identity and sense of existence, it cannot be shed before death. So what I see before is true and cannot be faked¡­ it also means that Lily has accepted me as her mother from the bottom of her heart. I didn¡¯t know what to say. I was so happy that my tears didn¡¯t stop flowing, I hugged Lily, my daughter close and refused to let go. Worried that what I saw was an illusion, I cast appraisal on her multiple times! Lily seeing what shameful things I was doing laughed ¡°Eheheh, mommy you are too funny. Lily will always be mommy¡¯s daughter. I love you Mommy!¡± She said before kissing me on the cheek. It took moment for my senses to return and return the kiss. ¡°Mommy loves Lily too, Lily is always welcome at my side. Even when you become an adventurer you must be sure to not take too hard quests, always know you limits, find good friends and return home once in a while as mommy gets lonely easily, also you should make sure to eat-¡° ¡°Itz okay mommy, I can¡¯t go to the academy before I¡¯m 13. Hehehe¡± Embarrassed from the rant I went on before noticing, I couldn¡¯t say anything to Lily amused face. I could only blow out the candle and lie down before saying ¡°Good night, my daughter. I love you¡± ¡°Good night, Mommy, Lily loves you too.¡± That night Lily became my daughter in the truest sense. Chapter 6: Training Lilith¡¯s POV I fucked up. Living a peaceful life in the village with everyone doing their best to grand my wishes has made me soft, weak. This happy lifestyle had satiated my hunger and desires, made me satisfied with what I had. I would have remained a weak spoiled girl till one day everything I built up would be destroyed by someone strong. I know how unreasonable the people can be; how cruel this world is capable of being. The weak don¡¯t have the right to choose the way they die. I will need a drastic change in my lifestyle and put my mind and effort into more productive things. Luckily after getting my talent test results, I can devote my time into training. I walk into the kitchen half asleep to see mom already cooking ¡° Mwoning mom.¡± ¡°Good morning Lily, today is a good day to start training isn''t it? Mr.Luke told you to meet him behind his hut today for sword training. But be careful not to injure yourself, okay?¡± Seeing mom smiling so brightly is giving me mixed feelings... also I¡¯m not getting any experience from her anymore now. Succubus is a race which revels in lust and deception. I''ve failed as a succubus; I love my mother. A lie repeated enough times end up becoming the truth. Jack, my brave companion and scout of hero party had told me about these cases. At that time I just dismissed it for a bad joke. He told me about his missions to eliminate honey traps who ended up falling in love with their target, eloping with them naively hoping to live a happy life somewhere in the countryside. It''s stupid, right? People thrive by using each other. The women approached those men with malicious intentions, how could they fall in love? But now I ended up being the same way as those women. Jack, my friend. I¡¯m sorry for doubting you. I may have started seeing Margaret as me real mom. Before you say that you are happy for me and blah, blah, blah; you must understand that forming a bond with a weaker person will only make her a liability. I will have to arrange for her protection at all times and watch out for my enemies kidnapping her to use her against me now that she is no longer an expendable pawn. But seeing her so cheerful today, I can¡¯t fully regret my actions till now. Human relationships are so simple at the same time so complex. I give her a hug before proceeding to meet with Reina and head for training. I will have to be more careful. Today we have gathered here today to receive guidance and training from Mr. Luke. He was the captain of C-rank adventurer party Sea Gulls. They settled in this village after retirement and can be considered veteran adventurers. Mr. Luke helps out training the village guards while his wife is the village healer. ¡°Morning kids. You will assemble here at same time every day. While the three of you have diverse talents and will end up choosing different classes; maintaining your physical condition and remaining in fit shape is a requirement for both mages and warriors. Start with 10 rounds around the village. Hug the wall and don¡¯t get in anyone¡¯s way!¡± Hmm he is not holding back is he? And charisma stat of 5 doesn¡¯t affect people with higher level much. I''ve never invested to my charisma stat before, I need to learn the way it affects my surrounding, because by the time I reach my strongest, my highest attribute would be Charisma. We proceeded with the training. Swordsmanship for Edward was handled by Mr. Luke, while Mr. Mathew conducted the lessons on archery for Reina. I headed for their former party member and current village healer Mrs. Cory for guidance on healing and other light based magic. Honestly, I know more than her but for the sake of maintaining my character I had to act the bright-eyed and ignorant little girl who just started practicing magic. I decided not to practice swordsmanship under Mr. Luke. Not only was I already a master in the handling of long swords(the holy sword was a long sword). Being born with a woman¡¯s body means I have wider hips. Which means I should be focusing on melee combat which puts my increased flexibility and decreased strength to best use. Also I¡¯m bored with it. So no long swords. Long swords are strength oriented and focuses on direct confrontations. I hidden the fact that I have Enhanced Strength trait. What? I¡¯m still only a child, so my body shape should be same as boys? What foolishness! Girls need to carry themselves in a more reserved and graceful manner. I can¡¯t just be waving my hands and legs around like a monkey! Plus I¡¯m wearing a skirt now. No lucky panty shots from this 5 year old! The classes with Mrs.Cory can be expressed with one word, boring. I was listening with only half my mind but I still made sure to act in a way expected of me. We gathered in front of Mr. Luke after the individual training waiting to be dismissed. ¡°I heard the opinions of Lily and Reina from the others. All three of you have done well for the first day. Remember the path to become a proper adventurer is not easy and is covered in thorns. You will shed both sweat and blood. Meet here same time tomorrow. Come late and you will be doing extra laps!¡± As soon as he dismissed us Reina hugged me ¡°Aah Lily, Mr. Mathews is a demon. He worked me till I dropped. Now I¡¯m covered in sweat and dirt. Let¡¯s go to the bathhouse quickly!¡± she complained before trying to lead me away from Edward. Hehe, a jealous Reina is cute. But I need to get closer to Edward. He is also my future party member. ¡°Ah! The two of you, wait! Since we are going to be meeting each other everyday from now. We should get to know each other better.¡± (Edward) ¡°We are going to take a bath. Are you going to follow us into the women''s bath? We will ''get to know each other better'' LATER! BYE!¡± Reina retorted cattily. ¡°If it¡¯s a bath you are after then I know a better location than the crowded bathhouse.¡± He smugly replied. ¡°...Which is?¡± Reina warily replied while looking at him with hostility. ¡°It¡¯s a secret, follow me.¡± He flashed a grin with his cute face before heading into the forest. Hmm. He knows how to get closer to girls. One of the reasons why our village is popular among villagers is the presence of the hot spring. But it is almost always crowded. Reina hates crowded places. We followed him up the stream and found a naturally formed pool of hot water, it has the correct depth and approximately 5 meters in diameter, it is the perfect spot for taking bath! Great work Edward! So this is what he was planning. A bath together with the two most beautiful girls in the village eh? Hehehe. Very bold! ¡°I found it while I got lost in the forest once. It is hidden by the wines and away from the path so only the three of us know its location.¡± He said looking at me with a cheeky grin. It is not unusual for children for bath together as those feelings about don¡¯t start developing for a few more years. So even if anyone found out, none would complain. I stripped and jumped into the water acting all ignorant and playful. ¡°Yay! Sister Rei! Hurry up! It feels good inside!¡± Though I said that, it seems seeing me naked does seem to affect the both of them. Looking away as though I caught them doing something wrong, they quickly stripped before joining me in the pool. Though they still kept sneaking peeks at me. So innocent! Acting like that will only make you more suspicious you know. I chose to ignore their awkwardness because Lilith is a ''pure'' girl. ¡°N-Next time we are bringing towels to cover ourselves! Edward is too old to be bathing with girls!¡± ¡°Y-yea, I also forgot the matter of towels¡± Both of them said with red faces. Though the happiness in their eyes and slight upward twitch of lips from the chance to have more ¡®skinship¡¯ with me makes them look funny. Hehe. It''s hard to prevent myself from teasing them. I intend to have sexual relations with the both of them after growing up. I will be milking both of them, for both experience and to satisfy my lust. Ufufufu. Chapter 7 Training Results Winter year 1605 I''m now 12 years old. The past 7 years in the village has been rather uneventful. One more year to go before I can finally begin the next chapter of my life. While the peaceful life in this village where everyone treats me like their own daughter has been enjoyable, it lacks the thrill and danger I am seeking. The past 7 years I spent on training a variety of skills. I plan on being an all-rounder, but focused more on healing and support skills development for now. I had to keep pace to not stand out too much. Masking skill levels are more harder than masking physical stats, it would be easily discovered when I activate them. A 12 year old who is already a master of combat and magic wouldn¡¯t be ¡®special¡¯ anymore, I would be feared as a monster. As of now my Status page should look like: Name: Lilith Thales Race: Greater Succubus Age: 12 years Class: Healer Level: 5 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Reincarnated Individual Former Hero Physical Stats: Strength: 5 Agility: 5 Dexterity: 5 Endurance: 5 Intelligence: 7 Wisdom: 7 Perception: 5 Charisma: 9 Skills: Appraise Lv Max Deception Lv Max Mana manipulation Lv 8 Meditation Lv 6 Ki manipulation Lv 5 Sprint Lv 5 Presence sense Lv 5 Throwing Lv 4 Unarmed fighting Lv 4 No Attribute magic Lv 4 Light magic Lv 4 Cooking Lv 4 Battle focus Lv 3 Battle aura Lv 3 Plants and Monsters Lore Lv 3 Hide Lv 3 Sneak Lv 3 Dark magic Lv 2 Fire magic Lv 2 Water magic Lv 2 Earth magic Lv 2 Air magic Lv 2 Space magic Lv 2 Time magic Lv 2 Climbing Lv 2 Leap Lv 2 Singing Lv 2 Dancing Lv 2 Massage arts Lv 2 Wind instrument music Lv 1 Special skills: Greater Disguise Lv Max Sexual Experience Lv Max Pheromones Lv Max Evil Eyes of Clairvoyance Lv 3 Regeneration Lv 1 Resistances: Magic resistance Lv 5 Poison resistance Lv 2 Drug resistance Lv 2 Pain resistance Lv 1 Traits: Enhanced Strength Enhanced Agility Enhanced Intelligence Enhanced Wisdom Greater Charisma Of course, I hid the real values and displayed skill levels and stat points which wouldn¡¯t cause anyone to scream ¡®OMFG! She¡¯s a MONSTER!!!¡¯ . I''m only level 5 and I already have stats to match level 11 normal person. The world is never a fair place. While I did hold back on improving my skills, I don¡¯t want to risk my life for secrecy, with my current skills, even with my low stats I can match an E rank adventurer in single combat. Any spell a mage or priest casts is a mixture of the eight attributes. For example fire ball may be a spell belonging to fire school of magic, but it has other attributes mixed in very low quantities. 100% pure fire cannot be made; at least for mortals. That means all magic oriented classes have all schools of magic at least at level 1. Ki on the other hand is the mana equivalent of warrior classes. While mana is a energy accumulated from outside and stored inside of us to affect the outside world, Ki is energy produced by us to manually control the changes in our own body. Martial techniques tend to feed on Ki. For example a simple slash by sword is made sharper and stronger by infusing the sword with our Ki, while skill Battle Focus is a simple skill which operates by circulating the Ki in your body at an increased rate making you faster, stronger and able to process more information in limited time. There are many spells and skills which feed on both mana and Ki. The skill Battle Aura feeds on both mana and Ki to create a domain around with which effects those enclosed in it in the user own unique way. The Battle Aura of Edward is probably going to do fire based damage to foes while offering protection from fire to his allies. There are also other examples of Mind magic or Slavery magic too. The most complex of which is probably Soul magic which is¡­ well too complex to explain but basically a mish mash of all energies and attributes. The more one learns of Magic and skills, the more one realizes what we know isn¡¯t even a drop in the wide ocean. This is the reason why those wise sages always prioritized humility while taking in disciples. The next thing which developed is my body. My hair now reaches just above the knees now. I am a little on the shorter side of average height at my age and my body has slight curves in the right places, also slight bulge had already started appearing on my chest. I pretty confident in them, according to my predictions they will reach at least E cup. The effect I have on others have also started changing. While there are no dangerous pedophiles who would dare to actively target me, after a few uncles ¡®accidentally¡¯ touched my chest or ¡®rested¡¯ their hands on my upper thighs while I was sitting on their laps I became more conscious of the fact that I am already turning into a young lady from little girl. Damn Pheromones. Reina kicked Edward from our common bathing sessions 2 years back. I thought it was just simple possessiveness but now I¡¯m pretty sure if he saw me naked he would have had troubles sleeping. And the most troublesome change. I¡¯m sensitive. Super sensitive. Any touch to my ¡®forbidden-lands¡¯ cause shivers to run down my body. I can already picture my adult self being a sex-addict. Next is the growth of my fellow minio-¡­companions. First Reina, Name: Reina Woods Race: Elf Age: 13 Class: Hunter Level: 5 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Physical Stats: Strength: 5 Agility: 6 Dexterity: 6 Endurance: 3 Intelligence: 2 Wisdom: 2 Perception: 5 Charisma: 3 Skills: Sprint Lv 4 Sneak Lv 4 Hide Lv 4 Throwing Lv 3 Climbing Lv 3 Bow arts Lv 3 Ki manipulation Lv 3 Dismantling Lv 3 Tracking Lv 3 Presence Sense Lv 2 Dancing Lv 2 Dagger arts Lv 2 Leap Lv 2 Drawing Lv 2 Plants and Monsters Lore Lv 1 Arrow crafting Lv 1 Battle focus Lv 1 Special skills: Eagle eyes Lv 2 Resistances: Traits: Enhanced Dexterity Enhanced Agility Her Eagle eyes is a rare skill, I can¡¯t really compare it to my Evil Eyes of Clairvoyance but I believe mine to be superior skill. Though Eagle eyes is probably more suited to combat. And for Edward. Name: Edward Race: Human Age: 14 Class: Magic swordsman Level: 6 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Physical Stats: Strength: 7 Agility: 7 Dexterity: 3 Endurance: 6 Intelligence: 5 Wisdom: 4 Perception: 3 Charisma: 3 Skills: Sword arts Lv 4 Ki manipulation Lv 3 Mana manipulation Lv 3 Fire magic Lv 3 Sprint Lv 3 Sneak Lv 2 Throwing Lv 2 Hide Lv 2 Blacksmithing Lv 2 Water magic Lv 1 Air magic Lv 1 Earth magic Lv 1 Light magic Lv 1 Dark magic Lv 1 Space magic Lv 1 Time magic Lv 1 No Attribute magic Lv 1 Charge Lv 1 Leap Lv 1 Climbing Lv 1 Meditation Lv 1 Battle aura Lv 1 Battle Strategy lore Lv 1 Monster lore Lv 1 Battle focus Lv 1 Special skills: Blessings of Fire Resistances: Pain resistance Lv 2 Traits: Enhanced Strength Enhanced Agility I¡¯m scared if he would really just focus only on fire school of magic. I had seen many freaks like that, focusing only on one school while rejecting others. I will make have to make sure he doesn¡¯t choose that risky path. Any misstep and he would be consumed by the element. I had already seen my share of pyromaniacs. We returned home after daily training and bath. I let Reina piggyback me back due to being tired from training. I enjoyed the sending shivers down her body due to my hands touching her sensitive parts like neck and ears. Slight teasing now would make the task of co nsuming her later much easier.Hehehe. Hmm? It appears we have a guest in our orphanage, a noble¡¯s carriage was parked outside. I hate nobles, the cockroaches are never upto anything good. Damn it. Chapter 8: Leena Keizer Lilith''s POV We were all gathered in the dining hall mostly because it was the only place large enough; everyone was chattering excitedly, Nobles never visit remote villages personally, except when the said village is a popular tourist location. Our village¡¯s hot spring bathhouse is popular among commoners, but only among commoners; it''s not enough to attract a Noble. Their presence in the orphanage could only mean one thing; Adoption. Atleast that is what everyone is thinking of currently. Being adopted by a noble means a chance for a life in the upper class of society. While most of them were excited about it, quite a few were worried that if I was the one going to be adopted. Nobody wants me to leave. Even Reina was holding my hand tighter than usual. Don¡¯t worry; after I ended up taking the ''Thales'' family name, mom contacted the higher ups and arranged for my continued stay in the orphanage and prevent my adoption by others. Do you not know just how many people would jump at the chance to be called mommy or daddy by me? Don¡¯t underestimate my cuteness. Luckily, it doesn¡¯t seem to be an adoption, but something even more interesting. Mom entered the hall followed by an old man with long white beard... a bishop? And the person I was interested in. ¡°Silence, Bishop Rhodes from the Church in Torena has graced our humble abode with his presence and wishes to convey a few words to everyone. Listen well.¡± ¡°Haha, no need for such formalities Sister Thales. Seeing the smiling faces of the children is already enough for me.¡± The kind old man laughed good-naturedly before turning to us. ¡°Little ones, today I am here to introduce a new member to everyone. Meet sister Leena.¡± He said before pushing the new sister to the front. ¡°She was a member of the Noble society and has decided to join our church shedding the burdens of material world and live with us a life of devoting everything to goddess Aaris. She is new to matters and would have difficulty fitting in, but make sure to get along. Everyone in the orphanage should be a family member to each other. She is someone you young ones can learn a lot from. While Nobles and us commoners have very low interaction, we are still part of the same society and their actions affect us and us them.¡± Though he took the effort to say all that, the cold and aloof expression displayed by her would only keep everyone away you know? First impressions are important. But everyone else leaving her alone will only make it easier for me to get close to her. Hehe. * * The new sister was ostracized by everyone, no surprise there. It was dinner time and the new sister''s conversation partner was an empty chair or maybe she''s the type to have imaginary friends? She seemed perfectly fine with being left alone though. But I need her for my training. I approached the table with Reina. ¡°Um, sister Leena, can we sit here?¡± "..." There was no reply so we took it as affirmation and sat across her. On a closer look, Leena has light violet hair and violet eyes, the same color as my favorite flower. It gives a warm feeling, neither too hot, neither too cold. Her face has delicate features, quite pretty if only she wasn¡¯t in such a bad mood. ¡°I¡¯m Lilith and this is Reina, the orphanage has been our home for more than 10 years.¡± ¡°¡­¡± No reply, huh? ¡°I helped make dinner, we made the village specialty to welcome you. It¡¯s made by boiling the venison in herbs found only near hot springs. The travelers also have a good opinion of the dish. Do you like it?¡± ¡°¡­¡± Still no reply...This is hard. ¡°Ah, did you know we also-¡° ¡°Don¡¯t talk to me.¡± ¡°¡­¡± Wow! This is the first time in this life I got left hanging. My cuteness is not working on her at all! She left after finishing her dish without saying a single word. My first attempt ended in failure¡­ This will take more time, first I need to do some research into her background. If she is in a bad mood because she was exiled from noble society, then she should start opening up after some time. But if it¡¯s not, I will need to take action from my side again. I lack information. Need to go play with the village chief again tomorrow. ¡°Um¡­ Lily? Why do you want to talk to her? She always has a scary face on. I think she doesn¡¯t like children.¡± ¡°Because its interesting! Isn''t this the first time we have seen a Noble! She is soo elegant. Also she doesn¡¯t seem like a bad person. I have faith in my ability to judge people. Fufu.¡± I puff my chest out and say proudly. ¡°Well¡­ okay. Oh! Did you know I was the one who hunted the deer? I went alone without any aid and successfully put an arrow right through its eye! Mr. Mathews said that it took him 9 years to do what I did! Your sister is a genius you know! I going to become the best ranger who can strike my foes from a kilometer away, then no one would dare to ignore Lily! Hehe!¡± ¡°Wow sister Rei! You are amazing! You should tell this to Ed too, he is growing too arrogant lately. I¡¯m worried if it would earn him another beating from Mr. Luke.¡± We spent the rest of time chatting before retiring to sleep. By the way, I¡¯m still sleeping with mom. It¡¯s very comfortable to bury my face in her breasts, though it doesn¡¯t arouse any lust in me. Strange. I¡¯m a succubus right? Am I becoming too human? ...Or am I getting tamed?! * * ¡°Lily! You don¡¯t visit anymore, I thought you would have already forgotten about this old bones.¡± ¡°Sorry grandpa Jones, the training is getting harder.¡± ¡°Nonsense! Lily is already the villages best healer, aren¡¯t you¡± ¡°Hehehe¡± ¡°Here, candy I got from the town. It¡¯s made from strawberries, very sweet.¡± ¡°Thanks grandpa!¡± He pet me before placing me on his lap like usual. ¡°So tell me, Lily seems to want something.¡± ¡°! How did you know!?¡± ¡°Haha! How long do you think I¡¯ve been alive for? I know everything happening in that little brain of yours.¡± He said before touching my nose playfully. Of course he knows I want something from him, but I still need to act surprised. ¡°Mou, you know I don¡¯t like that! Grandpa is bullying me again!¡± ¡°Hahaha¡± Acting cute has become second nature to me now, though I''m worried since I''m always wearing this mask its going to end up becoming difficult to remove it. I don''t show my true face to anyone here. ¡°¡­ It¡¯s about sister Leena, I can¡¯t talk to her. She always sits alone, watching her makes me sad. What happened to her? Why did she come here? How can Lily help her?¡± ¡°Ah her, I expected this question; She is the daughter of Duke Keizer. There were some rumors about her causing some problem in the Academy in the capital. She used to be the fianc¨¦ of the crown prince, something happened, her engagement was dissolved, she was exiled from the Noble society.¡± Keizer household? Isn''t that the house Alysha belonged to? Then it¡¯s even better. ¡°There are rumors that she bullied a scholarship student because she was jealous of how close she was being to the prince. She was exiled after proof of her actions came out or something? There are also rumors of the crown prince falling love with scholarship student and they were going to get engaged in the spring. Truth gets distorted when traveling through many ears Lily.¡± ¡°Bullying? Sister Leena doesn¡¯t seem like a bad person.¡± Yep, she is probably a musclehead. She got caught in some stupid trap. That explains some of her aversion to talk to me. ¡°Give her some time, she should warm up to you. After all, no one can resist our little angel.¡± He says before giving me a kiss on the forehead. ¡°Thanks grandpa, Lily will make sure to be friends with sister Leena. Bye bye!¡± I give a kiss on his cheeks before running back. I¡¯m late for training, Mr. Luke is going to make me run rounds again¡­ Haaah¡­ being a 12 year old is tough. Chapter 9: Midlife Crisis It¡¯s been a few days since Leena joined. The news of dissolution of her engagement with the prince has reached our village and the looks she is given are different shades of pity, contempt or cold indifference. The person as usual doesn¡¯t give two shits about the way the people see her as. She is probably one of those people, the ¡®I don¡¯t care what others think about me¡¯ type. Straightforward and pure who still believes the world to be fair place and all¡­ Haaah. (sigh) The naivety of the young¡­ In a way it is refreshing to watch her who has yet to be tainted by cruelties of the real world. I did some deeper digging and found that the scholarship student who probably orchestrated this whole farce had not only has the crown prince with her, but also son of the Knight Commander, son of the Prime Minister and the current prodigy of magic research as her lovers. What a wonderful harem. Polyandry and polygamy are not uncommon, and to successfully gain the hearts of people with high authority while being a commoner; it seems rumors of her possessing both Enhanced Intelligence and Enhanced Charisma are true. People with Enhanced Intelligence has a bad reputation among others, mostly because the commoner¡¯s lesser developed brains are not able to accept the decisions we make, that sometimes like when we are handling situation which can decide the fate of thousands, especially during wars, it¡¯s better to treat the soldiers we are looking at as pieces of a board game. They tout we don¡¯t value human lives and disregard our advices, only to face much larger destruction and larger loss of lives. I¡¯m speaking from personal experience, by the way. I never understand why they were so reluctant to use their heads¡­ Beasts are better companions that idiots, at least they don¡¯t harm others due to the lack of brains. Probably fed their brains to the dogs. Fuck those stupid arrogant assholes. So in conclusion; smart people manipulating their lesser brothers and sisters is natural. The contempt of these people with enhanced Intelligence harbors towards their peers ends up being arrogance and blinds them and end up stumbling. Some idiot would with half a brain will discover their mistake and confront them. The others join the marginally better idiot and finds out they too have been manipulated and voila, everything comes crashing down. This is how the bad reputation originates. My bad habits were nipped in the bud by my late mother and I was raised to be a fine man. So don¡¯t consider me part of their group, who think themselves better than others because they were a little smarter. Still idiots though. A slightly bigger bug is still a bug. I went off on a tangent again. SO! Basically what I am saying is that I have two choices. One, I can trick her into giving me what I want like any normal succubus should. With how low her social interaction skills are, it would be like taking candy from a child. Two, I can approach her with honesty and get her to accept me as disciple in return for payment or future payment. The choice between those should be obvious right?! But it¡¯s not! I¡¯m stuck on what I should do and what I have to do!!! Aaarrgggg!!!!!! I think I¡¯m having a mid life crisis¡­ I¡¯m only 12 you know? Ah! You still don¡¯t know what I want from her right? Well it is not a big secret anyway, so might as well tell you. I want to learn swordsmanship. Now, before you retort, you must understand that without anything to do people would be bored, which leads to different effects on different people. Ranging from depression or insanity to some outright killing themselves, though people who actually reach that state of being bored is very, very rare. There was a man who went around challenging others in chess till he became the undisputed champion in the whole world(Excluding the demon¡¯s side of course). After he was crowned the title, he lost all drive and started hating chess; after ignoring all other professions, he was pathetic at any work he did and ended with him hanging himself. Pretty sad right? As the former hero, my skills with longsword are the best. So I wanted to try out a different weapon this time. I was leaning towards a scythe, probably due my new nature as succubus and all, but it is extremely unsuitable for battle. The scythe is an agricultural implement, not a weapon for murder! Goddamn it! These succubus instincts are taking over me! Plus with the image I am trying to maintain, carrying a big-ass scythe around is a good way to push away my future slaves. ¡­Maybe I will learn it when I have very high Charisma stat. So I have decided on the best weapon I have decided to use. It would not only go well with my Enhanced Agility, it would also put my improved flexibility to good use. Which is¡­*drum roll*¡­ Dual swords! Isn¡¯t dualswords also swords you ask? Heh, this is why you are all amateurs. There are absolutely no similarities between Long swords and dual swords. I¡¯m not joking, there really is big difference. I¡¯m planning on dual wielding scimitars; It is a weapon more focused on slashing and slicing with nearly no thrust or hacking type moves which dominate the normal sword techniques. And Keizer household passes down one of the finest scimitar techniques. Alysha Keizer who was the vice commander of the knights during the war (600 years ago). She was a wonderful woman who believed offence was the best defence and always charge head first into combat. I seen her fighting and honestly it was more like she was dancing with the enemies rather than fighting to kill each other. I admired her during the early stages of the war¡­ Sadly she had a husband and was not the type to have affairs¡­ Damn it. So what I¡¯m saying is that I want Leena to be my teacher. That¡¯s where we come to the real problem. Her being my teacher means, I am placing her above me. That implies I need to respect her. Which also implies neither can I lie to her nor deceive her. If I were to do so, the skills I learn will not only falter me when I need them most, it could also lead to my death; my late mother¡¯s words. She was a wise woman and her words have kept me alive and led me on to the right path whenever I found myself lost. Believing the swordsmanship I learnt by tricking her will fail me is not logical, but the world never gave two flying fucks about logic anyway. And right now, her words have made me lost. I need advice. Never be averse to relying on others, it is impossible for a man to live by himself. But it is important to choose to rely on a person who doesn¡¯t have ill-intentions against you. So obviously the person I rely on is Margaret, my new mother. ¡­Loving someone isn¡¯t all bad afterall. At night, inside the head sister¡¯s room. ¡°Oh! Lily! You are already here. You hated sleeping early. What happened? Was training too hard today?¡± She said as she pat my head¡­ yep, a mother¡¯s love is relaxing. A smile crept on my face. ¡°It was alright, I just wanted to see mommy.¡± ¡°That makes me happy.¡± She said giving me a kiss on my forehead. ¡°Sleep early, wakeup early for good health. C¡¯mon, get in.¡± She blew out the candle before lying beside me and bringing me to her embrace like usual. ¡°¡­Mommy, I have something to ask.¡± She looks at me to continue looking a little surprised. I don¡¯t act so meek in front of anyone. She understands this is a serious matter. ¡°¡­There is something you must do, should do as a member of your race and then there is something which you want to do. Both methods achieve the same result, albeit with a few differing side results. Which do you think I should choose?¡± She noticed when I said the word race. Though she wouldn¡¯t ask on it as she knows that I have my own secrets and she respects them. After contemplating on my words a bit, letting it sink in, she said. ¡°I believe Lily should do what Lily wants to do. You have never harmed anyone and despite your detachment to others, you take them into consideration. I have faith in Lily¡¯s decision and believe what you desire would not be wrong.¡± ¡°We won¡¯t know if what we did was right or wrong as more often than not there is no ¡®right¡¯ answer. So it¡¯s better to do what you want to do whenever you can. You can only deal with the consequences later. Whatever happens mommy will always be your ally. So don¡¯t be afraid.¡± She said before giving another peck to my forehead. Aahhh. This woman understands me. She truly is my mother. I give her a kiss back and hug her tightly before saying ¡°I love you mommy.¡± ¡°Ufufufu. Mommy loves Lily too. Good night Lily.¡± ¡°Good night mommy.¡± Note from author: I''m reediting my chapters before uploading.(I once received a reviews stating it was painful to read because of grammatical mistakes >.<) So it would take some time to re upload the chapters because of engagements in real life. Also, for those who care, I crashed and burned in my midsems... Chapter 10: Romantic? Encounter Lilith¡¯s POV I wake up as usual, get freshened up and say the usual prayers before heading to the kitchen. Mom is already cooking, she wakes up before everyone despite being the highest ranked member of the orphanage. She takes her job as head sister very seriously. ¡°Good morning Lily, looking a bit muddled today, aren¡¯t you?¡± ¡°Mwoning mommy, juzt a bit on mind today¡± I tiredly reply. I stand beside her and start helping with the cooking, our little mother daughter bonding time in the morning. When I was measuring the amount of spices I needed to add, she took my hand and said, ¡°Sometimes it¡¯s better to go with your gut feeling instead of following the recipe to the word. Not all ingredients taste the same.¡± She added the rest of the spices and stirred it and let me taste it. Hmm, perfect. Mother¡¯s cooking really is the best. Skill Cooking is now level 5 I¡¯m almost as skilled as her at cooking, hehe. A good way to start the day. I was sitting in my usual seat, listening to Reina talk about what she was going to do in today¡¯s training when I noticed something very interesting. The reason I always take this seat is because I am able to have a complete view of the village with my Evil Eyes of Clairvoyance from here. Anything that happened in the night, including the secrets people wish to hide are revealed to my eyes. I can see Billy trying to hide from Sarah¡¯s husband after he returned home earlier than usual from the night shift. I can see the wanted thief going to bed in his safe house after a night of hard work, and also, I can see a crown prince and his to-be-fianc¨¦ along with 3 other men engaging in a session of very passionate morning sex in the suite of our local high class inn. And I can see that Ed dirtied his pants because of another wet dream¡­ A pretty normal morning. AS IF!!! They are obviously here for Leena. There was no announcement of a royalty¡¯s arrival; so it must mean they are here incognito. I was thinking about how to approach Leena about the training. This five¡¯s presence may give me an opportunity. Ignoring the feeling of dancing on the palm of someone (Mr. ¡®Administrator¡¯) I eat the delicious breakfast with renewed vigor. Today is going to be a very good day. After breakfast everyone went on their separate ways. Leena was assigned to buy groceries and was heading to the market, alone as usual. And judging from the path the other 5 visitors are following they would meet up in the market, the most crowded place in the morning. The prince¡¯s guards have already spread out disguised as passing adventurers. My stealth skill is not high enough to sneak up on them, so I only have the choice of accompanying Leena out in the open. ¡°What are you doing here?¡± She asked glaring at me. Another stupid choice of action again; if someone sees you glaring at me like that your favorability with villagers would decrease further you know? ¡°Helping you, besides with me around, we will even get a cuteness discount.¡± I said winking cutely at her. She sighed exasperatedly before ignoring me and going on ahead. Yep, confirmed it again, this girl¡¯s social capabilities are zero. I followed her letting out a giggle. Walking along for a minute we had the encounter I was waiting for. ¡°!!! Y-your highness! W-what are you doing here?¡± ¡°Leena, we came to check up on you. Mary was worried about you after you got banished. Be grateful for her kindness towards you despite everything you have done to her.¡± The crown prince declared haughtily. ¡°Coming to this shit hole of a village just to check up on her. Honestly wasting my precious time for a bitch like her.¡± One of the men behind him, the prodigy of magic-research complained. He looks like a proud royal magician, blue hair and black eyes and looks more fitting to an elegant noble than a researcher, a sense of superiority ingrained deep into his psyche. Judging from first impressions, he is not as much of a genius as everyone claims him to be. Plus, his ¡®prodigious¡¯ achievement was merely discovering the new level of Appraise magic, a magic I introduced centuries ago, now making it possible for people to cast Level 7 Appraisal. I already have it at max level. I remember giving out false information about appraisal magic when the Nobles demanded it from me during the time I was a hero. Are they still chasing after it? Idiots. ¡°Don¡¯t be so grumpy Jean, I heard there is a hot spring resort in this village, we can enjoy some commoner¡¯s fun time with Mary.¡± placated the buffed up handsome man, the knight commander¡¯s son, he had dark red hair and blue eyes and kept one hand on Mary¡¯s shoulder affectionately. He looks like the stereotypical musclehead character. ¡°You say that Brad, but aren¡¯t you just aiming for the mixed bath? Your perverted intentions are written all over your face.¡± The grey haired grey eyed Claude, the son of prime minister said while pulling Mary closer to him by her waist. While the insides are questionable, this Mary does know how to choose a handsome faces. They were all gathered protectively around a smaller cute woman. She had looks which would make men want to protect her. Her black eyes and medium length black hair contrasting quite beautifully against her pale skin. Her short stature with large breasts and slim waist makes people want to protect her, while at the same time showering her seductive body with kisses and tainting her by yourself. She had an expression of concern on her face. Only someone skilled in deception like me could see the hidden triumph and contempt in her eyes. Anger, disgust and frustration flashed on Leena¡¯s face before bowing to them. Not a noble¡¯s bow but a commoner¡¯s. ¡°I humbly thank Lady Mary, his highness and his companions for their concern, but my life here has been without difficulties. Please don¡¯t concern yourselves with this humble subject.¡± She intoned, each word seemingly a struggle. Haaah. This girl has a high pride too. She will be high maintenance indeed. Hearing the words she had spoken as sarcasm, frowns spread on the four men¡¯s face. Before they could open their mouths, the main character Mary takes the lead. ¡°Please don¡¯t talk like that Lady Leena, I still consider you as my friend. This wouldn¡¯t have happened if I hadn¡¯t talked to Julian without knowing that he was betrothed to you.¡± Tears start to well up in her face, painting a very pitiful picture. She is obviously provoking Leena, even her casual mention of the crown prince by his name to show that the prince is already her possession. I get it now. How simple minded. Mary wants Leena to lash out in this crowded place, while she plays the innocent victim. Leena would be seen as villain and be about to be punished. Mary would jump out in protest, pleading mercy for Leena. She would make the villagers see her as a kind and pure girl, spreading her good name among the commoners, who would be unknowingly supporting her, thus her chance being accepted by the King and Queen increases, at the same time Leena¡¯s remaining stay at the village would be¡­ best left unsaid. It would have worked out well too if I was not here. The village chief¡¯s grandson who is an Arch Mage and a recognized Tower-researcher returning home from the Magical city Aera for holidays is also near. I have nothing to fear now. I throw my cup of fruit juice I got from a kind street vendor along the way to Mary¡¯s face. Since no one cared for my presence till now, it successful hit her spilling the drink on her face and white dress. While everyone is still surprised by what happened, I yell out with tears in my eyes. ¡°STOP BULLYING SISTER LEENA! LEAVE HER ALONE!!!¡± When the surprise wore off, the prince reached out to catch me, rage coloring his face; I immediately pulled the key on my personal alarm given to me by the village chief when he noticed some unsavory people staring at me in the past. The sound from alarm immediately silenced everything, turning all faces towards us. There the villagers saw an angry blonde haired, blue eyed man reaching for their beloved little angel. Sorry for the delay. Exams. I will be uploading the already written chapters and a few new chaps in the near future, but I can''t give any fixed schedule... Hope you enjoy Chapter 11: Shopping for groceries gone wrong Leena POV I wake up feeling a light headache. I still have not gotten used to the hard, cheap beds used in this orphanage. My father used to say the luxuries a noble is accustomed to will make people weaker, it ¡®dulls their sharpness¡¯ he used to say. Because of that I am used to living a simple life with minimum necessities. But living a true ¡®simple life¡¯ has shown me I still lived what could be called luxurious to commoners. My parents and brothers were worried after I was banished from the noble society due to the incident. They pulled some strings in the church and got me accepted as a sister in this orphanage. While I have still been relegated to a village, it is safer than most other villages; it is close to the town, has no presence of monsters or disturbance from bandits and is located along the trade route connecting to the dwarven kingdom. There is even a hot spring to use for commoners. Though I¡¯m still a bit too shy to reveal my naked body in front of strangers. It¡¯s too embarrassing when they stare! I follow my usual routine do the chores assigned to me. While it has been a few days since I have started my new lifestyle, I don¡¯t talk to anyone other than the head sister. It is for the better, thinking about what my ¡®friends¡¯ did to me after everything I sacrificed for them. Those traitors! Claiming I threatened them using my title as a Duke¡¯s daughter and forced them to harm that bitch Mary. Thinking about that woman has ruined my day again. It really is like my brother said isn¡¯t it. I truly am blind to the schemes and plots right in front of me. I was on my way to buy groceries from the market when suddenly that girl approached me again. Silver hair, blue eyes and a bright smile on her face, making it seems like the sun shines brighter around her. She approached me on the day I joined the orphanage too. Quite a famous figure in this village, I had heard enough of her from people¡¯s talk; the head sister¡¯s adopted daughter, currently training to be healer and a 12 year old prodigy with 3 traits and substituting as the village¡¯s healer. Some villagers even approach her for treating small cuts on fingers or slight headaches just to talk to her. Everyone in this village loves her. But I know, two of her traits are Enhanced Intelligence and Enhance Charisma; same as that woman. Behind that innocent smile must be a manipulating bitch. She tagged along, no longer confident in my social skills, I doubted I could convince her to stay away I could only give up and head on with my work. There was a surprise waiting for me in the market, certainly not a pleasant one. Standing in front of me in the market of a village near the border is my former fianc¨¦ and his highness the crown prince. Of course I didn¡¯t think he came because he was worried about me since he was the one who kicked me out. The whore standing behind him looking triumphantly at me further pushes in the realization that these people still hadn¡¯t planned to let me go. Will they only be satisfied when I am completely destroyed? What have I ever done to make them hate me this much? Why are they doing this? ¡°Leena, we came to check up on you. Mary was worried about you after you got banished. Be grateful for her kindness towards you despite everything you have done to her.¡± He said. Worried for me? Was that a joke? ¡°Honestly coming to this shit hole of a village just to check up on her. Wasting my precious time for a bitch like her.¡± Jean who was standing beside Mary said. I didn¡¯t notice before, it seems the ¡®kind¡¯ Mary brought along all her lovers to see me. These four people have important stations in the academy as well as the kingdom. Are they fine being in this remote village? What about their responsibilities? ¡°Don¡¯t be so grumpy Jean, I heard there is a hot spring resort in this village, we can enjoy some commoner¡¯s fun time with Mary.¡± Brad said. Fun time? Surely their parents would never approve of this? ¡°You say that Brad, but aren¡¯t you just aiming for mixed bath? Your perverted intentions are written all over your face.¡± Claude said as he pulled Mary into his embrace. I don¡¯t even know how to react. I can¡¯t seem to comprehend what is even going on. How should I even reply to them? ¡°I humbly thank Lady Mary, his highness and his companions for their concern. But my life here has been without difficulties. Please don¡¯t concern yourselves with this humble subject.¡± I bowed my head to them, is this enough for you? Will you leave me alone with this? Please just let me go. ¡°Please don¡¯t talk like that Lady Leena, I still consider you as my equal. This wouldn¡¯t have happened I hadn¡¯t talked to Julian without knowing that he was betrothed to you.¡± Mary said her usual white-lotus like lines, with tears brimming in her eyes. What are you crying for? Aren¡¯t you the winner? Didn¡¯t you get to be with your four wonderful husbands while you pushed me out of the noble circle? Aren¡¯t you going to be engaged to the prince and become the Queen? A position I spent half of my life training for? Why do you still come after me!? WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT!? There is going too far! Do you think that I won¡¯t do anything back? I still have Keizer blood in my veins, do you consider me incapable of striking back!? Before I could do anything to her a cup of fruit juice struck her face, covering her face and staining the front of her dress. There was shock written on her face over what happened and before anyone could react, Lilith who was forgotten standing beside me and having watched our exchange shouted. ¡°STOP BULLYING SISTER LEENA! LEAVE HER ALONE!!!¡± Bullying me¡­? Am I weak that I need to be protected by a child?! The prince seeing the assailant who harmed his beloved reached out to catch Lilith. But before his hand touched her, Lilith pulled on a amulet she kept tied on her hips. ¡°EEeeeOOoooEEeeeOOoooEEeeeOOoooEEeeeOOooo¡± A loud siren rang out and all the villagers turned to see what was going on. ¡°¡­¡± There was an eerie silence before everyone went literally berserk! It was like everyone suddenly saw their parent¡¯s murderer. The closest standing man already sent the prince stumbling back with a punch to the face while the people standing further, including the housewives started throwing things at him¡­ This was a prince for goddess sake! What is happening?! There was a security alarm introduced a few months back in the Capital. It was made by the young prodigy who got accepted as a tower mage at the age of 20. He made it as a safety device for children, a popular product for parents who couldn¡¯t stop worrying about their children. But still as a new magic tool it is still expensive. It isn¡¯t something an orphanage could give it to their children? Where did she get that from? While they were surprised by the sudden hostility from the villagers, they regained their senses quickly. Brad pulled out his sword and covered the prince from the second punch. Seeing that he pulled the sword out, the people stopped approaching while the surrounding guards and adventurers started unsheathing their own. While as guards they should only act subdue law breakers right¡­? Why do I feel Killing intent from them?! SERIOUSLY! WHAT¡¯S HAPPENING?! Seeing the matters escalated, the disguised royal guards scattered among the crowd jumped in between to diffuse the situation. ¡°YOU ARE STANDING IN PRESENCE OF THE CROWN PRINCE, HIS HIGHNESS JULIAN VON ZEIGESAR! ANY HOSTILE ACTIONS WILL NOT GO UNPUNISHED!¡± Nobody believed him though. ¡°Yea? I¡¯m your papa, the king!¡± ¡°That¡¯s the worst lie, even for kidnappers.¡± ¡°Die lowlifes!¡± Things even took a turn for the worst when Jean broke under the pressure of being held at arrow point by an adventurer and released a fireball at him, as a season adventurer he knew to take out the mage and healers first when in combat, released his arrow enchanted with spell break. It passed through the fireball, scattering it before going on to pierce Jean on his shoulder and knocking him out. ¡°This is the Guard Captain. You are under arrest for attempted kidnapping, intentional attack against adventurers or civilians inside the village and impersonating a member of royal family. Surrender yourselves now!¡± Seeing his friend attacked and put under arrest by a puny village¡¯s guard captain finally broke something inside the prince. ¡°OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!! YOU DARE PUT THIS ME UNDER ARREST!!? ATTACK US AND THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH IT!? GUARDS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR!?¡± The village guards and adventurers were lower level than the royal guards, so it won¡¯t even be called a fight if everyone started going all out. It was a delicate situation and the crown prince ordering the massacre of an entire village will cause problems, Big problems. Does his Highness not even think about the consequences of his actions? Is this really the man I once admired? The captain of the royal guards made complex face hearing the command from his liege. They couldn¡¯t agree with his decision, but alas he could not disobey his orders. While he was still conflicted a golden dome suddenly enveloped his entire group. A high level barrier, both to keep people out and occasionally used to lock people inside. Why is a high level Archmage in this place? Who is it? While everyone was still confused, a calm voice reverberated across the market, like a ripple across the calm surface of water in a lake, it turned everyone¡¯s focus to the speaker. ¡°I suppose there must be a reason for the prince to suddenly be present in a border village and also to order the massacre of its inhabitants, right? Please be kind to enlighten me.¡± A handsome man with black mage robes and large spectacles came to the front. While his face could attract any woman and his bearing as a scholar could earn respect from anyone; what stood out most was the gold and mithril badge above his left chest pocket. The badge of a respected tower mage. What the fuck is a tower mage doing here!? ¡­Am I still dreaming? Chapter 12: Bad end Lilith¡¯s POV ¡°I suppose there must be a reason for the prince to suddenly be present in a border village and also to order the massacre of its inhabitants, right? Please be kind to enlighten me.¡± Nicholas said looking towards the prince and company. I can see that their eyes are staring at the badge on his robe. Guess no one expects to see one of the famous tower researchers who rarely leave their laboratories in a remote village like this. Things have gone exactly according to plan¡­ I¡¯m a bit disappointed in the prince. Controlling the country would be easy if he became the king; but it would make things too boring¡­ So no; I¡¯ll kill him later. Personally, as he is the first man who actually directed his ill intent to my face directly in this new life. He should be honored. Also, Nicholas is playing his part nicely. It was totally worth the effort I spent to help him earn the achievements and results. It was especially hard to guide him without rousing suspicion as he is smarter than other people, a proof of his rare Enhanced wisdom trait. It is easy to get strength, agility or dexterity traits but wisdom is the rarest of all. If there were more people who actually knew what they were doing, their roles in the world and understood what they are needed to do in the future, then the world wouldn¡¯t have been nearly destroyed so many times now would it? I was only laying the groundwork for when I decided to travel to Aera. Having a tower mage as friend will prove immensely advantageous. I heard wonderful rumors of that place. ¡°Brother Nick! You are back!¡± I cheered enthusiastically with a bright smile included in the package to convey how glad I was to meet him again. He has grown wonderfully as expected after leaving the village. His cold eyes turn gentle as he looked over to me, ¡°Lily, I wanted to surprise you; brought presents from the magical city too. Didn¡¯t know you had a surprise waiting here too.¡± He said looking over to the princes group again. With his higher level 7 Appraise, it should be possible for him to see through their Status Page masking equipment. ¡°T-They were bullying Sister Leena, so I protected her.¡± I said in a low voice looking a little guilty over the trouble I caused for everyone; of course it was just to make everyone focus on the idio-¡­ prince¡¯s group rather than me. ¡°Well then, your highness, I am Nicholas, 99th mage of the Tower in Aera. May I inquire about your presence in our humble village?¡± Nick said giving a slight bow. Hmm, he spent time learning the noble etiquette, so he has friends in high places now. Good. A slight murmur passed among the villagers when they realized the hooligan who attacked me really was the prince. Standing there pitifully without any ounce of dignity and bloodied nose makes it fucking hard to believe. ¡°I am the crown prince Julian Von Zeigesar, I visited this village to see my ex-fianc¨¦ as I was concerned about her health, before Mary here was attacked by that demon-spawn followed by the villagers manhandling me. That, magister, is the crime they will be arrested for.¡± The prince said trying to gloss over the matter. Though since everyone her saw what happened, there was really no need to tell the shameful lie and shift the blame. He just made himself look worse. What an idiot. People from the orphanage arrived, the siren was louder than expected. A fine product made by Nicholas without any input from me. Nice work. ¡°Lily! Are you okay!?¡± mom said as she rushed over and hugged me tightly before patting all over me for wounds¡­ I feel bad because I made her worried because of my selfish actions. I will make it up to her later. ¡°What happened?¡± she asked her eyes boring into mine. Fuck. She will know if I lied now. I need to be careful with my words. ¡°They were bullying¡­ hurting sister Leena, the evil prince tried to hurt me when I protected her. So I pulled the security alarm¡¯s key. But when everyone tried to protect me, the bad prince ordered his soldiers to k-kill everyone.¡± I recounted what happened here, by the end I stammered a little to show how scared I was. ¡°But it¡¯s okay now, Brother Nick was near; he stopped them from doing anything bad.¡± I showed a fearless smile to further impress the villagers and blacken the prince¡¯s entourage. Mom looked around to assess the situation; she nodded to Nick as a greeting and show of gratitude before looking at the noble looking people protected behind the fake adventurers. ¡°My name is Margaret Thales, a head sister and priest in service of goddess of Light Aaris. This village is under the protection of the church and I have a position equal to that of the village chief in this village. My I know the reason for your presence here incognito? Please don¡¯t say you were concerned about Leena as her banishment was something the five of you present here pushed for¡­ as punishment for bullying of Lady Mary, if I remember correctly? Leena Keizer has already abandoned her family name to join the church. She has no longer has relations to neither the Royal family, nor the nobility as of now.¡± Wow! I never seen mom so angry before¡­ did I overdo it this time? Faced with such accusations to his face the prince was left speechless. It was Mary who jumped out to salvage the situation. ¡°We are really sorry, it was all a misunderstanding, Julian didn¡¯t mean to hurt that child. I asked everyone to come over and see Lady Leena was okay. We were friends before and I still wish to be friends with her. The incident with the annulment of her engagement is my fault and I wanted to apologize for it! I am sorry it has led to this! Please accept my apologies.¡± She has better brains than the disappointing prince. Her high charisma stat is already doing its wonders. As if I let her! ¡°SHE¡¯S LYING! She was making fun of sister Leena! She hates her and came here to insult and cause problems to sister Leena! I saw it with my own eyes!¡± High Charisma stat is not all powerful; this village is my territory. You can¡¯t win against me here. Comparing the absurd notion of coming to a remote village to see your lover¡¯s ex-fianc¨¦ because you are ¡®too kind¡¯ and sincerely worried about her to kicking her when she is down; it¡¯s obvious which is more believable. Everyone looked at the crying woman with wariness. I have never lied nor tried to go against anyone directly. That is part of the reason why everyone calls me their little ¡®angel¡¯. Here, nobody will doubt my words. With this, there is nothing else they can do. Checkmate. Rumors of what happened here will spread everywhere. His order to slaughter everyone will surely make things harder for the royal family with the church. In the Holy Kingdom the church are the true rulers. An attempted attack on a village under its direct protection will not go overlooked. Plus for souring the relations with a tower mage, the prince and his little clique will have to face the discontent from the nobles. This single event will even affect his position as heir to the crown. While I still don¡¯t have a complete picture of the political situation. This will add a little more chaos and make it more interesting when I go there next year. ¡°Since his highness¡¯s identity has been revealed to public, it is better to quickly return to the capital. Your safety cannot be secured in a remote village like ours. However there is a teleportation portal connected to the church headquarters here. Please allow me to activate it so that you can safely depart. Lily, you stay with Nicholas and Leena for now.¡± While mom said that with a polite smile, she was basically kicking them out of the village. A point not lost on anyone. They could not oppose her and could only nod their heads before following her to the church. It seems Leena is still in a daze. I walked over to her before hugging her tightly in front of everyone. She would no longer be thought of as a villainess Duke¡¯s daughter, but as a pitiful, innocent girl who was treated unjustly due a plot by the prince and his lover. I need to make this girl learn how to live properly. Playing around with pure people like her is fun. Maybe I should slowly taint her in my colors¡­? Ufufufu. Chapter 13: First Kiss Leena POV ¡°I still can¡¯t believe that guy was the prince.¡± ¡°Yea, I heard the prince was a great guy an¡¯ all. Didn¡¯t expect him to be a thug who tries to harm lil¡¯ girls.¡± ¡°He ordered his guards to behead us! If not for Nicholas being here early for the festival it would have been a blood bath!¡± ¡°For Nobles like em, us commoner¡¯s lives mean nothing eh.¡± ¡°Now, now. Don¡¯t say that. The new sister at the orphanage was a noble. Margaret wouldn¡¯t allow anyone of poor character near Lily. You know that.¡± ¡°Yea, she was a Noble. And how did she end up?¡± ¡°Banished her because the prince wanted to fuck his new hussy? I hear everyone¡¯s testimonies were against her. Didn¡¯t expect it was all a fuckin farce. Pitiful girl, that one.¡± ¡°Aye, she¡¯s cold to everyone ¡®cause she was betrayed by her friends then?¡± The villagers started talking among themselves after the head sister lead the prince away. What is happening? These people are not condemning me? But they are talking bad of the prince? Why? What¡¯s happening? The prince is everyone¡¯s role model. How could he receive such dark opinions from these villagers? In the academy, everyone was against me; but these villagers are supporting me? ¡­Is this all because of her? My eyes land on the little girl who caused all this. ¡°Brother Nick, I¡¯m sorry I made trouble for you. I don¡¯t want to think what would have happened if you were not here. Goddess is still with me.¡± She said with her usual smile. She really looks innocent, right? Not like someone who just browbeat the prince. Why would she help me? ¡°It¡¯s alright Lily, it¡¯s a brother¡¯s duty to help when his cute little sister is in trouble.¡± The magister said patting her head. I didn¡¯t expect the new prodigious tower mage was from this village. He sees Lily as his little sister too? Everyone here thinks too well of her. This village is completely in her hands now? Is she the hidden boss of this village?! ¡°Hehehe. You should meet sister Leena. She came here a few days back from the capital!¡± she said as he dragged the handsome man here to introduce me. ¡°Nice to meet you, I¡¯m Nicholas, 99th mage of the tower, call me Nick. The village chief here is my grandfather and this little devil who caused all this ruckus is my assistant.¡± He said as he pulled Lilith¡¯s nose playfully. ¡°N-Nice to meet you. I¡¯m Leena Keiz-¡­ just Leena.¡± I said with a slight blush. His voice is really relaxing to hear. He also seems like a reliable person. ¡°Mou, brother Nick always does that. Stop teasing me! Also as your assistant I expect to receive my salary today or else I quit!¡± Lilith said hitting his offending hand away with a cute pout. ¡°Also Sister Leena is not good when dealing with new people so don¡¯t extend your evil claws to her! Let¡¯s go sister Leena. Brother Nick is a wolf in sheep¡¯s clothing.¡± She started dragging me away while sticking her tongue out to Nicholas. We walked for a while. She didn¡¯t let my hand go even when we started heading into the forest. For some reason, I couldn¡¯t take it back from her. I mean I could, but I didn¡¯t. There was something different about the current Lilith¡­ she is a little scary to be honest. ¡°Are you thinking about what happened before?¡± She suddenly asked. ¡°Eh?¡± ¡°Do you know what would have happened if you hit Mary then?¡± She continued asking¡­ it was not the usual innocent and cute voice she always used. Now it seemed to have a coldness and sharp edge to it that makes you answer truthfully¡­ Like when there is a knife place on your throat. ¡°N-No.¡± ¡°Listen well then. After you reached out to hit her, the prince would have jumped in to protect his lover. They would make you out to be the jealous ex-fianc¨¦ who tried to attack the future queen. While they would be discussing your punishment, Mary would plead mercy for you. She would make herself out to be a kind, benevolent and pure hearted person winning the hearts of the villagers and by extension, the commoners. And you would be condemned again. The villagers would turn against you and the rest of your life here would be miserable. Absolutely miserable. Depending upon how weak your will power is, you would either kill yourself or run away from here in a month, three months max.¡± She iterated in a cold voice which should not belong to a 12 year old. ¡°Aren¡¯t you glad you let me come along when I said I wanted to help?¡± She turned around to cooed in her usual sweet voice¡­ her abrupt changes are frightening. Wait what? Did she know Mary and prince were going to ambush me?! How? Did everything occur according to her plans? If so, then isn¡¯t she even worse than Mary- ¡°Don¡¯t compare me to that woman. It¡¯s insulting. If I wanted you dead you would have been sleeping 6 feet under already.¡± She said reverting back to the cold voice. Is this her real self? Why is she showing this to me? ¡°I need you, that¡¯s why.¡± She replied before I could open my mouth. Can she read minds!? ¡°No I can¡¯t read minds, hehe. You are just an open book. Haha¡± she said this time with amusement. Oh. I¡¯ve been told that before¡­ ¡°So, why did you help me? You even endangered this village and yourself.¡± I said trying to hide my shaken self. Standing in front of her makes me feel naked, like she can see right through me. ¡°Oh! I didn¡¯t endanger the village at all, they can¡¯t touch this village. It would destroy their plans and reputation completely. So I¡¯m safe too. They will have no choice to leave you alone too now¡­ You really don¡¯t know how the society works do you?¡± She talked down to me. Is she really only a child? ¡°As for why¡­ hmm. There are three reasons. One, I need to learn swordsmanship. I actually have both Enhanced Agility and Enhanced Strength. I hid it from everyone for reasons. But I need you to teach me your style. The Keizer household¡¯s swordsmanship focuses on offence and on one against many confrontations right? It would be perfect for me in the future.¡± She knows about our swordsmanship? How? She said she has Enhanced Strength too. Wouldn¡¯t that mean she has 4 traits? That¡¯s impossible. Only the hero can to have 4 traits. Appraise. ¡­ She does have it. Or rather doesn¡¯t she have 5 traits!? WTF!!! How is that possible?! And one of them is Enhanced Wisdom?! Won¡¯t she be getting 9 Attribute points per level! Was she masking her status page all this time? Was she deceiving everyone from when she was only 5!? She¡¯s a Monster! Seeing my face lose its color she smiled, just her angelic smile seemed a better fit on demons now¡­ ¡°Ufufufu, you are soo cute Leena. This is a secret between us, okay?¡± she said with a cute wink. She¡¯s not even calling me sister anymore¡­ ¡°Reason two: I didn¡¯t like that bunch. Too arrogant; maggots who don¡¯t know their place. They would bring disaster to not only themselves but also the people near them.¡± She said looking a bit angry. This has already gone beyond a conversation you should expect between a child and adult. ¡°And finally reason three: you are the only person in the village who hasn¡¯t accepted me yet you know.¡± Huh? She came closer, touched my cheeks with her soft hands, pulled me close until our faces were separated only by a few centimeters, ¡°I want to worm my way into your heart until you can think about me and only me. I will make you mine Leena.¡± She whispered quietly looking deep into my eyes. Her blue eyes making you think that it¡¯s fine to stay like this forever, like everything is the way they are meant to be right now. Her milky sweet scent welcoming you, making you want to be closer till your bodies are together as one¡­ She leaned in a kissed me. The feeling of her soft lips on mine sent lightning through me. I unconsciously opened my mouth, letting her small tongue into my mine, our tongues twisting together, fighting to get more of each other. Her taste so sweet, so addicting, making you so hot, making you lose your mind. We explored each other completely, our tongues entangled together. My hands unknowingly wrapped around her, bringing us even closer. We separated after what felt like an eternity. Still looking into her eyes begging for more, she let out a giggle before giving me a peck on my cheek before separating. ¡­ My mind cleared a little¡­ W-What just happened? Did I just kiss a child? A little girl!? ¡°That was my first kiss you know?¡± She said showing a bashful appearance with rosy cheeks¡­ ¡°!!!¡± What is happening!? Why do I feel proud to have her first kiss!? It was my first kiss too! Plus we are both girls! No a little girl and an adult woman! I¡¯m not one of those lolicons! No! Never! It¡¯s all an illusion. Yeah right, today I¡¯m just having a dream. I¡¯m still lying in my bed having a really long wet dream! No! Doesn¡¯t that mean I¡¯m fantasizing about getting kissed by a little girl!? NOOOOO!!!! I¡¯m going mad!!!! ¡°ufufufu, You are too cute. We will take it slowly Leena, for now you will be my swordsmanship trainer from today.¡± Swordsmanship? Oh yeah that¡¯s the reason she wanted to help me¡­ I¡¯m not disappointed! Not at all!!! ¡°I¡¯m fine with teaching you but I heard you will be joining the adventurers academy next year, there is not enough time.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I¡¯m special. One year is enough. We can even do very ¡®intense¡¯ training.¡± She said her usual angelic smile at me. Only this time it caused a blush to pop on my face. I¡¯m getting led around by her right? But I¡¯m the only person who knows how she really is like under the fa?ade, also she showed me her secrets too. So she is not just playing around with me. Probably? Argh, mou. I don¡¯t even know anymore! She already stole my heart with that kiss!? I¡¯m not a noble anymore, so I¡¯m free from my restrictions on marriage, right? I am free to do whatever I want here. So it might be fine to pursue a short secret romance right? I can¡¯t keep myself from staring at her lips. So pink and soft¡­ ¡°The training will start tomorrow. For now I need some time alone!¡± I said before running away. I could hear her laughter behind me. Oh Goddess what have I gotten myself into? Chapter 14: A back door to the heart Lilith POV You have learned the skill Seduce Lv 1 Level up! Congratulations! You are now Level 6! 4 Attribute points awarded. I¡¯m kinda excited about the future. Leena will be mine. She reminds me too much of Alysha. I have a way into her heart now. I just need to make it bigger. Hehe. For now I assign all points to Charisma. Name: Lilith Thales Race: Greater Succubus Age: 12 years Class: Healer Level: 6 Current Status: Healthy Titles: Reincarnated Individual Former Hero Physical Stats: Strength: 6 Agility: 6 Dexterity: 5 Endurance: 5 Intelligence: 8 Wisdom: 8 Perception: 5 Charisma: 15 Skills: Appraise Lv Max Deception Lv Max Mana manipulation Lv 8 Meditation Lv 6 Ki manipulation Lv 5 Sprint Lv 5 Presence sense Lv 5 Throwing Lv 4 Unarmed fighting Lv 4 No Attribute magic Lv 4 Light magic Lv 4 Cooking Lv 4 Battle focus Lv 3 Battle aura Lv 3 Plants and Monsters Lore Lv 3 Hide Lv 3 Sneak Lv 3 Dark magic Lv 2 Fire magic Lv 2 Water magic Lv 2 Earth magic Lv 2 Air magic Lv 2 Space magic Lv 2 Time magic Lv 2 Climbing Lv 2 Leap Lv 2 Singing Lv 2 Dancing Lv 2 Massage arts Lv 2 Wind instrument music Lv 1 Seduce Lv 1 Special skills: Greater Disguise Lv Max Sexual Experience Lv Max Pheromones Lv Max Evil Eyes of Clairvoyance Lv 3 Regeneration Lv 1 Resistances: Magic resistance Lv 5 Poison resistance Lv 2 Drug resistance Lv 2 Pain resistance Lv 1 Traits: Enhanced Strength Enhanced Agility Enhanced Intelligence Enhanced Wisdom Greater Charisma 6 days later. The forest near the village, ¡°Your footwork is already progressing well, to a frightening degree to be honest. But you seem to have learned how to use the long sword a bit haven¡¯t you, it¡¯s affecting the movements of the blade, you need to work on that.¡± I¡¯ve been training with Leena for a while now. I already knew the basics, so my training has progress at a rate which would have terrified any instructor. Leena already knew a little of my secrets so it was fine. Training with Leena also allowed us to have a bit of free time away from other villagers. We used the excuse that she was teaching me the swordsmanship passed down in her family to go to the forest where no one would disturb us. Ed wanted to accompany me but I managed to deflect him easily saying Leena wouldn¡¯t like that. ¡°Let¡¯s end it here for today. We need to get freshened up for the festival, it¡¯s almost evening!¡± ¡°Okay sister Leena, thank you for the guidance.¡± ¡°Hmm, I can already imagine you on the front line cutting your way through monsters. You will become a fine swordswoman. Be sure to practice your Ki-manipulation by yourself whenever you have time.¡± We have reverted back to talking like between normal Sister and child. Leena was acting awkward the first few days after the kiss, but we can talk pretty casually now. After the confrontation with the prince¡¯s group, the villagers have warmed up to Leena. They wanted to help her get accustomed with her new lifestyle. More people talk to her now after I spread word how she was just not trusting of people anymore after her friends betrayed her. They want to show that she was not alone. People who know of great weakness are capable of showing great kindness. A commodity not available in the noble circles. ¡°Ugh, I hate the public baths, people stare too much!¡± She said wrapping up and heading back to the village. I need to make my move now, especially since I know what¡¯s going to happen during the festival. ¡°Leena, I know a better place. Come with me.¡± She stiffened up when I called her name without the sister part. I was acting like nothing had happened that day between us. She seemed relieved by that too. If I had pushed too hard, I would have driven her away. ¡°W-What is it? Lilith?¡± I smiled at her, seeing her pale face makes me want to bully her more¡­ are these succubus instincts? Or did I have a sadistic streak before reincarnation¡­? Not important. ¡°Follow me.¡± I started walking deeper into the forest without explaining anything, Leena followed behind wanting to run away, but not daring to. We reached the small hot-spring Edward showed us when we were little. ¡°This is a secret only few of us know. Leena hates the public bathhouse right? We can have our baths here, it feels better and we will be alone too.¡± I said to an excited Leena before starting to take my clothes off. ¡°¡­¡± Ufufufu. She¡¯s staring. While she wants to strip and jump in already, she is nervous about being alone with me. I undress slowly, taking off the clothes and exposing my skin underneath, while feeling Leena¡¯s eyes glued to my figure before going in. ¡°What¡¯s wrong Leena? Did you get charmed by my naked figure? Are you not entering because you are afraid you won¡¯t be able to control yourself and attack me?¡± I tease her a little while adding a little provocation in the end to prevent her from leaving. ¡°O-Of course not! I was just looking at how clear the water was!¡± ¡°Hehehe, come on then! The water feels just perfect!¡± She started stripping with a red face. As a young woman with training, her body is a perfect hourglass figure, her arms and legs are slim with toned muscles. Since her actual live combat experience is low, there are no scars marring her body. She slumped in the water in the corner farthest away from me, her eyes wandering around, doing her best not to look at me. Cute. I moved across to sit beside her, she stiffened slightly due to our closeness. ¡°How is the village life Leena? Did you get used to it?¡± ¡°Y-Yes! The villagers are kind and help me even before I ask for anything. The children in the orphanage have started talking to me, though mostly they want to know stories of the noble society. I don¡¯t need to always act upright and follow etiquette now. It¡¯s a lot more carefree and relaxing compared to my life before.¡± She¡¯s talking to me like I¡¯m someone of her age group. Good. She doesn¡¯t see me as a child anymore. ¡°ufufufu, I glad you are getting used to it.¡± I said before getting up to sit on her lap, with our height difference, our heads are in level now. I made sure to release pheromones and focused it on her using wind magic. Don¡¯t want anyone to disturb us now. ¡°L-Lilith?¡± she called a looking a little shocked. She didn¡¯t expect me to act so aggressively. I held her cheeks like I did the first time and forced her to look at me. ¡°I¡¯m glad you are getting along with everyone. Then why are you only putting a wall against me?¡± ¡°T-That¡¯s- ¡°shhh¡±¡± I put a finger on her lips to silence her. I hugged her, bringing my lips near her ears before whispering. ¡°Did you not think I would get jealous? Are playing with me Leena?¡± I give a small lick on her ears. She trembled from excitement. She makes me want to bully her more. I looked into her pleading eyes once more before asking ¡°What about Nicholas? You two seem to be getting along really well. Did you think I wouldn¡¯t notice? That I wouldn''t know about the talk you two shared yesterday night? That I wouldn''t know about the date you two planned today?" Fufufu. She looks positively horrified right now. "How-" Before she could say anything, I leaned in to kiss her, locking our lips in our second passionate kiss. Her hands holding me on my waist tightened while I started tracing my fingers downwards, reaching her breasts and started fondling it softly. She let out surprised sounds at my sudden actions. I kept our tongues entangled while softly massaging her breasts, moans started escaping from her. I circled my fingers around her areola pushing her to the brink before making her cum by pulling her nipples. Her body shuddered under me and her eyes started rolling back. Shit! Did I overdo it? We didn¡¯t even go all the way. Was sex with a succubus, especially a greater succubus like me too much for a virgin? I separated our lips and hit her softly on the cheeks to return her sanity. "Hehe, Leena you were making a funny face, the whites of your eyes were showing you know." I toned down the pheromones and hugged her, laying my head on her shoulder. Being capable of thinking properly again and understanding what just happened, Leena open her mouth to say, "Lilith, this is wro-"Don''t talk. Let''s stay like this for a while."" We sat like that for a few minutes, our naked bodies touching each other. Halfway through, Leena seemed to have thought things through and used her arm to hug me closer. Good, it went according to plan; my mother is already looking for me. I need to end this now. "Brother Nick is a good person. He will certainly treasure you. I''m happy with both of you being together. But I still want a portion of your heart for myself. This is a secret between us for now. Alright?" I give a small peck on her lips after I said that. Leena could only nod in agreement. We got out and dressed ourselves in silence. On the way back we held hands, separating only on reaching the village. Ufufufu, with this I will have a backdoor into her heart even if they decide on a monogamous relationship. Leena won¡¯t reject me like Alysha did. I can embrace her without worry now. I also got nearly 20% experience to the next level from that. Does it include first time bonus? How would it change when I do it all the way? Would it increase if I did it with a man? Does love between partners influence the experience or does it only focus on lust? More data is required to understand the skill better. I will need to become and adult first. ...Wanna do it again already. Damn it, I''m too horny to be a 12 year old. Chapter 15: A long night Edward¡¯s POV It is the night of New Year¡¯s festival. Everyone wears their best dresses and assemble in front of the church before sunset. The prayer begins soon after it turns dark; the head sister leads everyone in thanking the goddess for the good harvest and fortunes we received in the past year and continues on to welcome the New Year, wishing for good fortune and prosperity. After that everyone proceeds to the village plaza, stalls selling all kinds of snacks and sweets along the way. In the plaza there is a bonfire; surrounding it are stalls where we can play games to win prizes. The adults of the village are manning the stalls, while there is profit from doing so, most people do it for the fun. I used to play those games and win most, showing off my skills to Lily and Reina. This year I was aiming to win the top reward for the Advanced Ring Toss Mr. Mathews was running and gifting the matching pair of earrings to both of them. Well that was the plan, but¡­ Lily¡¯s acting weird! She usually listens and takes part in our conversations and occasional bickering rather enthusiastically, but today, she seems to have something on her mind. She only gives curt answers and seems very cold to us today. I lock eyes with Reina; while we butt heads with each other to be the more reliable senior in front of Lily, we actually get along really well. There were times she relied on me to accompany her when she had to go deeper into the forest for hunting. ¡°What happened to Lily?¡± We talk without using words; one of the pros of being a childhood friend. ¡°She was fine till now, even excited about the games she was gonna play tonight. You must have done something to make her mad!¡± ¡°How is it my fault now!?¡± ¡°She was fine untill meeting you!¡± ¡°Maybe it¡¯s your-¡° ¡°I will be back in a bit.¡± Lily interrupted our mental argument and made her way to Mr. Mathews stall. As I suspected! She liked that pair of earrings! It¡¯s finally my time to shine again! We followed her to the Advanced Ring toss stall. ¡°Why Lily! Care for a try?¡± ¡°Yes Mr. Mathews! I want the earrings.¡± ¡°Hohoho! If you¡¯re gonna play then you gotta play ta win! Nice attitude you have there!¡± He gave Lily 3 rings. It¡¯s the same hard course no one could defeat last time! You need to put the rings around poles 7,8 and 9 to win the grand prize, each pole harder than the last. I bought a go at the game to get her the earrings after she fails. If I get the earrings for her, she¡¯ll love me more! Hehehe. Lily tossed her first ring. *tut* Well, it was placed in the open so she got the 7 pointer with beginners luck. *tut* The 8 pointer was behind a screen, you had to deflect the shot from the wall nearby to land it¡­ she landed it with ease. Beginner¡¯s luck? Finally the 9 pointer, it was hidden behind walls in a ¡®U¡¯shape, no one has managed to get that before. But I now have a plan to get that pole after my defeat last time! Lily leisurely tossed the ring, striking the upper edge of front wall and deflecting the ring upwards, making it rise vertically before it fell on the impossible 9 pointer pole. *tut* ¡°¡­¡± ¡°¡­¡± ¡°Mr. Mathews?¡± ¡°Ah! C-congratulations Lily, you won the grand prize!¡± He said before handing the two pair of earrings to her. Having gotten the prize, Lily didn¡¯t stay to chat; she ran back into the crowd and gave¡­ gifted? the pair of earring to the new sister and brother Nick. Since when did they become a couple? ¡°You know I actually designed the game to be unwinnable?¡± WHAT!? ¡°That¡¯s why I put a pair of enchanted dwarven made earrings as grand prize¡­ it¡¯s worth a lot of money.¡± Mr. Mathews confessed a horrible truth! ¡°Guess there are people gifted with great luck out there like lil¡¯Lily¡­ I¡¯m closing the stall early. I need a strong drink to get through that loss! Goddess damn it!¡± We left the depressed Mr. Mathews behind and rejoined Lily, she seems to be back to her usual mood. We played at the remaining stalls and I managed to make my Impress Lily Plan a success. I think? Halfway through the night, Lily and Reina retired along with the rest of the kids to sleep. Since I am already 15, I was allowed to stay for the late night celebrations. There was a lot of liquor. I was talking with Mr. Luke when he was dragged away by a red faced flower shop aunty. Mrs. Luke approached me when I was alone. ¡°Little Ed, Did my husband kill you with his boring stories again?¡± ¡°It was alright Mrs. Luke.¡± ¡°Call me Cory; its dark out, escort me back to my house~?¡± she asked with a strange accent. Is she drunk? ¡°Y-Yes Mrs. L- Cory!¡± I stammered out. Right now she looked really sexy with her red face and slight disheveled clothing. Of course I didn¡¯t say anything. We walked in silence till we reached her house. I saw Mr. Billy being pulled by Mrs. Sarah into the forest. Mrs. Cory seemed to notice where I was looking at. ¡°That is Sarah and Billy right? Her husband wants a monogamous relation with her but sucks in bed. Of course she would look for methods of stress release right? It¡¯s an open secret now; everyone knows how lacking her husband is in terms of size and skill¡± Mrs. Cory said beside me. Blood rushed to my face hearing her talk about the adult stuff so openly. ¡°Ufufufu, Little Ed is a big boy now~, maybe you can show this big sister how much you have grown?¡± she said as she came closer and drew circles on my chest with her finger. She reached out to pull me in for a kiss. Being slightly drunk myself I put mine on hers without thinking much. Her tongue force my lips open invaded my mouth; I pushed back and entangled our lips together while pulling her closer for a tight hug. There was unbelievable pain in my lower half probably because of my manhood pressing into my pants. Being slightly shorter than her, my thing propped up right under her important place. ¡°A true man should be able to satisfy his women in bed. You learned to kiss fast. Did you have experience before?¡± she asked looking at me weirdly, I hurriedly shake my head. ¡°ufufufu, I¡¯ve got lots of things to teach you?¡± She gave me a small peck on my cheeks before she pulled me inside the house and told me to get naked. Such wonderful words! I stripped myself with a speed which amazed even me and turned around to see her slowly removing her panties while laughing a bit at my antics; till in the end there were only two naked people facing each other. ¡°Right, having a handsome face is not enough to get yourself a good woman. Fortunately, yours is a decent size; the shape is good, too.¡± Having my naked lower body observed by a woman felt exciting but also humiliating. I moved in to hug her again; my manhood clung to her stomach, seeking its first woman. While I had seen the women look at me with interest before, I never had my chance at sex before. Touching underage children is frowned upon. ¡°Time for lessons~; I¡¯ll take away your virginity first though.¡± She tossed me on top of the bed. ¡°Right, let¡¯s make you a man now~. Do what you like with me.¡± She said as she rolled on the bed beside me. But since I never had any experience with women until now I have no idea what to do. For the time being, I recalled what saw when I peeked at Mrs. Cory and Mr. Luke last night. I just came to return the wooden sword! Promise! I licked her nipple and caressed her butt. I repeated that several times; she burst into laughter. ¡°Hahahah; you are too nervous. Calm down a bit; it will affect your partner too. Hehehe.Listen~, A woman should be handled delicately, not like when you are swinging your sword.¡± She said as she brought my hand to her crotch. ¡°What you should do is make her wet first. Use kisses, touches, licks and small bites to make her aroused till she is dripping.¡± She made me insert a finger in her hole to show how excited she was. It was so warm and wet at the same time, slippery and it seemed to twitching a little. It seems to be welcoming me inside. ¡°Right now I¡¯m wet enough and I want your cock inside me~, should I be on top?¡± She whispered into my ear send shivers down my spine. Of course, despite it being my first time my pride won¡¯t allow a woman doing as she pleases with me. I went into the missionary position, put my body between her legs aiming my penis to her small opening I pushed it inside in one full thrust. I have peeked on what adults do together when they are alone. I¡¯m not as clueless as she thinks. Women like it when men thrust inside strongly, so I thought it was payback for her who¡¯s always wearing a composed look, but¡­ ¡°Ugh!¡± The voice that came out was mine, the moment I pushed into her till down to the root it she squeezed me so tight I stopped moving and I had to somehow endure cumming first. Wow! This is amazing. ¡°Oh my, you¡¯re enduring it? Excellent~ But it¡¯s over now.¡± Cory wrapped her legs around my hips and pulled me down, pressed her breast up to me, the folds inside her wriggled. This time my resistance amounted to nothing. ¡°Uhh!¡± When my groan came out I had already started ejaculating. It was an unbelievably pleasant feeling, when I opened my eyes she was gently caressing my head. ¡°Relax, move together with your semen coming out. That way all of it will come out inside me~¡±she said still treating me like a child. I couldn¡¯t disobey and did as she willed. My ejaculation continued for a while till it finally stopped. After everything was spent I collapsed on top of her soft breasts. I always taught of Cory as the kind older sister type but now I can¡¯t seem to disobey her and want her to tease me more. ¡°That was¡­ amazing.¡± I said in between pants as I took one of her erect nipples into my mouth and started sucking greedily. ¡°Good work. You¡¯ve graduated from your virginity, you¡¯re a man now~.¡± She cooed sweetly as she stroked my back not unlike a mother does to her child. She really loves doing that¡­ I rolled down and laid spread out. I felt satisfied, and proud. Above all else, I had just pumped my semen into the beautiful woman lying next to me. I offered my arm for her to use as a pillow but she was no longer there. ¡°Hm? Where did- ¡­wah!¡± Before I knew it, she took my dick in her mouth and moved sucked on it like a intermediate level wind spell was sucking it. It felt amazing, not at all inferior to the sensation from before, in under ten seconds I was about to ejaculate again but she stopped moving at that moment. ¡°What? Did you think that was all? Since you¡¯re young, you can cum multiple times, can¡¯t you? Let¡¯s enjoy this then.¡± She climbed on top of me and guided my still stiff member inside her once more and moved her hips gently. ¡°Let older sister show you how it¡¯s done~.¡± She sang before she started moving on top of me. Her voice seemed to contain a melody so soothing and calming. It was so good and I wanted to lay down like that enjoying the sensation of being connected to her till I saw the laughter in her eyes. She was looking down on me again! I don¡¯t want her to treat me like a child. I pushed her back into missionary and got on top of her and pounded her hard. My penis reaching till the opening of her womb. ¡°Ahn~!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t think I know nothing. I will make sure to make you scream of pleasure Mrs. Cory!¡± I roared before increasing the force and speed of my movements. I felt her inside squeezing me harder, so she liked it, huhu. I pushed my erect member in and out of her, exploring parts never touched before and following her instruction she gave I found her ¡®weak spots¡¯ and started focusing on scraping that parts. Sure enough she started moaning louder. I slammed my dick inside her reaching all the way to her cervix, each time it widened slightly as if welcoming me deeper into her. ¡°Ahn~ Ed! You¡¯re a natural~ hehe, impale me with your spear more~ Ah!¡± She pulled me in and looked into my eyes whispering obscene things you would never expect the usual her to say. ¡°Huff! I will make your pussy molded into my shape Cory! You¡¯re my woman now!¡± I responded to her challenge enthusiastically and pounded into her with more force. I watched as the beautiful woman I looked up to moan like a beast each time I pounded into her with more force. Her moans started to turn into screams of pleasure by the time I reached my limit. I pushed my dick deep inside her and felt her cervix part a little before I let out my second load into her. I was too engrossed in the pleasure to think about pregnancy and other matters. After letting out enough that it created a small swelling in her lower abdomen, I pull my member out of her special place where I saw it glistening with my semen and her pussy juice. I was starting to feel a little proud of myself when the front door was pushed open and Mr. Luke walked inside. Blood drained from my face as I realized what I was doing and tried to separate from her but Mrs. Cory put her arms around me to prevent me from running and looked at her husband from under me. ¡°What took you so long? We already finished round one.¡± Huh? Mr. Luke smile deviously at me before replying ¡°Sally needed ¡®assistance¡¯ again. I came back as fast as I could.¡± Not understanding the situation I looked back at Cory in confusion. She giggled amusedly looking at my expression and pushed us back to cowgirl position and put my erect penis inside her still twitching hole before answering. ¡°Adventurers live everyday of their lives as if it were their last. So we live life to the fullest; unrestricted and unchained, enjoying freedom to the fullest! We used to have sex with everyone in our party and are pretty open about such things. Your teacher here has already fucked over two dozen women in this village.¡± ¡°You say that, but you just like being double penetrated right?¡± Mr. Luke said as he came back naked with a helpless smile on seeing his wife with another dick inside her. He climbed onto bed and positioned himself behind her and pushed his wet member into her other hole. ¡°Ahhhn! Ufufufu dear really knows me best.¡± Cory screamed in pleasure receiving her husband¡¯s thick shaft while squeezing tighter on my dick in her pussy. She didn¡¯t moan like that when she was with me¡­ A weird sense of dissatisfaction came over me as I pushed back into her hard from below. ¡°Anh! Little Ed doesn¡¯t seem to want to lose to you dear.¡± She said with her usual teasing voice before turning around to kiss her husband. ¡°Heh! Watch and learn how a real man fucks his woman!¡± Mr. Luke said before he started pistoning, eliciting more moans from Cory. There was no hesitation in his movements, confident in his ability to pleasure his wife on his own. Mrs. Cory seemed to smile so brightly almost glow with happiness having two dicks inside her. Being wrapped from both front and back with men so lost in her body like a sandwich turned something on in the woman. What followed was a bizarre ¡®lesson¡¯ where I had to follow direction from my two instructors and find out new things about the female body myself in what was arguably the best experience I had ever had to enjoy. I tried to keep up with the two ¡®experienced¡¯ veterans and ended up learning a few tricks. I may have ended up getting addicted to sex, seeing Cory moan in pleasure because of me. We continued for a few hours till I finally lost consciousness. Thankfully, neither I nor Mr. Luke was interested in expanding the syllabus to the male body. ¡°Ed¡¯s already finished eh?¡± Luke said as he continued to penetrate deep into his semen covered wife while pushing her against the wall. ¡°Ahn, he has size and potential. Nh! He will be good in the future! Nh!¡± ¡°You talk about him but the one you are really after is Lily right?¡± Luke said as he slapped her butt leaving a red mark. ¡°AHN! She looks and behaves just like me when I was younger. Nh! She will grow up to be a real beauty! Nh! And end up having many men around her. Nh! I just booked- Nh! ¨Ca ticket for the future! Nh! Don¡¯t tell me you don¡¯t. Nh! -want to taste her. Anh!!¡± she said looking back into his eyes. ¡°Aye, but it¡¯s a matter for the future Ugh!¡± he said as he released another load deep inside her and bent over to hug his wife. Others may now look at them weirdly having such an ¡®open¡¯ relationship with his wife. But he knew she was like this before they got married and knows that no matter how many men embrace his wife, she will only have him in her heart. ¡°Yeah¡­ I¡¯m excited about the future.¡± she said as he leaned back on his solid chest feeling his twitching cock inside her sacred place. Taking a small respite from their activities to affirm their love to each other. Couples who are open about their sexual relations like them are rare, humanity has prospered since the Great War centuries ago, peoples lifestyle has also shifted to a more nuclear one. Boundaries were getting more and more solid and people started laying claims to what was ¡®theirs¡¯, of course people started treating others as properties. The advent and rise of slavery since the last two centuries is an ironic testament to human civilizations development, though the irony was lost on the short lived humans. It was hard to have slaves when the total living population amounted to little over ten thousand. Now there are even special bloodlines claiming all sorts of achievement and skills forgetting the dark period which the whole of civilization was pushed into; the only reason the humanity was not extinct was because of the legendary Hero, and his decedents who now rule the Holy kingdom. Though there exist people who knew that the first king did not contain even a drop of the Hero¡¯s divine blood; one of them being Cory herself. ¡°I love you dear.¡± ¡°I love you too.¡± They shared one last kiss before retiring to sleep. Chapter 16: Night before the wedding Lilith POV Winter year 1606 It has been 1 year from then, I am now officially 13 years old. Everyone who had left the village to go to other places has returned early; not only to celebrate the New Year but also the wedding of Leena and Nicholas. They dated for a year. While they did have some rough moments, with me acting as the cupid their relationship had a smooth sailing. Nicholas and Leena make a good match; just like Roderick and Alysha. Looking at them brings out the memories of when I was still young¡­ Damn it! I¡¯m depressed now! But this time Leena will have a small part of her heart reserved for me. I¡¯m satisfied with that much for now. After I destroyed the prince and his entourage¡¯s reputation among commoners, while they had managed to salvage the situation; the damaged had already been done. Nobles with nothing better to do than gossip have started turning their eyes back on the Leena vs Mary battle. This time they were sympathizing with their fellow fallen Noble and blaming Mary for sleeping her way to the upper echelons. Mary¡¯s engagement with the prince was once supported by everyone except the King and Queen. It was during the time of Leena¡¯s banishment. She wanted to ride the big wave and finalize her position as future queen; that was why she came to the village to trap Leena. But by doing so, she ended up taking one step forward and three steps back. Relying on the masses is like building a castle on sand. Poor thing could have done it other ways, but her limited intelligence and high pride made her blind to them. Idiot. Leena¡¯s family also visited a few times to check on her and see the person who she was ¡®friendly¡¯ terms with. In reality, it was just an overprotective father threatening Nicholas with all sorts of pain and torture if he made Leena cry. They later bonded over alcohol, mostly because Nicholas was a better choice than the prince to them and the engagement was once made forcefully by the king. The wedding is tomorrow, Nick intends to stay here till after the New Years, and take Leena back to the Magical city of Aera. Tower mages are very busy people; he already has lot of work accumulated, apparently. Leena intends to open a dojo there to spread their house¡¯s swordsmanship. Since tower mages can use the teleportation rings in towns and cities for free; Reina, Ed and I are going to hitch a ride with them to the royal capital where we will be joining the Adventurer Academy. Right now, Leena and I are having our last training session. Over the year I managed to raise it till Lv 8. Now I just need to fine tune it to match my style and voila! I¡¯m a swordsmaster again! We clash with each other, sending out a flurry of attacks and the other responding the same way; we practiced all postures and subskills till we finally separated breathing heavily. ¡°You really did it! In just one year! You really did manage to learn and perfect everything. You have monstrous talent to be a swordswoman. Why play the weak healer?¡± Leena said looking at me with pure amazement. Others would have been afraid knowing what I just did or at least have some envy or resentment towards me; but there is only admiration and awe in her eyes. It¡¯s one of the reasons why I love her. ¡°I don¡¯t want to take the center stage now; being the pretty and gentle healer makes everyone drop their guards against me. It will help in the long run.¡± She looked at me before sighing and shrugging, ¡°Your wish. Though you really are the best warrior I have ever known.¡± Hehe. She''s still shy to praise someone openly. She came closer to me. ¡°It¡¯s been one full year now. It passed by so fast.¡± ¡°Hehehe, it happens when you are enjoying it.¡± I placed my hand on her cheek to pull her in for a kiss. We do it quite naturally now. She used to be afraid of anyone seeing at first; over time she has come to put faith in detection abilities. We head over to the hot spring to clean ourselves as usual. I sat on her lap, our naked bodies embracing each other; enjoying the warmth of each other while forgetting everything else. It was our last bath together, but there were few words involved, both of us were never really the type to express what was in our heart with words, our actions spoke enough. When it was time to end it, I told her about wanting to place defences on her to prevent anyone from reading through her memories or attacking her mind when in Aera. It is very dangerous to leave your mind exposed to others, while few people know how to use mind magic, it is stupid not to consider all scenarios. A lesson you learn when you had lived long enough. Letting me place defences on her mind speaks of how much she trusts in me now. I could do whatever I want to the individual named Leena with my mind magic. But she knows that I won¡¯t do anything to harm her. It¡¯s stupid, but being able to have faith in others is what makes us humans¡­ or well, what makes her a human. I had already placed the defences on mother while we were sleeping. As of now they are both safe from any attacks on their mindscape. On the way back to the village, I kept giving her advices for her wedding the next day. It is a very special day for her and I will make sure it would be perfect. I retired for sleep with my mother. Knowing the day of my departure from the village is drawing near, she had become clingier. I did my best to satisfy her desires as she had become a little dependent on me over the years. The village life really is too peaceful¡­ I wake up the next the hearing a commotion coming from the church. It felt different than the excitement due to preparing for the wedding. There was a strange tension in the air¡­ something I was very familiar with; but never experienced in my new life. A feeling that something had gone horribly wrong. I kept my mind calm and made my way to the place of commotion. There was a crowd outside Leena¡¯s room; I could see a sister from the orphanage crying while leaning on the wall. Despite my long life spent seeing all sorts of horrors, a sense of dread crept into my heart. I pushed my way through the crowd and into the room. There I saw the lifeless corpse of Leena who had hanged herself, her body swaying from the slight wind coming into the room from the open window¡­ I woke up covered in sweat and breathing hard. I immediately put all sorts of barriers and wards around me; an instinctual action for any mage experienced in live combat. I looked around trying to assess the situation while keeping my breathing and heartbeats steady. Mother had woken up from her sleep due to the disturbance I caused. I¡¯ve never had nightmares before; nightmares are for weaklings without any confidence in their own abilities. She lit the candle immediately to see what was wrong. She was worried, I never act without reason. She was right; this time also it was no mere nightmare. Skill Evil Eyes of Clairvoyance is now level 4. I looked through the walls and spotted the three assassins already nearing the church with their stealth on. From the movements they made, it seems to be an adept team, something nobles have access to. I had little magic left after placing the barriers around me. Being low level sucks! But it was not like there was nothing I could do. ¡°Lily what¡¯s wrong? ...You¡¯ve got wings and-¡° I tuned out what my mother was saying and focused on the leading assassin, specifically into the pouch he was carrying on his belt. Inside I spotted the high explosive I was looking for. Assassins are needed to be prepared for all sorts of unexpected situations. They are risking their lives in every mission they do. As such most of them carry a high explosive on their bodies for when they run into a strong enemy like a high level mage; they cast dimensional lock immediately, making the assassins space storage devices obsolete. This time they seemed to be prepared for combat with Nicholas while their target is Leena. I focused on the bomb and chanted the most basic of fire magic. Spark. *BOOM* The explosion had killed one and knocked another one unconscious. The third one freaked out a bit but decided to withdraw. He would succeed in escaping considering the defences of the village. ¡°LILY! What¡¯s happening!?¡± Mother was shaking me worried if something had happened to me. ¡°It¡¯s alright now mommy, there were some assassins after Leena.¡± ¡°WHAT!? Assassins!? Is she alright!?¡± I held her hand to calm her, ¡°It¡¯s alright I took care of them.¡± I smiled at her; it succeeded in calming her down. ¡°I want an explanation later, for now hide your wings and horns; also your eye color.¡± ¡­Huh? Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuuuuck! I dispelled the disguise accidently! I put it back on immediately. The peaceful village life had made me careless! She saw it! Mom saw it! What if she becomes scared? What if she rejects me?! I need to erase her memor- ¡°It¡¯s alright, everyone has their secrets. No matter what you are hiding, Lily will always be my daughter. This truth will never change.¡± I felt her hand patting my head like she always did¡­ ¡­She saw through me again, didn¡¯t she? Tears came to my eyes as I hugged her tightly. ¡°I¡¯ll tell you everything mommy.*hick* I¡¯ve never lied to you, mommy. You are special.*hick* I love you.¡± ¡°I know. I love you too.¡±She said as she planted a kiss on my forehead, ¡°For now we need to see if Leena is alright. C¡¯mon.¡± We left our room, my hand still holding onto mom¡¯s tightly. Hmm... crying like that was not me, it was just my kid''s body affecting my mind okay!? I''m not a crybaby! But... this does feel good. My hand squeezing moms a little more tightly. A mother¡¯s love really is special. Chapter 17: Honesty Margaret POV We made our way outside. Lily was holding tightly onto my hand. She is still worried about me finding out about her secret. She is a genius and capable of doing almost anything. That is why I not worried about her going out to be an adventurer. But she can be so simpleminded at times. She probably thought I would reject her or hand her over to the inquisitors or something. How stupid she can be at times, though it makes her cute. Not the act she puts on most of the time, genuine emotions show up on her eyes sometimes. The panic and fear of rejection when I told her to hide her demonic parts were real, and it showed how she much she values and depends on me. I was happy. Lily was given to me by the goddess, there was no divine revelation or any signs which would point to the goddess; but I don¡¯t need anything like that. I know it was the goddess who gave me Lily. I just know it; I don¡¯t know how, but I¡¯m sure I¡¯m not wrong. There is now way for me to reject Lily is there? We reached the place where people were gathered. People parted ways as they saw me coming. In the center I spotted Leena being hugged and comforted by Nicholas. From her state, I can see that she is a little scared but is calmer than I expected. This is probably not the first attempt on her life. A noble¡¯s life really is hard. There is also the Duke and his family with hard expressions on their faces. Their guards forming a circle around them. ¡°Someone explain what happened here.¡± I commanded. All eyes turned to me, though Leena was looking at Lily and not me. As I suspected there is something going on between the two of them. Well Lily did save her life and she seems to know it judging from the gratitude and relief overflowing from her eyes. Lily also didn¡¯t say anything; she smiled slightly at her to reassure her, nothing more. She really is not good at keeping secrets is she? Well no one except me could spot these small changes, so its okay. ¡°There was an attempt on Leena¡¯s life, it seems they wanted to make it seem like she hanged herself. The suicide letter her is written in her handwriting. The list of potential suspects is not long and I can already guess who is behind this.¡± The Duke said, it was not the doting and guilty looking father who once stood before me; it was a noble who is used to the plots which happen in the high society, a kill or be killed part of human society. The way in which he talked promised retribution to whoever was behind this. ¡°The attack seemed to have failed somehow. There were three assailants, one dead, one was found unconscious and is currently in the tort- interrogation room while the third one managed to run away. They are high level assassins, so it hopeless to go after the third one now. By studying the corpse we concluded that the high explosive they placed in their pouch exploded on accident or it was a back stab by their escaped companion as result of infighting. Whichever it was, it seemed to be done by the goddess to punish the bastards assaulting her church.¡± Hmm, the bomb exploded on its own eh? I struggled to suppress the smile on my face. And she chanted only the basic fire magic spell too. It took out a party of high level assassins. I¡¯m so proud of you Lily! ¡°It¡¯s better for Leena to stay with the Duke and his family today. Everyone already knows the disownment was a political move you were forced to do so it won¡¯t change anything. The escaped assassin may return to finish the job so it better for her to stay at a secure place for today.¡± I stated the best course of action. The Duke grimaced a bit, but it was obvious to him how it was the best choice now that his daughter¡¯s life is under threat. Though I don¡¯t think anything would happen with Lily here. Ufufufu. ¡°I will make a report of this to the church headquarters. Regardless of the target, it is an attack on a member in one of its branches. This will not be overlooked lest we lose the faith of believers. The church will offer its full support in finding the perpetrators and punishing them.¡± Everyone seemed satisfied with what I said. ¡°For now it¡¯s better for everyone to retire for sleep. There is no change to Leena¡¯s wedding tomorrow, or rather today. There is still a few hours left till sunrise; get some rest Leena. Tomorrow you need to appear your best.¡± I said the last part smiling gently at Leena to calm her. ¡°Thank you for your concern, head sister. I apologize for the commotion caused because of me.¡± She looked at Lily before answering me. As expected there is something going on! ¡°Nonsense! Girl you are already a member of our family. Family looks out for each other.¡± Ufufufu, she already knows Lily will protect her if anything happens again. It seems Nicholas will have a hard time in the future. Everyone retired for sleep again; some were still worried over what happened, some were thinking about the future and two people knowing that they are safe as long as their guardian angel was looking over them. We reached the our room and sat down on the bed. ¡°Lily, you don¡¯t have to say anything if you don¡¯t want to. A secret will cease being a secret the moment more than one person knows about it.¡± I said looking at the guilty expression on her face. I don¡¯t want to see her to be troubled like this. ¡°It¡¯s alright mommy. I want you to know.¡± She said looking into my eyes resolutely. I drew her in closer for a hug, patting her back gently like a mother would coax her child. I never had to do this before; Lily could take care of herself. She rarely depended on me. ¡°Do you know about the hero who defeated the Demon king 600 years ago?¡± Hmm? The hero? ¡°During the final battle, the demon king cursed the hero to be born as a demon with his memories intact. He probably wanted the hero to suffer the persecution the demons would face. But an administrator, probably the god or goddess interfered and created a new body for the hero to reincarnate into. I am a greater succubus, the first of its kind. With my traits from past life along with the new Greater Charisma trait I get 10 attribute points per level.¡± She was the hero? Memories of past life would explain why she never acted like a child. ¡°So the goddess really did give you to me. I knew it!¡± I said happily. ¡°Eh¡­ahm¡­while it is true, from when it got the ¡®message¡¯ from the administrator, it may not be Aaris nor Drakath who aided in my reincarnation. Or rather he talked like someone who couldn¡¯t be categorized into neither good nor evil.¡± ¡°It¡¯s hard for us to understand how gods think. They never do anything without reason. As humans, as mortal we can only have faith in them. Show me how you really look. I don¡¯t like looking at disguises.¡± She separated with a helpless expression on her face and dispelled the disguise magic placed on her. A pair of pure black bat wings appeared on her back. It seemed small and unfit for flight. Maybe because she was still young? There were horns on her head; they came down from the sides to point up at the front. They looked more like a crown than anything. The church¡¯s representation of demons always had goat horns or simple pointy horns. Lily¡¯s gave her the natural look of a superior being, like a ruler. There was also a tail at the back, instead of the usual spear point, it seemed to have a spade¡­ no a heart shape at the end. But the most drastic change of all was her eyes. It was no longer the calming and relaxing sky blue. It was now a red, somewhere between the intense blood red and bright ruby red. It seemed to glow on its own; standing out the most among her inhumanely beautiful features. There was a blood chilling coldness and indifference in them, something you see in people who had seen too much in their lives, but hidden beneath it was hot raging flames you only see in mad people. The strange combination made it quite¡­ indescribable? ¡°I have the same eye color as I have in my past life. It was passed down in our family, famous too at time. The All-seeing eyes everyone liked to call it. I¡¯m the only survivor and possessor of it now.¡± She said making a heart-wrenching expression. I pulled her in for a tight hug. I never want to see that pained look on her face again. I never seen her so hurt before. ¡°It¡¯s alright. I¡¯m here for you. We will be a family forever. So don¡¯t cry again.¡± I held her so tightly, tears filling up my eyes. She¡¯s had a hard life, something I couldn¡¯t even begin to imagine. I can only hold her tightly like this. She seemed surprised before she returned the hug, she buried her face in my chest. I could feel the wetness from her eyes. It¡¯s alright, I just need to be there for her to lean on, as a shade she could rest in. As expected the real life of the fallen hero wasn¡¯t really all sunshine and rainbows. The stories were all made up. ¡°My mother was one of the few allies I had in past life. You are so different from her, at the same time you resemble her too much! Why!¡± she hugged me tighter, I could her cries now. She¡¯s really letting it lose now. I feel satisfied seeing her like this. She can depend on me. This is something only I can do as her mother. ¡°All mothers are the same their children. You will know when you come to have a child yourself.¡± ¡°Lies! I have seen mothers kill their own children for selfish reasons. Only you two are different! I¡¯ve even seen a whore kick away the child she just gave birth to into a garbage dump! It¡¯s you two who are different! I¡¯m a demon you know! I manipulate people. I play with people¡¯s feelings, this whole village is my play ground! Why aren¡¯t you scared of me?! Why aren¡¯t you rejecting me?!¡± she started beating me, letting out her frustrations. ¡°Shh! Not everyone is the same. It is true there are evil people out there, perhaps even more evil than the demons are proclaimed to be. But I know Lily would make a good mother when you have a child. At that time you will understand what I mean.¡± I pat her back gently, she relaxed a little, her crying gradually stopped. She fell asleep¡­ Goodness, she didn¡¯t even put her disguise back on. I didn¡¯t know the Lily was hiding such a bleeding heart. There are some wounds which take far too long to heal; even if they healed it would still leave scars. I look down at her real face again. She is shifting her real features to hide her supernatural beauty. It would cause problems if her real face is shown outside. Unlike other attributes, there is limit for the Charisma attribute, beyond which it would require the person to conduct surgery or reform their features to add more charisma points. Lily¡¯s face can already topple kingdoms, but she seems to know about it. So I don¡¯t need to worry too much. She has grown so much. I rub her cheeks, so soft and smooth. I can still remember her sucking from my tits when she was still a baby. Now it¡¯s time for her to leave the safety of the nest. I¡¯m still going to miss you Lily. Visit often, I can¡¯t survive long without seeing you. I love you, my daughter. ¡­ Wait! Isn¡¯t she a lust demon? Won¡¯t she be doing ¡®that¡¯ a lot then?! ¡­How can I teach a succubus about modesty!? This is unpleasant. Oh Goddess Aaris, or whoever is watching us from up there, what indecent acts are you trying to have my daughter do!? That day, for the first time in my life; I cursed the god. Chapter 18: Wedding Leena POV Today is a very special day for me. In fact, it¡¯s the most important day for any woman, wedding. I stare into the mirror; a person in beautiful pure white long wedding dress stared back. The dress was adorned with elegant designs and embroidery. She also had exquisite jewelry including a master crafted amethyst necklace which seems to match so well with her pale violet hair and eyes that made it seem like it was specially made for her. But the person wearing all this looked too pale and seemed really close to having a nervous breakdown¡­ it¡¯s me. Pathetic, isn¡¯t it? But I can¡¯t help it you know! What can I do!? I¡¯m too nervous; I can¡¯t seem to calm down at all. My hands are shaking, I couldn¡¯t sleep yesterday, I feel sick, what if I mess up, what if I trip and fall, what if-¡­ no stop thinking. I¡¯m just making it worse. Yeah! Do it like Lily said! Breathe in¡­ breathe out¡­ In¡­ out¡­ Goddess tits! I never expected pre wedding jitters to be so annoying! The head sister came in to the dressing room putting a stop to me freaking out. She was in her ceremonial clothes, a tight fitting white and blue dress with gold embroidery and long slits on both sides of her skirt which exposes her shapely legs when she walks. Her naval region is also on display making her look really beautiful. She is already above 30, but she looks amazing with her perfectly fit body oozing out adult charm; her outfit proving to others that Goddess Aaris is not just the Goddess of Light but also the Goddess of Life and Fertility. Being a half-elf means you get to be good looking for a long time; though she would probably face discrimination from pure elves. I¡¯m not jealous at all. ¡°You look dazzling Leena, so beautiful!¡± She said touching my cheeks with her hands and looking at me lovingly. ¡°You must look your best today.¡± She is like a motherly figure to me, to everyone. She takes our hands to show us the way whenever we seem lost and is one of the kindest people I know. Many men are secretly in love with her, she receives many invitations too. But she always rejects them. The only person who she is close to is Lily. But Lily is special isn¡¯t it? ¡°You are bit too nervous, but considering the occasion it cannot be helped.¡± She held my cold hands, her warmth calming me a little. See? The best Mother ever. ¡°It¡¯s almost time for the ceremony, the audience has gathered, your groom waiting. Your father is already waiting outside. Are you ready?¡± ¡°Yes.¡± I answered without any shaking. If I can¡¯t even hide my emotions I would not be worthy to be called a former noble. ¡°Good! I will lead you to your father in 10 minutes. He will escort you down the aisle. There is a large crowd today in the church, everyone wants to be part of the wedding it seems, ufufufu. Try to calm yourself, I promise everything will go perfectly.¡± She said before going back, probably to perform one last check on everything. She is probably wary of everything after what happened yesterday. I¡¯m sorry for involving my new home and family in my problems, but it seems like my enemies won¡¯t stop until I¡¯m destroyed. The assassins were disrupted by one of their bombs accidently exploding. I heard from the guard captain that they were probably a group of high level assassins, so if they succeeded, then I would have died yesterday. While it is not the first attempt on my life, it is the first time when I was stripped of my guards and living away from the high society. I would have been a cold corpse today, if not for Lily. A smile creeps on my face thinking about my sweetheart, only she is capable of doing something like that. I know that I am safe as long as I¡¯m near her. For all the bad fortune I had suffered, I have attained even more precious things than I ever had before my banishment. I came to this village expecting to live a life of hardships, but everyone here was really kind to me. I had the head sister to guide me through everything, the other sisters helped me in doing tasks which were new to me, and they were very patient too considering how bad I was in handling delicate matters. The children in the orphanage also always treated me as one of them; the candies they shared with in return of stories were better tasting than the expensive sweets I had before, maybe the taste was affected by the company I was with? The villagers also, they help me out without even asking, though the elders always teased me for being unworldly; humph, I¡¯m a lot better than the other noble girls in the academy, at least I know how to buy groceries by myself! And most important of all, I met Nick. He is so wonderful; kind, gentle, caring and considerate. He helped us when Mary came to harass me last year. Jumping in to defuse the situation when they almost started a slaughter; saving me and Lily from harm. Though later I found out that it was all orchestrated by Lily, her plan still relied on Nick¡¯s kindness. He¡¯s also so smart; he is almost at the breakthrough to the discovery of another new skill! So amazing; as expected of the prodigy who became the youngest Tower Mage. He is also so comfortable to talk to; we have too much in common. I know that he will always be there beside me and I love him, truly; I know that my new life with him would be wonderful. A new chapter in my life in the magical city, not as a noble, not as a Church¡¯s servant; but as a Tower mage¡¯s wife. It¡¯s so exciting! And the most important treasure I gained here, my guardian angel, Lily. She had already stolen by heart, I¡¯m sorry for doing this to Nick, but the person who is most important to me is and will always be Lily. The sweetest and most cherished memories I had of the last year is of the time I spent alone with Lily. I love her with all my heart and I know that she also treasures me. It¡¯s a secret between us, nobody knows of my secret relationship with Lily, they think we are like sisters but we are more like a couple than anything. But I know that she is special and will not be satisfied with a mundane life with me. We never vocalized our intentions for our futures but I know that our special sweet time is limited. She will go on to be a great figure, it is her fate. While I am more than satisfied with the happiness I currently have. That is also the reason why she brought Nick and me together. I know of the things she did to make sure we end up together. She tried to hide it but I¡¯m not stupid to be fooled by her innocent acts. She played the cupid between us with no one except me knowing. Really, Lily is so hard to understand sometimes. We will not be together, but we will always love each other. Of that, I¡¯m sure. ¡°I came expecting you to be too nervous, but being calm is also good.¡± A sweet and charming voice entered my ears. I didn¡¯t notice anyone entering the room. I must have been spacing out. But she always has a habit of surprising me. ¡°Lily.¡± She is wearing a white dress with blue and gold decorations. Probably wanting match with her mother. Her shoulders are exposed giving her a sexy look. Her dress is emphasizing her developing breasts and womanly curves. She is only thirteen but the way she looks currently, while the dress is not in any way immodest, is inviting people to commit crime! How she can give out such appeal is beyond me but I¡¯m sure the tailor who usually gifts her clothes is going to hear an earful from the head sister. Her long hair which she usually lets loose is braided and put over her shoulder in the front. It gives her a elegance not uncommonly seen in nobles. Instead of the carefree atmosphere that usually surrounds her, this look make people take her more seriously; almost gives her an adult look? ¡°Leena. You look perfect today.¡± She placed her hand on my cheeks and looked at me with love like always. I love it when she does that¡­ It¡¯s almost too much for my weak heart to handle. ¡°Were you worried about me?¡± ¡°¡­No, I always wanted to steal a bride just before her wedding. How about it? Want to elope with me?¡± She asked drawing closer to me, a mischievous smile playing on her lips. I know she is only messing with me but my heart still jumped to my throat when she asked me that. This little angel like girl knows how to play with people¡¯s feelings best. Seeing my flustered expression seemed to have pleased her, she is too sadistic and I¡¯m the unfortunate victim she enjoys bullying! Nonetheless I won¡¯t give my position to anyone else. She leans in and presses her soft lips to mine. Her sweet taste entering to my mouth, she pushes in her small tongue and skillfully entangles it with mine. We kept kissing, not wanting to separate from each other, I draw her in closer and she hugs me back, her sweet milky, flowery smell intoxicating me making me lightheaded. This is too addicting, I don¡¯t know how I will survive without Lily now¡­ We separate from each other, and look into each other¡¯s eyes. We hold each other¡¯s hands. ¡°You are getting married now Leena, but don¡¯t think you can escape from me.¡± She declared her eyes boring into mine. ¡°Yes, I am yours forever.¡± The words automatically leave my mouth. I¡¯m hopelessly in love with her; the space available in my heart for Nick, my future husband is too low. I¡¯m a sinful woman aren¡¯t I? ¡°Take responsibility for what you did to me Lily.¡± I shot back doing my best to look angry. ¡°Ufufufu, of course my dear, I will join you in Aera after I have completed my training. At that time, we will do even more fun activities, all the naughty things you always imagine us doing.¡± She leans in and playfully bites my ears before whispering ¡°I can even seduce Nick so that three of us can have a threesome.¡± The image of three of us entwined together on bed flows into my mind making me blush hard. Really! This girl is too perverted! I raise my hand to give her a smack for talking of indecent things again, she ducks and runs to the window, she turns around to give me a playful wink before jumping back out. Really hopeless! She is becoming worse day by day! I swear she is more of a demon than angel. But I¡¯ve fallen for her, hopelessly. Chapter 19: Fun at hot spring Lilith¡¯s POV It¡¯s been a day since the wedding; it went smoothly, the feast after was sponsored by the Duke and had many high class cuisines. Probably the best buffet organized since the construction of this church. Everyone gave their blessings and the event ended on a happy note. All is well, but¡­the two love birds are still cooped up in their love nest even now. It¡¯s time for breakfast and both of them are still busy having their round of morning ¡®love¡¯. They have been going at it like monkeys¡­ I¡¯m having trouble restraining myself damn it! I don¡¯t even have the privacy to masturbate in this bloody crowded orphanage! I¡¯m a bonafide succubus you know! My feeding instincts started manifesting themselves when I hit puberty; I¡¯ve already done a miraculous achievement by remaining a virgin till now. I also unwittingly gained a new skill from using my Evil Eyes of Clairvoyance on them. You wanna know? Fine, but if you laugh I¡¯ll fucking kill you. Voyeurism: Gain experience by peeking on individuals engaged in carnal activities. Congrats, I¡¯m a peeping tom now. My special skill was never intended to be used to peek on others having sex. I don¡¯t know how to feel about this¡­ also I feel so horny. I need an output for my lust, fast. Yep! I¡¯ve decided; I¡¯m going to cash in Edward today. Time to see how good he has become after his ¡®training¡¯ under Mrs. Cory. Apparently, he is really popular among the girls in the village. ¡°Lily, are you alright? You were spacing out a bit there.¡± Reina asked me. She has also started to develop a crush on Edward. He is handsome, kind and strong. Three things teenage girls look for in a guy, so no surprise. In fact I may be able to make him into the ¡®Hero¡¯ of our party. It would also end up drawing our victim¡¯s hostility towards him and mom and the orphanage will not enter the eyes of any stupid idiot looking for hostages to use against us in the future. Though it would be impossible to attack mother considering the measures I had already taken to secure them. I cannot lose my mother a second time. This time I¡¯m not weak. Also I have almost reached enough proficiency in my space magic; I can teleport home every night. Hehe. ¡°I¡¯m all right sister Rei. It just feels a little lonely without sister Leena. We will not having breakfast together anymore.¡± ¡°Hmm, it does feel a little lonely, but we will also be leaving the orphanage in a week. Since we are going to be adventurers we should get used to saying goodbyes. We will be going around the whole world after all; we will meet many new people as well as say farewells to many others. Remember the stories Mr. Luke said?¡± ¡°Yeah but time really went by too fast. We are already adults now.¡± ¡°Ufufufu, everyone still sees you as a little girl.¡± ¡°I¡¯m not! I¡¯m already a grown up! I¡¯m already at the ¡®marriageable¡¯ age! Shelly is same age as me and she got wed to Brother Sam last month!¡± ¡°Ugh¡­ that¡¯s because he got her pregnant, the ideal age for marriage is 16 you know? Also she is 15, not thirteen, she just looks smaller.¡± ¡°I will also be 14 in a few months! So we¡¯re almost the same age.¡± I stick out my tongue at her, though I noticed that difference between 13 and 15 is a lot larger than 23 and 25. Another new addition I made to my character. I needed to change my image from weak, shy little girl to a confident, cheeky teenage girl. If I were to remain as shy character now, it may end up rousing the sadistic tendencies in men. I''m talking from experience now... ¡°Why are you thinking about your marriage so suddenly? Don¡¯t tell me someone made moves on you! Lily, what happened yesterday!?¡± Reina was almost shouting towards the end. Haha. She is so funny tat times like this. ¡°Huh? Moves on me¡­?¡± I asked tilting my head innocently with a confused look plastered on my face. ¡°Lily, all men are wolves. You must be careful around them. Also don¡¯t get close to any of them before you are at least 15! No! Even after that too!¡± ¡°Eh? T-then what about Ed? Is he also a wolf?¡± ¡°...No. Ed sees you as his little sister. So it should be fine. Still be careful around men, okay? Don¡¯t worry too much, your sister Rei will keep an eye on you.¡± Rei declared satisfied with herself. Ufufufu. But don¡¯t you look at me indecently when we take baths together? You haven¡¯t realized it yourself, but you are already my love slave you know? But she is right. Even yesterday when I was wearing the dress with exposed shoulder many males were leering at me. I hit puberty early, my breasts were big for my age, nearing C cups and I already developed good curves with a slim waist and wider hips. Overall I would say that I am developing into an amorous young lady. Honestly, it felt like I was having hole burned in my dress due to the intensity of their stares. It made me a little wet; maybe I have some hidden exhibitionist tendencies? I used to hate lust and everything related to sex in my last life. A trauma form childhood¡­ well I¡¯m not weak enough to be traumatized like normal weak people but sex always brought along the bad memories with it. I¡¯m sure that I¡¯m mad after what happened at that time. Well, living in that hell for years does that to people. But, I¡¯ve now reincarnated into a lust demon and take pleasure in debauchery¡­ I wonder what the god or goddess is trying to do? More importantly, will I awake my family¡¯s hereditary physical special skill in this new body? If so it would end up giving me some idea why he or she reincarnated me¡­ But it would also mean I need to be careful with who I have sex with. ¡°Mr. Mathews has been giving me near impossible missions now that my training under him is coming to an end. How is it going with Mrs. Cory?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry sister Rei! If you ever get injured, leave it to me. I also mastered a few buffing spells. I¡¯m focusing on elemental spells right now though, so I¡¯ll be at gramps house.¡± ¡°Hehehe, Lily is a magic-swordsman at only 13. You are going to give the instructors at Academy a shock when they see how amazing you are.¡± ¡°Ehhh¡­ I don¡¯t want to be the center of attention. I don¡¯t like when people stare at me.¡± Of course it¡¯s a lie, I love it when their eyes lick all over me. But attracting the wrong attention before I¡¯m a high enough level will be bad. For now it¡¯s time for level grinding. Hmm¡­ Edward is facing off against others in duels today. That¡¯s good. Men feel horny after combat, since it¡¯s only practice match and not a death match, his lust won¡¯t be roused high enough. But he does go to the secret hot spring after the match. I¡¯ll ambush him there. Hehehe, I¡¯m looking forward to it. Soaking in the hot spring feels so good. I mostly spent my time here doing naughty things with Leena, but we do occasionally sit and relax whenever the training ends up being too exhausting. The hot water helps in increasing blood circulation and loosening of stiff muscles. It is also good for the skin apparently. Though I can¡¯t prove that because as a demon I have tougher skin than humans and being a succubus means I have smooth white skin all over. I mean there are not even any scars; my skin is literally perfect; one of the pros of having Regeneration; a totally overpowered skill. Plus demons apparently undergo body changes after an Evolution. I wonder what I will become after I reach high enough level. So exciting! *Rustle* Shit! I got lost in my thoughts again. Ed has reached here¡­ but he¡¯s not coming out into the open? Oh! He wants to peep¡­ Damn! I was only going to show myself after he came in. The plan failed. Well I can use this too; let¡¯s give him a show shall we? I look around trying to see if anyone is around. Of course I act like I haven¡¯t spotted Edward. But really, his hide skill is only at Lv 2. If he peeps on Reina or someone with high perception, he¡¯s gonna get caught immediately. But ¡®Lily¡¯ is a magic and healing oriented melee combatant, so she should not be able to spot him. After seeing that I am ¡®alone¡¯, I raise myself off the water and sit on the rock beside it. I face my naked body toward Edward so that he can enjoy the best view. I slowly start massaging my breast with one hand, taking time to trace it shape with my slender hand while my other hand goes to play with my clit. I don¡¯t have any body hair and my pubic regions are not hidden under any bushes. Perks of being a succubus, you don¡¯t have to shave. In fact, it¡¯s a little embarrassing (and arousing) when people stare at me in the public bath. I started pinching and pulling my hardened nipples while I increased the rate at which I started rubbing my clitoris. I also make sure to activate my pheromone skill and send the scent to him using wind magic. I can feel the heat of Edward¡¯s gaze scorching my body, and it made it feel even more pleasurable. He had already taken out his own equipment and started stroking it. Since the existence of the hotspring here is a secret only few of us know, we don¡¯t need to be afraid of getting caught. I kept touching myself while enjoying the feel of Edwards gaze on me. The last time he saw me naked was years ago. My body has developed impressively. He probably fantasized about me yesterday, I remember him having an erection after I teased him a little during yesterday¡¯s feast. I started giving out light moans when we started nearing our climaxes. Ed was struggling to keep his voice contained. Hehe. He is so cute right now. Peeking on a girl who he treated like his own sister. Even when Cory and other kids teased him of having a crush on me he always vehemently denied it. Saying he only felt the protectiveness a brother feels towards his little sister. But now he is masturbating to the scene of his little sister pleasuring herself. The degeneracy of knowing the fact that I pushed him into doing it is even more exciting, even more delectable. Anh! Is this the pleasure demons enjoy when pushing humans into sin!? It¡¯s too overwhelming! I¡¯m sorry for calling you monsters; this thrill I feel right now is supreme! ¡°Nn! Ahn!¡± I started leaking out louder moans. It¡¯s hard to control it. My fa?ade as sweet girl is falling apart, but I don¡¯t care about anything right now! More! More!! I need more!!! I increased the pace of rubbing myself and finally pushed myself off the cliff, a shock ran through my whole body while fireworks went off in my mind. I squirted a little and my body convulsed all over before dropping back into the hot spring; the water cooling my overheated body. That day I had my first orgasm in both lifetimes. I sat there panting, trying to regulate my breathing and organize my jumbled thoughts. Seriously what the hell was that!? Is this what happens when you cum? Is this what I have been giving to Leena all this time? Did my special constitution amplify the pleasure? Is having sex even better? Would I still be able to keep myself sane? I calmed myself and regulated my breathing, calmed my almost berserk mind. Damn. It feels like I¡¯m afflicted with a mental status effect. I overestimated myself; bit off more than I can chew. If things went according to my plan then I would have been having sex with Ed right now. I would have drowned in the pleasure. Thank god it ended up like this. He seems to have released his lust the same time as me; he had already cleaned himself and started sneaking back. Good. Maybe I should hold back till I get more used to it. Especially if I end up awakening that dreadful skill when I have my first sexual intercourse, I need to have control or I may end up dying. I also need to level up magic skills a bit. I gained a lot of experience from this encounter too. Hmm, I need to raise my level high enough before doing something reckless again. Oh! Ed is relying on Mrs. Cory again. Fufufu, it was a good idea to spare the life of that succubus. She has yet to kill anyone and seems to be content with normal sex life for now. She will also groom Edward into becoming a great man. Does Life Draining someone when having sex feel good? I wonder when I will end up gaining the succubus skills. Should I ask her directly? ¡­Too risky, I¡¯ll have to get rid of them if things go poorly. For now, let¡¯s maintain the status quo. Hehehe. Chapter 20: Dream Reina is not here today, it will just be me and Lily spending time in our house. I looked over to the kitchen to see Lily with her apron on doing the dishes. Reina bought this apron, something I will forever be grateful for. Why? With the usual tank top and short skirt Lily puts while at home, when she puts on this comparatively bigger apron, it makes it look like she is wearing only the apron, that is, the famous Naked Apron. Ah, my dick is standing up again now. Having sex with Lily has made me go crazy... Well, we are free for the day. I sneak over to the kitchen and tightly hug Lily from behind. ¡°Kyaa!¡± Hehehe. She¡¯s so easily surprised. Her soft body pushing against me feels good. My hands go around the front to start massaging her boobs. Hmm? I take some distance from her and parted her long hair which reaches to her knees. Her white shapely back with pert butts are revealed¡­ She really was naked underneath?! ¡°I-It was just the two of us so¡­¡± She said looking with a bright red face and small tears in threatening to spill from her eyes. ¡­Lily you are too dangerous, my dick¡¯s gonna explode if doesn¡¯t go in you now! I reach my hand down to finger her and find that her clit was already overflowing. ¡°Ahn!¡± ¡­Cory was right, Lily really is a lewd girl. Did she become like this because of Cory¡¯s influence? I need to thank her, because Lily is just so addicting. I can¡¯t imagine a life without tasting Lily everyday now. I take my cock out and line it against her pussy and slowly push it in, bringing over bodies closer till my entire length was buried inside her. ¡°Nn~¡­ Ed is pervert, doing it first thing in the morning.¡± She said looking at me angrily, but her face is already twisting in pleasure. I love it when she makes that face. Also why am I the pervert when you are the one running around naked? Of course I don¡¯t say that out loud. There is no need for foreplay this time. I stay like that completely merged with her for some time, enjoying the feel of her walls compressing on my cock. I have had enough experience with girls, from veterans like Cory to the innocent village girls who were in love with me; I have bedded them all. I am also quite confident in my skills as some of needy wives also prefer me when they require assistance. But all of those don¡¯t matter when I¡¯m with Lily. I had her first time and am pretty sure I¡¯m her only partner. But she is a natural at sex. Her body gives me a pleasure which cannot be compared to anything else. Even the tight pussy of Cory is a level below Lily. Having my dick inside her is so amazing that I could die right now. I bend her over the kitchen top and slowly start moving. Soft moans start escaping from her cute mouth. I pushed her long hair to the side, to see her naked back connected to me at our hips. Her impossibly slim waist and large tits which you can see poking out from the sides swinging slightly because of the momentum from my cock ravaging her insides. The sight makes me feel like I¡¯m a successful man. That if I could fuck her always then I have naturally become the greatest man in this world. Lily¡¯s body really is the best I had ever had. While doing slow deep thrusts into her, I start groping her tits from behind. I take in the sweet scent she always gives out and start planting kisses on her neck. Her breasts are so soft and springy, they overflow from my hands, her nipples so hard. ¡°Ahn! Harder Ed~! Nn!¡± I oblige her wish by holding her waist for better grip and ploughed her insides. Her moans also started becoming louder. We start losing ourselves in the heat and passion, both of us hungry, starving for pleasure. In the kitchen where she would usually be preparing food, both of us are so lost in each other¡¯s body. Trying to squeeze out as much pleasure and satiate our growing lust. I start moving even faster, our bodies rubbing against each other. I lean forward and take her large breasts in my hand again. I twist and pinch her nipples. It¡¯s one of her sensitive spots, though there are too many sensitive spots on Lily if you ask me. I turn her face to me and exchange a deep kiss with her, entangling our tongues and tasting her sweet saliva. ¡°Ah! Ed! Harder!¡± I do it faster, harder, going deeper in her with each thrust. My long rod reaching the entrance to her womb, kissing it each time I push it in. Soon enough I reach my limit. Lily is just too good! My vast experience with others doesn¡¯t amount to crap in front of her. I hug her close from behind, drive my dick as deep inside her before releasing my first load. ¡°Ugh! I¡¯m cumming¡± ¡°Ah! Ed you are coming inside me again!¡± Lily complains trying to look angry but not able to wipe the stupid smile of her face. Too cute. I filled her up with an amount larger than when doing it with other girls. I take it out from her and turn her over so that she is facing me. She is elated from having her insides filled, a healthy blush on her cheeks from panting hard. Really, how is it that she can arouse a man so much? She is the best wife and best lover any man can ever have. Her unsatisfied eyes still boring deep inside mine tells me we aren¡¯t going to have breakfast anytime soon. I lock lips with her again while bringing her closer. I place my hands on her thighs and lift her up before impaling her with my cock. ¡°AH! So deep! Ed! I love you!!!¡± Yeah, you only say that when we are having sex. Are you only after my body? I start thrusting into her while walking back to the bedroom; she loves every moment of it. Her tightness is increasing and pushing me to climax again. I lay her gently on the bed while still connected to her and continued the movements. Her legs were spread apart giving me free access to ram my lower body into her continuously. ¡°Ahn! It feels so good~ Nn! Ed~ do me deeper!¡± I used more force to penetrate her. I send her flying each time I pound her I held her waist to pull her back to me each time. I leave hickeys on her neck and keep on nibbling on her nipples during thrusts. Her pure white body being jerked up and down because of the force of my thrusts, I kept on marking her as my possession. It¡¯s my right as her future husband. I held her in place, my penis continued to grind her insides without leaving as my peak of joy neared. I pushed my member to the entrance to her womb before releasing. ¡°Lily! I¡¯m cumming again. Where do you want?¡± ¡°Inside! I want you inside me!¡± She always accepts me inside. Do you really want to get pregnant from me that much? Well then, I¡¯m happy to oblige. I kiss her lips, taking in her sweet taste again before releasing my love deep inside her, letting my desires flow inside her. I stayed like that for a while after enjoying our coitus, wishing to melt inside her. This time I lasted longer and was successful in giving her two orgasms before finally releasing in her again. She wraps her legs around me when I cum to accept my love in her deepest parts. It feels so amazing when she does that. I turn her over to the side and raise one of her legs to enter her from behind this time. This further into sex I do this to catch a breather. Because I know that today she won¡¯t let me go anytime soon. That is to say before dinner time¡­ But we rarely have that much time together and honestly with a girl as cute as Lily being so excited in making love with you, how is it possible for me to complain? We kept on going at it for the rest of the day. She lost consciousness one time but I didn¡¯t stop myself. The feel of her insides squeezing me was too much. We did all sorts of positions all around the room. There was no place which was not stained with our endless lust. We turned the room into a place of debauchery. My member never lost its hardness that day. Even though 7 shots is my current limit, I felt like I could do anything when I¡¯m with Lily. My mind became hazy and don¡¯t remember much after my 10th release. But I remember keeping on doing until I lost consciousness. It was after we did it dozens of times¡­ Don¡¯t people die when they have too much sex? Really, Lily is too dangerous. I wake up to find myself in Mr. Luke¡¯s house with a naked Cory lying on the bed beside me. Huh? Was that all a dream? I look at my exposed cock to see that it had already expulsed a significant amount of my seed. But it¡¯s still rock hard. Hmm¡­ I suppressed my unintended disappointment and turn over Cory to her back before getting in between her legs. Sorry Cory, but I can¡¯t sleep like this. What happened in the dream was too much to forget that easily. I spread Cory¡¯s legs and enter her. Thankfully she is still wet after our intercourse. ¡°Oh my! Ed, you want to go again?¡± She wakes up to see me entering her and shows a pleased expression. That¡¯s a charm about Cory I don¡¯t find in the other girls; she is always welcome to getting fucked; anywhere, anytime, any position and any number of times. ¡°Fufufu. Ed, you really are my favorite lover you know. Don¡¯t tell Luke.¡± She whispered secretly in my ears before winking at me. I¡¯m sure of it. These women are going to be the death of me. A hero''s grave is inside a beautiful woman. I repay her teasing with a hard thrust. She wraps her arms around my neck to hold on. We kept going even after the sun rose. The village healer¡¯s house was filled with the sound of flesh hitting flesh. Cory was very pleased with me but if I told her that I was just using her as an outlet because of the stupid dream of Lily, I fear she may start hating me. I had always thought I should be Lily¡¯s older brother and keep her protected from the bad men who kept eyeing her. But it turned out I¡¯m no different from them. Do I even deserve to stand beside the pure Lily with a degenerate mind full of lustful thought? Still that dream today. Both Lily and I appeared older than what we are currently. Was it a prophetic dream about the future!? When we end up adventuring together? Nah. I¡¯m no oracle but I know the dream was just a fruit of my dirty mind. Lilith¡¯s POV Hmm¡­ The experience I gained from that was very low. Why? So how can I use this new skill? Dream Manipulation Lv 1 allows me to manipulate the dreams of others but I can¡¯t gain any experience from it and the sensations transmitted to me was dulled, like when someone speaks under water. I felt a lot better when I was touching myself. It was that bad. Maybe it¡¯s because the level was too low? Also there was an incongruity with the time passed. More research is required. Also Cory didn¡¯t realize it when I used it on Ed despite lying right beside him? Is it because she is too weak or because it is hard to intercept the dreams? Hmm¡­ Mom is having a nightmare about her losing me again¡­I need to assure her tomorrow. I love you mom and I will never leave you. I give her a kiss on the cheek to help her relax. Oh! It did put an end to the nightmare. So an external stimulus can affect people¡¯s dreams. This new skill also helps me understand people better. So it¡¯s not all useless. And I succeeded in finding out how sex would feel like. Would this skill have helped in understanding my previous mother better? My intuitions telling me that understand her would not have been so simple as dreams, after all, she is someone who could never be explained so easily. Thankfully ¡®that¡¯ hateful skill didn¡¯t awaken though it seemed like Ed was affected by it in the dream. So I may end up gaining it when I have sex for real? But if sex is really not being overrated, then I need to gain more experience to avoid losing myself like what happened in the dream. If I really fell unconscious in real life¡­ it¡¯s too scary to even imagine the consequences. I may even end up being a slave again. Haha. It¡¯s ironical how I ended gaining freedom when a slave collar was attached to me in my last life; though that¡¯s a story for another time. Can¡¯t be too careless, always expect the unexpected. Wisdom I gained from dear mother; my real mother; the person who I loved and hated the most. She has never been wrong and her words have always guided me¡­ or I was always being controlled by her; trapped in a world she created surrounded by hope and despair and the insanity she drove me into. Heheh, hahaha, HaAHhAhHAaHAHaHAH¡­ oh! Damn I¡¯m losing control again. I need to focus on training my secondary skills. After leaving the slow life at the village, my life is going to be filled with violence again. I must not die. I must keep on living. I promised her. I need to become the strongest. ¡­No matter what price I have to pay.