OC : POV
As I started to evolve, I felt a massive quantity of energy entering my body. As I started to take control of my new power, I heard a voice.
Extra skill: chant annulment acquired.
Extra skill: thought acceleration acquired.
Extra skill: analyze acquired.
Physical attack resistance acquired.
Spiritual attack resistance acquired.
The evolution from succubi to great succubus was successful.
I heard this voice say, and then the flow of energy stopped, and I could look at my surroundings. I already know everything in this room, but now with my new skill, each time I look at something, information about it enters my brain. Its function, what it was made of, its age, and even more, it was annoying, but I could tone it down to give me info only about what I wanted.
I looked at all the shocked people in front of me. I tasted their fear and apprehension, I think I will never get bored of it even now that I have evolved. I feel that emotion from weaklings like them could no longer give me a big boost in power, or I will need a big city worth of them. I could tell they were weak, my skill telling me I could break them with simply realizing my emotional aura.
Transforming them into husks devoid of anything but adoration for me, but such a transformation will negate their ability to give me emotion, so I won't do it often. Probably only when absolutely necessary, a meal is a meal, after all.
My eyes finally landed on the only one here from whom I couldn't get a read, my ability seemingly negated, but I didn't need it to know he was stronger than me. I don't know by how much, but at least ten times as strong as me. I could feel it.
'Well, let's start a conversation, I am great at conversation.'
And so I respectfully asked for his name and, by the same occasion, mine. "So what is your name, my oh-so-great creator? I can't keep calling you exposition man in my head, and another question. What is mine? It's rude to call me "subject this" and "subject that," even if I am technically a test subject." Totally respectful, I know I was because he is smiling. People don't smile when they are insulted, so I definitely was respectful.
"My name is Twilight Valentine, as for your name, you will need to earn it with a little test."
So his name is Valentine, definitely better than "exposition man," but there was something bugging me in what he said.
"What do you mean earn my name? Just give it to me. I don't mind doing your little test, but it will be bothersome for me to not have a name. How am I supposed to present myself?" Hello, I am me. And you, who are you?" So just give me one and be done with it."
He seemed to be amused, it's a first. Normally people are more annoyed at me rather than amused. I don't understand why.
"I regret it, but a name is not something that can be given just like that, it's a big deal."
"What do you mean? It's just a name. You have one, and all the humans that are here also have names, but I need to pass a stupid test if I want one?" I was not really angry, but by habit I spoke with an angry tone. It's hard when you have imitated how a normal person will react all your life to come back to how you normally speak.
"A name for someone of a race that is not human is extremely important, it affirms their existence in this world and gives them a big boost in power, but it comes with a risk for the one naming. I would be fine, but it's still something that needs to be considered carefully."
'Okay, it makes sense. I can kind of feel it now that he says it, like a piece of me is missing. It is kind of hard to feel with the bigger hole where my emotion should be. Like you wouldn't care about a hole in your house if it was already in ruins.'
"Okay, I understand. So what would be the test?" He didn't physically react, but I could feel his excitement at the thought of new things to test.
"Follow me, I think you would like it." Ohh, and could you rein in your magic? It makes my assistant and guards kind of tense." I looked around, and he was right. I hadn't bothered to stop my magic power from rampaging. The floor was cracked, and the humans in the room were all scared, ready to run at any moment. I suppressed my aura, and they relaxed immediately. They seemed to switch immediately from fearing for their lives to fascination and even lust for me. It seems that my natural aura has been strengthened, I am already suppressing it to the max, and it still has this much effect.
Valentine started to leave, and I followed him, the other one following behind me, totally not looking at my ass. 'Okay, I agree that I look good but I am still technically not even one years old, I maybe in an other world, but I don't think that there is a world where it is morally accepted to have sex with newborn, even in Berserk they wait longer.'
As we traversed a long corridor made of magic steel, apparently, I stopped in front of one of the doors Valentine passed by.
It was like something was calling to me.
"Ahh, you must have sensed your kin. Wait, I will open the door; it's your right after all to meet the other members of your species."
He opened the door by injecting mana into the wall. I looked inside and was met with a giant room with hundreds of capsules like the one I was previously in. Inside there were little girls ranging from five to ten years old, all with black wings and tails.
I immediately knew there were succubi. Once I entered inside, I could also feel all of them looking at me in reverence.
"They were all created from your cell, they are obviously not total replicas, and the process to create them degrades your original power, so they are far weaker than you. It's for that reason that they are submissive to you, they sense that you are their ancestor." Valentine explained it to me.
"Okay, I can understand, but for what reason did you need so many succubi, and why are they all female?" I asked while looking at all the little succubi, noting that each of them was different, some even had protagonist hair colors, like pink, blue, or white. Even if most of them have black hair but more light than mine, which seems to absorb all light while sometimes reflecting dark purple.
"You don't think that we will let you propagate your race by yourself, that will take too much time and will be a problem genetically in the long run. As for why they are all female, it seems that your race can only have females, and I expected you to tell me how that works for reproduction."
"That makes sense, I guess I have subjects now. As for your question, it's you who created us, so why do you ask me? You should be the one telling me how it works."
I don't know if he is incompetent, or if he genuinely has no way to know. Well, I guess he created me, so he must be somewhat competent.
"You should have that information inside you. I could get it, but poking around the soul is rarely a good idea, even if you are a specialist on the subject."
When he said that, I looked for how to reproduce inside me, at the same place where my skill and race ability were stoked, and I found the information. "I got the information."
"So? Don't leave me hanging there and tell me I am dying to know." That wasn't a figure of speech, I could sense his insatiable curiosity eating him from the inside. Seriously, that's scary. I bet if I don't give him the info, he would look for it inside me, regardless of what he said earlier.
"Basically, a succubus that has reached adulthood can procreate with any race, even if the race in question can't have children, by taking their DNA, the resulting child will always be a succubus except for maybe one child in ten thousand that will be of the race of the other parent, with some additional traits from their succubus parent."
"Fascinating, to be able to have children no matter the race..." His gaze on me changed slightly, and I could feel the desire to experiment on me and my kind to see what kind of child could be born.
"That is not all, apparently the child only takes the talent of the parents and not their strength." At my word, his eyes widened slightly, but I couldn't really tell why he had hidden his emotion, and the only thing I could feel was his curiosity.
"I think you don't realize what that implies. Normally, when strong individuals have a child, they give a part of their strength to him, but if what you said is correct, then they could have descendants without that risk."
I thought about what he said but didn't know what to think. I don't want children, at least for some millennia, yes millennia. When I searched for the information Valentine wanted, I found that my race is immortal in terms of lifespan, at least.
We rested there for five minutes, he probably thinking of a different experiment, and me looking at the various succubi in front of me. After that he just started to move again, and I followed him, the other one having patiently waited outside for us and continuing to follow behind me.
We finally arrived at our destination, a training room with various people inside training, not just humans but other races. My skills analysis informed me that there were dwarves, elves, oni, vampires, and also giants.
"Your test is simple: defeat the opponent I will choose. That will permit testing your ability more directly than with your little game."
I didn't respond and just waited for my opponent. I was honestly excited. The first time I experienced emotion was in a fight, so I was curious if I could taste better emotion when in a fight.
Valentine called someone named Ashley, he seemed to be some kind of oni. The information I got from my skill was somewhat confusing, but I assume it can't know the answer to everything. He seemed to be stronger than me, so I will need to go all out.
"Ashley here is the ancestor of the oni kind. I think he would be a good adversary for you."
So that's why the info I got was confusing, he is like me, an ancestor.
We took position, around ten meters separating us. Valentine positioned himself in the middle and raised his arm. We observed each other. I immediately remarked that despite him being stronger than me, his aura felt more wild and untamed, it could be a method for him to fool his opponent and make them think he isn't good at controlling it.
After all, he is like me, an ancestor. If I can easily control my aura in six months, he should also be able to do it, since he is much older than me.
My thoughts are stopped when Valentine announces the start of the combat. Immediately Ashley draws a two-handed dagger from seemingly nowhere and closes the distance between us instantly.
I react quickly thanks to the thought acceleration that I activated at the start of the battle and fly away from him. I try to use mental magic, but he seems to be resistant to it and starts to bombard me with fireballs.
I dodge his attack, as even if I have thermal fluctuation resistance, I don't want to test it now, in the middle of a fight. For a minute, the fight continues like that, but I am not just dodging his attacks. I analyze them, and when I am finished, I launch on him a sneaky lance made of concentrated fire.
I watch as he is engulfed in fire and suddenly feel him behind me thanks to the emotion detection of the emotion devourer, so I rapidly plummet to the ground, just in time to dodge a kick from behind aimed at my head.
Ashley doesn't seem to have received any damage from my attack, in hindsight, it was kind of stupid to use fire against a fire mage.
'Well, since long-ranged attacks don't work, let's try close combat.' I thought, my mind still sped up by my skill. I used material creation to create the best weapon I could, a one-handed sword with only one edge curved slightly, with a blade the color of my hair and a crimson handle.
I pumped my body with magic and realized my emotion aura was at the max for the first time since I was born.
I was no expert in combat, and my adversary seemed pretty skilled, as after fighting for only five minutes, my body was covered in cuts and bruises.
The only reasons I was still relatively fine were my pain resistance, my body that seemed to work fine even if my muscles were cut, my limbs that didn't seem to lose any strength even if most of the muscles surrounding the bone were cut, and my aura that had some effect on him, notably making him hesitate each time he went for a blow that would end the fight.
But if the fight continues like that, I will lose pretty quickly, and I didn't want it to end. I was having too much fun. It seems I was right when I fought it. It seems that every emotion I eat tastes better, like each one will be the last.
'I don't want it to end. I still want to enjoy myself, to feel the joy of these emotions coursing through my body, like there is no tomorrow!'
Request accepted.
Unique skill: joy acquired
After I heard the voice, I immediately felt a huge increase in my strength. Now I surpassed Ashley, my attack started to overwhelm him, and he seemed to let the attack touch him that before he would have had no problem defending against.
Profiting from my advantage, I launched the most powerful mental magic I had ever used, trapping him in an illusion where he would see what he most desired, totally stunning him, and permitting me to place my blade against his neck, signaling the end of the fight.
I stopped the illusion. Ashley seemed lost for a moment before realizing what happened. He seemed to be pretty angry at the fact that he lost against me, even if it didn't show on his face, as from start to finish he didn't lose his impassive expression.
I felt my strength coming back to how it was before I heard the voice talk, and I also saw that my wound had all healed.
Clap clap clap... I turned to the sound of the applause to see Valentine with a smile on his face.
"That was truly a beautiful display. I recorded very interesting data. Congratulations, you passed the test."
After waiting some time to let the high from my battle pass, I asked him. "So can you give me a name now? That was the deal after all."
He looked at me, his smile becoming more pronounced. "Yes, you are right. I have the perfect name for you. Your name will be..."
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Yo just letting you know that tomorrow there will probably be no new chapter I will post one the day after for sure.
Thank you for your support.