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Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活 | Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World (Anime)

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Rey Alaraph (OC)Louis ArnebLye BatenkaitosRoy Alphard

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POV First PersonDysfunctional FamilyThe Gamer Ability (The Gamer Webcomic)Fluff and AngstThe gluttonies are terrible childrenThe Author Regrets EverythingWhy Did I Write This?This was entirely an excuse to fit as many self-indulgent things into one fic as possibleSpoilers for Re:Zero season 3Lots of struggling to change canonDescent into MadnessNot Canon CompliantThere is more than one playeroc is a fourth gluttony siblingprobably the most 'normal' but compared to the others that's not saying much

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Published:2024-10-28Updated:2026-01-07Words:246,117Chapters:58/?Comments:1,238Kudos:848Bookmarks:113Hits:41,070

A Dog in the Cradle of Od Lagna

TheGimbler

Summary:

Turns out, dying is a one-way ticket to a fantasy world with a Gamer System!

Wait, what do you mean I'm a 'Witch Cultist?' and I should be 'Killed at the earliest convenience?'

What do you mean I'm trapped in this endless white void my first minute in this world? Who is this girl calling me her sister? My three siblings are all Archbishops in this weirdo cult??

Between a system that railroads its players into following the plot of the story, a title that'll follow me no matter where I go, and siblings that all meet various bad endings by the hands of the protagonist, I certainly have my work cut out for me if I want a decent life.

(Gamer!Mc starts out as the littlest sister of the Gluttony Archbishops, stuck with Louis in the Hall of Memories. Spoilers for Re:Zero season 3)

Notes:

Translation into Русский available: Собака в колыбели Од Лагуны by Gradient_09

Chapter 1

Notes:

idk why I made this idk why I made this idk why I made this idk why I made this

This is SLOP. ENTIRELY for my self-indulgence of gamer fics. The ONLY thing I'm sad about is the LACK of these god forsaken fics for rezero.

This has ZERO thought put into it. ZERO attempts for emotional stakes. ZERO care for characterization. and ZERO fucks to give. No editing, no thought about plot, nothing about it that implies effort except my own time tossed into a grinder to produce some succulent, succulent slop.

So, if you have any desire to eat some slop, here you are!

This is a gluttony-focused fic, mainly set in ARC 6 of rezero, which is the SECOND HALF OF SEASON THREE. And, if I continue writing this for long enough, it might go into arc 7. Kinda SI-OC but like, they're not infallible.

Chapter Text

"That was hilarious."

I stared.

"I have never seen anyone fuck up that terribly in all my years."

I blinked slowly.

"Seriously, how do you backflip during graduation and break your neck? Did you want to quit life after school finished? You know there's higher education, right? Would have spared you a few more years."

"Don't… remind me?" I looked around in confusion, the words trickling from my mouth.

Standing atop what could only be described as a really big still-water lake, was a snickering guy. He wore a grey sweatshirt and jeans, his brown hair and brown eyes made him truly uninteresting.

"Whoa-whoa-whoa-wait, I died because of that!?" My mind finally came to terms with what he said. He snickered louder at the shriek that came from my throat, "How did I die?! I didn't– I landed on my neck!?"

"Mhm," The guy had both hands in his jean pockets, his smile remaining derisive. "Dead as a doornail. I'm sure the news will play it as a tragic accident, and a bunch of people on social media will laugh at you and call you idiotic. Your death following your family for decades to come as 'the one who fucked up a backflip in front of their whole highschool.'"

"Ughhh…" I groaned. "Nooo…"

"Anyway, that's what got you on my roster," The guy ran a hand through his short brown hair. "No one gives a shit about good or bad people, it matters if they had some kind of impact. You got a second life, champ, good job."

[Administrator Xyxycyyc has chosen to sponsor your second life!]

"...Me?" I pointed at myself. "Because I killed myself like a loser in front of hundreds of my peers? What about– I dunno, stillborn children or kids starving or murdered or–"

"Boring, lame, unsociable," Xyxycyyc rolled his eyes like he'd been asked the same thing. "Could you imagine trying to talk to a stillborn baby here? The things can't even read! Don't worry about them, though. They'll just be reincarnated elsewhere with a high karma rating."

He stepped up to me with a hard stare, "Now then, have you played any games? I don't want to have to explain more than I have to."

"Like… Like an RPG or rogue-likes or…" I blinked slowly as I leaned away from him. "...Pong?"

"Yeahh…" He nodded slowly. "Something like that…"

He stepped away with an 'Ahem,' and said, "You're getting some of that."

"...What?"

"A game system. Your life will be a game. First life is for boring lame shit like education and having a sustainable life, your second one is full of trials and tribulations that can all end in fates far worse than death! Naturally, as a gamer, you understand how that kind of thing works. It's the Plot."

[Plot refers to: The 'Storyline' that the Server is trying to implement. Helping move the Plot along results in rewards, and actively stalling it can result in punishments. Don't worry! Any action taken is acceptable by the Server, but be sure to think through every action a player commits!]

A strange blue thing appeared in front of my vision, much like the first time. It took me several seconds to read through it, and I think I finally began to understand what exactly was happening.

"I'm going to be thrust into some kind of story like it was a video game?" I asked slowly, eyes trailing over to the guy.

He nodded, "Quick on the uptake. Good. There's a bunch of stuff we need to go over, and I think you'll want to hear it."

"...Like the story I'm going to be unceremoniously punted into?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, good." I rolled my eyes with an exasperated huff. This was just what I needed. Killing myself like a dumbass giving me a 'reward' that really didn't feel like one, owing to the many stories in existence that weren't exactly sunshine and rainbows. "I'm really excited about this."

The sarcastic tone of my voice made the guy pause, and Xyxycyyc looked back at me with a cocked brow. "Doesn't sound like it to me."

"I don't really want a second life, if there was such a thing as an afterlife… uh, system, giving me a second chance, I'd rather just have the life that I've been living, thank you." I groaned, rubbing my face. Truth be told, I hardly lived much of the life I had before meeting the guy in front of me.

I sighed, dropping my hand, "Can't say it's really exciting, truth be told."

"Well, it's not supposed to be exciting," The Admin explained with a stiff smile. "It's just–"

"Just what? I just lose everything I've ever known because I killed myself memorably?" The bitterness in my tone was evident. "'Good job, loser! Here's a wacky adventure that could end your existence in an even more horrifying manner!' Obviously not going to be totally enthused about that one, mate."

"But it's a game," He tilted his head, still looking over his shoulder at me. "Games are fun, right?"

"Can be fun." I muttered.

"Hm." There was a distinct pause as I watched him think about something.

Surprise Quest!

Quest: Apologize to Administrator Xyxycyyc!

Rewards: Continued existence.

Failure: Instant death.

Time Remaining: 00:00:05

There was a Ding, and my eyes instantly snapped to the floating blue text in front of me.

"Huh?" I blinked, seeing the timer hit two seconds by the time I finished reading. "A-ah!"

A stone fell into my stomach, and chancing this game-like quest would be stupid. "S-sorry! I'm sorry! I didn't mean to offend you!"

My gaze remained on 00:00:01 as it stopped right in front of my eyes, pausing just before hitting zero.

Surprise Quest Complete!

Quest: Apologize to Administrator Xyxycyyc!

Rewards: Continued existence.

Time Remaining: 00:00:01

//You get to live. This isn't a game, whelp.

"I-I'm sorry," I stuttered as the text disappeared and I saw the very angry eyes of Xyxycyyc. "I didn't mean to… I was too far into my own head."

"Calling someone's game to their face possibly unfun without even trying it is rude," He said, clearly miffed. "Was I the one who made you want to do a flip at graduation? Was I the one who jumped backwards and landed on their neck like a stupid child? Would you rather your entire existence end with such a stupid thing?"

"N-no, I'm sorry," I bowed my head a bit, feeling anxiety in my chest at his ire. "Y-you're right, I was too ahead of myself. I wasn't grateful at all for the things you offered me. Thank you."

His steely brown eyes remained on me for a moment more, before they softened a bit and he shrugged, "Just so you understand."

"Right, sorry. I won't take this for granted again. Sorry to the Devs as well."

Xyxycyyc paused, blinking slowly, before a smile appeared on his lips.

"Oh? What makes you think there are developers for this game?"

His amused statement and tone were obviously poking a bit of fun, but I was just glad he wasn't angry anymore.

"C'mon," My tone was flat in response. "If you're an Admin for a Server, that means there are Devs. I don't play games, but I know what goes into them. Took me about two days to realize programming is for nerds and I'm not spending years on that shit. Fat load of good that did me."

"Hahah!" He laughed uproariously. "Ahaha! You're an amusing one! Yes, yes, all things look so petty once you die, don't they? I knew someone like you would make things a bit livelier!"

[Administrator Xyxycyyc has given you his boon. Use it for a bit of a META advantage! Exchange it for information, resources, or power! //I suggest using this while we're here. It's the most important stage of the Game by far.]

"Ah…" I read through the text. "The double slashes are notes from you, I'm guessing?"

"Mhm," The man nodded. He tapped his foot into the mirror-like water they both stood on, and suddenly everything warped.

I found myself seated in a wooden chair, some nausea in my head as everything continued to change. Then, it cleared, and I could only take in new surroundings once again.

Xyxycyyc was standing in front of me with a wooden mask on, along with several jackets that were stitched together haphazardly. There was a counter with several jars on it, and the room around was warmly lit by several torches. Gummies, clothes, some weapons, all sorts of things were on the walls. There was a gumball machine in the corner.

It took a moment for me to see price tags on everything, and I just shot Xyxycyyc a cocked brow, "The hell's all this?"

"Glorious customer!" A nasal voice came from the Admin before me. "Tis' my wares! The selling I must do! This season's been rough, so please buy all that you can!"

"The wuh?" I blinked. "What are you doing?"

"Glorious customer…" His voice was chiding as he raised a finger and waggled it. "A business it may be, but must you resort to such petty insults? Do venture around and at least look at my wares!"

"Ye~s?" I slowly accepted his change in demeanor with a shrug. "Very well, my good man!" I got to my feet with a bow. "Perhaps I assumed ill-intent far before I shouldst have! I may be capable of sparing some of my wealth within this establishment as repayment for my heinous deeds!"

"Good, good!" The masked man bounced in place. "Check your pockets, verily! Just a few pennies, tis all I need!"

So the guy was a total nerd. Roleplaying as a costumed shopkeep selling whatever shifty things he can get his grubby hands on.

I scrounged in my pockets, and felt some coinage. I tugged them free, and counted the cash I happened to be carrying around. It was probably part of the role play, and if you had… what the fuck, fifteen cents!? If you carried around a dime and a nickel in your pocket, you're an old dude.

Thankfully, looking closer at the price tags on the jars on the counter, they were sitting at 6 - 10 cents each. Within my price range, but relatively expensive.

I walked around, looking closer at the gummies on the wall. They were in their own jar, but much smaller.

1c [Divine Protection: The power of the world itself courses through your soul! The power of the Od Lagna gives you abilities beyond regular people.

These include things like: Telling truth from lie, instant mastery over certain weaponry, having the world help you with math!

It also includes things like: If someone dies you die with them, you'll never mistake sugar from salt, and reading the emotions of people you touch!

Warning: You cannot have Divine Protections and a Witchfactor, and you will lose your Divine Protections upon consuming one!]

I looked at all the separate gummies in the container with an apprehensive gaze.

"If you wish, you may eat as many as you like! However, I seem to forget which is which!" I was startled upon hearing the voice of the shopkeeper right beside me, even if he wasn't there just a moment before. He pointed at the price tag, "1 for 1 cent, 2 for 3, 3 for 5!"

"Uhh…" I wasn't really interested in being unable to mistake sugar from salt. I turned to the masked man, "Is this world I'm going to, uh, dangerous?"

"Verily!"

"...Yeah?"

"Verily so!"

"..."

"...yeah?"

"Yes, it's dangerous. Don't be a fucking idiot and blow all your cash on useless shit."

The flat tone of Xyxycyyc broke through his facade, and I sweated with a nod. "R-right, I'll be sure to keep that in mind."

And so I wandered around without much idea of what I was getting into.

[Racial options: What, you think you're going into a regular world? The many races have different racial traits, each providing positives and negatives to your experience!

5c Elf: Pros: Longevity, high mana capacity, high affinity with your magical affinity, high physical strength. Cons: Nigh-extinct and highly sought after in the slave trade. There is a lot of prejudice against this race!

4c Oni: Pros: High base physical strength, Oni transformation that allows +50% speed of mana through your body among other effects. Cons: Losing your horns will cripple your mana and will eventually kill you without daily intervention! Nigh-extinct and the Witch's Cult would like to make that fully extinct. There is a lot of prejudice against this race!

3c Demi-Human: depending on what race you are, many different changes may occur!]

I barely skimmed through the racial traits and benefits. There were a lot of numbers involved, and reading through sprawling text was something I didn't enjoy. I understood things like, '2x strength starting stat, +1 strength upon every level up,' but what the hell did 'During Oni Transformation, your mana regeneration is Int x mana_density + level x number_of_horns,' actually mean? What the fuck was mana density?

Not knowing how this world worked from the ground up really sucked. I could feel Xyxycyyc grow impatient as the minutes went by and I didn't even start buying anything.

I looked over the weapons on the wall, including some strange looking swords.

10c [Yin Sword, One of the Legendary Ten Swords of Power: Sheathed in shadow, it cuts the darkness at any distance, but costs egregious amounts of mana to use!]

I blanked, seeing all the modifiers and restrictions on the weapon. It was clearly powerful, especially with a name like that, but seeing how its usefulness changed based on where the sun was in the sky and how dark the room was, I wasn't super intrigued. Besides, if I got robbed or something and I lost it early, that would be a huge waste.

I continued venturing around the shop, peeking at more traits, perks, affiliations and whatnot.

At some point, I heard a sigh and every single number that the system was showing me disappeared. Xyxycyyc had noticed I barely looked over anything with huge amounts of numbers and took away my ability to see those and instead quantified it with words.

Still, it didn't help me much, and I went up to the most interesting thing in the room for me. The gumball machine.

0c [Gumball machine: You want to gamble? You seriously have no thoughts of having a stable future? Wonderful! This gumball machine is free, go ahead and use it as many times as you like, though, be warned, there's no telling what you get!]

"Do it," I heard a bored voice speak from behind me, and I looked over my shoulder at the masked shopkeep. "Verily, tis' a thing I hold no love for. So much dust within, but it's the cheapest thing within my shop, you see. If you wish not to spend what you hold, then spend none at all, see?"

He tapped the glass, making the colored assortment of gumballs clack.

"...Okay, maybe one," I mused, recognizing the need for me to make some sort of decision at some point. Especially when the Admin's patience was starting to wear thin. The masked man himself perked up as I reached up and twisted the knob, making the machine click and send a purple gumball roll down the slide inside. I gingerly opened the flap and received the gumball.

[Purple Gumball: Adds a random affiliation to a player.]

"Affiliation?" I blinked. "Couldn't I just not eat this until I see 'Trait,' or 'Boon' or something?"

Xyxycyyc paused.

A moment later, I heard a ping, and I looked over at the gumball machine.

[Gumball machine: You want to gamble? You seriously have no thoughts of having a stable future? Wonderful! This gumball machine is free, go ahead and use it as many times as you like, though, be warned, there's no telling what you get!

Warning: if you use this machine, you must consume whatever is given to you!]

I shook my head, not wanting to comment on the obvious lack of judgment the Admin had. I got him angry once, and doing that twice would be suicidal.

The purple gumball went into my mouth, and I felt it melt like it was made of snow. Strangely enough, it tasted like oranges instead of grapes.

Affiliation!

You are now affiliated with the Witch's Cult!

Status effects: -95% Reputation with non-affiliated members, the Witch's Cult lower ranking members will consider you friendly!

Be sure to hide that book you get, otherwise the average civilian won't mind burning you at the stake!

//Okay, that's some bad luck.

"What the fuck?!" I sputtered, eyes wide at the text displayed before me. "You mean everyone hates me?! Why the hell would I ever want to be affiliated with these guys!?"

"That's the name of the game, or, perhaps, it's fate?" The shopkeep said cryptically.

"No, none of that!" I cried out. "My next life has everyone hating me because I'm with a cult?!"

"Hide it?" He said, uncertainly. "It's not like people will know you're with the cult. And some interesting quests can be found by being affiliated with them."

"Can I… just buy another affiliation?" I asked, hopeful.

"Then you'll be affiliated with two different things. That's possible," He shrugged. "It's rotten luck, but there are good things that can come from bad luck."

I growled, and I turned back to the gumball machine. I cranked the lever again, and an orange gumball rolled down. I opened the flap and read the text.

[Orange Gumball: Adds a random Perk to the player.]

I popped it in my mouth, tasting the grape flavor.

Perk!

Iron-stomach.

You can eat pretty much anything and not feel sick! This includes most poisons.

//See? There are good things in here too.

It wasn't… bad.

It also wasn't something completely useless, and being able to eat most things would probably end up very useful if things go terribly in my life. The Witch Cult affiliation remained in the back of my mind at the top of the list of: 'Things that will probably go terribly wrong.'

I twisted the lever again.

The shopkeep whistled, "Whoa, there. Didn't take ya for the gamblin' type. Be sure to temper yer expectations, otherwise things might get too convoluted for ya, see?"

"Mm," I made a non-committal noise. There was no way I was just going to sit on top of some bad luck like my affiliation and not get proper recompense for it! If I have bad luck, surely I'll have equal good luck, right?

A red gumball rolled down.

[Red Gumball: Adds a random Stat change to the player.]

I stuffed it in my mouth.

Status Change!

Your physical strength matches those of the giants!

3x usual base stat: STR

+2 strength for every LVL

//Nice pull.

That one wasn't terrible, but did it equal how shit my life will be if someone catches me being a member of that weirdo cult? Absolutely not. Humans are social creatures.

I twisted the lever.

Another orange gumball.

Perk!

Grease-Monkey

Your hair is layered in grease and not easily cleaned. Be sure to clean it often!

//Pfft.

"Fuck." I cursed as I cranked the lever again.

A pink gumball rolled down.

[Pink Gumball: Adds a Racial trait to the player.]

I blinked, then turned to Xyxycyyc, "Does this lock me out of buying other traits? Like if I wanted to be an elf?"

"Depends on what it is, but whatever you get out of the gumball machine is permanent. If you're going to be a hundred percent giant, you have no room to change it anymore." He answered without his usual schtick, sounding a bit pensive.

I popped the gumball in my mouth.

Racial Trait!

Demi-human: Dog.

Deep in the recesses of your existence, your foundation is 25% Demi-Human.

//That's not bad, all things considered.

I coughed suddenly, my hand flying up to my nose. "Oh, what's that smell?"

"That's your new racial trait coming in," The Admin informed. He looked around, then leaned in, "Hey, don't you think that's enough? Pull that thing too many times and you'll end up a total freak. You have actual choices to make, and eventually you won't have any."

I snorted, immediately regretted it because it smelled like a pine scent but a thousand times stronger, and pinched my nose shut. "Yeah… You're right…" I looked back longingly at the gumball machine, an itch in my stomach to keep rolling.

"But one, no, two more couldn't hurt, right?" I said to myself, hand raising to the gumball machine. The lever twisted, and I heard a sigh behind me.

Another orange gumball.

Perk!

Skin of Titanium

Your flesh is unusually resistant! Only truly powerful blows will damage you.

//You're looking to be quite the physical powerhouse.

All things considered, being three times stronger than a normal person at birth and being highly resistant to damage was going to make me quite a beast. Yet, knowing that everyone would hate me unconditionally if my affiliation was outed made it all bittersweet. Did it matter if I could squash a monster with my bare hands if people would only care that I was in this cult?

My hands inched toward the lever once more. I did say two, right? The last one better be worth it.

I cranked the lever.

A black gumball rolled down the track.

[Black Gumball: Adds a Right to the player.]

"A right?" I muttered in confusion. That hardly sounded like something related to a game.

"That's a rare one," The Admin hummed in appreciation. "It could be something really good, or give you far more trouble than it's worth. It's contractual, though. Gives in response to a take. Think of it like… An upfront payment on a really difficult quest."

"Huh," That's an interesting prospect. "Alright."

I put the gumball in my mouth.

Right.

Gain the Yin Sword of the Ten Swords of Power.

Acquire the Right to open the Elior Forest Seal.

Requirements:

Accept the Quest:

The Witch of Vanity's Corpse.

Do you accept?

The Yin Sword? I looked up at the strange-looking sword on the wall. The thing was worth 2/3rds of my total cash, and the title made it feel really important and strong. If I used the sword along with my physical stature, I could probably live a decent life in the world, even if everyone hated me.

The issue was I had no idea what [The Witch of Vanity's Corpse.] entailed. Did that mean I had to eventually kill a Witch of Vanity or something? Was she who the Witch's Cult worshiped? Did I have to kill the person I technically was supposed to worship? If that was the case, then maybe killing her would dissolve the Witch's Cult and I would no longer be affiliated with them.

It would fix all three of my problems in an instant!

"I accept."

Instantly, the text disappeared and the Yin Sword pulled free from the wall and floated down to me. I reached out to grab it, but it instead fell onto the ground and sunk into my shadow. It took a moment for me to remember that it was 'sheathed in shadow.' I guess that meant I could pull it out of any shadow to wield it?

[A powerful being has taken notice of you!]

"Uh," A lame noise came out of my mouth.

I stared at the text for a bit longer.

I looked up at the Admin, who was keeping his gaze off me, "Does– Does she know that I'm trying to kill her?"

I swallowed the saliva in my mouth, "That's– That's not good. Oh, god. Oh, god, that's not good. I saw 'Big super strong cool sword' and I forgot I'm actually just a regular person! I shouldn't have accepted that! I can swing a sword, but that doesn't mean I'm superhuman or whatever!" I lifted my hands to my head. "Nonono, fuck, this wasn't– I could accept people hating me, and I was totally set for keeping myself safe from regular people! Why did I want a super sword instead of living my life like a regular person! Shit! Shit!"

"That's what it means to accept a quest," Xyxycyyc said softly. "Well, once you, uh, spawn in, you'll be able to read through the details of that quest in full and see the failure punishment."

"Xyxycyyc!" I cried out, eyes wide.

"Got it in one, nice job."

"What do I dooo~~?!" I bemoaned, hands on my head. "I should've said no and got another gumball! I would've taken -100% reputation with regular people over having a super boss witch know about me needing, not even wanting, needing to kill her!"

"...Do you want to use my boon and have me grab a bunch of stuff that'll help you out?" Xyxycyyc asked casually.

"Yes!" I cried. "Please, save me from this nonsense, oh, Administrator Xyxycyyc!"

He snapped his fingers, and I was seated at the counter, in front of me were a few items, including one of the weird jars that had been there since the beginning.

[Administrator's Boon has been consumed!]

[Witchfactor of Gluttony: Grants the Authority of Gluttony after bonding to your soul! Has various effects depending on your compatibility.

Compatibility… High! There are few residual effects to absorbing the Witchfactor of Gluttony.

Warning: You cannot have a Witchfactor and Divine Protections at the same time! This player has 0 Divine Protections.]

[Smooth Inclusion: This option gives the player the smoothest possible inclusion to the Plot with their Traits and Perks.]

[Deus Ex Machina: Something in the Plot has changed to give you an extraordinary advantage in one of your quests! This is consumable, and lets you choose a quest to use it on!]

[Affinity choice: This lets you manually choose the magical affinity you wish to have!]

[Added affinity: This adds a random magical affinity on top of the affinity you naturally have!]

[Extraordinary Sword Talent: The Sword God blesses you with a great talent with the sword. At four years old, you would be capable of defeating grown men in combat! Don't grow complacent, however, as you still must nurture your own talent!]

And that was it. Every bit of money I had could only buy those few things.

"I… thought there would be a few more things here," I swallowed nervously, liking the sound of Deus Ex Machina. "Were all of these really expensive?"

"Nay, dear customer," The shopkeep hid his mask under his hands, pretending to hide away in shame. "Most of your currency went into these two items here."

He motioned to the Witchfactor of Gluttony and Extraordinary Sword Talent.

"These things are all you shall covet in these times, though it may take some trial and error to make them as effective as you… require. These are merely the starting line you need, but they shall have clear endings that you will notice and be grateful for."

"Right…" I breathed deeply. "Super cool sword, high sword talent, that makes sense… What does the Witchfactor of Gluttony do? Or… I guess the Authority of Gluttony?"

"When you see it being used, you shall recognize its worth," The vague words of the shopkeep gave me chills for the first time.

"...You know adding a cold draft is cheating, right?" I cocked a brow.

"Let me roleplay, shitstain," Xyxycyyc complained. "Is this what you wish to purchase?"

Purchase all items and begin your game?

Y/N

"I appreciate it, Xyxy," I smiled at the man. "Sorry about the whole… calling your game bad thing."

"Not my game, I just work here," He shrugged. "Be sure to play well. It's how we keep this whole thing running."

"Running?" I blinked as the menu automatically accepted.

Everything swirled, and I felt light-headed. Through the haze in my mind, I saw the weird jar open, and a purple blob crawl out.

I blacked out without any more delay.

"Huh? Who are you?"

I came to with a jolt, feeling a raging headache in my skull. My neck ached, and I groaned, putting a hand on it. It took me a few breaths to calm down and open my eyes.

"You~. Who are you, tsu? Hmm? Not often there are visitors here, but more than tha~t," Someone was talking, and I looked up from my sprawled out figure on the floor. What met my eyes was a suspicious pair of blue eyes, looking me up and down. "You just popped out of us, didn't you? You did, of course you did, we felt that you did, naturally, you did."

"Wuh?" I blinked slowly, recognizing the voice to be sounding like a teenage girl. She was crouched over me with a frown, her lengthy blonde hair was stretched all over the floor behind her, long enough to drag across the ground when she stood to her full height. "Uh– Hello?"

She made a face, "Mm." She seemed equally as confused as I was. After a moment, she shrugged and said, "Ah, well. Come, let us converse as one."

"Uh?" I blinked.

Surprise Quest!

Awoken in a strange new place with a strange girl looking at you, you must act quickly! Talk, fight, whatever you need to do to get out of this situation!

Quest: Prevent Louis Arneb from recombining with her shedded self (That's you!)

Rewards: +500 EXP, ?

Failure: Loss of your sense of self, upgrade Louis Arneb(NPC) to Louis Arneb(Player)

This Quest cannot be declined!

//Good luck.

You have got to be fucking kidding me.

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A Dog in the Cradle of Od Lagna

TheGimbler

Chapter 2

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

"W-w-wait!" I flubbed, realizing the deep issue that may afflict me. No one told me the first thing I'd be doing is possibly losing my sense of self! Not that I'd know exactly what that means.

"Hm?" The girl blinked, eyes wide at my fear. "What? Why are you acting strange, us? You're just us, never not been us, right? You do look…" She squinted, a frown on her delicate features. "...differe~nt."

"Let's think about this, okay?" I quickly leapt at her sudden uncertainty. "If I look different, and act strange, doesn't that mean I'm not you?"

"I?" The girl's face took on an even more confused sheen. "Hey, us, what are you talking about? This isn't… this isn't right, are you saying you're not us, tsu?" She leaned closer to me, eyes narrowed. "You do look… different, us. Well, if you're not us, who are you?"

"Ah…" I paused, thinking quickly. "I… don't know?"

"You don't know." She gave me a flat look. "You don't know your name, who you are, what you're doing here, none of it, not a single bit of it, and yet you say you're not Louis Arneb, not us, tsu."

I gave her a stilted nod.

"Ri~ght," She leaned back, arms crossed. Louis sat on her butt, not quite in an active position, but the quest still hadn't been completed. "Well, the one thing we understand, tsu, is that we wouldn't say something so stupid. To find out why, we want to combine with you, see? Then you could understand where we're coming from, tsu, to un~derstand our position, we must understand yours."

"Couldn't we just talk?" I swallowed nervously, my headache slowly abating to a degree where I could sit up. "Communion was created to bring about understanding, right? As is our nature as sapient beings."

Louis blankly stared at me.

Yeah, it wasn't my finest work, but the first order of business was getting this little girl to overthink her initial instinct of wanting to recombine with me. Not sure how she just accepted that I came out of her and that she can recombine to erase my sense of self, but I'd rather neither happened.

Xyxycyyc probably knew this would happen, that bastard.

"Mm, we guess so," Louis shrugged easily enough, leaning back on her hands with a sigh. "So, then, why are you… different from us? Alternate from us, a slight shift, a little bit wrong, when painting the picture of Louis Arneb, tsu."

"Uhh…" I looked down at myself, the first bearing I got of my new body, and saw slightly tanned skin and lengthy dirty-blonde hair. "Huh."

Compared to Louis, who had fair white skin and pure blonde hair, I was a bit dirty. Her white dress was flawless, while I was wearing a darker version. We matched so perfectly that I could understand that we looked similar, in fact, we could've been said to have been twins.

Was this the Smooth Inclusion thing I got? A way for me to slide into the Plot of the Story without much change? Which meant me splitting off from this girl in a way she seemed to be very familiar with.

Guess it all made sense to the Plot, even if it didn't make much sense to me.

"I suppose the answer to your question is that I'm not you," I tilted my head to the side, finger on my cheek. I watched her for any signs of hostility, but she just seemed confused. "I don't really know how this happened, but I'm here and I'm not you. So, uh, please don't combine with me?"

Louis breathed slowly, her gaze burning a hole into my eyes. She didn't seem to struggle with the information, but she definitely computed it slowly.

"You came out of us, but we can feel you…" Louis had a troubled look on her face, like she didn't know exactly what she wanted to do. "You have the Witchfactor of Gluttony, so it's like…" Her eyes widened. "Ahh~, tsu! No wonder, no wonder! We understand, indeed, we get it now! We got it, have gotten it, should've gotten it so we did get it!" She leaned forward, so close that her nose almost pressed into mine.

"If it isn't our little sis~ter!"

I blinked, massaging my features into an impassive stare. Just now, she said something rather outrageous.

Louis grinned, and I realized her teeth were rather sharp and pointy, like they were a beasts. She certainly seemed capable of ripping flesh off bone with them, which made me want to get on her good side as soon as possible. Though, if she was calling me her little sister, I guess that was mission accomplished?

"H-hello," I tentatively smiled back, and I poked my teeth with my tongue, feeling the sharp edges for myself. I had the same teeth as her, which meant she was also probably a Demi-Human?

"Wonderful, it's wonderful, as it's wonderful and we've explained that it's wonderful, do you see the wonder? Isn't it just so wonderful!" Louis leaned back, still smiling happily. "We're no longer alone in this space! Ahh, this is a good day, and it's our little sister, though we have no idea why splitting ourselves made a new sibling, we wo~n't be upset, tsu. Hmmm…" Louis closed her eyes with a hum. "A name, new name, new sibling with a new name…"

I blinked twice, realizing Louis wanted to name me. I opened my mouth to tell her my name, but paused, blanking on the specifics. I lied earlier about not knowing my name, but now… it didn't feel quite like a lie anymore. I simply didn't remember my name.

"Rey!" Louis' eyes popped open with a sudden epiphany. "Rey Alaraph!"

You have been named by a Plot Relevant NPC!

Your name is Rey Alaraph.

Quest Complete!

Quest: Prevent Louis Arneb from recombining with her shedded self (That's you!)

Rewards: +500 EXP, Highly Favorable Reputation with Louis Arneb(NPC)

You've leveled up!

You are now level 4!

A bunch of text flashed in front of my face and I blinked rapidly, reading through it quickly. Guess I didn't get much of a choice being named Rey Alaraph, though it's as good a name as any.

"So, little sister of ours," Louis smirked. "It seems someone may need to teach you who is the better here, hmm? Better, greater than, must we fight, or do you concede?"

Quest!

Defeat Louis Arneb to prove your superiority!

Rewards: +1000 EXP, +2 STR or DEX

Failure: –

Accept?

Y/N

My gaze slowly raised to Louis, who hardly looked worried after her challenge, and I swallowed nervously. "S-sure?

I got to my feet uncertainly, seeing the Quest Accepted! Screen appear in front of my eyes before it quickly disappeared. I raised my fists, waiting for Louis to get to her feet.

Louis yawned, placed her feet on the ground, and then appeared right in front of my face without a moment to spare.

"Wha–?!" I cried out in shock as her fist immediately smashed into my face. She moved at such high speed for a girl of her stature, I didn't see her fist until it already met flesh. Her speed was inhuman, far beyond anything the people in my old world were capable of!

-239HP!

I fell backward with a pained cry, hitting the ground and holding my face with a whine.

"Ahaha, tsu! Now, little sister, don't you think it's time to concede? It's the duty of the older sibling to show the little sibling their place, tsu." Louis' taunting voice came from above me.

"Y-yes! I concede! Owowowow!" I complained, holding my aching nose as tears lingered in my eyes.

Quest Failed!

Defeat Louis Arneb(NPC) to prove your superiority! (Battle Lost.)

I groaned, staying huddled in a ball on the floor, the pain not letting up for an instant.

"...Sister," Louis sounded really close, and I shook a bit, wondering if she was going to strike me again with the same force, before the pain on my face let up.

I blinked, pulling my hand away and seeing another gently cup the side of my cheek. There was a soft glow emanating from Louis' hand. For some reason, it felt warm and gentle, and the aching pain slowly disappeared into nothingness.

"H-huh…? What was…?" I muttered, eyes wide with wonder.

"You truly know nothing, hmm?" Louis stepped back with a huff. "It seems when you split off from us, we kept all the knowledge, tsu. You didn't even react to our punch, so sorry. We didn't know you would be so weak and helpless, tsu."

"Right… That's…" I gave her a tentative smile. "That's okay. You didn't mean it."

Louis studied me for a moment more, then smiled back.

"So…" I looked around to truly get a bearing on where we were for the first time. "Where are we, uh, sister?"

It was an empty void of white. Endless in every direction, much like the still-water lake Xyxycyyc was originally standing over.

"Hm? Ah, we're in the Hall of Memories. The Cradle of Od Lagna." Louis said to me, like I understood a word she said.

"Right…" I blinked slowly. "And how do we get out?"

Louis blanked.

I felt something weigh deep in my stomach, sweat dripping down the side of my face.

"...How, inde~ed."

Plot Quest!

Quest: To Taste Fresh Air.

You've successfully befriended the only other occupant of the Cradle of Od Lagna, Louis Arneb. Unfortunately, now you're stuck in the same situation she is! Trapped in the Hall of Memories, is your fate merely to waste away here for eternity?

Objective:

Find a way to escape the Cradle.

Sub-objectives:

Bring Louis Arneb(NPC) with you. (0/1)

Find a way to taste the outside world. (0/1)

Rewards: +50,000EXP, A Flesh Body, Skill Book (lvl3), ?

Failure: Remain trapped within the Hall of Memories forever.

This Quest cannot be declined!

//I totally forgot to mention, but if you say 'Status' aloud, you can see your stats and such.

"Thanks, Xyxycyyc," I muttered to myself, reading over the Admin message at the end of the question.

Still, finding out I was stuck in some sort of cradle didn't give me much hope. At least it didn't have a timer, meaning I had all the time from now to eternity to figure out a way out of this place. Not that I think I'd be able to last a year inside here, but hey, there was no cut off, so that's something.

Louis watched me for a reaction, and when I merely started muttering, she frowned and said, "Sorry, we're also stuck here. We're happy someone else is here to share the pain, tsu. It's been terribly, terribly lo~nely, you see."

I looked up at her with a frown, "...We should work together to find a way out of this place."

I pitied her, truly. Or, I pitied us, as we were both stuck in this situation. The Quest literally said we were the only people here, so it made sense for us to work together to get out. Not to mention the sub-objective, which I would have no problem fulfilling if I had the opportunity.

"And how would you suggest doing that, tsu?" Louis muttered bitterly. "Even if you're here, you don't know anything. Totally clue~less sister. At the least, we have someone to talk to, but that doesn't mean you're a genius beyond any of us."

"No point in assuming I can't help in any way," I offered with a tentative smile, as Louis fell onto her back and looked at what might qualify as the sky if it wasn't also a pure white. "Maybe… I could give you ideas if you explained the situation?"

"Like we know much, either," Louis sighed, eyes blank. "Woke up here, nothing ever happens. Brothers eat memories for us to experience the outside world with. We don't have a physical body, so it's not like we can just open a hole and get out, tsu."

"Brothers? Physical body?" One of the rewards was a flesh body, right? It was a reward just for finding a way out, so wouldn't that mean she was wrong? "What are we then? Spirits?"

"Dunno," Louis shrugged. "This is a spiritual realm, though it is strange that we're both the only spiritual beings…" Her eyes narrowed in perplexion. "Maybe. Dunno, tsu."

"Okay, we can think about that later," I rubbed my face at Louis' disinterest, despite us both being stuck. "What's this about brothers?"

"Ah!" Louis sat up with a gasp. "We totally forgot! Ley and Roy are both in trouble, tsu! Hopeless brothers, gah!" She growled and turned toward me. "Looks like the sisters will need to help them, tsu. Do you– No, of course, you don't!"

Louis hopped to her feet and stomped up to me, making me freeze up. "Close your eyes." She ordered, and I hastily obliged.

"Imagine, deep within your body, within your soul. Visualize not a stream of energy, but a hard surface, like an egg, tsu. Think about it, contemplate it, feel it writhe and squirm within your belly."

Something strange fluttered in my stomach, and as Louis built the visualization, I could almost feel exactly what she was describing.

"It writhes and clenches and aches and gnaws and chews and swallows and yearns and yearns and yearns~!" Louis' voice trailed off, and she whispered into my ear, so close that her breath tickled it. "Let it free."

I unconsciously released the clenching in my stomach, and it expanded like a balloon. "G-ghrk?!"

[The Witchfactor of Gluttony is bonding to you!]

[The Authority of a Witch rests within your stomach.]

[You now have access to Lunar Eclipse (24/???) and Solar Eclipse (???/???)]

"I– I feel like I'm gonna throw up…" I said queasily, my hands over my stomach to try and wrestle down the gnawing pain within. "T-this is miserable…"

"You'll grow used to it," Louis promised. "Still, you did good, little sister, tsu. Now, you should know about Lunar Eclipse, which pulls the memories of all we've eaten into our body, which lets us use the techniques of others. We suggest using that if you're somehow in trouble, it'll let you pull your we~ight, tsu."

"H-how do I use it…?" I asked slowly, feeling bile rise into my throat.

"Say, 'Lunar Eclipse,' while pulling at the gnawing in your stomach, and it'll happen," She promised again. "Now, focus on it, feel the draw towards us."

I closed my eyes again, feeling the gnawing mass in my stomach pull in a thousand directions at once. I squeezed it a bit, forcing it to bulge like a balloon, then felt a faint pull in Louis' direction.

"Okay," I bit my lip. "I feel it, sister. It's like it's trying to fly into you, it's struggling against me."

"Mhm," Louis affirmed my feelings. "There are two others, right? Other than us, you should feel them."

After a moment, I nodded.

"Grip the Witchfactor tight, squeeze it," Louis continued to guide me. "Then rip it in the direction of those two. Like you were trying to pull your stomach in the direction it was leading you, tsu. Let your stomach direct you, guide you, feel it draw you in and arou~nd."

I squeezed it tight as a gumball, which was the one thing that came to mind, and pushed it toward where it was trying to go.

And everything changed.

[Sub-Objective Complete: Find a way to taste the outside world. (1/1)]

Notes:

I tried to stick to the naming convention of the gluttonies, I.E. Rai, Roi, Rui, Rei

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A Dog in the Cradle of Od Lagna

TheGimbler

Chapter 3

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"Ahh~! What mettle, what strength!" The voice of a young man sounded euphoric in my ears, and I suddenly became aware of my impossible movements at the same time. My mouth opened, and I said, "Truly, truly gourmet, tsu!"

Ah, wait, that wasn't me, I wasn't trying to say that.

My hands were dancing about, meeting a man's sword blow for blow. I was almost mesmerized by the beauty of it all, even if the man I was fighting had a look of hatred on his face.

"Mmm?" I hummed without meaning to, and I disengaged with a jump backward, gaining distance between me and my quarry. "Is that you? You feel… different from before, tsu. Altered, strained, a bit… weaker? Are you feeling alright?"

It took a moment of confusion on my opponent's face to realize I was talking to me.

"Oh," This time, I meant to speak. "Sorry, I didn't know you were speaking to me."

"Huuhh? Why are you talking like that? Hmm? Strange, strange, we call it strange because it's strange, isn't it strange, so strange, incredibly strange that you'd say that," My body moved on its own, and I finally realized I was in someone else's body. The young man who was talking must've been the original owner of the body, and he was directly addressing me with some kind of suspicion.

"Don't pay our little sister any mind," A cold voice spoke from him again, prompting surprise from both me and the boy. "Ley, there's another sibling. She's with us, tsu."

"Ah? Ahh, truly?" Ley, who recently had been named as our brother, grinned widely. "Ah~, wonderful news! Wondrous, happy, grateful news! To think there's another little sister, ah~, this is wonderful…"

"Another…?" The man whispered to himself, eyes noticeably confused.

"Hmm? Say, Onii-san," Ley tilted his head with a ravenous grin. I felt it nearly split our shared head in two, "That's the first time we've seen you uncertain, tsu. The first, but not the last. Is there something truly so shocking about what we're talking about, hmm? Ah, but it doesn't matter what the meal feels, does it? All that needs to be done is preparation and consumption!"

Again, Ley launched forward, and the man didn't have any time to ponder his words.

It was truly incomprehensible, seeing so many beautiful moves committed by the both of them as they fought for reasons I couldn't understand. Something was flapping in my chest as I witnessed Ley's arms flail about with so many rhymes and reasons, dislodging attacks and preventing defenses.

[A small amount of talent within you is blossoming!]

[Skill: Sword Skill(lvl 1) has been created!]

And just like that, things that hadn't made sense to me before were in focus. Ley leaned toward the ground to prevent his opponent from making overhead strikes, and his daggers aimed for his legs. His opponent jumped back with a shout, and blades of wind launched towards Ley, who dashed to the side before re-engaging his foe.

"Beautiful…" I muttered through Ley's mouth, transfixed by the flow of combat itself.

"Rey, tsu," Ley's cold voice returned, Louis speaking to me. "We'll stay here and see if Ley does as Ley does. Roy is in trouble, so go to him. Do the same thing, pull yourself to him, tsu. You don't need our help with this again."

"Right," I focused inwardly as Ley slammed his daggers into the man's sword, finally breaking through his guard and stabbing toward his stomach.

"El Minya!" Before he could stab the man, several purple crystals launched from the sky, and Ley was forced to jump back, unable to capitalize on his created opening. The crystals met the ground, and it splintered.

Oof. If Ley had been hit by that, he probably would've died. Though, judging by the skill he was showing, he was used to fighting. I had faith that he'd be fine, especially since Louis was here. The girl was exceptionally strong, so she'd be fine, too. I just hoped Roy wouldn't need my help, since I was probably super useless.

[Skill: Soul Transference(lvlMAX) activated!]

And suddenly I was on the ground. My cheek was flat against stone, and I blinked slowly, not feeling any response from Roy, who was supposedly my other brother.

He was in a strange position, not fighting at all. Arms behind his back, legs tightly pressed together, cheek on the ground. I felt something circling my wrists and ankles, and I realized he wasn't fighting because he'd already lost.

Roy had been captured, and wasn't responding to me or moving his body for some reason.

There would definitely be a guard somewhere if he was captured, which meant I should definitely keep still as I consider my options. First off, why was Roy captured and not dead? Why was he in this position in the first place? Without the flashy combat and swordplay of Ley, I had to think about why he was fighting in the first place.

I didn't exactly have the largest clue for who my siblings were and why they were fighting, but the number one thing was figuring out a way out of this place.

Plot Quest!

Quest: Setting Things Right.

Hey, bro! Uh, bro? Uh oh, it seems like Roy has been captured and is unresponsive. If you don't intervene, he'll be sent to the Prison Tower and tortured for information! Sure, he might deserve it, but losing a brother isn't always easy.

Objective:

Break free and escape your imprisonment.

Sub-objectives:

Escape without alerting anyone. (0/1)

Defeat all guards. (0/13)

Introduce yourself as a Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing Gluttony. (0/1)

Say 'We, our, us' when referring to yourself. (0/10)

Say 'Tsu' at the end of your sentences. (0/10)

Rewards: +5,000EXP, Increased Favorability with Roy Alphard(NPC) and Ley Batenkaitos(NPC), Possible Decreased Favorability with other NPCS, ?

Failure: Roy Alphard's imprisonment and torture, possibility of your imprisonment and torture, Decreased Favorability with Ley Batenkaitos

Accept?

Y/N

I read through the quest in complete silence. This was extremely troublesome.

Why was every quest I've been getting extremely dangerous, with failure basically equating to death? Even just the beginning had me at risk of losing my sense of self!

The quest details themselves had Roy 'captured because he might deserve it,' which pretty much confirmed that sneaking suspicion I had about my 'siblings' not being the greatest people.

Objectively, the rewards were pretty good, and the options I had in accepting the quest were also pleasing. Ley was really good at combat, so much so that my Extraordinary Sword Talent had blossomed a little bit just from watching his point of view for a short while. Roy might be similar, and getting both on my side would be nice.

Not quite sure if 5,000EXP was a lot and worth it, so I had to consider things as objective as possible. The possibility of decreased favorability was probably from the fact that my existence as a Witch Cultist could be outed, especially with that one sub-objective. What the hell was a Sin Archbishop? Instead of disguising myself, the quest flatly told me that I'd be rewarded for outing myself on purpose? Wouldn't that ruin absolutely everything I may or may not be trying to build with my siblings?

So I'm definitely not doing that at all.

The whole escape without anyone realizing was definitely what I wanted to try doing. I had no confidence in defeating guards of any kind, even with a level 1 sword skill. I just had to hope I had some way of breaking out of this place without causing much noise.

The two sub-objectives of referring to myself as 'we' and saying 'tsu' reminded me of how Louis talked; Ley also talked like that, now that I thought about it. The system probably wanted me to fit in with my siblings, which I didn't mind doing. It was definitely the easiest sub-objectives of the lot.

Slowly, I opened an eye, surveilling the room I was stuck in. It was empty, thankfully, but I could hear voices in the hallway outside. Tired, tired voices, like they were in the middle of the most stressful time of their lives but had no choice but to persevere. They must've thought Roy was fully taken care of, which they were probably right, judging by how he still hadn't moved at all.

They must've not taken account of me being capable of inhabiting his body. Which… Well, it was kind of weird, so I don't blame them.

With no one directly keeping their eyes on me, I whispered, "Status."

Rey Alaraph LVL 4 (Set to LVL 50)

(Status: Possession of >LVL100 being.)

(ERR: Level too low to properly function, set to LVL 50)

Race: 25% Demi-Human (dog)

Affiliation: Witch Cult, -95% Reputation with non-affiliated members.

Magical Affinity: ERR_NOT_CHOSEN, Earth

Since you're currently possessing a Plot Relevant NPC, your status has changed!

Health: 300/300 (Health: 7,135/7,135)

Mana: 100/100 (Mana: 540/540)

Exp: 0/400

STR: 39 (STR: 453)

-The weight of your blows, the ability to exert force in numerical form.

VIT: 15 (VIT: 356)

-Your constitution, the vitality you carry in numerical form.

DEX: 10 (DEX: 645)

-The litheness of your body, the speed at which you can actively react to in numerical form.

INT: 10 (INT: 54)

-Puzzles, memory, knowledge in numerical form.

WIS: 12 (WIS: 143)

-Understanding, thoughts, and the ability to comprehend in numerical form.

LUK: 2 (LUK: 2)

-Chance, and the odds it's in your favor in numerical form.

You have 15 stat points to spend!

Perks:

Iron-stomach. (Active in current body)

You can eat pretty much anything and not feel sick! This includes most poisons.

Grease-Monkey (Active in current body)

Your hair is layered in grease and not easily cleaned. Be sure to clean it often!

Skin of Titanium (Active in current body)

Your flesh is unusually resistant! Only truly powerful blows will damage you.

Extraordinary Sword Talent

The sword draws you to it, and you can wield it with extraordinary prowess! A one-in-ten-million talent rests within you.

Twin-Affinity (Cannot be Active in current body)

You hold a rare gate, capable of utilizing two magical affinities at once! //Be sure to choose your first affinity sooner rather than later

Skills:

Soul Transference(LVLMAX)

-The art of combining a shattered soul fragment with another, effectively adding your conscience to them. Can be undone at will.

Sword Skill(1/150)

-The mastery you hold over bladed weapons. (Extraordinary Sword Talent: LVLCap 1/50 -> 1/150)

Lunar Eclipse (24/???)

-The memories all go somewhere, and using their totality is just a few words away! Usage of every consumed skill with any body. The change of the innermost self. (Currently in use by Ley Batenkaitos(NPC))

Solar Eclipse (???/???)

-The name of a soul pressed over the body itself, morphing it into its original form! To use a skill with the body most capable of using it to its maximum potential. The change of the outermost self.

Authority of Gluttony (LVLMAX)

-The ability to eat connections, souls, and memories. Fills in the emptiness inside for a time.

Items:

Witchfactor of Gluttony

-The broken fragment of ?!&%. Capable of granting sinners the antithesis of Od Lagna, an Authority.

The Ten Swords of Power, Yin Sword.

-Sheathed in shadows and able to be drawn from any, the Yin Sword beckons you forth and gladly lends itself to the growth of your Extraordinary Talent. It was created by ^@*$@ and thirsts for battle. For it to lend itself to a wielder, it must be given a great battle to sate its thirst for combat.

-The Yin Sword lightens its wielder and weakens its offenders. (+50% DEX to wielder, -20% to all opponents stats. In dark areas or at night, this effect changes to +100% DEX to wielder, -30% to all opponents stats. Under direct sunlight, or in brightly lit areas, this effect weakens to +25% DEX to wielder, -5% to all opponents stats.)

-The Yin Sword cuts the 'darkness' of opponents at any distance. Temporarily crippling their mental faculties (-INT, WIS for every successful hit). This effect can be made permanent with enough mana placed into the attack!

-The wielder must sate the sword with mana, (-10 Mana/Sec), and each blow costs mana to defend or strike (scales with severity of attack).

//This thing will kill you if you don't treat it with respect.

I stared at my status. It took me several minutes to read through every bit of information, and there was still more, but that can be looked at once I didn't have a quest I needed to desperately finish in the meantime.

My status was temporarily much greater than it should be, owing to the fact I was in Roy's body and not my own, but the stats were locked at level 50. If all the numbers remaining in the hundreds were like that because I could only use 50 levels worth, then how much of a monster was he when he had all 100?

Even through the minutes of me reading through my temporary status, Roy hadn't done a single thing, which left me in charge of his body.

"Haaah," I breathed deeply in a body that wasn't mine, and accepted the quest.

Quest Accepted!

Quest: Setting Things Right.

Objective: Break free and escape your imprisonment.

No going back now.

First, I looked down at the bindings around my body, and saw steel chains looped around my midsection and legs. Along with that, there was a strange coil of purple crystals wrapped around my chest.

Simply put, I was tied up with seemingly no way I could break out.

However, the quest gave me hope that it was possible, even for me. My stats were unnaturally high because of the situation, so the first thing I did was stretch to test the chain's durability.

[Skin of Titanium activated!]

…Hm?

And then the chains looped around my body all broke with the sound of snapping ropes, but so much louder.

"...What was that?" Someone in the hallway asked, and there was a sudden flurry of movement outside the door.

The lock clicked, and I quickly got to my feet, my heart in my throat. This wasn't supposed to happen! I was just testing the durability of the chains! I didn't mean to snap them like they were string!

The door opened, and I was met with the owlish gazes of two men dressed in armor. We stared at each other for a long moment, and the both of them screamed at the sight of me standing free.

Sub-objective: Escape without alerting anyone. (Failed)

"Fuck," I cursed as the notification popped up and I heard the sounds of many pairs of armored feet echo through the hallway outside. Now was the time to get the fuck out of dodge.

I pushed forward, dodging around the first two guards, who shouted at my quick approach, and was met with the gazes of a dozen or so who blocked off the hallway from me. A quick estimation and remembrance later, I figured there were thirteen of them.

"You damn cultist!" One of them shouted, holding a spear pointed directly at me. The rest of his fellow guardsmen did the same, and I was surrounded by steel tips on every side. "Surrender now!"

"How the hell did he escape the soul sealing stones?!" One of them hissed, eyes lingering on the purple stones wrapped around my chest. "He didn't even break them, and he's awake?"

"...Tsu?" I decided to play along with them, even if they knew I was a Witch Cultist. "Now, what are you talking about, tsu? As if that could ever hope to hold m– us!"

"Tch! Surrender, final warning!" The lead guard shouted.

"Ahaha, tsu, isn't this just so wondrous?!" I cackled, even when I was totally screaming on the inside.

Getting stabbed on every side by a bunch of spears seemed like a bad way to go, but I prayed that Roy wouldn't be too mad if I got his body stabbed a bunch of times. It was for his own benefit anyway, so I wouldn't feel bad at all.

His body was strong enough to flex out of steel chains, and my Skin of Titanium perk gave me some peace of mind that I wouldn't come out too hurt. Spears launching from every side toward me meant that even when I ducked, some would strike me.

Little did I know those that did would bounce off like they were made of styrofoam.

The guards stared in bewilderment. I looked down at my undamaged body, wide-eyed.

Just what qualifies as a 'truly powerful blow'?!

Inwardly, I was relieved all around. Outwardly, I grinned like a monster, showing my razor-sharp teeth to the guardsmen. "Too ba~d, tsu."

I then dismantled them with my bare hands.

Turns out, whatever stats Roy had were absurdly high. I didn't know exactly how crazy they were without anything to compare it to, but combined with my perk, I literally reformed their plated armor with my fists.

I didn't kill any of them, I wasn't a murderer, but I sometimes heard a bone crack underneath the metal of their armor. Their spears stabbed into my chest, my stomach, my arms and legs, and it was all to the same ineffectual result as the first.

Some of them put so much power behind their thrust that the wooden staff of the spear powderized, but I remained undamaged.

I clanged the heads of two guards together, sending them both sprawling onto the ground when the few remaining realized they stood no chance against me. They split in different directions to keep me from chasing all of them down at the same time, which would be smart if I didn't want to run away instead of chasing them.

I stepped over the unconscious bodies of those I brutally beat and sent a silent prayer to the Admins above for their steady recovery. I paused, looked out the window, and felt a smile come to my lips.

I jumped through the window, several stories high, and laughed to myself as I fell dozens of feet. My fading self-preservation instinct continued to warn me that I was going to splat against the ground like an overripe tomato, but I couldn't let my high go.

I slammed against the brickwork that spanned the entirety of the street and made it explode from where I hit. It cracked and crumbled under my weight, and several bricks flew into the air.

And I remained entirely intact.

"This is amazing," I snickered to myself, quickly taking off on a jog to get out of here. Not that I knew where I should run, but until the quest said it was complete, I'd keep running. My body might be pretty impressive (or Roy's was, at least), but he was still captured somehow and that meant my massively debuffed ass was going to lose that fight if I fell into it.

Naturally, that was the moment something stabbed deeply into my calf.

-2,146HP!

I shouted in pain, tripping forward and skidding along the brickwork of the street.

I looked back at my leg, seeing the crimson red of my blood dripping out of my flesh.

Just behind it, however, was the root cause of my sudden injury. A scowling woman held the other end of the spear that had stabbed into my leg. Her hair was flaming red and her eyes were blue, though her expression might as well be red because of all the burning anger she radiated.

"Think you're going anywhere, little shit?" She hissed.

I whimpered pathetically, holding my leg. The aching pain ebbed and flowed around, not letting up but never growing much worse.

"You got surprisingly durable in that short time," She said with a mocking tone, stepping up to me before kicking me in the stomach. "Didn't do you any good. I don't care about the consequences, you're being removed."

Her kick didn't feel like anything, my perk was still active! Her skill with the spear and her strength of wielding it was certainly nothing to scoff at, and her insistence made it clear that she was the one who caught Roy initially.

Which meant I was totally fucked and needed to get out.

"Y-you–" I hissed through gritted teeth. "W-why–?"

She kicked me again to no effect, and she hadn't seemed to notice why.

"Shut your mouth," The red-head growled. "You don't need to know, nor do you need to understand. Clay will deal with your shitstain brother before the next act, taking both of you fuckers out of the picture."

"A-act?" I whispered, confused.

It didn't really matter what she was referring to. She had me in her clutches and I needed to get out. If Roy, with all his stats and superhuman capabilities, couldn't defeat her, I needed to run like hell.

She slammed a foot atop my abdomen, pinning me to the ground, and rested her spear on my neck, "You're not going anywhere."

"A-ah…" My throat felt sore, and my eyes remained attached to the blade.

I didn't have time, and if there were reinforcements coming, my chances would sink even lower.

I had no choice but to grab the writhing ball within my stomach and whisper, "Lunar Eclipse."

[You have invoked your Authority (Lunar Eclipse 24/???)!]

[ERR: Already in use by Ley Batenkaitos(NPC)]

[Louis Arneb(NPC) invoked her Authority (Solar Eclipse ???/???)!]

[You have invoked your Authority (Lunar Eclipse 24/???)!]

[Your mind swirls.]

[+240% WIS, INT (WIS: 143 → 486.2, INT: 54 → 183.6)]

[Mana: 540/540 → 1,836/1,836]

[Skills of the eccentric rage within your spirit!]

"Leaper."

We were suddenly behind the woman, on our feet, despite her instant reaction to our words. Her spear thrust into the brickwork a moment too late, what would've been fatal had missed entirely.

Adelheid Astrea, the little sister of the Sword Saint, Reinhardt Van Astrea. She had grown up under her brother's shadow, despite her impressive five Divine Protections. Nothing she would ever do would grant her recognition when her elder brother was the Sword Saint.

We sniffed derisively, reaching our hand down to our leg and saying, "Huma, tsu."

[Healing Magic Lvl24: heals 600HP/min]

It wasn't much at all, but a few seconds worth of healing would get our leg running smoothly. We needed to escape and complete the quest, otherwise Roy and us will be stuck within the Prison Tower, and the torture they commit to heinous criminals was disturbing. They'd have no issues with giving us a gentle touch, since we were Witch Cultists.

"Hmm? Surprised, tsu?" We mocked the Astrea, who yanked her spear free of the brickwork and looked at us with a snarl. We held up our hands, "We're just trying to get away, you know, tsu. You're the one trying to attack us, so we're just going to leave, hmm?"

We took our hand off our leg, and took a step back as if to flee, but Adelheid shoved her spear toward our chest again.

In a fluid movement, we reached into our armpit and grasped the tiniest of shadows that were formed, feeling the hilt of a blade. With a smooth draw, the scimitar called the Yin Blade was pulled free. Adelheid's eyes widened, but she was far too slow in reacting.

[The sun is setting!]

[+30% DEX, -10% to all opponents stats!]

[DEX: 645 → 838.5]

We felt like we were fast as lightning, and Adelheid shifted her spear to barely defend her midsection before we slashed through the pole and into her stomach. The blade opened a neat wound in her abdomen, sinking into her flesh.

She fell backward with a cough, several things happening at once.

[You have struck a crippling blow!]

[Mana: 1,416/1,836]

[-100 to opponents INT/WIS stats!]

It probably didn't feel too good to be slashed by such a high quality sword, but she was lucky we didn't care to immediately follow up and finish the job.

We spun around and took off running without another word. Or we would've, had we not dodged to the side, evading the broken spear shaft like it was a missile.

"Mmm," Our lips downturned in displeasure, seeing the red-headed woman staring at us like her wound was nothing at all.

One of her Divine Protections, it seemed. Those absurd abilities would've likely been a boon, had we taken them. But then there wouldn't be an Authority of Gluttony at our disposal, so we suppose it evened out.

Wait, we blinked. What the hell is happening. Our mind is moving too fast.

Slowly, we looked down at the scimitar in our hand, humming with excitement at the prospect of battle. How did we use it so well without practice? No, it felt almost natural in our grasp, like we could go through several katas without any effort at all.

[Sword Skill level temporarily raised! 1/150 → 24/150]

The screen that appeared before our gaze made us pause and consider the implications. It was the level of 'Lunar Eclipse,' it must be influencing the skills we have. Wait, we came to that conclusion too swiftly, how is our mind moving so fast and smoothly? It must also be a result of Lunar Eclipse.

"You got me off-guard with that…" Adelheid growled, her hand still holding her broken spear. "Where… the hell did you get one of the Ten Swords… Louis Arneb!?"

We blinked in surprise. She shouldn't know about Louis, who was trapped in the Hall of Memories, should she? Why did she shout that like it was some kind of 'gotcha?' Doesn't she know that we're actually–

"What?" We tilted our head. "No, no, that's not our name! What are you talking about?"

For the first time, the woman looked completely confused, her eyes wide, "...Huh?"

"We…" We considered the cons of this course of action for only a moment. "We are a Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing Gluttony, Rey Alaraph!"

Sub-Objective complete: Introduce yourself as a Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing Gluttony. (1/1)

"Rey Alaraph?" The woman seemed almost shell-shocked by the news, her eyes wide and disbelieving. "But there's no one with that name."

"...Hm?" We blinked again, finger brought up to our cheek. "Wait, wait, wait, you mean– Hmmm."

We were acutely aware of the draining of our mana by merely having the Yin Sword in our grasp, making conversation disadvantageous.

"Ah, well," We shrugged, swinging the Yin Sword at Adelheid, making the woman throw up her guard. A wave of shadow zoomed through the air, and she hastily halted the attack, blocking the wave like it was a physical force rather than just shadow.

We stared for a moment, seeing a notification of losing 100 mana in that single attack, but we were a bit more disconcerted about the whole, 'blocking literal shadows,' thing.

"Leaper," We teleported behind her again, swinging the Yin Sword again.

"Leaper," We were suddenly at her side, slashing at her leg. Her eyes widened, assailed by a wave of shadow and the sword itself.

Our sword slashed into her knee at the same moment the wave of shadow cut into her arms, making her cry out in pain. She dropped like a sack of potatoes, foaming at the mouth and dripping blood from all of her wounds.

We saw a few more markers on the edge of our vision that mentioned our mana and the admittedly massive mental debuffs we put Adelheid under. The sword certainly deserved its title as a sword of power. Had the Astrea put a bit more effort into stalling and wasn't hit by the first mental debuff, who knew if we would've made it out of this fight after the initial sneak attack.

[Mana: 515/1,836]

We checked our mana, and saw it trailing pretty low. Unfortunately, that was when we heard more feet pounding behind us, more people arriving.

"Adelheid!" We heard someone cry out, and we spun, arm cocked to send another shadow wave courtesy of the Yin Blade.

Then, everything froze. Not in the way that time slowed down or the area around us turned to ice, we meant completely stopped.

In front of us, maybe twenty feet out, was a young man in a tracksuit, his slanted eyes were wide with fear and anger, likely because of what we did to Adelheid. To his side, there was a silver-haired half-elf, one of the candidates to become queen of Lugunica, Emilia.

Still, everything remained frozen, and we couldn't move a millimeter, completely stuck in place.

Then, an orange text box appeared before our eyes.

Plot (re)Quest.

Congratulations, you've met the protagonists of the Plot!

+2 LCK

Objective: Don't destroy their mental faculties with the Yin Sword!

Reward: 1c

Failure: Derailment of the Plot, a Bounty Quest placed on your head(Highly rewarding), Bloodlusted ire of Reinhardt Van Astrea(NPC); others

//The plot needs to run smoothly, and mentally handicapping the protagonists with that sword will fuck things up. I'm overpaying you for this, but it's not exactly your fault for not knowing. And yes, I'm literally offering you a reward not to do anything. Granted, if you really wanna do this, go for it; the Server allows stuff like this. You won't survive for long, though.

//Just accept the reward.

We stared at it for a long moment, reading through the text that had frozen the entire world. Xyxycyyc's words had us thinking that this would be a common occurrence in this line of work.

Knowing what the 'Plot' actually was would give us far more insight into the whole thing, but the failure results would be more than enough to keep us away from actually committing to this. Reinhardt Van Astrea was someone we absolutely didn't want hounding us. That was a fool's errand.

With a sigh, we accepted the quest, and everything flung into motion instantly. The Yin Sword still swung, but the wave of shadow failed to exit the blade, making us look like an idiot just swinging our sword all willy-nilly.

"You!" Natsuki Subaru shouted, his name instantly filling in our mind as the hero who had slain two great mabeasts and the Archbishop Sloth.

Wait, wouldn't that mean he wanted to kill us, after we named ourselves as a Sin Archbishop? Oh, shit.

"Well, it seems it's time for us to go, tsu," We whirled around and crouched down to Adelheid's spazzing body. "We didn't expect there to be other Players. Let's get along, shall we, tsu?"

With that, we activated Leaper and teleported onto a nearby roof.

You have successfully revealed yourself to a fellow Player!

+1 LCK

I heard the sound of Subaru swearing and Emilia hastily crying out a 'huma' to begin healing Adelheid.

We sheathed the Yin Sword by dropping it into our shadow, all of its buffs disappearing in an instant.

[Dex: 838.5 → 645]

We felt noticeably slow, our body sluggish from the strain of having gone far beyond our limits with the magic from the sword and our brief scuffle with the Sword Saint's sister. Still, we kept Lunar Eclipse active just in case something bizarre happened again and needed to quickly escape.

With that, we took off towards the nearest floodgate, desperate to escape the Watergate City of Priestella. Lunar Eclipse not only sped our mind up, but crammed it full of knowledge of the world itself. Before, we had no idea where we were going, but now we knew how to escape.

We also knew how to wake Roy up. We looked down at the purple stones draped around our chest, the evil sealing stones that split a soul from its body. If we shattered them, Roy would wake up, which would undoubtedly turn some kind of problematic when the exit was right before us anyway.

We used Leaper to ascend the wall surrounding Priestella, landing atop it without a sound, before quickly vaulting over the side and into the lake.

It was when we finally reached the shore that we released a breath and let go of Lunar Eclipse.

[Wis: 486.2 → 143, INT: 183.6 → 54]

I groaned, feeling my increased awareness fade from my mind like… well, it felt like I took a fog and let it surround my mind. My memories, sources of information, reasoning… All of it vanished into the fog. Call me crazy, but my mind felt like it was on an entirely different level a moment ago.

My actions were crisp, smooth, and it took me no time at all to rationalize them. I'm sure I would've been stuttering and hesitating against that woman, Adelheid, if not. And figuring out she was a fellow Player… there was no way I would've succeeded in that without the buff of Lunar Eclipse.

My leg still fucking ached from where I got stabbed, but hey, at least I'm out of the damn city and home free.

Still, I felt like I was high off my rocker. It was a great, blissful feeling of incredibly high intelligence that I only wanted more of. My stomach rumbled, and I focused on the pit within, craving that extraordinary feeling.

Unfortunately, I had no food around, and I… I didn't quite know how to explain it, but there were no people around either. Filling myself with them wasn't possible without people. I couldn't physically or metaphorically fill up my stomach.

With a sigh, I grasped the crystals around my torso and tore them free, tossing them into the lake.

When I pulled the last one, there was a sudden twitch of my body, and it began to move without my input.

"...Huuh~?" Roy mumbled in confusion, hand grabbing the side of his head. "What… just happened, tsu? Where are we?" He looked at Priestella in the middle of the lake, and gaped. "AH. Ahhh~! Shit! We got totally made fun of! Does this mean that we owe–"

He paused, realizing my intrusion, and said, "Ah, little sister of ours! It seems you got us out of trouble, took us out of trouble, no trouble for you, we hope? Our leg…" He looked down with a frown at the leg wound. "...Doesn't matter. Won't matter, hasn't mattered, shouldn't matter, so long as we can heal it properly, tsu."

"Sorry, I'm not Louis," I apologized, speaking through Roy's mouth. "I'm the new little sister, Rey. Louis and I are, uh, stuck in the Hall of Memories together."

"...Huh?" Roy blanked.

"Yeah, this is gonna be a long story."

And it was. I explained the whole circumstance to him, and he seemed willing to believe me when Louis corroborates my story. He healed his leg throughout my story, and he didn't seem to listen much, but I didn't mind. I was mentally exhausted.

Eventually, Ley found us seated at the shore, and I got a good look at my new brother. He had knee-long brown hair, brown skin, and fangs poking out the corners of his mouth. He had a long shawl draped over his shoulders, and a strangely ugly purple jumpsuit that had a cut straight down the middle, showing his abs.

He couldn't have been older than fifteen.

"Well, brother," Ley grinned at Roy. "You haven't died, we see."

"Hah," Roy rolled his eyes. "Thanks to our… newest little sister."

"Rey?" Ley surmised a guess, and I waved at him. He waved back with a happy smile, "Hello, sister of ours! So sorry we couldn't get you a platter worthy of you joining our family, but we hope to make it up to you soon enough!"

"It's fine, Ley," I replied. "Glad to see you doing well for yourself. Better safe than sorry, right?"

"Hmm?" Roy tilted his head. Having heard Ley's acceptance of me being his sister, Roy had noticeably relaxed. Knowing he wasn't possessed by some alien being would be easing on the conscience, I assume. He continued, "We've never heard that idiom, tsu."

"Don't worry about it," I brushed him off. "We shall be on our way, tsu. Don't get captured again, Roy." I poked a bit of fun at him, and the boy grumbled.

"Yeah, tsu, okay." He kicked the sand. "Go away, sister. Shoo~."

I chuckled and gripped my Witchfactor, pulling it away from him, and everything changed.

The Hall of Memories.

"Home again, huh?"

Quest Complete!

Quest: Setting Things Right.

Objective: Break free and escape your imprisonment. (Complete!)

Sub-objectives:

Escape without alerting anyone. (Failed.)

Defeat all guards. (10/13)

Introduce yourself as a Sin Archbishop of the Witch's Cult, representing Gluttony. (Complete!)

Say 'We, our, us' when referring to yourself. (10/10)

Say 'Tsu' at the end of your sentences. (10/10)

Rewards: +6,500EXP, Increased Favorability with Roy Alphard(NPC) and Ley Batenkaitos(NPC), Decreased Favorability with Natsuki Subaru(MC) and Emilia(MC), Affiliation change (Sin Archbishop)

You have leveled up!

You have…

…

You are now level 11!

[You have 50 stat points to spend!]

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