All Quinn saw was a deep darkness. He couldn't move, at least not a lot, but he could hear the occasional word or two. He felt warm and despite never actually eating, he felt full.
He could hear laughter sometimes crying but most of the time all he heard was a rhythmic and steady beat that seemed to always accompany him.
The months like this were peaceful giving Quinn time to mess around with his third item for what he'd come to call the purgatory zone.
his third choice wasn't overly complicated and didn't seem to have any special or specific requirements to use it.
'So what is a Devil System' he thought toying around with some of its functions. He found that once he woke up he already had it installed in his head, and since he couldn't move without being born yet he figured he'd play with it while he waited. He'd come to at least understand how it worked.
' Its like a video game' he thought. ' The more you fight the stronger you get. You earn experience to level up and get soul points every tenth level. It seems soul points act sorta like the currency for this system. furthermore it can be used in the shop to buy different kinds of armor, weapons, or equipment. my question is why is it pre-stocked with over six thousand soul points and how am i level sixty already?' Little did Quinn know that the goddess had purposefully done this just to keep things interesting since it would have taken years that she was to impatient to wait for for Quinn to get half that strong.
Months were spent like this, With Quinn examining the system and listening to the random noises hed occasionally hear. Before long nine months had passed. 'Finally' Quinn thought feeling the womb constrict before releasing. ' Ill be born soon. Ill finally see something other than darkness' Quinn had grown bored after the first month stuck in that darkness but after nine he was almost ready to fight his way out. He had examined the system thoroughly learning all he could. At this point he could tell you everything in it off the top of his head( though that'd be really pointless since he sees it all the time even with his eyes closed).
Quinn waited patiently as the contractions continued after almost an hour he finally felt the first push, after six more he finally saw light and with one more giant push he felt his first touch of cold air since his death.
Quinn wanted to take a deep breath but there seemed to be a problem, put simply...THE AIR HURT. Quinn felt pain all over his body, and while it couldn't even come close to the pain he felt after the hell he went through with the storyteller, in his newly born state it felt like sitting nude in Antarctica. Luckily a woman wearing a blue dress placed a blanket over his exposed body wrapping him till he almost completely covered leaving only his head visible.
Another scream penetrated the air as a woman in a bloody white gown lay on her back, her face showed extreme pain and exhaustion. ' Guess that's my new mother' Quinn thought looking at the pained woman.
" Here comes the second one." the woman holding Quinn said handing him off to a man in black and gold rodes. The man had a thick beard that Quinn weirdly had the urge to grab, he had a muscular build with a gentle face, but what stood out the most were the large curved horns protruding from his head.
Taking a look around Quinn noticed everyone had similar characteristics, infact now that Quinn looked at her his mother had the top half of a human but as one looked lower it gradually begin to turn from flesh to scales and ended with her entire bottom half being the tail of a snake.
' This is.....new' Quinn thought trying his best to just role with the situation. His new mother was sweating profusely but smiled nonetheless. The woman that held Quinn now held another child wrapped in similar blanketing as Quinn.
Another man came up from behind the one holding Quinn. " Seems ur the proud father of twins now sire." he said placing a hand on the shoulder of the man holding Quinn.
'Guess that makes this guy my father.' Quinn thought. ' And apparently im a twin now could be cool. Wait how am i able to understand them'
- NOTICE SYSTEM ONLINE
- Hello master
The sudden voice in Quinns head nearly made him jump out of his skin(if he could actually jump, he was swaddled pretty tightly).
His father notice the movement and cradled Quinn tighter to himself. " He's a restless one." his fathers voice was smooth and rich like cream or honey. But Quinn was to preoccupied with his system to notice.
'YOU CAN SPEAK!?!" Quinn tried to ask but all that came out was baby gibberish. His father was slightly confused by his sudden out burst but decided it was just him being fussy. ' Right im a baby' Quinn thought remembering his situation. ' So you can talk system?' Quinn asked.
- Affirmative. I am the Artificial Intelligence of the system you currently own.
" Well i wish i knew that before now, could have used the conversation partner." Quinn said slightly happy. But again only more baby noise come out. ' Ill never get used to this,' he thought looking around. Another woman had shown up and was touching Quinns new mother who, despite being covered in blood , look quite healthy again. ' Maybe that old lady used some sort of healing magic' Quinn wanted to do some magic but knew he wouldn't be able to in his infantile state.
Once the old lady moved Quinns father handed him to his mother along with his twin. When Quinn got a closer look he realized just how beautiful she was, despite her silver hair being unkept it had a clear distinctive shine that brought out her red cat like eyes, she had pale skin that seemed to shimmer and sparkle in the sun light that illuminated the room, and the warm smile she wore made Quinn feel safe, as if nothing in the world could hurt him. " Time to give you names little ones," she said in a silky voice that seemed to resonate with his very core. " Ill name you....." her warm smile seemed to grow as she came up with the perfect names.