San felt helpless, he was hungry for starters, starving in a way since he hadn't eaten anything since his birth. He knew this was done deliberately by his family, the reason was simple. "They are training me aren't they?.Since even before birth i was being trained by that device on my belly. Hm.. although i can't see how starving would be a healthy way of training a newborn child but then again my sick family made an etching on my back and left it untreated so i guess not having a meal is normal".San thought to himself pondering if his demon of a household planned to kill him via starvation.Time went on as his hunger grew and grew. he started licking the floor, San had teeth even though he was a new born child. The reason was that most children in this world would grow faster than normal children due to mana. In fact the reason why San was able to stay without eating for so long was because his body was using mana as a substitute for food, however due to the sheer amount of things he endured until now required more energy,making him run out faster.
San had banged on the door multiple times but there was only so much his small hands could do,
he could only cry and baby talk due to him being a newborn.He didn't know that he was being watched.
"Hmm almost 3 days.He has large reserves,it seems like it's time to begin though".An old man with a raspy voice spoke in a similar expressionless tone that every other person in the house did.
" He also managed to resist my killing intent and looked at me cold eyes, quite like Master's eyes".A familiar voice of Grants reported to the old man.
"Hm.. he has Master's blood after all. I wouldn't really give him any credit for standing up to intent even if it's my child".Rosemary commented as she and the other two watched San sitting and trying to concentrate on himself to ease out his starvation, but to no avail.Rosemary suddenly entered the room with a bowl filled with what looked like soup in it, in her hands.
She placed the bowl on the floor and left locking the door again behind her."Food.. finally.. i can eat".San leapt out from his depraved state onto the bowl on the floor, he threw caution out of the window since he had no choice but to drink it even if it was poison itself.
He took a spoonful of soup in his hands and put it in his mouth, instantly swallowing it and then.
"AAHHHHH, It burns, my tongue,my insides they burn what is this Ahhh".San felt as if his entire insides were melting, the pain was so much greater than the etching process, and it hurt everywhere.
{SYSTEM WARNING :SOUP HAS BEEN MADE UP HIGH LEVELS OF NUTRIENTS ALONG WITH UNKNOWN DRUG THAT SEEM TO AFFECT ALL ASPECTS OF THE BODY.. CONSUMPTION IS ILL ADVISED}.
The burning sensation slowed down after what felt like hours but was mere seconds, San got back up
he didn't eat but knew deep inside that the bowl of soup was the only meal that was available, the choices were simple 'DIE OF STARVATION' or 'EAT THE GODDAMNED SOUP'.San wanted to not eat but he knew the soup was the only survival option.
"Ha the soup of hell it is".San shrugged, he took the spoon and started to take a large portion eating them as fast as he could before the pain started.
" AAAHHHHHH, GRAH AHH WAAH".SAN SCREAMED, a wailing voice of a child could be heard reverberating throughout the mansion. San was violently convulsing on the floor, his eyes teary
and swollen, vain could be seen on this body bulging and contracting violently, foam and drool came out of his mouth coupled with horrible screams.
The Pain San felt was incomparable to his first spoon of the hell soup, this was down right the most painful experience he could imagine times a hundred.San wanted to call out to the system but couldn't because he wasn't able to form thoughts, he felt pain and helplessness all at once that seemed to last for days, weeks perhaps.In reality though all of this had happened in less than 5 minutes and the amount of soup that San had taken would last for another hour.
An hour later San stopped convulsing and paralysis, His suffering which seemed like an eternity to him had finally ended. "HA.. HA.. AH.. HA S Syt syst.em" San thought as he was panting for breath.
{HOST}
{YOU'RE SUFFERING HAS ENDED}
The system said in a sympathy laced tone that was not at all mechanical.
"How long was that? , Ah the pain.. ".San questioned tiredly.
{60 MINUTES}
" That was just 60 minutes no.. no no No, it was longer it was. was it? longer... "San asked confused and tired his thoughts groggy and unfocused.
{HOST WAS UNDER A EFFECT THAT BROKE HOST'S INTERNAL TIME CLOCK}.
{NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN SUSTAINED PHYSICALLY}.
{CONFUSION IS NORMAL}.
{HOST HAS DEVELOPED EXTREME PAIN TOLERANCE}.
{HOST HAS DEVELOPED NERVE POISION RESISTANCE}.
{HOST BODY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED LIGHTLY BY HELL SOUP}.
"HA.. HAHAH that hell was only worth so little ... i suffered so much.. so so much".San said in a mad tone, he had suffered mental trauma and was mentally weeping.
After a day Rosemary came in and picked him up she then took him. "Let's watch a show 05".she said to her own son, he was nothing but a number to her, it was clear in her emotionally depraved tone.
San was in front of a giant open door,his mother stepped out of it onto what looked like a balcony overlooking a pit. San saw a horrible scene, there were women, 60-70 of them at least all tied up onto several posts of wood stumps on the surface of the room(pit).Rosemary lifted up San high,Showcasing him to the women down below as she spoke. "He is number 5,the last one to be birthed.He is here to see your failure by the orders of the Master.Give him a good show".The movement she said that the cuffs made of magic holding the women came undone, they all looked up onto San happy and then all their eyes turned cold, in a split second the women started fighting each other,tearing each other limb from limb as they slaughtered each other in a BATTLE ROYALE.
Blood, guts and ghore flew in each direction as the stronger set of women tore the weaker ones apart.
It lasted for 30 minutes, 30 minutes of blood and carnage, insured by women who were warriors turned monsters,as they tore through each other happily as if it was the best thing in their life.
San was perplexed. "What the fuck, oh my god , these people are crazy, all of them are bat shit crazy, they are killing each other, looking so happy!unbelievable, even those dying are smiling, fuck, fuck what the hell!".San said panicking
San realised something at that very moment,'His Household Was Much More Sinister Than He Imagined'.
"System What the hell! why was i born in such a dangerous household, i need to get out find a way to.." San thought in a rush.
{ESCAPING IS IMPOSSIBLE AND ILL ADVISED}
{HOST'S PERSONALITY BLENDS WELL WHITH THEM, HOST CAN LEARN IN THIS ENVIRONMENT BETTER}.
"What.. iam nothing like those monsters down there, this 'ENVIRONMENT' will only get me killed, i thought you were here to help,you traitor.
{DOES HOST FEEL NAUSENA AFTER WATCHING THE BATTLE? }.
" What of course i do!Who wouldn't feel naus..".San stopped and pondered, he didn't feel anything for them, the dead or the living down there.He felt fear and anxiety but that was only in concern for his safety, other than that he had watched the show like it was reality tv on a Saturday night.
{HOST'S EMOTIONS CAN BE SWITCHED ON OR OFF}.
{CURRENTLY THEY ARE OFF}.
{THIS SWITCH WAS CREATED WHEN THE EMERGENCY PROTOCOL WAS ENACTED}.
{HOST IS A SLAYER, AN INDIVIDUAL BEING ONLY CONCERNED WITH HIMSELF}.
{THE PERSONALITY SHIFT IS WHAT HOST ALWAYS WAS BUT NEVER ACCEPTED HIMSELF TO BE }.
{SYSTEM KNOWS BECAUSE SYSTEM IS THE HOST}.
"What do you mean?!".san thought in an annoyed manner".I am not a moster like them.. I am not.. l am.. ".San always knew he was like this but never accepted it, he wanted to believe he was human still having the same easy life he always did but that was not the case, he knew he was just like his family, he always had been, the switch was simply a means to turn it on, his emotions would numb and he became more focused due to it, it was always there however he simply ignored it and now it was one with him."What is a slayer.. system? ".
{SYSTEM DOESN'T KNOW BECAUSE HOST DOESN'T KNOW}.
San realised that this mad household was where he would bloom and prosper properly so he could get answers. Know what he was, find his own path by carving it with his own hands even if blood had to be spilt.And he was ready for it all too well.
"Let's start prepping you 5,after all i can't have you die at the training event about to start in 2 years ".
Rosemary said looking at the baby in her hands as she excited the room, pulling curtains to her madness of a show.
(A\N: the story is a bit slow for now, the system will become more cheat like however i want to prepare the protagonist for everything as much as i can without it for now , all details will be slowly added in future chapters).