"Let me ask you another question..." Aurora suddenly said.
26 looked into her bright, ocean eyes that started glowing very brightly. He started to become entranced, like looking at an endless abyss
"...While I ask you these questions, I want you to think about them carefully, understand?" Aurora finished her sentence.
"Yes" 26 nodded to her question.
She paused for a moment before asking
"Your body has burns, scars and bruises. You're also suffering from malnutrition...Tell me, what do you think about your body?"
"What do I think about my body...?" 26 repeated her question
26 looked down and looked at his body. He was trying to gather all his thoughts and opinions...but everything just ended up blank.
26 looked at her and said "...I'm not sure...I don't have any opinions of my body..."
Aurora frowned when hearing my answer, she quickly and sharply asked
"Don't you feel angry...?"
'Angry? Do I feel angry?' 26 looked down and a certain emotion that he's never felt before slowly started to bubble in my chest.
"...Don't you feel frustrated...?" Aurora asked another questioned
'Do I feel frustrated?' 26 asked himself in his thoughts.
"...Don't you want to vent your feelings...?" Aurora continued
'I suppose so' 26 answered her question in his head.
"...Don't you want to defend yourself when you're being abused...?" Aurora asked again.
"...yes..." 26 mumbled.
"...Are you tired?" Aurora
"...Yes..." 26 spoke a bit louder.
"Are you tired of hiding" Aurora continued
As soon as she asked that, 26 felt a hot energy surging inside of him.
"Yes..." 26 said a little loud
"Do you want to let loose?" Aurora said.
"Yes...!" 26 spoke a bit louder than last time.
Suddenly 26 felt some eerie dark feeling slowly coming out of his body. It was dark red, flowing like liquid nitrogen. He's never felt anything like this before.
He always had to push my emotions deep, deep down because no matter what he felt, it didn't matter. He was always insignificant and weak. The strong preyed on the weak, that is true in this world and on Earth.
"Tell me what you feel!!!" Aurora yelled so loudly that a thunderclap echoed throughout the room. The room started to shake, while cracks on the floors and walls started to appear.
"hah...Hah...all of it...I feel anger, frustration, confusion, tired...all of it" 26 said. All these emotions are overwhelming him.
"Let me ask you another question..." Aurora said a little softly.
"...Do you want revenge...?" Aurora asked.
"Do I want revenge?" 26 slowly lifted his head, looking at her and repeated her question.
"Yes, Do you want revenge? Do you want to kill those who've wronged you?" Aurora asked again but this time it was fierce.
26 looked down and started thinking hard about her question...
'Wait...What so hard about this question. No one ever cared about how I felt when they were treating me like trash, like nothing! I had no one, so why should I care? Maybe I should let loose. Maybe I should kill those disgusting monsters'
Unknowingly, 26 started laughing. The eerie aura spouting from my body became thicker and colder.
Emilia and the daughters frowned, while Aurora had a huge grin on her face.
Aurora noticed that tears were falling from his eyes, but didn't mind it. She knew that what was happening was understandable.
Aurora slowly walked towards 26. She then kneeled down and looked him in his eyes.
He saw himself through the reflection of her eyes, he noticed that he had a large smile while tears were pouring from his eyes while they glowed brightly.
'That's me?' 26 slowly touched his mouth 'I've never looked like this' he thought. That looked was something that was unfamiliar to him.
Aurora then wiped 26 tears and smiled warmly at him. Her original ocean colored eyes started to change color to a beautiful crimson red but her pupils had become vertical, that resembled a cat.
"You have a lovely smile" Aurora said then she immediately hugged me. "It's okay, you're safe now. You can cry" She said very warmly.
When 26 heard her words, he felt like a huge weight came off from his chest. 26 started to break down into tears. He was yelling loudly and was non-stop crying. Although he felt embarrassed, it felt good.
He had never expressed himself. He's never considered his own feelings, because he always thought it didn't matter.
Ever since 26 came here, he's met Emilia, who has been very kind to him. The butlers and maids were also nice. He thought that it didn't feel like they mocked or sneered at him, they were concerned. Most of all, this wonderful woman who is probably ridiculously strong, the Vampire Queen! She went out of her way to make him express his feelings, she even let him cry in her warmth while sullying her expensive dress with his tears.
Right now, He felt like he doesn't need to have his guard up around her. Earlier, he remembered thinking that he should because he didn't know anyone and this is all so new. But now, he actually feels like he's met people who he can lean on.
Aurora pushed 26 away a bit and looked at his eyes and stared at them for a few seconds.
"Let me ask you my last question..." Aurora said softly
26 looked at her ruby lips then back to her eyes, waiting for her last question.
"...Do you want to stay weak, a coward? Or do you want to get stronger and fight to defend yourself and have revenge?"
26 didn't even need to think about it anymore.
"I want to get stronger" 26 said with a resolute face.
Aurora smiled then said "I'm glad you made a wise decision..." She paused for a moment, then continued "...I will do something that will probably hurt, but will make you stronger, do you understand?"
"Yes" 26 immediately said.
"Good" Aurora said then tilted 26's neck towards his left. The next thing he knew, he felt something entering his neck, but it wasn't painful, rather it felt really good. A little too good he would say.
He looked towards his left and saw Aurora biting his neck.
He then looked at Emilia, General Esme and Aurora's daughters, but they were blushing.
'I don't know how thi-' 26 started to think but something in his body started to hurt. Like something was invading his body.
"AHHHHHH!!!" 26 started to scream. He felt like his bones, muscles, and skin were getting destroyed but healing themselves then destroyed again. It was a never ending cycle.
26 dropped to the ground while Aurora stood up. She looked at him and gave a satisfied expression.
"From now on your new name will be "Aurel Arabella"! You will join my clan and become my disciple! When you wake up, call for someone and meet me here...I'll be waiting" Aurora said, leaving me confused.
'When I wake up? I'm not even tir-' 26 thought but suddenly a feeling of tiredness came over his body and was getting sleepy.
26 slowly closed hs eyes, and the noise and light started to fade.
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[You have awakened your system!]
[Your system has been upgraded!]
[You have unlocked [Quests] from reaching system level 2!]
[Your system has developed an A.I.]
[Your system's A.I. has developed an ego!]
[Choosing characteristics for your A.I. based on preferences]
[Processing…Processing…Processing…]
[Done!]
[Good luck on your journey, host!]
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["Fufu~ Sweet dreams...Master..."]
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Chapter 6: "Are you tired of hiding?"