Amy quickly got herself and Alabaster out of the sewer feeling both tired and satisfied and headed back to the Circle room. While waiting for daybreak, she asked Alabaster a couple of questions of how much he knows and as expected, his knowledge is extensive.
Her pet project has no name but its origin stems from the manga. There was a major mage who conducted illegal experiments using the worms he created out of his own magic and flesh. All those people he used the worms on transform into mindless clones of him who follow his every whim, instinct and command.
One of the characters in the story even lost an arm because of him.
She created the worms with the same methods but made far fewer and skipped a couple of steps in its creation so instead of corrupting other people as their own zombies, she would instead just control them through these worms as her DNA is now a part of him. It will take a couple of more days for the process to sink in as he would regain his mind and personality again but by then he will gain absolute loyalty and service to her. In addition to that, he would no longer have Temporal Disease anymore since she basically reset his mind.
Amy shrugged as she sat to look at the night sky from the glass ceiling.
Her ruthlessness surprised her. Where did it come from? She knew that her personality is the same in her original life. But not unwelcomed as she knows that she must have a firm resolve to make uncomfortable or uneasy decisions. The more she lived in this fictional reality, the more curious she is of her old life she left behind.
She can recall past experiences but not the memories behind it. And that bothers her.
Is she a hero or will she grow to become a villain if she hadn't already?
Then again, her fate rest upon the God that send her here as well as his friends who are also watching over her as a source of entertainment.
Strangely enough, it doesn't bother her as much as it used to anymore even if they see into her inner thoughts because she doesn't feel like she needs to hide anything from them anyway.
She sighed as she faces this dilemma alone. Just a couple more days left before the day of her departure and possibly back into the life she momentarily left behind.
While questioning Alabaster, she got some interesting info about a powerful and convincing illusion he created using the items he brought back and that gave her an idea.
After everyone in the dorm headed off to class, she set up the items to make a convincing illusion that would fool even the most proficient mages that will come off at the exact time she wants it.
She spends her remaining time training and studying with Alabaster whom she bombards with many questions in regard to her studies and research and she hasn't been disappointed. He is extremely thorough in her plans and is surprisingly a good teacher. Despite losing the ability to conjure magic, he hasn't lost his knowledge. In fact, thanks to him, she might progress far more quickly than she had initially planned. There was one idea of his that proved genius but one that would require him to travel for a while.
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"Demon familiars?" Amy said while jotting this down.
"Pure demons are widely known to be extinct. The demon descendants are not considered pure demons. Although, there is only one demon descendant who is considered a pure demon in an aspect."
Amy nodded. The Cambion.
"There is one other race of pure demons that exist although they are on the brink of extinction."
Amy thought for a minute. There is no other pure demon she could think of.
"The succubi" he answered.
Confused, she tried to remember any source of succubi in the story but couldn't really think of one until she remembers the show adaptation. There was one succubus named Nana. She was under the control of a villager chief who stole the riches of the surrounding villages, leaving them destitute.
"How would capturing one help me exactly?" She can't really think of succubi as special other than the fact that they could creep up to men for their seed for sustenance.
"The pure demons currently left on the mortal realm make up less than five excluding the Cambion, the others are extremely weak thus are easy to control. Their strength as combatants have greatly diminished however, a succubus has the ability to peer into the minds, desire and dreams of the victim no matter the distance. It could make tracking far easier when searching for others. Plus, it is undetectable. It is excellent for espionage and easy to steal state secrets."
"Whoa there. I want to search for people, not to steal state secrets." She stopped him, alarmed. His greedy personality is seeping through. "There is one problem to your idea. How on earth can we find a succubus that would willingly work with us?"
"I never said anything about willingly."
Amy frowned. "I am not making an enemy out of a succubus by forcing it to do my biding, Alabaster. I don't even know if the worms would even work on a demon."
"They are bound to this world by a contract. It can never be destroyed. If you were to find the magic circle of the demon's contract then no matter the command, you can control it."
"Alabaster, there is still the problem. I don't know where it is."
"Then send me out. I have a lead on where it could be. In my time, there are rumors of a succubus being spotted in Getel. You have the ability of the mind's eye. You have full access to my knowledge whenever you need it. I can sense you are wavering in the birth of Aron. The succubus may be willing to help with that without needing you to be close to Rufus."
Amy's thoughts stopped spinning.
She is reluctant and uncomfortable with the thought of doing the deed with Rufus and secretly thought of creating a clone baby of Aron though she found the idea both dumb and less than ideal. With a succubus's help though, she can still bring Aron into the world while feeling less guilty about it.
Hesitant, she looked at Alabaster. "Are you sure about this?"
"Positive, although it might take some time. I need to be sure of my sources first."
She put a hand to her chin, deep in thought. "Go to the village northeast of Getel. It is called Fleming. The village chief has the contract in his possession in the far future. If your sources do not point to the contract then it will be there."
Alabaster nodded.
"You will leave once the school year ends."
He then spoke up. "If you wish to have a genuine working relationship with a succubus then you have an option."
"What is it?"
"Humanizing them"
"Excuse me?"
"They are demons who depend on human semen as sustenance, but our studies have shown that they aren't always like that. This change is said to be a punishment from the gods and a source of humiliation for them. If you can figure out a way to reverse it then you can gain their trust."
Amy looked at Alabaster with a look of confusion before a sudden realization.
"Ah, I see now!"
She will need to train her construction and deconstruction ability and study anatomy for this.