The Eternal Family



It was deep in the night, the cicadas were chirping, the lights were turned off everywhere, and in the center of this huge forest, where most men dare not venture into, stood a massive palace with its lights turned on in full brilliance.

It was a quiet place; the palace rooms were asleep at this deep midnight, but the gardens and royal monuments were places never dim; the magical orbs of light stayed awake at all times.

In one of the rooms inside the palace though, it was dark. Stumbling to find a handhold amidst the embrace of his family, Harry silently slid out of the bed; the magical lights would have turned on; were he, not the only one awake.

But that didn't matter; his eyes shone dimly in the dark, and everything became apparent; he had a vision like an acute animal with his [Enhanced Vision] gift, after all.

Moving silently, without waking anyone up, he opened the door to the bathroom and went inside. Click, the door closed with a quiet thud.

Breathing in the cold air and the smell of magical soap, he got rid of his clothes and entered the bathtub; he didn't turn on the pipe. Closing his eyes, he calmly breathed in and out, it came out as smoke, and he licked his dry lips, it was the season for the cold now, even though it wouldn't snow in mistri.

He leaned against the tub and just calmly gazed at the ceiling, then blinked, he turned his gift off; his vision dimmed slightly, but it was still bright enough.

Bathroom lights had turned on after all. Still a bit sleepy, he asked the system with a tired stretch of his back, 'Show me my gifts.'

[Gifts:

Lustful Absorption,

DreamWalker,

Jade transformation,

Clone,

Enhanced Self Healing,

Enhanced Hearing,

Enhanced Vision,

Enhanced breath,

World Of Mind,

Rainbow's Beauty,

Wings of Freedom,

Wood manipulation,

Self-Inspection.]

"Show my passive gifts without the need of using one of my active slots differently," Harry said, pondering on many things.

The dark screen blinked and transformed:

[Passive abilities: Lustful Absorbtion.

World Of Mind and Clone are (Inactive)]

Harry closed his eyes and asked the system, "What is your opinion on me using clone ability?"

[System has no opinions; it is a structure of mind based on the host's soul. The system can see better results in the calculation without the host using the clone.]

"Oh…why is that?" Harry said as he turned on the pipe; hot water started to come out… he might as well bathe then.

[For one, to activate the clone, the host has to split his soul, which will result in immediate death as your soul is already partly stored inside the system to give birth to me.]

"Hmm…I see," Harry mulled, "So I either have an intelligent system or a clone?"

[Yes.]

"Tell me, system, why shouldn't I get the clone?"

[Reason 1: Slight chance of the gift truly being connected with an Eternal, being true.]

[Reason 2: You can't access the knowledge the system has ingrained in it from the start.]

"Only that much?"

[Comfortability in using the system interface.]

Harry smiled, "Can I get you back if I have enough soul limit?"

[Yes.]

Then it was not much of a problem, even if the eternal came again; he just had to go on a fucking marathon again.

He looked towards his pleasure points… mere 2 points…

He hadn't penetrated Valeria after all.

He then turned towards his status,

Strength: 4

Defense: 4 —> 8

Agility: 3 —> 8

Stamina: 3

Soul limit: 20

He blinked, "Why is my soul limit so high?"

[No information on that.]

"…what?"

[The system is having trouble calculating your soul limit's abrupt increase, but if there is a reason, it should be something connected to the Disaster.]

'Is it due to surpassing time or something?'

"No way…" he suddenly muttered, "What if this was the true reward of winning against a Disaster?"

It won't matter much to him because he had the system, But to other people who supposedly had abilities at the same level as his Lustful Absorption?

It should be a godly opportunity!

Shaking his head, he chuckled and blinked, his black eyes deep in thought, 'Those people are in another world, so I have no reason to care for them….'

"System, return my soul to its rightful place."

[Yes, host.]

The dark screen flickered, yet, he could feel nothing different, so he asked, "Hey, system?"

No answer came.

He silently looked at it.

Then thought of one immediate problem, "Fuck, Last time when I created the clone, didn't the ability activate itself automatically?"

How do I activate it now?

The hot water was now halfway up his calves. Grr

He gritted his teeth as his skin tore away by itself; they peeled out of his skin, and the flesh showed itself; blood leaked down his body, and the water turned red. A part of his flesh from the stomach tore away, with an abrupt coldness, writhed and transformed…

The pain washed over him in waves; he grunted and cried out, fully aware that he was on the verge of losing consciousness.

Despite this, he clung on and managed to reach out to the newly formed and bloodied infant clone that had suddenly materialized beside him. He gently touched its forehead with his own.

And then gently fell to the side of the tub, unconscious.

As for the infant?

It abruptly opened its eyes and stared at the ceiling.

Then looked at Harry's face, and then down at itself, "…fuck" he thought.

He was about to drown; the water was rising.

And he was too weak to turn it off.

He gulped and looked at the pipe streaming down water, his skin felt hot and disgusting due to blood and water.

He intensely focused on his main body.

Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!

It groggily opened its eyes and blinked; he could feel the tiredness seeping through.

But yet, he endured and looked through the system and found his clone's status, then used a point each on defense and strength, and fell back asleep.

Harry Clone felt a cold sensation pass through him as his body expanded, becoming fat for a second before he turned bulky.

Squirming inside the slimy bathtub for a second, he slid out of it.

Bloodied water fell on the floor as the bald, creepy, baby-faced, weirdly shaped naked young man whose body looked fat yet fit at the same time walked on it, leaving bloody footprints on the white tail as he reached the corner of the bathroom.

Smiling dimly, he punched at the wall, and it opened up with the sound of rocks moving; a tunnel opened up, and he silently entered inside…

'Wait, the land of Mystri. Your lord is finally coming.'

Let the main body work hard under all these schemes; the clone shall travel the world!

Yet, he still wondered, 'Will the eternal who supposedly wished to make all mortals his clone pay a visit?'

He could have waited for more time to pass inside the castle, but he didn't want to risk it.

If that thing came again….It might end up taking lives this time.

After all, it was not an illusion this time!