章 12: By My Side
"Mhhmmm"
Layla's eyelids quivered gently, attracting both Lucifer's and Perenna's gaze as they anticipated her reaction when she gazes into her new form.
"Hmm?... Per...enna?"
Layla grunted and tried sitting up but a warm hand was placed above her head followed by a magnetic voice.
"Don't force yourself. Lie down."
Though charming, the voice held undeniable command in its tone while Layla's body felt obliged to lie on Perenna's thighs once again.
"L-Lucifer? What happened? Where are we?"
Though tired, Layla is still a Cultivator and she could easily understand her situation. Even though she felt that Lucifer wouldn't hurt him after the connection they shared, a part of her heart... the vigilant part that was trained in the army still kept its guards up.
"We are not in the Rising Sun Empire. This is some village in the Dusk Empire."
Pain and tiredness didn't hold her body anymore and she immediately sat up while her head buzzed because of moving too suddenly.
Taking deep breaths, she looked around the tent and its contents and only calmed down after finding no weapons.
"Why are we here?"
With a gentle frown, she looked at Lucifer once again, who sat cross-legged covered in his inner robes.
"Because I brought you here."
Lucifer still held a calm smile which finally managed to creep a small part of Layla's being and yet, her body started to feel slightly comfortable, as if she is covered in a warm hot spring.
But his answer still left her with a lot of questions.
"Please explain it more clearly. Lucifer, don't betray my trust... please."
Even though she felt something was wrong, she still wanted to give Lucifer a chance. Seeing this Perenna couldn't help but frown. Her reactions didn't match her expectations.
Perenna thought that a military Cultivator would still have her pride and would immediately try to duke it out when she understands her situation. But reality smacked her thoughts apart.
Layla's emotions towards Lucifer were known by everybody including Layla herself. Lucifer wasn't a 'fling' for her and she was clearly obsessed with her emotions.
If not, she would show a more rational emotion, like anger.
Even though it was unexpected by Perenna, the same thing couldn't be said for Lucifer.
Sighing lightly, he looked around the tent and quickly picked a mirror placed near him.
But the method of grabbing the mirror shocked Layla to the core.
A pitch black tail flicked out and coiled around the mirror, bringing it in front of Lucifer, allowing Layla to see her own reflection.
Since the mirror was small, she couldn't see her full body but the sight of her face shocked her once again.
Beautiful and healthy tanned skin with a bouncy texture, a dark brown dot on the middle of her forehead akin to a beauty mark and an incomparable charming face. Even though her facial structure didn't change much and only slight tweaks were made by Lucifer's transformation, it was still the simple side-effect.
Layla understood that the face reflected by the mirror was her's but even she was allured by the raw exotic charm her face exuded.
"Lucifer, what's going on?"
She touched her cheeks and asked out. Her hair remained pitch black and her eyes didn't show any change in colour.
"Let me fill you in."
Lucifer spoke lightly. He wasn't the least bit worried by her reactions and openly spoke the whole truth.
"We both were at the border because we wanted to enter the Dusk Empire. Meeting you was a fortunate incident and I decided to bring you here, too.
The reason your face is more defined is that I transformed you into a Sorceress... well, to be specific, you are now a Flame Sorceress."
"You did what?!"
Seeing his pitch black tail and hearing his words, it was easy to identify Lucifer's identity.
An Infernal Creature!
She immediately stood up while light red energy erupted out of her body, ready to strike at a moment's notice.
"Please tell me that you are a Demon!"
Layla's eyes were red as she extended her arm and waited for Lucifer's confirmation while her the feeling of betrayal broke her heart.
Even though they still hadn't spent more than a day's time, Lucifer had managed to become her 'someone special'. He was charming, considerate and most of all, he was 'her's' Lucifer.
But even after seeing the conclusive pieces of evidence, she couldn't bear to not give him a chance of explanation.
Seeing her, Lucifer smiled and waved at Perenna, who almost jumped up in anger.
"Demon? Devil? I am but a simple accuser."
He spoke seriously.
Layla narrowed her eyes at his words and spoke out.
"I'm listening."
Smiling softly, Lucifer continued.
"I accused the God of creating flawed beings. That is my crime... my sin. For that plain accusation, he caged me and deprived me of his love.
And from then onwards, any and every being capable of accusing and rebelling the ways of God were caged together with me.
Dear, I may be many things, but don't you call me with the title he imposed on me in my absence. Demon? That's just the word to scare off the weak! That word is the filter of the society.
You want to live a free life, you MUST be a demon. You must fight for your own good. Tell me, Layla, aren't you a rebellious human yourself? After all, you must have gone through some unfairness in your Noble family that caused you to rebel against them in your own manner and applying to Military, right?"
If the first section of Lucifer's speech made her understand his true and shocking identity then the next part shocked her as her secrets laid uncovered in front of him, making her feel vulnerable.
Her Cultivation pressure slowly subsided and she couldn't help but stutter.
"D-did you read my memories, too?"
Barely containing her tears, she asked out once again.
Seeing a drop of tear grazing down her cheek, Lucifer's expression softened visibly. Getting closer, he placed her hand on her cheek and wiped her tear from his thumb. Meanwhile, Layla couldn't help but close her eyes and slowly pressed her face against his palm.
Even at this point in time, she let the obsession of her heart take control of her actions.
"I wouldn't read your memories. Not that I can't, but it's not worth jeopardizing what we have here."
His soft whispers soothed her ears and heart while her expression became slightly more comfortable.
"Layla, you present a graceful bearing. Unlike other soldiers and female soldiers we encountered, you carry yourself with dignity, akin to a Beautiful Glass-Petaled Lotus surrounded by mud. Such a bearing only belongs to a noble lineage.
You can bloom anywhere. After all, you were blooming beautifully when my eyes fell on you."
"Then why?"
Layla still countered.
"Because I have things to do. And I can't leave you behind... I didn't want to leave you behind.
You want to rebel against the system of nobles, right? Then Rebel alongside me. Stay with me, by my side."
Hearing his obsessive words, her own obsessive heart grew fonder of him. Lucifer was right, she really was from a noble lineage. Even though she hated the system of nobles, she inherited their obsessiveness. Hearing his enticing words, Layla couldn't help but imagine a day when she burns down her own family while her beloved stood by her side.
Opening her eyes, she witnessed his smiling face and she couldn't help but smile herself.
"I'd like that."
Unknown to her, an intricate crimson-winged pattern right above her crotch shone lightly.
With their lips locked, Lucifer gained his second familiar.
The Phoenix Sorceress.
クリエイターの想い 
Broughtwaorld
Broughtwaorld Hfff, I apologise for the delayed update. But here you go.
Aannnddd, I think I may have fallen for Layal, even though I created her myself... but still, I'd like a bae just as Layla
章 13: Lethal Dagger
The Village Head didn't come by the tent even after he felt the rising Fire Elemental Energy from the tent. If his family and villagers are undisturbed, he didn't care for Lucifer's safety. After all, letting him stay here for some time is already a big bargain and he wouldn't have done it if now for Shayna personally stating that the injured girl still needs some rest.
Inside the tent, the trio sat with their legs crossed as they meditated and slowly cultivated their Elemental Energy.
Due to the three of them cultivating in a small space, the benefits derived were reduced by a slight amount.
A trail of pitch black mist revolved around Lucifer as he converged the surrounding Darkness Element inside the pitch black sphere that represented his Rank 1 Cultivation.
At this moment, the sphere was already saturated with element energy and there is only one way to increase the capacity of the energy stored inside his body— Carving a skill.
Meanwhile, a dome of fiery red mist covered the entirety of Layla, which depicted her higher Cultivation than the two of them. After all, she had already carved 3 essential skills on her Cultivation Sphere which had increased the quality and the quantity of her Elemental Energy.
Not only that, with her constitution changed to a Fire Sorceress, her affinity with Fire Element had increased greatly and her Cultivation speed had also increased.
Only Perenna had troubles cultivating as it was her first time handling all the element energy inside her and she wasn't proficient enough to control the two type of Elemental Energy flowing into her body.
Yes, she was a rare Dual Element Cultivator and her Elements were even rarer... no... they could be considered exotic.
According to Lucifer, Perenna had a constitution to cultivate both Holy Element and Infernal Element.
Covered in a golden hue alongside a crimson mist, Perenna had her forehead covered in sweat as she slowly tried to increase the energy reserves in her body and mold the energy into spheres.
Of course, she remained unsuccessful.
And even if she did manage to create two spheres of Elements, she would need an Essence drop of both the Elements to finally stabilise her Cultivation Spheres and step onto the path of cultivation.
Chii
It was at this time, both the girls opened their eyes and looked at Lucifer.
With locked brows, Lucifer's consciousness slowly and steadily carved onto one side of the sphere that slowly turned out to be an intricately patterned design. With a final flick, the end and the beginning of the pattern connected, forming a circuit that would enable Lucifer to use his first Elemental skill.
'But before that...'
The moment he carved the skill, the surrounding darn Elements freely flowed into his body without any restriction as the black mist was fully absorbed while the Cultivation sphere inside his body rotated at a great speed and slowly enlarged.
Meanwhile, the skill pattern also absorbed the Elemental Energy refined by his Cultivation Sphere and slowly stabilised, forming a connection with the sphere itself, truly being a part of his Cultivation.
Layla was extremely familiar with this scene and she slowly muttered to inform Perenna.
"He is carving his first skill..."
Perenna looked at her for a moment and kept her silence. Since Master had decided to accept her, she didn't need to keep her pretense in front of Layla.
Perenna was a naturally proud woman and her ego couldn't bear that aside from her Master, she wasn't at the top ladder of this group.
Being a woman of instinct, Layla could clearly feel Perenna's cold attitude but she didn't care. In her eyes, only Lucifer existed while she wasn't affected by the emotions of others.
Maybe this was a part of her transformation or maybe she really didn't care about how others looked at her, she silently mused.
Whoosh
Lucifer's eyes opened and Dark Element Energy gushed out of his right arm, quickly forming a small dagger. The dagger itself didn't look solid but its sharpness was undeniable and the 'flowing' blade of the dagger had its own advantages, too.
'Rank 1: Lethal Dagger.'
Each skill, irrespective of their element had a similar pattern. That being the case, Lucifer could share this particular skill pattern with Layla and she would also be able to create a 'Lethal Dagger' of Flame Element.
But that wouldn't be productive.
Her Flame Element would actually become restricted if she chooses to create a Letha Dagger.
And what's more, being the GM, he had created a lot of illustrations of the Skill Patterns that were used in the Eroge.
With his knowledge about the Eroge, he could very well make Perenna and Layla very frightening existences but that wasn't what he was aiming for.
If he just wanted to groom a doll, he would have used the Lust Demons.
Each person has their own ideas and patterns and no matter how well informed he is about this world, in the end, he just happened to present a very small part of this world where his own personal couldn't break through its mortal body.
Of course, that didn't mean that he couldn't research skill patterns alongside them.
Who knew, what results they could reach together?
Slashing the blade in empty air, Lucifer willed the skill and the element energy extended from the blade itself.
In Layla's and Perenna's eyes, the entirety of the blade elongated.
"What skill is this?"
Layla couldn't help but ask. If her thoughts were correct, then such a skill could be used to deal with close-range enemies while it may also work as a surprise attack.
"Hmm? I call this skill— Lethal Dagger."
Lucifer replied calmly and the blade slowly dissipated. With his total energy reserves, he can only use this skill 5 times.
"Layla, how many skill have you carved in your Cultivation Sphere?"
Even though this information should be kept a secret, Layla still replied easily.
"I have already carved 3 skills while I am experimenting for my fourth one. Look at this."
Layla slowly used her element energy to create a red pattern in the air which soon broke down before it was completed.
"Hmm? What do you have planned for your battle system?"
"A Long Range Attacker."
Hearing her words, Lucifer nodded.
If this place was safe, he would've even asked her to show her previous three skills to him.
But it wasn't time for that.
"What do you have in mind for your fourth skill?"
He leaned back and slowly closed his eyes. Cultivation was tiring, yet fulfilling.
"A Movement Skill to evade Close Range Enemies."
Listening to her words, Lucifer nodded.
"Ok, good luck."
"Pfft."
"Wait, what?"
While Perenna had a sudden burst of laughter, Layla couldn't believe her ears. Lucifer enquired about her thoughts as if he was an expert but his sudden statement made her stagger.
Hearing Perenna's laughter, Layla had a small pout on her lovely face and she snorted.
It turns out that she is still affected by other people's actions and she wasn't as cool and aloof as she thought herself to be.
"Alright, it is time for group Cultivation."
Lucifer opening his eyes and clapped his hands while a gentle smile appeared on his face.
A dark mist covered the interior of the tent and he slowly walked towards the surprising duo.
Waving his hands, Perenna was immediately brought forward as Lucifer's arms wrapped around her waist and their lips locked in passion.
Seeing Lucifer kissing Perenna with so much passion, Layla couldn't help but feel slightly bitter while her obsessive heart turned uncomfortable.
Even though she had understood Lucifer's true situation, it was extremely unbearable for her to actually watch her beloved make love to someone else right in front of her.
It challenged her dignity as a woman.
But her thoughts remained unfulfilled as Lucifer broke the kiss and immediately lifted Perenna's body over his shoulders akin to a barbarian while he held his hands out to Layla.
"Come."
Placing her hands on his, she was pulled up into a kiss while her eyes were opened wide.
'What the hell? Is that a tongue?!'
As if understanding her thoughts, Lucifer coiled his tongue around her's and ravished the entirety of her mouth.
Slowly loosening her tongue, her lips gained their freedom while Lucifer leaned in and whispered slowly.
"It's time you finally experience the real me."
His long tongue immediately licked her earlobe, making her body shudder.
クリエイターの想い
Broughtwaorld
Broughtwaorld
Finally a chapter to show my take on this kind of unique Cultivation. I don't think that this system is present in any other novels.
If it is, then please let me know.
Hey guys, if you have time then check scribblehub for this novel, i just saw that it reached top ranking in trending, even though its temporary
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