"Nothing in this world is purely evil, something other than itself is needed to be so."
"I would like a bit of everything."
"What the-?! This isn't over!! ----------!! I'll find you!!"
"So what if I fail? It doesn't mean what I chased after was not real. I'll chase it till my bones crumble and my life is snuffed out! Nothing can stop me!"
"If there's a next time, shoot with your eyes open."
"Is there any point to living?"
"I don't want to die."
"GIVE IT TO ME!!"
"With this are you satisfied?"
...
[Emotions, History, Desire, Principles, Ambition and Ideal- scanning complete]
Gasp
"Hah hah hah...What the fuc-?"
Memories of intense emotional outbursts, desperate and painful moments, resolutions that had filled as I grew up, and principles that I thought would define me back then...
After sorting out my thoughts, I push them to the back, and address the elephant in the room.
"So, care to explain? What are you?"
I ask the floating transparent screen hovering on my face.
[Yes, as you might've guessed, I am a 'system interface' but also the Central Multi-Processor itself.
For ease of communication going further what would you like to be addressed as? Here are some options I recommend-]
"First, make some distance, It feels weird for a system interface to be so close to my face."
[Understood.]
It only goes back one step away.
[Is this c-]
"You can go farther right?"
[This distance is the limit where I can be visible without putting a burden on the Central Multi-Processor and affect its performance, if you wish, you can make changes to the configuration but the earlier mentioned side-effect might occur.
Have you decided on a name to be add-]
"What's this Central Multi-Process thingy then?"
I ask around the first thing that feels important, while observing my body's state after the 'feast' deciding what to do next
[It's the main Processing Core that makes up me, it's meticulously designed to help you in using and your full potential, by tracking the state and functions of your Demonic constitution and existing capabilities.]
My mind focuses back on the screen.
"Wait right there. It can help me track my abilities and progress in real time?
How about this, tell me my state right now?"
[Right away.]
[Status:
Name: Host(Temporary)
Physique: Primordial Demon(Infant)
Vitality: 34?0/3?00
Strength: 25->75(+50)
Stamina: 70-> 100(+30)
Agility: 20->45(+20)
Intelligence: 40->55(+15)
Abilities:
Demonic Sense
Tempered Evolution
Aether Production(New)
Genesis Alteration(New)
Evolution Completed: 1/?
??? Aether-Foetus->Primordial Demon(Infant)
{Fragment of Lost 'Main Path' successfully restored to 100%)
Evolution Ongoing: -/?
Mutation: 1/?
Stable-'Genesis Core Assimilation'(Genesis Rarity)
Rarity rank upgraded- New ranks- Common Rarity Unstable- None.
...]
Damn where are you getting all these numbers from?
[Host, they have been calculated using the Central Multi-Processor's ability to 'scan-regulate-modify' every single one your body's features
It had digitized your 'stats' in integers, as according to data extracted, decimals aren't your preference in system tropes.]
...
The fuck? so it can hear my thoughts as well? And did just say 'extracted' what exactly-
[Anxiety detected. No need to be nervous Host. Your data is strictly used for your own benefit, maximizing the accuracy and minimizing the time taken for making important decisions. My existence itself was created from the data present, to take this form.]
"What the...That's the most shameless thing that even a Mega Corp stealing my data won't dare openly say!"
[Dissatisfaction detected. Cause confirmed. Apologies Host, I'll try to put it in a more comforting manner. The da-]
"Okay shut up, so data thief, with all that you've gathered, you can answer my questions one by one right?"
[Yes, Host. Ask away]
"Then first, tell me about the change in my body, how did it go back to normal."
When I woke up, no even before, it had suddenly started to go back to normal.
[That is presumed to be a side-effect of consuming the Genesis Class 'Item'-Birth Pod, Host. Since I had only been created during the assimilation between you and it, I can't tell exactly what transpired.
The leading theory by the Central Multi-Processor:
'It triggered an abnormal mutation, causing the body and conciousness to converge into homeostasis, the form most compatible to them, as the only solution.']
So, it transformed me back to my normal appearance, from my past life huh?
I have already become almost identical to my original body. Leaving aside being butt naked, I don't feel much difference from before, infact my power feels more concentrated, I guess my stats did go up.
I guess I can now slip in among normal people... Wait what if there are no humans? I never considered it out of habit, but this isn't like Earth where I can do so.
[Host, If you want to change forms, you can do so by using Aether points, received after each Evolution. The greater the Evolution and the more paths it branches into, the more points are rewarded.
Current points: 1,800,000 A.P
You can check the Standard Paths in Evolution Tree for more details.]
"Ha..."
Though it is good that It's answering my questions diligently, they only seem to arouse more questions.
For some reason, I don't like the feel of that.
The part about my abilities and their descriptions still feel like quite an undertaking like trying to gauge the depth of an ocean, while underwater.
I don't have much time. The Dark Energy is gone somewhere, if somebody sniffs it and found me here, even with my Demonic physique, I can't really get out quietly without a scratch, worst case scenario, I would be captured and mistaken as it's source.
[Correct. After assimilating with the Birth Pod, you have now become able to produce- Primordial Aether(Diluted).
As you Evolve into new realms, since the Primordial Aether is produced by you, it can have additional characteristics along with the increase in its concentration as well as Power.]
You really like to butt in midway with some 'fun facts' while I am thinking, don't you?
What's your main purpose? Your raison d'être, is serving me till I reach my goal the end? What would happen to you then?
[Host, according to the data I have gathered, I am what arised from a Stable mutation, an expression of the Central Multi-Processor's, the name was derived one of your fictional gadgets as a kid, as for an end goal, due to the nature of the Path of Power you walk on... it's entirely dependent on you Host.]
I could feel my eyebrows twitch, probably because I am back to my familiar body.
What does that even mean!? 'Figire it out yourself'?! And that really important thing that makes you fucking exist! The thing's name is from a kid's fantasy gadget?!
"You're not trying to say ALL THAT you just showed me and even now is also from my own fantasies and tropes I expected from a system?!"
[Yes mostly, Host.]
"..."