Guide to tamming vilanesses-Chapter 49: Secondary system
With the contract signed, the cashier was happy to give him the box. Inside was something that didn’t look like much, a seed the size of a fingernail. He picked it up between two fingers.
The cashier leaned in again, her voice dropping to a husky whisper, and her perfume filled the air. The neckline of her shirt dipped with the motion. "Careful. You’re holding something worth more than this entire city."
Shin raised the seed to his mouth.
"Wait," she said quickly, eyes widening. "You’re going to consume it here? It can be really painful, so you’d better take a few painkillers. Also, maybe you should do it at your house, lying on a bed," she blurted out the recommendations.
"Don’t worry, I will be fine," Shin said.
He was planning to use the extra power from the five levels to deal with any inconvenience. If John showed up on the group date, there was a high chance a fight would break out.
With no fear or hesitation, he dropped the seed into his mouth and swallowed it in one gulp.
The cashier blinked in shock. For a second, nothing happened. Then Shin’s entire body stiffened, and a heat surged through his chest.
The game description said it would be painful, but feeling it in real life was completely different. It was like being burned alive from the inside out.
Heat tore through his stomach first, then spread upward in violent waves, crawling into his chest, his throat, his skull. Shin’s jaw clenched so hard it hurt. His hands curled into fists, nails digging into his palms,
And the pain kept rising. His vision blurred at the edges, and the world seemed distant.
For a second, he couldn’t breathe. His lungs locked up. His knees threatened to buckle, and his body swayed like it was about to shut down.
Shin refused to fall. He refused to pass out.
Seeing that, the cashier hurried out from behind the counter. She approached to help Shin steady himself, reaching for his shoulder. However, he managed to brace himself against the counter on his own.
"Thanks for the help," he murmured, his voice tight.
"You say that, but you didn’t even need it," she purred, not pulling her hand away. Her thumb stroked a slow circle on his arm.
She wet her lips slowly, her gaze dropping from his eyes to his mouth, then lower, in a blatant, assessing once-over.
The cashier’s fingers teased the top button of her uniform open, letting the tight blouse gape just enough to bare the deep, creamy swell of her cleavage. A flash of scarlet lace bra peeked out, hugging her full breasts like a dare.
Her cunt was really throbbing with heat at that point. She had never seen anyone resist the pain that the seed caused.
"You look soft on the outside, but you’re really quite tough." She playfully squeezed his forearm, her manicured nail tracing a line down his sleeve. "Normally, people scream in pain before fainting."
"I really need to go," Shin commented, glancing at the clock. The pain was finally receding.
It was just at that time that the notification began to pop up.
[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION]
[Divine Seed detected.]
[Processing... Unable to read item data. Error.]
[Verifying parameters... error to confirm growth status.]
[Initializing Level-Up... Unable to start sequence. Attempting to forcefully apply changes... Error! The system is unable to overwrite the current level.]
[Retrying...]
[Retrying...]
[Unexpected error #69 happened.]
[You have leve... you haven’t leveled up...]
For a second, the blue screen began to glitch, and for an instant, Shin felt worried.
[Congratulations!]
[You have awakened your SECOND SYSTEM.]
Shin blinked once.... then again.
His mouth opened slightly, but no sound came out. He didn’t know what to think. It shouldn’t be possible.
To begin with, the divine seed wasn’t supposed to have this kind of effect. It was only meant to grant five levels, nothing more.
And in the entire history of the game, there was no item, no route, no hidden mechanic that allowed a user to awaken a secondary system. Either you were born with one, or you weren’t.
He had played thousands of routes, and in none of them had he ever seen Shin awaken a secondary system. He never expected something like that could happen.
"Something went wrong?" The cashier asked worriedly.
{Do you want to activate your secondary system?}
A golden screen showed up before Shin’s eyes. Thousands of possibilities and ideas caressed his mind. He needed a few seconds to think.
"It’s fine," he murmured, voice low and rough. "I was just... surprised with my own evolution."
He ignored the golden screen still hovering at the edge of his vision and closed the distance in one swift step.
Without warning, he seized her in a fierce, aggressive kiss. His hands roamed greedily: gripping her wide hips, fingers digging into the lush curve of her ass, yanking her tight against his bulge.
The cashier moaned into his mouth, body arching, melting under the onslaught.
Abruptly, he pulled back, leaving her lips swollen, chest heaving, eyes dazed and dark with want.
He flashed a crooked grin, voice still rough. "Shit... gotta run. I’m already late for a date."
He turned and strode out, leaving her panting against the counter, thighs trembling. He just wanted to make sure she wouldn’t notice that something different happened with his seed. And the best way of distracting a slut is with sex.
Anyway, he quickly walked to his car, turned it on, and got away from the shop. He didn’t want to give any hint about the surprising event to the cashier.
Only after putting a few streets between himself and that "coffee shop" did Shin finally slow down. He parked in a quiet spot, far from anything that could witness what was about to happen.
Then he exhaled. And looked at the golden screen again.
{Do you want to activate your secondary system?}
Shin stared at it for a long second. He had multiple questions about it, but the only way to figure out what was that.
"...Yes."
The moment he accepted, his entire body lit up.
His skin glowed, golden light pouring out of his pores like he was being flooded from the inside. Shin clenched his teeth, but the pain hit him anyway.
For the second time that day, he felt like he would faint. It was even worse than leveling up.
This time, it felt like his bones were snapping one by one... only to be remade instantly. His muscles tightened, tore, and rebuilt. His organs churned. His blood felt like boiling metal.
Shin grabbed the steering wheel so hard it creaked. He almost blacked out.
And then... it stopped.
He sucked in a breath, panting, his whole body drenched in sweat. He felt terrible, but slowly his mind recovered.
Finally, he noticed his body felt lighter. His hands trembled as he lifted them, flexing his fingers. His movements were faster.
With a quick glance at the mirror, he confirmed he was still obese. However, his face looked a little leaner.
Not thin. Not even close, but he could notice a small difference. And it was not just that: Shin pressed his palm against his chest, then his arms. Under the fat, he could feel it clearly.
There was more muscle. The system had clearly given more muscle. If this secondary system improved his body the same way leveling up did, then things were mostly fine.
"But without the levels, it will be good to get a gun just in case," he murmured to himself.
Shin finally turned his full attention back to the golden screen.
It flashed again.
[CONGRATULATIONS!]
[You have unlocked the ?????? System.]
"...The what system?" Shin muttered.
The letters glitched. The screen flickered. For a moment, the gold became distorted, as if the system itself was struggling to exist.
[Error Error Error]
Then... The golden screen cracked like glass. A burst of blinding light exploded inside the car, forcing Shin to shield his eyes.
And in the next second... Something small floated in front of him.
Shin blinked in confusion, his vision adjusting. Once again, this was something he had never seen in his thousands of playthroughs.
It was a fairy.
A tiny, human-like fairy with translucent wings and a dress made of layered green leaves dotted with small white flowers. Blonde hair tied into a high ponytail, bright green eyes, a delicate face, and a smug little smile.
"Hi," she said cheerfully. "I’m your helper fairy."
Shin froze. His stomach dropped, and he clenched his fists aggressively.
That fairy didn’t just look pretty. She looked exactly like his deceased wife. And the longer Shin stared, the more unmistakable it became, same eyes, same smile...
The fairy had even the same tiny mannerisms. The way she tilted her head, the way her lips curled, the expression that always came right before she said something annoying.
Shin’s breathing slowed. Suddenly, he grabbed her, pinching her between his fingers like she was an insect.
The fairy squeaked, wings fluttering violently.
"Why did you take her appearance?" He asked angrily.
