Character Status
Name: Ouroboros
Race: Myriad Hydra
Title: N/A
Class: N/A
Age: 19
Level: 1 (0/100exp)
Status: Healthy
Health: 125/125
Mana: 50/50
Strength: 5
Endurance: 10
Agility: 10
Dexterity: 9
Intelligence: 5
Wisdom: 5
Charisma: 9
Luck: 1
Free Points: 0
Fame: 20
Skills: Regeneration (Innate Racial), Appraisal (Innate), Poison Blood (Innate Racial), Poison Resistance (B), Serpents Eye (Innate)
Equipment: Arachne (Unique)
Ouroboros was relatively pleased with how his stats had come out. He had done his homework prior to jumping into the game. As a starting point, a base stat of 5 was considered the average for an adult. So having an Endurance of 10 meant that he had the ability to endure pain twice that an average person would be able to take.
Attaching the large spool of thread to his waist, he left his cottage. He had a job to do. He wanted to make contact with Liliana and work out an alliance with her to help take down his family. He didn’t dare imagine that he would be able to get away from this scott free. Once he stepped out into the open, the serious look on his face was replaced with a flippant one. A button on his linen shirt was open as he walked with a bit of a slouch, making him look a bit like a little hooligan.
As he wandered about the village, he began to take mental notes of the layout of the buildings and the people that called it home. He realized that this behaviour was akin to that of a lowly criminal, he still needed to cover for all possibilities. Failure was not allowed as far as he was concerned.
After walking through the village a couple times, he walked towards the alchemy shop, intent on becoming an apprentice there to make use of poisons since even his blood was apparently poisonous.
A bell rang as soon as the door to the shop opened but no one greeted him. Looking towards the counter, he saw the person manning the counter was a pretty young girl who had light green hair and was seemingly asleep, a small puddle of drool was forming near her mouth. He poked the young girls shoulder softly and said
“Hello?”
There was no response from the shopkeep who continued to sleep peacefully. In response, Ouroboros yelled
“HELLO! CAN I GET SOME HELP!” near her head.
That barely worked as the young girl stirred. She picked her head up off the wooden counter and stretched her arms lazily above her head, somewhat accentuating her voluptuous chest.
“Nya~ I only put my head down for 5 minyates boss~” the girl said, rubbing her eyes, still not fully awake. Seeing someone with cat ears actually saying nya in their sentences was a bit of a surreal experience. He wasn’t sure if he should be laughing or feel embarrassed from the second hand cringe.
“I’m not your boss but I wouldn’t be adverse to you calling me Daddy~” he said with a wink, choosing to act in the way that felt most natural to him. When the girl heard him say that, the sleepiness in her eyes disappeared almost immediately.
“My Daddy is my Daddy and you are not my Daddy” the girl said with a smile, innocently deflecting his halfhearted attempt to flirt with her. “How may I help you today sir~?” the girl said with a tilted head. Ouroboros felt like he recognized the girl from somewhere but couldn’t quite place it for some reason.
“I was hoping to speak to the boss. I was gonna ask to learn from him. I will need to learn a few poison recipes for what I plan to do in the future.” he said honestly before leaning forward, putting his elbow on the counter “But after meeting you, I hope he will teach me how to make love potions too~” he cooed.
“I am pretty sure the boss doesn’t know how to make a potion like that. He is a healer after all” the girl replied, casually ignoring the remarks that made even he groan internally.
However when she said he was a healer, the young man couldnt help but reply “Every medicine is poison in the wrong dose and poison can be used as a cure when used correctly” in a serious tone.
After all that was the story of his life. A family that was supposedly dedicated to the better of man fed off of them like bloodsucking parasites. They were the perfect example of medicine becoming poison.
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“Fair point I guess” the girl admitted with a shrug. “The boss was called out to help an old friend with something. He should be back soon. You are more than welcome to wait here.” the girl said
Ouroboros laughed softly and said “Alright~! I would be glad to do so if it means I can get to know a sexy girl like you better.”
The girl laughed as well this time “Oh silly snake, we already know each other very well~” she said covering her mouth as she giggled.
The man felt something was wrong at that moment, he heard the sound of the door open. Before he could turn around, he felt the cold touch of a metal blade pressed up against the back of his neck. Without turning around, he finally realized why he felt the shopkeeper girl felt familiar to him.
“What I want to know is why is the youngest of the Samael Family sniffing around here. Care to explain before my friend here decides to cut your head off~?” The girl said with a soft smile, but her eyes were as cold as ice as if she was staring at scum.
“Hah….” he sighed, holding up his hands in surrender as he stood up straight. “Can you tell your friend to put their weapon away? I’ll talk okay? I’ll tell you whatever you want to know….Liliana Gattioni”
Lily hadn’t expected for a Samael family to show up at her teachers shop. The reputation of the family nowadays was at an all time low since the Family head had stepped away for an unspecified reason. Seeing how cooperative Adam was, Lily silently signalled for Luna to stand down who did so begrudgingly. “One step out of line and I will be cutting you up and making wine with your corpse!” Luna growled before backing away a bit.
“Haha, feel free to come at me anytime~” he replied with a wink.
“Cut the crap and start talking Adam” Lily growled with a frown, clearly displeased with the mans frivolous behaviour.
“Well considering lil miss bunny is here too, I presume you know what my family wants right?” Adam began, acting as if it was no big deal. Luna clenched her fist with rage evident in her eyes while Lily looked disgusted.
“I’ll be frank. My brother Anthony wants the Bunny Girls brother but he just skimmed his background. I have no intention of fighting either of you on this honestly. In fact I hope he takes it too far so he gets crushed!” he added with a bit of venom in his voice
“Aren’t you family? Why would you wish for that?” Lily asked, skeptical about the mans true intentions.
“Family? You really believe that shit? Those parasites view me as nothing more than the Bastard Child. If I died today, not one of them would shed a tear for me.” Ouroboros shot back, his chest rising in anger at the thought someone believed he would take their side for anything.
“I find it hard to believe…” Lily began
“He’s totally lying! Don’t trust him!” Luna interjected, wanting nothing more to kill him right there on the spot.
“It’s the truth. Whether you believe me or not is up to you.” he shrugged in response. “I personally would love to work with you lovely ladies.~”.
Lily furrowed her brow at that remark before she asked the question that was gnawing at her. “What is your end goal here Adam?”
The man narrowed his eyes and gave her a sly grin. “I plan on dragging down my enemies and their supporters so they can be buried 6 feet deep! Oh and my name here is Ouroboros. I don't want my siblings tracking me down here too easily, okay?” There was an electrifying intensity coming from his eyes.
From that, Lily knew the man's frivolous scumbag reputation of his was definitely a persona he used to hide himself behind. She could tell that there was more to the story but did not dare to pry.
“We will work with you…” Lily said after taking a few moments
“LILY!” Luna shouted, outraged at the decision her friend was about to make.
“On two conditions” Lily finished, glancing at Luna with a look that pleaded for her to trust her.
The nonverbal communication between the two of them didn’t go unnoticed by Ouroboros. Instead he tilted his head with a wink and said “Sure. Whatever you want Sweetheart~”.
“First is you promise to leave Lunas family alone, at the first sign you try to doublecross us, the entire strength of the Gattioni family will be mobilized to crush you!” Lily said firmly
Ouroboros smirked before saying “Are you trying to scare me with that? Well Mission successful, I am shaking in my boots here~! I will be a good boy~! Lets get along Ms. Hoppity” turning to look at Luna who scowled but did not say anything.
“The second condition is I want your help investigating a case that has grown cold.” Lily added. Luna eyes widened in shock as she realized what Lily was about.
“If I can be of any help in tracking down a lead, I will do my best to help. Whats the case?” Adam asked as he turned back to face Lily, curious what piece of dirty laundry his family had attracted the attention of the Lazy Tigress of the Gattioni Family.
“A man who has been working for my family for years recently received news that his estranged daughter's body was recently found. From what we know, the girl was raped and murdered after going missing for weeks while working for your family. We want the killer!” Lily growled, rage burning in her eyes.
“What will you do with them when you get them?” Adam asked, unable to contain his curiosity.
“We will ‘deal’ with them. Whether they are ever found or not is up to the grieving fathers wishes” Lily replied coldly
‘Ahh… A tiger can’t change its stripes so easily after all’ Ouroboros thought. He quickly began to plot how to best take care of this in order to make the situation work better for his own plans.
“The father believes it is the work of the Eldest son. However due to his personal security, he is planning on taking an eye for an eye and target his daughter”.
The frivolous look on Ouroboros face disappeared in an instance as he slammed his hands onto the counter “DON’T YOU DARE TOUCH PENNY! She is innocent!” he roared, his teeth bared in fury at the thought of someone targeting the only person in the family whose hands were clean.
“Then who was it. You need to tell me. For the sake of our cooperation and that girls life” Lily calmly replied, unflinching in the face of the Snakes' unconcealed rage.
“....There are 2 culprits. The rape and murder was done by two separate people.” he said after taking a moment to calm down.
“My 7th ‘Brother’ Jeffery raped her and his twin sister Elise killed her to make him look bad in order to damage his reputation in the family. They’re all fighting for the seat of CEO” he said, his voice slowly becoming colder and colder.
Lily looked into his eyes as he spoke. She could tell that every single detail he spoke of was the truth. It also surprised her that a man who was considered the black sheep of an already twisted and unhinged family had hidden himself so deeply.
“I will relay what you told me. We look forward to working with you…” Lily said offering a hand in a handshake but Ouroboros refused, clearly in a horrible mood.
“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have some errands to run and I will need to compose myself before I talk to anyone else.” Ouroboros said before turning around and heading to the door. He opened the door but froze in the doorway. He then spoke over his shoulder. “Do me a favour will you?”.
“What is it?” Lily asked curious to see what the Snake would say.
“Tell your guy I am sorry for what happened to his daughter… and when he gets his hands on them. Make sure they Suffer!”. The last word was full of barely controlled rage.
“Sure thing…” Lily promised, taken back by the hatred in his voice.
‘So his niece is his reverse scale huh’ Lily thought. There was clearly much more to this ‘Bastard Child’ and she knew that with time, his secrets would probably see the light of day.
The only thing she knew right now for sure was that Ouroboros had someone he cared for and that alone was enough to set him apart from the rest of his family.