When I opened my eyes, all I could see was black. A different kind of black than the one where I talked with the goddess before I was reincarnated.

While that black void felt ever-expanding with no real ending, the black I was in right now seemed more confined, yet protective, more like a shield to hide me from all the cruelties of the world.

Naturally, my instincts, my new ones in particular, immediately noticed what that meant, and what I am right now.

'I am covered by my large petals, aren't I?' I thought, and my instincts immediately affirmed my question. Then, let's open it now.

As if hearing my demand, the protective blackness started to unveil as the "ceiling" opened and light flooded my senses, causing me to cover my eyes to adjust to the intensity.

An immediate look at my surroundings showed me that I was indeed, in a forest. I couldn't see any animals close to me, nor are there any beasts as far as I can see. Neither plant beasts, or other types. I only saw trees and flowers, and maybe some weed and vines. So, I was reborn in an area that isn't filled with monsters, that much is clear. Thank goodness!

This external inspection had only taken a few seconds, and now that the instinctual urge to see where I am to immediately assess the external situation, I directed my eyes and senses to my own body.

The first thing I noticed was that I was, bluntly speaking, naked from the waist and up, yet there was no feeling of repulsion that would have been felt if I had this happen to me in my previous life.

'So that means my mentality had already changed since the moment I was reincarnated.' I inwardly thought before continuing my inspection.

My skin was a white, not unexpected and rather smooth and soft as I touched it, and I realized that I had breasts, but they were only B-cup at most. I assume it will increase if I increased my level or rank.

My hands and fingers were also soft, and they looked like I never did any hard activty at all, which was rather appropriate seeing that this body had been born just right now. Though I feel that they would stay the same even if I started working as a castle builder and I did all the work on my own. Must be my monster physiology, or is that due to Qi? Maybe both, honestly.

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I couldn't see my eyes' color, nor see my face, but I can see that my hair is emerald-green, from the few strands I took since it was rather short. Since I couldn't know how y face looked like, I only decided to trust my Alraune genes to give me a cute face at least.

Finishing my inspection on my upper half, I determined that my human-looking side seemed to look like a girl in her 15's or a bit older, at least according to how tall I felt my upper body feel like.

Next, I moved to my lower half that began from my waist.

I had already noticed it before; just as Iooked at myself, but only now am I really focusing on it.

My upper body was surrounded by large red flower petals, with me at the center, and they felt rather similar to my skin when I touched them, and they were definitely attached to my body since pinching them gave a small sensation of pain.

And it wasn't a single layer of flower petals, but three layers, and below them there were many oversized tree leaves, also with layers as well. The leaves though didn't send any signal of pain or being touched when I pinched them, and they felt unusually sturdy despite being soft to the touch.

'A weapon of mine, probably?' I thought as I then looked, and sensed what was below the leaves. A large green bulb with a giant mouth, large and sharp teeth inside of it with a few visible to the outside, and an extra set of eyes as well were there. Currently, they were closed, and all what I need is to wish to, and I can open them.

And all around the bulb, multiple vines were growing and forming a colony centered around me, and further down the bulb, my 'legs,' or what qualifies as them, were growing as well. I felt that they were more like plant roots that can somehow support my weight to move me. I doubt it would be something fast, at least right now, but this was how it was.

And this was all what I can understand from my physical body so far.

I doubt that I took more than a couple of minutes since I started the inspection. And with that, I put my focus on what I was now feeling was running in my body.

Different than blood, different than cells, but something that felt just as familiar even though I only felt it just now.

Qi.

Flowing indise my veins, slow yet fast, new yet I felt like I knew it for so long. Power coursing through my body in a way that I never imagined could be possible. I knew that even this measly amount of power would have me defeat two professional boxers from my previous world with ease.

"Ah, so this is it." I felt my face grinning. "Power."