*Screech* *Screech* *Screech*

Aaron was interrupted from his amusing game of teasing Sera once he heard the sound of three different Centipedes coming from the depth of this tunnel.

*Clatter* *Clatter*

Thanks to the light source of the rocks on the much wider and spacious tunnel, both of them could see smaller-sized Poisonous Stone-Centipedes coming towards them in a hurry to greet the parent.

'Is this Bug a female or a male? Now that's another mystery.' Aaron thought to himself while looking at the ridiculous family reunion.

The color of their exoskeletons had certain variations and difference compared to the one this beauty tamed.

*Screech*

When the young Centipedes noticed Aaron and Sera they were about to jump on them but the big one prevented them from doing anything stupid and restricted them with its tail before warning them, its voice had this touch of nervousness in it and the woman smirked once she noticed it.

*Snort*

"It's about time you remove the Curse you gave Ron," Sera's blue eyes flickered dangerously when she glanced towards the young Centipedes and the three of them shrunk from fear before hiding behind their parent yet they kept looking towards them with pairs of undeveloped compounded-eyes, "Come here." The beauty ordered and the Poisonous Stone-Centipede groveled beneath their feet once again.

One of its Antennas carefully and slowly moved towards the kid's forehead before a drop of Aquamarine liquid began to gather on its tip.

"What's that?" Aaron asked while feeling this incomprehensible joy, excitement, and longing towards this liquid.

The emotions he experienced was like his very Soul was dancing from happiness!

Sera hugged him tighter as if to calm him once she sensed his state of mind which wasn't steady or quiet like it usually is, "The Cure for the Soul-Void Curse is the condensed Soul-Essence from this idiot, she's been stealing your Soul power ever since you received its Curse, now open your mouth and drink it before is scatters." The woman gently said while pulling the Centipede's Antennae towards his mouth.

'So it's a she. Wait! What?' Before Aaron had a chance to digest that information, the beauty gently shook the Antennae and the drop of Aquamarine liquid entered his mouth.

'What if that shit is also poisonous?' Aaron was extremely nervous when he had this idea but he couldn't say anything because the woman was restricting his lips after sealing his mouth shut!

"Trust me, I'd never do or allow anything to harm you." Sera said before kissing his cheek.

*Gulp*

Aaron looked deeply into her hypnotizing blue eyes and swallowed the Aquamarine liquid after seeing her nod reassuringly.

Seconds later after that Aquamarine liquid entered his belly, he could feel his body heat up as if he's sitting in a sauna.

System : Host gained Peak-State

'What the flying fuck is that so-called "Peak-State" exactly? Sera said that this Bug has been stealing my Soul power for a few days now, I was expecting to get some Intelligence and Wisdom Points since the Soul is mainly linked to both of these Attributes!' Aaron frowned once he checked his Stats and found no apparent difference to the details.

'Wait. There's a whole lot of areas where I was graded as "Average" yet now they've become "Above-Average" except for Physical-Defense which went from "Above-Average+5" to "Rare"+1.8%! Right now the only "Average" among my Stats is Luck at "Average"+0.9%.' Aaron was excited because this improvement was comprehensive in a way which included Physical-Defense, Stamina, HP and Stamina-Regeneration while covering Magical-Defense, Concentration, MP and Concentration-Regeneration plus Movement, Reaction, and Attack-Speed.

Sera noticed it immediately when the kid smiled and understood that he's finally clear from that threat, "Now that we've cured your Soul-Void Curse, it's about time we take our leave." The beauty said while gesturing towards the family of four Centipedes.

"Wait!" Aaron suddenly interjected once the big Centipede made a screeching noise to order its offspring, "Shouldn't we check that place before we go?" He said while gesturing towards the hollow shells which could be seen in the massive cave at the depth of this wide tunnel.

"You're right, I almost forgot there." The beauty blushed slightly when the kid glanced towards her chest area which is covered by a thin layer of fabric that visibly gave away the details of her body especially the parts where two pointy tips are located, "Take whatever you want." The woman added while flying towards the cave.

Once the Poisonous Stone-Centipede attempted to follow them with her family, Sera threw that command without looking back : "Stay."

Aaron found five hollow shells inside the cave, two of them belonged to the mother when she was smaller and the rest belonged to her offspring.

The biggest shell occupied five slots by its own within Aaron's Inventory Space, the second-largest shell took four slots while the ones belonging to the small Centipedes occupied three slots each.

Just like that 18 slots of his Inventory Space became unavailable for the kid, but storing these shells allowed him to see more in this massive cave.

*Squeak*

"Whoa! What are these? Rodents?" Aaron asked once he looked towards the source of that sound, there he saw nothing in the darkness until something brightened in the dark when a creature scurried across the ground then hid behind what looks like a tree!

Somehow despite the existence of faint light thanks to the glowing rocks everywhere around them, the kid didn't even notice that tree with all the visibility.

Sera looked around before saying : "These must be Fuzzy Phosphorus-Mice, they're kind of harmless creatures who thrive in the darkest of locations below the ground. They eat that Hikarogoke moss which only grows in this kind of environment, that tree over there is an Erebus Ivy Tree and you wouldn't find it anywhere above where Sun and Moonlight could be found." The beauty explained everything to the best of her ability.

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But Aaron's eyes were glued to a location where a few egg-like shapes were located at a corner where traces of marks left by the biggest Centipede's legs could be seen on the rocks.

Each and every one of these huge eggs was different in color.

"Sera. Take me over there." Aaron jumped into her embrace and pointed towards the location.

The woman nodded before flying there, after all the kid wouldn't be able to move in this cave without struggling to climb and overcome certain difficult terrains.

Not to mention the problem of visibility in the areas where some of the small Centipedes made a mess of the ground and dug holes or pushed the earth this or that side to create high or small mountains!

*Clang*

When Aaron used a rock to hit one of these huge eggs he could hear a metallic ring, the cold touch on the smooth surface of these eggs also gave away their nature.

"All of these are metal?" Aaron asked Sera while moving between the eggs which are higher than four or five meters high and three or four meters wide.

"Yes," The beauty nodded, "That's what was left from the time it and its offspring were evolving and growing-out of their old shells."

The kid felt so excited once he received the confirmation before storing the eggs one by one.

"Hmmm..." After Aaron stored the five eggs he noticed a rock the size of his waist beneath the location where the biggest metal-egg was located, "What's that?" He asked while squatting next to it and began to remove the dust from it.

The reason he's interested is because the light was reflected against it in a special glow.

Sera helped him before saying : "I'm not sure if it's Copper, Bronze, or Gold to be honest."

Aaron nodded before saying : "I'm taking it with me either way." Before storing it within his Inventory Space which doesn't have a lot of empty slots left.

"What!" Once the kid checked his Inventory he almost jumped from shock!

Simply because the rock disappeared from his Inventory, second because the number of Gold Coins jumped from Zero to 32 instantly.

'Is this one of the things this System is capable of achieving? It can convert certain types of precious metals to Gold Coins? But why didn't it convert these eggs? Is it because the purity of them is too high or is it because they're a complicated mess of all sorts of metal?' He thought for a while before deciding to let it go because he wouldn't get an answer by simply thinking about it. 'Anyway, now I have sufficient fund to try that Mystique-Door Skill.'

Aaron immediately opened the Store Menu and bought two Magic Rocks before choosing the option of setting a destination for the Mystique-Door Skill within this massive cave.

"Huh!" Sera was shocked once the two colorful Crystals melted into colorful liquid before spreading on the ground beneath and around the kid's feet.

Soon lines and complicated marks covered the colorful circle which kept flickering on and off with colorful lights before disappearing.

'Was that a formation? He also knows about the mysterious methods of the Ancient Races?' Despite all her confusions and doubts regarding Aaron's origins, The beauty choice was to keep her mouth shut and keep his secrets to herself.

After all it's a sign of trust when Aaron exposed his secrets one after another in front of her, that was enough to satisfy her until the time comes where he explain everything to her when he's comfortable enough to do so.

"Alright. Let's go back." Aaron jumped in her embrace once again.

"Ah!" The woman gawked, "Y-you still want more? I thought you had enough!" When the kid exposed her breast once again and began fondling it she shivered from pure pleasure and blushed deeply.

"Humph," Aaron looked at her and frowned, "It's never enough, you're lucky my body hasn't matured yet. I would've bedded you if I was, you're exactly my type." Afterwards he resumed teasing one of her nipples with his fingers and sucking on the other with his lips.

Sera on the other hand blushed even further and felt her heart dancing in joy within her chest while thinking : 'This rascal. How dare he confess to me without a warning? He really wants to do "that" with me! I better leave before he take more advantage of me.'

Right when the beauty was planning to keep her distance, the kid looked towards her and smiled before circling her neck with his arm and used the other hand to pull her head towards his.

"Umm!" The woman was shocked and her eyes widened to the max when their lips touched.

'He stole my first kiss!' Sera tried to struggle but she felt weak, once their eyes met she surrendered instantly and without even noticing she kissed him back.

They kissed until they left the tunnel with the family of four Centipedes following behind them, Aaron's advancements on her body grew bolder and bolder along the way too.

"When will we meet next?" Aaron laid on the blanket on top of the mother-Centipede's head and asked while running his fingers slowly on the inner-side of her thigh.

The beauty caught his hand right when it was about to reach her most private area and pleaded with a pair of captivating blue eyes not to go any further, "Between reporting back to the Branch I belong to and registering then undergoing some tests within the Main-Branch I reckon it'd take about a year before I receive a spot to compete against my sisters in the Continental-Competition.

"Meanwhile the Continental-Competition itself wont happen until another year after that screening happens to all the contenders, which means the Competition itself won't happen until two maybe two and half years later." Sera explained while covering her body and smiled once she saw the kid pout his lips slightly.

Aaron rolled his eyes while saying : "I'd be almost eight years old by then! Who's going to keep me company during these long nights?"

The woman felt sad for him and gave him a hug before running her fingers through his black hair while whispering apologetically : "I'm really sorry but... it might take longer than that because I still need to spend some time to learn from my Seniors in the Headquarters."

*Snort*

The kid still enjoyed her gentle feminine touch despite his frustration.

Sera hesitated before saying : "You-... you can try and have fun with Lucy and Heena they've always been kind of loose and open. I doubt Nina would let you do anything to her body though you might try but... be careful not to push things too far until I return. Alright!" Towards the end she sounded a little bit frustrated and angry.

"Okay then, it's a promise. I'll try to enjoy their company until you come back and pleasure me all night long." He nodded before kissing her deeply one final time since they're about to reach the Village.

"Wait!" Right when Aaron was about to come down from the Centipede's head after it lowered it to the ground for him to come down, the beauty stopped him then gave him one last hug and whispered in his ear : "I'll never forget our time together, I'll treasure these fun memories forever."

Afterwards she gently pushed him and kept watching him grow smaller until he disappeared behind the cover of the trees when the Centipede took her north then east to circle around Pine-Breeze Village and its three offspring followed it.

"Young master Ron."

While Aaron stood there feeling all too smug and proud of himself, he heard a familiar voice calling to him from the direction of the Village.

"Did you come here riding that creature?" Once he turned to look he saw Pio and Lucas running towards him and the younger man asked while feeling extremely excited.

"Uh-huh." Aaron nodded before walking towards the western-gate.

"Whoa! Young master Ron really is mighty. What was that creature? I've never seen or heard of a monster this big that looked like that and there was three smaller ones too." Pio was like a little kid seeing the world for the first time.

"I think I've heard of it before but I can't remember the name." Lucas muttered while trying to recollect the events of that time when it was mentioned.

Aaron shrugged before saying : "That was an adult Poisonous Stone-Centipede and three of its offspring, Sera asked me to help her tame it for her and I couldn't refuse since she asked nicely."

Pio gawked from surprise before exploding in a fervent bout of joy while raining praise and compliments over his young master, "Awesome! young master Ron is invincible, you're the best..."

Meanwhile Lucas was much calmer and calculative unlike his partner, he thought to himself : 'Heh. Young master Ron was practically kidnapped by Honorable Sister Sera but I doubt she could've done it alone, this kid is really amazing indeed.'

The kid took his two followers and went towards the construction site once they entered the Village.