Character Information - Who is who?

Because I have created quite a variety of characters, I will now create little cheat sheets before a chapter for the characters who will appear in the chapter, but not for those who haven't. Please open the spoiler if you need some reminders. (Be careful, it can be a spoiler for the chapter!)

Alexander K. Leonandra (Wolf-kin)

* Transmigrated from the Earth and the MC

* The fourth child of the current Leonandra household

* Golden eyes

* Snow-white fur and hair color

Marisia S. Leonandra (Wolf-kin)

* Lady of the Leonandra household

* A user of the wild-demon energy

* Mother of the MC

* Golden eyes

* Crimson red fur and hair color

Green (IV) from the forest of fallen wishes (Fairy)

* Messenger of the temple

* Head of a temple branch in the east of Moorgrel

* Teaches the MC magic

* Specialized in healing, herbalism, agriculture, and administration

* Light-green eyes

* Greenish hair

* Autumn-colored wings

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In the private training room of the lord and lady of the estate, Alexander sat cross-legged in front of his mother on the floor.

The room was very simple. There were lights on the walls and a table with some chairs in a corner, but what was not simple was the material out of which the walls, ground, and ceiling were made. It was made hard enough to block something akin to his father with double his strength.

Behind him were Green and Pierre, both healers ready to start at any moment. They were only informed to be ready for the worst and thus had brought many mana potions and other things for all kinds of emergencies. Marisia knew that there was no sure answer to what the worst case could be since her son was in such a unique situation. Green, in particular, was a lucky case, as she was back by pure luck and was actually at the estate to teach her student magic.

Marisia straightened herself, and her voice was solemn, "This baptism will be taxing. Your mental state will feel like it will destroy itself from the inside..."

She looked more sternly at him, "Your mind will waver, and every single feeling will be amplified: fear, anger, sadness, etc."

Her son looked at her with determination in his eyes and nodded. He had been ready and pumped himself since yesterday.

"Good. I will start slowly with a minuscule amount of energy to test you first."

Alexander nodded again, "Please start."

He was already partly in a mediating state and ready for his demonic baptism, so his mother suddenly needed to test him, killing the tension he had built up. He understood why but wanted to get it over with.

He could rationalize it after yesterday's talk with her and his brother. She needed to test out what his limit was and how he reacted. Otherwise, she could accidentally overshoot and cripple him.

Marisia started, slowly letting her energy flow out of her body. Alexander felt crept out as he sat before his mother with closed eyes.

The energy came closer and closer till it touched him. Now he couldn't panic and needed to concentrate. As the energy touched him slightly, all his feelings went haywire. The fear of hurting the loved ones he suppressed suddenly exploded, and he wanted nothing more than run away, but he kept sitting and shivering.

He used multiple skills passively to relax slowly and carefully until he heard his mother's voice, "More?"

Alexander nodded, and the energy touched him with the same intensity. It was insane that the energy was this potent. He knew that Lorients wasn't that strong and came not even close to this intensity since he sparred with her regularly.

After another five tries, Alexander exhaled softly and said, "Stronger."

The next touch of Marisia's energy doubled in intensity, and Alexander clenched his teeth, trying to control himself as much as possible. This time anger surged out of him and with that aggression.

He felt the blood lust surge inside him, which invaded his mind, and tried to tint everything red. Killing intent was felt momentarily, so much so that Green and Pierre stepped further back.

Alexander controlled his increased emotions and tried every method possible to hold them back and push them down. That time he needed ten minutes to calm down.

...

After another four tries, he needed less and less time and slowly adjusted himself toward the blood lust inside of him.

As he slowly adjusted and felt it out, his mother interrupted his thoughts, "Are you ok?"

Alexander exhaled slowly and intensely, "I am fine, but I think I am ready to go all the way. Do you have all you need to know, Mom?"

Marisia was silent and thought it all through again. She could control her energy so well that not even her grandmother would come close in this aspect.

Her first tries were successful, and she had an excellent idea of how much energy she would need to use, but the sudden burst of killing intent her son let out would be a big problem.

For him to get the skill, she needed to get over every barricade, and the blood lust he felt was also one. It would protect him from her invading his mind and make him go wild, 'What to do...'

She was brought back by her son's voice, "Mom? Is everything all right? You look stressed."

She shook her head, "I am thinking about what to do exactly."

"What are the options? Maybe I can decide my fate before I become a blood-thirsty beast, hehe."

She looked at him with a frown and didn't like the jokes he made. Marisia liked to decrease risks and plan everything through, but the moment she felt the short burst of killing intent, she knew she needed to go through with it. It was a test to see if her son was exaggerating or telling the truth, and it seemed that it was more or less the truth. To what degree she would find out.

Nonetheless, it was stronger than what her husband produced, and if she didn't do it now, his future would be over. It wasn't even a problem that he could snap at a moment's notice, but the combination of his talent and the bloodline was the worrying thing.

Otherwise, she could have guards stationed around him who could hold him down, but if he got stronger and something happened outside the estate, he would go crazy and wreak havoc. It would be too dangerous to let him out, and in the end, he would get depressed, and worse could happen.

"This is the last time I am warning you. You can end like your aunt if I begin. Are you really ready?"

Suddenly another voice sounded from behind, from Green, "Are you both insane actually?! You want to literally torture Alex?!"

By watching the preparation, Green only knew about this and couldn't believe she wanted to torture her son. Though, she didn't know about the whole situation.

Marisia looked deep into Green's eyes, and the fairy felt like prey. She stepped back, frightened.

"This is none of your business. You are here only to teach magic and heal, and this has something to do with our ancestry."

Green stepped backward to the place where she was before. Marisia looked at her son, "She is right. This is mental torture, and if we begin, you need to go through it without any break."

Alexander liked it even though he wanted nothing more than to run away. This was the right solution for him, power through once and get fucked or get the prize, 'Not like I have another solution... fuck it.'

He smiled nervously, "Begin!"

Marisia looked at him at first and then laughed out loud, "Haha, you are like your father!" She walked toward Alexander, "The same insanity runs through your veins, but you should know this..."

She stood behind him and hugged him firmly, "I love you, and I am sorry, as I want you to have a perfect life and reach your full potential. I want you to be the sun you are and not be enclosed like a pet."

Alexander chuckled, "Mom, don't be so crin..."

Suddenly he felt a surge of her energy which invaded him like a tidal wave, "Stay strong and get through this, Alexander!"

She was conflicted. She could have a healthy son who would be restricted, but is it what he wanted? No, he had unlimited potential in her mind, and anything less than reaching it would be a crime for her.

She would be fine if he wanted to stay at home and research for his life.

She would be fine if he wanted to be a playboy and get dozens of ladies pregnant.

She would be even fine if he became a drunk and drug addict.

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But her son wanted to be more. He went through hellish training with his siblings. Learned with one of the strictest teachers she knew. Created beautiful plays because he felt terrible about scaring his sister.

So? Who is she as not to help her son reach his full potential? A maddened smile graced her face, and her eyes became teary, "Healer! Get out but stay outside!"

They instantly ran as they were ready to do so by the time she went over to Alexander. The amount of wild demonic energy she released was too much for them, especially the sensitive nature-dweller fairy.

The door closed, and from the little energy she used, it suddenly exploded, and the whole room was filled with blackish-red demonic energy, so thick seeing in front of one was barely possible.

Alexander felt his blood lust streaming inside him and killing intent out, he screamed loudly, and mana surged out of him.

But it didn't come far as the mana was quickly corroded and became food for his mother's energy. He couldn't even move as his mother hugged him, and as the energy invaded him, his mind went wild.

Like a sliver of reason, he remembered to stay strong, and he did so. He pushed back hard while letting it partly flow into him and tried to control his emotions, but it became harder and harder to concentrate as the energy became thicker and thicker.

Marisia's perfect control of her energy made it easy to only surround them with the mind-corrosive part, while the one that corroded physically was slowly destroying the walls, floor, and ceiling and slowly painting it into a dastardly blackish red.

She inherited this demonic energy type from her grandmother, who was a fox-kin. They usually had the same reddish energy with black blobs inside them as she had.

The black part was mind corrosive while the red part corroded physically. It was easier to control than Leonandra's demonic energy but more complex to master to the level she had than her household energy, 'Damn it, Alex! How much more?'

She thought she would already overwhelm the killing intent he produced, but she needed to increase her energy with every breath as her son's killing intent also increased.

Alexander's thoughts couldn't focus anymore after seconds, and they went from every moment of his life, from the family he had to his current one. All chaotic, and he would need a metaphorical anchor to hold them down as they mixed and mashed together, barely able to concentrate on anything.

He screamed and wanted to hurt himself but was held down. It was getting too much for him. He couldn't believe how anyone could go through something like this. Little did he know that it was an extreme situation.

It became even stronger, and Alexander almost lost consciousness. Something awakened inside of him. Something ancient screamed inside his head, 'KILL, KILL, KILL, KILL...'

His eyes became red, and the fur on his tail suddenly started to burn as he couldn't control his mana anymore as it redirected without any target.

An unimaginable killing intent surged out of him, almost knocking his mother out, 'This is... yeah, it was the right decision!'

She increased her energy even more to overcome the barrier of massive killing intent. What she felt was at least a thousand times stronger than what her husband had at his worst. If this came out while he was in Wolfsteeth and with his potential power, the city would not stand, or he would die.

If one looked from the outside at the mother/son duo, they were surrounded by a black orb around them, fully enclosing them while the room slowly corroded. The floor had already become entirely red, like the land in Kratikal, if not worse.

Alexander didn't know what had happened, but his blood lust increased by the moment, and he wanted to stop. It was worse than he thought, 'STOP!'

He couldn't say anything as his body was on autopilot, trying to kill anything before him, but he was held down.

With the bit of sanity he had left, he had a decision to make. He tried to push hard back, but it didn't work. So there was only one solution left. He needed to take it all in and control it.

The energy increased again.

The killing intent increased too.

Marisia was almost again knocked down as it was getting more intense, 'By the circle... how strongly do I need to get it?!'

She was almost at her limit, but Alexander didn't. But nonetheless, she pushed it the last time and increased it to the maximum.

A fox-like tail surrounded her wolf tail, and another one grew in the form of her [Aura]. She went full in and used her [Mystic Skills] with all she had.

Alexanders killing intent luckily peaked, but even with this amount of corrosion and stimulus, Marisia needed to concentrate as even she could go insane with this amount.

...

In front of the private training room

"Shit! Is she trying to turn everything into Kratikal?!" Green screamed and flew as far back as she could as the energy slowly seeped into the walls and air. It was an insane amount.

She grabbed into her bag and took out multiple talismans made out of bark and activated a greenish barrier around her and Pierre, who was beside her, 'I hope it will end soon...'

...

On top of the private training room

"What is happening?! Why is demonic energy everywhere, and why are the walls becoming red! RUN!"

The private training room was in the basement under the main mansion of the estate. The lady's energy seeped slowly into the walls, corroding every inch of the estate from the bottom up. Like a virus, it gradually spreads.

Everyone in the main mansion saw how everything turned red and could feel the demonic energy. Panic spread as every servant evacuated.

...

Inside the training room

The energy condensed from gaseous to a fluid as the red slowly filled the room. The black orb already looked solid from the outside, with two reddish foxtails attached.

Marisia was giving her all, and the killing intent of Alexander stopped rising, 'Come on. You can do it!'

On the other hand, Alexander fought against it and tried to control it as he let it invade his mind. His whole body was in pain, and he screamed internally in agony.

He barely stayed awake, but while it felt like nails were hammered into his ears, he concentrated and tried to regain his reason. All his years on Earth and what was left were his ideas, personality, his logic, and rationale he was so proud of. It was everything he had left from his previous life as his memories slowly faded away over the years.

He wanted it.

He needed it.

A ring resounded!

He had it!

Alexander gained a skill and could suddenly, almost immediately control his blood lust and the madness caused by the demonic energy. He pushed them back without any problems, so much so that he only now noticed something.

He was hurt. It was almost to the same degree then he burned his mouth. He wanted to scream for his mother to stop but couldn't say anything as his jaw was jammed from screaming before, and his body felt weak.

His instinct told him that losing consciousness would be his end, so he stayed awake as his brain felt like it was burning inside a wok, and his bones were worked on with a sledgehammer.

After more moments, what felt to Alexander like hours, Marisia noticed the change and slowly decreased her energy.

Now the problem was that she also needed to retrieve the energy in the room, as it could kill Alexander if she didn't.

She slowly sucked the fluid energy back into her foxtails, and they became almost solid from the density of the amount of energy.

More and more went into them, which needed time. Marisia didn't want Alexander to suffer more and did it as quickly as possible, which caused a slight backlash.

Blood came out of her nose and eyes, but she was very relaxed and happy that it worked, so much so that she had enough time to blame her husband, 'Damn it. Kairo, this is your son, not mine!'

In her mind, she blamed her husband solely, as her children would never be like this. This was a good sign that she started to think like this as her thoughts slowly returned to normalcy after a sleepless night and only worrying about Alexander.

After more time, the whole room was devoid of the demonic energy except the structure, which was drowned through and through with it and couldn't be absorbed back.

She held Alexander in her arms and smiled at him, "So, do you get it?"

He could barely stay awake and felt like multiple trucks hit him but tried to talk nonetheless, "Urg ath wiiine."

She nodded, and Alexander saw something he couldn't believe looked so cool. His mother had two tails behind her, dense crimson red with fluid black dots around them, almost ten meters (~33 ft) long and thick like trees.

She looked at him, "I need a moment, Alex."

One tail transformed into a blackish liquid, and as she opened her mouth, the fluid slowly flew towards her mouth, and she drank it all up. It felt incredibly energy-dense, and Alexander's thoughts screamed danger, 'This...'

While his mother drank this energy, he tried to ignore his pain by thinking about what he saw around him as he could barely move his head, 'The room is destroyed... fully.'

The room was pure red, and cracks were everywhere. It looked like it could collapse every second, ' Wasn't Mom only higher Tier 2? Her power is insane.'

He already knew that the next topic with Anastasia would be about the system. Alexander already learned roughly what they would study but could only learn a little since he now had too much to do.

The general tier said nothing about the power of someone, and he took it with a grain of salt, but now he understood that it really was incredibly fluid as how strong someone is.

With the right combination of skills, you could multiply your power to the extreme and go toe to toe with higher leveled ones, 'I thought I was strong, but how strong are others?! I only fought with some lowly soldiers and my siblings who sparred with me carefully.'

He returned from his thoughts as he saw how the last of the tail was drank, and his mother exhaled a black mist that looked like it could kill all the dinosaurs if they inhaled it. And they did exist as monsters, but not in their territory.

She looked now proudly at him, "Come."

And with it, she carried him princess-style out of the room. When she wanted to open the door, it just crumbled into red pieces.

She frowned, "Salyna will not be happy."

She went forward and saw Green behind three greenish barriers with which one was corroded and barely held on. She knew those as she saw her husband using this type of energy too often, "I need a healer."

Green almost lost it, "ARE YOU FUCKING INSANE, YOU DUMB BITCH! YOU ALMOST KILLED ME!"

Marisia slowly walked towards her and suddenly laughed aloud, "Haha, I am sorry that I went overboard, but I need you to heal Alex, please."

The lady ignored her insults since she was too happy that Alexander got his skill and everyone survived. Something else interesting happened to her too, 'I leveled somehow up multiple times. Did I reach Tier 3 with my general levels and my [Mystic Skills]?'

Green gritted her teeth while Pierre was sitting on the floor, afraid that he could've died because of some insane training, 'They are all mad!'

As Marisia was before the barrier, Green slowly removed them while speaking angrily, "I want more coin!"

Marisia nodded, "Done. Something else?"

Green, at first, was confused but quickly said, "I want the druid to help me politically with something!"

She wanted to have more brats sent his way. The last batch of younglings was already out, and it was going well by the correspondence she received. With this, she could slowly build more connections and a stronger foundation in the circle.

Marisia chuckled, "Hehe, done..." She stood before Green and Pierre as the last barrier came down, "I am obviously at fault and apologize, and you will be compensated for this grave danger you found yourself in, but now please do your job, heal Alexander."

Green instantly started healing after getting her confirmation, but the body of the little puppy she analyzed was strained but not in too bad condition. Better than what she saw in other situations.

Pierre also started healing, 'Hmm, I survived, and the money wouldn't be too bad.'

Alexander felt better, "Oh man, my jaw killed me..."

"Can you walk?"

He tried to move slightly but could barely do it, "Not really, honestly..."

Even though he was healed, he was heavily fatigued, so his mother carried him all the way to his bedroom. He felt no shame, though, as he enjoyed it to the fullest.

When he was in his bed, he opened his window and confirmed it, "[Absolute Mental Control]?"

Marisia also saw his system window, "Interesting. This is probably a better version of the skill we wanted to get for you. If you had the same as me, you would probably need more time to get a hold of yourself."

She didn't mention the levels and confirmed that it was the right decision to go through with the demonic baptism, 'Someone with such talent having such a bloodline to this degree is a catastrophe on a continent-wide level. Everything less than that skill wouldn't hold it back at all.'

Alexander closed the system window and normal one with a wave of his hand, conjuring air contraptions while lying on his bed, "Thanks, Mom."

He was genuinely thankful for many reasons, but most importantly, she stood behind him and was always there for him, something he couldn't experienced before, "I love you."

She smiled at him as he was almost asleep, "Love you too, sleep well."

As she closed the door, she could hear her son breathing gently, already asleep.

'One problem down. Now, hopefully, Salyna will not try to kill me.'

She sighed and had other problems to resolve before checking her system window.