《RE: Choice》


 Chapter 1 - The Beginning of Durrendal the Great

    Today is the day! I finish my breakfast and head to school. I''m going to confess my feelings for Lucy! I spent the past year memorizing her routine, and I know she uses a shortcut. That''s going to be my chance!


    I run toward the location where I will execute ''Operation Lucy''.  My heart beats rapidly as I see her turn into this dark unpopulated alley. I stay hidden behind this dumpster until she finally walks by.


    "U-um, excuse me¡­"


    I mutter as I stand up and stop next to her. She looks at me with a frightened expression and takes a few steps back. Oh god, I messed up!


    "Oh, it''s just you, Misaka. You scared me."


    She answers with a sigh of relief.


    "U-UM!"


    Come on, you can do it!


    "I-I''ve re-really li-liked you si-si-since middle school! Please go out with me!"


    I did it¡­! I grin with excitement and replay the hundreds of times that I imagined. Misaka, I really liked you too! I wanted to tell you all this time!


    "Umm¡­ I think you have the wrong person¡­"


    My mind goes blank.


    "Huh¡­? But, your name is Lucy, right?"


    "Yeah."


    "You went to Fukuoka Junior High School, right?"


    "No, I went to Yokosuka."


    My mind goes blank again. How could I have made this mistake¡­? I look at her again. Her brown hair flows down to her breasts. My eyes linger on her melons that are at least a D-cup. How could I have mistaken her¡­ No, it''s impossible. She''s denying my love. Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy¡­


    "Umm¡­ I''m going to go now."


    She says as she walks away. My eyes lose their focus on her plump breasts as her skirt flutters in the wind. I find my eyes wandering up and down her legs. I''m at my limit. I feel my 100% full-on erection bulge through my pants.


    "LUU-CYYYY!''


    I shout as I sprint toward her with my arms spread out ready to grab her from behind. She turns around and looks at me with a neutral expression. Yes, yes, yes! I''m almost there! There is just a little bit more, when suddenly, massive pain starts radiating from my groin. I look down and see that she has kicked me. Lucy¡­ why¡­?


    She doesn''t give me a second look as she turns around to walk away. I feel light headed. I feel pain behind my eyes. But nothing is worse than the pain in my heart¡­ I let all of my tears out as I lay in a fetal position on the ground. I think of the moment I first met Lucy. Her gentle greeting lit the dark world I was in. I drown myself in my tears, letting nothing in the outside world interfere with my thoughts. Not even Lucy who is running toward me saying something¡­ Lucy?! I tune in to the outside world again.


    "¡­watch out!"


    A second later all my senses go dull. What happened? I can''t feel my arms, my legs, my breathing. There is just pitch black. I don''t know how much time passes when I find myself in a room full of white. I look at my hands and legs, noticing that I''m still alive. I stand up and walk forward. I see someone or something descend from above. I only stare at him in awe as he floats in the air the whole time. He looks at me and laughs. Who the hell is this guy? I can see him¡­ but at the same time, I can''t.


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    "I am the one you guys called God¡­ but I prefer the name, Rigel."


    He read my mind?!


    "Indeed. It seems that you haven''t realized you died. You spent your last moments bawling in a dark alley. Unfortunately, someone accidentally dropped a piano from the roof right on top of you¡­ It was quite unfortunate!"


    He laughs loudly. I''m¡­ dead¡­? Oh well. I accept the fact immediately, feeling that life wasn''t worth living anyway. Every day was hell, and the slight sliver of light became darkness at the end. I didn''t even get to grab Lucy''s breasts in the end¡­ What a shame¡­ This sucks. If I knew this would happen, I would have bought a gun and¡­


    "Ahem¡­ well, because I''m quite the benevolent god¡­ I''ll let you live a second life in a world of fantasy, magic, adventures full of romance, beautiful dre¡­ Hey, are you listening¡­? Please listen to me¡­"


    Why does this matter¡­ I''ll just screw it up again. This sucks. I want to be reborn a clam¡­ I don''t want to live a painful life where I have to think¡­ This sucks¡­ I sigh and pray that this guy named Rigel kills me¡­ I close my eyes.


    "Misaka?"


    I open my eyes when I hear a familiar voice. I look up and see Lucy. Surveying the scenery around me, I realize I''m where Lucy rejected me. I look up and witness her wonderful melons again. I''m not going to let it pass by this time! I pant with my mouth open as I stand up. I take both of my hands and grab both of her breasts. She lets out a moan that sends chills throughout my entire body.


    "Misaka, I love you¡­ I¡­ I want you inside me¡­"


    She begs me with the sweetest voice I''ve heard in my entire miserable life. YES! FUCK YES! THIS IS WHAT I LIVED LIFE TO EXPERIENCE! MY LIFE IS FULFILLED! I gulp and flare my nostrils. Suddenly, the scenery around me breaks like a broken window. I''m not in an alley anymore, and everything is white. The soft breasts that were in my hands are no longer there.


    "As I was saying, I''ll give you a second chance at life, but this time in a different world¡­ Hello?"


    Lucy¡­ I grin and snicker.


    "If you listen to me, you can see Lucy again."


    "Really?!"


    "Yes, so as I was saying¡­ I''m going to let you have a second chance at life. You''ll be reborn to a wealthy noble family in a fantasy world filled with magic. You''ll have all your memories that you have as you start a new life. The couple plans to name you, Durrendal. The best part is¡­ I''ll give you a power of your choosing."


    "A power¡­?"


    "Yep¡­ Your options are: Transformation, Time, Restriction, Liquid, Puppet, or Reproduction. Choose wisely."


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 Chapter 2 - Big Jugs (Infant Intro)

    Something inside my mind tugs at me to choose Reproduction.


    "Reproduction, I guess."


    "Very well¡­ its basic power is stem cell specialization. The effects are temporary with a limited amount available to you. Well, you''ll get stronger over time. It would be boring to give you the instruction manual straight out with all of its potential¡­ but I''ll at least give you basic knowledge of it when you''re on the other side."


    "When do I get to see Lucy?"


    When he doesn''t speak for several seconds, I feel like I was duped.


    "Give it some¡­ time¡­"


    I knew it¡­ well, whatever. I wonder if I''m going to have to learn a new language¡­ I hate English class.


    "Oh, I forgot to mention. You''ll be able to understand and naturally speak all the languages in the world. You won''t understand what I mean now, but you will at the time. I have great hopes that you will be the one to win the game! Off you go!"


    Game¡­? What''s he talking about?


    The whiteness around my slowly fades away. I feel like going down a steep rollercoaster in the middle of pitch black. It feels the same as when I died with no feeling of any senses.


    "Good morning, Durrendal!"


    A voice¡­? It feels like someone just lifted me off the ground. I open my eyes. In front of me is a young woman with a red ponytail tied behind her back. She is huge¡­ or rather¡­ I''m small¡­ There''s something mushy in my pants. Oh, wait¡­ I''m not wearing any pants¡­


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    "Looks like someone had a little accident¡­"


    She carries me to a nearby table and takes one of the diapers neatly lined up at the corner of the table. Hmm¡­ She''s clearly speaking some foreign language, but I can understand every word. She takes off my diaper, and I feel relief as a cool breeze blows on my butt cheeks. She wipes my shit covered ass with a wet towel and replaces my diaper.


    "There, all better. Are you alright, Durrendal? You''re so well-behaved today! I wonder if you''re hungry?"


    She picks me up and starts walking somewhere.


    Speaking of which, how do I use this power Rigel just gave me? Hmm¡­ wait I think I just remembered something¡­ A detail regarding my power is boiling at the depths of my mind somewhere. It all comes to me, but I don''t know what to say¡­ I can fucking grow teeth¡­? God damn it! I picked the wrong power!


    "Time for your milk!"


    Milk¡­? A lewd grin appears on my face.


    Could it be¡­? YES¡­ YES, IT IS!


    She loosens the robe she''s wearing, revealing the largest pair of breasts I''ve ever seen. They are at least F-cup.  She pushes my head toward her left nipple.

 Chapter 3 - Muscle Augmenting

    Something in my mind tugs at me. Before my face gets too close to her breast, I raise both of my arms and grab her tit with my tiny hands. Huh¡­? I can''t get a good grip¡­


    "Durrendal¡­? What are you doing, silly?"


    My mother laughs as she pulls me away for a moment. Damn¡­ The muscles in my hand are too weak, so I can''t get a good grab! She begins to draw my head closer to her left tit again. If only I could make them stronger¡­! Oh, wait! That''s it!


    Using this feeling like an extra extension from my body, I concentrate on my hands. I multiply the number of muscle cells in my forearm and hand that are responsible for grip strength. I reach for her tit again with both of my hands and grab it firmly. My hands cup over it with the nipple in the middle.


    "Ahng!"


    My mother lets out a sound, and I laugh in my mind. Yes¡­ this softness is the best! Harder¡­ I must grab it harder! I alternate between loosening my grip and tightening it. A thin stream of milk leaks out from her nipple with every squeeze.


    "Dur-Durrendal?! What are you doing?!"


    She screams and tries to pull me away. I stop loosening my grip and simply try to hold on. I laugh as I witness her panicked face.


    "Stop it! That''s not a toy!"


    She yells as she finally pulls me off her boob. The milk that''s been leaking out has already soaked her robe. She conceals her breasts with her robe again and carries me somewhere.  Maybe this power isn''t as useless as I thought!


    "You''re acting really strange today¡­ What''s going on with you, Durrendal?"


    She sets me down in some kind of crib on my back.


    "Hmm¡­ I guess I''ll have to deposit my milk in the bottle today. Where did I put that¡­?"


    She wanders around the room. Damn¡­ this body is troublesome¡­ I can''t sit myself up. Holy shit¡­! MY BACK ITCHES! It doesn''t help that this bed so soft!


    I look at my mother again, noticing that she''s squeezing her breast milk into a bottle. Now that it''s come to this, I have no choice. I''ll use my power. First, I need to sit up, so I''ll increase the muscles in my abdominals. I manage to sit up.


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    Alright! Now, for my arm! Uh, how much is enough¡­? Oh, well. I keep multiplying my muscle cells until I can move it behind my back. Yes! Finally¡­ relief¡­ I smile and sigh.


    "Okay, Durrendal! It''s time for your milk¡­"


    However, my smile fades when I notice my mother standing next to the crib. Oh, shit¡­ She drops the bottle of milk on the floor and puts both of her hands over her mouth. She doesn''t speak for several seconds.


    "Someone¡­ SOMEONE HELP! DOCTOR!"


    She yells and turns around toward the door. She violently opens it, slamming the door on the wall and runs out while continuing to scream for help. What the hell? I cock an eyebrow and take a look at my right arm. Oh¡­ shit¡­ My right arm looks quite muscular. It is near twice the thickness of my left arm.


    I may have made a mistake¡­ What do I do now¡­?


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    You may have wondered if the choices actually will impact the story or not. And I''ll tell you. It does. It is up to you, the readers where the next chapter will lead. This time around, the most voted option was the most correct answer. That is because it led to "Muscle Augmenting'' thus progressing the story a little bit.


    If you pick other answers, I''ll write out a scenario that may lead nowhere. Be aware that there are "dead ends" or "game over" options in the future. But it will not be for naught. You may learn details about certain characters that appear in "dead end" routes, and make the next choice more educated.


    So what will it be? Go around in circles? Or advance the story? It is up to you.


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 Chapter 4 - Hell

    Something inside my mind tingles. I guess I''ll try to undo this mess¡­ How do I do that¡­? Hmm¡­


    I focus my thoughts on my arm. Alright, arm¡­ Go back to normal! I think that, but nothing happens to my arm. I''ll try harder. Go back to normal! Go back to normal! Go back to normal! Still nothing. I must be missing something.


    I dig through the depths of my mind, trying to figure out if there are any other secrets hidden. But still, there is nothing. The only thing I know how to do is increase the number of cells, but I don''t know if I can decrease the number of cells¡­ Shit! There''s no time! I hear voices getting closer!


    "Please, wait! Please, wait for the doctor!"


    I hear my mother''s voice get closer, but she has company. Several scary looking men enter the room with her. Fuck¡­ I guess I''ll just lie down and be a baby. I smile and flail my limbs around like an ordinary baby would. There is an old man with a beard staring down at me.


    "Hmm¡­ There is no doubt about it. This child is the demon that the kingdom''s seer has warned us about."


    Demon¡­? What the hell is he talking about?


    "No¡­ That can''t be¡­ My Durrendal isn''t a demon! No!"


    My mother tries to get closer, but the two other men hold her back. The old man stares into my eyes, and it feels like an icy cold katana is about to cut me down.


    "The seer has warned us that a demon has manifested itself inside young child no more than two years old. Look at this body."


    He suddenly grabs my tiny hand.


    "These muscles¡­ they are far too developed for a child like him. Didn''t you say he grabbed you when you tried to breastfeed him?"


    "Yes, but¡­ there has to be a mistake!"


    "There is no mistake. It will all be clear to you soon."


    I smile and continue my act. What''s he going to do?! I turn my head a little to see what he''s doing with his hands now. He has a katana scabbard attached to his waist. Oh¡­ you''ve got to be kidding me¡­


    My heart beats faster as he takes it out and points it at me. I stop smiling and moving altogether. I quiver my entire body from this old man''s aura.


    "What kind of baby knows what danger is? There is none. This baby is clearly a demon!"


    He plunges down his weapon.


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    "SHIT!"


    I use all of my strength to roll over toward my right. Did I say that out loud¡­?


    "Demon¡­ you''ve finally revealed your true colors¡­ but it is too late."


    Huh¡­? I can''t move my legs¡­


    "DURRENDAL! NOOOOOO!"


    My mother screams and bursts into tears. My eyes get heavy, and my vision slowly fades into black. Damn¡­ did I¡­ die¡­?


    At some point, I find myself in the white room again. Huh¡­? This body is my real body.


    "Durrendal¡­ you''ve been a tremendous disappointment."


    I hear Rigel''s voice from somewhere around me, but I can''t pinpoint where.


    "Hey, what''s going on? Where are you?"


    "You can''t see me anymore¡­ Soon, you won''t even be able to hear my voice. I''ve lost¡­ and both of us will be going to¡­"


    His voice fades out. I gulp. What''s going to happen¡­?


    The room gets dark again, and I lose all feeling of having a physical body. This again¡­? Am I being transported to somewhere?


    In the next moment, I feel like I just made the greatest mistake I''ve ever made. My vision returns to me, as do my senses¡­ but I wish that I don''t have them at all.


    I don''t need an explanation to know, but this is probably hell. An unbelievable amount of pain surrounds my entire body, or rather my soul. I don''t even want to think anymore. Ah, what a short miserable life I lived. I wish I was never born at all.


    You''ve reached a bad end.


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    She yells and turns around toward the door. She violently opens it, slamming the door on the wall and runs out while continuing to scream for help. What the hell? I cock an eyebrow and take a look at my right arm. Oh¡­ shit¡­ My right arm looks quite muscular. It is near twice the thickness of my left arm.


    I may have made a mistake¡­ What do I do now¡­?


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    The polls were looking pretty grim... so this chapter was out relatively fast since I had nothing else to do. This should be a fairly big hint on the correct choice.

 Chapter 5 - Time Limit

    Something inside my mind tugs me to want to leave as soon as possible. I need to leave¡­ and fast¡­! I try to stand up, but I''m unable to. Shit! I have no choice¡­ I multiply the muscles in my legs, my left arm, and nearly everywhere else in my body in an attempt to make myself proportional.


    I stand up and jump, grabbing onto the railing of the crib. I pull myself up and jump down. I run to the door, but before I run out, I make sure no one is around. I stick my head out as I survey the area.


    Wow¡­ this place is HUGE¡­ is this a mansion¡­? Rigel did say that my parents were going to be wealthy nobles¡­ I run out into the hallway and go to the railing. I look down, noticing that this is the third floor. Where are the stairs¡­? I hear a plate break near me, and I turn toward it. It appears a maid is standing there. She screams.


    "DE-DEMON! IT''S A DEMON! HELP!"


    She turns and runs away. Demon?! Shit, where is it?! I jump back from the rail and look around. There is nothing of the sort. What the hell was she talking about? The only thing that''s here is¡­ me¡­ Wait¡­ Do babies stand upright¡­? I hear footsteps far away closing in on me. Oh, shit! What do I do?! I go to the railing again and see that I might be able to jump to the floor below me, but it''s risky. I don''t have any other choice!


    I jump up to the railing, climb over it, and let myself hang in the air.


    "Dur-Durrendal?! Wh-what, what, what¡­"


    My mother stutters and faints. A man that is with her catches her. There are several other men with her including an old man. I need to get out of here! My joints freeze up. Damn, what''s wrong?! The old man walks closer and draws out what appears to be a katana.


    "Demon¡­ your life is mine!"


    He charges at me. Shit, shit, shit! I finally manage to loosen my hands enough to let go. I fall down, but I fail to grab onto the rail below me. Oh, god¡­ What do I do?! I got it¡­ I''ll bulk up my legs more... There''re less than two seconds to do everything. I multiply as much of the muscle cells in my legs possible in that time frame.


    I bend my knees a little, and as soon as I hit the ground, I extend them as I jump backward. Whoa! I fly at a speed far faster than I imagined I would. Eventually, I slide on the floor and hit a wall. Ouch¡­ I look back at the third floor and notice the old man. At least he won''t be able to¡­ I drop my jaws as I see him jump off without any hesitation. Shit! I pick myself off the ground and start running for the exit in front of me.


    I jump in the air while reaching for the door handle with my tiny hands. I grab it. Yes! Now, I just need to grab onto it and let my weight pull it¡­ The muscles in my hands become weak, and I let go of the handle.


    What the hell¡­? My hands¡­ they''re weak again. Why?! I hear a loud noise behind me. I look behind me, noticing that the old man has landed safely.


    "Running is futile, demon. Die peacefully."


    No! I just started my life¡­! Someone¡­ someone save me! I think my prayers are answered when I hear the door open behind me. I don''t think for a moment and turn around. I begin a full-on sprint out the door.


    "What in the world?!"


    Some unknown man yells as I run out into the lawn. I notice a large amount of green grass and nice scenery I have no time to appreciate right now. I run down the path toward the front gate. Alright! I just need to clear that gate, and I''m free! Suddenly, I fall down, and my head hits the stone tiles in front of me, but I don''t feel any pain.


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    What happened¡­? I can''t move my body¡­ but my head is still¡­ moving¡­? My head turns around against my will, and I witness my decapitated body. Blood spouts out of my neck. Oh, fuck¡­ Soon enough, my vision turns to black.


    At some point, I find myself in the white room again. Huh¡­? This body is my real body.


    "Durrendal¡­ you''ve been a tremendous disappointment."


    I hear Rigel''s voice from somewhere around me, but I can''t pinpoint where.


    "Hey, what''s going on? Where are you?"


    "You can''t see me anymore¡­ Soon, you won''t even be able to hear my voice. I''ve lost¡­ and both of us will be going to¡­"


    His voice fades out. I gulp. What''s going to happen¡­?


    The room gets dark again, and I lose all feeling of having a physical body. This again¡­? Am I being transported to somewhere?


    In the next moment, I feel like I just made the greatest mistake I''ve ever made. My vision returns to me, as do my senses¡­ but I wish that I don''t have them at all.


    I don''t need an explanation to know, but this is probably hell. An unbelievable amount of pain surrounds my entire body, or rather my soul. I don''t even want to think anymore. Ah, what a short miserable life I lived. I wish I was never born at all.


    You''ve reached a bad end.


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    She yells and turns around toward the door. She violently opens it, slamming the door on the wall and runs out while continuing to scream for help. What the hell? I cock an eyebrow and take a look at my right arm. Oh¡­ shit¡­ My right arm looks quite muscular. It is near twice the thickness of my left arm.


    I may have made a mistake¡­ What do I do now¡­?


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    There is sometimes only one correct option. Like this case. It should be 100% obvious now what the correct answer is based on what you have learned in the previous two failures. In cases like these, the bad endings will most likely give you the information you need for later, so you shouldn''t feel that it was a waste of a chapter/choice.


    There are sometimes, however, that the content inside the chapter may be the exact same as the previous choice. You can tell by looking at the title. I plan to use ''Redundancy'' or ''Useless'' or a similar naming convention to denote content that''s already been mostly seen. For these chapters, it will most likely be a copy paste from a previous scenario, but who knows what I''ll do in said hypothetical situation. Feel free to try that out on this option and see what happens if you really wish to see another bad end -.-

 Chapter 6-1 - Flight or Fight

    Something inside my mind clicks. Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! I roll around on the bed with my arms stretched out toward my tiny head. My heart rate speeds up rapidly.


    She said she was going to bring the doctor¡­ is he going to cut off my tiny arm? Well, it''s not tiny anymore¡­ Shit¡­ Do I stay here and hope for the best¡­ or should I leave¡­ or maybe I should hide¡­ fuck I don''t know!


    I''m screwed! There''s no left time! I hear voices getting closer!


    "Please, wait! Please, wait for the doctor!"


    I hear my mother''s voice get closer, but she has company. What¡­? The doctor isn''t coming? Several scary looking men enter the room with her. Fuck¡­ Now what?! Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, oh shit! I continue to roll around meaninglessly.


    "Hmm¡­ There is no doubt about it. This child is the demon that the kingdom''s seer has warned us about."


    Demon¡­? What the hell is he talking about?


    "No¡­ That can''t be¡­ My Durrendal isn''t a demon! No!"


    My mother tries to get closer, but the two other men hold her back. The old man stares into my eyes, and it feels like an icy cold katana is about to cut me down. At that moment, I realize. I can''t run, and he''s going to kill me. No¡­ I don''t want to die¡­ I just started a new life¡­! I grit my teeth hard and quiver my entire body.


    "The seer has warned us that a demon has manifested itself inside young child no more than two years old. Look at this body."


    Something in my mind clicks again when I see his hand approach my right hand. He grabs it.


    "These muscles¡­ they are far too developed for a child like him. Didn''t you say he grabbed you when you tried to breastfeed him?"


    "Yes, but¡­ there has to be a mistake!"


    He''s going to kill me¡­!


    "There is no mistake. It will all be clear to you soon. It looks like he''s about to have a heart attack from my aura. What kind of baby knows what danger is? There is none. This baby is clearly a demon!"


    Fight or die, fight or die, fight or die, fight or die¡­! I quickly repeat those words in my head as he speaks.


    My heart beats even faster as he appears to take out a katana and points it at me. I''ll¡­ I''ll fight! I quickly increase the muscle cell count in my legs and jump away as I see him plunge down his weapon.


    "Demon! You''ve finally shown your true colors!"


    "I don''t know what you''re talking about! I''m just a baby!"


    "Dur-Dur-Dur¡­ Durrrr¡­"


    My mother tries to say my name, but she passes out. A man beside her catches her fall.


    "A baby, you say? You speak as if you''ve mastered the language already. No matter. I will kill you."


    Not without a fight! I need to make myself proportional¡­ I increase the muscle cell count everywhere on my body that I haven''t multiplied. Shit! Why can''t you give me a long speech, so I can fucking prepare?! I jump away from an incoming slash. I see him stand there and think it''s my chance.


    I leap toward him and clench my fist. Take this! I throw back my right arm, planning to use the momentum of my leap as a power boost. Before I connect the blow, I feel the strength in my hand weaken. This sudden change shifts my hand in the air. My knuckles don''t land on his cheek, instead, my hand kind of slides across his skin.


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    What the hell happened? I can''t make a fist anymore. I raise my eyebrows. I realize the answer when I try making a fist with my left hand. This cell count increase¡­ is not permanent! Alright! I can use thi¡ª


    Suddenly, my view of the room turns upside-down. Huh¡­? I can no longer move my body as I helplessly drop to the floor. My view goes crazy as I land on the floor. By the time I realize, I''m looking at my decapitated body over ten feet away. Bright red blood spouts out of my neck. You¡­ You''ve got to me kidding me¡­ Shit¡­ My vision slowly fades into blackness.


    At some point, I find myself in the white room again. Huh¡­? This body is my real body.


    "Durrendal¡­ you''ve been a tremendous disappointment."


    I hear Rigel''s voice from somewhere around me, but I can''t pinpoint where.


    "Hey, what''s going on? Where are you?"


    "You can''t see me anymore¡­ Soon, you won''t even be able to hear my voice. I''ve lost¡­ and both of us will be going to¡­"


    His voice fades out. I gulp. What''s going to happen¡­?


    The room gets dark again, and I lose all feeling of having a physical body. This again¡­? Am I being transported to somewhere?


    In the next moment, I feel like I just made the greatest mistake I''ve ever made. My vision returns to me, as do my senses¡­ but I wish that I don''t have them at all.


    I don''t need an explanation to know, but this is probably hell. An unbelievable amount of pain surrounds my entire body, or rather my soul. I don''t even want to think anymore. Ah, what a short miserable life I lived. I wish I was never born at all.


    You''ve reached a bad end.


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    Option Reset


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    She yells and turns around toward the door. She violently opens it, slamming the door on the wall and runs out while continuing to scream for help. What the hell? I cock an eyebrow and take a look at my right arm. Oh¡­ shit¡­ My right arm looks quite muscular. It is near twice the thickness of my left arm.


    I may have made a mistake¡­ What do I do now¡­?


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 Chapter 6-2 - Lockdown

    Something inside my mind tugs me to hide. Oh, shit¡­! I need to hide¡­ but where? I look around the room where I can see, but I can''t see it all in the crib. First, I need to get out of this crib¡­ I try to stand up, but I''m unable to. Damn! Weak ass legs¡­ there''s no other choice. I increase the muscle cell count in my legs, allowing me to stand up.


    I jump up and grab the railing to the crib with my right arm and pull myself up. I climb over and jump down. I walk around the room looking for a place to hide. Hmm¡­ there''s a closet¡­ a wardrobe¡­ under the mattress¡­ but none of those are probably good enough¡­


    My eyes stop on a nearby drawer. I can''t possibly fit in there¡­ can I? I walk over to the drawer and open it. Luckily, there is nothing inside. Great! It looks like it''s big enough! I climb into the drawer and lie down.


    Now what¡­? How do I close this damn thing? I feel my heart skip a beat when I hear voices closing in on me. Oh, shit¡­ Uhh¡­ Fuck, I need to do something! I do the first thing that comes to mind, and I throw my body in the air while trying to force the drawer to close a little. I make some progress, but I don''t close the drawer completely. The opening to the outside is about an inch.


    "Please, wait! Please, wait for the doctor!"


    I hear my mother''s voice get closer, but she has company. Several scary looking men enter the room with her. Who the fuck¡­? I make the connection that the doctor is not in this group of men. I notice an old man with a scabbard attached to his waist.


    "Where is your child?"


    "What are you talking about? He''s right¡­"


    She pauses for a moment. Suddenly, she runs to the crib and shuffles around the blanket and pillow.


    "Durrendal?! I swear I left him here! Durrendal?! Where are you?!"


    The old man sighs.


    "Madam Pancakes, haven''t you''ve been working too hard lately? You should rest your body now and then."


    The scary men make for the exit.


    "Wait, it''s not like that! Durrendal is missing! Someone must have taken him!"


    "I''m sure he''ll turn up eventually. My men have this entire place locked down. There''s no way anyone could take him and leave unnoticed. I''m sure you just forgot to leave him in the crib, and he crawled out somewhere. I''ll let my men know."


    With that, the old man and his men leave the room. Who was that¡­? He said he had the entire place locked down¡­ I should probably¡­ avoid that guy¡­


    "Hmm? The diaper drawer is open¡­ I know I closed that earlier today¡­"


    Oh, shit¡­! I''m fucked!


    My heart pounds rapidly, and I feel droplets of sweat forming around my entire naked body. She reaches for the drawer but stops.


    "Oh, no¡­ I need to find Durrendal¡­! Durrendal?!"


    She yells for my name as she turns around and runs out the door. I sigh. I think it''s safe now? I throw my body up and down in the opposite direction until there is enough space to climb out. When I begin to close the drawer behind me, my grip on the drawer weakens. Huh¡­? They''ve grown weak again¡­


    I raise my eyebrows. I see¡­ so the cell count increase is not¡­ permanent¡­? I close the drawer before turning around.


    Hmm¡­ What should I do now¡­?


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    SOLUTION


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    How to solve from Chapter 3: Get lucky.


    How to solve from Chapter 4: In chapter 4, you died. But, what exactly led to the death? The mother panicked upon witnessing Durrendal''s strange appearance. Namely, the augmented right arm that was nearly twice the size of the other arm and the muscles were defined. Okay, so... Mother sees abnormal body parts. She freaks out.


    What next? Scary men come. You die. What else did you learn? Scary men thinks you''re a demon(HINT HINT HINT HINT) Why? You don''t know. What else did you learn? Well, you know that Durrendal can''t undo his power. Now look at the choices.


    ''Do nothing'' --> You stay in the crib. Scary men come. You die.


    ''Panic'' --> You either stay in the crib or you run out and do stupid things. Does that sound like you are going to be sneaking around logically thinking things through? No. People find you. You die.


    ''Try to get out of the crib and get the fuck out'' --> Like above. People find you. You die. From Chapter 1, you know that you are born to a wealthy noble family. You might infer that you live in a relatively large household/mansion like in most situations.


    ''Try to get out of the crib and hide'' --> You avoid discovery. You may live. But other choices are definitely bad, so it is the only logical answer.


    How to solve from Chapter 5: Everything applies from above... Now you learn from running away that the cell count increase is on a time limit. Combine that with the knowledge that you can''t manually undo cell count increase. So how does this help?


    ''Do nothing'' --> You sit still. Scary men still come. You die.


    ''Panic'' --> You either sit still or run away and be discovered. You die


    ''Get out of the crib and hide'' --> You get out and hide. You wait for time to pass for your body parts to return to normal. You live if you are not discovered.


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 Chapter 7 - Identical Room

    Something in my mind tugs me to crawl outside and explore. But first, I''ll wait here for my powers to fade. Hmm¡­ I guess I''ll stay in this room in the mean time. I look at my bulked up right arm.


    I wonder if I can just undo this somehow¡­ I focus on my arm. Arm, go back to normal! There is no change. I figure it doesn''t work like that. Hmm? I see the top drawer of the nightstand next to the bed is open. I practice my crawl across the room. It feels a little awkward because my right arm is huge.


    I almost trip when my right arm returns to normal size. That was fast¡­ My legs should be back to normal anytime now¡­ I leave the drawer alone for now and crawl toward the exit of the room. I hear indistinguishable voices that echo outside of the room.


    I remain in place until I feel that the rest of my body returns to normal. I crawl outside toward the rail in front of me. Whoa¡­ This place is¡­ HUGE¡­ Based on what I see down there I deduce that I''m on the third floor. I also perceive that old man down there by the entrance. He is talking to three different men.


    "Durrendal?!"


    Oh, shit¡­ I hear my mother''s voice coming from one of the hallways leading into this path on my right. I decide to turn left and follow the hallway there. Eventually, I make a left turn into an enclosed hallway with no railings. There are closed doors with numbers on both sides of this hallway with expensive looking vases placed on more expensive looking furniture throughout. One of the doors ahead of me opens. I make a quick decision to hide behind one of the pieces of furniture lined up against the wall.


    "Are you sure this was a good idea?"


    I hear a man ask quietly.


    "Well, you tell me¡­ Wasn''t it good?"


    A second man laughs.


    "Yeah¡­ I guess¡­ but what if the Master finds out¡­? Then we''re screwed¡­"


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    "He''s not gonna find out¡­ and even if he does¡­ I doubt he would care. Well, I''m going to have at it myself. I''ll catch you later."


    His last few words end with a door close. I gulp as footsteps get closer to me. Soon, the man passes by me without noticing me. He is dressed the same as the men I saw the old man with. He goes down the hallway I just came from. I sigh and start crawling down the hallway again. I look at the door number to where that man went in. Room 328, huh¡­ I put my ears on the door to see if I can hear anything inside. The only thing I can distinguish is the creaking of a mattress. Since there is nothing else I can do here I leave and go down the hallway again.


    Exploring this entire place is going to take forever¡­ I just gotta find the stairs¡­ Hmm¡­? I notice one of the doors was slightly open as my view passes by a piece of furniture. My curiosity brings me there. Room 308, huh¡­? I try to push the door open through the opening with my tiny hands. I struggle a little, but I manage to open it enough to fit my tiny body inside. I immediately notice a baby sleeping on the floor in the middle of the room. This baby has clothes on, unlike my naked ass wearing only a diaper.


    I crawl toward the baby while looking around the rest of the room. What the hell? This room is like... exactly the same as the room I was just in! What is going on here¡­? The mother doesn''t appear to be around¡­  I move closer to the baby to get a closer look, when suddenly, he wakes up. I give him a half-assed smile.


    "Wahhh!"


    He starts crying. Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!


    "Hey, shut up! Quiet!"


    I say aggressively in a quiet voice, but it is ineffective against the baby. What do I do with this¡­?

 Chapter 8 - Lucy

    Something inside my mind clicks. I guess I''ll cry too. When I think about the time my first friend was killed by the bullies in elementary school, my eyes get teary. It was the classroom''s pet hamster¡­ the only one who didn''t reject me. It was my fault for choosing him as my school project which led to his death¡­


    "Wahhh!"


    I cry. Come on... someone get in here already. Two babies are crying their eyes out! Seriously, can anyone hear us?


    A minute passes.


    Oh, god¡­ I don''t think I can keep this up. My throat is getting kinda painful from all this screaming. How do babies scream for so long¡­? Loud footsteps approach. Finally! The door opens.


    "Durrendal?!"


    Oh, shit. It''s her. I continue to cry as she stands at the doorway.


    "Dur-Durrendal!"


    She shouts as she runs toward me, eventually kneeling down, picking me up, and hugging me.


    "Where have you been¡­? It''s okay; mommy is here now!"


    Is it appropriate to stop crying now¡­? I guess I''ll tune it down a bit.


    "There, there¡­"


    She says calmly as she pats me on the back. I stop crying completely.


    "All better!"


    She puts me down and turns her head toward the other crying baby.


    "Huh¡­? I didn''t even notice you were here too!"


    What? She knows him? She picks him up and gives him a hug the same.


    "Lucy, don''t cry¡­"


    What did she just say?! Lucy?! Are you telling me this baby is Lucy?! She''s a girl?!


    "Don''t cry Lucy¡­ don''t cry¡­"


    I notice my mother starting to cry too. What the hell? Why is she crying? She cries alongside Lucy in an embrace. What do I do¡­? Hmm¡­ I guess I''ll try to help.


    I crawl over to her knees and lightly slap her legs. I put on the most neutral face as possible and stare at her confused.


    "Durrendal¡­"


    She mutters as she gives me a glance. She sniffs, stops crying, and closes her eyes.


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    "Lucy, it''s okay¡­your mother¡­ your mother just had to go somewhere¡­ she didn''t want to leave you, but¡­ she loves you very much¡­ I''ll take care of you from now on, okay¡­?"


    Wait¡­ that sounds like Lucy''s mother is¡­ What the hell is going on in this place¡­? Subsequently, Lucy stops crying. My mother holds her up with her left arm.


    "Come on, Durrendal. Let''s go back to our room!"


    She sweeps me off the ground and rests me against her shoulders with her right arm. She walks out of the room and closes the door. She makes a turn toward the left, where I came from.


    What should I do¡­?


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    Since I added something in the synopsis, I''ll mention it again here. Basically, there will be consequences for certain actions in regards to the mentality of Durrendal. For an example... if you do a bad action and survive often, then the MC will turn toward the dark side. The consequences of that are sometimes you won''t have a choice in what bad things he does. The choices that come up will be dark too. I haven''t decided if he''s allowed to reverse the effects,  but since I want this to be a game for the most part... I''ll have him able to convert himself back to the polar opposite if the choices are picked correctly. I think I''ll let his pervertedness be adjusted in that manner as well. His current status is leaning toward pervertedness (obviously), but it can still increase. His morality is neutral.


    Now... will you lead him down the dark side or turn him into an upright citizen? Do you want him to pervert the fuck out of his mind or go the other way? The choice is yours.


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 Chapter 9 - Scream

    Something inside my mind clicks. I put my tiny hands over my mother''s breasts and let out a whiny sound.


    "Oh¡­ that''s right¡­ you haven''t had¡­ your milk yet¡­"


    She comments hesitantly. Her eyes seem to quiver. Oh, shit¡­ that''s right¡­ didn''t she see my arm?


    I feel my heart skip a beat when she gives me a look. I try my hardest to not make a stupid reaction I''m not supposed to.


    "I completely forgot about your arm. It looks fine now, though. Was I just overworking myself like Sir Von Hawk said¡­?


    Sir Von Hawk¡­? The old man comes to mind. Who is he anyway? Captain of the guards of this house, maybe?


    We arrive back in the room I woke up in. My mother closes the door.


    "Okay, feeding time!"


    She exclaims as she walks across the room. My heart beats faster. Oh¡­ could it be?! I''ll get to witness her big jugs again? Th-this time... I''ll, I''ll put my mouth ov-over it directly¡­ I smile and flare my nostrils in anticipation. I stop smiling when she crouches down. What is she doing¡­? She stands back up.


    "It looks like the bottle of milk I dropped earlier is still here! Aren''t you in luck, Durrendal?"


    Huh¡­? My mind goes blank as she sits in a nearby fancy sofa chair. She sets Lucy down on her lap and moves the bottle near my mouth. Damn it¡­ I don''t want this, you stupid bitch. Let me suck on your tits. I make whiny noises and pull on her robe.


    "Okay, okay¡­"


    She says and sighs as she sets down the bottle of milk on a stand next to the chair. She starts to loosen her robe. Yes, yes, yes! She lets it fall completely, leaving her upper body bare. YES!


    "Don''t grab it this time, okay? Or it''s back to the bottle."


    She moves my head toward her right nipple. YES, YES, YES! JUST A LITTLE MORE! I open my mouth and feel my heart pounding like crazy.


    "Wahhh!"


    Lucy cries and my mother stops pushing my head toward her nipple. NO¡­ SO CLOSE¡­ My mouth is only an inch from her nipple. I try sticking out my tongue, but it doesn''t reach. My mother sets me down on her lap and picks up Lucy.


    "Aww¡­ don''t cry, Lucy. Are you hungry¡­?"


    She moves Lucy toward her right nipple, and Lucy stops crying when she starts sucking on her tit. NOOO!


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    "Sorry, Durrendal¡­ It''s back to the bottle for you. I can''t give her the bottle that resulted from your mischievous behavior from before."


    She explains as she moves the bottle toward my face, but she stops.


    "Oh, I know. I''ll heat it up for you, and it will be good as new. Mommy can at least do that!"


    Heat up¡­? How, exactly is she going to do that¡­? She takes off the cap to the bottle and sticks her index finger in the bottle. After several seconds, I see steam rising from the bottle.


    "Good as new!"


    She exclaims as she takes out her finger. I see a glimpse of her magic and raise my eyebrows. Was that fire?! Her finger was on fire for a moment! By the time she puts the lid back on, her finger has returned to normal. She moves the pacifier over to my mouth, and I start sucking on it. The warm milk enters my mouth and down my throat.


    This tastes¡­ AMAZING¡­! It''s sweeter than the milk I usually drink for breakfast, and it has other flavors I can''t even begin to describe. I close my eyes and imagine as if I was sucking on her tit. This isn''t that bad¡­ Hmm¡­ now that I think about it¡­ Rigel did say there was magic in this world¡­ was that magic¡­? I wonder if I''ll be able to use it someday¡­


    I finish the bottle in about 15 minutes, but my mother continues to feed Lucy for longer than that. I don''t know how much time passes before she finishes. I spend the extra time lying on her lap.


    I hear a woman scream very close by; probably in the hallway we were just at. My mother quickly turns her head toward the door. She takes Lucy off her nipple and sets her down on the chair. She moves me there too as she stands up while putting her robe on again.


    "I''ll be right back! Don''t move!"


    She hurries out the door but forgets to close it. I have to make a quick decision. What should I do¡­?


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 Chapter 10 - Strange Pleasure

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    An evil smile stretches across my face after something inside my mind clicks. My eyes make their way to Lucy. Heh¡­ this is my chance¡­ I laugh inside. I augment the muscles in my hand and some in the forearm. Lucy looks at me with an innocent smile, randomly flailing her tiny arms around as I reach for the zipper on the back of her romper. She still realizes nothing as I slide that zipper all the way down.


    Next, I grab her romper from the front and pull it off from all of her tiny limbs. Now she starts to cry and struggle weakly as I strip her. I find a strange satisfaction brewing within me when I finally remove it and hold it in my tiny hands.


    "Wahhh!"


    She starts crying, but I figure no one can hear with all the commotion going on in the nearby hallway. Whatever, it doesn''t concern me. There is only a diaper left on her. Heh¡­ I''ll remove that too¡­! My hands reach for her diaper, and I rip it off.  I throw both her romper and diaper on the ground.


    What the fuck? I feel liquid dripping down my back. I turn around and see that Lucy is peeing. She sprays her piss all over me as she continues to cry. Strangely enough, I gloat at her misfortune.


    I feel like there is something wrong with me as I, a 16-year-old first year in high school stripped an unsuspecting, helpless baby of her clothes. I silently point my head down in regret, but moments later I laugh again. Who cares¡­ No one''s going to find out¡­ and my life has just gotten started.


    "Durrendal?!"


    I hear my mother shout from the hallway. She runs back into the room and stares blankly at crying Lucy and me. She opens her mouth and closes it repeatedly, not saying a word. She finally presses into the temples of her head with both palms and mutters something I can''t hear.


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    She turns to the door and puts her hand on the door handle as if she is going to leave, but she stops. Several seconds later, she shakes her arm and closes the door.


    "Lucy! What happened to your clothes?"


    My mother asks in a normal voice as she walks over. She stops when she gets a good look at the romper and diaper on the ground. She couldn''t see it before because of the angle. Her eyes roll over to me. I smile, clap my hands, and giggle.


    "Dur-Durrendal¡­ Di-did you do this¡­?"


    Of course, I don''t answer and continue my baby-like behavior. She shakes her head and walks over to the table with the diaper on it. She puts a new diaper on Lucy, picks her up, and calms her.


    I spend the remaining time in the day taking naps, uncaring of what''s going on outside.


    I wake up in the dead of the night. I notice my mother getting up from her bed, heading for the door. When she starts to turn her head toward me, I close my eyes. I only open them again when I hear the creaking sound of the door opening. She leaves, but doesn''t close the door all the way, probably from making too much excessive noise when she comes back. I figure she''s going to take a leak. Based on the sound of her footsteps, I know she''s heading for the right hallway.


    What should I do¡­?


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 Chapter 11 - Demons

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    Something inside my mind tugs me to stay here and practice my power. Hmm¡­I wonder how much of this I can use before it''s exhausted. I don''t know how long my mother is going to be gone, though¡­ What else to do¡­ I think back to the first thing I learned, growing teeth.


    I raise my tiny eyebrows. Wait a minute¡­ teeth is a bone structure¡­ so I can grow that too? I take out my tiny hand and look at my right index finger. I put my concentration into growing the tip of the finger that is separated by the last joint.


    OUCH, FUCK! FUCK, FUCK, FUCK! My bone rips through my skin as I greatly increase the size past the last joint. I think I grow it around ten times the normal size. I literally see the bone. Some blood drips onto the bed while I grimace for the next seven minutes. My finger returns to normal, and the pain immediately stops. I sigh.


    Holy shit. I thought I was going to die¡­ that was the worst pain I''ve ever felt. I''d think having a piano fall on me would be more painful¡­ Well, that idea was a bust. Is this power useless, after all¡­? No, no wait. There has to be a way around this. Think, think, think¡­


    A baby starts small¡­ but the baby can grow naturally into an adult¡­ how does that happen, exactly¡­? I spend an hour thinking about it with my full concentration, but then I realize my mother still hasn''t come back. I figure she went to sleep her husband.


    No matter how much I think about it¡­ I really need to know everything about the human body from bone shape and nerves¡­ How can I learn something like that in this world as a baby¡­? Impossible.


    I raise my tiny eyebrows. Wait¡­ what the hell am I doing¡­ I don''t need to create the same type of cell¡­  I can create other types of cells next to my muscle and bone cells¡­ What if¡­ I create eyes inside my body to learn all of its shapes? I smile. Now I need to figure out how exactly to do that. I put the same focus into my eyes when I think about growing my eyes a little. I remember that feeling, and I try applying it on a smaller scale inside my hand.


    I did it¡­ but¡­ Fuck, I am stupid¡­ I feel like I wasted all my years studying in school. I slap my forehead with my tiny hand. I forgot about the optic nerve. Shit¡­ this is too complicated for me¡­ Why did I choose this power again? I wish Rigel just gave me the power to beat everything with one punch. That would be much simpler.


    I can''t. I can''t do this right now¡­ I''m just going to go back to sleep.


    "Wahhh!"


    I wake up due to Lucy''s crying. I yawn as I turn my body around. I notice my mother still hasn''t come back from her trip. What''s that stupid bitch doing¡­? Oh, it looks like she''s coming back. That woman is always running toward crying babies¡­


    The door busts open, but it isn''t my mother. It is a man dressed similarly to the men I saw yesterday.


    "Sir! There are two infants in here!"


    He says after turning toward the hallway.


    "Alright. Take them and bring them here. As for the rest of you, hurry up and sweep the mansion!"


    I hear someone yell in the distance. That sounds like the old man¡­ what''s going on¡­? The man that opened the door comes to pick Lucy and me up. He ignores Lucy''s crying. He brings us to the ground floor. Along the way, I learn the general path of how to get from the third floor to the ground floor. Around me, there are more than a two dozen women, about a dozen butlers, and about two dozen guards. About half of the women are carrying babies.


    "I just finished the head count, sir! Madam Pancakes, Madam Chamomile, and one of the guards are the only ones missing, Sir Von Hawk!"


    What?! My mother is missing?!


    "Hey, you. I remember you from yesterday."


    The old man asks a guard who looks like he''s about to shit his pants.


    "What? No, I do-don''t know anything!"


    I recognize him to be one of the two guards who came out of room 328 yesterday. What''s he so panicked about¡­? The old man walks closer to him and pulls out his katana.


    "Are you sure about that? Don''t lie to me. You were the one who claimed to have strangled Madam Heartfilia because she was a demon. With the blood splatter on the third floor and the one discovered this morning, it is clear to me that it is not true. So tell me the truth, or die."


    I feel something murderous coming from the old man. I gulp. This guy is dangerous. My baby senses are tingling. He rests his katana on the poor guard''s neck close enough to give him a paper cut.


    "Wa-wa-wait! There''s a misunderstanding!"


    He shouts nervously while flailing his arms in front of him.


    "I really don''t anything about that!"


    "Then¡­ what do you know? Clearly, you are hiding something."


    More blood leaks down from his neck wound.


    "Wa-wait! Johnny was the one who strangled Madam Heartfilia! I saw him do it! He was going to blackmail me if I didn''t follow his instructions! Madam Chamomile saw too, and he took her hostage! He tied her up in her room, sir! He forced me to¡ª"


    The old man decapitates the guard. The surrounding crowd doesn''t scream at all. Oh, fuck! This guy isn''t a joke!


    "I''ve heard enough. Where is the guard that was getting the master key? Room 328 is the only room we haven''t checked."


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    He asks another guard as he sheathes his katana.


    "He should be on his way back to the third floor, sir."


    "The demons are definitely among us. We will get to the bottom of this today. The seer said that one of the demons will manifest themselves in an adult and the other one in a child less than two years of age. Perhaps you are the demon?"


    He suddenly turns to me and asks. I try my hardest not to make a reaction. I make some stupid baby noises, giggle, and clap my hands in front of me. Holy shit old man, do you have to be so serious?! LAUGH DAMN IT! I''m a fucking cute baby!


    "Maybe Madam Pancakes wasn''t hallucinating from overworking herself after all."


    He stares into my eyes, and it feels like an icy cold katana is about to cut me down.


    "I found Madam Chamomile! She''s alive¡­ but uh¡­"


    I sigh after he turns to the guard on the third floor.


    "I heard she was tied to the bed?"


    "Yes¡­ and she''s naked, sir."


    "No matter. Cut her loose, give her some clothes, and bring her here. She may know something. Did you clear the whole floor?"


    "No, sir. This was the last room."


    "I see¡­ so that must have been Madam Pancakes¡­"


    What was Madam Pancakes¡­? What''s he talking about?


    About a minute passes.


    "Demon! Demon! Demon!"


    A woman screams from nearby. The old man turns immediately toward the scream and pulls out his katana.


    "What''s going on?!"


    "I don''t know, sir! Madam Chamomile started yelling demon out of nowhere!"


    Several seconds later, we see the two in view. The woman has her hands on her head and tries to run away, but the guard stops her. She constantly screams the word "demon." Seriously... What the hell is going on¡­? I don''t understand. Someone¡­ please explain this. Eventually, the guard brings the woman over to the old man. I notice her stomach bulging out greatly. Is she pregnant?


    "Calm down, Madam Chamomile. What happened?"


    "Demon! There was a man who forced himself on me! He''s the demon! I saw him change into a demon! He''s going to kill me!"


    "Calm down. I''ll cut down any demon that shows¡ª"


    Something suddenly crashes down from the ceiling. The crowd around me screams and runs away from the landing point. As some of the debris clears, two things emerge. I gulp. Are¡­ are those the demons he was talking about?! One of them is small no more than two feet high and the tall one is over seven feet tall. They have claws, two horns on their head, red eyes, and dark scaly skin. They look exactly like the demons I''ve seen in video games and anime.


    "DEMONS! HELP! THEY''RE GOING TO KILL ME!"


    The woman screams again. Jesus, do you have to be so dramatic?


    "Demons, so you were hiding in the ceiling as I expected. There were holes in the ceiling near the blood splatters, after all. Prepare to die!"


    The old man slashes the empty air in front of him at great speeds I can''t follow. Moments later, the demons are cut into pieces. Holy shit! He just killed them like ants! He sheathes his katana shortly afterward.


    "Now that matter is settled. It bewilders me a little that the seer was wrong this time¡­ He said that the demons would manifest in members of the Hawxie household¡­ Oh well. Lockdown is now officially over. Clean this mess up."


    "Sir!"


    "Thank you! You saved me! Now I can sleep well tonight¡­"


    The woman says with a smile.


    "I''m just doing my job. The master would be very upset with me if I did a poor job when he was gone. If you have any concerns or questions, come to my room."


    "Where is that? I don''t quite remember¡­"


    "It is alright, you probably just need to rest especially after the trauma you experienced¡­ My room is at the end of the other side of the building on the third floor, room 300."


    "Oh, I just remembered! How silly of me. Well, if you''d excuse me."


    What a carefree woman¡­ She was panicked yelling "Demon, demons!" and now she seems completely fine¡­ She walks away toward the stairs.


    "What should I do with these two?"


    The old man turns to me again. Huh? When did Lucy stop crying¡­? I don''t remember.


    "Hmm¡­ that''s right¡­ now that both of their mothers passed away¡­"


    Passed away?! My mother is dead?! What the fuck?! He turns to the maids standing nearby.


    "You. You''re the new recruit, right?"


    "Uh-um, yes! Sir!"


    "Great. Why don''t you take charge of these two? You can use the same room they are currently being kept in, room 317."


    "Yes! I''ll be honored to, sir!"


    A girl takes Lucy and me into her arms. She can''t possibly even be 18 years old. How can she take care of us? I put my tiny hands up to her chest and feel almost nothing. Well, this sucks.


    The rest of the day passes. The delicious warm milk I received from my mother is no longer an available food item. The maid feeds Lucy and I warm cow milk in baby bottles instead. At night, she tucks us in, turns off the light, and closes the door. I fall asleep and wake up some time later.


    What should I do¡­?


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 Chapter 12 - Sloth

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    Something inside my mind tugs me to fall back asleep, so I do. I wake up again some time later. Did I just hear a scream¡­? I listen closely but hear nothing. I guess it was just my imagination. I roll over and face the door. I notice something a light flickering through the space under the door. What are people doing¡­? Are they still awake?


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 Chapter 13 - Consequences (Infant Epilogue)

    You know that saying actions have consequences? Well... in this case, inaction has consequences.


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    Something inside my mind clicks. Ugh¡­ I guess I''ll check out what''s going on outside. I hope no one sees me¡­ I need to augment nearly all of my muscles. I take up to 30 seconds starting from my legs and working my way up the body. I climb out of the crib and head for the door. I jump up and grab the handle while letting my weight turn the knob. Alright! I let go and pull the door open with my tiny hands.


    HOLY SHIT! WHAT''S GOING ON HERE?! I run to the railing and see a large fire on the first floor. Why hasn''t anyone stopped this yet?! Oh, there''s someone!


    I perceive someone walking on the other side of the mansion on the second floor. Huh¡­? Isn''t that the woman from earlier¡­? I think her name is Madam Chamomile¡­ Wait a minute¡­ she''s not pregnant anymore?! I think of the small possibility that she went through childbirth within a day, but then I notice something on her left shoulder. It is obscured from my view so I can''t see exactly what it is. She knocks on a door.


    "Excuse me! There''s a fire! Evacuate quickly!"


    She shouts as she bangs on the door. About fifteen seconds later, the door opens. It appears to be a maid.


    "What''s going¡ª"


    Some tentacle-like things pop out from the body of the woman and stab the maid in at least ten different locations. HOLY¡­ SHIT¡­ The maid''s arms go limp in a few seconds. Whatever on the woman''s shoulder leaps onto the maid''s head and takes bites out of her head. I gape at them. Where the hell is that old man when you need him?!


    It is then I realize as I remember Madam Chamomile''s words from yesterday. Are you fucking kidding me¡­? Please don''t tell me he''s dead¡­ The scene that is in front of me can''t exactly refute that statement. I think back on the old man''s words from yesterday. Something about a seer and demons manifesting in members of the Hawxie household¡­ So he was right¡­


    The small demon completely consumes the head of the maid at this point. Shortly afterward, the maid''s body explodes. Another small demon appears to have emerged from inside the maid. Well¡­ that''s one mystery solved¡­  I need to get the fuck out. It looks like they''re about to move to rooms further down. They won''t be able to see me once they go into that hallway. I go back into my room and take Lucy into my arms. I can at least save her.


    Should I take the stairs¡­? Probably not¡­ Well¡­ here goes nothing. I hope this works. I augment the muscles in my legs further and jump over the rail. I bend my knees slightly to prepare for the landing. As I land, I extend my legs to negate some of the force from falling. I did it! I avoid the fire on the first floor as I make my way to the front entrance.


    "Wahhh!"


    Lucy cries loudly. Oh, shit¡­ I put my hand over her mouth, reducing her noise level. I feel her slobbering all over it. I carry Lucy over my left shoulder as I jump for the door handle with my right hand. My heart beats rapidly as I finally open the door. I picture the demon coming after me with every passing second, so I don''t even turn around to check. As soon as the door is open, I sprint forward. I notice several guards around the premises.


    What the hell are they doing?!


    "Who''s there?!"


    God damn it¡­ I change direction and make for the tall fence near the side of the building.


    "What the hell is that thing?!"


    "More importantly, the mansion is on fire! Hurry and put it out!"


    They ignore me and probably are running toward the front entrance. At least I know that demon isn''t following me now¡­ I think I should still have at least five minutes before my augments disappear. I easily jump over the fence with my super buff legs. There is no one at the street I land on. Ugh¡­ where do I even go now¡­? This seriously sucks. Do I have bad luck or what?


    I run around aimlessly in these empty streets with buildings I don''t recognize. I run endlessly, hoping for a miracle to come by me. I feel my legs get smaller. Shit¡­ At least I still have the additional augments on my legs, but my arms won''t last much longer. I guess I''ll apply some more. I make an attempt to, but nothing happens. The thought that I have already drained my power comes to mind. I gulp.


    Now that it''s come to this¡­ there''s only one thing to do¡­ We should be safe at this point¡­ I remove my hand from Lucy''s mouth.


    "WAHHH!"


    She cries louder than before. I set her down on the side of the street next to this building. I lay down next to her. Two minutes later, all of my powers disappear, and I return to a normal baby again. I cry too.


    I don''t know how much time passes before two people come into my sights. Oh, thank god! A miracle happened! Yes! Come over here and take us to safety!


    However, my smile quickly fades as they get close enough for me to see. One of the men snickers.


    "Hey, hey¡­ It looks like these poor babies got abandoned¡­"


    The other man snickers back.


    "It''s fortunate that we came across them then¡­ Fortunate for us, that is¡­"


    Oh¡­ you''ve got to be shitting me. Please, no¡­ One man picks me up while the other picks up Lucy.


    "Oh! This one is a girl! She''ll be worth a lot when she grows up¡­"


    The man holding Lucy takes something out from his pocket. He takes out a cloth and puts it over her mouth. A moment later, her crying stops and appears to have fallen asleep. At this point, I know her fate is sealed, and there is nothing I can do. Well, I tried¡­ It''s not like she''s the same Lucy that I knew. Oh well. I consider scaring them off by talking to them or yelling for help, but I refrain. I figure that would be worse for me. I do the only thing I can think of.


    "WAHHH!"


    I bawl my eyes out.


    "Damn. This one started crying too. I have no choice."


    He takes out a similar cloth and puts it over my mouth. Soon after, my eyes get heavy. I pass out.


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    SOLUTION


    You guys really screwed this one up. I''ll just start Chapter 6-2.


    Chapter 6-2 - Lockdown: What did we learn in this chapter? Nothing we don''t already know that I mentioned in the other SOLUTION thread. I guess you learn about the lockdown and the character finds out about the time limit on the powers is about it. I would like to point out that I gave a huge hint too, that you guys completely ignored by the way.


    Here is the hint again. There''s two actually.


    Scary men thinks you''re a demon(HINT HINT HINT HINT) Why? You don''t know


    Here''s another hint. if you want to progress the story, then you have to think. If you have questions about what''s going on in the world... then try to make choices that don''t lead to death and possibly lead to situations where you might discover the answer. Sometimes it may be helpful to purposefully choose an obvious death trap to discover curious information.


    Basically... the first hint tells you that you should discover why they think you''re a demon, but you should also be able to reason that since they didn''t kill you for the demon there is definitely another demon out there. If there''s any possible choice that leads to discovering a conflict that''s probably going to be the better option especially when you know nothing.


    You guys chose "Wait a few minutes then crawl out to explore" which was the best choice for this chapter.


    Chapter 7 - Identical Room: Durrendal learns that he can''t undo his powers and must wait for time limit. Durrendal finds some suspicious men and a room where a room number is noted. Room 328. You guys chose "Cry and wait for someone to come" which was a safe option to go with, I suppose. Nothing wrong so far.


    Chapter 8 - Lucy: You learn the baby is Lucy. Her mother implied to be dead. You guys chose "Let out a whiny voice and put your tiny hands over her breasts" which was quite stupid. You missed the first chance to investigate the room.


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    Chapter 9 - Scream: Learn that old man''s name is Von Hawk. Notice how absolutely nothing happens in this chapter and you learn nothing other than that. Then at the end, you hear a scream in the direction of room 328. If that doesn''t scream investigation I don''t know what does. Granted, this is the choice that the poll exploiter exploited so I can''t say it''s your fault. "Strip Lucy of everything" was chosen.


    Chapter 10 - Strange Pleasure: I decided to make this one easy on you guys because of the last chapter. Turned out to be worthless. Well, based on the information you know nothing really new pops out here, but you guys literally picked the worst option. I''ll explain that later. Again, this is just like chapter 9. Nothing happens, yet you guys choose a neutral passive answer. "Take this time to practice your powers" is what you picked.


    Chapter 11 - Demons: This is the chapter where I literally wrote that spelled out almost everything you missed. You learn something about his powers, but that doesn''t matter much at all. You learn mother didn''t come back. Then you are taken to ground floor where they appear to have assembled everyone. You learn three people are missing. Namely, your mother, Madam Chamomile, and a guard. Then you learn that the guard said the adult demon was claimed to be found yesterday and that this person was Madam Heartfilia. She was apparently strangled. You can pretty much guess that this is Lucy''s mother and plus if you watch Fairy Tail it is quite obvious. That''s hardly important, though. You also learn that the woman in room 328 was indeed raped and she is Madam Chamomile. You also learn about two blood splatters. One found this morning and the other one from yesterday. Remember that scream? Can easily piece the two together. Another detail mentioned later how "That must have been Madam Pancakes..." meaning that the other blood splatter is the mother. Also two holes in the ceiling.


    Then Madam Chamomile starts screaming demon demon demon like a maniac. Sure, you might assume that this is normal behavior... but... descriptions such as "Why is she being so dramatic?" How she was so calm after the fact... She literally asked where the old man''s room was and smiled then left. Nothing suspicious about that at all. Nope.


    Lockdown is now over by the way. That''s what stopped you from leaving the mansion before. Everyone was on alert and the old man was present.


    Time skips to night time. Nothing suspicious about that at all. You guys picked: "Go back to sleep" which is literally THE WORST choice you could have picked! You''ll see why down below.


    Chapter 12 - Sloth: Like the chapter says. Durrendal is a lazy piece of shit that never did anything this entire arc. Literally skipped over everything. And I mean everything. If you had chosen go back to sleep, then you would have gotten the worst ending possible for the arc.


    CRITICAL CHOICES


    Choices that can lead down to path where mother is alive:


    CH8: "Wait until we walk to room 328. Let out a whiny voice and point toward the door" or "Tell her the truth about everything"


    In particular, if you choose point to the door¡­ It would lead to a scenario where Madam Chamomile is discovered early and their crime is revealed. Then they would still be vigilant about both possible demons roaming around.


    If you choose to divulge everything¡­ you would basically have the mother as a source of information and someone to help hide your secret. She would do so because she has had a suspicion already and she would protect you regardless because of her love. You can see this in the early chapters from her reactions of watching you die despite being revealed as a demon by the old man.


    CH9: "Leave the room and follow her"


    If you pick this choice¡­ MC would be more aware of what''s going on around him. You would learn exactly what happened i.e. the blood splatter among other things like presence of a demon. There also wouldn''t be a time skip to the night where you are sleeping in CH10. Still would need to make some good choices after to save the mother.


    You guys ignored two critical choices here that involve investigating the stuff going around that room. His body doesn¡¯t have augments on = exploring isn''t exactly a bad thing. Besides, a bad end gives you sources of information. I don''t recommend playing it safe when there is no apparent danger. That is probably the worst thing you can do.


    How to get the best ending after mother is guaranteed to be dead:


    CH10: "Climb out of the crib and follow the right hallway"


    Find another hallway that leads to bathroom. You would discover the dead mother in a bloody pile of blood and find both demons. The demons would become aware of you and try to kill you. Then you just run the fuck away.


    If you choose the left hallway, you discover new sorts of information to the reader such as remnants of blood, the hole in the ceiling, where the stairs are etc¡­ and you wouldn''t discover the dead mother to be suspicious of anything yet. You run into Madam Chamomile suspecting nothing. Then you dead. Either way, you can learn some pretty damn helpful information with this option.


    Different paths in CH11:


    1. Escape from the mansion: Pretty much you lose everything but it will lead to a quicker end of the arc. You let the demons live and you lose everything. This is possible because lockdown isn''t there anymore and people think the demons are dead. You would later learn the demise of the mansion but don''t learn the reason why.


    2. Go to room 328: Make it to outside the room. Hear 2 people exchanging dialogue. Based on dialogue MC freaks out and is about to leave and door is opened. MC augments his body and run toward Old man''s room. End result is old man is saved and he doesn''t murder you. Demon is also killed by old man. Best possible ending at this point.


    3. Go to room 300: You make your way to room 300 and you don''t know why you came here. On your way back you run into Madam Chamomile. You dead. Learn she is the real demon for sure.


    4. Explore the rest of the mansion: Old man dies. You discover the real demon and multiple paths available including running away (everyone dies and mansion gone + learn reason why) save lucy (mansion gone, everyone dead besides Lucy, and learn reason why) join demon (everyone dead, mansion gone, lucy may or may not be dead)


    5. Go back to sleep: This is what you guys chose. Do nothing. Old man dies. Demon can now roam freely and murder everyone because no one can kill her.


    6. Exploit Lucy: You would basically cause Lucy to cry and make noise. Eventually Madam Chamomile would walk past your room because it is the shortest path to room 300. She will come inside and want to kill you because you might wake more people up. She will discover what you are doing and basically offer you to join her. Lucy lives and you have the option of joining the demon if more choices are picked down the line. For now, you live and the old man is guaranteed to be dead.


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    Well... If there was a rank available for the arc, you''d guys get like a D. I even suggested to choose riskier options to discover information but you guys constantly played it passive and chose safe decisions despite not being in a risky or dangerous situation. Now Durrendal is super handicapped for the next arc. Choose the age you want him to be during the next arc.


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 Chapter 14 - Childhood - Slave

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    "Fucking useless!"


    "I''m sorry! Forgive me!"


    My owner kicks me down. That hurts you fat fuck. I hold onto my stomach. I said I was sorry!


    "I can''t believe I paid a gold coin for you. I can''t even get a refund. I should have bought someone from the official market instead."


    He says while continuing to kick me in the same spot. I shake and curl my body with every blow.


    "Your job is to make my life easier, you dumb shit! Whatever. You better have this cleaned up by the time I''m back."


    With that, he walks out and slams the door behind him. I sigh. One day, I''m going to murder that asshole. I start picking up the pieces of the shattered plates and dump them in the trashcan.


    This is the worst¡­ I wish I could have lived in that mansion my entire life. Why did demons have to show up and ruin everything? I hope those bitches died by now. Well, leaving that mansion had a plus side, though. I would have rarely got any time to practice my powers in there.


    And then there''s Lucy¡­ I still have no idea where she is. I need to find the two that took us if I want to make any real progress. I think I''ve learned enough of this power to have a fighting chance against adults now. Temporarily increasing my muscles has been quite useful to train natural muscle mass.


    Still, I can''t believe how fucked up this world is. I''ve been beaten so many times and yelled for help on the streets. Everyone treating me like some disposable animal...


    I pick up the last of the plates I dropped on the ground and dispose of them in the trashcan. I stand up and grab the metal choker on my neck. I smile.


    I can''t wait for the day I part with this thing. With nothing else to do right now, I sit against the wall in fetal position. Fifteen minutes later, the overweight asshole comes back.


    This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there."What the fuck? Who said you could take a break?!"


    He yells while walking closer.


    "You didn''t tell me what I should do after I cleaned up the mess, moron. If you''re going to order me around, at least do a good job."


    "Is that any way to talk to your master?! Damn kid!"


    He kicks in the knee. I smile.


    "You''re so weak; I didn''t even feel that. I recommend losing some of that weight."


    "Fucking kid¡­ you''ll regret saying that."


    He leaves the room again in a fast walking pace. What was that about? I thought he was going to beat the shit out of me. Well, whatever. I guess I''ll go take a nap while he''s gone.


    I get up and open the door to the basement. I go down the stairs and find my comfy corner in the room with the ragged blanket, but it''s really just an area where I swept most of the dirt and dust off the ground. Ahh¡­ finally some peace and quiet. I lie down and close my eyes.


    I fall asleep for an unknown amount of time before I wake up again. I hear stomping noises from above me. Did that fatty come back? Soon, I see him running down the stairs.


    "I told you that you would regret it!"


    He holds out some kind of small rectangular contraption in his hand. I cock an eyebrow.


    "Are you going to shove that up my ass?"


    He laughs.


    "You haven''t seen one of these before? You''re about to wish you were dead."


    What''s he talk¡ª OH, SHIT! I grab the metal choker on my neck. All of a sudden I feel like it''s closing in on my throat. I can''t breathe!


    "Hehehe¡­ It can do more than that."


    I see him moving around his fat fingers around the thing he''s holding. Soon, an intense amount of pain shoots through my entire body. It feels like electrocution. FUCK! I flail my body around on the ground, trying to shake off the pain. I can''t take much more of this¡­


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 Chapter 15 - Childhood - Murder

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    Something inside my mind clicks. I smile as I increase the number of bone cells in right hand. Heh. I''ll finally get to test out this baby. I figured out a while ago that this power is not limited to creating cells¡­ I can create proteins too. As I increase the number of skin cells, I also increase the number of collagen and elastin proteins in my skin surrounding my right hand. I nearly double the size of my hand.


    "What¡­ what''s wrong with you?!"


    A grin appears on my face as I get up from the ground. I charge at him and punch him in the face with my augmented right hand before he has a chance to get away. His bones crackle as my fist drives into him. The force of the blow launches him across the room, and he crashes into the wall. The left side of his face swells up as blood drips from his mouth. The only thing holding him up is the wall he''s leaning against.


    I walk up to him and hold him up with my left hand. I punch the center of his face repeatedly with my right fist. After about five more punches, his face is a complete wreck; blood leaks from every part of his face. But I don''t stop there. I feel a thrill inside me as I hear his face make splattering noises with every punch. The 16th punch finally bashes his entire head open; pieces of his brain get stuck to my hand. His body goes limp on the ground.


    Hahahaha¡­ An unfamiliar smell of flesh enters my nostrils. I gag suddenly and vomit. I laugh. That was satisfying. But I should have at least asked him where the key to this stupid choker is¡­ Oh well¡­ If I destroy this contraption on the ground, I''ll never have to worry about that handicap again. I augment the muscles in my right leg, walk over to the contraption on the ground, and smash it to pieces.


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    Hmm¡­ now that I think about it¡­ killing him was a really dumb idea. As much of a useless fatty he was, I could have figured out exactly where he bought me from. Then I could use that to find Lucy¡­ but now I have no leads.


    I wonder how people will act around me if I''m still wearing this thing outside? One way to find out.


    I turn back to my special corner one more time before going up the stairs. It was a good few months¡­ kinda¡­ I go up the stairs and wait about six minutes for my augments to run out before running out the door.


    The streets are crowded with people walking about while minding their own business.  I stop running and stand in the middle of the road.


    "I''M FREE! I''M FREE! I''M FREE!"


    I yell at the top of my lungs with my arms raised high.


    "Another escaped slave¡­? What a careless owner¡­"


    "Someone should call the Slavehoarders¡­"


    The people walking down the street barely give a second look at me despite the commotion I caused. What the hell is wrong with these people¡­ and this world?


    "Hey, Boris! That''s not a good joke!"


    I cock an eyebrow and turn around. A thin old man dressed in robes stands there. Is he talking to me¡­?


    "I leave you out of my sights for one second, and you''re causing a commotion here! Jeez! Come on, follow me back to home."


    "Hey! What are you trying to do here, old man?! That''s my slave! I know all about you! You run a little ''orphanage'' of slaves in that rundown church of yours. Well, you won''t be getting with my property!"


    I turn around and see a busty woman standing there. She''s dressed in skimpy clothing.


    "Now, come back home with me, Michael!"


    She beckons me over with her hands.


    What should I do¡­?


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 Chapter 16-1 - Childhood - Orphanage

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    Something inside my mind tugs me to follow the old man, so I turn back around and run up to his legs. He pats me on the head.


    "That''s good, Boris. Now, let''s go home."


    He says as he turns around while taking my hand. I hear the woman click her tongue as we walk down the street. Should I say something¡­? Eh, I''ll just let him take me to wherever he''s taking me. We walk through various streets and alleys for at least ten minutes before we arrive in an area secluded from the main street. Up ahead is an old-looking building with broken windows and part of the roof missing.


    "You did well to get away from your master. You''ll be safe here."


    Inside the building, there are seven other children with metal chokers on their necks a few years older than me and one of them is a girl. The person appears to be a young woman who also wears a metal choker on her neck.


    "Mister Black! You brought someone new?"


    A few of the kids gather around me.


    "Yes, I just found him. Luckily it was before the Slavehoarders came."


    I knit my eyebrows. Slavehoarders¡­?


    "Umm¡­"


    "So what''s your name?"


    "Durrendal. So wh¡ª"


    "I''m Evan, nice to meet you!"


    "I''m Henry!"


    "And I''m Brendan!"


    "Yeah, nice to meet you. So what¡ª"


    "You can call me Mister Black. Let me know if you need anything."


    Damn! Stop interrupting me!


    "Shut up for one second!"


    The smiles disappear from their faces as they stare blankly at me.


    "What are Slavehoarders?"


    My question is met with silence for several seconds.


    "You don''t know¡­?"


    Evan asks.


    "So you weren¡¯t sold from the official slave market?"


    Mister Black asks. I shake my head.


    "No¡­ I was sold by two guys wearing black hooded clothes."


    Stolen novel; please report.


    His eyes widen.


    "Do you know if one of them wore an emerald earring on his left ear?"


    I raise my eyebrows as I recall one of them wore an earring as he describes.


    "Do you know them?!"


    "Yes¡­ They''re brothers called Grims and Broggy. The one with the earring is Grims. They''re both wanted criminals with a bounty sum of 100 gold pieces."


    "Do you know where I can find them?!"


    "I have an idea where to start looking but¡­ why do you want to know?"


    "They still have a friend of mine. I want to save her."


    "That''s very brave of you. What will you do if you find them?"


    "I''ll kill them, of course."


    The kids around me and Mister Black laughs.


    "Durrendal, you''re hilarious! Are you sure you don''t have a loose screw in your head? Maybe you hit your head on something when you ran away?"


    "Wait a minute Evan¡­ Now that I have a closer look, he doesn''t look injured despite having so much blood on him¡­"


    Henry comments.


    Oh, I forgot about that¡­ I look down on my shirt, noticing random stains of blood on it. I look around my right hand and see the same thing. There''s probably some on my face too. I was too excited and forgot to clean the blood off¡­ Oops¡­


    "Durrendal, whose blood is that¡­?"


    I smile after Henry asks.


    "My former master''s. I killed him."


    I say while raising my clenched right fist.


    "You¡­ how¡­? With your bare fists? Impossible."


    Mister Black says. Ah, what a pain to explain this¡­ It''ll be faster to show them.


    What should I do¡­?


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    I''ll have 16-2 posted within 30 minutes.


    You may want to refrain from voting until you read the next chapter. Also, you may want to vote in only one of the polls to avoid pooling lots of votes on options that may end up being the highest number of votes.


    Note that if you get a bad end in the one with the most votes then you don''t reset back to the same point as you do here. Instead, you reset back to the five other options you have on that route.

 Chapter 16-2 - Childhood - Beck

    Something inside my mind tugs me to ignore both of them.


    "My name isn''t Boris or Michael. You got the wrong person."


    I say and walk off.


    "Wait! Please come with me for your own sake!"


    "Come with you? Hah! You probably gather those slaves so you can sell them yourself on the black market."


    I ignore them and keep walking. What''s with them? Are they both trying to kidnap me because I look like a slave? I need to get this choker off as soon as possible. But how am I going to do that¡­? I don''t have any money and have no idea where I''m going. Hmm¡­ I should probably check the alleys or somewhere less crowded. I''m bound to find some people by themselves I can extort.


    I go in the first alley I come across that leads into a dead end. Who designed this crappy place¡­ Why is there this empty space here in between three buildings¡­? I turn around and go back toward the main street. I follow the road endlessly not knowing where I''m going.


    At some point, I hear screaming close by. A moment later, I see a young man wearing a metal choker run into my view from the cross street. He has a bloody dagger in his right hand.


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    "Get out of my way!"


    He yells as he pushes through a group of people. I smile. Did he kill his master too? Who''s that? I notice someone running after the slave. He''s wearing a full set of armor and carries a sword in his right hand. He''s fast! He catches up to the slave in a few seconds and slashes his back.


    "Gah!"


    The man drops his dagger and falls to the ground. Oh, shit¡­ The armed man doesn''t finish off the guy on the ground and just stands there.


    "Isn''t that Beck? He''s doing a nice job as always."


    I hear someone say around me.


    "Hey, Beck! There''s another slave over here!"


    I feel a chill go down my back as the armed man turns toward me. His eyes meet mine. Oh, shit!


    What should I do¡­?


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 Poll regarding story

    Well, after reading the review by Killashard it seems the decision to make it reader interactive kinda failed. Apparently most people misunderstood why the bad ends exist despite spending so long writing the "Solution."


    I''ve also been focusing on my main story much more often and producing content relatively fast. So chapter releases here are just if I hit a writer''s block or something.


    So here''s a poll. Do you want to continue with choices...? Or maybe I should reset the story with the same premise and characters but with choices with no bad ends or just straight up no choices.


    Or just drop it entirely and start with a fresh idea since this was all a troll in the beginning. I do have an idea for a choice story adventure on the more serious side, but it will probably contain bad ends as well because logic.


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    I also have a second story idea that may not be as long as my main story that also involves reincarnation, but with a twist. I probably will start that story eventually but definitely not an easy project like this would be.


    Poll: http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=5712a99fe4b0c242dab22538</a>

 Announcement

    Looks like most people want a story with no choices and the 2nd picked choice is choices with no bad ends... I do have to say to the readers that my original intention was a story WITH choices AND bad ends. With that in mind, I came up with a general plotline. To tell this story without choices and bad ends... is impossible. Even if people wanted the no bad ends option instead of no choices entirely, it wouldn''t be possible. Dying and meeting Rigel again was an essential part of the plotline based on how far the MC progressed at the time of death. Well, I won''t say more than that since that idea can still be used.


    Even if it were possible, I don''t think I would enjoy writing it using the same premise I planned.


    The best I can do is come up with a new premise but keep the power the same. i.e. Reproduction.


    I just came up with an idea as I wrote the previous sentence. This could be pretty interesting and fun to write since it''s an idea I think no one has ever done. I''ll try to retain as much ideas as possible from this story into that one. Namely, the plotline. My original purpose was to have this huge mystery that the readers will have to take notice of through bad ends, but not that isn''t an option I have to use a different approach. So the story will have a completely different beginning and so all of the chapters on this fiction are worthless.


    Well, this was fun to write while it lasted, but the results weren''t really what I hoped for. Take the latest chapter as an example. I specifically suggested that you should suggest one route to pick. Instead, I get two polls with 19 votes each indicating that every voter probably voted in both of them. If not all, most of them. The previous poll had 25 voters, so I find it doubtful that 38 voters participated in the latest poll. In the end, there were four ties. Huge disappointment.


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    We never even got to the more fun parts I had planned. Traps everywhere in adventures, dungeon puzzles, and battle sequences(pattern recognition) with choices at the end of the chapter for next action taken... Sorry to the readers who enjoyed the mystery element to this story, the majority apparently don''t.


    What I really liked about writing RE:Choice was the barrier between what the reader knows and what the MC knows. If any of you read my main fic, Lusarth Fauxun, the same kinda thing goes on, and you have this mystery feel to the entire story.


    You can expect this new story to be a growing OP MC story for sure. Chapter releases will be sporadic. I''ll probably get around to actually writing it the next time I hit a big writer''s block for my main story. I''ll probably abandon this account and just post on my actual account. I would put the title I have planned for it here, but I don''t want someone to one up me and steal my name. It''ll be hyperlinked in the signature of my main account if you want to keep an eye out for it.


    Anyway, RE:Choice is dropped. I might try this idea again in the future regarding bad ends and reader interactive if the OP MC story becomes popular and the readers want to see something like that.