The group of adventurers fell asleep with out a hitch. In spite of everything, they’d virtually spent the final week in a cycle of grinding. They’d expanded their abilities, nonetheless a lot attainable in that brief timeframe and every was content material with their efforts. That’s — all however one.

She stood within the darkness, gazing down on the sleeping succubus. The imp’s arms have been positioned on her hips, there was a sure energy within the pose, thus she typically adopted it the place relevant. The one drawback was —

*I hate being brief. Plebs, they give the impression of being down on me. In the future, they’ll all kneel earlier than me.* She thought inwardly as she stared at her tent mates. Katrin was quick asleep, as was Agni, solely Shula remained up — and with good purpose.

“Now could be the time.” She whispered to herself, this was partially to check if both of them would react. Silence crammed the air as she awaited any type of response. When none got here, Shula knew it was time to place her plan into motion.

There was a sure side of her skills that she’d not too long ago change into conscious of — the power to govern and information goals. On account of her late night time hijinks, she rapidly got here to grasp the higher nature of her skills. What she didn’t absolutely perceive have been its functions. Due to Gates and Gigi’s recommendations, all the adventurers had begun to have a look at their present ability units differently. Shula was no exception.

One night time, whereas performing her nightly ritual of toying with Katrin, one thing unusual occurred. It was this prevalence that Shula wished to check. Her goal for the night could be…

“Positively you.” She whispered as she started to hover in the direction of the sleeping succubus. Quickly she was levitating simply centimeters away from her bondmate , floating in an unlikely place simply parallel to the sleeping succubus. She reached out a single hand and pressed her fingertip gently in opposition to Agni’s brow. A delicate blue glow issued forth from the purpose of contact, like a ripple touring throughout the air. Shula took a number of deep breaths and closed her eyes, she targeted on the sound of Agni’s respiratory and shortly managed to sync herself with it.

Slowly, absolutely Shula started to recede into her personal ideas till she discovered herself in a placid place devoid of sunshine, sound or motion. She felt as if she was the one supply of all these notions inside this place. This solely lasted for the briefest of moments earlier than the boundaries of Agni’s consciousness turned clearly seen within the type of reminiscences which performed out as a collection of soundless pictures. Subsequent got here her ideas, which resounded from all over the place directly. The extraneous ones sounded extra distant and low, whereas her prevalent concepts appeared up shut and private.

Shula targeted even additional, permitting her to start filtering via this sea of consciousness till she arrived on the earliest attainable reminiscence she might discover.

“Tsk.” She verbalized her disapproval, for the reminiscence she might entry was Agni’s first upon coming to the world of Adventia.

“A lot for that plan.” She stated as she folded her arms. The “plan” referred to an concept, one hatched to assist Agni confront her personal traumas. By revisiting previous reminiscences and safely utilizing her class skills, the hope was to hurry up the method of coming to phrases. As an alternative all Shula might entry was… this.

“Waking up in a pool of water.” Shula discovered that based mostly on her personal whims she might rewind and even gradual the reminiscence down. It hovered earlier than her, like a gigant dwelling portray — vivid in unexplainable methods. The nearer Shula moved in the direction of the photographs the extra drawn she felt. Out of curiosity she reached out and touched the reminiscence’s floor. It wobbled, virtually like jello and commenced to ripple just like the floor of water.

In a flash of sunshine Shula discovered herself in a unique place — one which was acquainted but additionally overseas.

“Huh? What the hell simply occurred?” She requested because the imp appeared round. The place was the Wilderness Tabernacle, particularly the spawning pool.

“Am I contained in the reminiscence? What the hell?” Shula requested, although nobody would offer a solution. She forged her gaze downward and observed a disturbance within the floor of the in any other case calm pool of water. A younger girl burst forth, taking a deep breath as she broke the floor of the water.

It was Agni, not less than Shula acknowledged this way as Agni. It was her, previous to changing into a succubus. An strange girl, nude in a wierd place deep throughout the forest. She watched as Agni appeared round , making an effort to survey her environment. She explored her personal physique for the briefest of moments — all earlier than being interrupted by Wayla, the guardian of the Wilderness Tabernacle.

“Ugh. Simply when it was about to get X-rated.” Shula stated as she floated in the direction of the scene.

“Go away outdated girl. You are ruining issues.” Shula remarked with a wave of her hand. In that instantaneous Wayla disappeared, turned to particles of magical mud.

“O-oh shit. I killed her.” Shula stated, shocked that Wayla appeared to be blown away on a whim. What’s extra, ‘Agni’ appeared utterly caught off guard by this.

“What the hell is happening?” The girl stammered as she splashed round aimlessly within the pool of water.

“Hmm? You may’t see me?” Shula requested as she floated downward, nearer in the direction of the pool. She locked eyes with pre-Agni and waited. Certainly, as she surmised — the bewildered girl within the pool couldn’t see her.

“Wait…a…minute..” Shula stated slowly as realization started to daybreak upon her.

“You’re tressssssssssssssssss-passingggggggggggg.” Shula stated as she endeavored to make her voice sound as creepy as attainable. On the similar time she targeted her intent, the intent to be heard.

“Uwah! Who stated that?” pre-Agni stated as she recoiled and sank downwards, submerging her mouth beneath the floor of the water.

“You’re trespassing. Get out…get out…. Get outttttt.” Shula continued her nonsensical prank, a lot to her personal delight. She’d by no means seen somebody exit a pool so rapidly.

“I-I am sorry! Please, no matter you’re, I apologize!” pre-Agni shouted as she additionally bowed her head.

“Bwa. Ha ha ha ha!” Shula erupted into laughter, she could not assist it in any case.

“I….is one thing humorous?” pre-Agni stated cautiously. The as soon as creepy voice now sounded younger, like that of a youngster. Shula pressed her hand in opposition to her personal mouth, partially as a result of she realized her personal gaffe.

*I forgot to cancel the sound of my voice.* She thought inwardly.

“Ahem. I suppose I ought to minimize you some slack. I am your guardian angel.” Shula stated, prepared herself to seem earlier than pre-Agni.

“Angel? R-right… why do you’ve the wings and tail of a demon then?” pre-Agni stated as she slowly started to again away.

“This? That is nothing. See?” Shula stated as she willed her look into one thing a bit extra angelic (and tall).

“See what?” pre-Agni requested as she cocked her head to the aspect in a questioning method.

“Huh? It did not work.” Shula stated as she lifted her fingers to examine them.

“Suspicious. Positively.” pre-Agni stated as she stepped away even additional. Her senses have been virtually screaming for her to run.

“I am not suspicious. Why are you want this?” Shula stated, partially pouting as she folded her arms.

“That is one thing a shady particular person would say.” pre-Agni stated as she turned on her heel and commenced to run away.

Shula sighed and snapped her fingers. Immediately pre-Agni was dropped on her behind, only a few meters away from the spawning pool.

“What sorcery is that this? I do not style good. Please, I’ve kids.” pre-Agni blabbered off an inventory of random issues, most of which weren’t even relevant to the state of affairs.

“Ugh. This isn’t going the way in which I assumed it might.” Shula groaned as she glanced down on the younger girl who was at the moment prostrating herself.

“Time for a rewind.” She murmured. She took an additional few moments to take pleasure in pre-Agni’s fervent pleas to not be eaten, sacrificed or possessed earlier than Shula determined to reset your entire reminiscence.