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The rest of the group glanced at the tiny critter walk around in surprise…

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"Veronica, did you just had a child?" asked Shade…

"…Yeah," said Veronica.

"What?!" roared Anna, hitting the table.

"Eeehh? Why are you mad? It feels more like a summoned monster than my own child… Oh? Did you want to make a kid with me? Fufu… But we can't~ We are both girls…" said Veronica teasingly.

"It is surprising… Are they like clones?" asked Ervas.

"Nope, they're their own independent creatures!" said Veronica.

"W-Woah…" said Jason.

"C-Can I keep it, mommy?" asked Charlotte.

"Err… sure thing, Charlotte," said Veronica.

"I will call it… Err…" muttered Charlotte, although she was a gigantic metallic spider, she had the adorable voice of a young girl.

"Dear, let me name it for you… Hm, how about… Kuro?" asked Veronica, as she glanced at her first 'daughter' or 'son' although it was genderless as it lacked flesh or genitalia.

"Kuro sounds good, gishi!" said Charlotte.

"Gishi…" said Kuro, imitating Charlotte's sounds.

"Oh, did you hear her, mommy? She said gishi!" said Charlotte.

"I hear her…" said Veronica with a smile, petting Kuro's cold and metallic body.

"Okay, she might be rather cute," said Shade.

"I-Indeed… although she is cold and metallic, she's… adorable," said Anna.

"I'm glad you like our first daughter!" said Veronica teasingly, as both Anna and Shade felt flustered.

As everyone played with Kuro, Veronica glanced back at her available Jobs Options, deciding her next one.

[You changed Jobs to [Demonic Shadow Phantasmal Soul Queen]!]

[You acquired the [Phantasmal Soul Queen] Title!]

[Phantasmal Soul Queen]

A title awarded to the Queen of Souls.

Effect: Enhances the charm against Souls, alongside making your very existence something that they admire and obey with utmost loyalty.

Effect 2: The Lesser Authority of Souls is acquired.

[All of your stats have increased]

[Skill Proficiency Bonus Earned]

[The Levels of the [Abyssal Tartarus Soul: Level 4], [Spectral Form: Level 5], [Mana Enlargement; Level 9], [Magic Enlargement; Level 9], [Abyssal Tartarus Soul Embodiment; Level 4], [Spectral Embodiment; Level 4], [Dead Spirit Magic: Level 6], [Unhealing Cursed Wounds; Level 4], [Automatic Mana Recovery; Level 8], [Increased Mana Recovery Rate; Level 8]and [Limited Death Attribute Magic: Level 8] Skills have increased!]

[The [Mana Enlargement: Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Super Mana Enlargement: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Magic Enlargement: Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Super Magic Enlargement: Level 1] Skill!]

Ding!

[Your Job Level has reached Level 100!]

The requirements for this Job to level up was to use one's soul, which Veronica is constantly doing by harboring an enormous amount of things inside of her soul.

"Another one down, this one also leveled automatically as I thought, now that I am always using my soul by saving things inside, it is as if it were being constantly trained," thought Veronica, looking at her next Job.

Ding!

[You changed Jobs to [Abyssal Phantasmal Soul Warrior]!]

[All of your stats have increased]

[Skill Proficiency Bonus Earned]

[The Levels of the [Monstrous Strength; Level 1], [Strength Enlargement: Level 9], [Abyssal Tartarus Soul: Level 5], [Spectral Form: Level 6], [Super Mana Enlargement; Level 1], [Super Magic Enlargement; Level 1], [Strengthened Physical Power; Level 9], [Physical Damage Resistance; Level 9], [Magic Damage Resistance: Level 6], [Light and Life Resistance: Level 6], [Armor Group Assembly: Level 4], [Absorption Healing (Mineral, Materials, Armor); Level 9], [Abyssal Charge: Level 2], [Abyssal Metallic Demon Fighting Technique: Level 4], [Axe Technique; Level 8], [Sword Technique: Level 5], [Living Demon Shield Technique: Level 3], [Living Demon Armor Technique: Level 3], [Digestion; Level 8], and [Thread Reeling Technique; Level 8] Skills have increased!]

[The [Special Five Senses; Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Spectral Six Senses: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Strength Enlargement: Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Super Strength Enlargement: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Strengthened Physical Power; Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Super-Strengthened Physical Power: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Physical Damage Resistance; Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Great Physical Damage Resistance: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Absorption Healing (Mineral, Materials, Armor); Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Super Absorption Healing (Mineral, Materials, Armor, Souls): Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Javelin Technique; Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Myriad Phantasmal Javelin Technique: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Artillery Technique; Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Demonic Mechanical Cannon Technique: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Digestion; Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Gluttony: Level 1] Skill!]

[You have awakened the Sin of [Gluttony]

[Gluttony: Level 1/10]

The representation of the Sin of Gluttony, a Skill that only those that manage to reach the Digestion Skill at level 10 can acquire.

Grants the user the ability to be capable of eating any matter and stack it as surplus (Energy and Mana) for later use.

When combined with Super Absorption Healing Skills, there is a chance to gain some of the power of the things you devour.

Ding!

[Your Job Level has reached Level 100!]

Because this Job required someone to fight and defeat monsters to level up, it took Veronica a few more seconds than the others to max out, but she quickly did so, as she had a dozen Clone parties constantly slaying beasts in the two strongest Labyrinths of the Mountain.

And because it was a low-level Job as of now, it maxed out quickly when she killed a few Rank 9 monsters.

"Whaaaaat?!"

Veronica was so startled by the new Skills that she almost fell over to the ground.

"This is unreal! What is this?! I am a sinner now?! Am I really that gluttonous?!" asked Veronica, as everyone else glanced at her with odd expressions.

"Well, yes, you're the most gluttonous in the entire Kingdom," said Ervas.

"Veronica, you're an unending hole for food, you literally never stop eating and never feel satisfied," said Shade.

"Oh? Hahaha! I guess… But with guys like the Bears in here, I really thought I wasn't that much of a gluttonous…" said Veronica with a bitter smile.

"Well… Not exactly," said Ragdaz.

"Did you reach Level 10 in Digestion?! No way, you're such a gluttonous!" said Anna.

"Yeah, I awakened it into a Skill named… Gluttony," said Veronica.

"Gluttony?!" asked Kireina in surprise.

"Y-Yeah. It gives me the ability to devour any matter and accumulate it as a surplus for energy and mana… And also, if I use it with Absorption Healing, there is a chance to get some of the power of the things I eat, so this is no longer restricted to my Armory Skill…" said Veronica.

"Well that's insane!" said Jason.

"Vey insane indeed," said Ervas.

"Kind of like my main body… Hm, now I'm kind of jelly, maybe I should also get the Digestion Skill!" said Kireina.

"Doesn't Uroboros just does what Digestion does?" asked Ervas.

"Oh! Damn it, so I can't get Gluttony?!" asked Kireina.

"I believe it is a Unique Skill, even if you level it to 10, the resulting Skill might be different for you than for Veronica," said Ervas.

"That's… make sense," said Kireina, she seemed a bit disappointed.

Veronica tried to calm herself down and leave the eating experiments for later, glancing at her available Job Options once more and picking the next Job she desired.

[You changed Jobs to [Acheron Ferrier]!]

[All of your stats have increased]

[Skill Proficiency Bonus Earned]

[The Levels of the [Spectral Six Senses: Level 1], [Great Demoness Commander: Level 2][Great Demoness Coordinator: Level 2], [Group Thought Processing: Level 1], [Super-Fast Speed Thought Processing: Level 1], [Transcend Limits: Clones: Level 1], [Automatic Mana Recovery; Level 9], [Increased Mana Recovery Rate; Level 9], [Strengthened Attribute Values; Legion; Level 8], [Golem Creation: Level 3], [Soul Sealing: Level 3], [Govern Created Undead: Level 3], [Space Expansion; Level 6], [Comfort Maintenance; Level 6], [Rough Road Travel; Level 5], [Precise Driving; Level 5],

[Soul Break; Level 8], [Soul Repair: Level 2], [Legion; Level 7], [Surpass Limits: Soul: Level 6], [Soul Fusion: Level 6], [Self-Enhancement: Family: Level 3], [Yin: Level 5], [Life and Death Cycle: Level 3], [Cursed Graveyard of the Dead Creation: Level 5], [Curse Synthesis: Level 6], [Dead Spirit Fusion: Level 7], [Phantasmagoric Aura: Level 7], [Curse Eater: Level 4], [Emotion Manipulation and Absorption: Level 4], [Hades: Level 4], and [Nyx: Level 3] Skills have increased!]

[The [Strengthen Followers; Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Guidance: Redemption Path: Level 1] Skill!]

[The [Death Attribute Charm: Level 10] Skill has awakened into the [Redemption Path Enticement: Level 1] Skill!]

"Guidance…! I got guidance too!" said Veronica, as her Aura began to enshroud everyone!

"Eh?!" asked Shade in surprise.

"It's… true, I feel it, it is a bit like Ervas, but also… different?" wondered Anna.

"Indeed, it does feel different, but it is just as embracing…" said Ismene.

"This feels pretty good…" said Shade.

"Amazing… I feel so relaxed and… accepted?" wondered Ervas.

"My Guidance is named Redemption Path! …I don't know why," said Veronica.

"Redemption? While Ervas is Salvation… I see how it is. It does fit when you put it in perspective," said Kireina.

"Oh… So Ervas brings salvation and Veronica redemption, peko?" wondered Pekorina.

"Hm… We already talked about how Ervas saved a lot of people and brought them to a new path… But also Veronica takes an important role in that, as she does cleanse other people's souls and memories, and even offers them a redemption to their lives, she can bring a new opportunity, and also new strength," said Ismene.

"Indeed, I know of that firsthand, as Veronica-sama was the one that gave me this new form, and this new strength that I can finally use to protect my beloved ones… I am eternally grateful for that," said Pekoran.

"Huh, I am that good? Well, I often don't realize…" said Veronica while laughing.

"How do you not realize it!? Sigh…" sighed Shade.

"Well, I believe it's amazing… And for some reason, I… Ah, never mind…" muttered Anna while flushing.

"Fufu, come on, Anna-chan, confess to me already, you've done it once, you can do it twice~! I bet you cannot resist my enchanting phantasmal charisma now! Fufu~" said Veronica teasingly.

"S-Shut up!" cried Anna in embarrassment, hitting Veronica in the head… Although Veronica was right.

Clank!

"Ouch! …It didn't hurt, but still, that's mean!" said Veronica while pouting as she glanced at Anna's emerald eyes with her crimson eyes.

Anna averted her gaze in embarrassment.

"I-Its complicated…" she muttered.

"Complicated? Come on, tell me your secrets," said Veronica with a cheeky smile, approaching her face to Anna as she put her phantom hands over her shoulders.

Anna then glanced at her, for a moment, she felt submerged in those beautiful and beady crimson eyes, gleaming with mysticism and something she was deeply in love with.

"Agh, alright, I cannot resist anymore!" cried Anna, grabbing Veronica's chin gently as she kissed her in her materialized phantom rosy lips.

"Muh?!" murmured Veronica in surprise!

Everyone was left staring at the couple in surprise!

"Gah…! T-That's not fair!" cried Shade.

"Well, she was teasing her too much, this was bound to happen…" said Ervas.

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