Simulate the universe, starting with speedrunning Greek.

She is very intelligent—or rather, she is a girl created by Night with the utmost efficiency using the primordial runes. If placed in the neighboring Greece, she would be far superior to humans of the Golden Age. Even as a human, her potential after growing up would not be inferior to that of the gods, and this is only the lower limit.

During this period of travel, Ash has grown rapidly into a lively, cheerful, gentle, kind, and intelligent girl. She even receives extra daily tutoring to teach her about women's issues. She has come to realize that the joy she felt when she and Night were both 'human' has long since turned into shame.

She has begun to understand the differences between the sexes and has also begun to realize that as a girl, she should learn to maintain her privacy in front of the opposite sex. Fortunately, whenever she does something embarrassing due to a lack of common sense, her teacher will stop and teach her in time.

However, there are exceptions—

It's like something that a man would never have, jokingly referred to as "Auntie's period."

When she first had her period, she panicked because she was bleeding for no reason. She was so nervous that she insisted on having her teacher check her over to see if there was anything wrong with her body.

Chapter 40 Ash: I'm no longer clean, I'm too evil, what should I do if my mind is full of evil thoughts?

Mingming and Ye were of the same race, and this dreamlike joy should have lasted forever. She felt satisfied and extremely proud of herself as a human being, and even thought that this was the best race.

But she would bleed, while Ye wouldn't; she would also feel weak—

While taking a shower, she unexpectedly saw that Ye's body structure was different from her own. This made Ash feel like she might be a flawed human being, and she hid in a corner and cried for a long time.

Perhaps it is because of her congenital physical defect that she experiences symptoms such as bleeding, injury, and weakness from time to time?

When Ye finally spotted a petite figure hiding in a corner, crying…—the girl averted her gaze and hurriedly wiped away her tears.

Although she knew that her destiny was to reproduce countless little humans with the night, she had no idea how to proceed. Even destiny wasn't the kind that would explain such things in detail. The fate of the Norse world didn't have its own consciousness, and even if the Heavenly Dao of some worlds had its own consciousness, it wouldn't be like a mother hen, attending to every little detail.

It's so simple, figure it out yourself!

Therefore, she simply couldn't understand why she, as a young girl, would have different physical characteristics from Ye... She was afraid that because of her defect, Ye would dislike her and think that she was not qualified to work with her to lay eggs for the development of human civilization. Ugh—scratch that, I mean, to continue walking together.

Thinking about this, it's like a child going on a long trip for the first time, feeling a huge panic that the night will abandon her.

But she still remembered the night's teachings: to face setbacks bravely, because crying all the time when you're sad won't solve anything.

In the bedtime stories (heroic epics and fairy tales) that the night once told, heroes always roamed the earth with the belief that those who easily shed tears were cowards.

She believed that one should not 'cry'.

Heroes never shed tears easily.

Until they found Ash under an ash tree, Yoru said, "Sometimes when you feel unhappy, just cry it out. Crying isn't just a romance for the weak; it's also a privilege of a girl your age."

Ye, who could roughly read the girl's mind, was both amused and exasperated! He then proceeded to give her a thorough crash course in male-female knowledge.

This kind of problem was so daunting to explain that Ye really didn't want to teach this kind of mind-numbing knowledge every day. In the end, she made an exception and added a patch to it.

Unexpectedly, this loading process accelerated Ash's psychological growth.

Even if the body is still immature, when humans grow to a certain level and begin to awaken, their psychology will undergo earth-shattering changes.

As one grows older and looks back on these memories, although they may feel like a dark chapter in one's life, the warm yet awkward childhood spent growing up with the night as a companion is a precious memory for Ash.

This memory will not fade because of her rapid growth. Even if her superior intellect and talent, far surpassing that of most living beings, made her precocious and shortened her childhood considerably.

But she has no regrets. On the contrary, she feels that being able to be by the side of that person when she needs them most is a very happy and blissful time.

The two became increasingly intimate, even after Ash had fully grasped the concept of shame and understood the strict separation between men and women, she still couldn't help but take the initiative to get closer to Ash.

It wasn't that she didn't understand; it was because of this person that she couldn't suppress her inner desire to get closer and become more intimate with him.

She knew perfectly well that she would never feel such feelings for anyone else. She even hesitated occasionally, considering the common sense about how men and women have babies… well… since this was her destiny, should she also learn and improve in this area to prepare for the future that might come someday? But the girl, too ashamed to speak of it, could only pretend she knew nothing of this destiny.

She's only been born a short time, and this level of difficulty is too much for her.

And how does Ye view her?

Although it may be fate, the other person is someone who created her with their own hands. If the other person's perception of their relationship isn't that kind of relationship, but rather something akin to familial affection...

Even if the other party doesn't ask her to be called the Creator or something similar, but instead calls her by her name and teacher, treating her as an equal, what if the other party treats her like a daughter?

Once she speaks, wouldn't things get really bad? What if she's mistaken for the 'pervert' that Ye often tells stories to warn him about, and he starts to feel shocked, disgusted, and distant?

The mere thought of this possibility makes me want to back down, and I get this feeling that—oh well, this is fine too. Maybe I should just keep going like this, pretending I know nothing about fate.

At this moment, even if it goes against the meaning she has had since birth, and against fate, she does not want to leave the other person's side.

To be honest, Ash observed that all other animals were created by gods, but she, one of only two humans in the Norse world, was not created by a god but by Night, who was also a human.

If we consider Ever Night as a special kind of god—a god of humanity—then perhaps the responsibility for propagating the human race should be entrusted to the third new human being it created, rather than to the noble creator as a god.

But the thought of this possibility filled Ash with immense resistance... even though she didn't understand what love was at all.

Just like in the neighboring world of the moon, a certain young girl with a cowlick was too attached to her teacher and developed the illusion that she might like him. She confessed to that scumbag sage, the big fou spirit, only to be taught that she had a wrong understanding of emotions and that it was not love.

As for Ash's feelings for Night, she can't clearly know them now, but if she had a choice...

The fact that the object of destiny is the night, compared to anyone else, fills her with fear and trepidation, yet she cannot help but feel an overwhelming joy.

Even though such an act of sacrilege by a jockey is extremely disrespectful, the human heart is like a tamed wild beast. Even if it is tamed, its remaining wild instincts will always make it unable to resist having a slight fantasy about that possibility.

I—the future first witch of the Norse world, the second primordial human born under the World Tree at the beginning of the world's creation—have always harbored a thought in my heart that I dared not utter or cross the line.

It is the pure and innocent heart that, from birth, is curious about everything but has never deliberately pursued anything, that begins to generate dirty and filthy desires and ambitions.

At this time, Ash felt ashamed and self-loathing from time to time because of the birth of this inappropriate thought.

My whole body is trembling—! It's unbelievable, is this me? It's just—too evil! I'm practically the embodiment of evil thoughts.

Chapter 41 The devil's words are more pleasant; even a second's hesitation is...

Whether it was ambition or desire, she developed the idea of ​​wanting to keep Ye by her side forever.

The moment this thought was born...

Ash's kind and innocent nature made her feel utterly disgusted with herself.

...But in the teachings of the night, even family members will be separated at times, and children will grow up and leave their parents.

Even siblings will go down different paths in life and build their own new families after they grow up completely.

'Home'?

Without a doubt, the place where night is is Ash's home; without night, this home cannot be called a home at all.

Of all relationships, only husband and wife can accompany each other eternally, never abandoning one another.

Even if the feelings haven't changed yet, a girl who begins to yearn for them to change will realize that this is the only legitimate way to stay in the other person's life forever.

It wasn't due to fate, but rather to human selfishness, as if the original sin deep within her had awakened. She simply wanted to keep him by her side forever, or stay by his side; she had no other desires.

The newly born Nordic world is full of strange and wonderful things. Along the way, I saw many novel and even beautiful things that made me exclaim in amazement.

Seeing beautiful things—flowers, birds—makes us feel happy and we can't help but want to get closer, but these are not necessities.

Although I like it, I don't necessarily have to have it. But just like birds can't live without wings, fish can't live without water, and humans can't live without air.

Ash doesn't want to leave the night, and at the same time, there is only one thing in this world that is both something she likes and something she needs.

When she realized that she had 'selfishness', even though she would often sigh when listening to those heroic epic stories, she wondered why people couldn't get along, why humans always fought and even died for so many things!

As is her nature as a living being, she also feels fear towards the unknown world of death. No matter how much she desires something, putting herself in someone else's shoes, she admits that she cannot do it if it requires harming the other person to obtain it, or even taking their life.

But the instant after having the thought of wanting to possess the night and stay with her forever, Ash suddenly realized...

She seemed to have some understanding of the deep-rooted, ineradicable flaws in the human psyche.

She also had something she absolutely had to get, no matter what.

Even though she had this thought, the girl still didn't take any action. She deeply abhorred this idea, believing that she was possessed by evil thoughts and began to feel ashamed of herself. She felt that she, with such impure and despicable thoughts, could never be worthy of Ye.

Then—wanting to hide this thought, always playing the role of a good student, always staying by the mentor's side, suppressing that evil, restless nature.

until--

...One day, when Ash and Night traveled to a grassland, they saw cattle and sheep that had multiplied and had a large herd there.

Ash suddenly realized that the development of a civilization and a race cannot be achieved by just two people.

Humans need to expand their group, even if it's just to shoulder the responsibility of preventing humanity from dying out. As the only two humans in the world, they seem unable to continue being so willful.

Night seems to have always been concerned about the future development of the human race, and has even stated frankly that she hopes she can lead humanity to grow in the future, and perhaps she doesn't dislike the responsibility of procreation.

A sudden thought struck the girl, and as if possessed, a thought popped into her head: what if it was done in the name of 'responsibility'...

Hmm—well, the teacher probably also hopes for the long-term development of the species, right? Is this a necessary sacrifice...? Well, there's... no other way, is there?

Maybe it will work. Once this terrible thought was born, it wouldn't leave my mind.

It was as if he were possessed by a demon.

How about giving it a try?

Desperate to achieve an eternal vow (marriage) so that they could stay together in the light forever, Ash gripped the magician's staff that Night had forged for himself.

This was a gift that Night gave to Ash when she turned one year old.

The ultimate beginner's staff, inscribed with a full twenty-eight primordial runes using the world control mode.

Although the material is just a branch of the World Tree, with nothing else attached, even an ordinary piece of wood, after being luxuriously baptized by the Twenty-Eight Primordial Runes, can withstand the force of Ash's blow that shatters a hero's skull without deforming.

But at this moment, as the girl unconsciously tightened her grip on the staff, she even subconsciously used magic to enhance her body, as if she were a magic apprentice about to step onto the battlefield for her graduation exam, tense and facing a formidable enemy...

Even the staff in her hand was slightly deformed, which showed how turbulent and violent the tide of magic in her body was. Magic and life force are closely related, and the boiling mana at this moment also showed that the girl's heart could not be calmed down no matter what.

Fortunately, the staff has the ability to revert to its original form and automatically repair itself. If it were a self-aware artifact, it would probably be cursing it by now.

In the days that followed, the thoughts that arose that day clung to me like maggots, impossible to shake off.

Gazing into the distant darkness, a sense of emptiness and loneliness washes over me, and I can't shake it off.

Ash was caught in a dilemma, torn between heaven and man.

'No, you can't do that. How can you exploit the teacher's desire to develop the race, only to deliberately lure the teacher into depravity? That's evil...it goes against the teacher's teachings. You are a sage, not a succubus—! Ash!'

but--

but……

She kept thinking about how likely the plan was to succeed, and the unimaginable joy and eternal happiness she would reap after its success.

There seems to be an ineradicable demon growing stronger inside me, gradually becoming uncontrollable.

'What are you afraid of?! Don't you want to stay with your teacher forever?'

In that instant, it was as if she had stepped on some key word, which instantly ignited her inner turmoil, causing her to become highly excited, as if she had been injected with adrenaline.

My pupils are wide open! Is it really possible?

The succubus-like figure smiled and said: Of course!