Becoming a Shadow in the New World

"Sir, our head office, Mitsukoshi Trading Company, is currently running a VIP promotion. Purchases at this branch will come with a complimentary couple's meal, specially packaged."

"We just checked, sir, you are on our VIP list. Here is a complimentary gift for you, please accept it."

Ignoring the waiter's obvious misunderstanding, Sid turned his gaze to the tray beside him.

There were only two sandwiches on the menu. The only difference from regular sandwiches was that the packaging was clearly a set. Apart from that, the smell and appearance were no different from regular sandwiches. If he remembered correctly, the price of this couple's meal on the menu was eight times that of a regular sandwich, and it was said that specially customized ones could be doubled.

It has to be said that although Gamma is his good friend and childhood sweetheart, he still occasionally has the idea of ​​hanging Gamma on a street lamp.

The idea of ​​giving it away for free is even more ridiculous. Do you think you can get a Mitsukoshi VIP membership just by having money? There are no more than 10 Mitsukoshi VIPs in the world. For a company like that, who would be short of a little money?

...Okay, except for him.

Sid glanced at Natsumi Yase behind him, then took one and placed it on her desk.

"Xia Yin, if you don't speak up, no one will know what you need. So be brave, don't be a coward, tell me what you need my help with."

"Okay, this is for you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sid took another sandwich from the front desk and walked out the door.

To save money, the little food he ordered at the beginning was just enough for Natsune Yase to fill her stomach. Since there was a free gift, he gave one to Natsune and saved the other using time and space magic for Monday breakfast. He always summoned demons to get dinner for free.

Chapter Eleven Adolescence and Ita

Goodbye, senior.

"Hey little kitten, remember to see if anyone's willing to adopt this kitten."

"Don't worry, senior, I will remember."

Watching the kitten's petite figure disappear into the magic circle, Sid took out a carton of milk that Ita had given him from the refrigerator, drank it, and then lay down on the bed.

Instead of activating the triple magic physical training method as usual and entering the library to absorb knowledge, he raised his hand and stared blankly.

"Puberty...?"

Sid has been feeling very strange lately, extremely strange, as if he's entered puberty.

Theoretically speaking, it's normal for a 17-year-old high school student like him to go through puberty, provided that he is indeed a normal high school student.

Humans are complex beings. The older we get, the more we want and the more we can't let go of.

But he reversed course and reduced what he owned, dividing it into things he could easily give up, things he didn't want to give up but could, things he wanted to give up but couldn't, and things he absolutely couldn't give up.

This is the most important part of him that he can never give up, and it is also his dream since childhood: "to become a Shadow-level powerhouse".

He categorized his adolescent impulses toward the opposite sex as "things that can be easily discarded," or more accurately, "things that he wanted to discard but couldn't."

His holy sword was already quite large, and recently it seems to have undergone a second growth spurt, which has begun to affect his normal movements.

He once considered cutting off his holy sword, but it wouldn't work, because it would be too disgraceful for a Shadow-level expert to be a eunuch. In the end, he could only install a spatial spell on his underwear.

Therefore, the impulse towards the opposite sex during adolescence is something that can be "easily discarded," while the Holy Sword is something that "one wants to discard but cannot."

He originally thought that he had long since given up his so-called adolescence in order to become a Shadow-level user, but the second development of the Holy Sword and the shock he felt in his heart when facing Natsumi Yase today seemed to be telling him that he had only ignored adolescence, not given it up.

But should he really have a puberty?

Even before the world merged, his body, after being modified, made him no longer feel like a human being.

Now, his soul and spirit are integrated, and although his body is not fully integrated because he is playing a minor role, it is half integrated. He can complete the final step at any time if he wants.

In this situation, you're saying he's going through puberty? He'd rather believe he's been bewitched or drugged.

The problem is that he checked his soul and spirit and couldn't find anything wrong, which means he ruled out mental magic.

Drugging or being subjected to alchemical or other magical treatments can also be ruled out.

why?

Do you know what it means to have a body that has undergone physical modification, slime fusion, and magical tempering, reaching a state of trinity?

He possesses a library that seems to contain all the knowledge of World One, yet he still can't understand what his current body is. The chances of someone being able to understand his current body and guide him through puberty are as absurd as the existence of the Diablo Cult.

If such a person truly exists, she would have to waste a great deal of time observing him, and she would also have to possess knowledge no less than that of the "library" he possesses.

After eliminating all possibilities, what remains, however unbelievable, is the truth. And thinking about it carefully, it's absurd that his body went through puberty, but his body is already absurd enough, so having puberty is somewhat normal.

What bothers him most isn't this. If it's just a matter of physical effects, he doesn't need to worry. As long as he doesn't care, his body will automatically be transformed by the influence of his mind and soul, thus stopping puberty.

But that's the problem. If his body wasn't affected by external forces, it only proves that he didn't reject or even looked forward to it from the beginning; otherwise, puberty would never have come to his body.

Why isn't he worried about health problems even when his body is in such a mess?

It's very simple. Body, spirit, and soul are a trinity. Any thought he has will be reflected in his body. In other words, as long as his spirit and soul don't have any problems, his body will only undergo positive changes.

To put it more bluntly, his body absorbs his thoughts and desires, evolving after consuming his physical strength and magic.

...Why does it feel so similar to the artifact from World 1? Oh well, never mind.

Of course, if the spirit's soul influences the body, then the body can in turn influence the spirit's soul. But as he said before, the chances of someone being able to understand and use external forces to modify his body are as absurd as the existence of the Diablo Order.

So the fact that he went through puberty means that he has desires in that area. Thinking about it this way, it seems pointless to cut down the Holy Sword. As long as he still has these desires, his body will grow back after his desires are absorbed.

"How about you find a girlfriend?"

First of all, in Sid's personal world, minor characters aren't forbidden from having girlfriends.

To be precise, he only considered a few characters to be the main characters; everyone else was just a supporting character, a high-level extra, an extra, or a low-level extra.

The ratio of main characters and supporting characters to extras is hundreds of millions to one. In this situation, if extras can't find girlfriends, does he want to exterminate humanity?

Not to mention he's a nobleman, and given his apparent talent, the position of family head is most likely to go to his sister; he'll probably be going to marry someone else.

Recently, his training in shadow has been affected by puberty, and in this situation, finding a girlfriend to relieve his desires is the best solution.

Don't ask why I didn't go to a brothel; how could I use Shadow's event funds for something like that?

"But it seems like such a hassle."

Sid had never been in a relationship, but he had heard that relationships were troublesome. People online talked about how clingy girlfriends were and how to outwit them. He felt that finding a girlfriend was more troublesome than adolescence.

In short, removing the Holy Sword diminishes the prestige of a Shadow Warrior, and it will likely reappear. Finding a girlfriend feels troublesome, and going to prostitutes wastes Shadow Warrior activity funds, so…

"Just bear with it."

Yes, he's playing ostrich. As long as he can hold on for a while, his family will arrange blind dates for him after he graduates.

With that thought in mind, Sid took out the library and began his daily workout.

……

In the corridor of an underground building, a beautiful young woman with gorgeous pink-gold hair and a black headdress swallowed hard, opened a door in the corridor, and stepped inside.

Inside the room, the floor was covered with drafts containing a bunch of data. A purple-haired elf was lying on the table rubbing his eyes, seemingly having just woken up from his sleep after sensing someone enter.

"Ahhh... Haha, it's Victoria. What's up? Also, move your left foot a little to the right. The area to the left is within the detection range of the thermal bomb."

The purple-haired elf yawned, not even glancing back, and after speaking in a lazy tone, took out a half-finished draft from the side and began to work out the details.

The purple-haired elf spoke casually, but Victoria was terrified. She leaped backward and knelt before the elf outside the door.

"Lord Ita, the experimental materials that Lord Zeta sent you have been placed in the basement."

Furthermore, since this batch of materials needs to be kept secret from Lord Alpha, Lord Zeta hopes that Lord Ita will use it up as soon as possible.

"Okay, tell Zeta I understand."

Ita responded in that same lazy voice, and Victoria breathed a sigh of relief. She got up, intending to leave and report back to Lady Zeta.

"Wait a minute, did you deliver the thing I asked you to give to Master?"

Victoria breathed a sigh of relief, but as she turned halfway around, she clearly felt a gaze fixed on her.

At some point, Ita turned around, and her eyes, which had been squinting, were now half-open.

"Yes, the gift that Lord Ita asked his subordinates to deliver to Lord Shadow has been delivered to Lord Shadow, and Lord Shadow said he likes it very much."

After Victoria finished speaking, she suddenly felt immense pressure from the gaze that had been fixed on her, and this was not due to a difference in strength.

In the new world's power rankings, if she, who is A+, wants to run away, it's not something that Ita, who is S-, can stop her. Even if this is Ita's territory, unless she is instantly killed, as long as she makes a big commotion, the other seven Kage will come.

This was merely psychological pressure; she knew all too well that the one who joined the Seven Shadows the latest was actually the most terrifying of them all.

Offending the other seven Shadows might result in a minor punishment, but they'll be punished again next time. However, offending this one might warrant a day trip to the lab. Every member who has experienced it treats Ita with utmost respect, fearing they might make a mistake and have to experience it again.

"So... have you seen what's inside?"

Hearing this completely emotionless voice, Victoria's eyes widened in shock. Fortunately, she was looking down at the moment, so Ita couldn't see her pupils.

"My subordinates dare not."

Where Victoria couldn't see, Ita's light purple eyes were fully open, coldly staring at Victoria. After a long while, she turned around again, reverting to her original appearance.

"leave."

After Victoria left, Ita slumped back onto the table, looking at a photo of her and Sid.

“Master…”

Chapter Twelve: The Experiment of Creating Angels

Several hours earlier, shortly after Sid left the coffee shop, two figures entered the coffee shop and came up behind Natsune Yase.