Ch.113Chapter 113

I stood awkwardly in the living room.

I had agreed to do it, but this was just the beginning. My worries hadn’t simply disappeared with a “poof”—now it was time to seriously discuss how to proceed.

“…So how do we do this?”

“Since Ourr is a Demon God, she doesn’t need a man, but she needs an enormous amount of high-quality Mana, which I’ll probably have to provide… The question is what physical state this should be done in, which makes things complicated.”

“Uh-huh.”

I was relieved to hear that a man wasn’t necessary. But the rest of what she said required some consideration.

I needed to think about this with the Professor, but if we were only using the uterus in my lower abdomen, I wondered if there was much to think about.

All I needed to do was give birth to Ouroboros quickly, but honestly, the thought of giving birth made me shrink back in fear.

While this wasn’t the only method, finding another would require the Professor to conduct years of parallel research. I felt sorry for both the Professor and Ouroboros, so I had no choice but to steel my resolve.

“Since you can’t die from the moment the child is conceived, you’ll need to remain in that physical form. I don’t think an adult form would work… Or you’d have to stay in the White Laboratory until Ouroboros is born.”

“B-but isn’t that place visible to people?”

“…Yes, but I don’t see any other option except asking them to step back.”

As much as I preferred simplicity, that wasn’t what I wanted. Living every day in a space where others could see me would surely be hell.

“Can’t I just… stay in this form?”

When I tugged gently at the Professor’s clothes and asked, she averted her gaze as if troubled.

“This could take several months, so it’s not a decision to make lightly…”

“I-I can only do this in this form. I’d rather be with you than live in such a place… I don’t mind becoming an adult, but then I couldn’t be with you…”

I pouted.

Though she had killed me, there was no malice in the Professor’s touch. In contrast, that second-year student’s touch had been malicious. Considering how deeply that difference had wounded my heart, I realized I couldn’t leave the Professor’s side.

When I buried my face in the Professor’s chest and whined, she let out a small groan. She gently held me with both hands and carefully explained.

“Are you really okay with this?”

“…Yes.”

This time the Professor asked me. Her double-checking suggested that carrying Ouroboros in this body wouldn’t be entirely easy.

But we couldn’t postpone it forever. Taking a shortcut when available made more sense than taking the long way around.

I decided to finish quickly to make things easier for the Professor and to give Ouroboros, who had given me this opportunity, a new body as soon as possible.

I had already steeled my resolve. The Professor glanced at me and then nodded with a sigh.

“If that’s what Ourr wants, I guess there’s no choice…”

I was a Demon God anyway. Age didn’t matter. I just preferred being with the Professor. I could endure being separated from her, but not if it meant being in an empty place. And I definitely couldn’t bear being in a one-way space where other people could see me.

The Professor lowered her head slightly. When I met her gaze, a gentle smile formed on her face.

“I never thought Ourr would think of me this way. It’s nice that you want to be by my side, but I didn’t expect you’d help with research and such things too.”

“Professor, you’ve been getting so little sleep lately.”

“Yes, that’s what I like about you.”

The Professor said this while caressing my face, squishing my cheeks gently.

“You worry about my food when you don’t need to eat, and you worry about my sleep when you have no reason to sleep. In a way, doesn’t that mean Ourr has become more human-like?”

“Huh?”

“Not physically, of course, but mentally—it definitely means something.”

Maybe it’s because the being inside me isn’t a Demon God. No, that’s not entirely it. Having a Demon God’s body has unconsciously made me think like one, so it’s a bit back and forth.

Would it be easier to think of it as recovering lost thoughts? But I wasn’t sure about that either. In this small body, I always felt my memory and thoughts were somehow restricted.

Maybe my brain had shrunk too. I wasn’t sure if capacity changed with size, but anyway, that’s what I decided to think as I snuggled against the Professor.

The Professor looked at me and gave me a tight hug.

“Shall we go to the bedroom then?”

“Yes.”

At the Professor’s words, I immediately headed to the bedroom.

Though I’d said I was fine, I felt a bit nervous now that we were actually doing it. I was wearing light clothes, but I wasn’t sure. Having never seen a Demon God give birth, the fact that I had to face this reality without prior information made me slightly afraid.

Even the Professor, who researched Demon Gods, only spoke of their birth in hypothetical terms.

No one yet knew what combination created a Demon God, how long it took, or what determined their personality and characteristics.

In this context, it was natural that information about a Demon God giving birth to another Demon God couldn’t be found. A man wasn’t needed. A woman wasn’t needed either. What I needed was a sufficient amount of Mana. And something about selfhood and DNA forming a body.

What the Professor said was difficult to understand. I also wondered how long we would have to wait after doing this. I recalled myself not understanding the Professor’s research-like mutterings.

I probably wouldn’t understand now either.

The Professor entered wearing light clothes too. As I fidgeted with my hands, I noticed a sparkling ring on the Professor’s finger. It was the Professor’s Original that I had seen before.

Before I could wonder why she had brought it, the Professor explained.

“This increases the amount of Mana I can handle. It also somewhat stabilizes the characteristics of the Mana I use. In other words, it might influence the body that will be created.”

“…Um, what kind of influence?”

“Well… the Mana’s properties will change a bit. When Ourr grows, she emits an aura that harms people, but under the influence of the Professor’s Original, she might emit an aura that doesn’t harm people even when grown.”

“Wow.”

My eyes sparkled at those words.

“Then…”

But they dimmed again shortly after. As mentioned before, if a new body was created, Ouroboros would take it.

I wanted something new. The Professor’s explanation made it even more tempting. I also felt slightly guilty about taking someone else’s body, but since Ouroboros would be better at stabilizing that unstable body, it seemed too burdensome for me to covet.

Though disappointed, I understood. Considering that Ouroboros had lent me her body all this time, I felt I should return the favor. I pouted but then retracted it.

“So?”

“Does that mean Ouroboros can walk around while being big?”

“I think so.”

I envied that.

“Shall we start?”

With those words, the Professor quietly drew up magical power. Along with a humming sound, something began to emerge from the Professor’s body.

A peculiar flow filling the surroundings. That boundary faintly visible to a Demon God’s eyes.

It was the Professor’s Original, modeled after a Demon God’s aura. Unlike a Demon God’s, it didn’t harm people or other living beings, which could be considered kind.

“Does this make it better?”

“Yes. We’ll need to condense a lot of Mana to see the effect.”

The Professor said this and gently pushed my shoulders.

My seated body tilted against the bed frame. With my shoulders against the wall, I looked down.

The Professor gently placed her hand on my lower abdomen. The thought that a child would form there made me tremble slightly. I felt scared too. My mouth felt dry.

After a moment, the Professor removed her hand and began undressing. Since I rarely saw the Professor undress in front of me except when bathing together, my eyes widened.

“Ourr needs to undress too.”

“…We’re undressing together?”

“Yes.”

At the Professor’s words, my body stiffened.

The thought of undressing together in the bedroom made it hard to move. It was simply because this was my first time, and I hesitated mainly because I didn’t know what we were about to do.

The Professor became naked in front of me. And soon, so did I.

“Ourr.”

“…Yes.”

Despite it being summer, being completely naked made me feel cool.

“…Now we’re going to make a baby.”

The Professor’s words sent heat rising through my body.