"Well, well. Who would have thought that I would end up connected to a strange system? Well, there's nothing else to be done. At least the system says I can do whatever I want," thought Dylan as he drank breast milk from a bottle being fed to him by his beautiful wet nurse.
When he finished eating, the nurse burped him and took him to the garden.
The baby was handed to his mother, and he snuggled up to her, sometimes looking awkwardly at his father, who was also in the garden.
"He doesn't look happy. The world is hard for some," thought Dylan, who then began to open his arms toward his father.
The viscount looked at him.
"Honey, Dylan wants you to hold him," Anelia said tenderly, with a slightly somber tone.
The viscount looked at his wife and then at his son, who smiled tenderly and charmingly at him.
The viscount shook his head to shake off his worries, kissed his wife on the forehead, and took his son in his arms.
"Yes, that's right, I need to win my father's favor so I can live as I please," thought Dylan, flashing his baby smile.
[Bonding complete]
[The host receives a welcome reward for rejecting heroic deeds]
[10 Perverse Points]
[If the host wishes to see their attributes, they need only say: (Perversion)]
"You're really messed up, system," Dylan said, but received no response.
"Perversion," Dylan said in his mind.
Dylan Gray's attributes:
Strength: 1
Stamina: 1
Intelligence: 15
Mana: 0
Agility: 1
Life: ???
Skills:
Sense of Mana: (Blocked)
Perverse Points available: 10
"I guess my intelligence is because I'm reincarnated," Dylan thought.
"What are perverse points for?" Dylan asked.
[You can assign your Perverse Points to your attributes]
"This is my chance to earn the family's support and resources. Put all the points into mana."
[Mana +10 Perverse Points]
[Mana: 10]
Dylan closed his eyes and felt a refreshing sensation, filling him with energy and satisfaction.
"I think I can now slightly sense the mana around me, but I can clearly feel the mana accumulating in my body. How do I use it?" Dylan asked.
[Think clearly about what you want to materialize. If your thinking is precise, you will be able to materialize it if you have enough mana.]
[The other option: study magic.]
"I'm still a baby," Dylan replied, trying to think of what he wanted to materialize, but few things came to mind in a concrete way.
As his father handed him to his mother, he kept thinking about what he wanted to materialize, but the only thing that came to mind was the famous fireball he had seen in some cartoons. Then he thought of the flame of a lighter and tried to materialize it as he stretched out his hands, but he only lit a few sparks.
"I think that was disappointing," Dylan thought, but his parents looked at him excitedly, because what he had done as a baby was something worthy of a prodigy.
His father took him back in his arms, hugged him with shining eyes, and said:
"You are the future of the Gray family, my pride and joy. You will want for nothing in this life."
"Yes, just as I planned. I hope so," Dylan thought smugly, flashing his baby smile.
[Main mission (easy difficulty): commit a wicked act]
"How do you expect me to do that? I'm just a baby," thought Dylan, who decided to wait a while before carrying out the mission.
••••
When Dylan turned one year old, his parents threw him a big private party and showered him with gifts, as the viscount had been careful to hide the fact that his son could use mana, to avoid any kind of unpleasant situation.
In the garden, Anelia and Demian sat on a blanket while feeding their son puree made from the best fruits they could find.
"Well, well. This is the beginning of another great life, and this life can be long and good, since I have mana and there are magicians who live a long time," Dylan thought.
••••
When Dylan was over two years old, he was walking through the garden when he saw a green cricket on the leaves of a small rose bush. He caught the cricket and then pulled off its long legs.
"Apparently, you don't consider this perverse," Dylan thought as he made sure no one was watching him. Then he continued walking with the green cricket in his right hand. He stopped when he saw an anthill, left the cricket right at the entrance to the anthill, and waited until the ants tore the cricket apart and carried it inside the anthill.
[Mission completed]
[You get:]
[1. 5 Perverse Points]
[2. Unlimited ability to earn points for every perverse act committed by the host]
"Put the 5 points in mana," Dylan said.
[Mana +5 Perverse Points]
[Mana: 15]
Dylan reached out his hand toward the anthill and created a pressurized stream of water that entered the anthill without stopping until Dylan was close to running out of mana.
[You have committed wicked acts without remorse: +2]
Dylan smiled and said:
"Put the points into mana."
[Mana +2 Wicked Points]
[Mana: 17]
"At this rate, when I enter the Celestial Academy, I will be one of the great prodigies. Then there is the Lordly University, where I will be able to enjoy a high rank as a magician based on my age. Wait for me, university, I'm going to have a lot of fun," Dylan thought as he returned to the mansion.
••••
When Dylan was three years old, he was bored, although he hid it when he saw the picture books his mother gave him, who was already several months pregnant.
"I thought that since they were happy with me, they wouldn't have any more children. I don't mind having siblings, but in this world, Dylan had a sister who was the center of a tragedy for the Gray family. However, a wizard from the kingdom will soon come to test my magical potential. I hope that if I prevent my father from being demoted, there will be no setbacks, or at least that a brother will be born and not a sister, which would avoid the tragedy. Besides, for several months now, the system hasn't been giving me points for killing insects," thought Dylan, who would glance at his mother's belly from time to time.