[Quest Reward: Unlock a brand-new form of a Soul Weapon! (Current Soul Weapon Count: 0)][Current Soul Weapon Capacity Limit: 3!]
"Soul weapon?"
When Kurose Akira saw the quest reward, a hint of confusion rose in his heart. What exactly was a soul weapon?
However, the Spirit Doll's current soul weapon count was still zero. If he wanted to uncover this mystery, he would first have to complete her character quest.
"Give you a name, huh?"
Akira rubbed his chin and fell into thought.
He had always felt a bit helpless when it came to naming things—especially when it involved a pure and adorable girl…
Well. Only her appearance was pure and adorable. The inner activity of the Spirit Doll was practically on par with Ivsha the succubus!
"Master~ I want a nice-sounding name~" the Spirit Doll said coquettishly, acting spoiled.
"A nice-sounding name? Hmm… how about Alice?"
"Alice? I really like that name~"
The Spirit Doll nodded happily, then smiled sweetly."Thank you for the name, Master! From today on, my name is Alice!"
At the same time, a quest notification appeared in Akira's field of vision.
[Spirit Doll Character Quest – Phase One Complete!][Quest Reward Obtained: +1 New Soul Weapon Form!][Converting the witch aura within the Spirit Doll…][New Soul Weapon Form Unlocked — Soul Splitter!][Soul Splitter (Unknown): A scissor-type weapon capable of cutting souls, born from the aura of the Witch of Night.]
As the system prompt faded, the scissor-shaped hair clip at the tip of Alice's hair shone with dazzling light, then transformed into a pitch-black pair of scissors taller than Alice herself.
Alice happily held the scissors in her arms, her eyes sparkling with curiosity and excitement.
"These scissors can cut souls?" Akira stared unblinkingly at the massive black scissors in Alice's hands, a trace of astonishment surfacing on his face.
Alice's first soul weapon already possessed such a unique effect!
And it was of unknown rarity—making him wonder whether, as Alice continued to grow, this soul weapon's form and abilities would also evolve along with her.
"A soul weapon derived from the aura of the Witch of Night…"
Akira's gaze shifted to the annotation beneath the soul weapon description—'originates from the aura of the Witch of Night'.
So that was why the current soul weapon limit was three: they had to be anchored to witch auras.
The fragment of the Flame Chrysalis and that strange stone were both remnants of the Witch of Night's aura, which meant they could only trigger a single soul weapon form.
That realization surprised Akira slightly. So that strange stone had also belonged to the Witch of Night?
As for the Frost Witch's ice fragment, and the witch's silk scarf gifted to him by Idice, those came from different witches entirely.
What kind of soul weapon forms would those two witch auras eventually transform into?
[Phase Two: Grant her the means to survive. Complete 5 commission quests.][Quest Reward: Unlock a brand-new Soul Weapon form! (Current Soul Weapon Count: 1)]
"After completing five commissions, I'll unlock the second soul weapon form, huh?"
Akira pondered as his gaze shifted toward Alice. At the moment, she was curiously familiarizing herself with her newly acquired soul weapon. The nearly two-meter-long pair of giant scissors moved in her hands as lightly as needle and thread, snipping rapidly with ease.
For some reason, though, as Akira watched the scissors in Alice's hands, he felt a chill creep over him—as if a cold wind had brushed past.
As for commissions, ever since his promotion to an E-rank evaluation, the number of available quests in the guild had increased to ten.
E-rank commissions offered significantly higher experience and monetary rewards compared to F+ rank tasks—but correspondingly, their difficulty had also risen considerably.
Additionally, a new notice had appeared.
[Notice: Newbie Protection Period has ended. In upcoming quests, you may encounter more players!]
"So that's how it is. No wonder I only ran into other players during Roxia's E-rank quest."
Akira nodded thoughtfully and carefully browsed the quest panel to get a general sense of E-rank commissions.
"Five combat quests, five other types of commissions… hm?"
Suddenly, he noticed one quest whose location was Blue Moon City.
He remembered that Blue Moon City was near Silvermoon Town—and that Father House, the priest from before, also came from Blue Moon City.
[Commission Quest]Commission Quest VI (E): Search for Missing WomenQuest Description: Several women have gone missing in Blue Moon City over the past week. The law knights have failed to find them. Please locate the missing women!Reward: 25 Silver Coins, 2500 EXP
"A classic setup?"
Akira thought to himself. He decided he'd look into this quest more closely after attending Roxia's coming-of-age ceremony tomorrow.
After all, Blue Moon City was very close to Silvermoon Town. He didn't want anything happening to the nuns at the church.
He glanced at the time. When he returned from the church, it had already been 11 p.m. After all this commotion, it was now past 1 a.m.
If he calculated real-world time… wasn't it already after 9 in the morning?
Without realizing it, he'd pulled an all-nighter.
Fortunately, the black tea Idice had given him had a refreshing effect, keeping him energetic even at this hour.
"Master~"
Just as Akira was lost in thought, Alice's soft voice rang out. She wrapped herself around his right arm.
"What's wrong?" Akira came back to his senses and asked gently.
Alice lowered her head slightly, her voice carrying a hint of shyness and helplessness."Master, it feels like some parts of my body are coming undone. Could you take a look for me?"
As she spoke, she raised her head. Those watery blue eyes shimmered with fragile light, like a wounded fawn, stirring an irresistible sense of protectiveness.
Akira looked at Alice, at her shy yet expectant expression, and felt a surge of instinctive tenderness.
How could anyone resist this?
He gently stroked her pink hair and asked softly, "Where?"
"Here~"
Alice's slender finger lightly tapped her pink round-toed leather shoes, her voice soft and faintly embarrassed.
"Is it coming undone here? Sit down first—I'll take a look."
Alice nodded and lightly sat down on a wooden chair, feet together, obedient and well-behaved.
Akira gently helped her remove her little shoes and carefully set them aside.
The jade-like feet wrapped in white stockings were fully revealed before his eyes.
They were flawless, like meticulously sculpted works of art—snow-white, smooth, without the slightest blemish. The arches were elegant, the skin fine as porcelain, as if untouched by the world's roughness. Her heels were round and cute, tinged with a natural pale pink that radiated innocence, as though quietly inviting a gentle touch.
A faint milky scent wafted from them—light and clean, not overpowering. It was a blend of natural body warmth and a young girl's unique sweetness, intoxicating without being vulgar, enough to make one's heart quietly drift…
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