Birth [3/4]

A maid stepped back as the baby's cry echoed across the quiet room before handing Taurus to his sister.

Amelia carried her youngest brother before wiping him with a lightly wet, warm cloth.

Once done, she warped him in another piece of silver cloth that fit his body well.

She did her best to calm him down as he held onto her tightly with his tiny hands, the tears covering his face.

"Sweetie," Another voice echoed through the room as their mother called to her, an older and more refined copy of her except for the rich golden hair that differed between them.

Amelia eventually handed her younger brother to their mother and Taurus burst crying once again before repeating his actions and holding her tightly like he did with his sister upon remembering the events that happened a little while past his birth.

She rocked him back and forth for a few moments before offering him her breast. She eventually stared at him lovingly as he quieted down while getting fed by her.

'Everything must be fine this time!' He thought, wishing the efforts he put to end the war were more than enough.

In the past, his father would return wounded and his elder brother would be nothing but a corpse, drowning the family in sorrow.

But after offering the monster king a chance to fix the past, he believed the future would be different this time.

Unknowingly, he not only saved his lover, but he also saved her mother from the ones who plotted her death.

Taurus drank in his mother's beautiful face, her sadness and haggard form were nowhere to be found.

He no longer cared about the fact he was pushed further to his birth point and chose to enjoy his current time with them, savoring every single moment.

He silently swore to protect her before closing his eyes and pretending to fall asleep as the interface appeared before his eyes, illuminating the darkness caused by his closed eyes.

{Status}

[Name: Taurus Pendragon]

[Evaluation: 36 Stars]

[Level: 1 | Exp: 0/100]

[Stats]

–Health: 20/20 (Vitality * 15)

–Mana: 0/0 (Spirit * 5)

–Abyssal Force: 5/5 (Strength * 5)

–Max Physical Damage: 3 (Strength * 3)

–Max Elemental Damage: 3 (Spirit * 3)

–Max Ranged Damage: 3 (Dexterity * 3)

[Attributes]

—Unassigned Points: 50

Vitality: 1 | Spirit: 1 | Strength: 1 | Dexterity: 1

{Properties}

[Talent: *#1&F@##%*x–!1=zA@-n&(EX)]

–Trait 1: Breaks down the language barriers (Inherited: Soul Link)

–Trait 2: Allows stat increases through bonds (Inherited: Soul Link)

–Trait 3: Allows experience increase through soul-devouring (Fragment of Evil)

–Trait 4: Enables access to space skills and unlocks Restrict skill (Fragment of Space)

–Trait 5: Enables access to time skills and unlocks Reject & Freeze skills (Fragment of Time)

[Spirit: %!_@&+AX2666!(SSS)]

–Trait 1: Removes all physique limitations

–Trait 2: Grants access to special function: Inventory

–Trait 3: Unlocks Corrupt skill

[Physique: Abyssal Seraph(SS)]

–Trait 1: Grants immunity to corruption and enables access to abyssal force

–Trait 2: Allows increasing stats through exercises until total stats hit 250

[Title: Time Fucker(S)]

—You've fucked with time and time has fucked you.

–Trait 1: Allows access to the script interface pre-awakening

{Inventory — 4/100}

—Book of Knowledge [4]

{Skills}

—Restrict(S): Freeze space. Duration: 10 seconds. Cost: 35 Mana. CD: 3 Minutes

—Freeze(S): Pause time. Duration: 15 seconds. Cost: 50 Mana. CD: 6 Minutes

—Reject(S): Rewind time. Duration: 30 seconds. Cost: 100 Mana. CD: 12 Minutes

—Corrupt(A): Infect a target using abyssal force. Duration: N/A. Cost: 100 Abyssal Force. CD: 5 Minutes

'Almost perfect, but 36 stars and EX rank?!' Taurus thought the moment he witnessed his {properties}, the only thing that displeased him was the fragment of corruption granting him a power he never had any interest in.

On the other hand, he was glad his talent, physique, and spirit were reserved and far more surprised because his stars almost doubled.

The three properties ranged from D to SSS, the Ex-rank was something new to him as well.

Each property added some stars to the Evaluation, and naturally, the higher the rank, the more stars were added.

He eventually treated the EX-rank as a mutation happening due to his spirit devouring the two world artifacts.

'Where did this even come from?!' He eventually thought about his new trait coming from the Fragment of Evil.

He could recall his spirit devouring what remained of the world artifacts but there was nothing evil regarding time and space.

'Is it my spirit?' He knew he was not inherently evil or at least, he thought of himself as a good human.

But deep down he believed his creation leaned a little far toward the dark side since it was created from ingredients containing abyssal force.

He thought deeply about the whole devouring thing and considering everything including his morals, and bottom line, he chose to avoid it since leveling was not that hard to begin with.

Although he could level up faster through that method, he saw it as a scummy way.

Someone's soul was their way to rebirth and reincarnation; devouring it meant they lost such privilege—something his humanity couldn't allow him.

He believed he was a hypocrite, knowing very well his thoughts were ironic for someone who led an army of beasts, wiping everything in his way.

'I hope everything will be fine,' Knowing the spirit didn't act on its own usually, he smiled guessing he could do nothing to remove the unwanted trait he had gotten.

He didn't even bother commenting on his mana, guessing it was zero due to him having no mana core to begin with.

Soon, he brought his attention to his new skills.

'I know this is a little too much, but who cares!'

Considering the S-rank being the highest rank, he felt shocked upon receiving 3 all together at the same time. 

He was glad he had some new anchors, ones strong enough to support his future ambitions and plans...

"Can I have him again, please?!" Amelia spoke once again with two wide eyes as her mother hugged Taurus tightly.

Taurus remembered Amelia being twelve around this time and their mother, Alexandra was twenty-seven when she gave birth to him.

He rejoiced in his mother's arms the moment he heard about his sister, she was the kindest person he had known during his past life, and thus, he couldn't refuse her.

"How about you play with him? There is plenty of space here." Alex placed her son on the soft bed she lay on and Amelia nodded her head before climbing.

She began using her small hand to play with him and he happily cooperated while giggling every now and then.

Time passed quickly to the point that he almost couldn't feel it and one of Pendragon's maids entered the room, bringing them the news.

It wasn't even a full day and the news of the human/monster came to an end.

It was a sudden event as the monster race retreated along their beasts, the rumors spreading about Raphael ordering his army to retreat.

'Good!' Taurus grew happier, not surprised by how fast it happened and his quiet giggles grew louder as he excitedly played with his sister.

His mother and the maid frowned for a moment before guessing it was a mere coincidence.

His sister on the other hand didn't care at all and actively played with him until the night fell on them eventually as he drifted to sleep in Alexandra's arms.

A few hours and Taurus' cries broke once again, needing his mother to feed him and most importantly, someone to clean his ass. The same maid from earlier cleaned his butt and returned him to his mother so she could feed him.

The fact that he wasn't granted his name yet was something that didn't bother him, he eventually fell asleep knowing his father was the one who was going to name him.

It was an agreement between both of his parents, something he respected very well. His mother would name the girls she gave birth to and his father would name the boys.

Time passed quickly and nothing out of the ordinary happened until Duke Pendragon and his son arrived three days later.

Taurus guessed Theo was sixteen since that was the age when he died, and he knew his father was in his early thirties.

Edmund Pendragon stormed through the house's interior house with his well-refined muscular frame and silver hair before knocking on the door of his bedroom as Theo followed him.

Both shared a single emotion as the excitement painted their faces while waiting patiently for the door to open.

A few moments passed and they eventually lost it, and then both decided to barged inside, knowing no strangers were inside from the maids.