Chapter 1.

"Buu…" I said wistfuly.

I turn to my right and I see a beautiful woman, sleeping peacefully. The beautiful lady has her hair free unlike her usual, convoluted style. She's also wearing a long and black camisole which does nothing at hiding her stunning figure.

That beautiful woman is actually my birth mother, Salem, the Queen of Grimm. The woman who painstakingly endures 12 hours of birthing a secret child. The woman who is known across the web series as the ultimate villain.

That same woman is also the one who almost killed me a second time, but I can't really blame her for rejecting me. I came uninvited and I'm sure that my presence actually scares her more than I'm afraid of her.

After birthing me, Salem named me Sage which is quite a good name. I've already decided to cast away my former name fully before I arrive in this world. Receiving a name from her, only encourages me to save her even more.

Not to mention, in 1 week, Salem has shown to me what a good mother should be like. She feeds me, even though I can feel her tense up as soon as she bares her chest for me. She also bathes me and prepares clothes for me to wear.

'I don't know why I thought that Salem would be a bad mother. I guess I did have some misconception about her…' Sage thought inwardly.

Surprisingly, what shocked me the most about Salem, is the fact that she is so easy to talk to, even as a baby. I don't cry much, just like all reincarnated babies, but Salem has gone one step further by just listening to me spout a slurry of incoherent 'Baa…' And 'Buu..'.

She waited for me to finish 'talking' and she mulls over it seriously. If she didn't understand, she just asked me to point to whatever thing I wanted. Not to mention, she seems to like educating me about the world.

I just point to the map of Remnant and she starts going over the history of the world. She even mentioned a few legends and stories that I have never even heard of in the web series. I can say with confidence that I'm now an educated genius when it comes to Remnant's history.

However, there is a catch. I might be biased but I can absolutely say that Salem is the greatest mother in the world, if not for her unusual tendencies. For example, she loves calling me 'abomination' and 'monster'.

At first, it was quite shocking to hear your own mother calling you a monster, but I later learned that those are a term of endearment for her. Salem seems to prefer the Grimm, thus all of her compliments most often are about my monstrous look.

Salem also has some small fits of anger but it was never directed at me. Oftentimes, when she has these episodes, she will move to a different room. She seems to care about what I think of her and she refuses to show her bad side to me.

Salem also seems to be a bit overprotective sometimes. There are not many Grimms in her castle but every time I see one, she immediately orders the Grimm to get out of the castle. I also haven't seen any of the antagonist characters like Cinder or Tyrion.

'Is she actively preventing me from meeting them? I wanted to meet them though…' I sighed inwardly.

I then decided to take my revenge on my dear mother right here, right now, in her own bed. I inched slightly towards her face and I started slowly 'crushing' her face with my tiny little hands. I knead her supple and luscious skin slowly to ensure her total destruction.

"Buu!" I said angrily.

In her sleep, Salem appears harmless. However, during the 1 week that I have spent living with the Queen of Grimm, I realized something very important. Salem, despite her calm demeanor, has a lot of pent up trauma.

In the first few days of sleeping with her, I was woken up to the sound of her screams almost every night. After waking up, she would usually check on me to ensure that I'm not disturbed. I, of course, pretended to be asleep so as to not worry Salem.

After making sure that I'm still asleep, Salem would usually go to the bathroom and wash her face. Afterwards, she would lie beside me and hum an unknown melody as she slowly closed her eyes and finally fell asleep.

I, of course, can't help but pity Salem. She was betrayed first by her faith, by her lover next and her children later. I can't defend her bad decisions but I can at least understand the motives underlying them.

'She still hasn't done all her rituals today though, I wonder wha…' my thought was interrupted when I noticed the bright red eyes staring directly at me.

"Are you having fun, Sage?" Salem said with a menacing smile.

At the same time…

'She seems to really like my visage…' Salem thought inwardly.

Salem was having one of her best nights of sleep, that is until she felt soft and tiny hands slowly touched her face. The hands 'endearingly' roam across her face and Salem can't help but feel a little ticklish.

The owner of those hands is actually her 'daughter', Sage. The daughter that she gave birth to after being in painstaking labor for 12 hours. The daughter that had unknowingly brought a little bit of joy and happiness to her sad and dangerous existence.

Until now, the experience of birthing a new daughter has been such a surreal feeling to Salem, that she hasn't had the time to process it carefully. She now had a daughter who comes from a union of her, magic and some Grimm tar.

The very idea of giving birth to a new daughter is already absurd to Salem but here she is, with a baby, putting her tiny little hands all over Salem's face. Salem can't help but feel like her life is soon going to take a strange turn.

Not to mention, her daughter Sage, is quite the peculiar child. For example, Sage didn't cry at all during this one week cohabitation with Salem. Salem was prepared to deal with sleepless nights but it actually never came.

Whatever it is, whether it's feeding her or handling her excrements, Sage has never been a problem to her. Her daughter also seems to have developed some intelligence over these past few days, as she has been 'asking' about a lot of things around her.

'Her Grimm heritage might have had something to do with her accelerated growth but I also fear for the future…' thought Salem inwardly.

Her daughter is growing too fast. She can already crawl and sit with ease. Sage will probably grow up to her full size in a few years and Salem can't help but feel like soon, she is going to know and understand who Salem really is.

'The woman who has lost basically everything and is doing anything she can to end her life…' Salem thought inwardly.

She didn't want her child to betray her, like her other children. She didn't want her child to see her temper tantrums and she definitely didn't want her child to see her state after being scared by her nightmares.

For the first time in a while, Salem felt scared of the future. She has always imagined the future where she will finally be free from her suffering but now, she can't see any future. All she knows is the fact that her child is now the sole reason for her situation.

'She still hasn't stopped touching my face…' Salem thought inwardly.

Salem opens her eyes and she sees her beautiful and monstrous Grimm child. Sage has some hair growing from out her head and Salem can see some strands with white and blonde colouration.

Her eyes are just like Salem's except for the fact that her eyes are bright blue instead of bright red like Salem's. Her skin is also marble white like Salem and she also has some veins around her eyes, pulsing blue veins.

Her tiny hands then grab Salem's nose and she can't help but crunch her nose up. Her daughter seems to be lost in her thoughts and Salem can't help but admire her child's visage, since she has never seen a baby with such intelligence in her eyes.

"Are you having fun, Sage?" Salem asked, breaking Sage's thoughts.

Sage, seeing Salem's bright red eyes staring at her, quickly removes her hands from Salem's face. She then turns away from Salem but Salem wouldn't let her escape just like that. Salem quickly grabs a hold of Sage's body and turns Sage's body so that Sage would face her.

"You can't just escape after you disturbed my sleep. I will have to give you some punishment!" Salem says menacingly.

Salem's hands then roam around Sage's body and she starts tickling her daughter's little body. Sage, who was unprepared, starts letting out some weird gurgling sound from behind her throat. She keeps trying to push away Salem's hand but it is of no use.

"Gyah!" Sage said giddily, trying to stop Salem's hand.

'Please stop! I'm dying!' Sage thought inwardly.

After a while, Salem finally stops tickling Sage. Both her and Sage are flushed from the heat and Salem can't help but find her daughter absolutely cute. She slowly grabs Sage's face and kisses her forehead lovingly.

"That will teach you to never disturbed me in my sleep." Salem said, with a tiny bit of smile at the corner of her mouth.

"Buu!" Sage said angrily.

"It's not your fault? My little Grimm, you can't fool anyone with your lies, especially your mother…" Salem said slowly.

"Baa!" Sage said angrily.

"Come now, don't be too angry. You know that your tummy will be upset if you keep this up." Salem said as she slowly sat up and put Sage in her lap.

Salem starts rubbing Sage's stomach and she can already feel the rumblings coming from her daughter's inside. Her daughter, unlike a regular Grimm, requires a significant amount of food in order to cope with her exceptional metabolism.

'It seems that little tickling has already used too much of her energy…' Salem thought inwardly.

Sage is one the few miracles in Salem's life. Not only does she exhibit some of Salem's human traits, Sage also has functioning organs, unlike the Grimm's tar-like organs. This leads Salem to the conclusion that Sage might be able to use Aura as a Grimm.

Unlike Salem, who has lost the ability to use Aura after being doused by the Darkness. Sage might actually be able to infuse her Grimm body with a soul. Sage is literally the height of Salem's ingenuity.

'A Grimm that can use Aura. A Grimm that can also use Dust. A Grimm with a coherent mind. A Superior Grimm!' Salem thought, with a heart full of malice.

"Buu…" Sage whimpers, breaking Salem's thought.

Salem, hearing her daughter's weird sound, looks towards her and sees Sage's hungry look. Smiling slightly, she immediately removes the straps on her camisole and bares her chest towards Sage.

Sage immediately latches onto one her breast and starts sucking on it with such gusto. Salem can't help but chuckle a little. This is one of the rare times that Sage completely acts like a baby her age and Salem can't help but find it endearing.

Sage closes her eyes after a while and she falls asleep in Salem's arms. Salem then slowly wraps Sage in black cloth and she slowly moves toward the windows that are in the room. She looks outside and she sees a bullhead, landing on the grounds of her castle.

"Feed well and sleep well, my little abomination. 'Our' plan will start soon and you will play an important role in it…" Salem said softly.