20-Forgotten Residence

'Ah shit, here were go again.' Persia opened her Eyes and found herself in the middle of Pure Darkness. She couldn't see anything other than Black. It was strange for her to be in the middle of nowhere. Persia slowly remembered the memories before getting stuck in the middle of Darkness. She was about to evolve and leave her baby form, But why was she in the middle of nowhere?

Persia's heart was calmly beating. The Heartbeat was Soft and Gentle. She had a calm expression plastered on her face and didn't panic in her current predicament. She began moving her body and stretching it. She could feel the ground she was stepping in, But she could see anything that signified the ground below her.

'Am I Blind?' Persia thought to herself. She moved her arms from left to right. She used every finger and made them move on their own. She sighed in relief after feeling every part of her body until she realized something wrong with the fact that she could feel her body. Persia felt a chill within her spine when she realized it. She touched every part of her body again and knew that there was clearly something wrong.

'This... My Human Body? How?' Persia pinched her body in shock after the realization. She felt her soft skin as she pinched it with her fingers. She was now in her Human Body. And this was a problem for Persia. She already accepted that she was a snake. But then, out of nowhere, This happens to her? Did she get cursed by Bad Luck? Was something making entertainment based on her suffering? Persia was getting paranoid.

'Calm yourself. This isn't the time to panic. Let's check my current situation and based my actions on current information.' Persia nodded to herself. She didn't want to delve deeper into her human body problem. Her Brain might explode due to many things that could be possible. There was also a simple possibility that her current human body was her brain doing its own things.

Persia waved her hand while she was within the Darkness. She began moving in strange movements and still didn't find anything. She bent her body and touched the ground beneath her. Persia felt the dirt on the Ground. She could also feel the Tall Slick Grass around her.

'Where am I?' Persia looked around the Eternal Darkness. She could feel the Cold Breeze gently passing through her Legs. She knew that she was in the middle of a dark place with Grass. Many Places had Grass, but it would help her pinpoint the dangers of her current location.

'There is a possibility of this being the place it went in before reincarnation, but the possibility is far from probable.' Persia had a strange feeling within her heart. It was an Ominous One, The Feeling that she didn't find in the Home of the Strange Entity. She understood that the Place around her wasn't from the Strange Entity. If this wasn't that place, Where was she?

'Now that I think about it, Could I speak?' Persia had this strange thought within her mind. It had been a while since she spoke a single word from her mouth. She could only form thoughts within her mind as she was a snake. She was disappointed that she couldn't speak but now that she had a human body. Couldn't she speak?

"He-ll-o, Fuck... I can speak." Persia felt a feeling of satisfaction. She could finally speak a single word from her mouth. She was genuinely surprised that it worked. Her Words echoed within the Darkness around her. She stopped speaking from her mouth as it would not be good to hear her words echoing towards her.

'I should shut up, But this place is too dark.' Persia shook her head as she didn't know what she needed to do. She was in the middle of nowhere. All the Things around her got shrouded by Darkness. She couldn't do anything about it. The only thing she could do was to investigate once in a while.

'Does Flashlight exist in this strange place?' Persia thought to herself. There were clearly no Flashlights in this place. It was just wishful thinking that came through Persia's mind. She decided to ignore the weird thought and slowly explore the place. She had all the time she needed to explore it.

While slowly walking through the Eternal Darkness that shrouded her surroundings. Persia noticed something strange within the ground. She didn't know what it was, but she would clearly investigate it to avoid getting ambushed. She bent her body and picked it up with her hand.

'What is this?' Persia looked at the thing she picked up from the ground. She was curious about what it was. It had a cylinder form, and it also had a strange glass at the front. While looking through the thing she found, Persia noticed a small button plastered on the cylinder. She then pushed the button as she was curious about what it could do.

A Bright light illuminated from the Glass of the Cylinder. Persia seeing it furrowed her eyebrow. She didn't know what to say, but the thing she was holding was a Flashlight. A Flashlight in the middle of nowhere and darkness. It wasn't a good thing to find a flashlight in this place.

'A Flashlight? WTF!, Is a Flashlight doing here?' Persia wanted to scream her heart out of this bullshit. Who would believe a flashlight existing in the middle of nowhere? Did she get transferred out of the Forest? That was her home. She worked hard in that place. Why would she leave that place?

'Persia, don't get angry.' Persia tried to calm herself down. The Strange Situations that kept happening to Persia were hit her hard in the Brain. Her Mental health might be in danger from the Strange sItuation that kept happening to her. She looked around and used the Flashlight she was holding.

'Hmm... Trees and Grass, Stone Path and Bench, Fence and Stone Structures. it is clearly a Man-made structure.' Persia thought to herself while lighting up the whole place. She didn't know where she was, but the possibility of being inside the Plaza was high. Discovering that she was in a Man-made structure gave Persia problems.

'There must be Intelligent Creatures in this place. It would be impossible for Man-made structures to appear.' Persia thought to herself. The signs of intelligent creatures made the whole place dangerous. She shook her head and continued walking while using the Flashlight.

'Let's be quiet and careful with my movements. Why do I feel unfortunate...' Persia sighed in disappointment. She lost most of her advantages as a snake. Although she was good at having her human body back, She still didn't like the Fact. She lost most of her Advantages. After all, She would probably not last long in this body.

'Losing the Advantages while being shrouded in darkness wouldn't be a good thing.' Persia thought to herself as she continued walking down the Stone Path. There were benches at the sides of the Path and fences that blocked anything from destroying the decorations. As she walked in the Stone Path... Something happened.

*Thud*

'Ow...' Persia hit something when she was walking in the Stone Path. It was like a wall that blocked her Way. Persia then pointed to the Flashlight and saw that there wasn't a Wall in front of her. Seeing this made Persia raised an eyebrow. She clearly hit something. Persia then stretched her hand and began touching the air in front of her. Her hand then felt a Solid Surface.

'An Invisible Wall? Force Field? Why is there a strange wall in front of me?' Persia thought to herself while touching the wall in front of her. It was invisible. Even light passed through the Wall. She couldn't continue on her way out of this place. It seems that she was stuck in this eternal darkness.

"I should go back," Persia mumbled and slowly went back to her original position. She was disappointed that there was a wall stopping her from continuing. She couldn't do anything as she was comparable to a normal human in this Place shrouded with darkness. As she walked back to her Original Position. Persia found a Dusty Fountain with no Water.

'Let's take a rest here for a while.' Persia wanted to stop walking. She wanted to sit on something as she felt her legs weakening. She couldn't believe that her body was this weak. She walked towards the Bench near the Fountain and sat there. While sitting on the Bench, Persia had an idea within her mind.

'I'm curious about my current body.' Persia thought to herself. She then pointed the flashlight towards her Arms and found her Pale Soft Skin. It was a little bit different from her Original Body. It was too beautiful... She then looked at her thighs and found that it was different from her sickened body.

'My Current Body is different from my Normal One. It looked too beautiful that it looked like the Best Version of my Body.' Persia shook her head. There was no meaning of Beauty in the wild. The Beauty portrayed in the wild was Poisonous or Calming. It was either these two choice, Or it might not even be beautiful at all.

She was sitting peacefully on the Bench. It was the first time she sat ever since she was reincarnated. She looked upward and found nothing but darkness plastered on the sky. While Persia was staring above the Sky, A Notification echoed within her mind. Such Notification startled Persia.

[User's Body is currently Evolving...]

[Current Location: Soul Core of Persia.]

[Evolution Rewards: 10 In all Attributes, All Skills gained from Irregular Baby White Snake will evolve, You have gained 10 Points, And You are given the choice of picking a Special Skill.]

'Intriguing... Special Skill. The Skill that has the same Status as my Monster Mentality.' Persia thought to herself while staring at her notification. The Monster Mentality was a strange Skill. Persia didn't know anything about it. It has been there since the day of reincarnation.

'Let's check what I could get from the Special Skills.' Persia nodded to herself as she wanted to see the things she could pick from the Special Skill Choice. She wanted a Useful skill that she could use in her entire life. She asked too much from the Special Skill Choice, but Persia could find something in the Special Skill Choice. A Notification echoed within her mind.

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『Special Skills』

[Appraisal]

[Disassemble]

[Loot]

[Bestow]

[Parallel Mind]

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'I never thought that the choice would be this tempting.' Persia thought to herself while staring at the Window. She didn't know what to pick as all Special Skills would be Useful all her life. Her current situation was something she needed to study before Picking.

'I don't know if this would work, but... What do you think should I choose?' She didn't know what she was doing, but Persia continued what she said. She waited for a while to get results, but nothing happened. She sighed in disappointment until a Notification echoed within her mind.

[Recommendation?]

[Current Situation of User...]

[Mental Health: Damaged, Physical Health: Healthy, Spirit Health: Damaged]

[Mental Health: Damaged and Spirit Health: Damaged, Requesting for Problem to be Solved...]

[Hard Way Out: Mental Health and Spirit Health could worsen or heal over time.]

[Easy Way Out: Pick a Special Skill named Parallel Mind for Mental and Spirit Health repair.]

'Wait, What? Mental Health Damage?' Persia furrowed her eyebrows when she saw the notification in front of her. Her Mental Health was getting damage as time passes by. She didn't even notice how it broke. She thought that she was acting normally. How did she damage her Mental Health?

'Parallel Mind?' Persia was curious at what the Special Skill Parallel Mind could do. But since it was a recommendation from something inside her. Why not pick the Parallel Mind? She could take the Remaining Special Skills by Evolving into new higher forms. She then picked the Parallel Mind as her choice for Special Skill.

[The User has picked the Special Skill, Parallel Mind.]

[Does the User wish to Integrate User, System, and Parallel Mind?]

'Yes...' Persia nodded in agreement. She didn't know what she was doing, but she still listened to what the notifications were telling her. It was better to build trust relations with something inside her. She also didn't know what the thing inside her was saying.

[Understood.]

[Parallel Mind Activating...]