My Name

{Congratulations! Please start by choosing a name for your new life.}

Uh... I wasn't sure what to do. The fox raised its head and looked at the screen that appeared in front of me. ''Come on, do it. I'm already sick of this nothing but stones and trees forest.''

''Can you see my system window?'' I asked with curiosity. Normally, nobody but its owner could see the system window.

''Yes,'' The fox said. ''I'm inside your mind as the Web, I can see it even you don't visualize it.''

I thought for a second, ''Can you be seen only by me like the system, or can other people see you?''

''Depends on. My physical presence depends on you. Now because I'm physically out of your mind, they can see, but they can't hear since I'm talking into your mind. I have an image but my weight is less than it should be. Because you're not strong enough, it becomes difficult for me to maintain my presence in the physical world.''

I frowned my eyebrows, ''You are confusing. I cannot understand.''

It hit the middle of my eyebrows with its paw, ''No need to think hard for me. Stop frowning if you don't want to wrinkle early. Do what needs to be done and let's get the fuck out of here.''

I sighed and looked at the window. With my nod, a new window appeared.

{Last Name: Al'naar

Given Name: [Please give yourself a name to continue]}

''This isn't my last name,'' I said.

''This is your last name from now on,'' The fox spoke with a bored voice in my mind. ''This is the surname of the demon clan you made a deal with. The word 'nar' in Arabic means flame, fire, light, or hell. 'Min alnaar' means made of fire. The Al'naar clan is an ancient and powerful clan.''

The fox licked its paw and continued, ''The female nine-tailed fox you met, the current owner of your soul, is Malic'e Al'naar. According to pronunciation, it means apple(malic) made of fire or malice made of fire, or even Malik/Melike master/mistress.''

''Well... that's cool. I don't know how to name myself,'' I said. It was harder than you think, really. I thought for days even when I was naming my pet cat.

''Just do it. I am bored.''

''You don't make my job easier,'' I said. The first thing that came to mind was to keep using my old name, but I gave up that idea immediately. If the name got famous somehow, I was sure that man would come to check. I didn't want to meet him again until I am strong enough.

In addition, I was looking for a name not to be unusual for the northern region where I am now. A name belonging to another part of the world would bring 'Where did you come from? What are you doing here?' questions along with it.

However, a name belonging to the north could also cause trouble elsewhere in the world. I was in need of a name that wasn't too ethnic and didn't look unusual. What was the name of the woman of the jealous and greedy brothers? Maria?

It was a name you could come across all over the world, sometimes it would be Maria, sometimes Mery, sometimes Meryem, sometimes Merriam. But no one would think you came from elsewhere.

''Are you sure about that?'' The fox asked.

''Huh?''

''Holy virgin. Honey, sometimes you get a little stupid. Do you think a succubus named as holy virgin would not stand out among the demons?'' The fox shook its tiny furry head.

''Well... I think it would be a nice oxymoron,'' I said.

''No,'' the fox said. ''Trust me, don't do that. It would be like naming your child with a name like Ungraceful or Ugly amongst humans.''

''Sure... if you say so,'' I said. The fox didn't seem reliable, but there was no need to take unnecessary risks. I knew it heard my thoughts, but it didn't say anything to defend itself.

''Sora,'' I said. ''I'll be Sora from now on.''

The fox put its head on its paw. ''Hmm... Sora Al'naar. Not bad.''

Whit the no objection from the fox, I approved the name I was thinking and waited for the system to move to the next window. I was relieved when the home screen of the system appeared in front of me.

{[My Profile] / Line / Shop}

Name: Sora Al'naar

Breed: Demonic, Succubus; Level 1

Skills: Desires of Heart}

That's all it is. I was afraid to go online, knowing that that man was looking for me with every means available to him. Being offline was preventing me from using the shop and line pages. The only thing I can view was my profile.

''So, are we leaving finally?'' The fox asked.

I nodded, ''Yeah but where?''

''Look at the map,'' the fox said. I looked at the shoulder bag in which I put the money, map, and flask I got from the bandits. Tired of standing, I sat at the roots of a tree and began to study the map.

It was a poorly drawn map, and worst of all, the bandits' camp was not marked on the map, so I didn't know where I was. Still, it was better than nothing. According to the map, the name of the forest I was in was the Snowflake Forest.

I was thankful again that it was summer. If I had been teleported here in the winter, I would have bigger problems than not being able to find my direction. Like freezing, for example. Several villages and a large human town in the forest were shown on the map.

There was no information about the farther north where the ice demons lived, it was left blank. Human towns and villages had always been built near the great river flowing from north to south.

''Have you decided where to go?'' The fox asked.

''I will go to the human town,'' I said. ''I will follow the stream to the flow direction, to the south. If the town is south of where I am now, I'll find it. If it is north of me, I lodge in one of the villages around the stream for a day, search for info, and start going north.''

''That's a plan,'' the fox said and disappeared from my shoulder. ''I am off my physical form, for now, to avoid wasting your energy. But soon you'll have to find something to eat or, hmm, something to fuck.''

''Umm... do I have to?'' I asked with hesitation. To be honest, I wasn't feeling ready for a new sexual experience.

''What do you have to do? Sex?'' The fox asked. I nodded. ''Sexual intercourse is not required to feed on someone's lust. You can do it remotely and without touching your prey when you have control over your new skill. But at this stage, I suggest you at least to touch.''

''My new skill, Desires of Heart?'' I asked.

''Yes, it is a skill that you have gained thanks to your new breed and allows you to use desires as food,'' The fox said.

''I used it but I don't remember being fed desires.''

''Did you try?'' The fox asked.

''Huh?''

''Have you tried to feed on the desires you see?''

''No,'' I said. ''I didn't try.''

''You could be fed with lust if you tried. Some demons can feed on fear, some can feed on grudge... You can eat lust.''

''Umm... okay,'' I said. Honestly, I had no idea what to say. Before starting the walk, which I expected to be long, I drank some water and calculated the money I got from thieves. It was a few gold coins, many silver and copper coins. In a big city it probably wouldn't take more than a week to spend all the money, but here, in the rural, it would do over a month. I sighed and started to walk.