ch 22

I was under no delusion that there was someone who loved me especially not who I have become after I had arrived in another world sure I was a "hero" but I was only tolerated for my power and the most despised for my actions as it was no secret that I was a rapist as I had done so publicly on the battlefield when I saw the enemy general was a beautiful woman and enslaved right after killing her husband right before her very eyes my "heroic deeds" were known far and wide making it impossible for a phoenix to ever bestow me it's heart by choice but I wasn't about to let such an inconsequential thing like consent stop me from taking what I desire.

Alchemy is an art that is used to augment a person or the world around them allowing one to reach beyond their natural limits therefore the same can be done to all creatures as well using this thought process I developed a lust potion because at the time I was too bitter to see the difference between love and lust at the time.

Love is a weakness, a liability making someone vulnerable in the vain attempt to receive it in return it is only an illusion whereas lust is real tangible something that can be taken.

Because of that misunderstanding I created a lust potion specifically for phoenix that I planned to capture but since I was a hero why should I settle for an ordinary phoenix so in my infinite wisdom decided to capture a Golden Phoenix empress a unique and extremely rare breed able to take human form.

With that goal I created a trap that I designed myself using alchemy I had taken phoenix feathers and created a sun crystal to create a false phoenix (its called a false phoenix but looks like a orb with feathers orbiting it) to attract the golden phoenix empress which only worked because I used had a high grade mutant sun crystal making it almost as rare as the golden phoenix empress when the stupid bird approached it immediately flew toward the false phoenix before taking human form as an extremely well endowed woman staring at the false phoenix she could not figure out that it was fake until it released the potion.

There was three major problems with the false phoenix that I didn't account for the first was the fact that I thought to improve the ancient phoenix trap instead of using the original design, the high grade mutant sun crystal instead of a refined high grade sun crystal and the use of a lust potion instead a love potion.

The problem with the improved design it gathered solar energy that in turn strengthen and evolve the sun crystal which is not a problem on its own (a bonus really) but since I mostly irresponsible and negligent forgetting about the trap for months at a time or when I did remember it I was too busy with the war which allowed it to grow unchecked but it didn't attract any phoenix's directly unless it was triggered which I would not do unless I was there.

The sun crystal itself is already extremely rare to find and gets more difficult the higher the grade so when I got my hands on a high grade mutant sun crystal I ignored the fact it was a mutant because it's mutation allowed it to refine and improve the materials in contact with it which I considered to be a bonus.

Finally the bright idea I had to use a lust potion instead of a love potion because love potions only last an hour no matter how strong but a lust potions can vary I found in a dungeon seemed extremely potent and when I analyzed it seemed like it could work for an entire month.

When the potion was released the phoenix woman was delirious for a few seconds that is when I revealed myself to her in order to make me the object of her affection and become my loyal slave we immediately consummated our relationship and I thought that she would be subservient after I received her heart but she used it as a tracking beacon which I didn't realize until I escaped from the abandoned palace she conquered because she was not just any golden phoenix empress she was the golden calamity Xara and like the sun crystal I used she was a mutant variant.

She was one of the tasks that the kingdom summoned us to solve for them unfortunately she was a force of nature that could not be stopped she pursued me endlessly seeing me as lost property to be reclaimed as l was one of the most powerful heroes the sight of me running instead of fighting her immediately extinguished any ideas of kingdom to use us to defeat Xara the problem wasn't just her incredible strength but also because not only could she be permanently killed but every time she killed she gained the power of whoever she killed of course that was during the first couple of years I over there.

Me:"That is why I never used it her heart when I was in the other world because she could use it to find me"

Ai:"If she killed you she could get your powers?"

Me:"Not any that are from spirit contracts"

Ai:"So now that you're here and not in the other world couldn't you use phoenix heart for alchemy again and even if she does show up couldn't you beat her I mean you did kill a god before right?"