Tyrant’s Lesson

This is the story from when Yu Seha opened his eyes in the <Blood Cocoon>.
As the lukewarm sensation that wrapped his whole body faded, what he saw was our angelic Meowi.

Honestly, at first sight he was utterly shocked.

‘Because she was covered in blood…’

Of course, it wasn’t Meowi’s blood.
It had splattered everywhere from tearing open blood bandages,
but the newly awakened Yu Seha would have no way of knowing that.

He mistakenly thought, ‘Could there have been an ambush by remaining enemies?!’
He immediately went into battle readiness.

He was further surprised at this point.
Because not a trace of mana was emanating.

‘To be precise, there was absolutely nothing left.’

Anyway, as he reached out toward Moon Bora and Ju Na-young who stood aghast, Yu Seha realized something was wrong.

Stubby limbs,
A voice that wouldn’t come out properly,
And for reasons he didn’t understand, an overwhelming feeling of anxiety, fear, and the urge to cry.

The fear of something uncontrollable was, even now, a strikingly fresh experience.
Later he realized all those phenomena were because he had become a ‘baby.’

Of course, he wasn’t a newborn who couldn’t even open his eyes in the first few days.
If he had to describe it, about two to three years old?

[‘King of Demons’ says it’s even younger than that, probably just over a year old.]

“Oh, that young? It’s more serious than I thought…”

Anyway, of course, a huge fuss ensued.
A burly adult man had suddenly become a babbling infant overnight.

In a hurry, the formula Ju Na-young bought,
the bottle of milk Peng Jin-ah had warmed with hot water appropriately,
and the feeding bottle Moon Bora held while nursing him……

…Ahem.
…Sigh.
…Sss.

‘…Fuck.’

Anyway, after diligently taking that and living like that for about seven days.
He had barely grown enough to toddle.

Fortunately, throughout this process he never needed to wear diapers.
It’s a bit gross, but he didn’t defecate or urinate at all.
Basic physiological functions were all mana-processed with the help of the <System>.

[‘King of Demons’ says he took care of all that. He says that otherwise you would have defecated openly in front of the kids, and tells you to thank him even now.]

“Thank you so much.”

Yu Seha bowed toward the air without hesitation.
He lifted his legs and performed a full groveling bow.
That was the decisive reason Yu Seha couldn’t scold him.

After that, he lived while trying to maintain dignity for about a month.
He seems to have slept almost all day,
and there wasn’t much else he could do…
The rule that children grow while sleeping applied to him as well.
Especially, the more he rested his body, the faster he grew.
Fortunately, he didn’t have to wait the full 19 years.

,Wahhh~ Isn’t our Seha just so cute?
,Yongaaah, look at these limbs, Seha, Na-young nuna’s here~ Raise your hand~

“……”

Well, hundreds of photos were taken and even made into an album in the process… but let’s move on.

Since only his body was childlike and his mind remained intact, aside from being spoiled for cuteness by the kids, there were no major problems.

However, he was scolded a lot.

,Yongaa! Hey, Yu Seha! Did you expect us to understand this with just a letter like this? Huh?!
,…I’m disappointed, Se-ha. Really… For the first time since I’ve known you, I’m disappointed!
,I’m sorry, Moon Bora… Uh, can you stop hugging me? I’d rather raise my hands and be scolded.
,No! I’ll diligently train you so you won’t disappoint us anymore and raise you into a good, proper, obedient, bright child!

On the other hand, Meowi didn’t offer much reproach.
But one thing was certain.
She was the scariest of the three.
Meowi took his hand and said with a slightly sad expression.

,Mwaa, Seha, I’m sorry. You ended up like this because of us…
,Meowi…
,Yes, I know. That it couldn’t be helped… that it was too hard to say out loud so you left a letter… Still… you could’ve at least said something at the end, right? Don’t do that next time.
,Yeah, I’m sorry…

Meowi’s final chilling words.

,Seha, I’ll be honest. If you had stayed dead, I would have died along with you.
,……

The moment he knew it was sincere, he immediately bowed his head.
And so…
It’s gotten a bit long, but
it ended with things resolving somehow.
However, questions still remained.

‘…Why a child of all forms?’

The reason the price was so light was King of Demons and the Tyrant.
He knew well that those two beings had gone easy on him.

[‘King of Demon’ says that you would have surely been reduced to a mummified corpse otherwise.]

“I thought so… Then let me ask one thing. Why a child?”

There had to be other ways,
he couldn’t understand why they chose this form.

If they truly made him like this to kill him with shame and embarrassment, he could understand, but…

[‘King of Demons’ says he’ll tell you that today; after the other one arrives, he’ll talk about it.]

“…So when does the Tyrant grandpa come?”

[‘King of Demon’ says he’s old and is sleeping now, so he’ll come a little later. As a side note, there’s no particular reason you became a child, so don’t expect anything.]

“Did they really do this just to mess with me? Really?”

[‘King of Demon’ chuckles that it was your own fault for not noticing at the word ‘shame’ and ‘embarrassment’ in the first place, and even if you knew, what could you do?]

“……”

A while later, Yu Seha, who had sighed, spread his hand in the air.
The remaining spare time before the Tyrant arrived.

Today he planned to check two overpowered munchkin abilities he hadn’t yet read.
And train a bit while he was at it.

“Hup!”

He forced his still-slow mana flow under control.
Blue scales characteristic of the <Sea Dragon> slightly sprouted over his pudgy, fern-like child’s hands.

[‘Complete Devour’ is triggered.]
[Myth (Myth), High-Rank skill.]
[An authority only those who have reached the ‘Wei’ can use. No other being may interfere with this power without your permission.]
[Currently executing the price. Operation of all skills is obstructed.]
[Currently executing the price. During this period, stats are sealed and cannot be increased even by buffs.]
[Currently executing the price. During this period you cannot acquire new skills. Level-up speed is abnormally slow.]

‘Phew…!’

Yu Seha clenched his fist as he watched the scales sprout on the back of his hand.
It seemed insignificant, but a month ago scales hadn’t appeared at all.
By repeating it every day and training, he had managed to grow to this state.

Yu Seha smiled faintly and touched the screen.
Soon the info window updated with thunderous lightning as if to show that <Myth grade> was different.

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<Skill Information>

6Name: Complete Devour.
6Rank: Myth / High-Rank / Authority
6Level: Max
6Sub-skills
[Unprecedented Sense] [Hyeongsal-aggwi] [Tyrant’s Mind] [Transcendent Species’ Blood]

6Special Effects
: Basically treated as identical to [Reverse Sky’s Eyes] and used together.

: When activated, the passive ‘Voracity’ is maintained at all times. While Voracity is active, you can ignore the target’s size, volume, hardness, strength, or material to absorb it into your body and record it in your Category. (As Yu Seha’s Rank rises, he can swallow the powers of other ‘Wei’ beings.)

: As proficiency increases over time, you can attain a presence greater than the ingested original. For Categories with a certain level of proficiency, you can absorb senses of the original’s memories, emotions, and abilities.

: Remnants recorded in the ‘Category’ can be bestowed upon the body and mind. Some Categories combine to sublimate into forms called ‘Forms.’

: When activated, it raises the caster’s ‘Rank’ and fixes their species as a ‘Transcendent Species.’ While maintained as a Transcendent Species, all five-star limits open, and the body and stats permanently rise in real time. (No limit.)

6Derived Skills
[Category]
<Registered Forms>

1. Cavalry Form (Overwhelming stat increases, transcendent speed, slight precognition, half-human half-beast lower body)
2. Dragon-Person Form (Unset)