Memory Absorption, Replacement

Since Joe didn't exactly go out much, he had to use google maps to get to a hospital. Since Joe was 19, he needed to absorb the memories of someone about 2 months old.

Although Joe knew internally this was an irrational decision, he greatly desired to be a wizard. After getting to the hospital, Joe's brain began moving again. If he could absorb the memories of an animal, which was much younger than him, and also likely had untouched memories, would he not also gain virgin age?

Using this somewhat rational thought, he quickly took the idea of replicating a child's memories, as it would be both suspicious and weird.

Joe left the hospital, and ran over to an animal shelter, after using google maps of course, and looked for some animals.

He found what looked to be a young kitten, and attempted to absorb its memories. He looked at the kitten and stared at it ferociously. He gathered his mental power...

Time passed.

Ten seconds...

Thirty seconds...

A whole minute...

By this time Joe was already sweating, not of exhaustion, but of embarrassment. He had been staring at a small kitten for an entire minute on end in a public animal shelter.

Joe turned his head to see if anybody was watching him, and there was. A little girl just around the corner.

Joe awkwardly turned to pet the cat, and walked away with his legs wide.

He sat down on a public bench before mulling over why the extraction didn't work.

It could be purely for the reason it was an animal and it didn't have much intelligence. It could also be that he was inexperienced in using the technique.

Joe swiftly got over his previous embarrassment as he swaggered back into the animal shelter to try again.

Joe concentrated his mental power into a small needle, but nobody saw it since it was all in his head. He shot the needle from his glabella, and pierced the kitten's skull.

Of course, the kitten's skull wasn't pierced literally. Only it's mental barrier was pierced through. Joe quickly took in the memories, before analyzing them.

He saw the kitten's life from the beginning, from birth, feeding, and it's little play fights with other kittens. He began the copying process. He attempted to mimic the kitten's memories with his mental power.

Memories had a distinct pattern, which formed the dimensions of memories. For example, there was X color at Y coordinates, and it moved at Z time. All Joe had to do was mimic those patterns.

He began to separate the mental power that mimicked the memories of the kitten, causing him some pain. The process took about three minutes, and from an outsider's perspective, Joe was blankly staring at a cat while the cat stared back at him.

The time that Joe felt was different though. He felt as though a few months had passed. It was the kitten's memories which made him feel like so much time had passed.

Rip!

Joe's mental power was separated, causing him some pain, but he managed to steady himself. It wasn't a large rip due to the short memories of the kitten.

Still Joe felt some more wisdom flow into his mind, more than expected though. He unconsciously purred.

'Wait. What? Is this a side-effect of absorbing another species' memories?'

Joe seemed to have picked up the habit of purring from the little kitten, though after thinking it over, Joe felt it somewhat logical. He was absorbing a cat's memories, so he should pick up a habit or two. It was probably less obvious for humans due to them being of the same species and having similar habits.

Joe checked his virgin age.

[Virgin Age: 29.4]

He didn't expect his virgin age to go up so much. He had nobody to ask however, as the system only knew as much as he did about the Virginity Scripture, since it was a physical book.

Joe didn't think about it much longer.

'A loophole like this would surely be mentioned in one of the Virginity Scripture's volumes right?'

Joe decided to continue absorbing memories, even at the expense of picking up a cat habit or two. He didn't have the same physiology as a cat, so what kind of bad habit could stem from him?

Joe continued wantonly absorbing memories for the next few days. He had to wait about a day for his mental power to recover from the tear.

The next day, Joe was at the brink of reaching the Wizard stage.

[Virgin Age: 29.9]