Hecate woke up in an old-fashioned room. It seemed to be night since there was barely any light in the room. Tuma was trotting around the room to relieve its boredom. Yes, trot. Tuma was in the form of a small goat the original owner was keeping in his mansion for a while.
When it saw Hecate waking up it walked towards him and checked him from head to toe if there was any problem. The original owner was a very good-looking person. Combined with Hecate's beautiful visage the face value shot up the roof. It found no abnormality with its host's body but he may feel some uncomfortableness caused by the transfer.
[Tuma: Host how do you feel?]
[Hecate: I'm fine.]
[Tuma: You have adapted well that I suspect that you have experienced similar things before. I was worried you would find it hard to integrate into your role.]
[Hecate: I don't recall ever being transported to another world, so I must've not been in similar situations. I am also able to fully blend into any role and characteristics. Which, seems like a skill that you don't possess.]
[Tuma: As a system that would mostly reside in inanimate objects, this is a skill I don't need. Also, not stumbling or feeling disoriented when it's my first time as a hooved animal is already a great ability. Well, that aside, this is ancient china and you're the legitimate son of a magistrate. You will need to know many rules and etiquette. Your speech also needs to be calm and eloquent. I will help you whenever those needs arise. So you will have to closely keep the object I went into. ]
[Hecate: Ancient China? Then aside from the usual events, there will be a lot of torture right? How exciting~. I want to see how they execute people too! They usually chop the head off publically right? I can see at least one of them right? Oh, speaking of the object you will be in, don't worry, as long as it's something that can be worn without changing then I'll naturally keep you safe.]
[Tuma:....'My host seems a bit crooked than I originally thought...' This is a harem novel revolving around a person who rose to the pinnacle of life from rock bottom after being betrayed. He will get revenge on people who mistreated him and will even execute some. So, yes you can see a public execution.]
[Hecate: How great! So how do I destroy this world?]
[Tuma: Ah, yes. To destroy this kind of self-restorative world you have to directly cut off its source of energy. If it can't get the energy it will deteriorate by itself. The source of energy is usually the luck bestowed on the protagonists. And it seems it is the case in this world.]
[Hecate: If I kill the protagonist, will it count?]
[Tuma: It would since the halo luck will leave the protagonist's body but it won't be as effective. The luck halo is a troublesome thing that is capable of choosing a different host. The world will then choose that person as the protagonist and gather energy from them.
[Hecate: Okay. Then I'll just make the protagonist and everyone's life here a living hell. It would count, right?]
[Tuma: Since it destroys the economy of the world and makes the halo unable to choose a person, yes.]
After this exchange, Tuma understood clearly that its host was not just crooked. He was a person who thinks and does evil things normally and easily as if breathing air.
It has worked with a lot of evil hosts before but this was the first time they looked and acted normal yet all his actions lead to someone else's demise.
Tuma's thoughts spiraled like this for a few moments before being brought back to reality when its host asked for the whole information about this world and the original body.
[Hecate: Tuma give me the compromised story. Also, give me the detailed information on this body while you're at it.]
{Story: Xu Tian Shen was bullied by his three siblings because he was born into a concubine. Even though his two sisters are also born from a concubine, their mother is favored. They are also worth more than him since they can be married off to someone with good background and bring benefit to the family.
His older brother is born to the main wife. He is the most favored. One day he couldn't take it anymore and he ran away from home. From then on he used various methods and rose to the peak.
He got beautiful women to serve him and riches that he could use lavishly for the rest of his life. After that, he destroyed the life of every person who stood against him.
The original owner of this body was also implicated. The story hasn't officially started yet. It will start six months later.
Name: Xu Tu
Age: 17
Family: Left minister Xu's main wife's son. The main wife Xu Yaoren died last year. You have two sisters and one brother below you. One of your sisters Xu Ning is married to the general's second son. They don't have any children. The other one Xu Ying is not of marriageable age. She is not engaged to anyone. Your brother Xu Tian Shen is born from a concubine. He is the protagonist of this story.}
[Hecate: Doesn't this body have any wife or concubines?]
[Tuma: No, he aspired to become the most successful businessman and decided to not marry anyone before that.]
[Hecate: There is a bit of supernatural setting in this world right?]
[…] Tuma was speechless. There was a supernatural setting added to make the protagonist a genius. It was a Xianxia world. But it was only mentioned that people who can cultivate were sparse in this empire. So people barely saw them.
It caused a commotion when the protagonist returned after becoming a disciple of a famous sect. Tuma was thinking of giving its host cultivation and explaining it to him tomorrow morning.
[Tuma: How did you know?]
[Hecate: I checked if this body had any kind of power and found that it has mutated fire spirit roots.]
[Tuma: You know how to check? Do you know how to cultivate?]
[Hecate: Of course. I learned how to check and cultivate to use them against people who had more strength than me and use it to do untraceable murder and other things. Oh by the way. I had five spiritual roots and I could use them all. The process of cultivation was slow but it was enough in my world.]
[Tuma: That is illogical, how did you learn that?]
[Hecate: I heard some monks talking about inner energy when I went to crack a buddha statue in the shrine. So after I came back home I tried it and it made my body feel more energetic than before. It also made my next murder quite easy.]
Tuma once again realized that its host was a worldwide wanted criminal that commits a crime for fun. And that its host's strike zone is very very wide. He'll bring trouble to anyone as long as he's there. Tuma wondered how Hecate could learn to cultivate by just listening to some monk talk. Even those monks didn't know how to cultivate.
But this was not the time to contemplate. It had to let its host make plans for the future and make him get used to his current identity. With the great me as his system, he would complete his missions without any problems!
[Tuma: Host, are you used to your current body?] yes, caring for the host will make him have more goodwill towards me.
[Tuma: Let's make plans on how to bring the protagonist to his failure. The original owner had a cold and indifferent attitude. You will have to act like him since you are using his identity. If you OOC and people get suspicious about you, you will be found by the world. The world will try to remove you if they find you so be careful. Dying in the world may injure your soul. ]
Tuma found Hecate staring at him. Even though his face was expressionless his eyes were gleaming with evil intent. What caused this bloodlust to resurface?
[Tuma: Host? What is it?]
[Hecate: What kind of things would the world do aside from rejecting my presence and trying to kill me to make me leave this world?]
[Tuma: Well...Normally it would cause you trouble using the people related to the story. Doing so would make you have a hard time making you wanna leave the world. ]
[Hecate: Then can I kill off people unless they are the main characters?]
[Tuma: There should be no problem about that....but host are you planning to kill your way through?]
[Hecate: Why not? These worlds will naturally reject me since I came here to destroy them. Since I plan on bringing them to their doom then I'll start from its minions and torture it thoroughly.]
[…] Yes, it remembered once again that its host is a criminal. A blood-thirsty monster.