What Next?

(Traytora POV)

A little while after everyone had finished their lunch, we all left but Cythistia was asked to stay behind by her grandfather to talk about something. I wasn't able to try and listen in as a cat maid came over and led me over to Cythistia's room.

I was let in and saw that she had a bed that saw raised slightly off of the ground, about an inch or so, with a mattress on top with another half of a mattress at the head of the bed, probably because she needs to lean on it when she sleeps. She doesn't sleep on her side like I would but sleeps as if she's sitting down.

The bed was in the middle of the room and laden with a curtain frame around it. On each side of the bed was a bedside table, accompanied with a lamp on top of each one as well as a few drawers in each of them as well.

To the left was a desk that had a mirror hanging from the wall above it. On the desk was a hair brush, a diary and quill and ink, presumably to write in the diary. I was a little tempted to read it but didn't as that would be rude and might cause her to not like me.

Turning to the other side of the room was a window with a table and some seating in front of it. I went over to the window and looked outside. From here everything was very quiet yet it looked very lively with everyone walking around the city.

I leaned against the windowsill and just watched the people pass by. I found this, oddly relaxing, just watching people go about their day. I rested my head in my hand as it sat atop the windowsill and just observed the crowd below me. I was a little envious of them to be honest. They don't have any problems, and even if they did, it wouldn't even be comparable to my problems.

I kept on looking outside for a while. I heard the sound of the door opening and that brought me back to reality. I didn't know how much time had passed but I'd say a good few hours went by as I saw the sun starting to set.

I turned around to see that Cythistia had come back after talking with her grandfather, though, she could have gone to do other things. I gave her a light smile and slithered over to her to give her a hug but she said something unnerving to me.

"Have you been crying?" She asked worriedly.

I stopped where I was and brought my hand up to my face and wiped a stream of tears away from it. I looked down at my tear-stained hand blankly. I must have begun crying when I thought about how easy the people here have it.

I sighed as my eyes dimmed a little, thinking about how shit my life is despite not even having lived for ten percent of it. I felt Cythistia embracing me in hug and I responded in kind.

We let go of each other a short while later and sat down at the table to have a chat.

"Now that we're here, what are you going to do?" She asked with worry evident in here voice.

I tilted my head upwards, thinking, 'What SHOULD I do now?' It was a question I hadn't really pondered much as I genuinely didn't know what I wanted to do next. Should I continue heading back to the desert, or should I stay here and start a new life, leaving my old one behind?

I sat there on the sofa opposite Cythistia thinking about it. About what I want to do next. I thought about it for a good long while and, eventually decided what I wanted to do.

Casting [Flame Runes], I wrote out, 'I'm staying here.'

I could see the instant gratification on her face as a large smile bloomed from ear to ear and her eyes sparkled like the night sky.

She then calmed down and asked what I wanted to do here, as a job.

"Hmm..." I grabbed my chin with my left hand and squinted my eyes as I thought.

'What kind of jobs are there?' I asked.

"Depends on what you want to do, though there are only really three jobs you can do around here, Two of them being in the workers district and the market district respectively, and the other would be to become a Hunter or a scouter. It also depends on your skillset as that may incline you to work a specific job."

I decided to take a look at my skills and see which ones could be useful for work.

[Ding!]

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[Skills:]

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[Physical:] [+]

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[Magic:] [-]

[Fireball: LvL. 7] [Fire Beam: LvL. 7] [Fire Wall: LvL. 5] [Fire Burst: LvL. 4] [Fire Dome: LvL. 3] [Poison Bullet: LvL. 3] [Earth Manipulation: LvL. 2] [Earth Wall: LvL. 2] [Fire Absorption: LvL. 2] [Hell Fire: LvL. 2] [Fire Runes: LvL. 2 (UP)] [Air Shell: LvL 1] [Water Summon: LvL. 1] [Runic Infusion: LvL. 1 (NEW)]

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[Bloodline:] [-]

[Bloodline Suppression: LvL. -/-] [Bloodline Aura: LvL. -/-] [Lust Flame: LvL 4 (UP)] [Bloodline Manifestation: LvL. 1 (NEW)] [Elemental Scales: LvL. 1] [Elemental Aura: LvL. 1] [Regeneration: LvL. 1]

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[Racial:] [-]

[Succubus:] [Aphrodisiac Pheromones: LvL. 3] [Demon Aura: LvL. 3] [Enhanced Stamina: LvL. 3] [Demonic Rampage: LvL. 2] [Dual Cultivation: LvL. 2] [Life Absorption: LvL. 2] [Stimulating Touch: LvL. 2] [Tantalizing Secretions: LvL. 2] [Illusion Magic: LvL. 1] [Lustful Venom: LvL. 1 (NEW)] [Potent Seed: LvL. 1]

[Naga:] [Apex Predator: LvL. 3 (UP)] [Intimidation: LvL. 2 (UP)] [Paralysing Stare: LvL. 2 (UP)] [Poisonous Fire: LvL. 1(NEW)]

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[Soul:] [-]

[Curse of Lust: LvL. 2] [Soul Flame: LvL. 2] [Soul Manifestation: LvL. 2] [Soul Aura: LvL. 1] [Soul Bite: LvL. 1] [Soul Devour: LvL. 1 (NEW)] [Soul Slash: LvL. 1 (NEW)]

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I didn't look at my Physical skills as I knew they wouldn't be of much use anyways, as for the rest... Unless I want to become a hunter, which I don't, I don't think my [Racial] skills will be of any use. Same with my [Soul] skills, I don't think they'd have much application either.

That leaves my [Magic] skills. I kind of want to do something with that maybe? I asked about jobs in that require magic and she said that the few dwarves that live here could make use of my skills, but mainly my fire. Apparently different fires can create different weapons and accessories.

I like the sound of that, using my magic to help create instead of destroy. Yeah, that's what I want to do!