Chapter 20 : Improvement of an addition!

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The prince has begun investigating, sending several personal spies to find clues. Although he isn't getting closer at the moment, I can't say he won't succeed later.

"My queen, who should we focus on right now? Lucian, Annie, or Naturia?"

Rosia also seems to understand that time is running out. I need to make her fully evolve so we can start our invasion from the shadows!

"Focus on Naturia. She's part of your revenge, and on top of that, she'll definitely be very useful to me once she's transformed into a Zerg."

"As for me, I'll take care of Lucian. We need him for you to fully evolve."

"Understood, my queen."

Once said, I dashed toward Lucian's place. I discovered that the parasite can increase in percentage as long as the host is happy. Even though it's slower than if the host is happy thanks to Rosia or me, it's still faster than if it rises slowly with no stimulus.

And in the following weeks, that's exactly what I did. I completely erased his fake gentleness, allowing his cruel nature to surface with my Hallucinogens. He enjoys playing with others by humiliating and beating them. He can even go as far as killing them. It's not really a surprise when you consider that he's a slave trader.

But I don't care. The percentages must rise! I created many hallucinations to bring out his cruel side completely. He even killed several of his servants, but no one knows because I ate their bodies, making the evidence disappear.

On Rosia's side, things are progressing rather quickly with Naturia. Since she's the heroine, it's normal for the progress to be slower. But the most important step has been taken: the two are together. Although neither has said it yet, they've started kissing, holding hands… in short, the early stages of a normal romance.

Meanwhile, the maids frequently go to buy animals and insects from Annie. Her percentages are increasing even more slowly because the person she loves, Rosia, doesn't visit her as often anymore—only from time to time. Fortunately, Rosia is quite cunning. When she does go, she plays the terribly apologetic girlfriend, clings to Annie so she'll forgive her… and, most importantly, she uses sex to ensure Annie's forgiveness. And it works!

And the excuse? Simple: the prince is watching her closely, trying to bring her down. Which, in itself, is true—but it's not the real reason why she doesn't visit as often anymore.

***

"Why?! Why can't I find anything?!"

While the prince in his office, in his domain, he once again finds objects out of place. Furious, he puts them back where they belong.

"Servant!"

"Yes, prince."

"I already told you not to move the objects!"

"Yes. But we haven't touched anything."

"What?! I just found objects out of place again!"

"Sorry, prince."

Léno is starting to think that someone is managing to enter his quarters. Maybe to spy on him, but he can't figure out who! No one sees anything, no one hears anything!

On top of becoming more alert, he can't help but seethe with rage seeing Naturia and Rosia so close!

"How?! How?! How can that whore of a sister kiss Naturia and hold her hand?!"

"Naturia is sacred! My sister is nothing but filth! How dare she defile this sacred goddess?!"

"Hemlock Blossom!"

"Yes, prince?"

"We need to come up with another plan! Here's what we're going to do..."

***

When I returned to Rosia, I started thinking about what I needed to do. I have several ideas, but they'll be difficult and exhausting to execute. And most importantly… Rosia will have to do most of the work—and quickly.

No matter how much I think about it, I believe upgrading my Hallucinogens trait to Intermediate could make my plan much easier.

"Rosia, how many black widows do you have?"

"A lot. I kept buying them and forced them to reproduce. They're in the animal garden, hidden in a secure place."

"Let's go eat them! I hope to get two more Hallucinogens from them."

"Having this trait stronger might help us with the upcoming plan, I think."

After saying that, we went to the animal garden and started devouring black widows, reducing their population by 80%.

But it worked!

[Ding! Congratulations, you have gained the trait: Hallucinogens – Small.]

[Ding! Rosia Regium has acquired the trait: Hallucinogens – Small.]

[Ding! You are retrieving the trait from your sub-queen!]

[Ding! Your Hallucinogens – Small trait evolves into Hallucinogens – Intermediate!]

[Hallucinogens – Intermediate]: Your body produces a powder that you can release at will. It now floats around you and can induce mild hallucinations. Once introduced into the target's body, it can be triggered to make them see what you want. Note: Once used, it disappears and must be reintroduced to be effective again.

Hmm… I'm not sure how good this upgrade really is. I need to do some tests. But there is some good news in all of this!

"Rosia! Tell me, can you actually use Hallucinogens now?"

"I think so, my queen."

With a little concentration, I saw Rosia release a powder almost identical to mine. But instead of a light yellow, her powder was darker—almost gold-black.

I ordered a servant to bring in a slave, letting Rosia test the trait. And indeed, it worked just like mine!

Then I tested my upgraded Hallucinogens. As usual, I activated it, but instead of gently falling to the ground, the powder stayed in the air. I could control it and make it float in front of me.

I also tested the maximum floating distance: a two-meter diameter around me. It's not very large, but still a good range.

Now, I want to see what these mild hallucinations can do. The description is too vague. Once the slave was no longer under Rosia's hallucination, I used my powder and tried to show him things.

But it was a failure.

I then tried several methods, eventually figuring out how it works:

The powder can only create hallucinations up to twice its size, meaning they are really small.By grouping multiple powders together, we can create larger hallucinations.

I smiled. This upgrade is good—really good! And with Rosia being able to do the same as me, my plan just became much easier...