"Asa, I have a performance later, so be good and wait for me at home, okay?"
Inside a slightly worn-down orphanage.
A lively teenage idol, Hoshino Ai, wearing a sailor uniform, hugged the shota in her arms.
"Mhm… good luck, Ai-neechan!"
Asa poked his head out from her developing chest and let out a small sigh of relief.
"Asa, once I make enough money, I'll adopt you, okay?"
The girl cupped his face, making his cheeks puff up in her small, soft hands.
From her starry eyes, Asa could tell she was being serious.
He had grown up in this orphanage, and although he and Ai weren't related by blood, they relied on each other.
"Legally, you have to be thirty to adopt a child."
"By the time you're thirty, I'll already be grown up…"
Ai blinked her sparkling eyes.
Grown up?
Then maybe she should just…
The thought flashed through her mind but she didn't say it.
At fourteen, her smile was as bright as a flower.
After rubbing his cheeks, she left the orphanage.
Watching her departing figure, Asa looked down at his small hands, feeling a little melancholy.
"I still don't know how long I can survive in this life…"
It had been eight years since he was reincarnated into this world.
In his previous life, he was a young man who had just entered the workforce, dreaming of reforming workplace culture.
Now, he was an eight-year-old incubus in a dangerous multiverse filled with ghouls, monsters, demons, and other deadly beings.
Yes, in this life, he wasn't human—he had been reborn as a member of the incubus race.
At first, he didn't think it was too bad. Incubi were strong and attractive, far better than powerless ordinary humans… right?
But a few years later, Asa realized that being an incubus was actually a hell-difficulty start.
In this world, incubi could grow stronger through intimate acts with the opposite sex.
The catch? If the other party's strength was far greater, the incubus would instead become a power source for them.
This made incubi prime targets for powerful beings.
Throughout history, countless incubi had been captured and used as tools, ending up pitiful and broken.
Today, they were so rare they were practically just an urban legend.
After learning about this tragic history, Asa realized he must never reveal his incubus identity.
Better to live in hiding forever than get captured and drained to death.
That was until a month ago, when he suddenly awakened the sign-in system.
By checking in at specific locations, he could obtain various ability items.
The problem was… the abilities were all questionable.
[LV3. Pear God Fall] – Within 5 meters of a beautiful woman, there's a chance to trip in a way that gives a "fortunate" fall.
[LV3. Tax-Evasion Hand] – Touching someone with your right hand has a chance to make them feel pleasure (critical effect on sensitive spots!).
[LV1. Updraft] – Creates an updraft capable of easily blowing up skirts.
Every time he saw these, Asa felt exhausted.
If it weren't for getting [LV1. Psychic Exorcism] yesterday from signing in at Ai's school, he would've thought this was an 18+ only system.
"Let's sign in at the orphanage today."
[Ding! Signed in at the orphanage, obtained ability: LV1. Time Stop]
A golden legend!
"It's here!"
He looked at the skill description excitedly, his delicate eyebrows lifting slightly.
[LV1. Time Stop] – Stops time across the entire universe except for the user for 3 seconds. Cooldown: 10 seconds. (Note: Stopped beings will have faint awareness, the stronger they are, the more they can sense it!)
So they can still feel it while time is frozen… huh.
"Yep, still part of the lewd category."
Asa sighed.
But still, a universe-level time stop… finally, a real life-saving skill!
"I wonder how much the duration increases at LV3…"
Abilities could only be obtained at LV1 through sign-ins.
Two identical LV1 abilities combined into LV2, and two LV2s into LV3.
Each upgrade required double the copies.
Right now, his strongest ability was only LV3.
"Not sure if the cap is LV6 or LV7…"
Dusk approached.
Asa glanced at the rising moon.
"Time to train again…"
He went to the bathroom and took off his clothes.
In front of the mirror, the small shota suddenly grew taller.
Within seconds, he transformed into a handsome 180 cm young man.
This was his true incubus form.
To quickly attract humans, incubi reached physical maturity at the age of eight.
Eight years old, one meter eighty—if anyone knew, they'd be shocked, and his identity would be exposed.
Until he had the strength to protect himself, he wouldn't dare drain energy from human women.
For now, he could only absorb moon yin energy in secret at night to grow stronger.
"The orphanage is the worst for this—too many people, no privacy…"
He carefully avoided the children and security cameras, heading to the roof of the old abandoned building behind the orphanage.
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"Inner Kan, Outer Gen? What does that mean?"
In a luxury car, a beautiful, elegant woman frowned, recalling the words of the middle-aged Chinese fortune teller.
"Mrs. Yukinoshita, with Yang in Kan(Male) and Yin in Gen(Female), the sign means… your household's Yin and Yang are unbalanced. You need to add a male presence…"
"Meiko, do you think there's any truth to what that fortune teller said?"
The woman's refined voice echoed inside the car.
The female butler driving glanced respectfully.
"Madam, in a world like this with so many strange phenomena, I think it's better to believe than not…"
Mrs. Yukinoshita gently tapped her smooth leg under her kimono.
"Lately, the family has been facing one trouble after another…
Yukino is entering her rebellious phase too…
Add a male presence…"
She frowned in thought.
Remarrying was out of the question, and her two daughters weren't of marriageable age yet…
After a moment, she spoke.
"Meiko, the Yukinoshita family supports some orphanages, right?"
"Yes, Madam!"
"Then let's go visit one first."