Why Am I a Priestess When I Reach the Maximum Level? - [Vol. 5] Chapter 197
[Vol. 5] Chapter 197: Food
“This is… a bit troublesome.”
In the spacious and luxurious carriage of the Crystal Bright Beast, Miss White Fox lifted the curtain and glanced sideways at the refugees along the roadside, who were constantly brushing past the army. A faint smile escaped her lips.
Beside the girl, a certain dragon girl was uncharacteristically resting her head on her shoulder, eyes closed, taking a nap.
It wasn’t that Xiao Guang’s body had any problems, but according to her, the white bird in her pet space had recently been growing stronger and stronger. From being beaten until its feathers were a mess, it could now withstand a prolonged confrontation with a level 100 Holy Crystal Dragon, as long as the fight wasn’t to the death.
Because of this, the “sparring sessions” they occasionally had in the pet space at night had started to drain more of her dragon’s energy.
To put it simply, even though they had fun at night, during the day she would inevitably experience a period of lethargy… right?
Xiao Guang had finally found such a playmate, so Violet didn’t stop the two from playing around. After all, their sparring sessions also helped to enhance their combat and self-defense skills.
However, occasionally they went too far, and during the day, Xiao Guang would need the priestess to help restore her magic.
On the other side, Leila, who had just brewed some hot tea, placed the tray on the table in front of the several young ladies. After distributing the tea to each person, as she usually did, she then joined in on Miss White Fox’s ongoing conversation.
“There are more and more refugees fleeing from the east. It seems that the situation at the front line is really bleak. I heard that the Holy Empire’s vanguard has already clashed with small demon squads less than a hundred miles from the western bank of the Star River. The war has spread so close, I’m afraid Angel City…”
“No, that’s not what I meant.”
“Hm?”
The white-feathered girl was slightly startled, but Violet simply changed the topic, diverting her gaze to the green-haired girl on the other side and the small, cross-legged loli beside her, who was meditating quite earnestly.
“How is Eudora?”
Theresa, who was closely observing the little one’s condition, looked up and met the gaze of Miss White Fox.
“It still seems a bit off. I don’t think it’ll get better anytime soon.”
“I see… It’s alright, take your time. We have plenty of time.”
Before the war began, Violet had a pressing issue to address.
That was Eudora’s “food.”
Demons are a unique type of lifeform that do not rely on physical sustenance, but instead have a preference for consuming “emotions.”
To be more precise, what they require is the ?Void? that lies behind emotions—one of the two fundamental energies that make up everything in the world, also referred to as spiritual energy.
From this perspective, they might be somewhat similar to the Spirit Butterfly race, which could be considered semi-spiritual lifeforms.
Especially for young demons, only by consuming sufficient “food” can they ensure proper growth and development.
Violet wasn’t quite sure how demons in this world replenish their ?Void? energy, but here it was obvious that they did so by spreading what is called “corruption,” through actions like war or other behaviors, which incite strong emotions in the local creatures and then absorb them.
The research reports from the Holy Academy have mentioned multiple times that this might be the very reason demons are so relentless in launching invasions.
However, Eudora, being with Violet and the others, and due to her particular situation, couldn’t rely on such violence or the abilities of succubi to absorb emotions. Therefore, they had to find other ways to resolve the issue.
Back in Bright Light City, Violet had already asked Eudora about this in detail, and the response she received was that physical food could still help alleviate her hunger to some extent.
Additionally, aside from the “sister fox” herself, Eudora could usually absorb, in small amounts, some of the emotional energy she needed as a succubus from the “other sisters” around her. This energy, which suited a succubus’s needs perfectly, allowed her to barely maintain her vital signs without much trouble.
As for what kind of emotions these were, Eudora didn’t understand, nor did she dare to casually speak about them. She only carefully mentioned it to Miss White Fox when asked directly.
Ahem… that’s the situation, but at the end of the day, relying on food or secretly absorbing bits of emotional energy are merely temporary solutions.
As a succubus, unless Eudora stayed with Violet and her companions forever and decided to remain in her current form without growing further, she would eventually need to consume more and stronger emotions.
Just like that other succubus, Chloe Eloun, during the auction of the ?Bewitching Orb?, uses her physical charms and certain abilities to enchant others and absorb surging emotional energy.
Honestly, Miss Violet couldn’t quite imagine Eudora dressing in hot pants and a pink outfit, exuding seductive charm. But in order to keep the good child from being led astray, and to ensure Eudora could continue to grow and eventually sustain herself in the future…
They had to come up with a solution.
There was… naturally, a solution.
Emotions, when all is said and done, are just one manifestation of an energy called ?Void?. If they could find a way for Eudora to directly absorb the intangible and invisible ?Void? energy from the world itself, without relying on others as intermediaries, all problems would be solved.
In the end, why can’t demons, unlike the native creatures of this world, absorb the ?Void? energy from the air as they please for their own use?
Violet could think of only one reason: it’s because they are foreign creatures, marked with the label of “rejection” by this world.
Thus, they have to resort to indirect methods, snatching what’s temporarily beyond the world’s control.
This led Violet to think of Little Blue, the slime currently guarding the “Divine Tree” for her in the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains.
The priestess still vividly remembers the situation with that little creature. If the ?Adaptive Mimicry Slime? was unable to directly absorb energy from the air due to some reason and could only mimic powerful creatures by using the power in their bloodlines to deceive the world’s ‘judgment’, and ultimately obtain the ‘permission’ to absorb energy.
Then could the same method work for Eudora?
In other words, the ultimate goal was to remove the “rejection” label from Eudora. Even though she would still be a succubus, she should be able to use various powers without being seen by the world as an invader.
So, the question is: are there creatures from another world that meet these conditions and are not rejected by this one?
Of course, they exist.
Violet herself, along with her companions, are examples. Neither Xiao Guang nor Lucas showed signs of being rejected by this world. If they traced this back to the root cause, the reason might very well lie with the priestess as the core.
It was an interesting idea, and after discussing it briefly with her companions and consulting Eudora herself, Violet decided to conduct an experiment.
Violet took a drop of her own blood, the blood of the divine race, and diluted it as much as possible. After filling an entire large bottle with the diluted liquid, which now looked almost identical to pure water but still had the faint glow of the light element flowing through it, she gave Eudora a small sip.
Divine blood, as one might expect, contains immense energy and miraculous power. It is said that the ancestor of the Moon Shadow Tribe ascended to godhood after drinking the blood of the Moon God.
Though it’s just a legend and no one knows the exact details, it still holds some value as a reference.
So… what would happen to a demon, if they only drank a very small amount of highly diluted divine blood?