Daimon returned to where his mother was standing and then allowed the skill tree screen to be seen by her, Aisha curiously started inspecting the skills, since she was one of Daimon soulmates as long as he allowed it, she would also be able to interact with the system.
After seeing the skills, and some of their information she nodded.
"Mm, what an interesting thing, using illusion magic to show the contents of the grimoire to others while the actual thing fuses with the owner to avoid being stolen, I don't see anything bad but can you really use these spells that derive from the dark manticore?".
Daimon was secretly anxious after all he just obtained the skills so he didn't know how to activate them, but for once Evangeline fulfilled her job as the manager of the system.
"Later you can learn to use the skills as a non-chanter, for now just say the name of the skill you want to use out loud and it will activate, I suggest you to use "manticore claws" because the poison is quite strong".
"Thanks" he internally answered, he took some distance from Aisha just in case before saying.
"Manticore Claws", a second later the nails of his two hands turned black and curved while also extending about two centimeters, both Aisha and Daimon examined the nails until Aisha gave her opinion.
"They look similar to the nails of the Werewolves, interesting… I remember seeing a poison element spell on the grimoire can you apply it on the nails?".
*Pheww* "Your mother sure has good ideas, since you don't have a tail like the manticore and if others think you are a werewolf, they would not be aware of being poisoned and that little mistake will be fatal for them".
Daimon was actually expectant of what he would be able to do with his skills but then Aisha's voice made him return to reality.
"Ok, everything seems to be good darling but I still have one last question, why am I younger than before, also my cultivation regressed to when I was a teen and… why was I naked".
Daimon doubted for a second before mixing the truth with some inventions.
"That's because… the thing I used to revive you had a lot of conditions, it was not able to restore your full cultivation so instead your new body would be adjusted to match the maximum cultivation you could get which seems to be when you were younger…I fainted due to fatigue while your body regenerated that's why you were naked", he hesitated before continuing.
"Sigh, also there was a condition I had to accept to bring you back…", Aisha waited for a moment but her son didn't say anything which made her thought he might have given up on something important like his lifespan or something like that.
"Darling, just tell me I promise not to get angry, if it is something bad, we will find a way to fix it ♥".
Daimon mumbled something in the lowest voice he could use and of course Aisha couldn't hear it.
"I couldn't hear you sweetie, speak louder please", Daimon would rather fight against the manticore again but he had no choice but say.
"S..s... soulmate, I had to make mom one of my soulmates for the revive spell to work".
Aisha looked a bit confused "What does that mean darling?", Daimon didn't dare to look at her directly, he only showed her the soulmate screen.
[Soulmate: A woman with whom you are tied for life, be sure to treasure them as their role] [is to act as your confident and even more importantly your love partners (soulmates will ] [feel attracted to the contractor on a regular basis) ]
[Current soulmates: 1]
[Aisha Silverheart]
[Race: High Vampire???]
[Age: 14 years old (Age adapted to be more compatible with the contractor)]
[Emotional status: Happy/Confused/Shy]
[Current Bond: Maternal love]
… It took Aisha a moment to process what she read and her face immediately turned red.
"W... w…what kind of grimoire is this!!!".
If what it was written was true then she would have to be intimate... with her own son, seeing the ashamed expression on Daimon's face she understood this was not something he did on purpose so she tried to control herself, "you are an adult, control yourself Aisha" she internally repeated a few times.
It wasn't her fault to lose her composure for a moment, since she has returned to be a teenage her emotional state wasn't as stable as an adult one, after taking a deep breath she calmed down, "this is not the time for this we are still in this god forsaken mountain who knows were" she thought, before returning to her usual smiling self.
"Don't worry about it darling we will face it when the time comes, for now we need to move because the blood of the manticore might attract other beasts and I'm not strong enough to fight against another beast on the same level".
Daimon cleared his throat before answering.
"Okay… I have an idea, that dark manticore was the overlord of this whole area so none of the other beasts will approach this place as long as we keep something that will remind them of its "presence" here", he took some distance from Aisha and extended his left hand, "Hell scorpion's poison", he said in a low voice, a moment later a drop of black liquid appeared on the tip of one of his nails.
*hisss*, when the liquid touched the ground a low corroding sound could be heard along with little amounts of white smoke, since Daimon was closer, he could notice a bitter smell similar to vinegar coming from the area where the poison was spilled.
"This Is the same poison the manticore had so we can use it to mark this territory so other beasts won't come near here, although we still need to find a better shelter than a tree".
Aisha was surprised by her son's idea because it was fool proof, even if other beasts were not scared by the smell of the manticore's poison they will still avoid the poison itself, she took out an empty black bottle from her storage ring and handed it to her son.
"That's a good idea darling, this bottle is made out of a corrosion resistant material, try to fill it while I look for a good place to build a shelter ♥", Daimon nodded and sat cross legged, he stuck his index finger in the bottle and kept on producing the poison while Aisha started to evaluate their surroundings.
While his mother was gone, he decided to clear some doubts with Evangeline.
"How can I use the skills if I haven't even started cultivating my magic core, I shouldn't have mana to use them", a moment later she answered him.
"The skills you learned don't use mana to activate, while some of them may need it the ones you just used consume "AP", the real name is Anti-Energy but to match your "modern" way of thinking it was renamed as "AP", basically is the energy the host produces".
Evangeline seemed to doubt but after a moment she added "There no use in hiding it, before the body reforming the reason as to why your magic core was practically useless was because this energy was colliding with your mana, but before you get angry let me tell you that this energy has always been with you "Mr. reincarnated" and just in case I don't know the origin of it nor the origin of the system".
Seeing his mother coming back and maybe because he was too tired to discuss with this stupid system of him, Daimon just shook his head.
"You and me will have a long talk… later", he stood up and handed the bottle full of poison to Aisha which sealed it before putting it in her ring.
"Thanks darling, I found a cave with a small entrance but a lot of space on the inside, if we hurry, we will finish the shelter in an hour and then we'll take a bath and rest, ok?".
Daimon nodded and followed her to a cave which entrance was only big enough for an adult to barely fit, once they were inside, he noticed that the cave was actually quite clean a clear sign that it was a naturally formed one instead of the one's animals do.
"How can I help you mom?", he knew that Aisha will probably use some magic to adapt the cave but he didn't have any mana so there was no room for him to help on that part.
Aisha took out some metal ingots from her ring along with some blacksmith tools and a medium sized furnace, she pointed at one of the corners of the cave and spoke.
"For now, help me to melt these ingots while I use earth magic to adapt the cave".
