Mythos Of Narcissus: Reborn As An NPC In A Horror VRMMO

"As of now?" I tried to reconfirm.

"Yeah, as of now," Verina confirmed.

"You're a valuable kilnalan with great potential, a dependable ohrtender, a creative Dungeon and Devil player, and a surprisingly nice friend to have."

"That is… a little bit too positive, especially coming out from you."

"I deliberately removed all of my negative impressions of you." I snickered. "Want to hear it?"

"No thanks."

"As I thought."

I also didn't mention that having someone to be here and preventing me from fighting the nightmare alone was already a great positive in my eyes. But I don't want to admit to that.

"It's my time to ask you a question," I said. "What is your opinion of Lupina?"

"You don't want to hear my opinion of you?"

"Your opinion of me is already clear as the river's reflection goes."

"Lupina, huh." She sighed to relax her mind. "She is a great friend, and probably one of the closest one I had since my time being a wayward ohrtender in this world. I like her attentiveness when things get awry, and she can be a little bit protective when I can rely on her."

"Sounds a little bit too positive."

"I deliberately removed all of my negative impressions of her." Verina shrinked her gaze, which was her own way to show her gremlin side "Want to hear it?"

"No thanks, save that for the actual person when we revive her."

"Pfft."

In time of rest, we remove half of our Soulthread Aegis since it could get pretty hot in the middle of day.

At this moment, it dawned on me that despite having a woman's body, I'm currently in the close proximity of another half naked woman that had been lusting from the first day of our meeting—who was also in the possession of a cryopreserved head of someone who had been lusting me ever since we met.

"Say, Narcy, have you met anyone other than us before we arrive?" Verina asked. Eyes pointed above to the ceiling.

"I'm not an anti-social hermit, so of course I have." Not exactly a lie.

"What is your type in men then?"

"I have no interest in men, if that's the answer you're seeking."

"So, do you swing 'that' way then?"

Considering my situation and who I am before I got into Carcosa, I'm proud to say that having a female body didn't really change much of my opinionated sexuality, especially since the whole body-change didn't really affect my mental all that much.

It was as if this body was perfectly calibrated to be piloted by me, even the absurd dexterity of my fingers and hands were just a steroid version of my actual handicraft ability.

"Hypothetically, if I were to choose to be forced to be in a marriage and make a family, I would probably choose to marry another woman. Possibly adopting a child if I can't use magic and weird supernatural things to have an heir."

"That is strangely a fairly normal way of thinking for a fairy."

"Are you implying that most fairy is a cuckoo?"

"The rumor assumes so." She stopped for a second. "Does this mean that both Lupina and I have a chance with you?"

"This makes me want to ask now. Do you swing 'that' way?"

"Not always, you're an exception in my book."

"Glad that I'm perfect enough for you to do so."

"Heh, I like this haughty side of you."

"I can be anything you like, if you say the word."

"I want a motherly and obedient Narcissus," she immediately answered, not even blinking an eye. "Who won't hurl cursed knowledge at me, while also pampering me with a lot of love and attention."

"I can be anything except the things you like."

This moment of interacting with Verina reminded me of the last interaction that I had with a member of my original family.

'Mmm~! Don't forget to bring a girlfriend or two when you get back here from working on your current project, alright?' was the last thing that my big sister asked of me, now that I thought of it.

Should I fulfill this request as my way of honoring her, now that my life is looking to be much more stable without the presence of that accursed facial obsession?

I still held a belief that a family must be formed to lay the foundation of love and longing between two sides of an individual.

But a girlfriend or two? Was my sister insane? Could a family made with such a foundation could even survive for long?

Then again, as of now, the way of thinking that the inhabitants of Carcosa possessed must be different albeit similar to real life.

I possessed zero tolerance for adultery, even if it was only for benefits. I want my important one to put me on a pedestal as I put them equally on my end. As such, I abhor the concept of polygamy, since it implies that both my beloved and I could have a second or third person in our lives.

In this scenario, I would prefer to take the stance of building a 'harem' if I did end up possessing more than one partner.

While a 'harem' refers to a sacred inviolable place; female members of the family with one man as the leader, it could still work for me since I'm technically a man in the soul and mind.

And so far, none of the hormone and brain chemicals in this body made me repulsive of that idea.

Many might view this as selfish, to have more than one partner while those partners couldn't have a second person in their life, but I won't force this concept on them if it was somewhat unacceptable to my future partner.

"You seem to be drowning in deep thought," Verina said. I didn't realize that her face was already closer to my breath than she was a few seconds ago. "Care to share what you're thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about building a harem of skillful and capable women."

Yes, I want my harem to be made out of meritocracy.

"... Never expect this to directly come out from your mouth."

It didn't really matter to me back then since I had only cared about the facial perfection of a person when judging through the worth of their look, but now, I could freely appraise other's looks without taking my obsessive bias into account.

"Hmm? Something you want from me?"

Verina, this deadpan snarker, her face was actually much more beautiful and cuter than the average woman I met in real life. Her thick green eyelashes that surrounded her lax purple eyes matched the tone of her tomboyish neck-length turquoise hair.

She was approximately around 176 cm in height, which was a little bit taller than my current body by one or two centimeters. Looking at her body proportion, she was somewhat petite with an ample bosom to prove her maturity, while also having quite the greatly-developed assets on her body below her thin waist.

If I were to say what parts I like the most about her appearance, it would be her surprisingly torpedo-thighs and eyes.

Yes, I tried measuring her thighs when I was bathing her on that river out of curiosity. The volume was quite massive.

Aside from her perversion, she should have caught an interested gaze from others just by her physicality alone.

Though, I doubted that the beauty standard in this world was the same, especially since the developer could have just got their hands on the culture and way of thinking that the inhabitants of Carcosa possessed.