Her external characteristics were quite ordinary. Yumeko was just an ordinary high school student, and a weak one at that... like, she was out of breath one day, stupidly walking up the stairs to the fifth floor. That said, in terms of beauty, she was almost perfect: well-groomed, cute, neat.
Apart from her eyes and manic smile during arousal, Emeko had a powerful figure. She didn't seem to be very tall, about five foot six. Big hips, slender legs. Her breasts were... perhaps very large, maybe even a size five, or even a size six, I'm not sure. That's where she beats Esdes.
To be honest, I've never really been interested in breast size. I only knew they came in small, medium and large, and now I have to suffer with them and try them on properly.
I didn't mention the fact that I had to dig up nude images of eighteen-year-old Yumeko to make her breasts look exactly like the original... Bullshit.
But who am I to go against the System?
What's funny is that Yumeko, like Esdes, had very long hair. But it was a little shorter and cost me less. It went down to her thighs and was very long. Fortunately, good quality black female hair in the shop was much cheaper than blue hair (like Esdes').
I couldn't save money on my girls, so I had to shop full price.
I, by the way, heard that the Japanese hair length symbolised strength and power. I mean, the longer a character's hair was, the cooler they were.
Given the fact that Esdes' hair is longer than Yumeko's, it all adds up.
So... the kind, deceptively naive eyes were ready, though they would need to be tweaked.
Then I took the necessary tools and began to work on the hair implantation into the doll's head, and I was quite busy with its alignment. God knows how much time I spent on it, but it didn't take long.
In the end, in the first week I finished only the facial features, with the final touch emphasising Yumeko's small plump lips.
Basically, I was looking at an innocent, kind high school girl, as required. Yumeko was supposed to conjure up the image of a wolf in sheep's clothing who can't be unravelled before the 'game' begins. And I was kind of getting good at it.
Along with working on her face, my Sculptor skill was also increasing, though this time it was much slower to develop than when I was creating Esdes:
'Sculptor skill increased by 125.'
And I won't say that it was very slow. I was afraid that with the rarity of Yumeko's personality, I would only pump up five units of skill in a week, but look at that! Twenty-five units of skill.
And along with the increase in skill, I became noticeably better at working on the doll's face. I even began to discreetly compare my old work and the new one, no offence to Esdes, as she sat eating her food near me, silently watching me work... I was embarrassed by two things, that I was comparing her to Yumeko, and that at the same moment Esdes was cheekily staring at me groping a soulless female mannequin.
Anyway, as imperfect as Esdes was, her facial features still seemed better to me from something than Yumeko's current image. Perhaps it was the fact that I'd spent a lot more time working on Esdes.
During my breaks from work, I chatted with Esdes about various topics. To my great surprise, she became interested in local literature and started to tell me things I didn't know before.
It even became interesting to have a dialogue with her and sit by the river in the Alvin Forest in the evenings as we prepared for bed.
- So no change yet, then?
- The mines are still abandoned, but I have noticed a little movement in the neighbouring vicinity. I've been able to find out that outlaws have now set up camp near the West Creek Garrison. And according to rumours, they are under the command of Edward Van Cleef. He is now the head of the Justice Brotherhood and is hostile to the royal family of Stormgrad.
- So... My guess was right after all,' I nodded thoughtfully.
It looks like Van Cleef is really behind all this fuss with the mines. Well, that's more obvious now.
- Is there any information as to why Stormgrad's troops can't occupy the abandoned mines?
- Mostly manpower shortages due to the war with the horde. After recovering from the last orc attack, the Alliance is having trouble controlling the subjugated territories. The bandits know this and are using the time to take their own.
- Looting the mines.
- Not only that. They're taking advantage of the lucrative trade routes of the Elvin Forest and smuggling contraband right under the noses of the authorities.
- That's a nice place to be, you bastards.
This was basically the main problem with the Elvin Forest for the early period of Azeroth's history. The eternal war with the horde and the rot within the state.
And since there are no players in this reality who can kill Edward Van Cleef... it can only be done by me.
Sure, maybe the Alliance can deal with the Legendary Bandit, but how much time, effort, and resources will it take? Maybe extra years, hundreds of dead people, lost money. When could all of that go into fighting the horde?
I didn't rule out the worst possible outcome - if Van Cliff stayed alive, by his hands the Alliance, if not destroyed, would certainly lose heavily to the Horde on the field of war.
I couldn't let that happen under any circumstances.
Clenching my fist confidently, I stood up from the grass and cast a distant glance at the Western Edge, where the ears of farmer's wheat swayed measuredly across the small river.
- I think we know what to do now,' I said more confidently, turning to Esdes with a smile.
- I will follow you wherever you wish, Master.
***
Yumeko Jabami... Class Blacksmith, with the subclass Dark Gambler. Based on her personality, she's a gambling maniac who's obsessed with taking risks.
Only now did I realise that my team was already forming a squad of two geeky women with questionable fetishes.
I didn't even know if I'd accidentally go crazy with him, but come on.
Concentrating on Yumeko's lush breasts, I began to gently work on her rounded form. It was the second week, and I had already spent seven gold on her upper body alone.
There were far fewer mistakes than with Esdes' body, but I still bit my lip almost every time the precious coins left my account.
Because of the complicated situation with the mines and my own caution, I was temporarily stuck in a place in my development.
But in the back of my mind, I believed that things would change with the arrival of Emeko Jabami. Something instilled a great sense of confidence and hope in me as I worked on her. It seemed that already in her empty eyes I could see some strange tantalising glint, unless I was starting to go crazy from the incessant work?
At any rate taking a fortnight's pause was the right thing to do.
And so, as the work came to an end, I finally exhaled.
Esdes was here too, and she'd seen it all with her own eyes. Yumeko Jabami, or rather her empty shell, was finally complete.
- You did a wonderful job, Master. She looks great.
I nodded silently, humbling Yumeko's naked body with a glance. Yes, unlike Esdes, she came out almost perfect, but even so I doubted the result would be good.
'Complete the creation of Homunculus: Yumeko Jabami.'
Percentage of effectiveness and compliance: 74%.
Ugh...!!!!
Clenching my fist, I quietly muttered.
This... was excellent and bad at the same time!
It had been three times less time since I had started working on Yumeko than it had been with Esdes and such an excellent result.
I've definitely gotten better, but I'm still far from perfect.
In addition, my Sculpting skill has increased to 170. Which... is pretty high considering how little time I spent creating it.
Do I regret not working on it longer? I'm not sure.
Yumeko Jabami came out almost perfect from a visual standpoint. Face, lips, eye, hair, body - look at her image and compare, you'll probably find no difference.
I've been working my arse off. Maybe I even have a talent. But there are still some little things I didn't take into account and couldn't adjust due to my low skill level.
I'm afraid that no matter how hard I try further, the result won't change much, and I would have wasted my time. Especially since I had already spent far more time working on Yumeko Jabami than I had originally planned.
That's just the way my restless Perfectionist is.
Every failed detail of the homunculus felt like a sharp stab in the heart.
But I came to terms with both the imperfections of my Yumeko Jabami and the time wasted creating her, and finally gave her life.
'Character Name: Yumeko Jabami.'
'Character Class: Blacksmith (Dark Excitement).'
'Character Level: First.'
'Race: Human.'
'Characteristics:
Strength - 7.
Dexterity: 7.
Intelligence 35.
Well... I looked at her slashed stats and thought, what a bastard I am. Okay... get over it, get over it... no need to remember her original stats and get upset.
They were like this:
Strength, 10.
Dexterity, 10.
Intelligence 47.
And they've become what I see now.
Literally every stat of Yumeko's was cut by about 30% due to the low Sculptor skill.
Fuck me!
I tearingly closed her stats window and turned around to the homunculus that had come to life.
Yumeko Jabami was a pale, short beauty with long black hair that fell down to her lush hips. Her luxurious, large breasts were slightly heaving from her relaxed breathing. She gave the impression of a young special someone who wasn't surprised at all by what was happening. It was as if she knew from the beginning that she would be here inappropriately and was not embarrassed at all. And soon the girl noticed me.
Yumeko's brown eyes seemed to smile. A kind, innocent smile appeared on her lips, and she walked over to me with her fingers folded across her chest.
- Master, it's so good to see you!
- Yumeko... it's nice to meet you. How are you feeling?
- Quite... fine. The only thing is a little disconcerting is your lack of clothes and your look....
- Ah... sorry, I wasn't thinking.
Yumeko put her palm to her lips and chuckled softly.
- Just kidding. I don't mind you looking at me Master. On the contrary... I'd be happy to have you look at me,' she said, and her eyes glittered with an unexpectedly predatory gleam. And in an instant... she was back to normal as Esdes handed her a white shirt to put on.
- Oh... thank you very much,' Yumeko said politely, immediately putting the shirt on herself.
While Yumeko was getting dressed I thought for a bit about how it was a shame I couldn't whip out her native uniform like I had done with Esdes. Still, seeing Yumeko Jabami not in her school uniform was a little unusual.
Suddenly I remembered that I still had five gacha twists left, which I didn't spend because I wanted to wait for the round number.
Maybe I should still put those five down and hope for some luck.
Honestly, after a bit of stress from working on Yumeko's body, I wanted to spin a bit... was it too much to ask after sitting in the fucking Workshop for a month?
Hoping that the Gods of Fortune would have mercy on me this time and reward me with something imbecilic, I opened the gacha and prepared to spin.
And so, first spin.
1)Silk Thread (normal).
Errr... well, geez, and that's the way it always goes! You hope for good luck, and they give you a load of rubbish. Surprisingly, the cost of this thread ranged from 4 to almost 6 silver. That's not bad. Right now, the price was literally changing before my eyes, as this item was pretty marketable, I guess.
Cool but useless.....
- Master? - It sounded almost at my ear, and I recoiled in fright.
- Yumeko? - I was surprised to see a girl in a white shirt standing beside me.
Her long hair fell thickly around her shoulders. Her lips were slightly open, seemingly in mute question, and her expressive brown eyes were looking at my hand with interest....
I took my hand away from the interface with slight suspicion.
Was she watching me play with the interface...?
- May I ask what you're doing right now? I know this may seem like an awkward question,' she said with slight embarrassment, 'but it seemed to me as if you were doing something very interesting and important. Is that so?
How very perceptive! I thought she could see into my system. Esdes has never paid attention to such trivialities before.
- Well, you could say that. I was trying to play gacha, which is my special power that allows me to win various prizes, - I began to explain to her how the System and its prizes in roulette are organised.
- How interesting! - Yumeko clapped her hands with sudden enthusiasm, -Master, can I help you a little in this case?
- Help? What do you mean? - I smiled.
- Let me play for you!
- What... but, that makes no sense, Yumeko.
Although she had outstanding luck, which could undoubtedly help me a lot in a twist - Yumeko was still a homunculus that couldn't interact with the gacha in any way. She couldn't even see her.
- Hmm... will you let me try something? - She said, putting a finger to her lower lip with interest.
I nodded.
- Come on, why not? I'm interested in what you have in mind, too,' I laughed.
- Then... let's get started,' she said with a strange huff, a predatory glint in her scarlet eyes.
Yumeko asked me to open the System window with the gacha and point out roughly where it was so she could try to poke at it. Although it was stupid, I told her where she could put her finger.
Yumeko's finger started to move exactly towards the button to spend one ticket, but ended up going past it.
I grinned, seeing the thoughtful expression on her face.
- As expected, it doesn't seem to have worked out,' Yumeko said with a bright smile.
- I told you it was useless. You can't cheat the system, so alas and alack.
- Then let's try something else, Master, but this time, tell me about all your abilities.
- My abilities? - I arched an eyebrow, thinking of training.
But telling her all the specifics would be painful and time-consuming.
- Okay, but let's just take it one step at a time and over lunch, shall we? I'm afraid it would take too long to tell her everything from the beginning.
- No,' she interrupted me, smiling sweetly, 'Master, I want you to tell me about your special abilities. For example, can you control me against my will?
My jaw almost dropped... how did she know? However, I guess... she just guessed, after all, I was her master and had created her literally from scratch.
- Well... hmm, yes, there is such an ability, but it seems pretty useless to me.
- In that case, can we try something else?
I nodded with interest.
- Go ahead.
This time, Yumeko took my hand and 'led' it towards the gachi button, thus as if trying to throw the ticket for me. I guess she thought that by doing so she could pass her luck through me or something.
But...
1)Wooden bow.
A very ordinary bow... which is of little use, but maybe I can give it to Esdes so she can hunt beasts with something other than a rapier? It cost money to sharpen the blade, after all.
- As you can see, it didn't work,' I said with a shrug.
But Jabami's gaze... why did it glitter so...?
- I can see it now... hee hee hee...' a creepy, insane laugh escaped her lips, and a slight shiver ran down my skin.
Turning to me, Yumeko's lips curled excitedly as she held out her palm to me, her face suddenly glowing with inexpressible joy:
- Master, let me, Yumeko Jabami, win the System for you.
- Excuse me...?
- With your permission, I want you to do exactly what I require of you right now. And then you will have all my talent and power at your disposal.
Jabami asked me to subdue her and then order me to do the same thing we did before.
I don't know why I obeyed her, but looking into her scarlet eyes trembling with excitement, I involuntarily soaked in her excitement....
- Well... come on,' I smiled nervously.
I took control of Yumeko this time, and her face suddenly lost its former lustre. Her eyes faded, and her arms lowered obediently along her torso.
I asked her to take my hand and throw one ticket into the gacha. She obediently took my hand and pointed her finger where it needed to go:
1)Great Magess Protection Necklace (epic).
Holy shit! Did it work?!
No, wait... that might be a hasty judgement. I could have been stupidly lucky, couldn't I?
I shifted my gaze to Jabami to tell her what came out, but was met with her blank stare that looked a word into itself. She was still under my control...well-well, okay, I still had two more spins left. I'll try spinning next, and then we'll talk from there.
All right, next attempt:
1)The Dark Death of the Lost Soul (epic).
...
I was speechless.
Is this a coincidence too?
Next attempt:
1)Hakkyao Academy School Foram (Yumeko Jabami)
Holy shit!!! I knocked out her personal foram that gives + 15% to all stats like Esdes!
This isn't a dream, this is reality!
Either I've become super happy for all my suffering in the new world! Either...
I swallowed excitedly and turned around to the still lifeless Yumeko Jabami under my control.
- This simply couldn't be...
When I removed my control from Yumeko Jabami, her gaze was staring at me like a lightning bolt, her eyes wide and crazy. There was a missed opportunity to see the moment of truth and a chance to feel the ludomania personally, but... meeting my eyes, she suddenly tightened her lips in an excited smile and laughed, must have realised everything from my pale face.
What a terrifying girl...