The Dark Rebirth of Pandora: Revenge of the Abyss-Chapter 264: Small gifts

’Tsk...what a bother...’ I think as I start making artifacts to get that girl out of my mind, I can’t believe I was so shaken just because a little kid called me pretty.

And it only gets worse, everything gets worse, everything gets worse precisely because I know better my actions after analyzing everything clinically, the fact that I gave that girl a rubber ball for free was because of the way I see everything.

I always follow the philosophy that if something has any value it needs a price, that girl affected me so much with a compliment that I unconsciously "paid" for the compliment with a gift that I thought she would like.

Since she is small, she obviously doesn’t understand the value of money, minerals or items, so I could only pay with a toy, I feel ridiculous because of this.

’...’ I can’t focus on the work because of that, I always remember her cute little face calling me pretty, I wonder if Grimm needs a godparent figure for that child.

I’m not stupid, I know very well how things are because I have studied a lot, both myself and other beings, I liked being complimented there’s no reason to deny it, I want more compliments.

So if I’m a figure that gives toys, jewelry and other things to her, I’m sure I can get more compliments, if Grimm is one of the parties, I wonder who is the other party that contributes to the genes of that child.

Even thinking now I can’t find the answer to this genetics, it would be great if I had analyzed the body of the other party completely instead of just having a little bit of information.

"I need minerals..." I murmur seeing the various flaws scattered on the floor, I leave the room putting the horn accessory on me again, while opening the door looking for a clone of Grimm.

’There she is...’ I see the real Grimm walking with the little girl on her shoulders, the little girl seems to be having fun being carried by Grimm, I see she also has a toy.

It’s not the ball I delivered, but a doll that reminds me of one of the contractors who pays me the best, the current demon king, she always makes many requests for items and artifacts for her city.

Although I have never met the demon king in person, only her servants and the orders, I must say that this demon king has very creative ideas, I even obtained some of her body fluids after a profitable deal.

’Wait...the demon king...no way...Grimm had a child with the demon king?’ The genetics of both match, the genetics of the current demon king is extremely complex, being one of the most interesting I’ve ever seen among all.

However, it loses value because I’ve never analyzed the demon king’s body, only some of her fluids, and with that she didn’t give me that much interest, but this girl resembles a lot what I have of information about the demon king.

’The demon king is a special race among monsters, being the daughter of the abyss goddess and also being a goddess’ This explains the abnormalities in this little girl, being an excellent explanation of why she can overcome my artifact and even find me pretty.

A hybrid between two strong races, this girl will be frighteningly strong in the future, who would have thought that the demon king and the queen of vampires would have a child, I didn’t know about that.

I didn’t even know that the demon king had already gotten close to the queen of vampires, I wonder when all this happened, from my analysis on the little girl’s body she is only a few days old.

So she was born recently, this is "valuable" information, but I can’t give this information to others.

"What are you looking at? And why aren’t you working on my relic?" Grimm says, stopping in front of me, while her daughter looks at me again, as far as I know, her daughter has been attacking all the maids she finds.

I’ve even seen some of the corpses being cleaned, so her not attacking me because she finds me beautiful is another captivating thing.

"The minerals ran out, and the ones that were delivered to me were not strong enough yet, I need even stronger minerals" I say without showing my interest in her daughter.

’That...’ She looks at me with admiration, it seems that her daughter really sees my beauty, the beauty that no one else sees, I wonder if the demon king can also see my beauty without being disgusted.

I guess to Grimm’s daughter I’m so dazzling compared to everything that she doesn’t even try to attack me, after all, living beings when they don’t need to avoid destroying beautiful things.

"I understand, I guess I’ll stop haggling and give you what you need once and for all" Grimm says, showing that she was purposely keeping me here just to annoy me, instead of giving me something powerful for the artifact from the beginning.

"What’s the girl’s name?" Normally Grimm comes to see me alone, so I’m curious.

"...Her name is Azazel" She speaks in a somewhat cold way.

"Really? Azazel? It’s a good name, who is the father or mother of this girl besides you?" I question, even though I’m almost absolutely certain it’s the demon king, the genetics don’t lie.

The more I think about it, the more obvious it becomes that the demon king is as much the mother of this girl as Grimm, after all the demon king is a monster with a unique genetics, which matches the unique genetics of this girl.

No other monster I’ve seen has similar genetics, this magic I created analyzes the bodies and anatomy of beings perfectly, so I can affirm such a thing.

"Yes, it’s a good name that I chose, but I don’t know where you got the idea that I need to give you explanations, go back to your work" Grimm says to me with a certain disdain.

"...Okay" I think about vampires and what they might like, this child seems to like to eat, but from the state of the maids she is quite predatory.

"What’s that?" Grimm asks as I create a slime-like substance that has a dark red color.

"A toy for your daughter" I raise my hand, Grimm is much taller than me so I can’t reach properly without standing on my tiptoes.

Her daughter looks enchanted at me while stretching out her little hands to grab the toy, Grimm bends down slightly letting her daughter grab it, as she seems interested.

I used part of my clothes for transmutation and generated a mana-reactive slime, when the girl starts squeezing and touching the texture it reminds something good to squeeze and blood.

Azazel waves her little hands, squeezing the slime with joy, I figured she would like it, because the sensation is like squeezing something alive and that thing deforming forming a "blood bubble" and as I imagined she liked it.

"Gaahh!" Azazel gives a happy little scream that is really cute, I like how she looks at me with admiration even without saying anything.

"How much does it cost?" Grimm asks, knowing how I always put a price on everything.

"...It’s free" Azazel has already paid for it, she gave me a feeling that I’ve always wanted, I still hate myself, this is something that can’t just change, it’s deeply rooted in my being.

But I like that there is someone who thinks I’m beautiful, and this little gift is little compared to such a reward.

"Really? You? Giving something for free?"

"Just think that I like cute children, I’ll also send toys for this child from time to time" I want when this child learns to speak, to know that I’m the one who gives toys to her, even from afar.

Honestly, if it’s just for the compliments, I’d be ready to be this girl’s personal servant, no one can understand this, but for someone like me to be complimented is the best thing of all.

This has as much value as all the fortune I’ve accumulated since I started working as an alchemist, there’s something that money has never bought me, the love, adoration, and admiration of others.

No one cares about who I really am and my true appearance, but this child finds me beautiful, and that’s enough, I don’t love this child, that’s obvious.

But I like how she finds me beautiful and looks at me as if I were something wonderful, and that’s enough for me.

Honestly, if it’s for this child, I’m even willing to give a discount on the things the demon king orders, I even like the demon king’s mind, she makes interesting and fun requests.

And now her daughter finds me beautiful, she deserves a 5% discount, which may seem small, but it’s a lot, after all I never give discounts.

"...Okay then, do what you want, just go back to work" Grimm says, just accepting the toy, although she obviously only accepted it because Azazel seems to be enjoying squeezing that toy a lot.

’She’s pretty cruel’ You can already tell by the way she enjoys squeezing the toy, although this is the purpose, as I know she’s smart I doubt she’ll put the toy in her mouth.

And even if she swallows this slime, it dissolves quickly in the stomach and is easily edible, tasting like real blood.

"I’ll go back to my work, I’ll be waiting for my materials" I say as I leave with a small smile.