I am no longer human!

Chapter 5 Learning Demonic Language, Hellish Timeline

"Word Transliteration," a technique that translates one's own language into the other party's native language?!

Travel to various worlds?!

Bizarre and diverse native races?!

Damian was instantly stunned by the sheer amount of information contained in those words. His eyes widened in an instant as he stared intently at the vampire maid in front of him.

Those obsidian-like, clear eyes shone with an unprecedented brilliance.

He was curious.

Iro hadn't been stared at like that in a long time. Since she became Lady Alicia's attendant, no one had dared to look at her like that.

However, she didn't dislike it this time, because she could see that there was no lust in that gaze, but only a pure thirst for knowledge.

Although Damian is human, his intense desires are more like those of a demon.

"Damian, I know you have many questions, and I'm happy to answer them for you. However, our most important task right now is to complete the task assigned by Lady Alicia—to teach you the magic language."

"We only have three days, so every minute and second is extremely important."

Iro composed herself and spoke slowly.

"I understand. Please teach me, Teacher Iro." Damian immediately suppressed his thirst for knowledge and said seriously.

He didn't want to be thrown into the furnace and burned to ashes three days later.

Upon hearing the word "teacher," the vampire maid's heart skipped a beat, and the corners of her mouth involuntarily turned up slightly.

"Come with me."

She led Damian out of the messy room and into a quiet one.

Splash!

A pale blue scented candle was placed on the desk and lit.

The candle wick was lit, and a warm blue halo rippled out slowly like waves, releasing a fresh, ripe fruity fragrance.

Damian, who was sinking into the cloud-like soft sofa and almost feeling sleepy, became invigorated after smelling this fragrance.

"This is the fragrance of Barbatos. It can calm the mind, improve thinking, and even enhance memory to some extent," Iro explained.

Coffee from hell?

Damian silently defined it in his mind.

However, the word "Barbatos" sounds somewhat familiar.

Next, the vampire maid took out an incredibly thick black dictionary from her apron pocket, a dictionary that almost took up most of the desk.

hiss!

Is the magic language really that scary? It's equivalent to several complete English dictionaries!

Damian couldn't help but gasp.

"Don't worry, you don't need to learn everything. That's something even most devils can't do. You just need to memorize and make good use of 30,000 common words and a few grammatical rules."

"It's nothing, Damian."

Noticing his nervousness, Iro comforted him, a hint of red light flashing silently in her beautiful, jewel-like red eyes.

The vampire maid's gentle voice seemed to possess a certain magic. Damian, who was initially tense, felt the turmoil in his heart being soothed by an invisible hand after hearing it.

"Damian, now we will begin the formal lessons."

Once he had completely calmed down, the vampire maid gently opened the dictionary on the table.

"The first step in teaching is memorizing words."

"Water - Watts"

"World - Wode."

"Sun - Bamboo Shoot".

"The best—Fast."

...

Every time Iro pronounced a word that corresponded to a Chinese word, Damian would repeat it after her.

Iro stopped after reciting five hundred words.

"Damian, how many words have you memorized now?" she asked.

"All of them," Damian answered without hesitation.

To be able to achieve the top score in the entire province of Nanhe, a province known for its hellish college entrance examination system, his memory was already extraordinary. Now, after taking the life-giving potion and undergoing a complete transformation, he feels an unprecedented sense of freedom and indulgence, as if his soul has been liberated from all constraints.

In terms of memory, this means being able to browse through past memories as easily as watching a movie, and continuously store new memories within them.

To put it in a more dramatic way, I, Damian, have gained the ability to remember everything I see!

"Pronounce the meaning and pronunciation of 'Watter'."

Iro didn't believe it easily, but instead asked a question.

One, ten, one hundred...

Gradually, the calm on the vampire maid's pretty face was replaced by astonishment.

Because she discovered that Damian not only remembered all five hundred words perfectly, but also pronounced them exactly the same as she had.

Keep in mind, she only had Damian repeat after her once!

Such a terrifying memory is something that even the vast majority of high-ranking demons do not possess.

Is it the effect of the life-saving potion?

No, Iro immediately denied this conjecture.

Memory is connected to the soul of a living being.

The main function of the life potion is to repair the body and present a perfect bloodline, rather than to enhance the soul.

In other words, just as Lady Alicia said, beneath Damian's pitiful and ugly body lay a noble soul.

Thinking of this, besides feeling immense respect for her master's extraordinary insight that saw through appearances to the very essence of the soul, Iro also felt a bit of goodwill and sympathy for Damian.

How much suffering must this child have endured to have honed such a beautiful and radiant soul at such a tender age?

"Damian, you did a great job. You will be the best student I have ever taught."

"Iro said softly, raising her hand to gently stroke the boy's smooth black hair, her movements as gentle as if she were caressing a fragile piece of porcelain."

She added silently to herself, "She's also the only student I've ever taught."

Damian was taken aback when he felt the touch on his head.

It felt like it had been a very, very long time since he had been touched so gently, especially by such a beautiful older sister.

dong dong dong.

The boy's heart inexplicably quickened, and a flame seemed to ignite in his chest, but his beautiful obsidian eyes remained pure, untainted by any desire.

"Damian, let's continue our lesson."

"Yes, Ms. Iro."

...

The timeline in hell is different from that in the human world.

A year is called a sun, and a sun contains fifteen crescent moons. The five months are divided into the first quarter moon, the middle quarter moon (also called the full moon), and the last quarter moon.

The first quarter moon is on the 28th day, the middle quarter moon is on the 30th day, and the waning moon day is on the 31st day.

There are twenty-seven weeping hours each day, each weeping hour is sixty minutes of suffering, and each minute is sixty seconds.

After one hellish day, seventeen hours of weeping, and twenty hours of suffering.

"Tem".

"Time, Tim~"

"Yell".

"Year, Yell~"

...

After asking the fifty thousandth question, the vampire maid slowly closed the heavy dictionary on her desk, her beautiful red eyes filled with admiration as she looked at the black-haired boy in front of her.

"Congratulations, Damian, you have perfectly memorized all the common words used in Hell."