Supreme Husband System! & Supreme Wife System!

Chapter 651: Empty shell

"Huh? What? Is the Founder of the Rain Clan Uniqum too?" wondered Idan. "Does this mean that Nemo is also Unique?"

Geminia grinned at Idan’s reaction.

She turned and walked to the center of the cave, and Idan followed her.

"Yes, Idan, Nemo, being a true descendant of the Rain Clan and cursed from birth, is truly Uniqum," Geminia said, confirming her words.

"Wait, wait," Idan couldn’t miss this chance to learn about the Nemo race from someone who knows more about it.

"If you are Uniqum, born among the Formless race, then which race is Uniqum to Nemo?"

"You still haven’t figured it out yourself?" Geminia asked instead.

Idan frowned and tried to remember everything he knew about Nemo, about his abundant mana, but at the same time his inability to use it. It seemed very strange to him from the very beginning.

And when it occurred to him that if Nemo had an affinity with some element, wouldn’t he have become similar to the race whose bloodline he himself possessed?

"Alpha? Nemo is Uniqum to the Alpha race?" he suggested.

"That’s right," Geminia smiled. "The Rain Clan was founded by the Uniqums of the Alpha Race."

"As you may have noticed, Uniqums are not well treated in Junonia, and a lot of the reason for this is me and the Rain Clan," Geminia added.

"All races believe that the Uniqum, being different, bring only misfortune to their race. Therefore, most Uniqum do not live to adulthood, being killed by their own kind. And those who manage to survive and grow up often experience intense hatred and hostility towards their race."

"I hate my original race, and the Rain Clan has been waging a war against the Alphas throughout its history," Geminia confided, revealing secrets to Idan that he didn’t know about yet.

When Idan heard this news, he became slightly worried. After all, Nemo was a descendant of the Rain Clan, which harbored hatred for Alphas, and he himself was the bearer of this bloodline.

Noticing Idan’s concern, Geminia quickly guessed his thoughts.

"Don’t worry about Nemo," she said. "He doesn’t even realize what race he belongs to, not to mention that the Rain Clan rose too quickly and almost achieved success before it was almost completely destroyed."

When they reached the center of the cave, Geminia stopped.

"Stay here," Geminia asked Idan.

Although Idan still wanted to learn more about the Rain Clan and other Uniqum, he remembered why they had come here and decided to follow Geminia’s instructions.

Geminia waved her hand, and one of the floating cocoons began to descend in front of Idan.

Idan shuddered slightly, looking at the approaching red, slightly sinister cocoon.

When he stopped in front of Idan, Geminia looked him over and nodded.

"Try touching the cocoon and pouring Ned’s soul into it," she suggested.

"Huh? What?" asked Idan in surprise.

"I said, try to put Ned’s soul into the cocoon," Geminia repeated and, seeing Idan’s doubts, added: "It’s not difficult, believe me."

"If you are afraid of harming the creature inside the cocoon, then I hasten to reassure you: there is only an empty shell inside it."

"Talking to the Valkyries, you should have already learned that the representatives of the Higher Races have restrictions on reproduction. Valkyries, for example, can only have one or two children."

"This also applies to me. I can’t create an infinite number of Perfect Doppelgangers. I’m limited by this, and at the moment I can’t give birth to any new ones."

"And all these cocoons are just empty shells that serve as insurance for the already living Doppelgangers."

"Have you seen once how Ned, fighting against you and losing, did not die, but came back to life after a while?"

Idan actually remembered his encounter with Ned and the battle with him. As Geminia said, neither Ned nor the other Doppelgangers died then.

"The fact is that all the Perfect Doppelgangers living here are connected to the Forest of Doppelgangers. This connection does not allow them to leave the forest, and in case of death, their souls move here, occupying one of the empty shells and being reborn again," Geminia, without hiding, shared her secrets.

"However, as soon as Ned and the rest of the Doppelgangers signed a contract with you, they lost this connection to the Forest and, therefore, lost the ability to respawn after death. Moreover, due to the new connection, their rank was also limited by your rank - the rank of those they contracted with."

After listening carefully to Geminia’s explanation, Idan pulled himself together, reached out and gently touched the cocoon.

A strange, inexplicable feeling gripped his palm. The surface of the cocoon was a little sticky, but warm. Idan felt something alive fluttering inside the cocoon.

After making sure that the cocoon was safe, Idan focused on his First Star to follow Geminia’s instructions and try to summon Ned’s soul and pour it into this cocoon.

However, as soon as he tried to do so, the cocoon in front of him shone, and then the familiar effect of summoning back inside the contracted creature’s Star appeared, and then the cocoon disappeared.

"Huh?" — This time, Geminia herself was surprised along with Idan, staring at the empty place where the cocoon had just stood.

Idan, remembering the effect he had observed before the cocoon disappeared, immediately focused on his First Star and noticed that it had changed.

Previously, she had remained almost lifeless, even after Ned’s Soul had awakened, but now she was pulsing and emitting a faint glow.

[Ding! The process of merging the empty shell of the Perfect Doppelganger with the mutated soul began.]

[Ding! In the process of merging, there is a possibility of evolution. According to preliminary estimates of the System, this probability is 10 percent.]

[Ding! It takes more Madness Energy to increase the probability of evolution.]

"Eh? Evolution?" said Idan in surprise, involuntarily attracting Geminia’s attention.

"What did you say?" she asked, and Idan, still dazed, looked at her.

He then told her about where the cocoon had gone and about the possibility of Ned’s evolution, and that he needed more Madness Energy to increase his chances of success.

Without asking too many questions about how this happened, Geminia, delighted by this opportunity, did not miss the chance. She used her power to gather all the concentrated Energy of Madness around them.

And after receiving a nod of agreement from Idan, she poured this energy into his body, where it was instantly intercepted by his system and directed to his First Star.

As if hungry, his Star began to absorb all this abundance of Madness Energy.