Papa, mama, I'm sorry. Your daughter has become a cannibal. Then again, I'm not a human right now, so it doesn't count?

But to be honest, it was a sensation unlike any I've felt before. Having a man inside me for the first time was a little scary at the beginning, but it started to feel really good soon after. When I pulled him out, it was really hot inside.

"For my cute child, I left only the best parts. That was the king of the humans, who dared to challenge me at my own gates yesterday." When my mother sees the satisfaction reflected on my face(?), she comments.

Thank you my other mama! Buho- wait, what?!

I would do a spit take if only I had a mouth. It would appear that I just ate a king. So what was that elf's head? Don't tell me it belonged to the elvish queen?

"Although I have to admit, the elvish queen was not too bad, either." My mother continues.

Ahhh, don't answer as if you read my mind! An act like this will only draw the wrath of the humans and elves. Well, considering we're quite obviously the demon folk, they already see us as their bitter enemies. But the king's head looked quite young, so I have to wonder about humanity in this world.

I have so many questions popping up in my head, but for now, I'll just go with the flow. I mean, this is a dream and I'll wake up soon, right? I've never had such a lucid dream! Everything feels so real! Yes, I still believe this is all just a dream from which I'll wake up any second now. What's wrong with that? I'm just a normal high school student, not even especially good at studying, with my only redeeming feature being that I can run really fast and for a long time, so leave me alone. Aaany second now...

"Now that you had your first meal, what do you say about taking on a form that will cost fewer servants their sanity?" The maou asks when I finish the stuffed torso, most likely also belonging to the king. Stuffed with what, you ask? What, other than the human organs?

I'm quite excited at the prospect of learning how to change my appearance. I thought it was just my imagination when some of the servants looked nauseous and several had to excuse themselves to be replaced by others. I'm ugly, aren't I? Sob...

"There are two ways for us Crawling Chaos to change form."

Oh, I somehow thought we were an evolved type of slimes or so, but what is this? It feels like I've seen something similar before, with a certain Outer God in moe girl form. So what if I draw all my knowledge of things outside of school from anime and manga? I'm surely not the only one out there.

"The first is through consumption. It will get dissolved inside our bodies and the genetic material will enable us to perfectly replicate their appearances in life." And my already beautiful mother morphs into the beautiful elvish queen she just ate earlier. I look at where her supple cleavage was only moments earlier and notice the lack thereof. So elves have such pitiful appearances? Or was it only this particular individual? Wait, doesn't this pattern mean that she expects me to change into the human king next?

"Now you try it. Morph into the one you just consumed."

I knew it!

But I can't betray her expectant eyes, especially when she looks like a cute elf. I stand up and focus my mind, go into myself and draw on whatever I can grasp, finally taking hold of an image. It's that of the human body before it was chopped up and steamed to be made into my meal. And it's naked. Ah, wait...

When I notice it, it's already too late. I come to my senses and look down at my hands. They are human ones. Then I look further down and see that thing between my legs. Oh, my!

"Great, you did it." My mother is back in her previous appearance. She looks me up and down, her eyes stopping at my groin for a split second longer than anywhere else. "Now, the other method is a little more difficult and requires some imagination, as not all the information is as readily available as it is with something we consume."

With this, her body changes into a copy of mine. But she's still wearing her dress! I think I just lost more SAN points than I did when I looked into the mirror for the first time today. She quickly morphs back into her previous self. "But I do not have any interest in the male form unless it is absolutely necessary." I agree. At least not when you're wearing a silken dress that reveals more than it hides, it's even worse than seeing the king's body naked. "Then, please do it."

I decide to try and morph into my own appearance from the real world. Even though I'm obviously familiar with the female body, I can't visualize any other than my own to the degree that I could replicate it from memory. The image is quite clear, but once again, I realize my mistake too late.

Now I stand in front of a bunch of strangers in my original appearance, wearing nothing but my birthday suit.

"That is incredible. I expected you to copy me or one of the servants, but you created an appearance from imagination alone."

"Thank you, eheheh..." I answer with a shy smile. Wait, I have a mouth, I can talk! And I notice for the first time that the language I've been hearing and spoke just now isn't Japanese. How do I know this language? Am I a genius?

"Oh my, you already learned how to speak?" My mother looks at me in surprise. Crap. I shouldn't be able to speak yet? Am I an idiot? "You are so gifted! Then we shall get to your training as soon as possible." Safe~

Training? Will I have to wear a heavy turtle shell on my back and do all kinds of activities with it on? Or maybe learn to focus my inner energies to walk up trees and conjure balls of electricity from my hands?

"Come with me to the transportation circle." Gesturing for me to follow her, the maou goes ahead and leaves the hall. I'm reluctant to go out without clothes on me, especially when in my original form, so I visualize my school's sports uniform. I gathered from the fact that my mother didn't change her clothes while morphing into different appearances means that clothes can't be created from our bodies, but I guess a skintight outfit works. Like body paint, I guess?

I follow the maou in a white shirt and dark blue bloomers... but in reality, I'm still naked. Huh, isn't this actually worse? It's like I'm a pervert! But this is a new sensation... Unexpectedly, this might actually be nice... Everyone is looking at me. Haa, haa... Damn, I'm getting excited over this. I must be a pervert... uuh...

"Are those clothes? That is quite curious." Once again, my mother looks me up and down. It would have become obvious that it was just a change of coloration of my skin, so I removed some features of the human anatomy, such as my nipples. The excitement would have made them stand up and given it away.

Ok, that's enough about my mental state. We walk down several flights of stairs and reach an archway leading into a circular room with naked stone walls. There are various marks of cuts and dents in the stones as if there was a battle with medieval weapons or a crate filled with metal tools exploded in it. I suppose it's the former...

"Now, step into the circle, my child." I do as I'm told and come to a stop in the middle. "Concentrate. If you do not, you may explode."

I understand, mama, I just need to concen- what?

In the next moment, the circle begins to glow and I feel an unseen force tugging at every fiber of my being. The view of my mother disappears and is replaced by a stream of flashing lights, inside which my body seems to be thrown around helplessly, like a wet cloth inside a washing machine. Ahhh, I'm being torn apart!

Riiip...

That sound just now doesn't bode well. Wait, I just lost my arms! Come back to meeee!!! Ah, they disappeared into the light. Uooh, my legs feel like they're being tugged at. Ah, they're gone, too - along with part of my abdomen.

With a splat, I land on solid ground face-first, and I feel my previously pristine seventeen-year-old Japanese high school girl appearance changing into something that needs to be hidden with mosaic once again. Only this time it feels like there's less of me. Well, if I can trust my perception from earlier, my arms and legs went on a trip to somewhere else.

I morph into a humanoid form, but since I have less mass to work with, only a loli version comes out. Well, this should attract a certain audience at least... although I'm not sure I really want that.

When I look around, I'm in a forest. No return teleportation circle in sight. Um, mama?

Well, I guess it means I'm on an adventure. Time to go on a quest! First objective: Saving (my) private parts.