" MMMHHHHMMM " Mother ate the food Rate cooked with a lot of joy " This tastes amazing " " That's because I enhanced it " Lily looked at Rate , wondering what he meant " You probably dozed off while I was explaining "
" Sorry , it was just so easy and tempting to fall asleep " Lily said " Then I'll just explain , it's kinda like those weird stories about a main character with the highest level of mastery , you could say my mastery is like that " " So if you crack an egg , it will taste really good ? "
" Yeah " Rate gave Lily a boiled egg " Hmm that's weird it's not supposed to taste this good " " I don't know how it happened either , but I appreciate you pushing me in this direction " " Ahh you don't have to be like that " Lily said and Rate looked at her and asked .
" I also talked with Life yesterday , Are you ready to make your choice ? " ' Oh he meant that ' " Hmm still not sure , the Labyrinth feels like some lost person who has no choice but to survive , I feel sorry for them , but I feel like I should doubt them , I don't want to destroy what I've built because of emotions "
Rate understood the feeling " It's okay you can take your time , I'm really glad that you're thinking of everything you have " " Eh why ? " " Dad said he threw everything from his family's business just to be with mom , now he regrets it "
" PFFtt " Lily tried hard not to laugh " S-so you're saying it's based on experience right ? " " yeah mom got mad at him a lot saying he should've been rational " " Okay I will think this very thoroughly " Lily laughed so hard as soon as she left while Rate smiled .
" Why are you laughing " " No it's nothing " Lily said gasping for her breathe " Are you dying ? " Mother asked surprised that something silly was bringing Lily down " Ahhhhhaaa hahaaaaa "
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" So these are the hearts ? " Lily looked at the strange collection of "hearts" the Argus bought to her " The rebels said they could use this to command them using the distributor spell , but how can I do it without using the same thing ? "
Lily scratches her head , thinking about a cover to show that she can use the hearts for control .
" As expected " Death looked at his messages "I'm gonna say I'm using you to control the sealed beings in the backup frontline ." ' As for that old friend ' Lily goes to where Doris is opening the exit to Death's old world .
Lily passed the door to see a small young calamity beast with Melda " Morning mother-in-law how's the visit to your old friend ? " both of them turned to Lily " It's going great " " Yes especially since I'm beginning to confirm that strange beings offers to me when he came to me , You can call me Veda "
" I see that you are enjoying your new body " " Of course , this body was the crystallization of what I had thought as the theoretical ancestor of the calamity beast . Too bad the real ancestor is much different "
Veda looked towards the center that was operating with this world's resurrected life " But it seems this world was as big as they promised " " Yes it's also a bit rotten " " So there are still people like that in this great fight against this Labyrinth ? "
Melda nodded " But if they exist , there are also rebels right ? And if there is a greet being like the Labyrinth , there is also a cult right ? " " yes yes there is a lot of what you probably have thought of , it's in the briefing to save us time , now did you get what I need ? " Lily asked .
" I do , but I would prefer if you allow me to do it myself , the seals change just like the one you have " " That much is allowed " " Good , so tell me when are you going to make a child ? " Veda asked " I plan to wait for Rate to get stronger "
" Good choice , that plan makes more sense if you consider you're own power " Veda said " She did ask us with concern " " Yeah so you'll have to wait , but I would also appreciate your help if you could help those other mythical beasts too "
" Ahh no worries , I will make sure they are promoted to the same level as a calamity beast , but it will take years " " I have no issues with that " " Then can you tell me about that strange manifestation " " Sure I have some research on them "
Lily used the debt chain to generate a copy of Birch's research on his life and death " I look forward to your residence here " Lily said " Me too " Lily leaves while Melda thinks of what she plans to do .
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Two weeks later , Lily finally finishes the entire research that Indus had given ' It's so nice of them just to give all this research data , guess the memories I found were just that valuable ' " Looks like I'll have to drawback my support for Indus , he already got enough research "
" Scyan and Birch still would like the first research on the Labyrinth " Argus said , receiving the information from its merge with the blank grimoire " Tell them they'll get it and to keep working on the evolution potion , I'm still surprised by the massive genetic map they have to explore "
Lily sighed and thought of the long days " This is what I get for it , By the way , how is the monster forest settling in ? " " Woods is digesting the forest's land carrier " Argus said " And the monsters ? "
" They have been working on the development of the land , some have recreated various weather conditions for exercising Woods " Argus showed a comparison between the last four days since the monster forest has been around .
" Even the Calamity beast are exercising their strength , but they haven't reached the full potential yet " " That's fine , they said they got a new alpha right ? " " Yes " " Good good , what about what the descenders said about me using the star ? "
" They have suggested that they want you to stop , this was thirteen days ago " " Anything left in their message ? " " According to Indus , the star nearby is meant to create a supernova in the case of the Labyrinth gaining too much strength "
" They have the trigger device right ? " " Yes , however with the debt chains , no device has been found inside the star factory " " But it could be a problem right ? Ryson and Basil were innocent with the elixir getting in , so I'm gonna have to make sure that none was found inside Solaris "
' Perhaps the hidden corrupt may have plans ' " Yeah , they're ridiculously careful with coming in contact with me , I can't believe there are still people I don't know who were trustworthy . We'll need the descenders to be reminded of the labyrinth's power too "
' Since they have a sad history of disposing of any frontlines , I think that me being thrown aside as the worst case isn't impossible . Moreover with Solaris being around , they may use them to properly end the Labyrinth or try , they are practically a nuclear bomb on the cosmic scale . '
' Maybe I should learn to get that lost memory ... but that's from Immortal only ' Lily sighed , thinking of how it was possible to get to the descenders while protecting Solaris from going supernova .
" Let's develop some countermeasures against this supernova plan " the blank grimoire shows several research data related to the death of a star ' I already planned to make Solaris live much longer now that there are things to look forward to in life '
Panels of research surrounding the death and birth of a star was shown ' Solaris has a soul which is the source of their ability to push back the Labyrinth's control , the descenders have had thoughts of making me place Mother and Solaris far from me because it was efficient but they haven't sent a request yet . '
Lily thinks of the testing they did with the phoenix flames that Solaris gave her ' Those flames resurrect life , but the reconnection of a soul was difficult ' " I can use the star forger to bring back Solaris's body but the problem is the cost of their death and binding their soul back "
She thinks about the potential contingency for the supernova plan that could cost Solaris's life ' It hasn't happened yet and it will take a while for it to happen , but until then , I want to prepare '
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" Hey where is Lily ? " Solaris asked " Why not ask Argus ? Just say this "Argus where is husband ?" " Mother said " Lily is working " " Uhh nevermind talk to Solaris " Mother said dodging Argus and going outside .
" What is working ? " Solaris asked " Lily is working to prepare for the future " ' I remember that she was preparing for the future and what she wanted ' " Can I help ? " ... " You don't have to her current work doesn't require your help "
Solaris wondered about what they did before they got the body ' she did say she wants the light I make to make fuel , I thought she wanted more than that , but she even used my own light to feed our children '
" Is there anything I can help with ? " ... Lily looked at another message and sighed " Hold on , I'm coming over " Lily uses a door to move to Solaris's location " Hey dear , heard from Argus that you want to help ? "
" Of course I want to , you've said it yourself that you want to build a future for us , so I was thinking that I should help too " Lily thought about what they said " but even if you ask me for work , it's not like I understand you enough to know what you can do "
" Why not ? didn't you use me to create power ? I am a star and I've learned that I can be used for plenty of things and power an entire civilization " " Yeah but that means I'm treating you as a thing and I don't want that ? "
" but don't you do the same to those cold people down here ? " " Oh no , that's different , first you are my family , I wouldn't want you to do something you don't like , Rate's mom helping around the Calamity beast is just something she has to do "
" Then why not let me help ? " " I guess this won't end without you finding a way to help around " " Yes so let me help " Lily sighed " You've done a lot giving Wood's sunlight already , even though they can get some from the sun above , yours is much better because it's closer "
" but I heard that there are harmful aspects of a star ? " " There is but Woods have some resistance against it after all , I did make them go through the natural selection of resisting my blood and they succeeded "
" But that's not enough , I'm sure there are more I can give you some power " " I know you can do that but we don't need that much power " " Really ? " " Yeah but if you do want to help , I really don't know what you could do "
" Is there really nothing I can help with ? " Lily smiled and took Solaris with her to sit down " It's okay , for you to not help okay " " But I don't want it " Lily sighed , she thinks of a way to end the conversation properly .
" Maybe I should say it like this then , firstly a civilization takes a while to even need to use their star's full power . Moreover our energy consumption just isn't that much "
" Then you can stop thinking of me as simply a star . I have other kinds of energy that you can use , you know , those phoenix flames are just one of the things I can use "
" Then you can talk to Argus by mentioning them , but I have to ask how you got these flames ? " " I had some weird things coming after me , I never understood what they told me , but they would just dive into me "
Lily wondered if she could ask Life for a proper memory but since Solaris was different than the lifeforms she was used to , the thought left her mind " So some things that could be set on fire just happens to enter you for reasons unknown " " Yes that is what happened , one of them look like a bird but it was on fire , another had three legs "
Lily drew a mental image of several beings associated with fire just diving into Solaris's body " Was it hard ? " " No , everytime they entered my body they wouldn't come out and I had the same satisfaction of eating another star when some of them entered my body . I thought this was meant to feed me , so I let them do so "
Lily held back her laugh as the image of Solaris's pass grew more detailed " Did a lot of people also gather around you and start throwing things at you ? "
" Oh yes , they wore a lot of metal , which I was made of . They move towards me but melted and a lot of noise was made . There was even a time when a lot of small people cut those trees and gave them to me , so I gave them some metal ... "
Solaris looked at Lily , holding back her laugh " It's so funny how you don't even know what's going on , come on , how about you help me make a few metals then . That should keep you busy enough . "
" I can do that , those metals and rocks were fascinating to see since my light refract through them and bounced around them " " Then I hope you enjoy it " Lily said while Mother wondered what they were talking about " What are you talking about ? " " I wanted to help , so Lily help me find a way to help " Solaris said .
" huh ? " " Solaris just wants to help me , which they can " Lily said " Oh so is that work ? " ' She's been dodging anything involved with work ' " No it's more about Solaris wanting to help . Solaris , you can go over here " Lily said , pointing at an empty slot .
" I'll have Argus build around it for you , so you can make your metals there . They'll also help you make the ones we need " " Thanks " Argus guides Solaris to the location while Lily turned to Mother " So how was your day ? " " It's just the same thing everyday , I walk around and sleep "
" Is that so ? " Lily thought of any topics that would entertain Mother " So uhm Solaris said they want to help right ? Can I help too ? " ' Not this again ' " Maybe it's possible , wanna follow me to look for any work ? "
" Oh , will it be fun ? " Mother smiled while Lily already knew what kind of work she could give " You want to dispatch Mother to help bring in debris for recycling ? " Ryson asked .
" Of course , I've heard of the remnants everyone is bothered about . I heard it was also something many officials are worried about too " ' Primarily because they don't want people investigating the seal '
" Then , when would you like to do it ? " " How about now , it'll be like a honeymoon between me and my spouse here " Lily said while Ryson thought of her thought process " What about the Labyrinth ? or the frontline ? " " I've already made a few arrangements " Lily said .
' Is it possible for you to stay down ? I need to explore the seal of this world , I promise to make it up , I'll even give you a few keys after all this " Lily told the Labyrinth " If so , then are you going to leave Argus to handle the frontline ? "
Lily nodded " Yes , don't worry about it " ... a day later " Stop , this is where we will be cleaning up " " It takes so long to get here " Mother complained to Lily .
" This is the edge of this world although I thought you'd be more patient is it because life is more fun now ? " Lily enhanced her vision to look at the edge to see form of the world's seal " This seal is really big and intricate " " Are we really just going to eat those muck ? "
" Come on , I'll make it entertaining for you and you don't want to carry a lot of food , do you ? " Mother sighed and started gathering the debris while Lily stored them , but also analyzed the seal " How long are we gonna be here "
Mother asked with boredom " Until the food is finished , but I'm the one responsible for rationing it , so don't get any ideas about eating everything inn one go " " I'm not going to eat that much and that muck is already disgusting . I'm not going to eat them "
Lily smiled " Don't worry about Beryl , they'll be fine . I told them it was normal for people to take long business trips " " Do they also bring their spouse with them ? "
" I couldn't bring Solaris here to starve and Rate isn't going to like coming over with Veda around , he'll be gaining his powers along with the other mythical beast to be calamity beast "
After forty days Lily was satisfied with the progress while Mother took the remnants to be processed " Where am I putting all these ? " Mother asked lifting an expanded bag full of minerals " give it to Woods' teacher they'll be able to finish it " Rate looked at the amount of space expanded bags filled to the brim .
" Amazing isn't it ? " " Yeah , how did you make all these ? " " I didn't make it , Ethan did , I gave a suitable amount of money for any successful bags he created over the years and he hasn't slacked off . I still plan to bring more of the debris that the descenders left out "
" Why are you doing that ? it sounds like a waste of time for you " Rate said , assessing the cost " I know , but I wouldn't want to leave Mother outside all alone , moreover I was analyzing a seal . It'll be useful to use this thing later on , but for now I'm figuring out how to get the rest of it . "
Lily shows a part of a sphere to Rate " It looks like I cut a piece of a sphere's surface area , but it's very intricate inside it , I've been revisiting the library of seals to understand more of it , but it's pretty sloppy work in that "
" Why not ask for Death to go visit this world's underworld ? " " I would however he said that it's at the center of the Labyrinth , Immortal is likely protecting the souls that created this seal and executed it to support the current seal placed on the Labyrinth "
" but won't this seal require maintenance ? " " Not exactly , if you open a door and close it , it will automatically lock itself , the only problem you have is how to unlock it , which is why I am collecting the keys . "
Rate thinks about the exits that Lily has access and the distributor's plan of bringing in more groups through these exits " Wouldn't the distributors run out of doors if they keep using it ? "
" No Rate , you wouldn't because the seal or barrier of this world is much bigger than you think , which is kinda why we have to be careful every time we open an exit , we don't know what's beyond it "
" But you keep that exit open ? " " Yes , so that Woods can work around it and you don't have to worry about the descenders trying to open that exit yet . I've made it so that they are more worried about something else " Lily showed Rate the blank grimoire , revealing the state the distributors are in .
" I didn't think it would be like that " Rate said " Yeah so we can relax, although I am worried about the several contingency plans the descenders have " " Like what ? " Lily decided to share some of her burden .
" They have a supernova contingency plan , they'll provide shields for us but I'm worried they might use Solaris later " " Is that what you've been working on ? "
" yeah it's kinda why I need that seal that maintains this world , I need to create a pocket space to contain Solaris's supernova and their soul so that they can be reborn later "
" but do you know anything about how the supernova will occur ? " " yeah I kinda do and it's not pretty like the supernovas in the science books , they use a device that's meant to forward time . Some people out there wanted to get rid of this businessman with time related powers , so the distributors disguised themselves as a type of dealer that wanted it and paid the people who wanted to get rid of it "
" So what did they do ? " " It was simple , they took the businessman and offered them a world " " They have that ? " " Yes , but they got ambushed , I do want to have that kind of tool , but I also want to destroy it , maybe make use of it "
" Do you at least know what it is for ? I'm sure there are plenty of uses for a tool that's that powerful " " There were ... but most of the uses were replaced by better alternatives that were made to keep the tool more confidential "
" Ohh so is it possible for you to steal it ? " Lily chuckled , hearing Rate's idea " Hey , since when did you make a dirty suggestion ? I'm the one who should get their hands dirty " Lily kissed Rate's head " So , how is the new power you got ? "
" It's amazing , although I'm kinda as lost as everyone with this power " Lily tilted her head " It's a lot of power is it okay for us to hold this much " " Aiy you'll get used to it , you must've been so used to having little power you're surprised with how much you can do , I was like that too "
" Really ? " " yeah but there's usually a price , but I have that handled so don't worry " " Oh right , although my stomach does keep growling a lot " " That's the cost of it but you know , maybe because you unsealed your bloodline you seem to look more attractive "
Rate blushed and Lily laughed it off " D-do you have to say that all the time ? " " Then why don't you say it to me ? " Rate looked at Lily and blushed , more embarrassed to say it " You do look very beautiful , you look even mature than when you were small "
" Now that just sounds creepy " " you told me to do it " Lily smiled " I know I know , I'll be busy with work , but I'll see you later dinner " Rate waves Lily goodbye while Lily smiled but as soon as he left she went back to look at the progress of the seal .
' While it's true that we are making progress , this one is especially too slow ' " how is the training of the calamity beast ? " " They've adhered to a strict three meals and one potential snack schedule , they are showing signs of self-devouring their cells just like Mother's "
" Just like her huh ? " Lily does some math thinking about the cause and effect " Argus , Mother can breathe on her right ? " " Yes , Birch's research has found that her breathing functions can be shut down when air is escaping , the amount of air inside can be equal to the atmosphere "
" Good good , then I'll just have to train them all , maybe they can achieve the same thing as Mother " she sorted the events that she wants to achieve and the labyrinth called her " Oh thanks for reminding me , let's stage that fight again "
' It'll be a convenient event to say how I got the hearts of the sealed beings ' Lily staged the fight against the labyrinth , giving it different keys than the one Lily was safekeeping and sends a report "This fight is a much bigger failure than the previous ones , requesting more dispatched"
' I'm quite glad you can start sending mazes now " Lily told the Labyrinth and went inside to recuperate with a fake wound .
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" Nooo , I can't believe she lost " Ryson didn't like this loss , but looked at the data ' No it's okay , it's only a little bit . It hasn't fallen that low yet , even though Commander is an important piece , they are only around as a leader , not a fighter okay ? '
Ryson continues to calm his nerves as he didn't like Lily thinking he was overreacting " It's fine , this is a good opportunity for the dispatched to earn some achievements " more and more mazes were appearing , so Ryson quickly requested the dispatch .
' It's just a good thing that she's finally using the dispatch , it's getting a few people restless and there's even the rebels going around , but you know if the rebels got rid of any corrupt I guess that will be fine '
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