The spacecraft exits the cloud and while Lily was reading the information on the promotion ' They aren't talking to me at all ' Lily didn't touch the cameras so that she doesn't feel like a control freak .
' I should just try to apologize indirectly ' she turned to the promotion material with the blank grimoire , with text that states that she has been given a right to land on the world outside .
' They even gave me keys , but with Labyrinth having some degree of control over the base , I guess Argus is already making some changes may need to consider that '
She checked on the world and their conditions "Our goal in keeping the Labyrinth through this world seal can only be supported if we maintain it"
' Why does the Labyrinth not want to destroy the seal ? don't they want out ? ' the chains shook and Lily nodded ' So that's what it is ' Lily mentally drew a circle and several arrows that point towards the center of the circle .
' Break two adjacent exits , a dividing wall turns into an arrow and pierces you ... glad they haven't gotten there yet , but you must've threatened them not to right ? " ... ' You won't have to use such a desperate measure anymore "
Lily thinks of the conversation they are having and the current status of her other spouses ' Feels wrong to talk to you kinda feels like cheating on my other spouses " ... ' Oh uh sorry , of course we're married "
' Having a family is harder than I thought even though I already have a good relationship with the kids it's still hard ' she thought of her children and wondered how it would go . She arrived and immediately tried to reconcile and apologize " Come on I said I was sorry ? " Lily told them as everyone left the spacecraft .
" I'm still not talking to you " " I feel the same way " Solaris said " Me too " Mother said " Also don't think about coming to our children " Solaris said " Why ? " Mother asked while Rate returned ' Guess it's back to work '
Argus was assigned to take care of Rate in Lily's stead and alert her in case something happens ' I should at least make some gifts , but what kind ? Rate already cries gemstones and if I use one that came from a star , it would contradict what I said before '
She wonders if she could do anything to apologize to any of them ' I already gave Rate a lot of luxury , Mother's already eaten everything and Solaris has known a lot of things ... it's hard to apologize when you gave them everything maybe I should give them some space and time '
Lily scratches her head " Agrh , this is annoying ... I need to vent " Lily looked at the wall , thinking of punching it , but imagined the cost of it " Argus is there anything I can do to vent ? " Argus compiles information and gives Lily something .
" Surveillance has found several outcast locations , one is where many supernatural powers are condensed , currently the strongest one and the biggest threat " " Good I'll take that " ' Better not use any great powers only skill ' " Get me the best weapon and get Doris to send me to the location "
Argus prepared them and Lily went to the location " Alright newbie's time for some hazing " Lily sat on the rubble with many corpses " Isn't venting supposed to help me get rid of some stress ? "
"Venting only works if the stressed can expend a certain amount of energy" ' That was rhetorical ' " Am I supposed to fight the Immortal instead ? but now isn't the right time I still haven't reconciled our relationship and our child isn't born yet "
She thought of the ways to get them out and pretend that they were somehow possessed for her future plans ' Nah I can't do that can I ? ' Lily entertained the thought .
' There should be some signature look for the puppets , moreover it's possible for the existence of some schemer who would enforce the fact to get rid of Immortal from their plans quite a lot up there , even after I exposed them '
She called Doris to return home ' I'll have to search for some gifts to apologize , but what can I give them when I gave them everything already ' she found herself searching for some gifts that she wasn't familiar with for a very long time and by then , it was almost going to be dinnertime .
" Hmm a call ? " she had completely forgotten about her promotion and answered Ryson's call " Commander congratulations on your bigger promotion "
Lily took a while to remember and acted accordingly " Oh I did get that promotion before , the planet's already full of things but since I worked on it with my spouses , we'll have to wait until I can turn it into a supply line "
Ryson wanted to cut her but she continued " Since the solar system functions were made with me and my spouses effort I'll need their permission and right now they won't talk to me so if you have any gifts I could get for them please tell me , it also has to be very expensive but with a good reason I won't take some artificially inflated gemstone alright ? "
" Well , about the gift , I don't know what could be good moreover they are three completely different beings and isn't it a good idea to give them each something different ? "
' That makes sense ' " Guess I'll have to do that , just make sure to tell those people that the supply lines will have to wait and tell them not to pry on my personal relationship , anyways got anything else I'm in a hurry for more work "
" Wait , that's not the promotion I'm talking about , it's more on the very new one and it's very confidential " ' Oh right , I forgot maybe I vented too much ' " So is there anyone listening from the sound of it you haven't heard yet "
" No one is around so just tell me " " It's about being able to leave this world " " Explain " " This world according to the briefing given to me is a seal made to keep the Labyrinth inside , however our predecessors failed and entered which is good because we found a lot of features that the seal had "
" Ryson stop " Ryson could feel some dangerous intent coming from Lily " Your predecessors made this seal , so am I not wrong to say that you have the power to bring people in ? "
" Commander don't misunderstand ... I don't know about that , but isn't it more beneficial to have allies in this world against the Labyrinth ? They seem to be a huge threat not just to our ancestors but worlds beyond us too "
" Then how does the Labyrinth have the ability to drag people outside " " Tha ... I don't know " Ryson started having some doubts on it and Lily checked his thought process .
" Either way , just let me explain the role that you have been promoted to is a much safer but important role , which is to maintain the seal that makes this world "
" Hmph , I'll play along with this so you better try not to destroy this trust " " Come on commander , even I just recently learned this " Ryson said trying to prove his innocence and keep his stable connections with Lily .
" Then I guess I can't blame you , so what kind of words did they include in the promotion to make it so that I can ignore how the Labyrinth drags people to this world ? "
Ryson went through the promotion text and read it exactly as it was written " They wrote this down "Our goal is that we defend the world beyond ours from the Labyrinth , the frontline is important to ensure the Labyrinth is kept in check while the line beyond our world is meant to preserve the seal so the Labyrinth doesn't break free" "
Lily confirmed the authenticity and truth of the words through her debt chains connected to some of the retirees " Then they will have to prove it , Where can I hold a banquet ? "
" You're gonna hold one ? " " Why not ? I haven't introduced my spouses to this kind of high society and maybe it could be great , are there any greater wills that left this world ? " " I'm not sure , I just got the news " " Better to have it prepared " Lily leaves the call getting the information and reads on it .
' A new set of coworkers , all are trustworthy and very powerful , although they fight with a noble goal , they aren't aware of the distributors' job and figured that it was the Labyrinth that came in . But even if the distributors changed it , they can always trick everyone into thinking that it was the Labyrinth that did it '
She started wondering if there were more pillars than she thought of and drew three pillars ' Right now , the rebels hate the corrupt , the symbol Immortal is also the one keeping the Labyrinth down '
A pillar formed with the name the rebels " Next is the descenders' society composed of many outcasts that are dragged by the distributors into this world , a complex system with some corrupt trying to take advantage but still they make a pillar for this world against the Labyrinth "
Another pillar formed and she turned to the last one ' And lastly is the final defense line , still holding strong and the last hope hidden from the world . Too noble that they aren't aware of the other , just like how each pillar aren't aware of each other's status as a pillar holding this world '
A final Pillar appears and she was left to wonder ' But Immortal seems to know a lot and even though Duarte is like a leader , he doesn't seem to know all of it , maybe whoever has the position of a leader is someone else '
Lily summons the blank grimoire and calls the souls that were with Immortal and asked "Immortal, as well as another person and a community, created a deal together a long time ago" ' Time for another history lesson '
She learned how the current system was constructed ' Keymaker and Immortal , one modified the seal to lock away the Labyrinth's soul from the body while the other constructed the keys for the distributors and created a system by lying to them using a noble goal . the community crafted the history and current system '
" Maybe a few realized that was a lie but considering the reason for the creation of the system was , I doubt they tried to say it was it was a lie to keep morale high . "
She placed the soul away for safekeeping ' Immortal sure is patient , a year has passed and they are still staying still , maybe they are getting ready for a battle , I'm already so close to destroying the system they built '
Instead of feeling happy , she was anxious ' Come on , I can't possibly battle this bastard , I'll have to slow down the destruction of their system to reduce the urgency '
She worries about her spouses being involved ' Better make the world peaceful when our child is born , but since he said that they move around their body , doesn't that mean that our child isn't an egg now ? '
" Let's worry about sending them away , if my dear spouses are outside I'll have lesser things to worry about " she thought of the Labyrinth and figured it won't be that hard to send the danger away with her current arsenal of powers .
" I'm still disappointed , a year of honeymoon and I've deepened my relationship with my spouse only for it to end . I can't blame them at all since I kept the fact that I already had a child with Labyrinth long before that "
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" Dear ? " " I'm not talking to you " Rate closed the door gently out of consideration for their child " Hmm What should I do now ? " Rate said as he hugged a pillow ' I'm mad at her for having our child last and she never even told us that '
Lily was very tempted to use the blank grimoire , but thought of what Death said ' Best keep myself from invading their privacy , maybe I should visit Death and Life they have been very helpful to me '
She found some time to visit Death and Life " So you had a fun vacation " " It ended horribly though " Lily said " Even though you made a child with Rate " Life pointed out " It was fun to check on his chest so that I can check on them together but they kept moving and I couldn't keep track "
" And what about the recent fall out " " It was my fault " Lily said with her head held down looking at the tea cup " Remember Immortal ? since they can interfere with Labyrinth's attempts to destroy the seal they can interfere to an extent so they gave me the data on the keys for safe keeping "
" Sounds like a long story " " Then the short is I needed blank grimoire to be much useful so I fused with with Argus's operating system and turns out the child was born within the system because I strengthened Argus's pure power with my soul which kinda connected because fo the blank grimoire's range "
" I knew that was gonna be a problem when you used it " Life said " It was ? " Life nodded " Man , it's so hard " " Why are you focused on your own relationship right now ? What about work " Lily thought of it "
" I guess I've been on a honeymoon for too long and can you blame me ? This loner hasn't interacted with people who can stand on the same level as me " ' Even her speech has changed , guess she did change during their vacation ' the two thought .
" Although I worked hard in the development of my supply lines with them . I don't know what to work with now " " Why not take care of that promotion you just got ? " Death asked " I do plan to do that , but I feel so done with this kind of failure , How long has it been since I made this kind of mistake ? "
" we can help you " Life said " Really ? " Life nodded " Thank you so much , so what should I do ? " Lily asked with much enthusiasm .
" Wait , time heals all wounds and since your spouses are much older than you it works best . To add to this advice , they don't have as good coping ability as you " Death looked at Lily .
' She must be devastated ' " What about paying attention to them " " You can pay attention , as soon as they want to talk to you , but they've been avoiding you , so you will have to wait " " Ugh in the end I'll have to wait ... okay I'll make some arrangements with the banquet I may as well focus on the promotion this time "
" You're gonna go out ? " " Yeah , I'll send a copy of argus to take care of any lands that is conquered , I've been given some choices on the matter " Lily projected the choices as frames of the land that she can access to appeared " But most of them could reveal what I can do so all I can do is choose one that doesn't reveal our strongest "
A single card floated down " You're gonna choose that ? " Death asked surprised " Why not ? It makes them pay attention to Argus " Life said .
" It could be possible I can just go there bringing Argus with me , I already showcased Argus hacking their tech , so it shouldn't be surprising " " Are you gonna make this place your new vacation home ? "
" Yeah something wrong ? " " Maybe Death doesn't understand it , but the concept of this place is very suitable if Lily saves everyone from the machines they are plugged in . Not only will she gain several debt chains but she can also replace the AI leader and take over "
" But this is a starless land ? " Death said " It came to me because they thought I could just tell Solaris to help , but I don't want to ask my spouses " " Are the rest the same ? Do you have to ask your spouses to do the work ? " Death asked and Lily looked at them .
" Not exactly , it seemed like some of the retirees are aware of my past but that's just a possibility " one of the choices showed a post-apocalyptic land " They probably want me to absorb all the fetor here and there's this too " Lily showed a very desolate land "
" That land is looks empty " " Yes they said this is where a world has ended , probably meant for Rate " " All of these are ridiculously close to each other , which is why I had to move the space station "
" So when are you going there ? " " Maybe after the banquet which doesn't seem possible now that I think of it , I plan to invite my spouses but it's not gonna work , so either I go to the banquet alone , which would be horrible since it could be possible for them to view my spouses as some expendables " Lily said with a lot of disdain towards the possibility .
" But I do plan to delay it , although I'm very impatient because they've lived for a very long time and are used to just standing around but ... they're more important ? " " Why are you asking ? " Death asked .
" She is married to Labyrinth according to her , so if she doesn't hurry up , it would be like neglecting them too " " But I can't exactly ask my spouses to help or use Labyrinth as an excuse for them to forgive me "
" You don't have to rush that , while the Labyrinth has been trapped , they wish to survive and you have relieved some of their problem they have been experiencing , so you can stop thinking that you're a bad spouse " Life assured .
' She does have credibility for this information cause the Labyrinth has been less violent ' " Fine , the only job I can do to keep myself busy is the revitalization of intelligent life part of the new promotion I got . Still can't believe that the seal is maintained through the presence of intelligent life "
" The source of this seal's maintenance is the energy obtained from intelligent life or any high processing technology " " But aren't there also resources that can replicate it ? " Death asked " There is , but according to their system , I have to start at the bottom "
" You planning to get creative and show more of your worth ? " Death asked to encourage Lily to push forward so that she can cope with the loss of her spouses' presence " You know what , since I need to vent , I think this is the right way to do so "
Lily said with more strength in mind " It's good that you are now motivated , but try to get some sleep " Life advised " I know I'll have Argus prepare the tools . I have many abstract powers I need to absorb "
Lily goes to absorb it with the possessors in her body " Did you sense it ? " Life asked Death " You mean that weird thing forming inside her ? " " Yes , it is strange for two conflicting forces to stay together "
" Just to be sure , what are we talking about ? " " I'm talking about the change inside her , the fetor inside her is constantly affecting her body and she has only been holding on through sheer will "
" So are you also considering those possessors she has ? She's been using them to absorb other things after I told her that the ability of dying includes more than disease " " Does she intend to completely embody death ? "
" Maybe she also wants to embody life too " Death said " It's like back home when people rushed to better arts so that they can prove their power " " And her competitor ? " " Probably that youngling Sermin "
" Even though she's clearly winning " Death said .
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Lily sat beside the pod of a malnourished lifeform " Do you think the retirees know that each of these exits leads to a single universe ? " "No" the blank grimoire wrote " Maybe I should name you "
Lily used the grimoire's ink and wrote "Blank" on the cover " There we go , so Blank . Why do they not know ? " "Retirees are not aware of the required input of the seal because they lack statistical data"
" Can you find this statistical data ? " ... "Requiring modified ability of Life to obtain history of seal or relevant information sources" Lily looked at the keymaker's soul " Take this one instead "
... "Summary of Data, due to increase of greater wills manifesting inside the seal's self maintenance mechanism is connecting to more worlds to take a some input from the world's living beings' energy that allows them to think or willpower , due to nature of artificial intelligence being similar to living being's their inputs were also added as well as some resources that can achieve the same results"
" Feels similar to what happens down there " Lily revisits her understanding of how purified lands worked and asks the Labyrinth ' Say dear , when the land is freed , do you release it from your hold ? "
... ' Interesting , I'll have to investigate that , but first " Lily looked at the dead corpse inside the pod that was terminated and took the Keymaker's soul and reincarnated them to trap them inside the virtual world .
' That takes care of potential dangers like them ' " Blank merge with this place and use this world's resources to come up with a solution so that I can cut off the seal's ability to maintain itself by getting from the supply "
Blank merged itself with the technology that harvests energy from the thinking process of living beings and created a demonstration to confirm " Confirming order " a drawing was circle was shown with tinier circles connected to it .
" Simplifying confirmation , user wants to create a solution to disconnect Immortal's seal to the supply line of its energy source ? " " Yep , but I don't want it to affect anyone . I haven't bought my spouses beyond the freed lands so I'm assuming they aren't contributing to the maintenance of the seal right ? "
" That is correct " Lily smiled " Good good good , make sure you aren't detected by the keymaker . Change their virtual background and mess with their memories a little bit , they are the one who created the keys for the distributors and retirees , so they should understand more about how to mess with the seal themselves "
" Affirmative " ' As for how to keep myself busy , there are a few worlds I can go into . Maybe I'll receive even more but ' " It's gonna be a very lonely business trip , hopefully they are doing well "
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After a night , in the morning " So you are now acting as her parents ? " Melda asked " Yes we apologize for our daughter's actions " Life said " You are getting close to the role " " It's okay , it's not like she did it intentionally " Melda said .
" So where is Frank ? " Death asked overly familiar " He's training again , he's made strength a big part of his life and thus I am worried about how he is managing his time " " It is very hard " Life said " By the way , how is Lily ? "
" She's keeping herself busy by working on the promotion " " She's hardworking " " I'm gonna leave you two ladies here " Death excused himself out .
" More like bored and impatient , I know Lily's life through my inherent abilities , she is always doing something when she's doing nothing , she sees it as something to keep herself awake and ignore the pain of death "
Life and Melda continue to converse about Lily " So that's what happened in their vacation . Too bad she had that fallout " " They'll heal , it's what naturally comes to any beings and they are aware that Lily didn't mean to , they are just not used to the feeling "
" I am surprised by how much this world is made of and that matter about her body changing " " It will be something she can handle , so don't worry about your grandchild growing up fatherless "
" She does seem to have great strength in her soul "
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Lily didn't sleep the night " Your thousand-year war is over " Lily sat on another throne this time ' It's really surprising how all of these things are considered side quest ' Lily looked at the Blank grimoire "Main quest : Fight Immortal after destroying the seal's source of power"
' I'm still confused as to why Tanec was afraid of Immortal , the way she acted made me feel like they don't belong to each other . ' Lily wondered if she should check on Tanec ' part of me wants to ignore it , but there's no reason not to '
She confirmed the reason to be the risk of Immortal being a Labyinrth puppet " Wait doesn't that mean that Tanec would've been friendly ? " she thought of the possibility that her debt chain might not be reliable and had a bad feeling that it might be traced back to her .
' I really shouldn't use this ' she disconnects some of the debt chains only connecting to a people of lower status ' Looks like I have much fewer options now but it's better this way than risking something when I have everything I want in life ' She drank some coffee " I really should really apologize "
For the rest of the four months later she tried her best to apologize to each of them and kill time by developing the exterior lands .
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