Lily woke up the next day " Ugh I what time is it " " Just rest dear " Rate said putting an eye mask on top of Lily " you're so sweet " " Only because you don't have any more big workload later on " " What that's so unfair " Lily protested but with a very relaxed voice .
" What's unfair is that you married me and started to not spend time with me " " I'm sorry , but I didn't feel like I should be happy because one of my spouses is suffering " " Couldn't you have spent time with us in that accelerated time bubble ? " Rate complained .
" No , I didn't want you guys to be affected " " But you let my mother and father in ? " " I only let the older ones in , those who aren't as old were forced to stay back " " Even though you're the youngest and what about the other people inside ? " " I mean , there's a difference , you know " Rate sighed .
" I know , so let me reward you . I'll be taking care of you for the whole day with the fam . I'm inviting my parents and yours for dinner " " How sweet of you dear " Lily said , staying in bed " At least we can look forward to some period of peace " Rate said .
" Of course we will , but just because we do doesn't mean we shouldn't just be lazy all the time " Lily said " Of course we're not , it's not good for the soul to be lazy . It's why it's a sin " " It is ? " " A person who gets everything done by them becomes less attractive "
" Ahh , then I'd better get up and help " Mother pounced from the bed and dragged Lily " No , you work too much . You deserve to be lazy " Mother said " She's right , no matter how stinking your crimes are , you still have the smell of a capable person "
" What is that supposed to mean ? " Rate sat by her and showed a sight of the world he experience " This is another ability I learned after putting Dreamland to use with my senses " Rate picked up a sludge which was tucked to Lily's body " See this disgusting grime ? It's the crime of attempting genocide "
" Would that be more if I had killed more ? " Rate nodded " But if you clear it out , you can smell a very distinct scent which represents your capability and achievement " Rate grabs her hand and rubs the grime off and a distinct scent spreads .
" The reason we see your crimes first is because you let it happen that way " " I would rather intimidate people than please them " " But it's not like you cover all of it look , I can see your face clearly "
" How sweet of you , but doesn't all these smell disgusting ? " " It does , I'm holding back my desire to puke , but I've gone through the primal instinct you put all of us through and was really good at it that I'm holding back that urge very well "
" Then go wash it all off " " I don't have to grime like this doesn't stick to anyone because you don't let others take credit for your crimes and maybe you can put her in that primal instinct training ? " Lily turned to see Mother , who fainted from the scent her nose was assaulted with .
" What are you doing up here ? I had to cook everything else " Solaris said as they entered the area of effect , causing their flames to change " Solaris don't come in here , you might be helping her clean up her sins " Solaris didn't understand what that meant .
" I don't know what you mean but just come down and eat so I can tell if I did a good job " Solaris said " What did you mean by they could clean up my sins ? "
" Solaris has a lot of flames with them , one of them is bound to help you with something , they just don't know it yet and before you say anything , no I won't let them help you "
" But a loving spouse is supposed to support their spouse " Lily teased " We are , just not in this " Rate said " I'm gonna breathe some fresh air , do you want some peace and quiet ? I'll bring your breakfast up ? " " No I want to see the kids play with their food "
" Every time you encouraged them , the more likely this house could break " " Oh don't worry . I can keep it from happening " " Shush , don't encourage them . You'll only make yourself work more " " Okay okay , but I'll tell you that the kids will get bored "
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After breakfast Lily simply sat on the TV with them while the kids were outside playing " I made Argus take care of everything else " Lily said " You already thought you were gonna win ? " Labyrinth asked .
" Thanks to you I did , although I had to get rid of a few things cause of that altar , it was such a big nuisance even before See was using it " Lily complained " Yet you won with dirty tactics " Rate said .
" What can I say , throwing that megastructure of memories down to their underworld was a great success , if I couldn't separate See from their overpowered altar , I would never reach it , so I had to throw as many variables that force them to reach for the underworld so I can cut off the connection "
" What about after that ? " Mother asked " I had to let them think I was dead because they wanted to experiment with me " Labyrinth quickly got mad " They did ? " " Sweetie you don't have to go worrying about me " Rate sensing the burning rage , had to turn off his advanced soul senses .
Lily went over to give Labyrinth a hug , carrying them to call them down " Don't worry , I already stopped them from doing it , in the first place , they wanted to go after you because you kept abducting alien life everywhere you go "
" So I'm blamed for having a hobby ? " Labyrinth grumbled " It's a nice hobby and I won't blame you because you didn't know what kind of people they were when you found them , It's not your fault . But it's a reason for them to target you , they wouldn't target an asteroid for no reason , would they ? "
Labryinth grumbled seeing how well the argument was " But they still tried to experiment with you " " Scyan has been having those thoughts too but as long as I make sure they know their place they won't do something as harsh as they did to you so if we are going to study you , you don't have to worry about them harming you "
" Are you planning to submit me to that ugly thing ? " " Come on , if I didn't get Scyan's help , I would've been killing so many people just hoping one of them could be strong enough to handle my blood that changes their body "
" They did help me fix up my body " Solaris said " What's wrong with your body ? " Mother asked " Nothing " Solaris quickly said " What's gonna happen to the prisoners ? " " They'll be returned to their families , but I'm not doing that . I already gave Blanc and Argus enough power to do everything "
" Isn't Argus an AI ? How do you power them ? " Solaris asked " It's complicated , the descenders have a very interesting way to improve their AI computation power by using souls , I just used mine "
" Isn't that bad ? " " Not at all , I was able to use it to carry the burden of maintaining exits " Lily said " So when are they going to announce that you're married to me ? " Labyrinth asked " Soon enough , maybe after we recovered , if I decided to say that I'm married to you , they might not be handle it "
" But the damages are a lot " the news they were watching totaled all the casualties and cost " This is too boring . Come on Lily , can we just go outside ? " " Okay okay " Lily leaves them and spends some time with Mother .
" So what do you want to do ? " " I saw a lot of people fighting in those shows . I don't know why , but it looked like I could do it " " is that what you've been doing with the kids ? " " Yeah why ? " ' They must think of her as a boss '
" Dear . I don't want us to fight how about a race " " But if we did , wouldn't you just use that door thing ? " " I won't need it , even though you like exercising . I'm sure speed isn't a strong suit for you , you usually sleep for a very long time , didn't you ? " Lily taunted .
A vein popped on Mother's head " Then I'll beat you , but if you use that door thing it's cheating " " I know " Lily prepared her wings and Mother spread hers " See you at the finish line " ' Where is it though ? "
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Sermin looks at the data he gathered from Lily's body ' This insane amount of data from a few drops from her body is insane , the fact that this is what I discovered is crazy . I'm just glad it came to me rather than me going to her '
Sermin imagined the horrors which would occur if he had encountered this blood in an expedition " Hey Sermin , you got anything new ? " Birch asked " N-no , there isn't . Even though I discovered her soul's ability to create stillness , I still don't know much about her body . It just changes too often " Sermin said .
" Really ? " Sermin nodded " It has great synergy with any given subject from different races , but if you try to touch the realm of her soul , it becomes much harder , which is strange cause her soul represents the force that stabilizes the changes that occur in the body "
Birch listens attentively to Sermin's ramble " It has great synergy with anything that remains still , like cold or the like , it's also able to be used as a guide to any objective , change is mostly a form of degradation, so it's impressive that she was able to stop her body from completely killing itself and eventually leads to evolu "
Sermin stopped thinking about what he just said and proposed " Maybe it's possible to use this kind of power to create an evolutionary tree , we did just receive the divination of the sages . Maybe I should submit a proposal " " But what about her blood ? "
" It's better to work on research that could help people . Even my previous abstract entity research was only good because I got the proper materials . I could only work with some minor things like the spirits and the like, so it was hard to get funding " Sermin said .
" But it's amazing , imagine what kind of data you'll get from studying her blood " Birch said , still hungry for knowledge about Lily " Even if that's tempting boss said that any idea I think I should try my best to make a good proposal to her " Birch was annoyed that there won't be any discovering .
" If I help you make that research conclude , can you devote your time to her blood ? " " I guess " " Then it's a deal . Hurry up and write it so we can do it " ' I might discover some other things in those fireforms on the way '
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Keyly and Emma organized some files ' There are so many casualties on our side ' Keyly thought as she coordinated with the reapers to bring back some souls to preserve the human resources " Leader what now ? " Emma asked as she bought more documents .
" Can you elaborate on that question ? " " I'm just curious because the war is over , we've been fighting for a while now and the Labyrinth suddenly disappeared and now we've subdued the homeland that brought our ancestors to this world , peace feels so ... scary ? "
" Not so sure about that . Maybe in a few days we'll get some announcements of the future , but it could be longer , we've already had our share of hopeful futures where the Labyrinth isn't around anymore , allowing us to explore the many worlds that the world seal connects too "
" That world seal , I heard that there is a force that could break it , which revealed a layer . Doesn't that mean we are in danger because of that possibility ? "
" We do have that kind of problem , but that's why Argus and Blank are putting their full power into that problem . The problem is we're not so sure ourselves "
" I just hope there is work for someone like me , maybe there's a possibility that the Labyrinth returns for revenge " Emma shakes her head " Sorry , I wish that day never comes , but at least if it does , I hope we're prepared "
" It's fine to prepare for that future , even if it isn't the Labyrinth . Who knows what other things are out there is threatening to destroy our society , Commander Valley already did the same by having many stars align for her "
" So we are still planning to improve our military capabilities . Immortal is continuing the study on the spiritual world and its aspects along with Death and Tanec . Meanwhile , there's the research on what the power that the givers have , life itself is too complex , so it would be hard "
" When are you getting your life and death removed ? " " Not sure yet . I'm still waiting for a giver or reaper to come to my home address to notify me of the extraction " " One of my coworkers showed me this "
Keyly looked at the email that was forwarded to her "We are here to tell you to attend to the extraction of life and death , your body is at its prime for extraction . Please proceed to the given address for further briefing"
' Wonder when I'll get that ' " What did they brief them ? " " Something about the quality of life and death in that age , they needed a lot of memories that they could use as a base but so far its only a one time thing if you tried to take the death or life again after your reincarnation it turned into food for them so their population is heavily linked to the number of people who is still alive right now . " Emma said
" I heard that the residents in Commander's base have to live with their respective Lifes and Deaths , how does that work ? " " According to the briefing , they described it as having another them with the same memories but not the same personality , because they are aware of their nature , so it's like living with clones with your memories only , they've already made a plan for the Givers and Reapers if they choose to be independent "
" Sounds interesting , to have a new set of race that comes from all the ones that exist . Surely the media will start to speak around them " Keyly says " It won't be a problem , if they are working around the spiritual world and preserving the cycle of reincarnation "
" What about the other development ? I heard that the research on abstract entities is being used for similar races that take advantage of them like the fire forms "
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Four weeks later , Argus and Blank showed Lily the results of their investigation ' So that's what happened , the cost of consuming little portions from each world led to these doors being made . Nobody could see this layer because of that inner layer ' " What happened ? " Labyrinth asked sneaking into Lily's office " It's about the function of this world seal "
" That thing is good being able to connect to other world and being flexible just enough for that parasite to keep me from my body " Labyrinth said while snacking on some chips flavored with radioactive ions .
" Apparently , our world seal has three layers . The outer layer is something impossible to see , also the original seal meant to trap you inside . It connects to the entire world , consuming a little bit of energy to maintain . Most of it comes from the familiar energy from the soul "
" Is that why the doors look so pretty ? " Labyrinth asked and Lily thought what they might be wishing for " I'll make copies out of these doors for you " " Thank you dear "
Labyrinth kissed Lily at her cheek " So what's the rest ? " " The layer between is the aesthetically pleasing doors that you wanted . They're made mainly from souls , but as the outermost layer evolved , it could consume other sources giving the doors more features than history "
" Doesn't that mean making a copy is hard ? " " You'd be right dear , but there are a lot of worlds and one of them is bound to have a solution and get this . The doors are useful to assess the world's capabilities and I think we could use their ability to carry history to our gain " Labyrinth thought of what Lily may want " So you are going to use it to search for your brother ? " Lily made a smile .
" Yep , even though I think of Life and Death as my parents , I still wish I could see my brother , which is why I'm thinking of clearing the other layer , which is something you made "
" I did ? " Lily nodded " Don't know the specifics . Maybe you made it so that the original descenders can never return home . So wanna see what my brother looks like ? " " I already saw him when Rate took us with Dreamland " " come on , it might be different and it'll be good "
Lily brings her family to the exit to her world and uses Argus and Blank to show her brother " Look kids that's your uncle " " he looks so weird " Daize said " If you saw me you'd think I'm much weirder " Lily showed herself who was in death bed " Ohh Papa looks just like that when I hatch " Beryl said .
Lily was very focused on her brother while her family were focused on his looks and personality " You had a nice brother must be nice to have someone like him related to you " Rate said " We're orphans from different parents , When brother found me , I was at the river , making very light cries because I was sickly "
" Really ? " They were surprised and Lily showed them . A small child coughing very lightly with tears in their eyes " It was the cold air of the river that kept me from dying but it was also painfully cold until brother picked me up "
They see her brother bringing her to a safe place and warming her " The illness I got didn't leave my body , there was only so much that a baby could handle when they're young . He took me to a lot of ladies who never kept their children and you'll be surprised how much I've benefitted from being the first to drink any lady's breast milk "
" Oh I remember you said that human females' first milk is always the healthiest right ? " Aurora asked and Lily nodded " But didn't you say that they need to give birth ? Why didn't they give them to their children ? " Beryl asked .
" It's not something you kids should know " Solaris said " It's very hard to explain and we're supposed to be looking for your uncle " Solaris said to divert their attention " There's no harm telling them how I grew up . Why not tell them yours ? "
The four shook their heads " They said it was boring , to be fair , I was an egg for a long time and it would be better for my parents to tell them about me " " I do not know how to tell stories " Mother said " I was a star drifting in space " " Same " " Somehow the story of a human is more interesting ? "
" Cause you're human they're not supposed to marry someone like mom " Aurora said " Yeah " Beryl nodded to agree " Okay , as I was saying my brother took me to a lot of mother's who just gave birth and needed something to get rid of the suspicious yellow milk because they thought it was harmless the fact that I continued to remain sick did not help with that image so they would always be giving me the yellow milk even after I should've outgrown it "
" Ohh , then wouldn't you live much longer because of that ? " " Not really I was kicked out of the village after that " Lily said after she made the door zoom to the moment of her exile .
" This is where your father learned how to take in poison , which I thought was useful and I thought that the price was just pain , I did not think much of it until coming to this world "
" Okay kids , that's enough story about your father " Rate said ' Hurry up and find your brother already . It's what we're here for " " Okay dear " Lily checked and turned to the day when her brother never returned .
An image of Lily crying by the bed was revealed " No too far " she turns until the morning of the day " There it is "
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" Goodbye Lily . See you later . Make sure to drink all the milk they gave us " her brother kissed her on her forehead , leaving behind the yellow milk as well as some bread . He went to the woods to look for food and entered much deeper " Please tell me he dies here " Lily hoped .
" Why are you hoping for that ? " Mother asked with confusion " Because that means I can find him , but if something else happened then it's much harder to find him " She grew anxious while Solaris couldn't understand it , while Rate was hearing so many scenarios that flooded Lily's mind .
' Was he taken by a cult to be sacrificed ? Did a real witch brew him and trap his soul ? Or maybe he was transformed and lost his mind ? ' Rate took her hand to calm her down while Labyrinth and her other spouses and her children crowded around her .
' This is annoying . I can't believe I'm feeling this anxious compared to before " Lily told her spouses ' It's fine " they watched her brother find a cave and walk into it and never came out " This is the place "
She followed the cave and rewound the viewing ' So that's what happened ' " Lily ? " Rate asked in a concerned tone " I won't make this take over me , he's been gone for some time . What's me taking my time gonna do , I doubt there's anything I can do , even if I searched for him with all my resources "
" Thank you " " I'll just leave it to Blank to handle , come on kids , let's head back " Lily said .
The next day , she checked the peace and decided that now was the time for the announcement " I've heard about the tension our military force is having about the labyrinth returning and taking vengeance against us , so I will lay this flat out for you "
She gave them the time to expect " I'm already wedded to them a long time ago , hence my actions against the cruelty the homeland has done to them " she revealed the four red strings , all covered with different things representative of what each of her spouses are .
" as for whether they would forgive you , you don't have to worry . They value your life and view your stories with interest as they host the many souls of the dead "
Everyone was shocked , but Lily did not care " It's another reason why the homeland was gonna take me to replace their subject of interest . I know you will be shocked , so I will give you a few days before I announce the rest of my announcement unless you wish to hear the rest "
A window appeared in front of everyone and Lily got the results of a majority who agreed ' So it seems everyone is onboard. Guess they're grateful that I managed to get rid of the problem ' " Looks like the result is that a majority would want to hear the news , so let's continue the broadcast "
Labyrinth takes away the veil of the world seal and Lily starts to explain " As you can all see , the world seal is what preserves this world , our world's walls are twice as sturdy due to it having two layers . The first layer is maintained by the minimal consumption of energy from the worlds connected to it and is the original seal and another layer , which is just as strong , while also giving us many to learn from "
Lily showed a door " The decorations are relevant to what the world has and I believe that our way forward will have to be related to this , we will discover the new worlds . Not just out of curiosity but to continue our legacy . Laziness is a sin and a lack of change means being the same and slowly letting the world get ahead of us "
She showed images of developers " Those on the frontlines will be the developers , we will discover these worlds so that we won't be behind and to improve our civilization . Meanwhile , those will remain within the society we will not leave a ceiling to keep you from going up , but we will leave platforms for you to stand "
She continued the speech and smiled satisfied " Our old society was horrible because it was built on lies and I don't intend to make the new one out of that so , I hope the announcement of my marital status with Labyrinth can assure you that history won't repeat and I hope you all have a good day "
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