The land suddenly grew strange , trees that were supposed to be trees changed as a fog passed through it . The Labyrinth's soul reclaimed their body " A massive bio signal just detected "
" By the gods " " What is the commander doing ? " " There was a report saying that she's going to find Immortal inside the Labyrinth , according to some information she got from the rebels "
" How's the body ? " " Good " " Glad to hear your voice through your body and not the string , But do get ready for Immortal , they're gonna pop off soon now that I cut off the seal's source " Lily senses some rumbling and gets some words from Labyrinth .
' So you'll take care of it ' Lily looked in the direction of Daize and walked to him as Labyrinth's body shook ' Sorry , I'm going to keep our son safe ' A door opened and Lily took it to to appear beside a satellite .
" Argus , get our base to fly , Labyrinth is gonna be taking down Immortal " Lily calls her spouses " Hey dears , our home will be in the sky in a while be sure to tell the children " in a satellite called Bait was a recurring presence of Daize .
" Alright Daize , make sure to stay at home " " Okay " Lily sends him away and goes to the Bait , waiting by it as Labyrinth Fights with Immortal ' I hope they remember to tag Immortal ' Lily looked down and watched Labyrinth shake as Immortal struggles to fight against them .
' She's done it now ' Immortal created a shield made from a fragment of the seal to block the attacks " You won't get me " The shields pushed the attacks away and Immortal took the opening to escape .
Labyrinth recalls the request Lily made and Immortal passes through the maze Labyrinth trapped him in ' What is this ? ' Immortal looks at the maze glowing and ignores it ' No matter as long as they don't get in my way '
Immortal doesn't notice anything as he was marked as a labyrinth puppet . Lily watches him make his way through the Labyrinth ' He should be able to find the solution out of it , he was the one who made it but the mark is concealed long enough so that everyone will assume that he's already a labyrinth puppet '
Lily prepares her weapon and Immortal comes out of Labyrinth's body . He sees Lily and the bait satellite sensing a presence similar to Labyrinth " A child of the Labyrinth ? " " Yep "
" Even if I'm using them as a bait , I won't be risking his life , You'll probably use this to attack the Labyrinth " Lily walked to the aerial space between Immortal and the satellite " So you're not gonna hurt Daize "
" You even named it " Immortal jumped towards Lily , putting a seal on her and took the satellite . As soon as it loses its energy source from the sun , it stops broadcasting Daize's unique presence " Huh ? "
Shards of the seal floated behind him and traps him " It's at the opposite side of Labyrinth , so you won't be able to get Daize " Fetor blades thrust through towards Immortal and he frees himself and seals them away , removing Lily's control over them .
' I expect that much ' she calmly made more attacks and Immortal neutralizes them too , keeping the ones he sealed behind him " Enough of this " " I guess you're right " The neutralized Fetor starts cracking Immortal's seal and Lily regains control over them .
Immortal dodged the fetor blades " Thanks for the upgrade " she held one and it got reinforced by breaking the Immortal's seal and absorbing it . Immortal attacked and she parries it , kicking him away and sending a fetor blade flying at him .
His blade collides with the blade and breaks the fragile seal , causing the fetor to spread , forming a fog . Immortal used wind to blow it away and Lily dashed through the fog to slash his body " You really live up to the name "
Lily looked at the blood soaked on her hand and Immortal reattached himself ' I'll need something to do real damage to him ' Lily cuts her skin , allowing Immortal's blood to soak into her body . Immortal took this chance to attack her and thrust a spear towards her .
She kicks his spear up and uses her other hand to cause an explosion to send him back " It'll be hard to kill you " " Then you better die from me first " " That's just as hard too " Lily said .
Immortal dashed towards her and Lily swung her hand and grabbed the spear that fell and slashed Immortal's shoulder off . Immortal tried to feel his cut off arm to reattach it .
" A hollowed spear made from the seal that you created to contain Labyrinth , good thing I studied the library of seals for this " Immortal looked at his shoulder and couldn't sense his arm , realizing the danger that Lily poses and quickly teleported " Is that all ? " Lily looked at the spear and the arm that Immortal left off .
" So fickle " she grabbed the arm and extracted the soul to connect to Immortal " Now for the body " a dragon head appeared and she tossed it up for it to be eaten ' Now I'll have to head back home ' Lily checked her calls " Uh oh , I better go back "
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Immortal cauterizes the wound and finally couldn't feel the strange pain occurring in the cross section of his shoulder ' How did she do that ? ' He searched for some rebels and finally found a base .
' Finally , some place to rest ' As he went inside , the rebels saw him " It's Immortal " they attacked him instantly a reaction Immortal didn't expect he quickly subdued them and seeing as how it seemed impossible to gain information from them , he took some files and news to see what occurred .
' Immortal attacks death containing facility ? ' he was confused because he was stuck the whole time and figured this one was a fake ' It takes too long for me to clear up my name , the Labyrinth takes priority '
Immortal changes their face and a conscious rebel quickly , plastered that image onto the internet , giving out a warning " They're fast " " put your phone down " Rate said and Lily sighed " Sorry just had to make sure Immortal is getting some dirt on his name "
" You also have some dirt on you " Rate said " How does that dirt on my hands thing work ? " " Doesn't your culture say things like getting your hands dirty by doing bad things ? Or how Santa can tell whether you're naughty or nice ? "
" You can do the same " " Yeah although I'm not very good at it , the ancestor that taught me this skill is actively avoiding you " " ... Is it cause I smell ? " " Yes , if you have directly killed you get dirty and you smell foul . even this time , you smell foul but I don't know what kind of foul "
' I think I know what kind of foul he's talking about ' " There's even a little foul scent coming from you " " Is it any different from the foul scent that I usually have sticking on me ? " Lily asked without a care about it .
" Yeah , my ancestor said it has the same smell as a tyrant " " Rude , but I guess I do seem like it . But they are criminals , so treating them is fine " Lily said " Can you at least show some good behaviour so that our children don't turn up like you "
Lily thought of some " There are some like giving them a working economy " " Centered around you " " Come on , it's hard for people with criminal background to live in normal society " Rate pauses to think about how she treats her residents and she continues ranting about the residents' situation .
' I guess she's right , she probably thinks it's too much trouble to clean their records herself ' he kissed her on the cheek, making her rant stop " I guess it's fine you do treat them right " " Oh that's it , Stockholm syndrome "
" Stock-what syndrome ? " " It's a coping mechanism in which anyone who is forced under the control of someone has , by looking at the positive parts of the one in control . " Rate popped a vein and hit Lily at the head .
" Just try to clean up your slate , because I was learning about this skill Carrie inherited it , so now she thinks that foul stench is supposed to be normal " " But you are living inside a building with people of criminal backgrounds " " That's why I always bring her to visit Beryl , because there is a much sterile environment with the dragon riders "
Lily sighed " Alright I'll clean this place up any tips " Rate lightly hit her head with a thin notebook " Here this is what they gave me " Lily looked at the book ' Hmm it's a bunch of weird activities , like some kind of confession room '
She had to apply it because of what Rate said " The things I need to do as a father " she thought of work and then Immortal ' Now that I think about it , is it possible to wipe his slate clean with this ? '
There wasn't much certainty , so she started reading Rate's notes on the foul stench of crime and sterile scent of having a clean slate like a baby .
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Immortal learned more about Lily through the reports he found on the several rebel bases he had to subdue , cause of the warning post about him ' That star will make a nice bomb . I wonder if they still have that man '
Immortal starts the search for the trigger device and Lily senses some danger ' Blank can you look into the forecast for today ? " "Immortal is planning to cause a supernova and is searching for this trigger device"
Blank shows a face " So they think it's still a person , but since they aren't aware , I can prevent this easily ... Argus , prepare a fake account and Blank send that face over "
Lily thought of just who to send so that she could get rid of the threat quietly ' He's hard to kill , but killing him right now isn't the right time '
" Lily are you thinking of work again ? " Mother asked " Oh strange of you to ask , you'd run to the opposite direction when I do " " Not anymore I don't " Mother said proudly " it's nothing too bad , I'm just preparing things "
" Is it something I don't understand ? " " Most of the things I do you wouldn't understand " " Can I help ? " " Maybe if we go out on a date but I feel bad since I already went out on one with you " " You bought work with you that time ? " Mother asked surprised .
" Ain't I doing the same now ? but if you don't want it I can always invite Solaris or Rate " " Fine it's not gonna be fun if I don't have you all to myself " Mother said " Well when I'm with my spouses I do enjoy it which is why I'm planning to get rid of all things that's in the way of my fourth spouse "
Lily said with some joy in her voice " Alright alright I'll help " Mother resigned herself to help Lily " So what should I do ? " Lily smiled " Easy have fun like you have me for tomorrow " " Wait , so you're not working ? "
" I am but that's the work " Mother starts thinking of having Lily all to herself " Okay , but don't tell the others " " Okay " ' Although they'll probably figure it out soon '
The next day Lily and Mother go on a full day vacation " Haha this is so fun " they purchased a high velocity spaceship , exposing themselves to the atmosphere of their solar system " So this is what it's like to drive through "
Mother put herself up and higher while Lily drive with some sunglasses as they drove around the solar system ' It's a good thing we set up an atmosphere , I could recreate a few themed rides ' " OH I love you so much for having fun with me "
Mother kissed Lily as she smelled the distinct smell of Mother's breathe " It's just something I should do for my dear "
The next day , Lily took Solaris to experience the atmosphere of different planets " So , how do you like the air here " " Was this to compensate for the full date you have with her ? " " Is it wrong for me to do it ? "
" I wasn't saying that " Lily drove them to the next planet " so how do you like this planet's atmosphere " " It's great , but aren't you giving too much . It does feel like what a bath is to me " " Can I not give you a lot of love "
" Is this work ? " " It's work both ways , I have to do this for work work but also for you " Solaris relaxes on the atmosphere ' I suppose it's not bad , it does feel nice ' " Can we get a collection of these kinds of atmosphere back at home ? " " Sure I'll make you a nice sauna "
The next day , Lily took Rate to a romantic dinner " Are you planning to spend some time with the kids tomorrow ? " " Yep , I feel very happy spending time who knew it was this great " " Just make sure we can have times like this " " I will "
After spending another day with her children Lily and putting all four in their beds ' They looked so adorable going to sleep ... Now I'm ready to head to the Labyrinth ' next day , she went to the Labyrinth .
" So dear , you got everything ? " Lily asked while files and evidence of the distributor's existence appeared as well as the true history that the ancestor descenders have created , which led to the present system " Thanks dear , at least this way , we not only can clear your name but make our relationship public "
Lily gathers the evidence while hearing Labyrinth talk " No , I'm not ashamed about it , I would love to see the world running wild , but with all the hate against you , you would be continuing the life you had and I don't want that for you "
They could sense that Lily doesn't care about how the public views things and is delighted with the chaos " Great now I haven't forgotten that we have yet to spend a day with each other , so wanna talk about any interesting shows that you watched ? "
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Immortal brings the spacecraft carrying Scyan , who carried the time trigger " To think you were alive , they even told me that you were killed in the process of extraction " " This world isn't so perfect , but you finding me was even more surprising "
" You didn't change your face " " No one would believe I had lived , you'd be surprised how hard it was to bypass the truth telling device they have for it " ' Also it's ridiculous how they don't have some proper names on them , It's hard for some names to roll off my mouth as I already have ' Scyan complained to himself .
He was extremely bored after being given a dull mission after Lily had known how much he knows which made him useful ' I already know a lot about him , just some loyal knight to a kingdom ' Immortal tracked Solaris's location " Just make sure to get to that sun now that the Labyrinth has regained it's body this is the only way to win "
Scyan internally sighed while pretending to cooperate ' I was kinda expecting a lot for Immortal , but I can't believe this is all it took to trick him , then again , Boss doesn't send me on a mission knowing I would die . Unless I'm supposed to die '
He grew more and more curious about the possible plans that could be out of what he had expected and followed the plan Lily set for him ' Like a table top RPG the dungeon master doesn't have the only solution the players can decide another solution , Moreover there is also the twist that always occurs at the execution of the plan but boss already got her sights far into the future already '
" Remember stick to the plan " " I know , get in and set the time trigger to turn on . "
Scyan breezed through the security without much problem and finally set the time bomb underneath Solaris's workshop " It's in place " " Good , thanks for the sacrifice traitor " Scyan smiled , hearing the twist as the time trigger activated and started to age his body .
' Ugh something is wrong ' Lily sensed the aging effect sneaking its way into her body ' Smart ' Lily felt her body weakened and Death called her " Hey There's a problem going on , the reapers of each of your residents said they sense their host's body aging fast "
" Can they handle it ? " " Question is , can you handle it because the aging is attacking the main body , which you know is you and you don't have a reaper to absorb the effects " " When has that ever stopped me , my body has gone through more intense change "
" Tsk , I don't mean to rain on your parade but the aging is accelerating . The body can only withstand so much change , you know " Lily sighed " Then I guess I'd better hurry up . Where is Immortal ? "
" He ran away as soon as the aging occurred , but are you sure he doesn't know " " He knows , he's just gambling " " then you better stay put , I'm already heading down " " No you don't have to "
She lay her body on the floor as her body's age increase " I think I'll be fine cause you are beginning to talk even slower " the aging finally went through her body completely and she watches a tiny drop of water falling slowly .
' It's not aging to me at all ' she swaps her clothes into a seal that covers her body " maybe it's because my soul is too bond with my body , Rate said if I die I die " she looks around and typed on her phone to give Labyrinth a message before walking out .
She arrived to the place were Scyan was aging and grabbed the time trigger ' What an unexpected twist ' she carried it and checked how much time she still has until the time trigger's effect was finished .
' I should take this opportunity , I'm faster than everyone else but It gets boring to be this fast . '
Lily looked in the direction where Immortal's chains led and flew towards it . She enters the void of space and puts on a mask over her mouth and nose and tears off the cover of the spacecraft .
' So how do I get the message through ' Lily thought of her soul , which is also feeling the effects of time acceleration and extended it to Immortal " How is it ? " Immortal was surprised to see Lily smiling at him without aging a single day yet .
" How ? " " It would make sense since you're just like me , your soul is bound to your body like how mine is " Immortal manifested a weapon and Lily got rid of the atmosphere as he felt weakened with the lack of air but was amazed to see Lily still fine .
' How is she still handling this lack of atmosphere like it's nothing ? ' ' Hello " Immortal heard the echo of Lily's voice through his mind ' What ? ' ' Don't sound so surprised , people have many ways to communicate "
Lily summoned a fetor blade ' Since we are moving at a very fast rate , nobody will know what happened unless you are patient enough to stay still for a long time but you don't have that choice " Lily trusted her blade towards Immortal and he quickly moved himself struggling to cope with the lack of air .
' Stay still ' Lily traps Immortal inside a barrier while holding on to the time trigger ' If you tried to go out , you'll lose your speed and I would kill you " Immortal looked at the time trigger on Lily's hand .
' Now let's have him killed " she manifested several fetor blades and felt the time trigger deactivate . Immortal pushed himself to Lily , grabbing her soul and taking it out to separate it from her body .
The blades thrust into Immortal and he blasted her down to Labyrinth's body while reactivating the time trigger ' Oh no ' Lily suddenly felt her body age faster than she could sense ' Heh I won '
He pulls out the fetor blades and gets in an escape pod to leave . Lily plummets down like a meteor as fire starts to quickly scorch her body ' Darn he's smart ' Lily sighed internally and feels her body age more .
' My life is really flashing before my eyes ' she thinks of a solution and reflects on the nature of death ' Dying is just suddenly having your body change too much . It's written very well during the experiments on the first residents . They couldn't withstand the change , so they die '
She feels the fire seep into her body ' So in the end , death is just a change you can't withstand , like increased heat which kills you , an ax through the head ' she felt her soul being more and more disconnected from her body .
' So it's still the usual ' she pushed her soul back into the body , taking control of all her body functions ' Since my whole body is growing old fast , I'll have to repair the damage ' she starts healing her body and started to catch up on the damage of the time acceleration .
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Immortal cauterizes the last of his wounds holding the time trigger ' she's falling fast but if she is like me she might leave I need to go up ' he thinks of the other ones who could reliably help him ' Tanec but she already has the impression that I'm a labyrinth puppet and this signature that gives that out is still with me '
He planned his plans and got to work , tossing the time trigger to the base , setting it to explode for extra measures while also concealing it .
Labyrinth sensed Lily falling and opened up their body to cushion her fall " Thanks dear " Lily gets up , unable to feel any effects of the aging ' It seems like it's stopped ' " Alert Solar reaching supernova , World seal protocol executing "
' Good , I better get back and retrieve that ' " Warning debt chain usage depleting " Lily called Doris and takes a door back " What is happening ? " Lily looked at the time acceleration and quickly went through the debt chains .
" Evacuate everyone " Lily started to fix the aging on the nearby people near Solaris's workshop and made them escape while she looked at the supernova " Dear " Solaris said as they felt themselves getting closer " Don't worry , I'll be here "
Lily trapped herself together with Solaris in a world seal as they went supernova and her soul started to echo and cling to the red string between them ' I'm still here " Lily told Solaris as they felt Lily near them ' I know '
The time trigger ended and Lily helped Solaris's star formation . The different flames all spread out as Lily helped Solaris bring them all back to them and finally used the Phoenix flame to return them back .
Solaris looks at their strange new body " Is this what's supposed to happen " Solaris was now a phoenix with colorful feather all over their body " I mean you haven't gotten everything yet " Lily said and Solaris looked at their body " Hmm maybe I don't want this " " What but " Solaris pushed their feathers on Lily .
" It's okay I still feel like me , And with this form I can play with my children better " " Well you are beautiful " " Don't I look like a ball of fire to you before ? " Solaris asked " Actually , you may not feel it , but I can see your body without the light and it looks like this "
Lily showed Solaris a very grotesque amalgamation of monsters " WHAT ? " Solairs was surprised to see the terrifying amalgamation of monsters that Lily described as beautiful " when I saw it it hardly made sense but when you told me that story about how a lot of beings just jumped into you , I understood it "
Solaris wasn't sure whether they should be surprised that they are like this or the fact that Lily called them beautiful and very attractive " This appearance is grotesque " Solaris said " Aww , but it looks so beautiful " Solaris pecked Lily with their beak .
" Maybe there is something wrong with your head " " well I don't mind this appearance , plus I am absolutely fine with that amalgamation of monsters " Lily said proudly " I'm not " " Fine if you hate it I can have Scyan look into it or maybe the other two mad scholars they can help you "
" I better get rid of this ugly appearance , that overgrown lizard won't stop reminding me of this " " it's okay dear , there will be a lot of work for that and I'll still love you no matter how you look " Solaris sighed and Lily took care of the aftermath .
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