A day after the time trigger incident Lily gets up with her spouses sleeping with her and Solaris on their bed ' What a beautiful day however , I still haven't dealt with Immortal yet , but they will take a while to recover ' she slides her hand to hug Rate to rest .
An alarm rang and Rate got up to close it " Lily let me get up " Rate said " Ehh but I just finished so much work I wanna spend a while with my dear " " I know , but I also have work to " Lily released Rate .
" make sure to get up for breakfast " Lily relishes this nice morning routine and checks on the progress of the research on the creation of a spell to properly shrink Labyrinth .
' Although Labyrinth is similar to Solaris , they need a different spell ' Lily recalls how Solaris berated her about her body's true form and had her hide it inside the body she made for them initially so they could move . They planned to make themselves presentable , so until then , the rest of Solaris's body is hidden away .
' Labyrinth may ask the same thing so I better be prepared ' she got off the bed and had some breakfast ' Now let's see with Immortal back up there he would try another thing , the only thing that came to my mind was using keymaker's name to assist the distributors and making up some kind of story '
Lily prepares the evidence of the distributors and the false history so she could stop the lies and clear Labyrinth's name " You haven't forgotten what I told you yet right ? " Rate asked .
" Oh of course I did , but it's kinda hard to implement it , my residents were very used to me treating them like tools that they were surprised and scared to death by my good actions " Lily said , trying to humour her way around .
" That does sound scary if a tyrant was suddenly nice " Rate said and Carrie looked at the dough " No Carrie , you're not allowed to eat raw dough " Rate said " But Papa can eat anything "
" Can you stop her ? " " Carrie it will taste better if it's cooked " Lily said ' Parenting is hard but at the same time rewarding ' the rest of her kids came to , but with only Rate around , they crowded together with Lily .
' I'll be fine without any work for the day unless something happens ' Lily carries Aurora , who tried to mimic a humanoid form like Daize " So what do my children want to do today ? "
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Immortal injures his body and visits Tanec as Keymaker . Tanec was surprised to see several injuries on Keymaker ' what the hell ? ' Tanec was surprised that the Keymaker appeared , especially with the current status of the world .
With the Labyrinth now in control of their body and Immortal labeled as a traitor as someone who is aware of the agreement between the community , immortal and keymaker she was certain that this one was someone she had to help .
" Are you okay , miss ? " " Yes , I need to be quick Immortal attempted to make a move on me while we were trapped inside the Labyrinth and the commander is in cahoots with the Labyrinth "
Immortal disguised as Keymaker , received a healing potion from Tanec " how did you escape ? " " It was hard , being stuck with Immortal , I had to escape when he was turned into a labyrinth puppet , it took me a while to get here since I was being chased by him "
" So it was true " ' it wasn't , but what choice do I have I still can't get rid of this tag ? ' "Right now , you need to help me kill the commander , whoever was handling her invitation to this world has likely died , one of the rebels maybe . She already knows the existence of the distributors , but thanks to the lack of evidence , she hasn't done anything "
Tanec was baffled to learn that the whole situation had become so dire " So the distributors are left without any protection ? " " Yes , I had a plan in using the time trigger , but even the commander has seen through that plan " " so what should I do ? " " I need you to kill her " " what ? "
' after all if I could kill her , I can separate her from the material world . but she can also return back since she can undo the seal easily so I would need more than just that as help '
Keymaker thinks of Life and Death " If the commander is in cahoots with the Labyrinth , doesn't that mean that she's also in cahoots with Immortal ? " ' I might know what occurred between Tanec and the fake Immortal '
" Might be possible , can you tell me what he showed you ? " " The soul of the person I was dealing with " Tanec showed a memory and Immortal recognizes the soul , confirming who it was ' I could clear my name , but there's the risk of losing everything . I should just play along '
" Can you try to look into the world of this soul ? " " I'm not so sure about that " Tanec said aware of the damage that occurred and told Keymaker about it " If that's the case , then we can see if there is some intelligent life that she may have access to "
Keymaker checks the exit that leads to the outside world and finds that it's being maintained by a strange source " No this isn't right " " What's the matter ? " Keymaker looked at the strange source that was maintaining the exit's structure .
" They've tampered with it , what unique resources can be found in that place ? " " I haven't checked that far , all I know is that the person who Immortal got only took the death of the humans , excluding the mythical beast , according to their plans they wanted to turn the mythical beast into livestock so that they could achieve greater bodies "
' It's obvious something happened because this strange source doesn't seem to come from greater wills but various smaller souls instead ' Keymaker tries to think of several other possibilities , but couldn't think of any that makes sense .
" But I still have the key with me " Tanec retrieves the memory and Keymaker uses it to create a window to view the world " Everything is dead but this shouldn't be possible . the exit is being maintained by several smaller wills "
" Maybe it's through the underworld ? They explained to me that if I want to extract the deaths , I would need to use a stable underworld structure " ' That could be it I can use her to get rid of the commander ' " Then I will help you take care of it , we will use an underworld to trap the commander " Keymaker said .
" Will that be possible , Our underworld is also very crowded , even I had to create an artificial one " " Don't worry , we'll be borrowing the strength of all the descenders " Keymaker said .
' I'll make the arrangments and target those two entities ' " I'll go reflect on the wisdom I got from that world " " I'll prepare the spell to create the underworld , we'll also need to administer all sorts of sealing arts into it , with her nature of her body mind and soul all tied together , I have more choices but that also means more planning "
" But the Library of seals is almost completely against the distributors " " It's our fault for giving people who aren't descendants of the original descenders access . While they may have little desire to help us because of their lineage they still understand the threat of the Labyrinth "
" But how did we help with this plan ? " Keymaker thinks of a cover story and quickly explains everything to Tanec " Is that what happened ? " " Yeah , a person like her would come up eventually . the problem was we weren't prepared by then and ended up allowing her to dig deep inside "
" How did she get so close ? " " She's cunning and a good schemer we have no idea how much she knows , but she likely has an ability that lets her gather information . But back to the matter at hand , we need to eliminate her , she is stronger than she looks to be "
Tanec worries about her business but considers the war achievements that she could get , which would help her reputation " I will handle the library of seals meanwhile you will have to refine your arts so that you can take everyone's death to reinforce this prison "
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Lily looks at the plan that Keyly submitted to her ' A prison to trap me ' Lily thought of escaping it , but then looked at the text , which hinted at other bad futures .
' The problem is how far they plan to destroy ... But if they built this system with lies already , they may put more lies just to preserve , say for example '
She laughed thinking of that future ' I better prepare for it then ' Lily snickered at the idea ' You better have enough deaths ' " Papa ? " Beryl asked " Oh sorry , what did you say you want for lunch ? " ... " So if you compare the current system of descenders you can see that they are built with lies "
Lily records her thoughts on a video camera " the system of descenders is built with the foreign cells tricked into thinking they are the same as the body's cells , which we should call the descendants of the original descenders . If you expose the foreign cells the truth , they will destroy the body just like how my body would be destroyed if I couldn't control all the poison inside it "
Rate comes in " what are you doing ? " " Oh I'm just recording my thoughts when they are fresh , I plan to do the same for my understanding of the library of seals " " but our kids won't need that " Rate said " come on it'll be like a mini series for them to watch when I'm not around , have a lot of work "
" I guess so , but do you have to compare it to your body ? " " Why not ? " " Someone might figure out a way to kill you " " oh don't worry about it thanks to Immortal trying to age me , I learned how to remove my soul while keeping myself whole " " I'm glad you found a way out " Solaris enters the room too and looks at Rate .
" Need to talk in private ? " Solaris nodded " Alright " Lily turned off " is it about that form ? " " Yes and I talked with Death about this pocket space you gave me " Solaris held the small glowing sphere that rested on their tail of feathers " They said something about an underworld "
Lily processed the little information Solaris gave her ' if Solaris's body is an amalgamation of monsters that matches the description of the ones that jump into the sun in their stories then ' " You're thinking for a while "
" Yes I am , how about I go check it out " Lily goes into the pocket space and enter's it's spiritual world and sees plenty of souls on fire ' So that's what it's like ' she thinks of how she could get rid of them and recalls how she had reincarnated the dragon riders and dragon souls that were inside Mother's body .
" It'll be hard to deal with these things , but they'll bother Solaris later so better keep their souls away " she thinks of how to reincarnate them ' Still don't have enough information on the fireforms , but I could do this instead '
Solaris waits and Lily comes out of the pocket space carrying the souls " Dear I have another thing that can keep you busy " Lily showed the souls to Solaris " Oh you got them out thanks " Solaris went to leave " Wait " Lily wasn't sure how to physically stop them .
" What ? " " Don't you want to do another kind of work ? " " But I already have one spitting out metals " " Yes I know but we already have a lot of them . So if you can manage these souls , they could be teachers since they are very related to your children , because they are also fire-attuned lifeforms "
Solaris thinks of Mother whose children were learning from the sciences that Lily has , which were conveniently able to match what they are and thinks of her children receiving the same " I'll do it but how do I talk to them ? " " I will handle that , you just need to talk to them yourself "
" Oh thank you for helping me " " Just what I do " Lily kissed Solaris's head and leaves ' So while you take care of the education of our children I will take care of my funeral it will be useful but the problem is if they planned to make a prison they'll need some materials '
Lily visits Death " If you want to ask how I was born ? Didn't I tell you that story already ? " " Yeah , but is it possible for me to make another one like do I have the ingredients ? " Death figured Lily wanted to use her death and said .
" I guess it is possible , You already have the resources for it . And I've done some research on the different kinds of death and yours especially is incredibly great , you did say you could cause a big disaster with a drop of your blood " " What about Life ? "
" That part is kinda hard , not just because I'm not the right person , see when my people got rid of me , their concept of death was very simple . It's not enough to explain everything about the poison in your body , which can mutate life "
" But didn't the lack of death help with the investments ? " " Only because we remove a few known ways to die , if exposed to other unknown means of death , it would be different . Didn't the mythical beast of that world say it had a solution until Life decided to pull itself out of it ? "
" So , how can you explain the force in my body ? " " It's just change , I'm well aware of the nature of death , if you change slowly , you don't die . Like that experiment with a frog , thrown into boiling water , it jumps out . But rising the temperature of the water slowly , then they don't jump out "
" So what kind of materials would I need to create my death ? " " That was the first question wasn't it ... You could use the minerals from my old world , it's a good and stable medium that you could use because it's a good catalyst because it is connected to the spiritual world "
" And for Life ? " Death side " Okay this is going to be a long one , so let me explain " he starts compiling the information and creates proper materials for teaching " When did you learn this stuff ? "
" It was in the data storage that you had , I was using the methods to teach the reapers Life is doing the same " Death starts to explain by drawing a circle and a rectangle .
" So in the lower half we have the spiritual world and on the upper half is the material world , this rectangle that decides them is the borders between life and death "
He halves the rectangle and explains " What the old practitioner did was expel their ability to die by breaking the border of life and death thereby eliminating death by using the underworld to hold the ways of dying " " Oh that's interesting "
" Now that you got the basics , let me show the examples " He draws a line on the lower half " We already know that the mythical beast could still die because they excluded them " he erases one portion of the lower half .
" However , as we know , even if you do remove your ability to die , it doesn't mean it's gone , the spiritual world is still there , the only difference is that the underworld isn't there anymore " " Are you explaining how you can die by other means ? "
" Yes , if you get rid of death by aging , you can die by cutting your body . and the technique used to remove these deaths was almost perfect but perfect can never exist , which is why the mythical beasts were able to find a way to kill the unkillable "
" Huh that is interesting . Then what kind of offensive ability did you have ? " " Mostly killing the unkillable I am made of what should kill them , there's also memories of the dead and authority and power on the spiritual world " " I see I see " Lily takes notes while Death wonders if she wants to make one for herself .
" But I should tell you that just because you have death that could be enough to create a being equal to me , they won't be able to think on their own " " Why ? "
" Because instead of an underworld , it would be preferable for you to use your soul , but I don't think you should take this route . because you already have the fetor blades and the like , so creating someone like me isn't worth it since it'll be like putting all pennies into a dollar and increase the chances of losing it "
" I understand it's a bit disappointing " " Also if you were to create a death , you may not be able to create a proper one " " Why ? " " It's complicated but it wouldn't just be death you're taking out , but also ... no it's too complicated . I still haven't researched that far yet , just whatever you do , don't use your death yet "
" ... And why is that ? " Death sighed , seeing Lily's curiosity unsatiated " It's just that your body is carrying too much poison and with poison comes with the dosage problem . There's also the variable of your body being attached to your soul . If you were to extract your death and use your soul as a catalyst it will just go back to you "
" Is it the same for Life ? " " No Life's catalyst is actually the body , my catalyst is the soul ... I'll have to explain that " he remakes the circle with a rectangle in the middle and slashes through the rectangle " We are basically like condensed form of the material world and spiritual world . Me the underworld and her the living matter "
Lily nodded as Death continues to explain " You're case on the other hand is very different . Since your body is too attached to your soul it would be difficult for you to even have either life or death out "
" But possible ? " Death thinks of it " Maybe , you could give your Life a bit of your body and your Death a bit of your soul , but you know that kind of thing means more children and only your children " " Okay I get it , I shouldn't create a life or death that will turn into a self "
" It would be impossible anyways , Even though you say that you could release your soul from your body . It would require a lot of ... effort , because you're soul and body would just be stuck with each other , so it's better if you choose to use a new kind of force since there is hardly any way you can even separate your body and soul permanently "
Lily thinks of Immortal's plan that he had brought several people together already ' Using the Keymaker as a front is already gathering up a lot of people together to help the plan . I could stop it , but if I do , they will lower their targets to family . I should be glad their attempt against Solaris failed spectacularly and if they do succeed in this , I could keep the family away from danger for a while '
" hey are you listening " " Sorry what was it ? " " Well I was thinking of this new force you were going to have to make because you can't separate the necessary catalyst for either Life or death , so you are better of fusing them both together or if you hate yourself separate them but create completely different abstract entities "
" That's an interesting concept " " Yeah it would , but then I remembered that the possessors that you have are also stuck inside you and if you didn't handle this correctly , you might exclude them and get all that effort destroyed , so figure that part out , will you "
Lily recalls the research Sermin was doing " I will " ' Is she going to do it ? ' Lily starts reading up Sermin's research ' It looks like Sermin's progress is great he's even enhanced the possessors I gave him ... maybe it's high time I take them back '
" Hello Sermin " " Commander !? Is there anything you need from me ? " " Yes , I'm wondering how well the research you have been doing on abstract beings is going ? " " It's going well , I've been able to create a lot of useful weapons you can use "
" Was that the goal of your research ? " " Didn't you read the files I sent you ? " " Can you summarise ? " " Oh okay , I was able to put a control panel on these weapons I've made . They all originate from that artifact you gave me , I was able to improve it but at one point I didn't have any more materials with me so I had to reuse the ones I am working it which allowed for the weapons to have many different forms "
" Would you like to see it ? " " Yeah sure , is it possible for me to absorb them " " Ehh , why is that ? " Sermin was surprised that Lily planned to merge herself with it " Oh you know I have so many spouses and they are very strong so I " Lily said slowly to hint at Sermin .
" Oh I understand Commander do not worry since the artifact you lent me can be controlled with a soul you can merge yourself with it " " Then I'll see you then " ' Looks like I'll be solving that problem about the possessors , Now I just need to read up on the research ' " Can you get it ready in two weeks ? "
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" Nice touch " Lily said while staying inside the massive research facility that Sermin was using ' Can't believe there was so much development in this area , I should really be paying some attention to them '
" You've done a lot for a year and so " " Oh it's only because Scyan put me in priority " ' Of course he did , he's probably more curious about that than the rest , he doesn't care about innovation but discovery '
" But you did make them portable right ? " " Yep and there is no way anyone would be able to steal it . If they did , they would need to have a really really big grudge against you " ' That's perfect then '
As Sermin chatters away with how much he has progressed ' Good ' " You got the whole media watching it right ? " " Yeah " ' Commander must really want to keep her spouses if she is going to this much trouble ' Sermin finally leads Lily to the location where the artifact she had lent him was all the same , except it had plenty of modifications added to it .
Lily looks at it , surprised to see how much it has grown and the modifications that made its chaotic nature much more harmonious . The light of different aspects weaves around and she reaches out to it . As soon as she grabbed it , the artifact merged back with her
She gets a quick feel on the powers but was disappointed that Immortal didn't take this chance now that she was around ' Not sure what scared him the media or that he thinks I know his plan ' she thinks of checking but didn't want to waste something that she could use to harm Immortal when he gets dangerously close .
' I don't sense him nearby so I'm guessing his either still building it or he's still planning more ' Lily summons shards from the mirrors and watches it reflect light around " You did a really good job Sermin " Sermin smiled with joy .
" You can keep up with this work , also I have another research for you " Lily condenses her cells and forms then into a vial " Look this , I found this in the Labyrinth when I went in it doesn't look like it's part of it "
Sermin was curious on what it is " Okay I'll take it to get a quick study " Lily waited at the lobby and Sermin came " Uhm commander I would like to say that I am very surprised with the material you gave me "
" how so ? " " Well I found that it is very attached to its spiritual parts and it has a lot of different chemical structures and moreover there's even a lot of genetic data "
" Oh great you have dug very deep keep on digging I'll be sending the rest of the samples with you and I'll be sending Scyan to help you " Lily takes her leave and wonders if she should stay while Sermin was thinking of the cultural background of how she was talking ' Maybe the translator is broken '
Lily checks on her family through Argus and wonders how Immortal was gathering as many people to be against the Labyrinth and her ' I'm surprised that Keyly reported that back to me . Maybe it's because she's really confused and no longer has the world in her mind '
She plays around with her new power and sighed ' So much power and the mind is always the most mysterious thing . Should I check on her ? ‘8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yumdi53wU
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