" Hey madman , the majesty gave you some more knowledge you better stay put " Birch looked at the brand new books that was found wondering what it was ' Hmm this is a foreign book , the words are not handwritten did something happen ? '
Birch looked at Edore leaving ' Meh , it's no use for me to figure that out I just gotta read it ' Birch smiled and started reading the book , wondering what the contents are ' as Birch reads , he detected something strange .
' This book is full of jargons , but that's very exciting isn't it . it means out there is another civilization that has a different kind of language , maybe more advance or just different ' Birch reads the book very fast , grabbing the next one .
' What's more interesting is the specimen , it should be the same from the first one ' he thought midway through his reading ' Who is this interesting specimen to contain so much power ' he grabbed the next book .
' When did the possessors obtain this information ? ... is it related to the new possessor ? ' he kept reading overnight while Edore supplied his hunger for the knowledge ' This is much more different from the boring knowledge they gave me '
Birch shut the book , taking a break to digest the knowledge ' It's like they stumbled into another world , I've been getting similar books filled with the similar amounts of jargon too , but this one had much better translation than them '
He smiled and wanted to free himself but stopped ' No there's still more knowledge they haven't handed to me yet , like how do these possessors live , that'll take a while , but what's that compared to my long life ? '
Birch remained inside his prison while Lily was spreading her blood using the ruler's soul to do what she likes " You should worry about the implications of revealing that you could disguise yourself as a possessed " Death said while Lily was spilling her blood on the water source .
" Oh you don't have to worry , I have a solution , which is wiping out everyone's memories . And then fabricate the evidences " " Wait through the debt chain ? "
" yeah , I was intending to lie my way through , but now I have to fabricate a whole story just to finish it . So how much information do the Descenders have about this society ? "
Death recalls the information " Pretty little , it seems limited to only the unique trait of the possessors but nothing about anything else " " Similar to me , they're smart to not like that much guess I could leave out the ability to control a soul , I could say I use a clone but then that makes the clone I made for you suspicious "
She thinks of a plausible fake story to make ' I already said I was going to attack this place , Rate is already aware of life and death so it's only time until they recognize the existence of you two , they might later ask about Death because of that service they have '
" I'll have to think hard about this , at one point the descenders will meet Rate or a mythical beast and question about you two , so let's go with this story "
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Lily Valley uses her child Beryl to fly to the possessor kingdom out of anger that her territory was seized . Through a complicated process she managed to take down the ruler and trick Edore into giving him the
" Waitwaitwaitwait , There's some inconsistency here . I schemed a lot to learn about valuable information about the society , so we have to keep that in " " True , we'll say you have the power to trap the dead stunning them and making them act on behalf of you "
" Oh perfect that's great , we solve it with necromancy " Death said " Okay so continuing "
The ruler was tricked into possessing Lily's body , trapping them allowing Lily to assume the identity of the ruler and going around dripping her blood " Wait are you sure about revealing your body's ability ? "
" We'll just say it's the benefit of being possessed " " But how do you attract the ruler's attention with potential development ? " " I have potions " " So no more dropping blood out ? " Death asked .
... " Okay let's keep the blood , Let's say I have an enhanced body before I was possessed and it got better because I am now possessed , so they at least don't think my body's got more mass than they think "
" I can go with that " Death said . So , with the ignorant Edore answering to the fake ruler's orders , who learned through Necromancy about the mad genius , Birch who learns about the unique structure and source of power from the residents and later , after some events , he allies himself with Lily . the end
" So at this part you're trying to downgrade Birch's capability ? " " I could just say that Birch was a mad genius who would destroy the kingdom together with them to make him seem weaker"
" But he could do more " Death said " And so can I , but I plan to hide my strength and so will I hide Birch's so I found a way to replicate the Labyrinth's suppressor , it'll weaken him as a great will and disguise both of us perfectly "
" You think you're gonna convince Birch ? " " Yeah , the madman is like the maniac I have at home , they're both curious , one has power while the other doesn't . They'll both hurt themselves to get blood and they'll keep reading a book without stopping . "
Lily leaves the water supply and Edore runs to her " Your majesty I've come to acquire the rest of the knowledge " " Oh he's finished already , I was expecting him to finish it even faster " Lily opens her palm and a trapdoor opens dropping stacks of books which she caught with telekinesis and handed the stacks to Edore .
" Just like before , make sure to give him this knowledge " " Yes your majesty " Edore leaves while Life could see her intention ' Is this another insurance ? " she asked .
' Yeah , if a number of the high-ranking possessors are aware of the presence of the mad genius , they will slowly spread the rumor the descenders might catch it later "
Lily walked around and sensed her blood through her soul ' It's spread pretty far let's go back to the mansion and lock the office door let's just say we were busy inside "
Lily goes to the office doing those and prepared a spell to conceal anything that should occur within the room and reached the water infrastructure .
' Alright Death do your thing " the pendant touches the water and drawings start to form , they stuck around the pipes as they spread throughout the city's pipe system . Lily watched the drawings glow and fade into hiding .
' This is probably happening all over the city , Birch shouldn't notice this but even if he does , he'll just think someone is going to free him and try to protect whatever supply of knowledge he has '
Birch was indeed sensing it and came to the same conclusion as Lily " Okay that's done " Death said " So now I wait right ? " " Yeah it's gonna take a while so you may as well take the time to leave some insurance "
Lily thinks of what could the insurance be and decided to walk to the station ' what are you doing ? " Death asked ' Making use of the points they have " she enters the password Death gave her and purchased a bunch of knowledge and stores it away quickly .
She returned to the room , removing the seal and went to bed ' Another day has passed . I'm grateful it wasn't as eventful as before ' the next day Lily wakes up .
" Any updates on Edore ? " " They came last night to leave some updates but didn't disturb you . Also some high-ranking Possessors are waiting for you to wake up "
" what happened ? " " They are questioning your actions as ruler " Lily wondered how it was possible " Why is that ? " " You increased the amount of knowledge given to Birch and his curiosity is increasing , they think you had found a way to control him ? "
Lily looked at the debt chain and recalling her experiences of some practical methods of guessing a person's thoughts " So they have divination magic with them ? "
" Yes a nightmare which controls an unpossessed through their dreams have that sort of thing , they know you have a method but can't ascertain whether it could work or not "
' The mad genius is supposed to be a danger to the Possessors , they might not risk it because they have a long life ' " Then I can just tell them that I can fully control Birch " " Is that your solution ? " Death asked .
" Why not ? As long as they know that I can control Birch , they won't be afraid of my actions and trust me more " " But won't demonstration be hard , even if you used it on others , they will try to distance themselves from you ? "
" They should , but as long as they know that they are already at the state where I can control them and that I have yet to ask them about it . They'll have no choice but to trust me or try to resist control and get ratted out "
" And I thought I was good at scheming " Lily smiled " You've got ways to go for someone with the collective memories of the dead " she gathered the high-ranking possessors and revealed the debt chains .
" As you can all see , I can control you any way I like " Lily demonstrated the debt chains' ability " I can do the same to Birch , I have been feeding him with knowledge after knowledge , as such , I was able to chain him to one "
She pointed at a chain which extended to the tower that Birch stays in " see that ? I know some of you can tell it's no illusion , as such the case of risking the mad genius destroying us is closed "
Everyone had suspicion , but the overall suspicion became much lower due to the demonstration of the body's ability . Lily followed the schedule , waiting for Birch to be safe enough to get close to so she could use Death's spell .
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After Lily left Rate was helping the mythical beast get used to the advanced technology " This is just like what the descenders have to think she has this level of technology " Melda said " Mom , if you have questions like "how this work" you can talk to that thing on your tail "
Melda moved her tail to her line of sight " So this little gimmick here is a servant ? " " Try not to lose it " Rate said " I won't " Rate walked out of the room to take a break and see the descenders " Oh hello you look new here "
Emma looks at Rate , understanding the language he spoke " How do you know about that language ? " " It's my home , can you hear it ? " " Of course I can I heard the previous frontline was destroyed "
" Oh yeah , uh I'm a survivor " " Wow this survivor looks cute " Ava said , reaching to touch Rate's face " Emma stop it , he is a citizen of the frontline show some respect " Emma said " How did he end up here then ? " Brock asked .
Rate was worried about knew the kind of device he used was illegal " Uhm she said she took a liking to me " " Who wouldn't with a cute face like yours " " Ava stop it already " Emma said , pushing her away and Rate looked at the descenders .
" So you guys must be descenders right ? " " Yeah why do you ask ? " Rate shook his head " Just curious , I lived for a long time but I was never so close to a descender before "
Emma looks at Rate and asked " Since you met the commander can you tell me more " " let me join " Brock said , stopping Ava from contributing more to Rate's discomfort .
" No you two stay here " they go to Rate's bedroom and Emma started " You must've used that kind of pod right ? The one that has some brainwashing gas ? " Rate was caught off guard to see that Emma had guessed correctly and gave it away with his reaction .
" Yeah " " it's okay , I understand the danger of the labyrinth . You must be a non-fighter then ? " Rate nodded " Can you please not tell her ? " " No I have to , a brainwashed commander isn't good for us " Emma turned to the door and Rate quickly said " Wait , it could be bad , if you tell the truth "
Emma was going to ignore it , but considered the nature and personality of Rate as a mythical beast " Elaborate " " She said that she's a dangerous person , she called herself death and she has two beings that she calls life and death " " Abstract entities ? "
" Yes , that's why I couldn't say anything to her " ' It will be dangerous if she realises that her feelings towards him has been false '
" In the end , you'll have to wait it out , be patient with getting rid of the fake feelings by replacing it with real ones . And as far as I'm aware , there are some good stories about the implanting of fake feelings , if you can replace it slowly with real feelings . It won't be bad if you manage to do that , we need the commander at her optimal mental state "
Rate nodded , realizing the mistake that led to this ' I'll try my best with that at least ' Rate thinks of ways to sympathize with Lily , thinking about what Life had described her as " Uhm Argus can I meet with Lily when she comes back ? "
" Yes it is possible , what would you like to prepare ? " " Uhm , I just thought I could see her , she's always so busy . So , I was wondering if there was a way I could thank her " three dots formed and Argus answered " Is it possible for you to give any unique abilities that you have that can help her ? "
Rate thinks of any of his abilities but found that none could help " I don't know ? " " would you allow me to analyze the book you had at your pod ? " " oh uhm sure " " Submit it over here "
Rate handed the book , which Argus analyze " There are a few suggestion , however the required degree is very high " Argus produced some data for Rate " If you can achieve these standards , you can provide help to the mistress "
Rate looks at the standards , surprised by the requirement ' This is a lot , but I have to do it ' " We can provide with help , the virtual technology can give you plenty of time as well as other resources like our database , which contains many fields of study "
He wondered if Argus providing him service was Lily's way of giving Rate anything he wanted by letting him access any of her resources ' I'll have to take it at least this way , I can get rid of the fake emotions '
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Emma thinks about the abstract entities that Lily has " Uhm Argus can I ask about he abstract entities that the commander has ? " " You are not qualified to learn this information " ' I could get more information about it by asking Rate , but the problem is whether he knows more and is refusing to tell me '
" What did you talk with he cute guy ? " Ava asked " She didn't harass him for sure " " He told me about how he got here and how Ava was right about him being cute " Emma lied " I know if that girl couldn't appreciate a cute guy like him , I wouldn't be good friends with her "
" She wouldn't like you at all because you act like you're privileged " Brock said " Hey you wanted to ride on her kid " " Hey don't make it sound weird " " You're the one with a perverted mind that made it sound weird "
" Guys be quiet we are not at our own house or a public area " " Fine " the two said ' Thinking back she had rode with Beryl to take her to the other candidate , because she wanted to destroy them but how is a girl like her going to do that is she overconfident with her abilities ? '
Emma was well aware of how many candidates easily fall because they let their overconfidence cloud their judgment ' The great will that purifies this land is that great sun , any surveillance we found was her monopoly over the land , the savior which is supposed to be the rebel immortal appeared here and during a riot at the first candidate loss . '
For Emma there was no real use of observing the arrangement of the rebel group since she was too focused on the Labyrinth destroying it ' But this rebel group is really a hindrance but whoever was helping the dragon must be a venturing traveler who was their circumstance to not reveal their name '
Meanwhile the supposed traveler that saved it " So about the descenders won't they eventually realize that you were the one who looked ? " Death asked .
" No way , they don't have any evidence that I was the one who did it . Moreover , I gave all of my residents the investments , so I just have to fabricate the evidence of my clairvoyant to make it seem like they weren't capable of it "
" But it's still amazing how you have that kind of resident " " Yeah they're one of the successful and compatible ones " " Wait , but I thought you said that they had it ? " " Oh they did , just much earlier "
" I'm still glad you didn't get suspected off " " Why is that ? " Lily asked " I learned from Life that there are some abstract entities project up there , while they can create them if they set their eyes on abstract entities like us , it could be dangerous for us "
Lily thinks about the deaths that were taken out and figures one thing " Then we'll have to go up and what better way to do so by returning home with some great loot " Lily stood up and walked to the door " You wanna do this now ? "
" Chain is thick enough , let's get to Birch " Lily walks out of the mansion " Why the hurry ? " " Life if my assumptions are correct , we could be invited as commanders to the descenders' land right ? "
" Yes " Life said " Good " the unpossessed were wondering why Lily was talking to herself and she pushed the entrance gates opened , walking along the cement pavement " Why did you just guess that out of the blue ? "
" I've been receiving some of the history of the descenders since yesterday " " Really ? " Death asked " I've been telling her about it , it was very long because even the individual descenders are relatively long lived " Life said .
" I only asked for the important details , so it was fast . I'll have to buy that book about the descenders history first or I could get it through much more reliable sources " Lily kicked open the gates and walked through the streets .
" What do you plan to do up there then ? " " I'm going to do something very drastic " " Wait what is it ? " Death said with worry " Life ? " " She told me not to say anything " ' Come on you have to tell me she can't hear us this way "
Death heard what Lily planned through it and was surprised but before he could say anything " I'll throw the pendant out " " You got it " Lily reached the tower and pushed the gate open " Hello Birch you got my message right ? "
Birch looked away from his book " Oh you must be the weird girl I was reading about " " Strange for you to call me that , Here's the deal , You love knowledge and I need a person like you . " " So you want to employ me ? But I'm overqualified "
Birch turned his attention back to the book , but Lily used the debt chain to give him her terms " That is true a mad genius like you could easily destroy this entire kingdom , but even a child who grew up in the slum and gained power will always look back at their origins "
" I've heard the royal family tell me the same thing " Birch put the book away and continued reading " Then I still have to give the offer , how would you like to learn about the descenders ? " Death stayed quiet , not wanting to be offered up to Birch .
" They're were those guys in the recent new books that I read , you know about them ? " Lily smiled knowing that she had his attention " Yes , but my terms aren't limited to giving you an unfulfilled promise , I still have many other knowledge you haven't learned yet "
Lily watched Birch cast a spell to perceive whether she was lying " Keeping talking " " I will give you more knowledge to consume , you don't have to stretch out the time reading whatever book the ruler gave you everyday "
" It looks like you can keep that promise , so what was it that you want me to do ? " " We'll talk about that later right now I need a spell that can bind all the possessors to my body " " Why would you need that ? Your body seems strong enough "
" You see , if you are too strong , you don't get to visit the descenders , I've made plenty of arrangements for myself and I've prepared the same for you . By now the possessors should have much lower expectations on you so you can follow me up to their land and find these treasure troves of knowledge , you in ? "
Birch looked at Lily to confirm her credibility " Yeah and for that spell you want " Birch reached out to the piles of books and some dust particles gathered to his hands . Lily wanted to see what was so special and used her clairvoyance to watch a complex spell being arranged among the dust particles .
' As expected of a mad genius ' Birch gave Lily the spell " I've made that years ago and it should compliment that spell you had around the city " " Thanks a lot Birch " " So where is the knowledge you planned to give me "
A trapdoor opens dropping a tablet " Here you go should be a lot for you ? " " Ohh new technology " Lily takes the spell " So how do you use this ? " " There's a button over there " Lily pressed it and the entire city's infrastructure lit up .
The possessors watched drawings appear and many encircled their bodies ' What's happening ? ' the possessors felt being pulled out of their bodies as chains appeared on their true bodies facing the tower .
" Your majesty what is this ? " Edore asked and Lily turned to them with a smile " You have been useful ignorant Edore "
They all turned to dust and converged into the tower , flashing a light and causing everyone to have memories of the fabricated story that Lily made " Let's head that mountain " Lily opens the door and Birch followed .
They sat by a cliff waiting for Beryl while Birch was busy reading ' That guy really is going to keep reading ? " Death asked ' no he sometimes takes breaks to digest the knowledge he has learned " Life said ' you can tell ? I thought someone like him should have plenty of high quality memories to consume "
' Can you explain what you mean by high quality ? " Lily asked ' Think of it as a soup , the more your life has events the more tasty it gets but the thing we don't want is that it becomes too tasty because it overloads our sensations but if I had taken the full assault of his memories my self would be in danger " Life replied .
' Do I have that kind of memory ? " ' Yes , your body's health condition constantly subjects you with pain which varies constantly " ' but it's a different kind of memories ? " Lily asked ' Yes , it is " the wind blew and Beryl landed " Papa " " hello Beryl and come on Birch "
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