' Birch is having a field day with the project I assigned to him ' Lily was receiving plenty of calls even while having lunch from the great fire " Calm down , He's not a bad guy , he's just a little coocoo , you don't have to worry about him hurting the fire forms I already forced him not to be able to harm them " Lily said giving as much assurance to the great fire as she can .
' Is this how those housewives act during the old times ? ' Lily starts jogging again and gets a call from Emma again ' What a bother ' she stops and answers the voice call " What is it , Descender ? " Lily asked with a very irritated voice .
" I want to apologize you were supposed to go to the banquet today but it seems I have forgotten to mention about the date , it was supposed to be for today so they had to delay it I've sent an apology letter and they decided to delay it for four days "
" Good that's plenty of time for me to prepare " Emma was not expecting Lily to say such a thing and brush the delay so easily ' Is it because she doesn't know much about the descenders yet ? ' " Wait commander I think you still don't know how important this delay of your welcoming banquet is "
Lily sighed " I don't care Emma " Emma was caught off guard by Lily's use of her name " If the descenders think they could force me to leave my base unguarded remaining ignorant of my circumstance , they deserve my lack of presence " Lily said with a hint of anger .
Emma couldn't argue because she was also ignorant " I will go up when I can go up not when they want to you tell them exactly that " " But that would be rude " " I'll do it myself " Lily said and Emma turned to see Lily appear by the station .
" Wait commander " Emma bumped into a barrier and Lily finished the letter despite the protest " Good that should give them a piece of my mind " Emma was distraught to hear that " Commander you'll anger them "
" Hmph they can go ahead , they don't know what I'm dealing with down here " " So until when will you be available ? " Emma said until Lily said " Until I've eliminated the Eclipse tower " the thing that snapped in Emma wasn't her patience but her reason .
She doesn't understand Lily at all , a person like her who is so motivated towards a goal and Lily who hides her true face , one who can see the flaws more clearly .
Ava waved her hand in front of Emma " We lost her " she said " Dang Commander you should chill " Lily turned to him with a disgusted face which froze Brock " Uhm I'm sorry I was being impulsive " Brock quickly apologized and Lily took the door back to her dome .
" Sheesh ignorant brats " " Hey Valley you should stay calm okay it might be bad because your soul is affecting the surrounding area " Lily took a deep breathe to calm down " Back to exercising "
Lily starts jogging again ' Won't it be a problem if she destroys another candidate ? " Death asked ' It won't be if she has good reasons to " Life told Death ' True although how is she going to prove it ? "
' Her plan involves you revealing your power to use necromancy , although she could make some changes to it " Life said ' So she wants to kill that gate ? Even if I can control corpses it's only the ones I'm familiar with no way will I be able to control something like a golem that was operated by a soul "
Life understands it ' Which is why she has Birch researching on it " Life said ' Yeah but it's not gonna be related to necromancy if the target wasn't alive " while the two were discussing about Lily's plan Lily was thinking about the world inside her .
' My body being big inside could make sense considering it's supposed to weight a lot more than it looks . Maybe it's big because some of the powers I couldn't access has been functioning to keep my body intact . It answers a lot of questions like how I'm somehow lighter than the mass I have and why there's that feeling which is supposed to be hunger '
While Lily was thinking about her body Death discussed with Life about other things ' You know that brainwashing content should come from the same place not sure what factory and even though some of them have different variations " Death said .
' That is true I have seen some memories that don't belong to the officials that bought the brainwashing opportunity " Life said ' Should we mention this to Valley ? " ' No need , she still has problem to fix first . Forcing her to have too many can be bad for her more important ones "
Lily takes a break drinking some elixir that Life made for her " Ahh hmm it taste really good and it even stops my body from starving " " Hey Valley you should tell us what you saw in that dreamland ? " Death said .
" It was crazy , plants were everywhere , many of them looked too unfamiliar to what I know ... but they do have features that I'm familiar with , although I am curious if there is any animal life inside my body "
" You could try checking " Death said and Lily wondered if Rate would be available for it " I'll check " Lily arrived at Rate's bedroom again with her head on Rate's lap and they both fell asleep entering the dreamland of Lily's body .
" I can't believe this place is my body " Rate thought about what Lily said and asked " How does Life know that it's your body ? " " Kinda complicated , although since we're both here how about we count it as a date " Rate blushed hearing it .
" But I'm sure this is not the kind of park you should be walking for on a date " Rate couldn't believe how much flirting Lily was doing to him ' It's just the brainwashing it's just the brainwashing ' Rate thought to compose himself and Lily took his hand and walk through the forest .
Their bodies passed by the plants like they were ghost " My body sure is amazing I thought it would be all murky , but it's pretty colorful " Rate follows Lily , grasping her hand tightly for safety and looking around for any potential danger .
" So what is Dreamland supposed to be like ? " " It's supposed to be a healing place where you try to deal with your emotions " " Interesting what if I don't have any emotional suffering ? " " I could it into a place to relax " Rate said .
" but you need to use elements to create the dreamland ? " " Yeah " they continue walking while talking about the plants " So how does one deal with those emotions ? "
" I'm not sure , mother always says that emotions are hard to understand . destroying it doesn't fix the root cause , but it does give some time for them to heal and get rid of it "
Rate sensed something coming and clung close to Lily " Hey something is coming " Lily looked at the bushes and out came a child that looked similar to her " Oh brother " Rate was surprised to see Lily's brother .
" It's been a long time since you went missing that day , I wonder where you are ? " Rate looks at Lily communicating with her brother so calmly associating it with the labyrinth " Did something happen to him ? " " He went missing when we were young , part of me thinks he's out there as hope "
The image of her brother fades " But until then I'm here trying to survive " Rate gets more curious about Lily's relationship with her brother since he never heard of it through Life " Is it okay to talk about your brother ? "
" There isn't much to talk about " Rate figures Lily's brother's situation must be very personal and continued " So this dreamland is composed of my consciousness and my physical elements right ? " " Yes however this place is incredibly big "
Rate suddenly gets an idea about how to fix the fake emotions ' Couldn't I search for the fake emotions through the dreamland ? ' while thinking about it Lily continued to admire the landscape .
" Hmm how about we visit your dreamland ? " " Ehh ? " Rate was surprised to hear the suggestion " I think it's better to not " Lily smirked " Why ? You have something embarrassing ? " " N-no " Rate said " Aiy don't worry I'm not going to peek through it , I don't put cameras in your bathroom to watch you "
Rate blushed more upon hearing it " Ehh you didn't put anything in my room to watch me right ? " " Of course not " ' I put things to listen though ' " But I would like to see you more often " Lily said and Rate wondered where the fake emotions were .
They continued walking through the Dreamland , Lily was searching for clues about her body while Rate looked for the fake emotions but was unfamiliar with it " this place is amazing " " yeah it is " Rate said tired from looking for any hints of fake emotions .
" I would like to figure out how to replicate this thing I feel like I could make use of this , but it might not be good for you to help " Lily said " No I can do it although is it okay for me to take you to your dreamland "
Lily looked at him and smiled " Aww that's cute , you can just say you want to spend some more time with me " Rate blushed again " I'll try to make some time for our dates however the problem is we can't do it so often I need to exercise a lot to strengthen my body and for the ecosystem "
Rate was curious about what she meant " The exercise cost me a lot because of food so I started taking some elixirs from the descender's sponsor " ' Wait isn't that the thing that could brainwash you ? "
" So are you ready to wake up now ? " ' I have to ask mother about this ' " Hmm sure don't want to take all of your time " Rate slowly releases the spell as the dreamland fades into darkness and they wake up again .
" I'll see you in a few days don't overwork yourself alright ? " Rate nodded and once Lily left the room he ran to his mother ' Valley , he has the idea of using the dreamland to get rid of your implanted thoughts " Life said .
' For real ? But he might get overwhelmed if he can't find any , telling him I wasn't brainwashed could risk an information leak " ' Then all we have to do is replicate it , however they may weaken your soul like that suppressor that the labyrinth gave you " Life said and Lily thought about the suppressor .
' We can do it , Birch should be helpful in it " ' I'm not cooperating with him " Death said already aware of how Birch would react to an entity like Death ' You , don't have to do it . creating fake thoughts involves the development of emotions . It falls under my power more than yours "
' Oh , I thought that you think souls are related to the dead that you'd call me . " ' In culture yes , but in this creating fake thoughts for Rate to find and extinguish is not something you can do " Life told Death .
' But how can you fake it enough to the real thing ? " Lily asked ' I will simply collect the brainwashing contents from your body " Life said and Lily thought of swallowing Life's half part of the pendant .
' You don't have to do that , I can explore your body and retrieve the contents myself I just need time , especially with a body as big as yours . the ones for the elixir should be easy but the ones for the fake thoughts for Rate's are much deeper " Lily walks into an elevator .
" I'm sure there's a lot of time " " There will be " Life said and she entered Lily's body to start retrieving the contents of the brainwashing " In the meantime dinner should be coming so I'll check on Terra "
Lily closes her eyes and finds the energy plant ' It's moving at a fast speed looks like Terra is working overtime ' " You have a call from Birch " Lily cancels her clairvoyance and answers it " Are you done ? "
" Yeah I got exactly what you wanted , I did it much faster than the deadline so can you give me some extra credit ? " ' I didn't think he would do it that fast , normally there shouldn't be credit but since he got my kid out earlier I guess I should '
" Sure you did let my kid out much early " Birch connected the dots quickly and was suddenly disappointed " I'll take the magic tree out " " Hold on I'll head over " Lily appeared by the great fire and the magic tree quickly called her .
" Papa " " Hello little one " ' I should name her , what kind of name would be good for a tree anyways ? ' Birch was sad to learn that he wasn't allowed to research the magic tree . Lily opened a door to allow the tree to be planted outside " Aurora how about Aurora "
Lily walked to Aurora and ensured she was properly planted " How's the view ? " " Where's mama ? " " She'll be inside for a while " ' If Aurora has been staying inside with the great fire she might want to see the great fire '
Birch teleported to Lily's side " Hey Birch can you create a giant moon above the crater " " Yeah but give me some of the mirrors " " Take it " Birch picked up a rock , cracked it to turn it into a sphere and started gathering the mirror possessors from Lily .
He enchanted the rock and sealed the mirror possessors while exploiting their ability . He flicked it over the crater and it shined bright like the moon " Huh never noticed there wasn't any moon in this world "
Lily looked at Aurora " Are you okay kid ? " " What about Mama ? " " Mama wants you to see the world " Aurora's leaves pointed upwards and looked at the stars " Wow it's so beautiful " " Isn't it ? " Lily patted Aurora's trunk .
" Now dad's going to be busy but I promise to visit " Lily returned to the glass dome while Birch was looking at Aurora ' This tree has so much magic potential , I want to see what else it could do and that giant ring that she made is useful in harnessing that sun's power although I'm sure there's more to it than their current strength '
Birch was heavily watching Aurora and her leaves turned to him " Who are you ? " ' Oh this translation technology is amazing , but this tree is even more ' " I'm Birch would you like to ask me for anything "
' If she asked me anything she won't complain about what I do ' Birch thought " Oh uhm do you know Papa ? " " Yes I am her employee so whatever you want I can also do , do you want to see her I can shrink your size or turn you into something that can be easier to move "
' If she's young I'll have to give her choices instead of letting her think of one ' " What will I turn into ? " " Something like this " Birch showed the image of a wooden staff that looks like a tree " Your papa can carry you around if you are like this "
' I could also investigate the properties of her body to be able to absorb knowledge a natural being like her being able to use magic like this is a catch for me ' " Okay turn me like that small stick " Aurora said and Birch starts enchanting her .
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The next day Lily watches Beryl eating " You like the food ? " " Yeah it's so tasty " ' strangely, he knows so many words already he's even forming sentences ' Lily wonders if that was how fast children should be learning and then she hears .
" Papa " Aurora yelled and Lily wondered ' She's here but how ? ' a staff flew to Lily " Papa hold me " Lily held Aurora in her two hands surprised by how she was like this " Yay Papa " Beryl looked at them wondering what they were doing and hears Aurora's happy voice " Papa what are you doing ? "
Beryl asked " Oh uhm this is your half-sister Aurora and Aurora this big dragon is your half-brother Beryl " Lily showed the branch " Sister so small " " But Papa can carry me " Aurora said joyfully and Beryl got curious .
" Can I be small ? " ' Birch might be useful in this but Beryl is a very big dragon , might take a while ' " Sure I'll tell someone to make you small but it will take a while since you are so big " " Okay " Lily pats the scales beside Beryl's eyes " Wanna go see mama ? " " Yeah "
Lily smiles and takes a door while sending Birch a request to shrink Beryl shrink " Mama look I'm small " Aurora said with joy " I thought I told you to let her out "
" Yeah I will let her out to see the world but you should at least come outside once in a while , your food is coming so you can start showing your light out although I should tell you that there might be a problem coming "
" It's not something you can't handle right ? " " I can handle the problem before it can even start although I might take a while to fully take care of it " Lily carried Aurora " I'll even make sure our children are much stronger "
' Birch would be interested in the improvement of the fireforms and Aurora's nature as a magic tree that can absorb knowledge ' Lily placed another request to Birch to teach Aurora and investigate ways for the fireform to harness their power .
" What do you mean by that ? " " the cold person that replaced the rings is gonna teach Aurora he's the most suitable kind of person because she needs to learn . And for the other children , I can have him teach them more "
" Just tell them not to cause my children to grow too big it won't be good for me to be feeding them " ' Like breastfeeding ? ' " Don't worry there will be other sources of food that I can get for them but it seems like the primary source of food is you right ? "
" Yes " " Then you can fly to the sky and let them bask in your light " " Is that possible ? " " It's extremely , and you don't have to worry about getting too hot . I'll make sure to have Birch watch over the rings around you so that you can still see other things although would you have any request ? "
The great fire contemplated Lily's offer " No I don't for my children but what about us ? " Lily opens a door " Aurora mom and dad are going to talk about parents stuff " Aurora floated through the door .
" You already know how marriage works and this red string is supposed to be an aftereffect of the debt chains I made this guy cast " Lily pointed at Death's half of the pendant .
" It's supposed to represent a kind of relationship between us it forms because I furnished your home and took care of your children while making sure you are very entertained "
" I'm not asking about that I'm asking about the relationship , I've watched all of those cold persons shows in this TV and I can tell that much but you seem so generous in providing me and my children "
" Obviously I have to take responsibility , at first we were allies then it grew to family and now that I have a child with you doesn't it make sense for me to take care of you ? " Lily said with a smile causing the great fire to sigh .
" It is fine like this since you have made my children happier and even the one you made with me " " So got any questions ? " " No I'll try going to the sky with these rings you gave me " " Have fun dear spouse "
Lily leaves and the great fire surfaced from the volcano shining their sunlight through the land ' Woah that's crazy ' Brock looked at the bright sun that easily outshines the one that revolves around the world .
" That is the great will the protects the purified land " Emma said " I don't know why the commander would let that happen " Emma said ' She's still too stressed from that message the commander made ' Ava thought .
" We should get to fighting more of the Labyrinth " Ava told Emma to give her something to work on as a distraction " Yeah that is true , we should go even further away from the frontline " they took their spacecraft and flew very far and spotted a land at the distance .
" What's that ? " Ava asked " It looks like a giant factory " Lily watched the descenders approach the energy plant and figured this was a good opportunity to give the descenders a piece of her mind .
' I should be able to contact the manager ' a phone rang and the manager picks it up " Hello Lou how is the energy plant ? " " It has been doing well Boss , our employees are managing very well with the new world although they are worried about the other things like the lab "
" Don't worry about the Lab I already have some residents over they're just waiting for Terra to move it here but as of now she is still there " ' Regarding the resources at the lab there isn't any need to hurry with the lab but bringing it close is good '
" The status of our reactors are in great conditions however we had to leak some information about you boss " " I know so where is that envoy that insisted on following you ? " " We have them under basic housings however the employees are skeptical about them " Lous answered .
" That's fine , but what about Terra ? Is she doing well ? " " She is , we also found the updates of this new world and what you have been doing " " There will be some descenders heading over make sure to introduce yourself as my subordinate and make sure to house them "
' It's too bad I can't kill them because of their traits but at least I can incapacitate them ' " and make sure to let the descenders are close to the envoy " Lou received some pictures of the descenders .
Emma found Lou who introduced himself " So this is the commander's other territory ? " " Yes , I've already asked her what to do and she says you can rest beside the envoy from this other candidate "
' another candidate ' " What's the name of the other candidate ? " Emma asked Lou " It should be the eclipse tower , we had to leak information about our boss to give them reason to spare us , although they are kind enough to give us some gifts that should be given to her "
' That's the candidate she wants to eliminate but why ? ' Lily watched through Clairvoyance satisfied to see Emma's curiosity spike as soon as Lou mentioned it ' Maybe she made him mention that so that she can show me some proof '
Emma decided to go with the arrangement that Lily set up and followed Lou who sent some employees to prepare the room and moved the quarters to better suit the descenders " Hello Neighbor "
Ava said seeing the artificial soldier the eclipse tower made " Wow you got nice horns and ears too " Ava continued to compliment the envoy and Emma was sitting by her and Ava's shared bedroom which was also beside the Envoy's room .
' The walls are thin it's strange even the walls at the commander's farm were thick , did she make them stay like this on purpose ? ' Ava returned to the room " I got rejected again " she said and dropped herself on the bed .
" Ahh great gate " Emma heard the envoy's voice through the wall " You are getting close to her base , how are you faring ? "
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