" You can stop apologizing now " Rate said as he carried his sleeping daughter in his arms " Really ? " Lily asked " Yeah we forgave you for a while now , but we just couldn't bring ourselves to talk to you "
" Oh I see " Lily said with glee " Also have you been getting any sleep ? " " No I haven't , I was too stressed thinking about apologizing to you that I didn't sleep a wink , so I've been working for a while "
" We were kinda guilty that you were working and thought it was our fault " Rate apologized " Dear , you don't have to apologize . I was the one who took our relationships for granted . " Lily said as she admired their daughter .
" You're child is very cute " Mother said " I agree , it seems like they're healthy , although I think they need to bask in the sun " " I don't think I had much of a choice since my world barely has any sunlight "
" How about planting a few seeds of Plantae Stellaris ? " Solaris suggested " I'll get it but can I hold our daughter ? " Lily asked . Rate looked at her and smelled how much she had killed and how sleep-deprived she is .
" Maybe later , right now you're hands are very dirty and you look like you need some rest " Mother looked at Lily's hands " It looks pretty clean " Rate stared at Lily and she understood what he meant .
" Okay , I will go take a rest . See you soon dears ... also I plan to hold a banquet and I want to invite you , you can decide whether you want to go or not " Lily leaves and Argus gave them a briefing of what the Banquet will have according to the plannings .
Lily dove on her bed to rest ' I can't wait to carry our new daughter ' she had a very relaxed face and fell asleep soon . Four days later , she woke up yawning in the afternoon " That was the best sleep I've had now , what did they say about the banquet ? "
" They agree on the condition that their children not be bought and spend time with their other families " Argus told Lily " by the way what is our daughter's name ? " " Carrie " " Sounds cute , so where are they right now ? "
" They continued their talk with Labyrinth " " Continued ? " " They have been conversing with them for a while , a note : Solaris relates to their past experience and Mother too while Rate talks with how you dealt with them "
' Ugh another one of my embarrassing past , if I think about it . I was toxic to both of them during dating only changing myself after confirming our relationship ' " They have been informed of your awakening "
" Ugh , I'll have to face it then , so embarrassing " they join her in the bedroom " So about that banquet ... we're gonna go " Lily listens to their plans for the banquet attentively " But I don't really wanna socialize " Mother said .
" Don't worry about that , the banquet is supposed to be a celebration anyways " " But doesn't it also serve as a social event ? " " That's right , I had to make sure to establish myself so that we have some social standing " Lily said .
" Is that what you've been working on ? " Solaris asked and Lily nodded " Why did you do that ? " Rate asked " because if you are the spouse of a very accomplished figure , they are more likely to not bother with you "
" So if you hadn't done it and only celebrated about your promotion , people would look down on you ? " Solaris asked " Why would that be a problem ? I look down on a lot of things because I'm big " Mother said .
" I mean that people will try to take advantage of me or think I'm weak , the way they measure how much my status as a developer of the world's beyond by counting how many of these worlds I have developed , it's gonna be a much bigger banquet too compared tot he few I went "
' It'll be complicated to mention that some of them were distributors , this system they made backfired , although they created a hierarchy of starting as civilians , then promoted to either distributor or retiree . They made it so that not everyone was aware of each other '
" So , how should we act ? " Rate asked " You don't have to worry about that . I already made some necessary arrangements . You don't have to worry about the culture because there isn't any dominant one , but I will make sure to get you things that are needed "
Lily shows Rate a bunch of outfits and Mother and Solaris a few robot assistants that will be moving them " Since you're current bodies are small and you still find difficulty moving , I had some wheelchairs for you "
" Why do I need this ? " Mother asked " because it's the only way for people not to notice a height difference , you don't want to keep flapping your wings to stay afloat right ? " " She can have one , I can stay afloat by myself and I won't be eating anything "
" Some of the guests won't be doing it too " Lily said " There are fireballs like this one ? " Mother asked " No rather they just eat different or don't eat at all , I already worked very hard to accommodate most of the guests' food preference "
" But who is handling it ? " " Mostly Ryson , he said he wants to make an impression on the superiors and since he handles most of my supply deliveries so he gets a bite of the pie " " What pie " Mother asked " It's just a word I used to say that if I benefit he benefits too , which is why he's working very hard "
" So Ryson secured a status similar to yours or just slightly lower ? " " Kinda equal , he's gonna be clinging onto us because of his lower status in the banquet " Lily said " Won't he be a problem ? " Rate asked .
" Nope , he'll help you guys get used to the banquet quickly " " So what are you going to do ? " Solaris asked " I'll be talking with the others , we can enjoy the rest of the banquet later when we get the time for ourselves " Lily said .
" Oh that's good " Rate said " So , when is it going to happen ? " Mother asked " I've already told Argus to tell Ryson that we can start making it so probably in a week or maybe longer , it is a big banquet ... so where is my newborn baby " Lily asked .
" She's playing with Beryl and Aurora " mother said " Aww that's nice " Lily said " If you want to meet with Carrie you wait for tonight " Rate said " So for now , you'll have to eat lunch " Rate procured some food for Lily .
" Here we made it " Rate said " We ? " " I helped with cooking " Lily looked at Mother " She got the ingredients from a lot of places , it was based on a toxic cuisine and I thought it would be good for you " Rate said .
" Wow I just woke up and you already plan to assassinate me " Lily said sarcastically " This isn't gonna kill you dear " Rate said " I don't think what we made could kill you " Mother said .
" I can't believe you learned this " Lily looked at the omnimous yet beautifully crafted food covered by a diamond glass casing " Since when did this kind of thing appear ? It wasn't part of the conference we went too " " Because it was meant for poisonous creatures " Rate said .
He placed a small cemaric jar " What's this ? " " Fermented insects , it was made by putting a lot of insects together they had to be submerged in poison " Rate said .
" Shouldn't you leave if I'm going to eat ? " " Normally we would , but can't you just seal it " Rate kissed Lily as he placed some utensils on the side " We'll be fine either way , I've enchanted the house to be resistant and the ingredients aren't that corrosive or dangerous . "
" Then I'll enjoy this thing then " Lily ate some food and was assaulted with the many ways a mortal could die " this is some flavor it's got "
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Four weeks later , Lily checks herself in a floating mirror and fixes her collar " Were you looking for a handsome look Commander ? " Ryson asked " No , I just don't like wearing lavish dresses . I did enjoy playing dress up when I was young "
" No one is gonna judge you for that , a lot of cultures exist in this world . Only the stubborn wouldn't thrive in a social setting like this . They usually get attacked because they tried to apply their own culture to others "
" Sounds like you'll have to be incredibly flexible " " But I'm surprised that you were commander that open-minded " " Did I look like I wasn't ? " " When I became assigned to you , you were just a small child . It's weird that you grew that fast "
" not much you can do without knowing me " Lily said " I haven't asked about your past too " " it does sound relevant but you don't have to worry about it Ryson " Ryson thought of Lily's attitude " I guess I don't "
They walked in and started the Banquet , Mother was staying at the food section getting as much as she could while the two were waiting with her and Ryson was helping them socialise and form connection ' Looks like everything is going well '
" Hmm Duarte ? " " You sound surprised " Duarte said " I am , I was told this is supposed to be some secret society keeping this world from breaking down " " Yeah it is and I congratulate you for it "
' I already disconnected the debt chains so there's no way to tell what he was thinking , but I do have other means ' " I thought you'd be jealous " Lily said " No no it just means I don't have as much contributions "
' The benefit of being a distributor is much better than developing this lands ' Duarte thought and Lily reads it ' Looks like I should've kept my anger in check but it's not like that's my endgoal '
" So you say , but I bet you're jealous " Lily said with a hint of arrogance in her tone ' Looks like she's confident ' " So Duarte , what kind of job do you have that makes you not be jealous of my promotion if that's the case "
" Oh it's nothing , it's very miscellaneous " ' He's referring to his surface job , even though this is a secret society the distributors are more aware of it than the develops are aware of the distributors but that makes sense since some of these developers are those who wish to return home or may hate the Labyrinth , accused of dragging them to this world '
Duarte wondered why Lily was thinking for a long time " Should I get going or do you want to share your experience " ' Maybe I should keep searching ' " I do like to talk more with you , someone I'm familiar with , one thing I wonder is what kind of culture you are from ? "
" You'd be surprised I came from a world of war , my city was constantly fighting and I was a big-time war general until I came to this world . Long story short , I fought my way up and got my family a stable position in a more peaceful society . but I still participate in the war effort "
' He definitely should know something , but it's probably gonna be the least relevant thing now , maybe if it was before I would think about it ' " What about you ? " Duarte asked .
" I guess you should know , since we are allies , I was rich in my old world and a lot of people wanted my power , that's probably why they turned to the Labyrinth to get rid of me "
' That's interesting ' Duarte thought ' Sounds like the information about my past isn't well spread , but that reminds me ' Lily looked through the venue and searched for her targets ' found you '
Lily locked a few drinks out made a mess causing her suit to get wet " Ugh , I'll have to excuse myself " ' How did they do kill their targets silently again ? ' Lily ponders the question and passes by her target and injects them with some neurotoxin .
' Then again , I can't kill in broad daylight ' her target slowly gains a craving for alcohol ' This is easy , but if there are people here , that means there might be some at home . which means they are going to execute that plan ... ' Lily smirked ' That's fine , I have people watching our children . '
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Veda and Birch sat down by the door leading to the children's playroom " Did you take care of the others that attacked the fireform ? " Birch asked " Obviously I did . I was surprised that they would actually do something like this " Veda said .
" I thought you of all people would actually notice " Birch said " You only informed this morning , we were practically strangers until that time " Veda complained " So now that we are acquainted can you let me read the research fo the calamity beast , it would be good if you give me that blodline sealing too "
" I mean , I could since we are acquainted . But the bloodline sealing isn't exactly a good thing to waste your time on " " Come on knowledge is power " Birch complains " Yes but do you think there's any point to learn how to lay an egg when you're body can't ? "
" You make a good point but I was thinking of modifying it , see I have a spell up there and since it can rewrite any text within a meter I was hoping you could let me have it I might be able to use it to suppress some people for Boss "
" Ohh interesting " Veda said , being drawn into the idea " Are you perhaps intending to use that as a bargaining chip for more research funds ? " " yeah if you help I'll give some for you "
' Hmm I am running low on that I can't believe I've fallen to such a low position , but no choice if I want to keep on researching on my interest '
" Sure I'll help " " Count me in " Birch was surprised to hear Scyan's voice " Scyan ? " Birch asked surprised " You think you're the only who has plans to get funds I think not , if you plan on using that black text spell of yours to spread Veda's sealing , then you should know that wouldn't even be the right choice to get boss to give you what you want "
" You got an idea so just tell us " Birch said " I just called boss and she said she wants to destroy the rebels if you can find a way to target a faction instead of bloodlines then you'll get more funding " Scyan said .
' I should've called her ' Birch thought " I still need a catalyst though " " I already got that , while you guys were busy down there , I was taking care of the matter on how to contact them . How does a technological network sound like ? if it's not enough , I can come in direct contact with them so that they can spread it to their allies "
Veda thought of the idea of spreading it through people " I think I can handle that " " Yeah it seems doable to spread it the spell that way , as for activating it , there are a lot of means for that " Birch said .
" Then I'm counting you guys in completing your part " Scyan said and he closed the call and looked at Emma and Keyly " So you both should know about Boss's intentions already right ? "
" I do , but this is unbelievable to think they would go for children " Emma said " I've already warned you several times , the rebels aren't all good . They know of the commander's past and want to use that to force her to be on their side so that they can have some leverage "
" But to target children ... newborns at that " " No choice if they want to reveal her past as an ecological nightmare , they would need proof rather than have some made-up words from the distributors' dealings "
" Yes that's right , so make sure you guys do your part . I still haven't gone back down to research their blood , I've had a long history in researching Boss's blood , so you gotta make sure this plan backfires alright ? " Scyan said while they thought ' This guy isn't good either '
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Lily took her spouses out " So how was it ? " Lily asked " It was fun , a few of them were nice " Solaris said " These people are supposed to be nice we are going to be coworkers with them , we might even trade with their world's " Lily said .
" I just heard that there is more food in the other worlds " Mother said " But I heard that some of them made all those small people only work on food , I thought a world is good because there is a lot of things to try but the world that small person has is only for food "
" I couldn't believe it either , they even explained that everything can be edible " Rate said " So they know how to cook poison ? " Lily asked " Yeah it's probably why we were able to learn how to make toxic cuisine "
" What's their motto "food to die for" ? " Lily joked " That's a funny joke but their motto was "everything is food if you eat the right amount" , although that's like how a plant can live with sunlight but not too much sunlight " Solaris said .
" I can never have too much " Mother said and Lily enjoys the conversation as she adds to it " So what did you do ? " " I did a lot of socialising , they want to ask if I want to trade with them some resources too . And I think some of them were planning to give me some tips on how to develop worlds to be like theirs , so I can try to make a world that's just for food "
" Ohh really ? " Mother asked , salivating at the idea " Yep , in fact , maybe I can try to make a giant dish just for you " Lily said " Giant dish ? " "Something that's gonna be as big as your actual size , considering how big you are I'm sad you never get your fill "
" That would be the best " Mother said , Lily thinks of ways to gift her other spouses ' I don't know what to give Solaris . I've done a lot for them and Rate doesn't wish for anything , but giving them a place to feel safe seems to be the right move '
She looked in the direction towards the Labyrinth and checked on the progress ' It's pretty slow generating that solution , I probably should do more to get Immortal out , but no way to do that without endangering them '
" What are you doing ? " Rate asked " She's looking up " Mother said " Yeah but what's going on in your head ? Work again ? " Rate asked " It's not that bad for her , she knows how to make it fun " Solaris said .
" Do I really ? " Lily asked " I guess you do make it look like fun , every time you make a move around it always seems like you were just playing " Rate said " I guess it's like that sometimes but I'm not thinking of work , just thinking what else I can do for my spouses " Lily kissed Mother at the head .
" Ohh , but I haven't done much to help you ? " " Why ? You think you can ? " Lily teased " Hmph , I just wanted to repay you , but now I don't want to " Mother pouted " Ehh , even though I was looking forward to it . I thought you would use that as motivation to keep learning "
" I have been learning with Rate " Mother said " You have done a lot for us so we are trying to find ways to repay you " Solaris said " How do spouses give to each other in your world ? " Rate asked .
" You wanna know ? " " I'm aware of some of my culture , but I don't know yours " Rate said " Well there is one that you probably never thought of " Lily whispered to Rate's ear and he pushed her away " I'm not doing that " Rate said , concealing his blush .
" I was just teasing you " they looked at Rate wondering what Lily said " But if you want to repay me I guess I do accept your love . It's a pleasant feeling whenever my dear ones talk to me . I guess that was a way of giving . "
They think about how they interact with Lily and she interrupts their thoughts " But I do want to make sure Labyrinth doesn't feel left out so I after this , I'm gonna go ahead to get some land to gift to Labyrinth "
They all suddenly remembered how Lily had a child with the Labyrinth " Ahh of course I'll be bringing along some gifts " Lily kissed the three " You don't have to bring us some gifts too " Rate said " Huh ? " Mother's mouth stayed agape with surprise .
" We're already over with the affair you had so don't worry about it and just focus on them " Solaris said " I'm already very satisfied with you bringing us out like this " they continued " Although you didn't just bring us out to show off right ? "
" Why ? Can't I let others be jealous of how much you three love me ? " Lily teased them " We are fine with that " Solaris said " Uhm about that gift " Mother said " Sure I'll bring you some food from the outside "
Lily gave them a big hug " So let's head back . I'm going to conclude the banquet , most of the activities have died down anyways " " Okay " the Banquet ends .
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The next day ' Now we'll have to start eliminating the rebels from now on ' Lily summons the images of the cards " Been a while since I've done something as grand as this , my three mad geniuses are going to take down the rebels from inside , so I just have to take them down . "
' They've already failed one of their plans . No doubt they plan to go for something much bigger . It's the usual flow of things , but the oversimplified version is too similar . Only the plans are different , even the government back home barely knows my existence , so whoever was dealing with that distributor should know me well enough to get that kind of reward '
She wondered if she had been betrayed, but thought of the possibility ' Then again , I can just narrow it down to find the suspect ' she smiled and pulled the database of her spies " Found it , my mole " the file showed their loyalty and likelihood of betraying .
' They have their agenda , complete independence with zero likelihood of betraying . It might be that they were aware of how big the world was and decided that it could be beneficial for me . '
" How decisive , I can't even be mad . Playing for both sides and gaining some payment from the distributor so that they could benefit and be independent . They may consider my return , so I will forgive them when I go back , if it wasn't for you , I wouldn't have met such loving spouses and family "
Lily closed the files " but still I'll have to use the distributor to gauge how much the payment was I only got a brief summary of what they paid to bring me in "
" Call from house " Lily answers the call " Lily , we cooked lunch already our kids are waiting for you " Mother said " Okay "
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