" The food was good husband " " Wow when did you learn that word ? " Lily asked " I looked at this TV that small heavy star and it taught me a lot " " Then you should head up I'll find a way to keep in touch with you and our kid "
Death was not expecting Lily to commit to the family role of the provider fully " I'll make sure to send you some food up " " Oh thanks Valley but I should remind you that I would uhh " " Yes I know I'll make sure to clean that for you " Lily assured .
" Life I need you to heal Mother Argus bring out the blood " " Okay " Life leaves Lily and heads out " So looks like you got the first amazing thing done in two months no less " Death said " Actually if you counted properly it would be two months and around a week depends on what month you started counting from "
" Come on little one we need to go " Mother said and Lily checked on the damages " Papa " the little one wails " Uhh " Mother was troubled by her son's wails " What is it ? " " Papa " the little one happily cheered .
" It looks like he won't leave " Lily said through a satellite projection to Mother " " You better try to do something about this " " I know " in front of the little one a projection of Lily appears " YAaahh Papa " " How about this little one , I'll give you a name and you go fly to the sky with mother you can come down when it's time to eat "
" What about me ? " " You want to give him a name ? " " Yeah I learned it's something important also I want one of those TVs that Heavy Sun told me about " ' Looks like she met the great fire already '
" How about Beryl ? " Lily asked and Mother having little vocabulary " Huh I think that's nice , come on Little one your name is Beryl " " I'll see you soon Beryl " Life returned after healing all of Mother's body and they practiced with the Island of Futures and Sages beside mother .
' Now I have some people heading for the sky hopefully they fulfill my request and orders from up there '
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" So the leaders are all connected now " The leaders looks at the debt chain hearing what Lily wants " I need a map so you'll have to make one for me and I want you to gather the information as to how I plan to get it you don't need to anything I'll get them myself "
They were wondering how she plans to do so and Lily checks on the debt chains ' It seems like I can get a lot of info from it I'll give Beryl A copy of Argus ' " Now little one try to flap your wings " Beryl's wings shook and starts to flap allowing him to fly " Haha you are so healthy now "
Beryl smugly stood with pride and a drone flies onto his horn " Huh what's this " " Something I plan to use to keep in touch " Lily replied through the screen " Ahh Papa " " Alright I know it's exciting little one but we need to go this place is dangerous "
Mother turns to Lily " Are you sure you want to stay here ? " " Yeah by the way I'll give you that TV you so wanted " ' It'll be very useful for me too ' " And don't worry I'll be able to stay in contact with you two I could get those dragon riders off of you "
" No they will stay I need them to take care of my descendants " " Then enjoy you're flight " Lily waved them goodbye later and Mother took Beryl to the sky " Haaa that was a long day Argus is my bed ready ? "
" It is " Lily climbed on bed happy with the results " " For today make sure to spread some of those seeds down and send some residents to keep watch for any Mazes that come attacking and how are our funds ? "
" Took a big hit from the investment and cooking " " But everyone has been briefed on the information right ? " " There is a test going on to see how much everyone knows about the Labyrinth and the world "
" Good then I want to rest make sure to take care of everything " Death looks at the debt chains amazed by its strength ' I mean they did all just see what kind of connections she just made so I wouldn't be surprised '
The next day satellites spread recording the status of the super plants that were planted on the ground and the side of the mountain that Lily's territories sat on .
With the fertile land , it grew by a lot but devoured any hints of nutrition that could be found " That is crazy how'd you make those ? " Death asked holding a hologram .
" I have a lot of researchers to test and I am very rich to invest in several opportunities , I might look for the lab but I have to prioritize the energy plants first " Lily checks on the report from Argus .
' We have a big land to monopolize to feed Beryl and Mother although there are some ruins here I don't know how to get any info from them ' " Argus do we have anything that can help us access what the ruins were like , I think there's a word for that "
" You mean the word retrocognition , there is magic for that from the sages that allow them to see the past but there is also an art that projects illusions of the past "
" What's the difference " " The magic doesn't allow you to explore further from one view however the use of the art allows the same albeit the cost is more "
" Then I'll take the doors " Lily walks wearing the pendant to a ruin " Now let's see what kind of disaster killed this civilization " Life performs the art and illusions of the past appeared , the sky was dark within the ruins and a great castle towered to the sky .
" I didn't know you could change the sky with this " " I'm not I'm creating the projection within a certain area no one can see it from outside but inside you can see what the world is in the past " " Huh is it possible to record this ? "
" Not at all but it is possible to interact with it by freezing it in place " " Convenient , let's freeze it first then " the people froze in place and Lily walked towards the castle " Won't I fall ? " " Yes " Lily used the cane to detect the illusion and form platforms for her .
She walked into the castle and found the library " But I need records and I probably won't understand it " " You can leave that to me I found a little bit of souls around here " Death said " Souls ? " " Yep they're pretty strong to last so long "
" Good then we'll start by gathering the souls of the uhh " there was silence " Were you expecting something ? " Death asked " The name of the kingdom " " Oh right ... it's the Reimor kingdom "
" Good let's gather the souls I'll have Argus gather the data from them later and maybe I can get some more info of the nature of the Labyrinth and Descenders " " You don't want the library ? " " No we'll return when we have to so let's extract information out of these souls .
" but don't you want to see what that thing you did two weeks ago did ? " Death asked and Lily used the divination magic of the sages " Oh looks like the water quality decreased and I think that my start a few things "
" A lot will die due to the low quality of food " Life said but didn't seem to be bothered by that fact " Yeah they'll die " Death said bothered " You don't have to repeat that " " Easy for you to say if people die I gather their memories "
" But you are bonded to me " " I know but the thing is if I go too far " " Then you don't have to go that far , It's that simple . Why worry about it ? " Lily said " But I want some freedom " Death complained and Lily looked at the bright sun ' They're flying high '
" Something is coming " Life said and Lily looked at the sky to see the light coming in fast while at home Argus was gathering data " Incoming projectile , requiring permission to counter " a hologram showed in front of Lily " Oh I did put a permission to deal with threats Life what is it ? " " It's alive " Death said " Lily sighed .
' Then I'll have to ask someone to slow that light down do we have anything like that ? ' " There is but I can't predict the trajectory " Life said " Argus you got that right ? " three loading dots appeared on the hologram " Argus asked Doris to send us to the location "
" Trajectory found calling Doris to open the doors to the location " a door appears and Lily walks to it while Life prepares the art " So how does it work " Clouds gathered into the spot and the light was about to hit the location .
" Lily can you at least move a bit far if that thing hits you you die " Death said " I'm done " Life pushed the cloud cushion to the air and the light heated the cloud cooling intensely and falling like a Clank .
" Looks weird " she looks at the metal that fell " Looks like it's supposed to be a pod " Life reads the memories of the living inside " Oh no your act of turning the water into pure H2O has caused major damage to the water quality throughout the Labyrinth "
Death looked at Lily and saw a chain " Woah " " What happened ? " " I think the Labyrinth owes you a debt now " Lily looks at the chain that was chained to the ground " Hmm so I guess that guarantees that they won't send Mazes in my direction ? "
They hear a sound similar to gas leaks and turn to see the pod opening " Oh looks like it's open " " It's best to be careful with that gas it's meant to brainwash anyone who breathes it " Lily breathes it at the surprise of Death .
" Hmm it does smell sweet but I feel sane can you see why they do this ? " " To ensure that they try to help them " Life replied " For safety right ? " " There's also the idea of having someone assist them " Lily looks at the sleeping person .
" Aww they look so cute this little beast " " They look like they have some blood of mythical beast " Life said " Are you brainwashed ? " " No she genuinely thinks they're cute also they're male "
" I thought they were a girl " " Most mythical beasts have a hard time discerning between the two genders and some are just so beautiful you think they are probably due to your bias " " Mmhh " Lily turned to the mythical beast .
" Oh you're awake " Lily said in his language " Huh you can speak my language ? " " Ahaha you are adorable like this wish I could pinch your baby face " " Ahhh don't " He covered his face .
" So what did a cute little guy like you do to be blasted off to the sky " ' I can tell you " ' No need Life ' Lily pushed away the offer with a thought ' We'll have to act like that brainwashing worked , you found that information through him so he must be aware plus he does feel guilty '
" Uhm my home was destroyed my parents all saved me by buying one of these pods so I ended up here " " Oh that's so tragic " " But you still haven't answered my first question ? " " Oh I have my ways of learning other people's language now would you like to come with me to my home ? "
He looks at Lily's mask wondering what it is for ' There's nothing wrong with the air so why is she wearing a mask like that ? ' " Okay " ' I'm sure the brainwashing gas worked I'm sorry I have to use that '
Life conveys the thoughts through Lily telepathically ' He seems desperate ' " So how will we get there? " " First you tell me your name " " Oh forgot that it was rude to not introduce myself I'm Rate " " I'm Lily Valley I hope you'll enjoy you're stay here Rate "
Lily taps her cane pressing a button and a door appears " Come on follow me " Rate follows Lily and sees the massive lab " Wow where is this place ? " " A part of my home now let's make sure you don't die Death take it away "
Rate watched a dark gas leave him " What's that ? " " You're ability to die now with that out as long as we give you some regenerative ability you should be able to survive " " Ehh ? " Rate was surprised by the capability of Lily .
" Argus bring me a wheelchair ? " a robot came to Rate surprising him as it turned into a wheelchair " Sit here Rate your tail will be fine although it seems you're a bit hungry " Rate turned his attention to his stomach .
" I am hungry " " Then we'll have some food ready Argus take care of that " ' That gas is effective ' Rate sat on the chair and moved with Lily " So what was your home like ? " " Uhm it was great "
" Come on Rate tell me more " " Well I lived in a kingdom that fights those monsters which they call mazes it had a long history in this world when the descenders made an alliance with us to fight against it "
' Interesting they had a history in this world ' " So why did your home get destroyed ? " " I don't know but Father said something about the water quality being much worse " " Oh that's horrible " ' You screwed up " Death said ' I know so I will make up for it "
" yeah I never thought the way it ended was like that the water being much worse by only a little , I guess we were going to lose eventually " " I think I should apologize " " For what ? "
" You see the reason why the water got worse was that when the Labyrinth attacked I countered it by taking away all the good in the water so it became toxic but I guess after the ancestral dragon flew to the sky it caused the water to stir with the rest of the water "
" So you caused it to loss quality ? " Rate asked with some emotions of betrayal and terror " Yeah I'm sorry I inadvertently destroyed your home " " I " he didn't know how to process this feeling .
" I'll leave you alone for now Life make sure you take care of him " ' Also do not mention how we know about the brainwashing gas and don't say anything that would reveal that we can get it ' Life appeared by Rate .
" Come on you should eat " Rate nodded turning to Lily who left " Will that be okay ? " " It's better to tell the truth rather than keep up a lie " Lily said " But since they had contact with the descenders I can only assume that the descenders will take note I already sent Argus to get ready for the pod and deconstruct it but we might have to take more precautions "
" Like what ? " " Some hologram technology should fix it we try to distort the images from whatever spells they plan to use , we can recycle the metal and as for Rate we'll leave it to Life " " She's born yesterday are you sure about leaving this to her "
" I trust her enough , we just have to worry about the rest , Argus you got that right ? " " Yes , sending drones to interfere with illusion , should we take the pod to investigate its technology ? " " Sure why not maybe we can also get Rate his bedroom . "
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Rate ate the food looking at Life " Uhm can I ask why Lily took all the good out of the water ? " " She did it to save people " Life said " Oh I shouldn't have made her feel bad " " It's fine she made others pay the price , it's normal for her to feel the consequences "
" Still I should at least apologize " Rate ate his food still feeling sorry for his action but still couldn't find a way to forgive Lily " Why did she do it ? " " I already said to save the people " " But didn't she have other options too ? "
" I suppose she did , however she must've been in a hurry moreover but I do remember that another choice came through her head " Life said and before she could continue " I knew it , she could've called the Descenders "
" No the other option was to poison the ocean but why would you think she'd be able to call the Descenders she's only been here for two months " " She can't call the Descenders ? " " No why were you able to do such a thing ? "
" Yes the king called when he found a problem so a few descenders came down to help but it wasn't enough they'll probably send more people and maybe make another contract with another kingdom to fight against the Labyrinth "
Rate looks at Life wondering what kind of being she is " So what are you ? " " I'm the embodiment of the Life of the people that tried to gain immortality " " When you say try does that mean the people failed ? "
" No they succeeded but in doing so they made it impossible for them to live properly they each mentally died until I sent myself to this world and reunited with Death " " Oh is Death the same as you except the opposite force ? "
" Yes you seem like a knowledgeable child " "It's just the mandatory education we get " Rate said and continued eating and suddenly felt a rumble .
" Huh, what's that ? " Rate asked terrified " Are we under attack !? " " No that's Beryl " " Beryl ? " " He's a giant dragon , his mother is very big you could say that she is the reason the sea level fell " " So that's why that happened " Rate said .
" But why is a giant dragon like him here ? " " It's a long story you " " Tell me " Life told Rate the story while he ate becoming more and more amazed on the way but never revealed how it was possible to obtain the information of the brainwash gas from Rate .
" That's amazing " " And then she fed them with the goods that she took from the water she was able to use some plant's seeds to grow overnight " " Wow I can't believe she has so many treasures like that "
' I think I really should apologize ' ' It's almost like he forgot about the brainwash gas ' " Can you take me to Lily ? " Life nodded and took him with her.
Lily was sitting on a floating disk giving Beryl a pat on the head while he ate' His head is bigger than my home but that's okay I have a lot of land that's being turned into food ' " Argus did you pack the rest of the food already ? "
" Affirmative information has also been acquired and an incoming dense meteor has fallen " " I Guess that means she's healthy " " however the gift from Beryl's head shows that Mother has a few parts of her body which are in unhealthy conditions compared to the rest of the body "
" Then continue feeding her , Beryl's body is still healthy right ? " " Yes according to the dragon rider's standards , we are giving him a variety of food to eat and the same to Mother too " " Good keep up with the variety " " Message from Life with Rate " " I'll head back , Beryl I'll be back later alright "
Beryl nodded and Lily floated back down " What is it ? " " I want to apologize " " Oh you did nothing wrong it's not like you hurt me in any way now since you ate how about I take you to your resting quarters ? "
" Oh okay " Lily takes Rate to his room and he finds it extremely welcoming " Go I'll find a way for you to understand my language " Rate nodded and Lily closed the room . He fell on the soft bed thinking about how Lily treated him well .
"There are several kinds of people that will be affected by the brainwashing gas" It was in the instruction manual his family told him to read with much sadness during the losing war "The change is dependent on the mental strength and structure of the person"
"Between a very low to high with low being a loyal knight with greater will than before due to the implanted thoughts of serving the target and very high a person who gets close to the target taking care of them"
"However it's better to never reveal it else the breather realizes their true feelings" ' I have to make sure that she doesn't know ' Lily looks at a camera and listens to Rate's thoughts ' He's adorable sometimes '
" Hey just thought about this but is it possible for more outcasts to be sent here because of more land ? " Death asked " That could be possible but that means the descenders will send out the keys to the Labyrinth to others the only problem is what they plan to do with the dragon "
Lily opened the data that was extracted from Beryl's data gatherer and looked at it .
" Congratulations on escaping the Labyrinth may we inquire about your way of leaving ? " Lily was satisfied to learn that the Descenders assumed that it was the immortal who was the savior but would investigate the mysterious patron that was feeding the two dragons .
' They won't even be able to extract any information from the leaders with the debt chains , moreover they won't suspect a thing with the technology on Mother or Beryl and finally , I even got a sponsorship from the Descenders although they might ask me about the immortal '
Lily gathered information through a self-destructing spyware ' Interesting ' she saw many faces of the Immortal and the many names ' A rebel part of a group trying to undermine the Descenders' society '
" Interesting I'll accept the descender offer but I'll have to keep my relationship with the Labyrinth , pretty sure I can achieve that in a way " Lily wonders what she should do " Rate would like to talk with you "
" Oh sure " " Personally " Argus finished and Lily grabbed her mask disinfected her body and went down to visit Rate " So what is it that you need ? " " Uhm I want to thank you "
Lily hears thoughts of how to get close to the brainwashed target " Oh no need to thank me " " Mistress something is coming" A hologram shows a ship going down but Beryl grabs it.
" Oh looks like he's bored maybe I should make some toys for him " Lily checked on the progress of hiding the evidence and found it successful " Rate you stay here I'll have to calm Beryl " " Oh okay "
' Those should be the descender's aircraft so they already started to look for some candidates ' Lily goes at a certain distance and asks Argus " How's our Clairvoyant "
" No recollection of obtaining any information from the descenders any evidence of that has been terminated you are the only one who knows about the descenders . "
Lily arrived outside and used a hologram through the satellite " Beryl put them down already " Beryl wondered why but listened to Lily and put the mothership down " Hello sorry about my kid but who are you ? " Lily asked the descenders in the dragon rider's language .
Life obtains their memories of the crew who try to recover " We are the " they ran to a trash bin to puke out their vomit " Apologies to this we did not expect to be grabbed like a toy "
" It's okay but what exactly are you ? " The crew fixed themselves and introduced themselves " We are the descenders , we have been trying to keep the Labyrinth from invading beyond it's reach " " Oh so you came from somewhere high ? " " Yes exactly we want to ask some questions "
" Haaahh now what do you think you are trying to do huh you came barging into my territory and acting like this ? " Lily said with an annoyed voice " No we don't mean that we just want to clarify a few things " " Shut up what makes you think you are allowed to do anything like this huh ? "
The crew was a bit overwhelmed by Lily's lack of cooperation " You think Beryl messing with you a little is that big of a problem that I have to listen to you get in line I don't see benefit there is in giving out information in an unfamiliar world "
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