Eight days later Lily shut the last book in the Library of Seals " God that was so mentally exhausting " she looked at the Sunbox and started to analyze it ' there were a lot of drawings and applications that I could find in the Library of Seals but it's pretty useless '
She was utterly disappointed by how little she learned from the sunbox . Lily checks on the pages and asked the blank grimoire if she could learn more about sealing arts from the Labyrinth .
' Looks like there is no reason to look into some materials that the Labyrinth gave me , there's a bit of sealing arts but most of it came from me ' " If only there's some foreign material I could study instead " Lily thought of any that she could have and thought of the Sages .
' No I already connected it to the blank grimoire it's a few but enough to consider , ugh why is the library of seals so filled with advanced knowledge of sealing arts . I'm not complaining about how valuable it is but with that amount of knowledge how is it that not a single one is related to the seal I'm looking to unlock ? '
Lily looked at the blank grimoire and asked " Any suggestions " "Your body" " ... Wait the skin is the biggest organ of the body right ? " she looked at her own body thinking about the times she had continuously injured causing poison to spill out .
" WAAAAIIIIT " Lily analyzed her body and found it " Ohh now this is something I can use but as to how to study it " she thought of Rate and quickly went to his room " Rate I need you to confirm something for me " Rate was confused and Lily conveyed her plan of using his dreamland ability .
" Okay so now let me sleep " Rate took her to Dreamland and Lily looked at the giant wall " Wow my body is amazing " Rate was a bit lost " Why do you want to be here ? "
" I'm here to check on some material on seals I've only realized that my body is technically a seal since it was able to contain all of the powers I have inside it "
Rate nodded already used to the amazement " But how did they all manage to stay in here ? From what I've heard about the Calamity beast they went out of control due to not having their power consume them "
" Oh well I guess it's like those cancer patients where the war against cancer is all about a resilient mind even today we haven't found a solution to that " " But even then isn't the amount of power you have in your body a lot ? "
" I did say I'm like death to you before but after finding out that it was just my body starving I've been able to control much easily , although maybe it's because I was so used to the burden that I feel restless without it "
Lily continues to analyze her skin's composition to find any references on how to make use of it " I would be interested in investigating that seal in your bloodlines "
Lily said " You are ? " " Yep I've checked and found that your body needs some investigation it doesn't even have any of what I found in the Library of Seals . "
' I could check for the forbidden section but they might suspect it if I openly show my awareness plus there could be some secrets in there as Keyly said which drew her to rebel against the descenders , so it is better to not have seen to have any access to it '
" Uhm Lily " Rate asked with a low voice " What is it ? " Lily stopped her study on her skin " I want to ask if you can unseal my sealed bloodline " Lily thought about what Rate wanted to do .
" Sure let's see each other later at night tonight you're sleeping with me " Rate nodded and they exited the dreamland " See you later " Lily left Rate and he thought about the calamity beast and went to his father to talk about it .
" Well they are just some mythical beast that couldn't control their strength , they grew faster than their minds could keep up " " I know that part already but isn't there any calamity beast who didn't cause a calamity "
" Well there's only one but it was a very long time ago the only one recorded to boot and even back then the only reason why they couldn't cause calamities was because they were sent to a desolate land "
" So what did they do ? " " They spilled their blood to poison the rocky land which in turn gave it vitality ... Are you asking that girl if you could get to that stage ? "
" Is it wrong ? " Rate asked and Frank shook his head " Not entirely although some of us have been a little restless the Labyrinth's seal on our strength is such a bother I've been exercising but I haven't seen any growth "
Rate thought about how Lily had nabbed a way to remove the Labyrinth's influence from someone " Maybe Lily has a way to get rid of it " " She does ? " " Yeah you know the thing I've been doing on everyone ? "
" You mean removing this labyrinth influence ? " " Yeah she might have it but I don't know why she hasn't given it to me " Rate felt guilty doubting Lily after she had helped them many times " I'm sure she must've wanted to keep it away " Frank said sensing his guilt .
" Wait you shouldn't know about the calamity beast " Frank said only realizing it now " Oh that's because mom told me about it " " Oh sorry for lying to you young ones " " It's okay " Frank thought about the calamity beast and Lily likely having a way to rid the Labyrinth's restriction .
" So about that restriction " " I'll go ask her later "
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Lily tries to sense her body " No this is much harder even though Life taught me about increasing my sensitivity it's not working as well as I hoped looks like I need " she decided to just wait until dinner to research her body .
' Although there is the matter of spies that Argus has been tracking , they haven't done anything suspicious yet but it could be possible . ' Lily looks at the map of the information leak showing how information had spread from Melda to the few dispatched .
' The debt chains and the blank grimoire already confirmed which are the spies , as long as they remain unaware and think of the frontline as a luxury the debt chains will remain intact and allow me to trace who is a spy and their affiliation but there are some troublesome plans these spies have . '
Lily thought about taking the key from Melda's memories or whoever has it ' I could get it now but it would cause the debt chain to crumble moreover I can't exactly just reveal that I know and pretend a distributor sent it , the mystery of my debt chains are important so I should pull some strings so that either the mythical beast give it to me willingly or the distributor stood to benefit from earning my favor '
She thinks of how she could cause this to happen and goes to the station to send Argus some orders ' This should put the bait on that distributor now for the mythical beast after that dinner Melda has been talking with the older generations to tell them about what they should do about the ignorance of the younger generation so they'll eventually come around but taking advantage of the distributor is much easier '
Lily thought about how it would go and ensured that her plan would go as smoothly as possible and then waited " Lily do you know how to remove the Labyrinth's restriction of father and the rest ? " Rate asked sitting on the bed while Lily lay down .
" I do but I'm not sure if you would want it considering what your mother told us during that dinner " " Is that why you didn't mention it ? " Lily nodded " But if you want I could give it to you but I should be around in case it removes a bit of that sealed bloodline "
" Sure then let's go in my body " They entered dreamland and went inside Rate's body " What ? " Lily was surprised to see the world inside and Rate didn't seem rather surprised " Wow it's as amazing as Mother showed me "
" This was to be expected ? " Rate nodded " I couldn't believe that I could do it on my own it's been a long time since I got to see it too " " So what is this ? " " Mother calls it what I could do " " It's quite big "
" Not as big as yours ... You'd be very surprised how long it took to venture your body searching for those fake emotions " " Do all mythical beasts have this ? "
" Kinda but it depends according to Mom says that we all start with a base form and whatever abilities we choose to master influence it " Lily understands why it takes a lot to carry the burden of these powers " I think I know the problem you guys have " " What is it ? "
" Hunger , before coming to this world I always have some sort of mental burden put on me it continues to grow but I became resilient to it because I wanted to live . Maybe the hunger that came activated your primal instincts or need to survive and forced you to become the calamity the older generations are aware of "
" So you're familiar with it ? " " I mean we do have some similar problems , You saw how big the world inside me is " Rate could understand what Lily meant . Lily pinches Rate's cheek " Owowow " " Hmm you aren't ready at all "
" Huh , for what ? " " This kind of power , if I could unseal all of this you might turn into a mindless beast or that calamity beast that your parents' generation nicknamed in an instant unless I fed you one of these "
Lily shows the pills that Life created from the elixirs " But it won't exactly be sustainable , however , it will eventually be much easier to get them " ' Afterall if we're considering the circulation of food in the territory Woods have feeding off the sunlight that great fire has been emitting and all the fertilizers that I've been sweating out as well as the excrements '
" So you'll eventually get to access this power but I would prefer if you guys can resist your instincts " Rate thought about it " We'll try but how ? " " We have some technology , Scyan upgraded it so you can experience levels of primal instincts that you'll have to resist "
" That doesn't sound very bad " " Nothing feels exciting if you had something even more " Lily said and Rate wondered what she meant " But Rate it would be good if you experience the primal instincts from hunger first , even though you react a lot from a tiny pinch on your cheek I'm sure you'll be fine with seeing just a bit of what I experienced for my entire life "
Lily takes Rate's hand and a tiny black needle pokes him ' Ahh ' the feelingiss instant and Lily pulls back " There , I heard that if people are aware of how tall a mountain is or how far a goal is they'll be more motivated to keep it up "
" But Lily I don't think this is hunger " Rate said shivering while Lily embraced him to call him down " It's okay if it isn't " " You deal with this all the time ? " " Well I guess not right now but I did ask Life to create that fake feeling so that I don't get it "
" But still are you okay with this you said you lost your brother when you were young how do you still live ? " Lily thinks back to the past " I guess I heard a lot about how precious life is , my brother would always bring me something new , something beautiful . We didn't have medicine a long time ago so the only solution was to have a strong mind "
They sat down more comfortably and Lily released Rate holding only his hand " Because of those beautiful things I continue to appreciate them and wish to live to see more so despite death constantly looming before me I continue to fight my sickness and got stronger in spirit "
" And you got more illness because you wanted to help ? " " Yeah I guess , Brother's body wasn't the strongest it was riddled with illness just like mine , we never think about our parents because it was pointless and we weren't smart enough or maybe it was self-awareness that wasn't enough . "
Lily turned to Rate's hand " But when he disappeared I thought I had to work too and so I did but the problem was I didn't grow probably because of that hunger and then I was kicked out because people fear the unknown "
Rate thought of how fast Lily grew which was different compared to the humans he was with in the previous frontline .
" So even though I no longer see those beautiful things I would sometimes spot them when I was outside , it gave me enough motivation to keep living when I was young so you should try it too " " Hmm I guess I'll try but it won't be anywhere as amazing as your strength "
Lily chuckled " Come on don't compare me with you , everyone could probably do it if they were born like me now since it will take a while until you guys get to the level of resisting the primal instinct of hunger or survival of the fittest , so how about we postpone the idea of researching how to unseal your body's potential "
" Sure I do wanna be ready when I get that power and it wouldn't be fair if I'm the only one who got it " Rate said and got up letting go of Lily's hand " Uhm is it okay if I stay here ? " " Sure you can sleep with me , I already saw every inch of your body so don't be shy "
Rate blushed and bubbles of his thoughts emerged Lily heard and laughed hearing them " Hey you're gonna be that shy after all the things I told you ? " Rate was very aware of what Lily meant " Come on let's go to sleep " Rate said hoping to forget about what his thoughts said .
Lily smiled and Rate ended the dreamland and both of them went to sleep .
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The next day Rate woke up with Lily beside him snoring peacefully' Now that I'm this close she does look very beautiful ' " Are you a new mama ? " Rate snapped his head in the direction of the voice to see Aurora and Beryl in their smaller sizes " Huh who ? " " Are you a new mama ? Are we getting another brother or sister ? " Aurora asked .
" Mmhm, what's the noise ? " Lily looked at her children " Oh hey kids what are you here so early in the morning " " You have kids ? " " Only recently why ? " " Uhm I heard that people with different spouses have difficulty in familial matters "
" But the spouses I made these children with already have thousands of children , I'm rich so I can provide for them from food to education so you don't have to feel like you're intruding " Lily embraced her children .
" So let's get you to that primal instinct resistance training " Rate got out of the bed and asked " How did you make that technology " " Ehh it's a bit unethical because Scyan has been scanning all of you to create technology that fits you " Lily uses a door to send her children back to classes and opened hologram .
" See these implants ? According to Scyan, he meant to implant them on you so that you can feel the effects , he worked on this from an existing technology " ' Mostly the suppressor the Labyrinth gave me '
" And recreated it of course there are different levels that you can experience but he considered potential accidents so he made it so that there is only one setting for you at one device " she ordered Argus to bring her one .
" you'll start with a low level and I'll have Argus make more so that the rest can get started , that sealed bloodline of yours was to keep the weak mind from harm but if you had trained it wouldn't be so harsh "
" Thanks a lot for this " " You're welcome " Lily said and they parted ways ' Now that the mythical beast's problem is being solved slowly I can focus on the matter of finding the key it's obvious that it's going to take a while to get it but so will the mental strength of a mythical beast '
Lily went to the station to get some updates and found "Some of the descenders are getting restless due to the increased strength of the population they wish for you to accept the incentives they presented and thus have given you plenty of offerings"
' It's like they're begging a god huh ? I was worshiped as one too but if they do like it I guess it's time for me to go up there to give a new blood sample . The employees have been making a lot of philosopher's stones from the genetic data that Scyan has sent they've only been saying that it's for research but even then the government is intervening because of Scyan's speed '
She was glad that Argus handled most of the legal technicalities with some of her connections and checked the list of gifts ' Now this is an interesting one ' she found that the distributor sent her the sponsorship of the key to the sealed bloodline for mythical beast .
' Perhaps it's possible to use this now however I'll have to ask Life to see if there are any changes on the mythical beast first and the spies ' ... " There are " Life said while the life manifestations played around the living things trying to read their memories .
" Really ? " " Yes , these children have been practicing and they notice that a part of Rate's parent's soul is missing a few others are also experiencing the same thing and I went to investigate it "
" What did you find " " I found those spies you've mentioned and kept an eye on this particular one they've been removing memories of the distributor . And as you've said they're trying to get rid of evidence which is the memory "
" We'll let them be is it possible to hide it " " Yes I can manage that but I'll need to be close " " Then I'll leave it to you " Lily said making the arrangments while writing on the spy that wiped the memories a list of crimes .
' This should bring them to my side soon enough , I won't have to bother about showing my distrust to the descenders to them although I'm not sure what they'll feel about them '
Lily leaves the room and sees Melda " Oh hello " " Hello Lily I've heard about your plan to train our minds I can't thank you enough for giving us this opportunity " " Yeah , I want to ask about this seal on your bloodline , we've had short talks before about the calamity beast "
" Yes, what about it ? " Lily thinks of the picture that she acquired " What happened to the key that your friend was supposed to throw away " " It was destroyed " " Well if they did destroy it where did it go ? "
" I don't know but I do know them mentioning that the reason they destroyed it was because the key could be used to wipe out our race by letting the power consume us " Melda thought it was strange Lily was talking about this .
" Why do you ask ? " " Nothing I'm just worried it might not be good " Lily leaves and Melda is confused while Life goes and starts to repair their memories while hiding the repair from the spy .
' So the key could kill them but also unlock their potential is there a way to make them rebel ? ' she didn't like the idea of manipulating things and decided to leave it to the possible rotten hearts of the descenders .
' No matter they'll eventually realize that the descenders were the bad guy the spacecraft that delivers my daily elixir should be arriving so I'll head up and resupply the evolution serum source and I'll be able to gather the offerings it also shows proof that the product is doing so well it even justifies giving me something as dangerous as that key '
Lily entered the spacecraft with Ethan and flew back to the descender land " Scyan how is everything ? " Lily asked " It's going well , but can you please tell those rich dudes to stop bothering with the research ? " Scyan asked .
" How are you bothered when Argus handles everything else " " They sneak their genetic sample into the shipment somehow , I stored it but they keep sending more as if I got rid of it "
Scyan sighed and Lily thought of a solution " You can focus on the research I'll take care of it " " Always happy to have you around " Scyan leaves immediately after confirming that Lily would take care of the trouble and she called Argus to prepare a meeting while she went to Scyan to supply the source .
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" So you are the ones pestering the research , I thought that the steady supply of genetic sample was hard to interfere but it seems like some of them got in " Lily said sitting in a room filled with screens .
" I'll be using a random number generator to select a person so first is this " she gave Argus the order to select the distributor " You gifted me a broken key which is supposed to unlock the sealed bloodline of the mythical beast that I rescued , so how did you acquire it ? "
" I've found it in the loot from a fight with the rebels in the black market so I thought it could be possible to gift it to you because of what it could do "
" I am researching how to release the sealed bloodline of the mythical beast but to think the rebel has this " " Yes it was acquired by the dispatched when they went out to dispose of some mazes and rebels that sided with the Labyrinth "
The distributor continues to rant about how it was acquired ' Trying to conceal evidence , they used the spy they have ties with and even covered their traces however it won't matter after all I know you didn't get it through that '
Lily found her way to cause them to rebel ' Thank you so much for being this ignorant of what I can do ' " I'll accept your genetic sample but because you have a broken key I'm wondering if you have any plans of fixing it I might push you up from the priority list "
" I will fix it so if you could I would like an evolutionary serum it has been a revolutionizing product that you've created " ' Looks like that takes care of the problem '
" Sure I will have my personnel take care of it but because it's pretty far and has no relation to what my personnel worked with then you'll have to wait for a while "
Lily watched a debt chain form and proceeded with the meeting taking their offers while disguising her questioning of how they acquired the sponsored item as information to learn more about the rebels .
' Now time for the plan to occur ' ... the mythical beast ate dinner together in a big cafeteria and Lily opened the door " Good evening Melda " " Oh you're back do you perhaps want to have another one of those talks again "
" I do want to ask if you know this face " Lily showed the image of the distributor " Huh they're here ? " " Who are they ? " " That's the person that offered the wide world " Melda said " Oh so is it strange that they offered me a broken key that unseals your potential "
Melda's eyes widened " What ? " she felt a sense of betrayal " How did they acquire it ? " " Not sure they explained how they got it from the loot from a fight against the rebels but I highly doubt you'd believe it right ? "
" That sounds plausible " " It would be but they decided to give it to me for some reason , I heard the Labyrinth could frame the descenders but when I checked through the dispatched descenders I didn't anything that matches their story but there was the fake evidence that I found on how they acquired the key . "
" What kind ? " " They kept ranting so much I checked on a few things with the descender that supposedly bought it up and found that they were going to wipe out your memory of their face " " But I remembered it "
" Because Life found out and fixed the damage I still don't know why they did it however I started to get suspicious when a set of people started begging me for the same thing and I checked how they got it too and found the same results "
Lily faced Melda and whispered " I'm starting to suspect that the research about the Labyrinth's ability to brainwash is something they've been taking advantage of . But it doesn't sound true because if that was the case most of us would've been by the Labyrinth's side the moment we enter this world right ? ? "
Melda's suspicion grew intensely " The descenders may have been bringing people here ? And they've been blaming the Labyrinth to disguise their doings ? "
Lily nodded confirming Melda's suspicions " I've been meaning to tell you since you had some suspicion and doubts towards the descender so I thought it would be right to tell you about it " " Then what other things could they have been blaming the Labyrinth for ? "
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