Chapter 40: #####

Leylin Blight's POV

I was standing in front of an extremely old woman, sitting in a rocking chair. Her gaze was both nostalgic and filled with sadness. I could recognize her by her familiar energy and appearance that still bore traces of her youth.

"Thank you," were the only words I could utter before her as the breath of life was already leaving her.

I had the power to save her, but I still lacked control over it. I risked doing more harm than good by trying to save her in her current state.

I settled for taking her soul before it was seized by the world and reincarnated somewhere.

"Stop right there, you're entering my domain, Bill Cipher," a voice resonated.

"I'm not Bill Cipher," I replied seriously.

I turned to face the entity that had forcibly summoned me into its dimension. I was standing before a giant pink salamander.

"Hello Axolotl, why are you interrupting me?"

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I got straight to the point. I knew I was generally weaker than this being before me, but it couldn't kill me.

I was a rank 7 being, I now embodied a law of the cosmos and I could feel since my awakening that my consciousness was spreading in this reality and becoming one with the concept or law I had stolen from Bill Cipher.

"You were about to disrupt the established order, Bill Cipher. You can kill if you want, but don't play with the afterlife of mortals."

Axolotl's maternal voice resonated directly in my head. No, it was different. Axolotl was speaking directly to my soul, its intentions were translated to me directly. It was fascinating.

"I won't play with your domain anymore, but this time, it's non-negotiable. And I'm not Bill Cipher."

I had no intention of backing down. Willow had been too loyal and useful for me to let her go now.

I refused to let her retire like this, and she couldn't abandon me. We hadn't finished "our project" yet.

"The prophecy has been partially fulfilled by your intervention. Bill Cipher has 'incarnated' in another era and in another time," explained Axolotl, bringing its huge head closer to me. "But he wasn't destined to perish by your hands or to become one with you."

I could feel that Axolotl was upset that the process of Bill Cipher's fall was slightly different from the prophecy, but the end remained the same.

"So, you mean I not only took Bill Cipher's power, but also his sins?"

I wasn't a saint, but I had plans to become a true god later. It was one of the reasons that had forced me to control myself to avoid killing, unless necessary.

Now, this damn lizard was telling me that I was possibly one of the greatest sinners in existence.

"That's right, you've even become the incarnation of chaos."

So she knew I had stolen the law of chaos from Bill Cipher. I wanted to steal time, but I would have had to face Time Baby, and Bill Cipher's position was vacant. So I preferred to avoid unnecessary conflicts with that damn baby. If I had had all of Bill's power, I wouldn't have hesitated, that's for sure.

"If I'm the incarnation of chaos, you should let me handle the afterlife placement of Willow Park."

There was a silence between us. It seemed that Axolotl was pondering my words. I wasn't totally encroaching on the order of the universe since I wouldn't bring Willow Park back to life, but I would just conduct her reincarnation.

And order needs a little chaos sometimes.

"Order and chaos must be balanced, lest we irritate the 'guardian'. You can take care of Willow Park's case, but avoid playing with the cycle of souls in the future."

These were Axolotl's last words before its departure, as quick as its arrival.

"The scoundrel didn't even grant me a 'wish' like with Dipper and Mabel."

I couldn't help but grumble against the stupid lizard before turning my attention back to Willow.

"I've barely been born as a being of law. You'll have to wait a bit before I send you on your next mission... my friend."

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Earth (atmosphere)

"This is where we part ways, Willow."

It had been a year since I woke up. I had spent a good part of my time grasping Leylin Farlier's rank 7 spell named "Reincarnation in an alternative world".

It was a spell originally intended for the spell caster and not for another person, that's why I had lost time on it.

Apart from that, I had also been able to create another astral gate and a gate leading to the human world.

Of course, I had started a good while ago to create titan blood with the titan's bone marrow.

Although I was a rank 7 being, I hadn't yet inherited all of Bill Cipher's power and I didn't control it very well yet.

I preferred to return to Earth by this method to avoid tearing space without having a way to repair it quickly and also to avoid landing in the middle of a city.

"Have a good journey, Willow. Your only mission is to find me."

I felt like I had become Gin, Gon's father from the HxH manga. I had transferred to Willow all the information about the astral gate and about Branded Swordsmen.

If despite this, Willow couldn't find me or reach rank 4, then I would really have to question her talent and future usefulness.

"Rank 7 spell: Reincarnation in an alternative world."

In the history of the magus world, there were few rank 7 spells, and even fewer spell models to record them.

Moreover, rank 7 spells and above generally required the power of corresponding laws as a basis and had no properties, which allowed their widespread use without constraints related to magical affinity.

After the activation of the spell cast by me, huge rank 7 spell ripples could be felt in the Earth's atmosphere.

Time seemed to stop at that moment. Willow's soul in my hands was wrapped in the glow of the "alternative world reincarnation" spell before disappearing into reality, carried away by the world's will.

"Shit, there's a problem."

I could feel that Willow's soul was being sucked into an alternative reality by an unknown force, it was heading towards another reality.

I hurried to follow it using the astral gate. I had the coordinates of this place thanks to Bill Cipher.

"Adventure Time??"

I couldn't hold back my surprise as I recognized the coordinates of Willow's location and the landscape before me.

Shit, I could even feel my control over the law of chaos being contested by Golb while he's hidden in the void between worlds and the world's will doesn't seem to appreciate me.

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I hurried back to my laboratory created by Willow and turned off the astral gate.

"Damn, I can't feel Willow anymore. The world's energy has begun to transform her into a native."

I could only curse the situation. I had a little idea of who had played this little trick on me with Willow.

"You want to play like that, huh?"

I couldn't help but look towards the sky or more precisely the emptiness of space. My gaze went far beyond and fixed on a pocket dimension.

The being who had interfered with me and Willow didn't even hide that he was the culprit.

"Okay, Mr. Guardian, you started it."

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I'm going to keep a low profile for now, but when I've recovered all of Bill's strength, we'll have to "discuss" this act.

"Willow will hardly be able to get by in Adventure Time and I don't know which alternative universe she ended up in. Golb instinctively interferes with me."

I must be patient, Willow can still wait.

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Willow's POV

Strange, I couldn't feel my magic or the energy I had trained with Leylin's help, and this for a while.

I remembered having hallucinations about Leylin, but after that it was a blank with a word that often came back to me: "thank you".

I think I could fully recover my memory after training again to be a magus.

After an unknown time, I felt a force expel me.

"Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Petrikov, you have a daughter!"