The daily life.

~Wohooo! This world is surely interesting!~ 

Warden's annoying voice echoes through my throne room in Midpoint. "Can you explain to me why you are here Warden?" 

~That's easy! I asked your flying fortresses to give me access to their systems and now I am using them as extended eyes and ears. Their instant communication abilities are convenient. When one of them flew back to Chimera I realised that you have another big palace here. So I asked Palli to give me access too! He was reluctant at first but the I managed to convince him!"~ 

"Palli!?" I almost choke on my drink while I hear that. 

~Yes. Your palace. You didn't give him a name yet. But names are essential, so I explained to him that he would need one. Palli is very literal minded and not very talkative but after a while he got the idea.~ 

"I intended him like that. No need for overly clever research labs! And stop polluting him Warden!"  This thing is worse than a computer virus! 

~Booh... Consider the rights of us crystals too!~ 

"If you tamper with my fortresses and my palace any further I will consider my rights and clean my tools from your influence!" I snap back. 

~Mmhmmm Freeedom!~ 

"And that's it! Palace! Remov..." 

~NONONO I apologize. I wont tamper with the fortresses and the palace! Please let me watch and talk through their systems.~ 

"If I ever get the sligthest idea that you do something else than that.." -Me 

~Understood!~ 

I sigh. "Give me the latest reports if you are here. I don't want to go to Asheim for that." 

~Ah, yes! Seria and Aengus tried to towerjump again. They are really fast learners. This time Seria removed her princess dress to reduce the air resistance and....~ 

"SHE DID WHAT!?" -Me 

~No Problem! I learned my lesson after a long talk with Celes and informed her on time. So she stopped the two of them from committing a major social blunder.~ 

"Oh... so Celes got them...." I don't know if that's any better. Are my children still alive? "Wait a moment! I meant for you to tell me about the political state of affairs!" 

~Ah? Ok. Regarding the Perseides Alliance. Everything is in order. We have set up a place for them in Asheim. They promised to keep a few people there at all times. And they are having an eye out for the Council. There isn't much more we could ask of them.~ 

~Then we still have the issue with the ambassadors from the other powers. You still haven't talked to them.~ 

"I wasn't sure if I should talk to a group of people who don't have more than a few hundred members. Wouldn't I upset the power between them and others if I talked to such small groups?" I am not sure what to do in this case. 

"Why don't we invite all of them to an informal party here?" Ireth's voice comes from behind me and I jump out of my throne. 

"Mother! You gave me a fright! How did you manage to sneak behind me?" I really didn't realize that she was there. 

"Hahaha. I teleported directly behind you. I didn't sneak at all." -Ireth 

"That's almost as good as sneaking. But a party for everyone would be a good idea. I wouldn't favour anyone and they would have a chance to talk to us." I muse over the possibility. 

"I will inform Rose to prepare something. Tomorrow would be fine right? Those ambassadors don't have anything to do anyway." -Ireth 

~That's a great idea. They are pestering me almost every hour for a possibility to speak to us. I will inform them!~ 

"Hah, Wait! That will be a busy day for me!" I have something planned for tomorrow! I wanted to take a hike in my woodhouse and relax! 

~Too bad, I already informed them.~ 

"What? So fast?" -Ireth 

~I am able to have several thousand conversations with different people at the same time. There is no problem with my performance before that.~ 

I go to my knees. My hiking tour! All the books I could have read! 

At that moment Celes enters the room. She is dragging two... bodies behind her. Aengus? Seria? Are you alive? 

"Oh. Ireth I wanted to ask you if you could take care of the kids. I have matters to discuss with my husband." -Celes 

"Oh, sure! I always have time for my grandchildren." Ireth's smile becomes wide. 

"Don't be too nice to them! They were naughty!" -Celes 

Ireth gives Celes a thumb up. "What? Who do you think I am? Did you forget who educated you two?" 

A shudder runs down my spine and Celes looks a little uncomfortable. "Celes! How can you abandon the kids like that?" 

"She intended to jump naked from the tower! When she died, I vowed to myself that I would drive that nudist behaviour out of her! At ALL COSTS!" Celes hisses at me. 

"Ohhh? Naked you say? That's not the proper behaviour of a princess with my bloodline." Ireth's eyes become small slits while she looks at the two unconscious bodies. 

Then she grabs both of them at their collars and smiles at us. "I will help you. After a little training with me, there should be no more problems!" With a flash of light she vanishes. 

"NOO! Celes what did you do? Don't you remember what we had to go through!!!" My cute little Seria hasn't done anything to deserve this! 

"Hmpf! Some sacrifices have to be made! Now come with me! I have to show you something." Celes grabs my hand and teleports us. 

We reappear in her lab. She invested quite a lot of her time here. I have no idea what she was researching. We are gods now. Our huge mana pool makes it almost impossible get sick or old. There should be no need to research biology and medicine. 

But Celes does it anyway. It's like a hobby for her. 

"Look! My newest creation!" She holds a vial with a green liquid to my face. 

"Ah. That's a cool green goo. Does it glow in the dark?" I smile at her. Why does she always assume that I immediately recognize the effect of her drugs? The only thing I know for sure is to not eat chocolate she offers me for no obvious reason. 

"Muh.. It doesn't glow! But it forcibly anchors a soul to it's body by synchronizing the cell's..." Oh shit. She became aware of my absent look. ".... For biological idiots: It could make our souls more resistant to that black hole monster and its minions! When you mentioned that it tore down your defences like nothing, I thought about a solution." 

"At least this should give someone enough time to run away and call for help if we introduce it to everyone." Celes offers the vial to me. "Drink!" 

A few drops of sweat are forming on my forehead. "This is tested right?" 

"Are you not trusting me?" Celes's expression becomes fearsome. 

"Nono. Of course I trust my wife. It's just that this green goo doesn't exactly look tasty." I take the vial and take a look at it while holding it before a light at the ceiling. 

Celes turns around and searches for something in a chest. 

My eyes go wide while I look at the stuff. "Celes? It's moving.... is that normal?" I shake the vial and the goo actually collects itself together and tries to open the plug! 

"Now it's trying to open the plug!" I look shocked at Celes. 

"That's normal. It's a modified slime. I manipulated it to act as a symbiont. Just swallow it and don't chew!" -Celes 

"I am not doing this!" Never. I will never swallow something that's still alive! 

Celes turns around and takes the vial from me. "Say Aaaa." 

"No." 

Suddenly Celes jumps at me and locks me down in something like a wrestling move. "Don't be a little kid! You just have to swallow a slime! There isn't even a needle!" 

"Needle!?" 

I have to resist this! I try to wriggle out of her lock-down and manage to get an arm free. Twisting her little pinky, I manage to get from the floor. 

But with this a full blown fight evolves between us... 

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I have been humiliated! She forced that thing down my throat! "I wish I could puke now." 

Celes is sitting on top of me with the empty vial in her hand. "Don't puke! If you do, this whole procedure will have to be repeated!" 

"I need to reincarnate. This memory has to be discarded at all costs!" I try to wriggle out from under her but she hugs me. "You can't do that either! This is a treatment that affects the body!" 

"F.. Fine then make up for this!" I suddenly have an idea. Could this be a chance? 

"How?" Celes eyes me suspiciously. 

"You have to follow one of my wishes!" -Me 

"If it's not too strange. I guess it won't hurt?" -Celes 

I teleport us both into our woodhouse and run for the wardrobe. After a few seconds I find a really hot undergarment. 

When I made a little tour to another planet, I somehow stumbled over this in the red light district. Of course this happened out of pure coincidence! The planet is famous for it's lingerie items. 

I had to do some research in order to defeat my wife! 

Hehehe. Mwhahaha! She will die of shame! 

I turn around to Celes. "Put this on and dance for me!" 

Celes just looks at the thing in my hands and turns red.