The moon was bright and the stars were sparse. Jingle was flying everywhere. I tossed and turned on my bed. I had been running around for the whole day, so why couldn't I sleep now?
The little one was jumping around happily because she had received a bunch of candies. She was running circles on the ceiling. The box in the corner was swaying slightly because the puppets inside had received storybooks as gifts. Until a few minutes ago, they hadn't slept and were chattering about the contents of the books. The heavens could testify that those books were more suitable for children than Liliana's fairy tales.
Even now, I was still sighing at the wonders of fate.
Eight Cloud Purple and Bo Li Ling Meng — how did they get in here? Their faces were cramping when they blinked, and they became illegal transmigrators when they opened a room. They even lost their freedom after accidentally destroying the property of the Empire's military. Logically speaking, the two of them weren't gunners …
Perhaps Bubble would soon find out about their existence. Would that nerdy otaku's mother go berserk because of this?
Perhaps the puppets would be able to heave a sigh of relief.
For the past two days, Red and the other puppets had been ravaged by Bubble. The Schilling Host had swore to make a few one-to-one models into its collection. The methods it had used were close to the edge of humanity. This had obviously left a serious psychological scar on the puppets. When Little Bubble came over to say goodnight, Jade Star mistook her for someone else and almost flew out of the window along with the box. But just like when Mercury Lamp first arrived, the puppets bounced back from the energy barrier.
Perhaps it was because there were too many strange things that had happened today. All these messy things were playing in my mind. Furthermore, after my mental power became strong, sleeping was just a matter of habit. As a result, I couldn't fall asleep until a voice suddenly sounded in my mind. "Brother Monarch! Come and take a look at this child! "
It was Alaya's voice. What child did that silly cat angel say?
At first, I was shocked. I didn't do anything to that silly angel. Then, he was shocked: So she was referring to the Snowy Beauty Crystal?
Sensing anxiety in Alaya's mental undulations, I hurriedly calmed myself down and swiftly sent my consciousness into the mental domain. It didn't take long for me to reappear in that pale white world.
"Alaya?!"
"Brother Monarch, we're over here!"
Silly Cat Angel's voice immediately rang out. Looking towards the source of the voice, I saw a figure flashing with white light not far from me. I quickly moved over. It was so convenient to be in my own mental domain; teleportation didn't even need to be on cooldown.
However, before I could even open my mouth to ask Araya about the situation, a small figure suddenly pounced on me, followed by a loud wail coming from my bosom.
The petite and soft touch in his arms told him that this was the child who had temporarily parasitized in his spiritual world, the Snowy Beauty. But what happened to her?
"I don't know, Brother Monarch. She was fine before this, but she didn't speak for the whole day." Alaya's face was filled with confusion, but he also seemed to be relieved. "I noticed that her body was starting to dissipate again just now, but it seems like she has returned to normal now."
"Disappear?" I lifted the small body in my arms and raised it in front of my eyes. When I saw that everything was normal, I relaxed. The only problem now was how to stop her from crying.
The tiny marionette wailed like a three or five-year-old child. I had never seen a rose girl express her emotions like this before, but this child in front of me … what was going on?
"Has this child been acting strangely during the day?" I pressed the miniature girl against my chest as I asked Alaya.
"She was on standby the whole day … Hmm, she just stayed there and didn't talk. I didn't know how to communicate with her, so I just slept next to her."
Alaya admitted honestly.
While we were talking, the rose girl named Snowflower Enchantress, who had actually returned to being as white as a sheet of paper, gradually stopped crying. Although she was still sobbing, the hug I gave her told me that she had already calmed down.
It's recovering faster than I expected.
"Alright, alright. What's going on?" I carefully held the little girl in front of me and stroked her long ponytail with one hand. This was a trick that I had learned when I was with Little Bubble. Liliana had called it "The Ultimate Technique of a Nanny Daddy", "Father's Caress". It had been used to comfort Little Bubble, who was throwing a tantrum after Pandora and Visca stole her lollipop. Now, it was showing unprecedented effectiveness on the marionette girl in front of me. The miniature girl sniffled and replied to me in a daze, "Wha … What's wrong?"
"Alright, I forgot that you can't talk yet …"
"Can … Can … Can talk."
I was speechless.
Did she know how to talk or not?
Looking at the current situation, it seemed that she was unable to communicate with the Snowflower Enchantress at all. Her habit of repeating the last few words of my sentence seemed to be an innate ability of rose girls. However, other than the ability to 'talk', her mental state was like that of a child.
Furthermore, it was a situation that was even more troublesome than that of a child like Little Bubble back then. The Snowflower Enchantress was completely different from a normal infant!
Although I didn't know what had happened, the Snowflower Enchantress seemed to have calmed down, except for one thing: She was clutching onto my clothes tightly and couldn't let go.
"Brother Monarch, could it be …" Alaya suddenly raised his hand, indicating that he had something to say. "Could it be that this child thinks that you don't want her anymore?"
I was stunned for a moment as I looked at the Snowflower Enchantress's only left eye. The amber-like golden eye was still shining with a moist luster. There was joy and grievance in it, but most of all, there was fear that hadn't dissipated in time.
Alaya sorted out her thoughts and voiced out her guess. "This child's soul was cleansed by Brother Monarch's mental power. In order to repair her and prevent her from being rejected by Brother Monarch's mental power again, I used my own power to merge with Brother Monarch's to reconstruct this child's body. Could it be that … because of this, she has treated you as her father?"
I knew of Alaya's abilities. She could use a feather to turn a spirit into a Divine Creature, so it wouldn't be a problem for her to use my mental power to reconstruct another spiritual body. So this was the current state of the Snowy Crystal?
"This weak child has already forgotten how to control her mental senses. In this vast spiritual sea, there are disturbances everywhere. She can't even sense that Brother Monarch is by her side. So, after Brother Monarch left, she must have thought that she was abandoned again. Alaya has heard Brother Monarch talk about the Rose Maidens before. Those children were all pitiful girls who had been abandoned once. It must have left them with very painful memories. Perhaps, even after the Snowflower Enchantress's memory was cleansed by you, she still has those terrifying memories of loneliness, so … "
"I understand," I waved my hand to interrupt Alaya's analysis. At this point, there was no need for me to explain further as I already knew what was going on. "It seems like it was my negligence. But I can't always maintain my inner sight, right? Such a small child is equivalent to being born one or two days ago. She can't possibly leave her parents! "
"Brother Monarch, I can get close to her." Alaya thought for a moment before walking to the Snowflower Enchantress's side. The latter was stunned for a moment before she hesitantly hugged Alaya's wing and rubbed it against her face. "This child also has a portion of my power in her body, so she is very close to me. It's just that after her soul was cleansed, she grew up in your spiritual sea. So, her reliance on you is even more severe. I think that as long as she knows that you are always with her and that I am by your side, she will definitely be at ease."
Although Alaya's words made sense, why did I seem to associate it with some bad news? Damn it, doesn't this mean that the reborn Snowflower Enchantress is actually my and Alaya's child?
The moment this thought popped up, I jumped in fright. What made me even more shocked was that this thought couldn't be stopped from growing!
A newborn child who was as white as a sheet of paper. A third of her soul was inherited from the Snowflower Enchantress, a third from my spirit and a third from Alaya's power. Just what kind of ferocious origin is this! This is considered a royal bloodline!
"Brother Monarch?"
Seeing that I suddenly froze and didn't say a word, Alaya immediately came over in concern. In the end, the 'big brother' who was thinking about some inappropriate topic exclaimed in surprise and jumped a few meters away. Even the small Sedge Crystal was sent flying.
"Wuwa — —" The little girl started crying again.
Speaking of which, such a powerful seventh puppet was forcefully reformatted into this state by me. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?
After I finally managed to calm the baby Enchantress down, Alaya and I spent the rest of the night tossing and turning …
Go and draw circles at the corner of the wall!
We were only thinking of a way to increase the power of Enchantress's senses. Just like what Alaya said, the current Enchantress was too weak. Perhaps the seventh puppet had the ability to infiltrate countless people's minds and dreams, but this Enchantress who had been cleansed by my mental attack didn't have this ability. In the boundless spiritual sea, she was just a small boat. Although Alaya was always by her side to protect her, she was terrified that she couldn't see land. So, I had to think of a way to let her understand that this boundless ocean wasn't a lonely place, but her cradle.
Even though the basket was a little big.
Half of the night passed just like that. It was around 2 or 3 in the morning when we finally finished. Through the reconstruction of our mental power, we successfully doubled the power of the Snowy Crystal. Then, we made an interesting little invention.
Everyone in the family was already fast asleep. Even Jingle, who had been moving around in the room, was snoring softly in the lampshade. I raised my left hand lightly and saw a dim white halo flash past my wrist.
Angel Halo — — I felt a pain in the ass to give this thing such a flashy name.
It was an extension of Alaya's power. It could be considered the first fusion skill that I came up with after I had fused with that silly cat for a long time (no mistake). It didn't have any offensive or defensive capabilities. It only used Alaya's power as a conduit to guide the Snowy Crystal 'out'.
The little girl was too weak. If we didn't use this method, she would immediately dissipate once she appeared in the real world.
Right now, the little crystal must be curiously observing the outside world through this halo. Even though she could only vaguely sense a little information, she could use this thing to confirm that her 'father' was by her side. Furthermore, she could gradually obtain information from the outside world and grow. This really was the best of both worlds. It seems that a certain natural idiot could occasionally come up with good ideas.
As for me?
Alright, after all the trouble, I could finally sleep. Thus, the night passed uneventfully.
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Due to the fact that I spent quite a bit of energy at night (It wasn't because I lacked sleep, but it was really exhausting to research and develop a high-end new skill), I surprisingly wasn't the first to wake up the next morning. When I woke up, not only was Jingle nowhere to be seen, there were even 6 boxes neatly stacked in the corner of the room.
I actually didn't get smashed by red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple today?
I was curious for a moment, but soon found the answer. Mercury Lamp's usual attack on the chests was just her mischievous behavior in order to attract my attention. She probably noticed that I was sleeping soundly today, so she didn't call on her sisters to do so.
That's not simple, my chairman is finally sensible.
I didn't know if it was because I was feeling good about myself, but I slowly went to the first floor. The halo on my left hand had already automatically hidden itself, and it seemed like the Snow Beauty Crystal's reaction had also disappeared from the halo: That little girl had been tossing and turning for a day and a night, she must be tired.
However, she still had to get to know everyone today.
"Uh, I say, what are you guys doing?"
The moment I reached the living room, I was attracted by the strange scene in front of me.
Mercury Lamp, Liliana, Jade Star Stone, Sandora, the four of them were sitting in a row on the sofa in the living room. Each of them were looking at the things in their hands with a depressed expression.
Mercury Lamp glanced at me, then raised the bottle in her hand: "I drank yogurt in the morning, but after tasting a mouthful, I realized that this is expired milk."
Liliana also did the same: "I drank yogurt in the morning, but after drinking half of it, I realized that this is rice soup."
Jade Star Stone also raised her hand: "I drank yogurt in the morning, but after drinking half of it, I realized that this is water mixed with rice soup."
Sandora also raised her hand: "I drank yogurt in the morning, but after drinking all of it, I realized that this is a can of white latex …"
Me: "…"
Liliana and Mercury Lamp, are you two going to stop fighting each other all day long?!
Ignoring the four of them, I coughed and walked to the center of the living room. I solemnly announced: "Today, I will introduce a new member to everyone — — Mercury Lamp and Jade Star Stone. You two be serious. Fight with Liliana later, this new member is your sister!"
My announcement immediately silenced the living room. The Rose girls looked at each other in confusion, not knowing when they had a little sister.
I immediately explained the situation of the Snow Crystal. Now that her identity was confirmed, I felt that it was best to let Zhen Hong and the others "meet" this little girl.
Even though she had completely forgotten about her own matter.
The entire family formed a circle around the long dining table, and the Rose girls occupied special seats at the table. They stared unblinkingly at my wrist.
Half a minute later.
"Ahem, stay away from me, I'm a bit nervous."
Liliana bumped her head into me on the spot: "Boss, can't you be serious!"
The problem was that I suddenly realized that Alaya had fallen asleep again …
After much difficulty, I finally managed to wake up a certain someone who had fallen into a deep state of mental fusion with her. I began to carefully communicate with the little fellow in my mind. Since I wasn't using my soul's inner sight, this kind of communication was rather complicated. After all, the Unique Snowflower Crystal was much weaker than Alaya. Still, everything went smoothly. The little fellow was incredibly sensitive. The moment I woke her up, she immediately responded.
A white ring of light expanded from my wrist, carrying with it a feather-like phantom. Gradually, it covered the table in front of me. Then, a tiny, cowering figure appeared in front of everyone like a holographic projection.
The translucent little girl was so fragile. She flickered in the air, as though she could disappear at any moment. Even with the augmentation of Alaya's feather and my mental support, it was still too difficult for her to materialize in the real world. After all, she wasn't a spirit like An Weina, who had natural talents, but an artificial soul.
Well, reaching the Leaving Body Stage two days after birth was actually not bad — — did I go off topic?
"That's the girl?"
Qian Qian looked curiously at the illusory figure in midair, while the latter looked at the completely unfamiliar world outside with even more curiosity. Even though it required the support of both Alaya and my energy in order to reveal its form, it didn't affect the five senses of the Snowy Beauty Crystal. In this aspect, Alaya and I had tacitly chosen to suppress our assistance to this child.
"How interesting, she looks like smoke." After being serious for less than three seconds, Shallow Shallow couldn't help but reveal her true form. She reached out her hand to touch the head of the little girl in midair. This action immediately startled the Snow Crystal, who was coming out for the first time, and she let out an extremely soft shriek. The little girl abruptly turned into a ball of smoke floating in midair.
"Formless?" Sandora muttered softly. "Looks like the first ability she learned is self-defense. Ah Jun, you have to pay attention to her early education. This is the crucial period for the little Snow Crystal to learn new skills …"
Where did this girl learn these terms from?
The little girl was so timid that everyone's movements became even more careful. Right now, it was as though we were facing a glass doll that could shatter at any moment. We didn't even dare to breathe loudly. After knowing the origins of the Snow Crystal, everyone started to cherish this little fellow, so naturally, we didn't want to scare her.
A few minutes later, the ball of smoke in the air turned back into the appearance of the pure white girl. After realizing that the people around her didn't have any ill intentions, the little fellow seemed to have grown bolder. She started to observe everyone's appearance curiously. This was probably the first time in her memory that she saw anyone other than her 'parents'.
Mercury Lamp was pushed to the front by her younger sisters. The usually majestic Mercury Lamp actually revealed an uneasy expression in front of an almost transparent little girl. After a long time, she shook her head forcefully. "That's … that's it. I'm your big sister, welcome home! Damn it, why didn't you say it yourself if you're really red … "
"Why didn't you say it yourself?" The little Snow Crystal immediately repeated. This time, she even made a mistake in her sentence!
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