"Isn't it polite to introduce yourself first before demanding soone's na?" I looked at this 'genie' incredulously.
She just blinked at in confusion, staring intently as if my face would give away so kind of secret. "I am Jinn, spirit of the Relic of Knowledge." She hovered over the lamp, seemingly regaining her composure as she crossed her legs and crossed her arms over her breasts.
"Kay."
She frowned, as if to expect so other kind of reaction. "Who are you, why can I not see you?" She slowly descended, landing in front of .
"First na -- Bob, last na -- The Builder." I was curious what she ant by not being able to see , though I had so guesses if she was the spirit of this so called 'Relic of Knowledge'. Probably not the best idea to say my na to her before I know what's going on.
"No, you're not." She rubbed her temples, ignoring what ridiculous na I gave her. "You are – y-you—W—Wil—" Her eyes began to glow brightly as she stared at . I could practically taste the magical power flowing around her. "You are infinite." Her eyes rolled back, and she went limp. I quickly moved to catch her, her legs wobbly as she seed to need a mont to regain her focus. Her eyes unglazed, set on again as her hand hesitantly reached out to cup my cheek. "You're real." She whispered, as she went to poke my arm and chest.
"I would hope so."
She just giggled to herself as her focus drifted back to and she cald down. "How did you get here?"
"Well, I was looking for the restroom, and one thing led to another, here I was."
She gave a deadpanned look. "You ca to this dinsion by accident?" She said dryly.
"Yup." No idea what she's talking about.
"You're lying." She stated, tilting her head. "I'm being lied to." She whispered to herself again, turning back to . "Do it again."
"Do what?" I just blinked in confusion.
"Lie to ."
"...I'm a giant purple platypus?"
She let out a cute little giggle. "I can't tell if you're speaking the truth or not, I don't know."
"I am missing context here." I interjected on her little laughing fit.
She smiled, turning towards again. "I am Jinn, Spirit for the relic of Knowledge. I know everything past and present. Every century I can answer three questions about anything not pertaining to the future, two questions remain."
"Oh." Well, that isn't good.
"And you, are unknown to ." Her face invaded my personal space. "There are only two individuals that I cannot see, I cannot 'hear'. You are most certainly not one of the brother gods."
Welp, looks like you were right Ddraig.
[Knew it.]
How much you want to bet these gods are responsible for why the world is fucked up?
[Suckers bet.]
"So, like, you can hear people's thoughts?" She had a form of clairvoyance I guess, to see everything that's going on in the world.
"I know everything past and present."
"And you can't hear my thoughts."
"Correct."
"Oh, that's good, would be awkward otherwise."
"I don't have to read your thoughts to know what you're thinking." She rolled her eyes, her arms pushing against her breasts for added effect.
"That's fair." I nodded.
They were very nice boobs.
"I have two questions remaining for this Century, you may ask your questions."
"I'm guessing that I have to 'intend' to use said questions, otherwise they would have been used up already."
"That is correct." She stated.
"Huh, are you allowed to just tell whatever you want?" If so, that would be a big loophole.
"I am not allowed to divulge information unknown to you, other than my purpose and my origin and anything that corresponds to my use." She iterated.
"That seems.....mildly exploitable if you were keen to." I pointed out, earning a small smirk from her. "But I don't really have any questions that need the use of magic to answer right now." I would think this over a bit, see if anything stuck out. I was not really hung up on any particular issue that needed this thod to deliver an answer. "I'll see you later." I waived at her, turning around, only for her to block my way.
Probably best to not ss around with this thing if I don't need to.
"You're leaving?"
"Uh...yes? Places to be, people to see."
"And you aren't taking ?" She gestured towards the supposed Relic.
"I hadn't planned on it." Felt weird to take it now.....maybe if it were a weapon or sothing I would be more enthused, but it's probably useless outside of Remnant.
"Take with you." She said sternly.
"That seems like more trouble than its worth." I replied. "I hesitate to ask why you want to co with ."
"How long do you think this dinsion has existed? How long do you think it has been since another person has found and used ?" She asked, clearly getting around the issue of telling information I 'wouldn't know'.
"So, you're lonely here?" I hazarded a guess.
"I looked at you." She pushed her forehead against mine, staring into my eyes. "So many colors, Remnant is just one tiny little speck."
My face hardened, realizing what she was talking about. "You tried to peek at sothing you shouldn't have." My eyes narrowed at her.
She hesitated for a mont, stepping back. "I am Jinn, Spirit for the Relic of Knowledge, I am supposed to 'know everything'. Never before have I not known sothing unless it was the hands of my creators, now sothing like 'that' was dangled infront of ..." She sounded excited.
"What exactly are you trying to say?"
"Take with you." She reiterated.
I think I understood what she wanted. "You don't just an from this place, do you?"
"I don't know what I saw, but there was so much, and I want to know it all." She moved her arms, letting see her body fully. "Anything you want, I'll give it to you, just please take with you."
This is not how I expected today go. I guess she more or less parsed that I'm not from 'around here', even if she couldn't quite understand what she peeked at. And how she did that in the first place? So kind of divine magics woven into her creation, perhaps.
I rubbed my temples, forcing myself to look away.
[Are you going to take her?] Ddraig asked.
I'm considering it.
[Should I remind you not to think with your dick?]
Honestly, I'm not.... I actually have an idea of how she would be useful. My ho needs sothing to hold together the magics to overlay it on multiple world-lines. That Lamp is holding this dinsion together, my guess is that it would work for my needs. And from what she's talking about, I don't think she would mind looking after everything as long as she can continue to learn new things.
[So, you want her as what, your maid?]
If she's fine with that? And that's a bit pedantic compared to what I explained.
[And you don't think there would be any issues in taking her with us?]
I have no idea what she was created for, what her true purpose is beyond just answering these 'questions'. But, she's a sapient creature, a 'person' who expressed her own will, if this is what she wants and she's okay with the terms, I would have a clear conscious in anything that happens afterwards.
I turned back towards Jinn. "Are you're not abandoning your duty by wanting to co with ?" Honestly had no idea what she was intended for, so I was just taking a shot in the dark here.
"I am only obligated to answer questions when the quota is available for whoever holds the relic." She stated.
I rubbed my chin at her words. "So as long as I keep your 'answers' at 0, that ans no one would ever be able to force sothing out of you." She smiled brightly at my statent as I paced lightly around the area, thinking this through.
Admittedly, she checked quite a few of my boxes....
Fuck it, what am I even being hesitant for? "I'm a greedy person." I turned my gaze back at her. "Once you agree to this, you'll be mine and I don't give up what's mine." I made sure she knew what she was getting into.
"I already said I would give you everything." She smiled. "Take with you. I want to see everything, know everything out there."
"Fine." I conceded. "I'll have a job for you soon, for now, return to the relic, I'll take it with ."
She gave a smile, quickly placing her lips against my cheek before dissipating and turning into smoke that got swept back up into the lamp. I didn't take it yet, less this dinsion co crashing down on .
[I have a thought.]
"Is it about how I just accepted a genie as my employee?"
[No, its sothing else.] Ddraig spoke. [I rember looking at the book you read, the one about the Kingdoms.]
"Yeah?"
[Well, wasn't the symbol of this kingdom a Lamp.....similarly to this one you just obtained?]
"You don't think....?" I an, it could be a coincidence. But, then again, it is a divinely created item, hidden under the city of the kingdom that uses it as a symbol....
[And there was one Kingdom whose symbol was a sword.]
"Oh." I took a mont to contemplate what he just said. "Well, Ddraig, I think I should pay a visit to Vacuo." Coincidence or not, definitely going to check this out. The relic was on the kingdom's flag, under the kingdom's Academy. Other Kingdoms have objects on their flags as well, each also having a huge Academy....not a big leap in logic.
[Ah, that was the Kingdom's na.]
"Yup, I feel like there are so very educational reasons that I can't care to make up to rationalize stealing that sword." If It exists, that is. Well, guess it's ti to pay a visit to the big desert to the west.
[Well, she did say that she doesn't get visitors, so it's likely this sword, if it does exist, is also sealed away.]
"Wait, she said three wishes a century and only two remained, that ans she was visited within the last century." I rubbed my chin. I don't think she can actually lie.....so there appears to be more going on than what I know, but at the sa ti Jinn wouldn't be much help unless I used her 'questions'. "The plot thickens." I muttered, pushing away thoughts for now. It really didn't concern for the mont.
I yoinked the Relic quickly, opening up a new passage out of this sub dinsion.
My day was far from over yet.
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Sorry for the late post, didn't get ho until around midnight from work. Okay, so I may have accidently lied last chapter and said Power of Destruction was this chapter, it's actually next chapter. I bla that on how tired I was yesterday when I posted. So Jinn joins up and is going to solve the issue with his house needing sothing to hold the magics together while also taking care of it for him. She sees a tiny bit of what the MC is hiding, decides she wants so of that, MC is only....partially thinking with a certain part of his anatomy.
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