Liu Shu was baffled, flabbergasted, utterly flummoxed! Aionthra’s words were extrely surprising. However, who was our Liu Shu? A tree who adored babies, especially her own!
“Baby? My baby?” All the fear, caution, and confusion she held toward Aionthra disappeared in a flash, and a mont later, her roots dug into the and rushed toward Aionthra.
The 100-ter-tall woman was startled. ‘Did I anger her with my teasing?’
When she was about to reach for her crystal staff, she heard an extrely soft, adoring, and gentle exclamation from the World Tree.
“My baby!”
Aionthra froze, and Liu Shu’s roots arrived, coiling around her body while patting her head. “Hehehe. Hello, baby! Sorry for being unable to reach out to you before! Mommy was busy Leveling Up, so I couldn’t reach out to you.”
While fondling her big baby with endless love, she asked worriedly. “Did soone co to bully you? Sorry for summoning you as a , baby. You’ll probably have to suffer a bit in the future when people gain enough strength to challenge and defeat you. Tell if you ever feel burdened, and Mommy will do her best to make you feel better!”
Aionthra, a woman with an innate imperial elegance, was completely stumped when she was hugged by her “mother’s” roots. She didn’t know how to answer, so she remained silent.
Liu Shu, completely ignoring Aionthra’s complex expression, continued asking her question. “How have you spent these last years? Have you eaten well? Do you even need to eat? Perhaps you don’t even need to sleep! Well, I can’t really give items, but I can detach so of my roots. You can at least cook them if you lack so food! Also…”
“W-Wait!” Aionthra stopped Liu Shu’s barrage. “That… Um. Master, you know that I am not truly your daughter, right?”
Liu Shu patted Aionthra’s butt with her roots rather strongly. “What are you saying now!? You were born from mixing part of myself into you, right? What is that if not my baby! I even asked the a mont ago, and it told that only you received such an advantage. Compared with the others who absorbed only my Eternal Energy, who other than you is even qualified to call themselves my baby!?”
Aionthra was speechless. She had expected many ways her conversation with her creator could go, but she had never expected to have her ass slapped in the first few minutes!
Looking at the bewildered face of the incredibly elegant empress-like woman, Liu Shu squealed loudly. “You are so beautiful, Aionthra! Hehe, of course, my baby has inherited her mom’s beauty~. Ughh… It’s a sha that I can’t hold you with my Avatar. Although… Hm. You are quite tall, so my Avatar would be as petite as your nail! Haha.”
Aionthra, hugged by Liu Shu’s roots and feeling the genuine care and love from the World Tree, felt sowhat flustered. Still, beyond that flusteredness, there was a strange sense of warmth and comfort.
After a mont of hesitation, she glanced at the roots coiling around her. Then, she tentatively reached out and patted them.
Liu Shu, who had been observing her change of expressions and emotions, felt her heart swell with joy. “That’s right! Those are Mommy’s roots. Are they soft? Are they warm?”
Aionthra battled her rising feelings only for a second before she relaxed her tensed body. She humd quietly. “Mhm.”
The soft hum made Liu Shu squeeze her a little bit tighter with a laugh. “I am glad.” Then she sighed again and spoke softly. “I never expected you to be born as a . Your responsibility is to… well… be defeated eventually. Do you resent Mommy?”
Aionthra exhaled, completely leaving her body in the care of the comfortable roots. Their massage, gentle patting, and soft, warm texture of the roots made her feel a strange sense of comfort.
“I don’t, Master.”
“Call Mom! Or Mommy~. Hm… Mama is not that bad either. Hehe.”
Aionthra squinted, leaning back and completely relaxing. Even then, the sense of elegance and royalty in her body didn’t disappear. She just looked like an empress resting in a place where she felt safe.
After hesitating only for a mont, Aionthra chuckled and spoke. “Mother, there is no need to worry about . Not to ntion…” Looking at her own , Aionthra smirked. “I am quite strong.”
“Mother…?” Liu Shu pouted. “So formal… so stiff…” Before Aionthra could change it, she heard Liu Shu speak again with a soft tone. “But, if that’s the way that you find most comfortable to call , then it’s the best of them all.”
What Aionthra was going to say got stuck in her throat, and she couldn’t help but look at the roots around her with a softened look. Her previous aloof and imperial athyst-colored eyes were now soft and peaceful. “Thank you, Mother.”
“No need to thank .” Liu Shu answered with a happy laugh. “So, baby, why did you call ? I was very surprised when you did!”
Aionthra traced the roots with her fingers and answered relaxedly. “I just… wanted to know my Ma…” She paused and then smiled. “My mother. I wanted to know you, Mother.”
“That’s so sweeeeet!” Liu Shu squealed, using her roots to ruffle her erald-like hair until it was completely ssed up. Aionthra didn’t care, and even with her hair ruffled, she didn’t look disheveled; instead, there was now a wild charm to her elegance, making Liu Shu exclaim. “Wow~, you are pretty even with hair like that! Impressive, impressive. Are you sure you don’t have a Hidden Title that increases your beauty?”
Aionthra chuckled. “Not that I know of.” She then joked. “I guess the genes are doing the heavy lifting.”
Liu Shu instantly turned her nose to the skies. “Of course! I am super pretty as well, you know? With my beauty, how can my baby be bad-looking?”
While she said that, Liu Shu used her roots to gently comb through Aionthra’s hair and fix the ssed-up hair. Such gentle care was sothing Aionthra had not felt in her long life. After all, the Dungeon’s won’t gain wisdom and intelligence as quickly if she is out of the accelerated ti attribute.]
“What wisdom will my Baby gain when she is trapped in this castle!?” Liu Shu retorted angrily. “Also, allow her to see the outside. Don’t worry, my baby is super obedient and won’t breach the . Just let her share views throughout my domain so that she is not bored.”
[Dungeon System: Understood.]
Aionthra, as a , was not under Liu Shu’s limitations. As a created by it, she knew perfectly that this realm was Liu Shu’s. Hence, the would not respond to her awareness that it belonged to Liu Shu.
Hearing the conversation between the system and Liu Shu, Aionthra was slightly overwheld. She had not expected her Mother to act so decisively. While she was not bored here and felt peaceful, she would be lying if she said that she didn’t have curiosity about what the outside looked like.
Now, with her ti synchronized with Liu Shu, her centuries of solitude had co to an end, opening a new chapter for the powerful empress. She, who walks between seconds, would spend her ti with her mother from then on.
“Let’s see…”
Curious, she poked her senses out, gently piercing the layer of the , and soon, she was able to see not a hint, but the entirety of the landscape without problems. The first thing she looked at was, of course, Liu Shu.
Her eyes widened faintly. “Heavens… You are even larger than the replica within my trial. And… much more beautiful.”
She was sincere here. Liu Shu, who now resembled a Heavenly Pillar that connected the earth and the sky, was nothing less than majestic. Her perfectly defined female body, incredibly long and lush green hair, sky-blotting canopy, and gorgeous facial features gave her the looks of a Nature Goddess living among mortals.
Liu Shu was naturally delighted at her new baby’s praise! Then, she heard Aionthra speak, her tone calculating and with a hint of killing intent. “I wonder… if I will ever be able to leave… can I go and exterminate that annoying nexus filth that’s bothering Mother?”
Liu Shu, who had promised that Aionthra was a very obedient child: “...”
The , which had already started to regret giving Aionthra her current permissions:
[Dungeon System: …]
[Dungeon System: Should I revoke her permission?]
“Ahem. Don’t. My baby is obedient, I promise.”
Her words, spoken confidently, carried absolutely no convincing power to either of them. However, would Liu Shu prohibit her baby from having fun? Over her dead body!
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