Our Hearts, Connected (2)
With that out of the way, let's look into what the mail Unknown or Bleu has in store for us.
It's no longer possible for me to go back to sleep. Her kiss woke me up, quite literally. Plus, losing a few days of sleep is fine since I'm no longer a human, but a demon lord. Huh? Does this mean my lifespan changed too?
"Liliath, how long can a demon lord live?"
"I too have wondered this question but.. there aren't any records I've found pertaining to this. I believe it is because demon lords die before they arrive at a natural death.."
That sounds.. like bad news. Really bad news. Owh well. We just gotta be the first ever demon lord couple to break out of this cycle.
"Isn't there this one cycle where the demon lord had a peace treaty with humans?" I think I got this information from the first time I met Bleu. Also, new demon lords are born during every 100 year cycle-- or something like that.
"That.. that demon lord pair died due to the chaos caused by the demon lords in the next cycle.."
"Wow.."
That's fucked up.
"Elves exist, right? So how long do they live?" maybe I can use that as a base.
"In Imagi, it would be somewhere close to a thousand years."
I don't know if that's short or long, because the life span of different races vary depending on the author of a story. So in my world, a thousand years or so is like the minimum pinnacle? Though.. I haven't asked about dragons yet so let's put that aside for now.
As for the mail, one of them was a reminder from Bleu telling us that we could go visit her in her domain any time if we had any questions. That's convenient.
The other mail was from Unknown, a bag of various coins came with it with complete instructions on how each of our Unique Skills worked and some basic rules when it comes to how statuses work-- last but not least, a fantasy world tourism guide book. There's a whole goddamn list here so better set up the email widget for Prune and Nine since it said here, both Prune and Nine will also receive the guides once I tether a mail widget to their system.
"It seems it's possible to locate anyone I wish, truly convenient," Liliath was gladly surprised by how when she combined her unique skill and the UI, she could pinpoint the exact location of her target-- Siesta, who was currently in her bedroom, sleeping-- from what Liliath described.
"How do you know she's sleeping?"
"Because I can see her," Liliath said, then went on to explain how her Unique Skill works.
You know, it's getting kind of confusing how we have 2 ability systems here, the TALENT system.. even though it really isn't a system, and the skills system in Imagi. Do they like.. not affect each other? I wonder..
Anyways, leaving that aside, Liliath's skill is like a search bar. She can type basically anything in it to narrow down the candidates that she wishes to find. In this case, she had the keywords, 'princess', 'Siesta'. And through the filter, only one name appears.
So say if Liliath has the keyword, 'princess', it would show basically every princess currently in Imagi. It's a very long list.
Huh. So that means there's only one princess with the name Siesta in the entire continent of Imagi.
But that's not all.
She can select her target, it would be marked on her map and..
"Uh.. so you can actually.. view it in third person?"
Liliath nodded timidly.
Oh fuck, so that's her unique skill [God's Eye]? Sounds like a similar skill to [Ultimate Privacy Invader] to me. She can peek at anyone-- at any time! Wherever, whenever, and however she wishes! Now that's just wrong! WRONG! WHY THE HELL DID YOU HAVE TO ADD SUCH A FUNCTION! UNKNOWN, WHAT THE HELL!?
Well, I suppose his thought process will continue to remain unknown to me…
But it's really convenient.. in a sense.
"Please use it in moderation.." I pleaded, sincerely.
"I-I will try. It's not obligatory to view their surroundings to locate them so you not need to worry about me doing any of that sorts!" Liliath said, flustered.
"I trust you.." I don't think she'll keep her word. "Leaving that aside, what are your goals, Liliath. This isekai situation mainly revolves around you.. so.. do you have any idea what it could be?"
"Goals? Are you referring to the evolution quest?"
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Liliath's Evolution Quest:
End the war between the empire and Demon Lord.
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Noel's Evolution Quest:
Resolve Issue.
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"Something like that-- since Unknown and Bleu themselves said that we don't actually need to deliberately participate in the war, if it does break out."
"Noel, as my significant other half, your goals are my goals. I dedicate everything to you, thus, I would like to know yours."
"You know Liliath.. Just because we're now true demon lords, it doesn't mean you should act like.. unrealistically loyal to me. It could be how this world works but.. you do understand that I grew up from the modern world right?"
How cliche. I don't like this.. I don't care if I'm a demon lord or human. I don't want LIliath to become someone who always says YES to whatever it is I wish. Not that she would..
Liliath looked at me with a troubled expression.
"Do you wish to meet your parents?" I asked.
"I don't know," she bit her lips.
"How about your sister.. Princess Valentine was it?"
"About that.." Liliath brought up her UI and searched for her name then pinned a marker on her. It also appeared on my UI, looks like it's connected, "She's-- in her room."
"You want to meet her right?"
"If I am allowed to do so.. but it would be difficult wouldn't it? What if they find out that I still exist?"
"No idea about that. It's alright though-- maybe we just have to make ourselves powerful beyond measure so that we can do basically anything we want."
Goal get!
"Noel, how about your evolution quest? It seems it has yet to settle. Perhaps it is related to mine too?" Liliath pointed at my UI.
"Ah, about that.. I've been thinking for a while now and I think I have an answer. Just my hypothesis. Which is that there is no problem to begin with, that it's just there to remind me that somethings-- just don't have any answer to it. If I think there's a problem, there will be. Just accept it and the likes, that's why, it's impossible to resolve an 'issue' when it's undefined. Just as how life is undefined. There is no answer nor a solution. Get the gibberish explanation I'm saying here?" haha, I'm just running my mouth over to her.
"I believe I do," Liliath smiled.
"Putting that aside.. we have a lot we need to do huh?" I muttered.
"Noel, can I ask for something.." her voice tapered off.
"Huh? What is it?"
"Could I call you.. dear?"
I think I blew a fuse, I felt steam rise from my head.
And then we had a 30 minute debate on why she should not use that to address me-- yet. We're not married, underaged, and 'dear' being a term that would totally kill my sanity if used now.