Nameless.

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[Five minutes before the First Conjoin happened. Undvik.]

Kissing the top of his daughter's head one last time, he then asked the love of his life, "Ember, my darling… Are billions upon billions of eons not enough?"

"Hic. No, it is not enough. Ember still wants to have quality time with Papa and Mommy. Hic."

Sighing, knowing that every time she calls him that she always has something she wants—even though she knows he always does whatever she wishes—he nodded wearily and looked in Margarita's direction. Seeing his wife shake her head, already nauseated from too much family quality time on different timescales, he could only sigh and laugh bitterly. Looking at Ember, who had a mischievous smile with no tears visible on her face since the hiccups were just for show, he took a deep breath and took Ember's hand to be dragged into a different timescale.

"YAY! Thank you so much, Sir Felix! You are the best! Now, we go to Lyra Jordan's world, then we go to Essos, then…"

On and on, the father and daughter spent quality time together for trillions upon trillions of eons—chatting, playing games, eating together, and engaging in any activity typically done with family. After an unknown amount of time had passed, he and Ember finally returned to Undvik once again. But this time, the father had very visible bags under his eyes, resembling a zombie who had been tortured with endless mathematical exams. Still, no matter the cost to his sanity, he did whatever was best for his daughter.

What was peculiar was that Ember never seemed to get tired. Like a child with persistent, repetitive questions about certain topics, she always viewed the world with excitement and wonder. Perhaps this is why Dao called her endearing, as no matter how old she gets, she retains a childlike innocence that withstands all psychological strain. Even his selfless state of mind cannot be compared to Ember's bundle of joy, making this endearing quality truly invulnerable in terms of mental toughness.

"See you later, Papa. Ember will wait for you at the top."

Slightly bending down to let his daughter kiss his cheek, he then watched as Ember walked away to return to the Herald quarters, wanting to ascend with them by holding their hands, which resulted in arriving at the same place as everyone else. Turning toward Moiraine and Narishma, who were walking toward him and would arrive in a completely different world than Ember and Rita, he then felt the embrace of his best friends.

"Chad, see you on the endless road. And also… Take care of Nadine. Don't be like your previous self."

"Prick, don't die midway. The long delay in reincarnation is such a hassle. Also… If you leave her again, I will break that thing of yours until it bends completely. Do you understand?!"

Rolling his eyes and taking Jaina beside him into his embrace and kissing her to show both of them that he was already improving, he then asked, "This is enough?"

"Good… Okay then, see you on the other side, Chad, Din."

"Take care, you two…"

Seeing Moiraine and Narishma already walking away to join another group of people among the millions from many different franchises who wanted to ascend together, he then looked at Margarita, the last person walking toward him to say farewell. After kissing her deeply with only two minutes left, she then broke the kiss and turned toward Jaina, kissing her for another minute before breaking it and walking toward Ember's group. They said nothing, as they were already satisfied with the farewell party they had during the month they were together.

Turning toward her honey, Jaina then asked, "Babe, I think I have feelings for Rita. Can I love her as well?"

Rolling his eyes at the unnecessary question, he answered, "Of course, dear. We are one and the same. If you love me, you love Rita too."

Nodding her head, Jaina exclaimed, "Right. Wave-particle duality."

Turning her head toward the east side of Ember's group and seeing that Ciri and Lanfear had anxious expressions visible throughout their bodies, she then asked, "Did you not want them to see you? It's sad to see such intense emotion. They became like this when you severed their karma. I think just a little bit of your image will help them sleep in peace. Don't you agree, hon?"

Rubbing his chin as he calculated the possible future, he shook his head and said, "No, I think it's better for them to be like that. If I give them my image, they will later treat it as just a fleeting dream. That wouldn't align with our motivation, since Rita and I want them to become our mistresses. So, just let them be."

Sighing, knowing that as the Conjunction approaches, the Sun Breathing Man as the Heavenly Chosen becomes more of a thing of the past, with Dao already moving on to the next candidate, Jaina nodded and said, "Okay then. If that's what you want. But I will still convey the desire to Rita to comfort them. Maybe this way, they will love her and fully commit themselves to becoming her mistresses."

Knowing that his wife would be lonely up there later and that it would be better for her to work out her lust with their mistresses, he nodded and added, "Sure. But as Rita and I discussed weeks ago, no creating toys in any shape or form whatsoever. Only their hands."

Remembering the back-and-forth conversation that turned into a very heated discussion, leading to strict rules about what to do and what not to do when they are alone to commit to their love, with Jaina only staying on the sidelines without offering any opinion, she wove the thread of karma in the air to send a message to her queen.

Looking up into the sky where Rita had already turned into light and was rising higher and higher, ascending into a different world altogether, Jaina saw her glance toward Felix before observing her queen sending a message on her own, which made both of them chuckle to themselves. Not knowing the content of her master's message, as it was part of their private husband-and-wife relationship, Jaina eventually could no longer see the plethora of phenomena after thirty minutes, when the ascending people had fully risen into the sky.

Finally, seeing her master's level gradually decrease, slowly at first before picking up the pace and reducing to a single digit in binary numbers—unlike her own, which was already level one—Jaina then heard him sigh before walking away into the distance, possibly to help whoever he could on this island, which was gradually getting bigger and bigger as the Conjoin and Conjunction occurred every second.

"Come. Let's help one or two of them before we move on to the next."

Nodding her head, Jaina—now Ying Yue, having merged with many different variants due to their specialty as the new race called Wu Ming or Nameless, which was created by the Dao as a recent addition to the diverse group that will later become increasingly numerous—responded, "Yes, master."

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