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8 or 9 years later
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"When you said you would level up, this was NOT what I had in mind" Alice yells at her two daughters as she watches them fight
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Lefiya, now 14, has her hair tied back into a ponytail, a rosette pink cape on top of a white shirt and pink corset dress, a purple bow hanging at the collar. Liliruca, now 14, has kept her look much the same, her clothes are a black dress, black stockings and black boots, and a crimson cloak instead of her brown one, the main difference over the years being the wolf ears and tail on her body, created using her magic to enhance her senses using the enhanced powers of demi-humans
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"What did you…Think we had in mind?" Lefiya says dodging a fire blast
"You defeated a dragon, fifty times this size…This… is nothing" Lili says firing another blast from her water attributed magic sword
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The dragon they are facing, an infant dragon, Four meters in height, with jet black skin and blood red eyes. It is an irregular version of a rare monster equivalent to a floor boss since none spawn on the 11th floor
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"I was a few hundred years older and had much more experience" Alice mumbles to herself watching them fight
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"Arcs Ray"
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A blast of light shoots from the magic circle on Lefiya's staff and hitting the dragon in the leg, causing it to fall off balance and roll onto the ground
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Lili fires another blast from her magic sword as it breaks apart; she reaches into her backpack and takes out her scythe. She rushes forward and slashes the weapon across the creature's stomach, drawing a deep gash as it shrieks. It gets up and releases a blast of fire, nearly missing Lili's head as she rushes forward and slashes the creatures leg, taking it clean off as it falls back to the ground
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"Are you ready yet Lefiya?" Lili yells
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Lili and Alice looks towards Lefiya who is holding out her staff as a red magic circle appears beneath her
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"Now"
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Lili shoots away from the dragon as Lefiya hits the bottom of her staff against the magic circle
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"Rea Laevateinn"
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Purple veins move from the magic circle all over the area. Twisters of fire erupt from the ground before engulfing the entire area and setting everything it can on fire, leaving the room illuminated red instead of its white coloring. Trees on fire, monsters shrieking as they are engulfed by the flames
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Alice looks at the scene before snapping her fingers as rainclouds appear and rain pours down, extinguishing the fire before stopping and disappearing. She looks to her two daughters noticing them passed out, back to back
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"I'm very proud of you two" Alice says waving her hand over the area. Magic stones fly towards her and into Lili's bag as she two magic circles appear, lifting the two up, she opens a portal and takes them back home. Changes them, and places them in bed
"I probably should have tried a bit harder to stop them, but they wanted so bad to be level 3. I think they may actually have done it" Alice says, more to herself than to anyone else, she goes to the bedroom and wakes Yue, to tell her of the events of Lili's and Lefiya's Boss fight
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The next morning
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The two rush down the stairs once awake and rush towards Alice, who ready for them, produces two pieces of paper
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"These are your options for your next development abilities. Lefiya, yours were expected, Lili, I was surprised, in a good way"
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Possible abilities for Lefiya
[Abnormal Resistance] – Eventual immunity to poisons, compulsions and divine power
[Dragon Killer] - Abilities increased 50% towards Dragons
Possible abilities for Lili
[Magic Ring] – Use any magic as long as effects and name are known
[Abnormal Resistance] – Eventual immunity to poisons, compulsions and divine power
[Dragon Killer] - Abilities increased 50% towards Dragons
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"Dragons are not easily encountered, so I think that option should be out, so I'll take [Abnormal Resistance]" Lefiya says as Lili nods
"Lili will take [Magic Ring]. Next time abnormal resistance, unless Mage if it comes first, since we do have healing magic and potions" Lili says as the others nod
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Alice nods and they go into the living room and lay on the couch, their backs to Alice as she gets to work on their new status
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Lefiya Viridis-Grima
Level: 2 - 3
Strength: F 304 - I 10 (Total Hidden Value: 781)
Endurance: B 724 - I 10 (Total Hidden Value: 1827)
Dexterity: B 730 - I 10 (Total Hidden Value: 1746)
Agility: B 724 - I 10 (Total Hidden Value: 1699)
Magic: S 975 - I 25 (Total Hidden Value: 1948)
Mage: H
Abnormal Resistance: I
HP: 826/826
MP: 310/310
Physical Attack: 10 (Total Hidden Value: 781)
Magical Attack: 25 (Total Hidden Value: 1948)
Defense: 10 (Total Hidden Value: 1827)
Magic:
[Arcs Ray] – Low Light Magic Attack
[Immolation] - Wide Area Fire Magic
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Skills:
[Magic Ring] – Use any magic as long as effects and name are known
[Concurrent Chanting] – Can cast magic while moving
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Alice moves to Lili and begins updating when something interesting happens
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Liliruca Arde-Grima
Level: 2 - 3
Strength: F 326 - I 10 (Total Hidden Value: 628)
Endurance: D 589 - I 10 (Total Hidden Value: 1021)
Dexterity: B 700 - I 10 (Total Hidden Value: 1289)
Agility: B 702 - I 10 (Total Hidden Value: 1341)
Magic: A 872 - I 14 (Total Hidden Value: 1749)
Healing Power: H
Mage: I
HP: 750/750 HP Regen: 20 per minute
MP: 225/225
Physical Attack: 10 (Total Hidden Value: 628)
Magical Attack: 14 (Total Hidden Value: 1749)
Defense: 10 (Total Hidden Value: 1021)
Magic:
[Cinder Ella] – Transformation magic. Turns user into anything around the same size
Skills:
[Artel Assist] - When the user is carrying a certain amount of weight, will compensate in abilities
[Magic Ring] – Use any magic as long as effects and name are known
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Alice hands the two their new sheets as Lili looks at her shocked
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"Is this real Mother?"
"Yes, it seems you have something special about you Lili, getting a skill instead of development, and a development skill"
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Lili beams as Lefiya looks at her paper interested with this result
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"Your hidden values reveal quite a bit, a few fields are even better than most level 3s, and you only just now got there, you're going to be powerful. I can't wait to see your hidden stats next time you level up" Alice says as her two daughters hug her
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A few days later
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Alice walks, arm in arm with Yue, as her daughters take one of their hands, Lili taking Yue's and Lefiya taking Alice's as they walk to the guild to exchange magic stones from the previous few days. They meet with an elf with brown hair and glasses
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"How may I help you?" she asks
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Alice holds up a large bag and places it on the table, overfilling with magic stones
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"These are from the middle floors, how did you get there, we've never seen you before"
"Really? Were the Familia living…actually that makes more sense. You see we don't live around here"
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Alice opens a portal for her to see the location of their house before closing it
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"We teleport to the dungeon daily, and Lili typically exchanged the stones."
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The elf looks at Lili, squints and shrugs
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"We're the Grima Familia, ask any of the Gods and they'll refer to me as Ancestor" Alice says as the elf nods and takes the bag of magic stones to the back. Soon she returns with an even larger bag of money and places it on the table
"There you go, 45,000 Valis for the stones, especially that large one"
"Mini boss on the…Tenth floor I think?" Alice says before shrugging
"My daughters just hit level 3, so were going out to celebrate" Alice says as the girl widens her eyes
"You two are what, 12, 13?"
"14" Alice says smiling at the reaction
"You'd have to be the youngest record setters ever" she says stunned
"Yep, now can you recommend a good place?" Alice asks
"The Hostess of Fertility is good"
"Thanks Ms…"
"Eina"
"Thank you Miss Eina" Alice says as they leave
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They walk out and look at the shimmering night sky for a moment before making their way to the pub recommended to them. They walk in and are greeted by a girl with silver hair in a green waitress outfit and a white headpiece
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"Welcome to the Hostess of Fertility, my name is Syr, First time?" she asks as Alice nods
"I am Alice Grima, Goddess of the Grima Familia, these are my children Lili and Lefiya, were here to celebrate their level up" Alice says as Syr smiles at them
"Good for you two, it's nice to see younger level 2s"
"Three actually, they just set the record" Alice says her smile widening as Syr stumbles as she leads them to a circular table
"Thank you Miss Syr" Lili says
"Thank you" Lefiya says
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Syr leaves and brings Alice and Yue wine and Juice for Lefiya and Lili
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"What can I get you all?"
""Meat"" Lili and Lefiya say at the same time
"Fish please" Alice says
"Ribs, thank you" Yue says
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Syr leaves and brings them their food several minutes later, Lefiya and Lili dig in as Alice and Yue eat gracefully
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"What do you think Yue?"
"Tender" she responds
""Good"" Lili and Lefiya exclaim as they continue to eat
"What about you Alice?" Yue asks
"Excellent fish, it's been awhile since I had any good ones" Alice says biting another piece
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The three finish their food, Alice opens a sac and places 600 Valis in it and as they walk out, she hands it to Syr
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"Miss Alice, I think you left too much"
"Keep it" Alice says, not turning around as they walk outside as she hear the Waitresses talk to each other
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"She's nice" she hears Syr say
"Nya I want that table next time" the black haired cat girl says
"I'm the one who needs the money Meow" the brown haired cat girl says
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Alice laughs as she creates a portal back to the house as everyone walks through. They make their way inside and into the living room when Alice speaks up
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"I have a present for you two" Alice says
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She takes out of her inventory two green orbs, inside is some kind of creature. They glow and are encased in purple crystal entirely before Alice hands them to Lili and Lefiya
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"I got those from a, shall we say, less than reputable source. I changed it so that if you flow your mana into them, you'll gain a bit of spirit magic. I tested one myself and got two spells, the same ones that should be in there" Alice says as the two fill the crystals with their mana as they float and are gently absorbed into their chests
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"Where in the black market did you get these Mother?" Lili asks
"The darkest corners" Alice replies as they sit on the couch
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Alice waves her hand and two magic circles appear, one bright white and another deep black
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"Light and Dark Spirit magic. The only magic that, no matter skill, requires an incantation, and yet, the payoff is that spirit magic is some of the strongest"
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"Dim, Flash"
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The two magic circles expand and smaller circles form along the edges
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"As you speak the incantation they grow, without it they are weak, anyway"
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Alice waves her hand and the circles disappear
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"It's good you two are level 3, but here's the next goal, how high do you want to go?" Alice asks honestly
"Ais Wallenstein, currently level 4 is one of the fastest growing adventurers" Lili notes as Lefiya nods
"We want to be better than her"
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Alice smiles and pats their heads
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"Then were going to need to work much harder, go much deeper in the dungeon, ok?"
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The two young girls smile and nods their heads, determined expressions on their faces
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"Your records are impressive for your age, but most likely someone will come to beat them sooner or later. So you have to work harder to set an impossible to beat record"
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2 weeks later, Dungeon level 15
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"Immolation"
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Lefiya launches her wide are fire spell at a group of Minotaur's as they are engulfed by the flames
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"Almost there, are you two sure about this? It's only been two weeks"
"We've trained hard; the Goliath should level us up if we beat it"
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The four continue to the next floor. Lili holds her scythe tight before shooting forward and slashing at a large group of monsters, causing deep gashes as they fall to the ground, dissipating into nothing
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"I know you two have advanced stats for level 3. Being in my Familia increases your growth rate even more, but please be careful"
"Don't worry Mama, we've got this" Lefiya says smiling
"We'll be careful Mother" Lili says hugging Alice
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The group walks on, defeating monsters as Alice holds on to Yue, worried, as Yue comforts her. Soon they reach a square room, blue in color, and pixelated. They look around as they begin hearing cracking and roaring as a large monster breaks through the wall. Seven meters tall, grey skin, humanoid appearance, black hair, and blood red eyes with black sclera as Alice looks it over
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Goliath
- Monster Rex of the 17th floor
- Slow but strong
- Equivalent to high level 4 to low level 5 adventurers
- Drop Item: [Goliath Hard Skin]
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Alice stays to the side with Yue, watching with worry as her daughters ready to fight it
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""Distel""
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Electricity covers the two as Lili takes off towards the monster as Lefiya begins chanting. Before starting this expedition, knowing they would want to take on the Goliath, Alice went back and acquired more of the gems, crystallized them and gave them to the two, after copying them herself of course. Lefiya seemed to get the long chant magic while Lili got the short chant and Quick cast magic, though they shared three spells, enhancement magic [Caelum Veil], Light Magic [Light Burst] and Dark Magic [Darkness Burst]
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"Immolation"
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Lili points her scythe at the Creature as a red magic circle springs to life and fires the blast of magic at it, exploding upon contact, before she moves to avoid a giant fist coming her way. The smoke clears and she sees that it did no real damage, superficial cuts already closing up. Lili rushes around the monster to its back as it slowly turns to face her
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"[Icicle Edge], Flash, run through; slash apart the shadow, my name as an agent is Lux, avatar of light, queen of light [Light Burst]. Dim. Encircle. Return all to the darkness, my name as an agent is Tenebrae, avatar of Darkness, queen of Darkness [Darkness Burst]"
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Three magic circles appear around her scythe as three blast shoot at the monster, one a large icicle and the other two spears of light and darkness, they move closer to each other before merging and forming a large arrow with swirling energies as it impacts the monsters face
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"Come, fire, burn, burn, burn. Whirlpool of fire, wall of crimson, howl of hellfire"
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As Lefiya chants the monster roars and waves its hands over its face, clearing the smoke. The Goliath is now missing half of its jaw and a large chunk from its neck. The monster roars and smashes its hands on the ground, causing the ground to crater out and jagged pieces to stick out as Lili has to dodge as Lefiya has to cautiously move backwards and continue chanting
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"Borrow the power of a gust of wind and close the world, burning sky, burning earth, burning sea, burning spring, burning mountain, and burning life. Change everything to scorched earth and give the signal of rage and despair the cost of the life of my loving hero"
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Lili swings her scythe at the creature's ankle and sinks into the tendons as the creature shrieks in pain and swipes at Lili, grazing her and sending her flying back into the wall. Alice is about to rush in and help when Yue grabs her and shakes her head
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"They can do this"
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Lili moves from the crater she created in the wall and looks at the monster
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"Rage, Wrath of Heaven, [Caelum Veil]"
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The electricity covering her shoots forward and hits the Goliath, causing it to spasm and shake before it fades and the monster look at Lili, killing intent increased. The monster punches the nearby wall, sinking its arm in and pulling it out, reveals a club in its hand. Lili takes off and moves around the monster, dodging its strikes and parrying others with her scythe
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"Hurry up Lefiya, its getting angry"
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"I order you in the name of the agent. The name given to me is Salamander, avatar of fire, queen of fire"
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Magic circles appear all around Lefiya, one at her feet, and one on each side of her body, each with smaller circles swirling around them, as they glow brightly and taking the hint, Lili shoots towards Alice who erects a barrier to protect them as the Goliath moves towards them
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"[Firestorm]"
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Purple flames shoot forth, like a tsunami, and impact the Goliath as well as the entire room, ignoring Lefiya, Alice, Yue, and Lili due to Alice's barrier. As the wave dissipates, everything is on fire, the walls, the ground, everything; and in the center of the room, a large purple magic stone
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The group looks over the carnage as Alice holds her right hand above her head and snaps her fingers as clouds appear and rain pours down in droves, extinguishing the flames with a torrent of water. Alice looks to her two daughters, Lefiya, passed out from Mana exhaustion, using a higher spell than she had mana for, and Lili, passed out from injuries. Alice lifts the two using magic circles and brings the large magic stone to them, noticing a large amount of leather attached to it, enough for a few dozen pieces of clothing
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[Goliath Hard Skin]
- Rare Magic, Elemental, and Physical Resistant drop
- Made into armor and clothing
- Highly valued by adventurers
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After viewing their drop Alice looks to her two daughters
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Lefiya Grima (Viridis)
Level 3 - level 4
Waiting for ascension
Unconscious for next 2 days while healing
Liliruca Grima (Arde)
Level 3 - level 4
Waiting for ascension
Unconscious for next 2 days while healing
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"Guess they got what they wanted" Alice says pushing the two magic circles carrying them into the portal along with Yue
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Alice takes them into the house, changes them and puts them to bed before going and sitting on the couch with Yue, visibly relieved that they are alright
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"They'll be out for two days at least before they wake up" Alice says as she lays down and Yue joins her
"So what now?" Yue asks curious and a bit bored
"Honestly, I don't know, two days, haven't had that much time to myself in a while. Contracts are happening at random times and nothing's happening"
"The meeting of the gods is tomorrow" Yue notes
"It is?"
"The letter came last week, I showed you" Yue says holding up a letter
"Meh, that's something, you want to be my plus one?"
"Sure"
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Next morning, Meeting of the Gods
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Alice is wearing a simple black dress, her coat over top it, as Yue wears a white dress, her arm interlocked with Alice. They walk in and notice the room goes silent
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"That's the Ancestor"
"An outer god"
"Older than us"
"Demon"
"Greater being"
"Hey Ancestor" Loki says walking up to them, wearing a black dress and carrying a glass of wine
"Loki, how is your Familia"
"Good, Ais is now a major player on our trips and expeditions to the dungeon"
"Good for you, I took two under my wing myself"
"You finally made a Familia of your own?" she asks surprised
"Just me, Lefiya and Lili"
"I remember her, my mage Riveria talked about her a lot, years ago"
"That was years ago, now my two just hit level 4 after two weeks of level 3 and I have come to get them each their Alias"
"You were supposed to do that when they hit level 2"
"Yeah, well I don't like following the rules" Alice says smiling
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Alice and Yue talk with others, before they retire to chairs at a round table, Yue sitting in Alice's lap
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"We are here today to give Aliases to the young adventurers" a man says taking out a scroll
"Lefiya Grima of the Grima Familia, able to use any magic, without any incantation, level 4"
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"Greater Sorceress"
"Demigod"
"Prime Grade Magic Caster"
"Thousand Elf"
"That one sounds good"
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Alice hears mutters of agreement as the man nods
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"Then Lefiya Grima shall be known as "The Thousand Elf". Next we have Liliruca Grima, of the Grima Familia, same magic abilities, adding in transformation magic, and her using it to make wolf ears and tail. Her favored weapon is a magic scythe made by her goddess"
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"The smallest rookie"
"Reaper"
"Little Red"
"Grimm"
"How about The Little Red Reaper, for her clothes and weapon"
"The Magic of Death?"
"The end of all things"
"Death's Pride"
"Go back to Little Red Reaper"
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Alice hears the mutters of agreement and laughs a bit as they decide
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"Then it is settled, Liliruca Grima will be known as "The Little Red Reaper". Now onto the next…"
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Alice tunes out the rest of the meeting and says goodbye to the Gods and Goddesses who came to speak with her before going back to the house, Yue going to feed the hellhounds as Alice goes and sits on the roof. Alice opens her inventory and pulls out a guitar, black colored, and begins to strum a few notes before playing strumming a slow tune, not really a song as much as how she feels
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"Sometimes I look up at the stars
And wonder when life was better
I'm happy now, but I miss the old
The ambition, the goal
I'm happy now, but I miss the challenge
When things were hard and my luck was down
I have family but life has grown stagnant
Never changing, growing, evolving
I love them dearly, but sometimes
I just need something new
Something challenging, dangerous, hard
Anything
I love my life now, but I still remember
When life wasn't as easy
When it forced me to grow
Just me, myself and I
Against the world"
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Alice throws her guitar back into her inventory and lays back, her hands behind her head
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"All this power, yet the only reason I'm happy is them. The only reason I haven't left this place, is them."
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Alice looks up at the sky as it changes to night and the stars emerge
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"Carnage, Toxin, Morgan, Bella, what would you think, seeing your mother like this. What would Yuno think?" Alice says with a sigh as she gets up
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"I get way too sappy sometimes. Really shouldn't be by myself for too long" Alice notes, before she composes herself and goes back inside and sits on the couch, Yue, and the pups joining her soon after
"Another day, and then they should wake up" Alice says as Yue nods
"It'll be good to hear their happy voices again, but tomorrow is a special day for us you know"
"Yeah I remember, still not telling" Alice says as Yue pouts
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The next morning
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Alice wakes up and goes downstairs to make breakfast as Yue sits at the table, smiling a radiant smile, holding a wrapped present
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"Happy anniversary" Yue says pecking her on the lips before handing her the present
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Alice sits at the table and tears open the wrapping paper, opening the box, she sees a crystal mirror, she picks it up and it expands to 3 feet by 3 feet
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"It's a viewing crystal, you speak the name of the person you want to see and it shows them, no matter where they are"
"Yue"
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The crystal shimmers and shows Yue standing in front of Alice looking into the mirror
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"Carnage, Toxin"
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The crystal shimmers again, revealing Carnage and Toxin, fighting in a battle alongside four magicians holding stick wands and weird movements and incantations, as the two are flinging spells around with their hands as the six face down an army together
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"Hmm, about what I expected. Morgan, Bella"
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The crystal shimmers once more, revealing Morgan, as a 20 year old, teaching in a classroom filled with students, each wearing robes and holding stick wands. Alice notes Luna in the crowd of students and a boy with a lighting shaped scar. As Morgan teaches, Bella sits off to the side, now 30 feet long, as a guardian of sorts
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"Not what I expected but ok" Alice says as the crystal goes blank once more and Alice smiles and places it in her coat
"Thank you Yue, I love it" Alice says hugging the small girl close to her chest
"You'll have to wait though, we have dinner plans and I think you'll like it" Alice says, a knowing smile present as Yue tilts her head in wonder
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Im going to be speeding up my updates, I want to complete the entire Life of a dragon series. After book 3 the series will end with the option for me to pick it up again later
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Not a lot of relevant plot but some fluff and filler and Alice's remembrance of old times
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