A Little Trouble

Since everyone learned about Mio’s identity yesterday, life has continued as usual.

Although everyone is now a living being, they were created and gifted to Mio by Eve, so they still respect both Eve and Mio deeply.

At this moment, it’s 5 a.m., and Eve is chatting in Anyue’s room.

“Eve, how about forcibly transforming the house with magic?”

“That could work, but I’m still concerned about little Mio.”

“Don’t worry.”

“Hmm?”

“Elu can read minds. Although your mom and my mom are playing around…”

“Seriously…”

“It’s fine though. Besides, little Mio doesn’t mind. Everyone’s already close friends anyway.”

“That’s true. After my mom spiritually parasitized Mio, she told me she could now switch to her original real body with Shizuku at 100%—that was my mom’s doing. Also, Akatome and Yugudora share Mio’s memories too.”

“Having her own body is good. And since everyone has Mio’s memories, using things will be more convenient.”

“By the way, that rice dish we had in the original world was really delicious. I want to go back there and eat it again.”

“Sure! Let’s buy a portion for everyone.”

“Me too!”

Elu suddenly appeared, startling Eve.

“The door was closed, how did you get in?”

“Short-distance teleportation. I just happened to be hungry and came over. Except for AiAi and Mio, the others are still asleep.”

“AiAi’s hungry too?”

“Pretty much. When are we going to buy that rice dish?”

“Around noon. For breakfast, we’ll go get some beef ramen. Also, I suddenly remembered a bunch of things.”

“What things?”

“Restia still hasn’t formed an official contract with little Shizuku, and I forgot to give her some teleportation skills and such.”

Anyue chuckled.

“Don’t forget about little Lin either.”

“Of course! I’ll talk to them when they wake up.”

At this moment, Elu materialized a black book in her hand.

“Hey Eve, this is an elementary-level magic textbook from our Demon Realm. I’ll teach Mio and the others some magic later.”

“That’s fine, but what’s in that book? Is elementary magic really easy to learn?”

“Don’t view it through a human lens. I’ll translate it this afternoon, and then everyone in the universal world can use it.”

“What kind of content does it have?”

“How to use magic—basic stuff like healing, flight, element generation, cleaning, telekinesis, and so on. I won’t get into the everyday magic for now.”

“Alright then. Let’s wait for everyone to wake up and then go eat ramen.”

Meanwhile, in a large house in the original world, Lil and Anyame were playing PS4 and chatting, both appearing as 15-year-old humans.

“Lil, is your ability exactly the same as your daughter’s?”

“You already knew that, didn’t you?”

“But you said earlier that Eve is still a half-baked amateur now.”

“She’s just a kid, let her grow slowly. Emotional development is more important now. Having friends is the best path.”

“Just like the two of us. Our husbands get along pretty well too. Yesterday that idiot Anvitel bought me supplements, but ended up buying bird’s nest soup.”

“Haha, you prefer tasty hamburgers over bird’s nest soup anyway.”

“Same with Anyue. What god needs supplements anyway? By the way, how about we go to the rice dish restaurant together at noon? I know a good place.”

“Sure! But I’m surprised you eat rice dishes.”

“I’m still a foodie, after all. Also, I plan to become a traveler in the human world—try all the delicious food on Earth and learn all the interesting things from each country.”

Lil glanced at Anyame and smiled.

“You’re going to travel looking like a 15-year-old human?”

“Yep. What about you?”

“Just stay home with my darling, be an otaku couple—watch anime, buy figures, Blu-rays, games…”

“Alright already, you’re sounding more and more like that gray-haired scummy witch. And you were pretty scummy yourself back then.”

“Same to you. But first, let’s go get something to eat.”

“What are we having?”

“The usual—two orders of soup dumplings and duck blood vermicelli soup.”

“Okay. I’ll have a cup of cocoa before we head out.”

“Great!”

At 9:30, Shinin and Mio were browsing cookbooks at a small bookstore. Shinin picked one and handed it to Mio.

“This is a cookbook from where I used to live. Perfect to take back and learn the recipes I never got around to.”

“Your cooking is pretty good. I’ll get to taste it then. [smiles]”

“Thanks! But I’m still only third-rate at cooking.”

“How about cola chicken wings for dinner tonight? I’ll cook.”

“Sure!”

Although Shinin loves cola chicken wings, she was even more excited about Mio cooking herself.

They returned home, and Mireia came over to say hello.

“Hey Mio, Eve took Shizuku to work on teleportation and those skills. But I’m curious, what do you plan to do in the future?”

“Who knows? Just go with the flow.”

“But since everyone has your memories, they all want to visit your original world. Think that’s possible?”

“Ask little An when she gets back. I don’t even know how to return myself.”

“Fair point. By the way, Mio, have you seen my sister?”

“Aister went to Alesia. Probably off playing with her again.”

“Sigh, I wanted to bring her to the hot springs with us.”

“I want to go!”

Shinin shouted immediately.

“Alright, what about you, Mio?”

“I’ll pass. I’m planning to check on Shizuku and the others, and tell little An about something I thought of.”

“Need help?”

“No need. Just a small matter. I’ll be off, then.”

Mio then vanished via teleportation.

But as she reappeared—

“Ahhhhhhh!”

She was suddenly blasted through three mountains, left battered and unable to move.

“Ah…ah…”

“Sis!”

Shizuku appeared instantly and began healing Mio.

Five seconds later, Mio slowly stood up and rubbed her back.

“What just happened?”

Shizuku lowered her head.

“Sorry. I was sparring with little An, and my final full-power punch was meant for her… but it hit you instead.”

But Mio smiled and patted Shizuku’s head.

“It’s okay! I did show up suddenly, after all. But that was your first full-power punch on me—impressive! Anyway, I need to talk to little An now.”

“Okay.”

The two then teleported to a spot in the sky—10,000 meters high. Elu flew over and checked on Mio.

“You okay?”

“I’m fine, but that punch really hurt! I almost fell apart.”

Eve beside them gave a wry smile.

“That was a full-power punch from Shizuku with divine power, magic, and dark god’s might.”

“Magic?”

“Elu taught it. Although Anyue and I can gather magic, you don’t really need it unless your strength level requires it.”

“Then I want to learn too! And Lin should be ready for lessons too, right?”

“No problem. Anyue, Elu, and I will teach together. Plus—everyone’s becoming a demigod today!”

“Everyone?! Isn’t that exhausting?”

Anyue snapped his fingers.

“Count me in! But I’m enough alone. We discussed this—demigods learn faster, and true gods are a hassle. Demigods are freer.”

“Sis, does it still hurt?”

“I’m good now. But little An! Can I go all-out against you now? I want to test the results of the Nether Fruit boost and my real body’s full strength!”

“Alright!”

“But help me out with a few things after. That’s why I came.”

The two floated up 5 meters and stood 20 meters apart. Mio smiled.

“Here I come!!!”

She instantly dashed behind Eve and struck her neck with a hand chop, but Eve laughed softly.

“Human-level strength? Yeah right…”

Before she could finish, Mio appeared in front of her and gave her a light uppercut to the stomach.

“Exactly!”

“But human strength won’t beat me, you know… or are you training—ow!”

Eve’s right leg suddenly cramped in pain. Mio noticed immediately that her leg was trembling.

“You okay?”

“Sorry, my leg cramped out of nowhere.”

Anyue laughed loudly on the side.

“Even a demigod bloodline can get cramps. I’m dying of laughter.”

But Mio sighed.

“Little dark, straighten the leg and press the toes together when cramping.”

“Okay.”

Following Mio’s advice, Eve’s leg pain significantly subsided, though it was still aching.

“How is it?”

“Much better. Sorry for the embarrassment.”

“No problem. Both I and Shizuku have had cramps a few times. Let’s just practice controlling our strength next time.”

“Controlling strength? You mean…”

Suddenly, everyone’s vision went black, then brightened again.

“What the… huh!?”

Eve realized everyone—including Akatou, Kurotou, Yugudora, Alesia, and Ren—had all appeared in an unfamiliar hall.

Kanon was excited.

“Wow, everyone’s together.”

But Anya sensed something was off.

“Eve! There’s divine energy from our world here.”

“Is this the original world?”

“Welcome, everyone!”

A girl suddenly appeared, and everyone widened their eyes.

She had the same face and voice as Mio, even the same beautiful gray hair.

“Who are you?”

Mio asked curiously, but the girl just smiled.

“This is the body you had during your car accident. I repaired it and made it my own. Also, I modified human memories so no one remembers the accident.”

“Then who are you? Why use my body…”

“Hehe…”

The girl instantly appeared in front of Mio and lifted her chin with a finger.

Anya, Eve, and Eru were immediately shocked—this girl had the exact same aura as Mio.

“Let me tell you—I’m the fusion of Anya and Liel! In other words, I’m the mother of both Eve and Anya!”

Anya and Eve: Huh!?

Then the girl began to glow and transformed into a gothic-lolita-style 15-year-old girl with black hair, and her blood-red eyes stared at Eve and Anya.

Eru calmly asked:

“Did you use the fusion technique from the underworld’s Dark Vitel?”

“Exactly. And my name is Liya. First, I used Liel’s power to summon you all here. Also, using Mio’s body is purely to protect the body of our daughters’ good friend.”

“Then at least say something before summoning us. Did you even ask Mio?”

“Sure. Mio, what do you think?”

“Well… you’re not going to do anything weird with my body, right?”

“Relax. Also, Alexander.”

“Hm?”

“When you created the spirits, did you use elemental power combined with special divine force?”

“Yes. For me now, it’s not hard to create a bunch of them.”

“Then I need you to make a demon-god-level sword spirit. And Ren, you make one too.”

“Me too?”

“I have a little maid named Jilly—you probably met her last time. She and her sister love playing with swords, but they always break ordinary ones due to their strength.”

“So that’s why you want me and Alexander to each make one sword spirit?”

“Exactly. Also, when you guys live in the human world, just go to the Darkwei mansion I gave you. It’s about 556 meters from Mio’s old home. Didn’t some of you want to visit Mio’s world? I’ll handle your identities with my agents in the government.”

Kanon got more excited as she listened, then asked an important question, walking up to Liya.

“Sounds great, but can we people who were materialized move freely between Sword Dance and this world?”

“Of course. But little Eve’s still too clumsy.”

Eve got a bit annoyed.

“Can you not talk like a jerk?”

“Nope ♪ But I can let you all generate your own black hole-like portals so you can travel between both worlds. But remember, in this world, no flying or anything—got it? Except for Nibekor and Shenyin, everyone now has Mio’s memories. Nibekor and Shenyin ran off to play that day, so I didn’t get to update them.”

After saying that, Liya snapped her fingers, and everyone was transported to Mio’s place in the Sword Dance world. Liya vanished, leaving behind a piece of paper on the ground.

Mio picked it up and read it.

“小澪 (Little Mio), I’m planning to use your body to stay at your house for a while. That’s a suggestion from the part of me that’s Anya. Also, let people without surnames pick a nice family name. Have Akatou and Kurotou pick full names too—it’ll help with identity stuff. Have everyone get ready. I’ll handle the mansion arrangements in the human world within 3 days. After that, the Liel part of me will come to pick you up. Give Nibekor and Shenyin Lin’s memories.”

Eve covered her face.

“Anya, can your mom and my mom please explain this fusion technique?”

“Fine. The Dark Vitel fusion technique is named after my dad, but it was actually invented by my mom. I made two sets of fusion earrings before, but forgot to give them to Mio.”

“Wow!”

Mio really wanted them after hearing that.

“Let me explain. The earring fusion creates a new personality. The fusion lasts one hour, strength is 50 times of the original two, and they must wait two days before fusing again.”

“Two days?”

“Well, it’s my first version. But my mom’s fusion completely surpasses ours. Same new personality, but unlimited fusion time! It can be canceled at will, with strength 400 times, and can immediately fuse again.”

“Amazing…”

“Don’t be too surprised, Mio. It gets better.”

“Then tell me everything!”

“The earring fusion is limited to two people and the same gender. But my mom’s fusion doesn’t need the same gender. The resulting body will default to the stronger party’s gender. Don’t worry, it won’t be some gender mess.”

“How do you know that?”

“Eru and I saw it. Also, her fusion can handle 12 people at once!”

“12 people!?”

“Stop being shocked. 12 is the max, but it’s never been done yet. So far, almost no one knows about it—not counting you guys. My parents, Eve’s dad probably knows, Jilly and her sister, and one god whose name I forgot.”

Meanwhile, Alesia’s Esther quietly tugged on Mio’s Esther.

“Want to go have a tofu set meal with me? I know a good place.”

“Sure.”

Then Eve suddenly remembered the vegetable rice.

“Everyone, since we’re free right now, let’s talk about what we want to do in Mio’s world later. I’ll head back with Anya and Eru to buy some super delicious veggie rice meals for everyone. Also, Yugudora, Akatou, Kurotou—stop your outside missions for now. Come rest!”

At that moment, Kanon thought of a question.

“Eve, what phone model should we use later?”

“For me, Xiaomi. I’m used to the system.”

“Then I’ll use Xiaomi too. Based on Mio’s memory, she had a Xiaomi 11.”

Mio, Shizuku, and Lin all chuckled because they all used Xiaomi 11.

“Everyone register your own number and stuff. We all know Mio’s password anyway.”

“Ok! By the way, can I bring some meals for my brother and his friends too?”

“No problem.”

“Thanks!”

At the same time, in the original world, Liya was soaking in a bathtub at Mio’s home using her body, while Jilly massaged her shoulders.

“Jilly, this body has no soul but has self-awareness. It’s actually competing with me for control. Don’t you think that’s fun?”

“But after someone dies, the body should…”

“If I’m right, Mio probably met some otherworld witches before meeting our daughters.”

“But heaven hasn’t had foreign diplomacy for 80 years!”

“Are you stupid? Ever heard of Genshin Impact’s Traveler character? World travel isn’t that rare. I met two otherworld witches even before Anya was born. We even had steak together.”

“……”

“Anyway, go buy some cold cola for me from the supermarket. The veggie rice shop opens at 11. We’ll go eat it together then.”

“Okay.”