"Cipher, when did this become your house?"
Ryuga walked into the small courtyard, looking at the cat strangely.
Good.
She looked about the same size as when he'd left—'time' probably hadn't passed too long.
Cipher?
The women's attention was instantly drawn over. Was this the one who 'died for lack of small change,' who died in a lonely corner?
"Ryuga, your seclusion ended?"
Cipher instinctively shuddered, her tail curling as the hissing cat quickly ran to Ryuga's side and hid.
Only revealing half her head.
She always felt that green-haired big-breasted woman looked dangerous.
Like she wanted to eat her?
"The seamstress lady said you were in seclusion, and I came... of course to watch the house for you."
Cipher's watery big eyes rolled around as she tilted her little head, speaking with three parts seriousness and seven parts mischief.
Ryuga laughed. The cat had a whole basket of little schemes.
But it didn't matter.
He raised his hand and patted her head, very gently.
"..."
Cipher didn't notice her hair had long been ruffled by the rubbing. She wondered inwardly—wasn't he supposed to be in seclusion? How did he end up with a harem?
She'd secretly moved in partly at the seamstress lady's request, and partly wanting to see how Ryuga was doing his seclusion.
But she never expected...
"Magic God sir, while you were in 'seclusion,' you even got a child out of it?"
"That's only been a month!"
Cipher didn't know what she was thinking, puffing up her cheeks indignantly, her pink little face swelling red like a steamed bun.
A strange sourness rose up.
Blanca first froze, looking at Ryuga, then down at baby Griseo in her swaddling, before suddenly realizing the misunderstanding. Her cheeks instantly burned hot.
"No, it's not like that! Griseo... Griseo is my sister's daughter, I..."
Ryuga was speechless, reaching out to pinch Cipher's little face: "What's that little head of yours thinking about all day? Also, you just said it's been a month?"
Cipher was pinched until she whimpered but defiantly puffed her cheeks: "Yeah~"
Phew~, she thought the Magic God had made a baby in a month.
How much would that belly hurt?
Thinking about it made her scared, unconsciously touching her own little tummy.
"..."
Ryuga's brows furrowed. A month wasn't long but wasn't short either.
Quite a bit could happen.
"Tell me about Okhema's situation, and also about March, Cerydra, Hysilens, and Aglaea."
"Don't worry."
Cipher acted like a little adult, patting Ryuga's waist.
She wasn't tall enough, could only reach his waist.
Ten minutes later, Ryuga's tense nerves relaxed.
After the Elder Council assassination, Cerydra's reputation had reached unprecedented heights.
Subsequently, she handed the authority to punish corrupt officials over to the Okhema people.
For the first half-month, heads rolled.
Next, Cerydra ordered that embezzled wealth be returned to the Okhema people, and further promised to build more public facilities.
Public sentiment also surged.
For the latter half-month, she began sounding the war drums of vengeance against Lycia, Ikaria, and Corinth.
Now the first battle was against Lycia.
They'd already been marching for ten days.
Okhema was temporarily managed by Mynetta, while little March also stayed at Aglaea's textile workshop.
Cerydra couldn't afford any mishaps.
The Scepter δ-me13.exe had extremely rigorous autonomous protocols that bound the rules of everything in Amphoreus, even administrator Lygus was restricted by them.
This was why Lygus could only act as an 'observer' most of the time.
The ultimate protocol 'Talanton, the Law Titan' wielded the authority of 'Law.'
Simply put, as long as one controlled the 'Coreflame of Law,' one could turn things around.
So, the key point lay with Empress Cerydra, who held the 'Coreflame of Law' and possessed the divine authority of 'Talanton's Scales of Justice.'
Fortunately, Lygus hadn't detected his intentions and simply took him for a pervert.
Otherwise, he would have intervened long ago.
"Little one, your name is Cipher, right? Is your tail real?"
Mobius curiously approached.
A cat-girl! She wanted to study her (☆ω☆).
Just after asking, she suddenly realized—
These were all 'memoria bodies' simulated based on the Scepter's underlying data, not a real 'cat-girl.' What was there to study? Study code?
Her interest immediately waned.
But she quickly became excited again. Life forms in the universe were diverse! Human evolution didn't necessarily have only one path.
"Tch~, big-breasted woman."
Cipher turned her head away disdainfully, her tone drawn out thin and long.
"..."
The atmosphere suddenly froze.
Mobius's eye twitched, her fingers unconsciously clenching into fists.
This 'brat' was too unlikeable. She really wanted to knock her down with one punch.
But she held back.
Don't look at the 'brat' as small—she probably wasn't an opponent.
If the brat whipped her with that tail, she'd be lying on the ground crying for a long time.
"..."
Did she hate big ones?
MEI looked down at her own—they didn't seem much smaller than Mobius's?
Sakura: "..."
Blanca silently used Griseo as cover.
Cyan and Cinnabar breathed sighs of relief—theirs should be okay.
Only the timid Klein and Rin didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
"Don't say that so definitively."
"You should look forward to your own future."
Ryuga indulgently ruffled the cat's head.
When grown-up Cipher's figure was simply invincible—those chest, waist, hip, and leg proportion curves were absolutely unmatched.
She was Amphoreus's 'Topaz.'
"You all stay here for a few days. Wait until I contact your mentors."
Ryuga said.
"Is my mentor quantum mechanics and imaginary mathematics?"
MEI asked curiously.
"Your mentor is Herta. She's an all-rounder."
"In her youth, she solved the Lone Wave algorithm problem and the Spark Model conjecture. In young adulthood, she discovered the transformation method for Sigma baryons. In middle age, she proposed the Herta Sequence and published a paper on rejuvenation."
"After rejuvenating back to youth, she again unlocked the mysteries of the Imaginary Overflow phenomenon, saved planets from destruction nineteen times, and had two audiences with Aeons."
"Herta has many more achievements. Her back will be enough for you to chase for a long time."
Ryuga explained.
Rejuvenation?
Mobius's eyes lit up. She suddenly really wanted to follow Lady Herta!
"Mm, I'll study seriously."
MEI had already been dizzy from the string of achievements. There were quite a few she'd never even heard of.
As expected, there were always higher mountains and stronger people. Truly worthy of being called a 'Genius.'
"Alright, take it slow, no rush. Cipher, take everyone to prepare. After a bit, we'll go to the textile workshop, then go eat something delicious together."
'Universal Pass': The holder can traverse any restricted zone, even private territories, without prior application. 'Illegal actions' also won't be rejected or recorded.
With this thing, Lygus couldn't detect it at all.
Even the δ-me13.exe management files wouldn't record it.
"Yeah—there's earth beast roast meat again."
...
Ryuga returned to the bedroom and activated the LOL card pool.
The card pool had activated again.
After slaying the Herrscher of the Void.
He just hadn't had time to choose due to subsequent events.
'Graves the Outlaw,' 'Warwick the Uncaged Wrath of Zaun,' 'Zilean the Chronokeeper,' and... 'Infinity Edge.'
To be continued…