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  It was our st day in my Inner Realm after these lo months. I would’ve happily stayed even longer, but a day i months was quite literally the limit of how much everyone could hahout suffering from more Time Dition Deficit or… well, turning them insane.

  Despite most people never being capable of “sensing” the flow of Time Esse’s there, and when they are within an area where it is greatly ed or disturbed, they will slowly grow more nervous and unease, and when it is for months after months, even an open area like my Inner Realm might feel very tight for them; they o “breathe” the normal Time Esseside.

  It is just the nature of most beings, although that didn’t apply to Typhon, who I raised here for many years in a few hours outside, allowing him to rapidly and fully mature into the new Beast God of Elios.

  heless, the kids have grown more than enough. Thanks to their quick growth plus the special Growth and Development Acceleration Formation engraved into their bodies, I’ve mao help them grow quite a lot.

  Orion and Athena are almost as if they were seven years old; meanwhile, Rainbow Eyes and Kana should be almost as if they were five but are four by now. though their bodies are much rger and taller, so they look almost the same age as their siblings in appearance.

  Apparently that’s just how big the ord primal human kids get—very surprising and amazing, if I say so myself.

  Today, as the st day, and as everyone fiheir preparations to walk out of the Inner Realm, I g my four children, gathered together in front of me.

  We’ve shared quite a lot of great memories together, and I’ve made sure to give them a good childhood. I’ve bined both a strict mother’s teags, but I’ve also made sure to make them happy, spoiling them quite a lot.

  At least they’re a bit down to earth and have learned good morality and what’s right and wrong. They’re strong, very strong, and they could bee a serious threat to many is if they were to ever grow up to bee corrupted people that abuse their powers.

  Therefore, I taught everything they had to learn about morality and the righteous way, while also giving them various tests.

  I had evehem enter a special tower I made, where they were faced with many problems they had to solve through critical thinking and their own idea of what was justid morality, and what was right and wrong.

  I would say they did fihey took several tries to get it right though, but… I believe they at least know they shouldn’t hurt or kill people for fun, abuse their painst is, or try to steal from others… who don’t deserve it.

  Who deserves punishment, of course, are the “bad guys” evildoers for a ck of a better term. When they see someone abusing another person, take care of them in various means; it doesn’t have to be direct physical tact; just an intimidating aura could take them out, making them faint instantly.

  I tried to make sure they don’t misuand things, like seeing a father screaming at their child; they’re a bad parent, but that doesn’t mean they deserve to be smacked or killed, and they… I think they learned everything just fine for now.

  Why did I put so much pressure into their learning of what was right and wrong? Well, as I said before, because of their monstrous strength.

  Although it is wonderful for me to have four more future Venerable-level or even further above allies with me, if they bee corrupted or end up going the demonic path, they’ll instead bee lethal foes and… I don’t really even want to sider that, but their strength will have to force me to step in if I ever see them using it for the wrong cause.

  Although a little mischief here and there is expected, it’ll receive small punishments, so I’ll alloranks and such, as long as they doe out of proportions.

  heless, because of how they had learhings so well and developed so quickly, I decided to finally give them their “graduation gifts,” as I would like to call them.

  And what are these?

  Well…

  FLUOSH!

  My System Scarf, now having grown so long and majestic by assimiting my energies and powers and evolving even further, was ready.

  Using my fingers with Soul Bde, I cut four pieces off the “tail end” of my System, it struggled a bit though; it seemed to experiene sort of pain.

  “Sorry, but it had to be done.”

  After I was dohe four fragments rapidly floated in front of me, resembling transparent, golden pieces of cloth.

  They slowly took forms as I shaped them with my Primordial Aura, turning them into golden dies this time.

  Why?

  Because uher systems, which I was wary of and only wore externally, this one had been modified and transformed by me, being aension of my power now.

  Therefore, I am sure it be eaten as a pill, so my babies get the better and upgraded version without any of the soul-parasitizing deal.

  If anything, their Souls will bee even stronger, which is what I’m aiming for.

  One of Orion’s greatest weaknesses was that he had rained or cultivated his soul properly, so he was very susceptible to attacks that targeted the soul.

  I’m talking about the one from the future, as the Orion from the present will suffer no such weakness with this.

  “Mama, what’s taking you so long?” Orion woilting his head. “What’s that?”

  “dy?” Athena wondered. "Oh, I know! They’re pills! The pills that cultivators make, right?”

  “Is that so?” Rainbow Eyes was fused. “Hmm, they look like the honey dies that Auntie Mursha makes sometimes!”

  “Yeah, mommy’s honey dies are the best!” Kana nodded. “Oh! Are you done, mom?”

  “Yep! All done, my dears.” I nodded, petting their little heads and kissing their foreheads oer the other. “You’re all so precious and lovely; Mama would hug you for eternity if she could!”

  I hugged them tightly, sh them with my love.

  “Ugh, mom, you’re too warm!” Orion cried; he didn’t like being hugged.

  “Hehehe! Mama!” Athena was a mommy’s girl though; she happily hugged me back.

  “Hmmm, I want the dy already.” Rainbow Eyes said. “Gimme, gimme!”

  “Mama, I want to kiss you too! Mooch, mooch! Cute mama! Hehe!” Kana always found me "cute,” maybe in parison to Mursha, who was se.

  “Good kids.”

  I quickly stood back up, showing them their gifts.

  “These are special dies infused with the power of my System,” I expined. “I am sure I’ve already expio you a couple of times what the System is, right?”

  “Umm… An alien from another world!” Orion said. “And it’s evil, and it eats people’s souls, right?”

  “It is a power from the Tower that arrived on Mama’s world and many other worlds, right?” Athena said. "Also, it seems to give power to people, but it also drains their mana and parasitizes their souls for the evil gods to take over as avatars!”

  “Well said,” I nodded. “You two have studied well.”

  Orion got the gist of it, but he expi quite roughly; at the very least, Athena paid more attention to csses; she’s a bright and intellectual girl.

  “Uh, is the System the thing everyone has?” wondered Rainbow Eyes. “Even mommy, the aunties, grandma, and the other disciples… But not us!”

  “Yeah, because it would hurt us or try eating our souls, right?” wondered Kana.

  “Yes,” I nodded. “I didn’t want you to grow depe on it either. Helping you level up and develop skills would’ve stunted yrowth outside of the system,” I said. “Even now I have sed thoughts if I should really give it to you yet. As your power is enough, you reject the system however you want…”

  Indeed, my children reject the force of the system upon them like I ; they’re already at that level, which isn’t something easy; not eveher Gods of the Tower could reject the System Iion.

  They’re beyond most Gods by now, super-powered children that take a long effort to teach!

  “But I also don’t want to exclude you from its bes,” I said. “I’ve taught you very well, but there’s a long road where you’ll still tio improve even further. The System will bee your aid; it’ll improve yrowth even further, but don’t be depe on it, alright? The Skills, Stats, Titles, and Powers you gain from it… Don’t rely too mu them; bihem with your teiques and abilities io your bodies instead. See the system as a on you wield, not at the source of your strength.”

  “Okay, I get it,” nodded Orion. “Don’t worry, mom!”

  “Yeah! Something like a system won’t trol me or something, hehe,” Athena waved her long white hair with a slight amount of pride.

  “It’ll be a good on, heh!” Rainbow Eyes was getting ready.

  “I will be careful then,” Kana nodded.

  “Very well,” I said. “Here, eae of you eats a single dy. It’s sweet and tastes like honey.”

  They took the pills and ate them; they were chy and fvorful. As I’ve synthesized them to be patable for children, bitter-fvored pills won’t do after all.

  “Hmm, tasty—Eeek?!”

  Orion overreacted the most as he felt the power of the System flow through his entire body, and then his soul.

  “Uwaaah! There’s something ticklish in my soul! Mama help meeee!”

  “C-Calm down! It’s not going to hurt you…”

  I calmed him dowing his head as he hugged my legs.

  Despite being their big brother, he sure is a crybaby sometimes!

  “Uhm, it felt weird, yeah! But I’m fine now.” Athena was calm through it all. “Ooh! What’s this? The system? It’s like that puter thing!”

  “Ouch, ouch!” Rainbow Eyes also pined a bit. “It’s so weird! When will it stop?! Argh- Oh? It’s fine now.”

  “Uuuggh… I think I’m going to puke…” Kana groaned a lot as well. "Mama, what was that? Did you give us poison?”

  “I-It’s not poison, my god! I would never do such a thing to you four; it is the system! It felt a bit weird, I suppose, I didn’t expect you to be so sensitive to it… But it’s fine now; I’m so sorry if it scared you. e here.”

  I hugged them a bit to fort them; they had been a bit too scared about it, more than I would’ve wao.

  I gave them chocote and cereal bars to cheer them up, and while they happily snacked on them a happier, I asked them about what they could see.

  “I see the big window thing,” said Rainbow Eyes. “Is this the System?”

  “Nam, nam…” Kana was eating two cereal bars with chocote. “Hmm, yeah! I shee the shame twing!”

  “Don’t talk with your mouth full, dear,” I reprimanded her slightly. “Orion, Athena? The same?”

  “Yeah!” Orion said. “The numbers are annoying to take into sideration though…”

  “But we were already taught all about numbers from mama,” said Athena. “Don’t be zy, Orion!”

  Then Athena showed me.

  “Right, I got a lot of skills too, mama. Like ten! Am I great?” she asked.

  “I also got around ten…” Orion said. “I think.”

  “Me too!” Rainbow Eyes said.

  “Why do I have twelve?” Kana wondered.

  “Okay, okay, calm down, o a time,” I ughed. “I guess everyoarted with lots of skills right away. Some of them are my direct gifts! But others have developed out of your own innate powers, teiques, and abilities. Now let’s see what they are. Also mind that the stats of your system don’t fully represent your current power but are an add-on, like equipping a piece of armor.”

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  Pach