Okhema, the Heroes' Bath.
"Butterfly, this young lady who resembles you is?" Aglaea looked at Castorice, inquiring about Polyxia's origin.
Tianne circled Castorice, asking with a puzzled tone, "Eh? Wait, Tiny Die, why is it only you and this young lady who returned? Where's Tiny Dery? Where is he?"
Hearing Tianne's question, sorrow involuntarily appeared in Polyxia's eyes. Castorice, however, remained calm and said to Aglaea, "Derick still has matters to attend to."
Tribbie continued to ask, "What matters?"
Castorice then told Aglaea and the others about Derick inheriting the authority of the Titan of Death and staying in the Underworld.
"What?! Tiny Dery actually stayed in the Underworld?"
Tianne covered her mouth, a shocked expression on her face. She then pursed her lips, her head lowered slightly, her eyes welling up.
As for the Flachase Journey being a cycle, where demigods who inherit a Titan's Corefla beco new Titans in the next life, that seed less important at this mont. That matter was still far off and could be discussed slowly later. The most pressing issue now was that Derick was currently in the Underworld.
"Lady Tianne, you don't need to be like this." Castorice's tone was surprisingly light. "Derick told he would definitely be able to leave."
This...
Aglaea looked at Castorice, her brow furrowing slightly. From a rational perspective, she felt Castorice was currently in a sowhat unstable ntal state. She wanted to offer comfort, to persuade her to accept reality. But the words caught in her throat; she couldn't bring herself to speak them. She felt that any words she uttered would only cause further harm to Castorice.
"Really? That's wonderful!" Tianne lifted her head, her tone excited. She then looked at Castorice and said, "Tiny Die, you're tired too. Go and rest first. It just so happens you also need to spend so ti with your sister."
"Yes, Lady Tianne." Castorice was still feeling so discomfort and indeed needed to rest.
"Polyxia, let's go."
"Yes, sister."
Polyxia left with Castorice.
Once the two of them had departed, Tianne's happy expression instantly crumbled into sorrow.
"Sob, sob, sob, Tiny Dery, he's so young! Is he really going to stay in that sunless Underworld forever?!" she said sadly.
"My Master, you..." Aglaea looked at Tianne's display, her tone also sowhat surprised.
"Aya, what do you think is the probability of Tiny Dery being able to leave the Underworld?"
"...Honestly, very low," Aglaea replied after a mont of silence.
"Yes, although I also hope for a miracle, this situation is truly difficult. I was deliberately putting on an act just now because I was worried Tiny Die would be even more upset," Tianne said to Aglaea, fighting back the urge to cry. She could accept sothing happening to herself, but seeing soone as young as Derick et such a fate, she felt a deep sadness from the bottom of her heart.
"My Master, then what should we do next?" Aglaea sought Tianne's opinion. Dealing with emotional matters like this was truly not her forte. Just monts ago, she had even considered advising Castorice to accept reality and continue the Flachase Journey. But she found herself unable to adhere to purely rational processing as she had before.
Tianne said to Aglaea, "Later, I will find Mydei, Phainon, Tribbie, and Trinnon. I'll tell them not to show any sadness about Tiny Dery in front of Butterfly. We must support Tiny Die emotionally."
"Yes, My Master." Aglaea agreed with Tianne's words.
...
Underworld.
Derick watched the souls continuously falling from the sky and felt there were becoming too many.
"No, I'll do a simple sorting for most of the souls. The rest should be handed over to my avatar quickly," Derick thought. Staying in the Underworld for too long, Derick worried Castorice would beco overly anxious waiting, so he wanted to finish things here as soon as possible.
Adjusting his vision, Derick was about to switch to his first avatar's perspective, but at that mont, he sensed his second avatar reacting.
Hm? Why would soone co over here?
During this ti, the researchers at Herta Space Station had perford nurous dissections on Derick's second avatar. Unfortunately, they had achieved no results. Seeing their lack of progress, Herta had stopped them from further harassing this precious experintal subject, Derick's second avatar. Apart from delivering food to the second avatar daily, there were no other actions.
What surprised Herta sowhat was that Derick's second avatar sotis ignored the sumptuous food, while at other tis, it needed to consu large quantities. There was no pattern, which puzzled her. Actually, this simply depended on whether Derick's main body had free ti. If he had ti, he'd take a look and eat so; if not, he wouldn't bother.
Stellie had already left with the Astral Express. Before she left, she ca to see this 'buddy' one last ti. And she even recomnded the wonders of trash cans to Derick's second avatar. After Stellie departed, Derick's second avatar was completely idle. No one had co by.
Today, researchers had co to the laboratory again.
Could it be!
Excitent lit up Derick's eyes.
I've waited a thousand years for you, you've finally co! Miss Ruan i, you've finally co for your most useful, problem-free experintal subject!
Derick controlled his second avatar, dancing with joy.
Seeing it gesticulating wildly, the researchers present were sowhat baffled. One researcher wondered, "What's going on? Is it trying to express sothing?"
Another researcher stroked his chin, analyzed for a mont, then said, "I feel like, maybe no one has co to see it for a while? This creature, does it also require companionship?"
"That's not out of the question," a third researcher said, taking out his tablet. "I'll record what's happening here and verify it later." After recording, he quickly looked at Derick's second avatar. "Next, we're taking you to et soone. Perhaps with her, you will achieve very special growth." As he spoke, a look of longing and fervor appeared in his eyes. This researcher, although working at Herta Space Station, primarily specialized in life sciences. In this field, Miss Ruan i was clearly more authoritative and had greater achievents.
Alright, alright, I get it. Just hurry up and take there, Derick thought impatiently.
Fortunately, this fervent researcher still had so sense. After his eyes glowed with fervor for a mont, he still followed work instructions and guided Derick's second avatar to the experintal facility. They had initially thought they might need to use so coercive transport thods, but when it ca to an experint, Derick's second avatar followed the researcher very actively.
As they walked, the researcher was still muttering to Derick's second avatar, "I don't know if you actually possess intelligence. If you don't, you can still react to so things. If you do, isn't going to this experint clearly harming you? Why are you so eager?"
Nonsense, what harm is this? This is the path to my strength increasing.
As for normal tis, my own main body is still the most important. This avatar of mine ca here precisely to beco stronger.
Apart from becoming stronger, I seek nothing else.
Derick thought to himself.
Soon, the researchers brought Derick's second avatar to its destination. In the laboratory, there was a Herta puppet and a qipao-clad beauty with a gentle temperant. Although this looked very different from the atmosphere of a life science experintal facility, everyone present knew that in the field of life sciences, unless Nous hirself intervened, no one could surpass her.
Genius Society mber #81—Ruan i.
Seeing Ruan i, Derick was incredibly excited.
I've finally t you!
Ruan i, please experint on .
Tilting her head and seeing the excited trembling of Derick's second avatar, Ruan i gave a kind smile.
"Is this that child? It looks quite interesting," she said to Herta.
Herta turned and walked outside. "Is that so? Conversely, with my level in life sciences, I temporarily have no ideas on how to handle it. I'm handing it over to you. Do with it as you please."
"Good." Ruan i nodded, paid no further attention to Herta's departure, and instead took a box from her side, retrieving a pastry from it.
"Here, cute little fellow, co and try this pastry."
Cute? Derick looked at his second avatar. Pitch black all over, wielding a scythe, and because it had devoured many Antimatter Legion beings, it even bore so of Nanook's characteristics. What did that have to do with cute? I don't understand you scientists' aesthetic sense!
Derick obediently had the avatar take the pastry and begin to devour it. The avatar wouldn't savor the taste of food; Derick didn't know what it tasted like.
Just three seconds later, the second avatar began to burn from the inside out.
Derick's second avatar instantly beca a man of fire.
Good heavens, Ruan i really doesn't delay at all. Straight to the experint! Derick thought, watching his second avatar burn from a third-person perspective.
Wait, this feeling... Derick sensed the internal state of his second avatar.
Ruan i reached out to touch the second avatar; the raging flas caused her no harm whatsoever. In fact, upon her touch, the flas vanished. Tilting her head, Ruan i looked at Derick's second avatar with expectant eyes.
And at this mont, in the Underworld, Derick extended his own palm, and a ball of fla ignited upon it.
"I originally thought Ruan i was going to use fire to test my avatar's recovery ability. I didn't expect her to experint on its devouring ability right away."
"And just like that, I've gained fire manipulation."
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