I'm Kirin, Kirin Aiha, I live in Laplace, Hel, the town of Hel, and I'm currently enjoying my life as is. I could say this to myself out loud but I'd feel embarrassed... anyway, I'm currently managing everything in Laplace Lab, Yin is currently with the others and Liliya is on a Date with Naoya, the only one with me is Shiftz, Aka the second generation's most powerful creation, he's been... helpful, but there's something amiss with him. I haven't properly explained what we are, have I? I'm a Corrupted, the, I quote "strongest" being in existence but that's an exaggeration, I may be strong but due to my curse I cannot go full power on people that I have met, the power I have is Ether, all of us have one but mine does not regenerate, I can eat some but the generation is minuscule and I have no plans of regenerating them anyway, my lifespan is infinite but my fate is sealed the moment I was born.
"Kirin, some guests have arrived"
"ahh, Yin, mind calling Rin for me?"
"roger"
there's not really much to do right now, I'm ahead of schedule and the only thing we can do right now is relax.
"Kirin! it's good to see you again"
"Theia... Mei! why'd you allow her to come!?"
"what was that? brother?"
"-nothing!"
it might be surprising but this here is my sister, she also holds the same diamond crested curse planted on her bottom hand, but she doesn't even use her ether, she uses mana around her and uses the jewels to create her own magic which I am incapable of using
"anyway It seems that you have been relaxing this year, any good news?"
"shouldn't I be asking yo-"
the door opens and Liliya suddenly hugs Theia in the back
"o-oy! don't touch me so suddenly!"
"but Kirin's sister is so cute! how could I restrain myself!"
"oh so they finally know what we truly are?"
"yeah... at first they tried to understand why we were siblings, they were dumbfounded at first but just accepted it as is"
"hey, if both of you are siblings then do I have any reason to deny it?"
"well... that's true..."
Theia and I were both born from mud, created by the 3rd generation, we didn't knew her last name but like the other generation, we both hold the same first. Theia, on the other hand, is created with the same process as mine. Theia became a noble merchant because of the 3rd generations occupation and I followed in our creator in her footsteps, her knowledge and power is now within me, still nurtured till to this day
"anyways, the company is currently in need of Mana crystals, our miners haven't found anything because of the monsters suddenly appearing in the caves"
"then that's your own fault, monsters always spawn on mana rich environment so you should've mined it all already"
"then it would be our fault if the area became deprived of mana! you should no that mana regenerates, like an infection so if we gather all of it then it would lose its capabilities of regeneration, we won't be able to mine in the cave I invested in!"
"haahh... this is always like you... you do know I can't fight right?"
"yeah, but Liliya, Naoya, Shiftz, and Yinmei can, so mind helping a sibling out?"
"then you should've asked them, you know both of us are busy so ask them not me"
"Alright then, Liliya and Naoya, mind helping me?"
without another second, Liliya nods enthusiastically and walked with Theia outside
"haahh... that sister of mine really is something..."
"so, I believe your sister is 5 years apart of your creation right?"
"yeah... she's been really enthusiastic in learning but found a better light in creating a company for her own"
Yin sat down across me and started to pour herself some tea he prepared herself
"the tea of the otherworlders are something isn't it?"
"yeah... surprising that the second generation was an otherworlder, I do wonder how he was born though"
silence fills the room but our faces full of content. Rin enters with a nervous face as always
"you called?"
"ahh yeah, mind taking a picture of us? no... just draw us in this way"
"yes. sir-"
"just Kirin is fine, I keep telling you that, even your seniors were doing it the moment they were born"
"really!" she looks at Yin's face and Yin responds with a motherly smile and a nod
"I-I see... then... Kirin... why do you hate miss Theia?"
"well... not really hate, it's just that she's quite annoying if she picks her nose in other's business"
she listens whilst drawing us,
"Yin, this tea is quite relaxing isn't it?"
"yes, it is, want some more?"
I nod and she pours my cup barely full
"what do you think of this world Kirin? should you even bother with saving it?"
"yeah... your lives are here in Laplace, there's no way I'll switch it"
"you do know that will result in your death right?"
"you may be a mother to them Yin but I know what all of you need, there's a lot of plans I want to make but it would all be for naught if the world suddenly collapse if I ignore it"
"you really do love us huh?"
"of course, I only care for all of your wellbeings"
"you do know that Liliya will be devastated if you die right, all of us will probably never recover after your death"
"well... that's the thing I can't avoid and I am willing to reduce the pain"
"Rin..." she's currently listening to the songs Yuna did when she was alive
"ignore her, she's Yuna's greatest fan so best to leave her to her music"
"can't all of you sing?"
"so can you but we never bother with it"
"true..."
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Laplace is currently in its golden year, no wars, no fights... I wish everyday would be like this...
"oh! Fenrir, how's the walk?"
he wags his tail and pounces on me... this little rascal...
"how's your creator doing?"
well I can't really talk to him like Yin can, since Yin created this Shadow furred hound
"you were so small when Yin created you too... I believe Yin's inside if you're searching for him... no? then wanna play?"
he wags and barks at me, well... he is a hound... well fine just a little bit won't hurt.
I enter back to the premise. Rin's currently still working on the sketch.
"so, how's the drawing coming along?"
"you do know that I'm still training right? I don't have that great skills"
"hmm... well we don't have any people who have talent like you and I doubt there will be people outside Hel have talent like this"
"I heard that some paintings are starting to popularize, some nobles are actually buying them"
"really? oh but I doubt there will be some to hire that's pretty cheap"
"why not ask miss Theia for it?"
"nope! not asking for my sister's help!"
"so you still don't really like asking her for help?"
"indeed! anyway that aside, it's looking quite good"
"well... you say that but you don't draw or sketch, I don't have the basics and I'm practically just winging it"
"well I can't really judge that great, so how long will this finish?"
"two or three weeks? if lucky it might look great or finish faster in under 1 week"
"then I'm expecting great results"
I say goodbye to Rin and head back to the risen tree, this tree has been the victim of Rin's artistic vision lately, she keeps asking on making photographs and sketches with us in it, although that was the time when war was ending on us... I feel relieved that my creations can feel safe and actually hang with the other races. I can't thank the goddesses enough for at least letting my creations experience this peace, I may not be religious, I do believe them but I only think of them as an entity higher than me, no matter what everyone is the same in Laplace, although there will be some people breaking this peace and I doubt some people have forgiven my past generation, some people will be hardheaded but I'll accept their anger towards me as long as they don't hurt a single one of my creations... children...
"papa?"
"shut up... anyway what's up Liliya?"
"haha... well, you seem to be lamenting in the risen tree so I was wondering if I can jump in"
"you can join me, I'm just relaxing under the sun"
all I can say is that this peace is something I'd cherish forever, I feel like my creations will forever remember this time of day, no matter the what they're experiencing right now, it might affect them badly or good but as long as they can cherish this day it's all worth it