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"So, Arianna Grande was right?"
Nalé sat cross-legged on the couch she had woken up on, munching on some cake.
"Right about what?" asked God as they took another slice of the apple pie.
"About God being a woman."
"Pfft!" Xzan would've spit the pie out if their will to eat hadn't been more strong than their will to laugh.
"Hm…" They pondered how to best answer the question, scratching their chin as they looked up in contemplation.
"Yes!
But also no?
Human, Animal, chair, whatever I prefer at that moment I become.
My appearance depends on my mood."
Nalé hummed softly in understanding, until she caught on to something.
"Hold up, chair?! Why'd you mention a chair for?" she questioned, perplexed.
At the same time a bit of cake stuck stubbornly onto her upper lip, as she comically tried to lick it off.
Xzan used her shadows to pull herself closer to the struggling woman, and softly wiped the cake off her lip.
"I like to be sat on," she whispered to the woman whose chin she held, starry eyes gazing straight through her soul.
Nalé's jaw dropped.
𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘥?
𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘏𝘙 𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴?
Her hands shook as she tried to bring the fork to her lips for another piece of that wonderfully delicious cake.
"Ha!" Xzan cackled, almost choking as she tried nevertheless to cram another piece of pie into her mouth.
"But seriously, let's get back to business. There are things you should know about your predicament."
She switched the subject sharply, smile lingering on her masked face.
"I'll try to explain most of it in a way you can understand.
"First , you've probably wondered about the logistics this world existing."
The God wiped at her lips with a fine cloth she had conjured up just a few seconds before, and swept the desserts in front of them into non-existence.
"One of the things that have been consistent in their creation since the beginning of the human era is art."
Nalé nodded, listening intently to the newly formed information session between the two.
"Artists, Authors, Musicians, anytime they create something fictional, A new universe containing the same story begins to exist."
Nalé looked puzzled, so the creator waited for her to ask whatever had been on her mind.
"You said since the beginning of humans…
They've have always had that power?"
The creator nodded, "Yes."
"By decree of me, humans have always had the power to create other worlds , they simply aren't aware of it.
And for good reason, they can barely manage their own world."
"If you've been here this whole time, why does all this suffering exist?" Nalé asked, with clenched fists, a frown marring her face.
As an avid atheist, Nalé had chosen to live her life without the presence of a God. What kind of God would permit such horrendous acts to take place in the realm it controlled, after all. If there was a God, she had decided it was a shitty one.
"Chaos is what causes suffering, it is a thing apart from me." The God answered.
"Believe me when I say I've tried.
But there are consequences to even my actions.
It seems to be one of the few things that even I, as a God cannot change. It takes lives away just as it creates. It is just there, and will always be."
Nalé sighed.
𝘈𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦.
𝘐𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 they don't 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘐 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯.
The creator continued
"After the humans are done with their worlds , life goes on as normal.
The people there become real and continue to be, so do the animals and flora.
Think of them as different universes entirely as the laws of physics that humans create in most fictional worlds aren't the same as the laws of physics of their universe."
"As for how you managed to travel here, It was because you were the first to meet the requirements to travel that way.
Creatively and technologically, humans are genius creatures, constantly evolving.
However, though there have been attempts, there is much to be desired in their spiritual evolution."
The creator leaned back into their throne with an almost exasperated expression.
"Hell, they still don't know I exist.
I've been giving them hints for millennia now."
"I'm not sure its their fault entirely though. Have you ever tried thinking of a really high number or tried thinking of yourself in the grand scheme of things. Like how small you are compared to the observable universe? There's this mental block there, like your minds simply will not allow you to go further."
Nalé frowned, thinking back to all those moments where she's had similar situations.
"Yes, for an overthinker like me, I had thought it impossible to simply not be able to think at all. But when I think of things that are exponentially huge in scale or grandness, I feel like I hit this wall."
"Precisely that." said Xzan.
"My theory is: despite humans being incredibly genius, meat sacks have a mental cap. That maybe, being organic is what is creating that mental block."
The creator sighed.
"We got sidetracked, I'll get to the point now.
I built humans to eventually be able to travel between the universes they created.
I can travel between universes, I thought it would be interesting for them to have something similar.
But to do so they have to die, and grow several times for an inconceivable amount of time.
You are the first person to successfully transmigrate because your soul has gone through enough rounds of reincarnations to do so.
Why do you think you learn things so quickly? It's because your mental capacity increased with each life you've had.
You simply "fell" into the world of black clover because you had more of an attachment to it.
So most of you being here was by your own doing, even if you were unaware of it.
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"Next, I'm sure you wanna know what your powers are."
The woman in front of the God raised her eye in question.
"Powers, as in multiple?"
"Precisely," The God answered as she got up and motioned for Nalé to do the same. Her throne, now no longer being used transformed into a crown of sorts, angular and sharp.
They began treading across the vast garden, walking to nowhere in particular.
"I've decided to give you the power of mana creation and manipulation.
It will manifest as ice at first, and with training and experience, you will be able to gain different elements and techniques.
Nalé looked up at the God by her side, surprised by the sheer amount of power that they'd willingly give away.
"I'm not giving anything away , this isn't affecting me. "
"Noted." she replied.
I'm not gonna punch a gift horse in the mouth, she thought.
"At the same time, this isn't just something you get because I favor you. You've ascended, it is only natural that power comes with it."
"Am I still human?" She asked, tripping on an inconspicuous stone.
The God beside her easily stabilized the clumsy woman.
"No. In fact you're getting closer to being what I am, in a way."
The woman puffed her cheeks, releasing air at the misplaced hair caused from her almost fall.
"This is a lot to take in," she said, wondering how she'll be able to remember all this.
"I know, but you'll have to manage for now."
After god knows how long of walking, they each a lake.
It seemed to stretch for miles on end. It certainly fit the theme of grandness this place wore.
They stood their for a while before the silence was broken by the shorter being.
"By the way, Do each of the universes have their individual Gods?"
"They do. You're actually standing in the home of one of them. The Goddess of Mana. Vyien."
"No wonder you seem so out of place then."
"Yes. Though I do admit that her home is beautiful."
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"Where is she?" Nalé asked curious about the whereabouts of this place's owner.
"I ate her."
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And the wariness that had been fading away throughout their time together suddenly flooded back.
"... You must've been hungry..."
"I have no need to eat."
And that conversation ended there, because, what do you even say to that?
"...Anyways, I've come to you personally because, you're going to be taking her place."
"Huh?!"
"You heard me. Power comes with responsibility."
The God turned to face her.
"When you were on earth, you complained about how the people of Clover Kingdom were treated horribly, especially those living in the forsaken realm.
You have the opportunity to fix that now."
"Do it and do it well."