I stood in silence thinking about what to say as I kept on looking at this blob of water in front of me. The sudden revelation that this blob of water is Adam or in other words humanity's ancestor left me speechless. Now that I look closely at Adam, I can see that the inside of this blob of water is actually a piece of meat that kept on squirming and quivering.
"God it's not that I don't want to abide by your order. But it's just not fair that when we of the chosen accidentally committed a grave sin we got our pardon so easily. I will do my best to be fair with all of my descendants. If they need to be punished for their sins, then I too need to be punished for all my sins."
Adam answered the voice with a voice that is filled with seriousness and righteousness.
"*sigh listen here, Adam. I created humans with the capability of making a decision even if that decision is going against my order. I as your creator only give you the basic outline of what to do and what not to do. When you, Adam made a mistake of course you are getting punished for it. And you are already finished with your punishment. So there's no point in continuing this. Do you even understand that by doing this you are actually questioning my fairness in deciding punishment?"
The voice that I realized to be God replied to him. And for me, since I don't know what exactly is going on here I just kept my mouth shut. Since standing here isn't exactly comfortable, I just go ahead and sit cross-legged as I kept on listening to this back and forth between God and Adam.
Now that I think back about it, ever since I got here all kinds of things keep on happening. Having satan as my personal judge, almost got killed by an angel and then there's the deal with Adam. Now I even get to listen to a conversation between Adam and God… thinking about all of that, I can't help but sigh and resign myself to whatever will happen after this.
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Alice's POV
It's been a few weeks since the funeral of my father. Everything is gradually going back to normal. After the autopsy a few weeks ago, it was revealed the real reason of my father's death was actually not because I was too rough when I was having my way with him. He actually died because his brain deteriorated and it looked like there was something that makes his blood stop flowing to his brain.
When I looked into it, I found out that my father's body is actually rejecting my magic which makes his body develop abnormality. In the end, the fact that he died because of me doesn't change though.
Well, it's also his fault for making me forget that he is actually already old enough to be a grandpa. I mean he is a grandpa but his face and his body don't look that old he even looked younger than one of my friends. The only thing that can show that he is old is only his graying hair. He is weird alright, even I have to use magic to make sure I stay young like this. I even have to reinforce every single piece of my muscle. And my bones too.
*hahhhhh
I don't know how many times I sigh today. Even though all this time it was all okay when I used my magic to make father keep on sleeping. Who would have ever thought that his body actually rejected magic….
"Miss Alice, breakfast is ready."
When I kept on contemplating my father's death, suddenly the servant of this house notify me that dinner is ready.
"Okay, I will go after this."
After I changed from my pajamas, I go down to the dining room. On the way there I meet a few servants and smiled at them. After I reached the dining room and opened the door I was greeted by the sight of my children sitting on either side of the dining table. I walked to the host seat and sit there.
As I watched my three children chatting with each other, a warm feeling flowed in and I realize that my hard work to do father every time there was a chance was not in vain. I do feel guilty for having his child without telling him and just saying that I found them at the orphanage but there are things that must be done. As she finished justifying her own action without a good enough basis, Alice looked again at the three sitting there.
The oldest is a young man with black hair and blue eyes and his name is Hansen Grey. The middle child is also a young man but his face looked a little feminine and his eyes are always closed, his hair is blonde and his name is Charles Grey. And the youngest is a teenage girl with black hair and black eyes with Alishia Grey as her name.
As they started to eat, suddenly Hansen speak
"Mother, I have already finished your assignment last time. The eldest son of the Crawford family is already dead, I have finished him. And it looks like my magic compression has already reached the three-times compression state. And it also feels like my core's color is already becoming lighter."
With a surprised tone Charles cut-in
"Wow brother, it looks like we will be having a celebration tonight. Since you already reached the three-times compression does it mean you will be able to use basic magic power as scaffolding to step in the air? Damn, that must look awesome."
Smiling, Hansen answered
"Maybe? I haven't tried it though. But based on what mother says when she teaches us then I almost certainly will be able to. Right mother?" Hansen says as he looked at Alice.
Alice was surprised when she heard her eldest son suddenly say that he is already in a three-times compression state. Then she smiled and said
"Yes, as long as you can manipulate mana to stop moving and make it into a corporeal state. Just like this." Alice says as she waved her hand and makes an invisible cube and throws her fork toward it. When the fork hit the cube it bounces back into her hand
"Then you can step into it and walk in the air."
looking longingly at the cube, Alishia spoke
"Mother when will I can reach that state? I already tried my best to compress my magic but it was just not possible. When I tried to force it, it will just disperse."
Alice looks at Alishia warmly as she spoke to this daughter of her
"Just try it a bit more, there's no doubt you will be able to do it. I know that you have it in you"
While they kept on chatting as they eat, Charles suddenly asks
"By the way mother, I have always wondered this. Since this magic power is so awesome why didn't you teach grandpa about it?"
After he finished asking suddenly two piercing stares can be felt by him. After all, the three of them know that the topic of grandpa is a banned topic in this house ever since a month ago.
Alice looked at Charles as she took a deep breath and answers
"It's not like I don't want to teach him, but there are things that are better not known by many."
(After all, I can't have him resist my magic when I tried to make him stay unconscious right…) She thought inwardly.
"Is that so…" Charles answered confusedly.
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Back in the dark world,
Adam and God finished talking and then the voice of God started to talk to me. And the voice says
"You, a descendant of Adam, it's not like I don't want to let you finish your deal with Adam but it's already a rule that the dead can't be brought back to life. And if you want to go back to the world then you can only go by another way and not resurrection. With Adam's power, it should be just enough to help you reincarnate once. But there are always consequences to doing something like that."
After God finished talking Adam added
"And that's why I'm asking for his spot in heaven to use that as a way to void the consequences that will happen."
After Adam said that, I now understand why he have to ask for my spot in heaven as an exchange for the deal. I started to think about whether accepting this deal is a good thing or not. As I kept on thinking, God suddenly says
"By the way, since it looks like Satan, Gabriel, and you Adam have been making too many moves lately I already decided to just change this time's major cycle by utilizing the lost akashic page as a catalyst. Although it will make it a bit harder to take the page after I have done that but it's still acceptable."
Adam went silent and I don't know how I should respond. After all, I still don't even know what this major cycle thing is.