"The both of them are really adorable fufufu~"
Aria looked at a mirror that was in front of her as smiled while sitting on a chair with her cheeks resting on top of her hands.
Inside the mirror reflected two figures, the one was a white haired humanoid doll who was sitting on top of the bed while the other one had her head rested on top of the dolls lap while also having a huge bright smile displayed on her face.
Aria giggled as she watched the interactions of the two figures more and more.
"You are grinning like crazy you know~."
"Hmmm?"
A sudden girlish voice came from behind but Aria didn't display any hint of surprise, rather this was something she had already gotten used to.
She turned around while her mirror that was just in front of her now vanished.
She looked at the person and smiled as she brought out another chair from thin air before giving a gesture towards the other person prompting them to sit.
"..."
The other person followed and sat down besides Aria.
"It's been a while right?, Nyx~"
"Yeah~"
"How was your vacation on watching humans?"
"I got bored so I decided to come over for a bit~."
"Fufufu~"
The person who arrived just now is Nyx, the goddess of darkness or mostly known as the goddess of chaos.
Her face looks much younger but there is also the hint of maturity and also mischievousness. Nyx was also bit smaller than Aria when it comes to her height, she has a waist length black hair and a pair of sharp red eyes.
She wore a black lolita sweet dress. paired with white stockings and black boots.
Nyx took a cookie from the plate, brought it to her mouth and then took a bite before looking at Aria once again.
"It really felt like a good while you know."
Nyx just smiled as she played with her cookie.
"Yes, well the humans of today are quite troublesome."
"Hahaha~those humans are really going wild~"
"They sure do."
Nyx then finished her cookie and grinned.
Nyx was someone who usually enjoys watching conflicts that occurs on the human realm. but there are also times where she gets tired watching them, so when that time comes, she will take a break at Aria's place and chat.
"You know, I always wonder about how long will those humans last~"
"Just as you know, those humans are important..."
"..."
Nyx took another cookie and stared at it for a moment before taking another bite..
*Crunch*
"Well, if things continue like that.... then it won't be surprising if they went extinct sooner or later~"
Nyx said as she chewed on the cookie in her mouth
"..."
Aria could understand it, after all, continuous war will only lead to destruction.
"Let's hope that it will not lead to that outcome, those humans have a special role in creating the world, we can't just let them go extinct...plus it will increase my workload if they went extinct"
Aria sighing as she said that, poured tea into a cup for Nyx to drink.
Since Aria was a goddess managing death, there is no suprise that the consequences and loss created by those conflict will affect Aria's work....
"Hahaha, that's true~do your best then~"
Nyx laughed and drank the tea that Aria gave her.
After taking a sip and putting the tea down, she leaned back on her chair and crossed her legs and looked above.
"Hows that girl been fairing by the way?? ~."
Nyx then glanced towards Aria and asked.
"She is doing fine at the moment, she and the other girl are getting along very adorably~"
"Hmmm, that's nice."
"Yeah, it's refreshing seeing that girl's reactions~"
Aria then brought out two mirrors, one for her and one for Nyx.
Nyx looked at the mirror and hummed as she stared inside it.
"How cute~ ."
Nyx grinned again as she saw the girl who seems to be having a pleasant time.
"yeah~"
"hmmm~"
The both of them just looked at the mirror watching the two girls who were talking with each other.
"By the way Aria...it seems a new demon lord will be chosen soon~."
"yeah...many years had already passed since then~"
"And I suppose, those humans will summon people again~"
"Isn't that the usual."
"Hahaha it is~"
Once a demon lord was defeated It will take 100 years for the next one to be chosen, and during those 100 years of no demon lords, the demons will either spread out and hide until the next demon lord gather them once again.
And once the humans have learned that a demon lord was existing, they will then do their usual summoning for heroes ritual.
That was cycle of this world and every god and goddess here knew that.
"A new war huh~"
"But aren't those humans fighting amongst themselves at this time.... if you add the demon lord then it will be total chaos..."
"And I totally like that, so no problems with me~"
"Well that also means that there is more work waiting for me."
"Hahaha right ~"
Aria sighed again while Nyx laughed.
She drank her tea and put her attention towards the mirror.
"But what would you do if that girl got somewhat, involved in this?~."
Aria slightly gazed towards the grinning Nyx besides her....
"I wouldn't need to worry about that."
Aria took a sip from her tea and didn't show any kind of uneasiness.
"You seem confident ~"
"I am sure that she will be able to handle it, besides~, her body is already one of the most strongest ones in this world, so if anything happens, I don't think that she will lose that easily."
"Hmmm~so you did give her the strongest materials huh~"
"it's necessary if she wants to survive in this world beside, you are the one who recommended it in the first place right?~."
"Hahahaha, you are right~"
"Well if there is a time that they need my help then I will assist them of course."
"yeah right~"
the two goddess continued watching as they enjoyed their snacks and drink...
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How long has it been since we started doing this?.
with an black expression, I looked down towards the girl who is resting her head in my laps.
her were eyes closed and her mouth curled in that of a smile. I can easily tell that she is enjoying this very much.
[You like this lap pillow?.]
"Unnn!~"
Replying in a light voice while nodding. my lips formed into a smile because of the cuteness of Diana.
[I see....]
Using my hand, I caressed her head gently and softly giving that of a motherly kind of feeling.
"Did doll-san do this a lot before when she was alive?."
[Hmmm?..]
Tilting my head, I wondered about what she meant.
[What do you mean?....]
"Lap pillow."
Ohhh.... Well the answer is never.
[No..... I didn't do this before....]
The thought of giving a lap pillow didn't even came to my mind at all when I was still alive...
To why I'm giving a lap pillow now, its because of what I've felt from Aria-sama when she gave me one.
From my experience, it felt warm and comfortable so I decided to try using it to Diana...
[Why are you asking??...]
"Curious~."
[I see....]
"...."
A short moment of silent passed as we stayed like this without saying another word....
"...."
[.....]
I stared at Diana and she quietly stared right back at me.
Uhmmm?? .....
I'm going to admit it.... being stared like this for a while will make me feel awkward.....
[If you have something to say..... then say it.....]
"Ehhhh?."
[I feel a bit weird when you kept staring at me like that.....]
Diana was stunned for a short bit, she then curled her lips and giggled.
"Doll-san looks very pretty and I can't help but look...."
[E-ehhh.... it that so?.....]
"Nnnnn~should I not stare?...."
[...huh. ]
....this question is kind of difficult for me to answer.... And.... why are you looking at me with that adorable innocent expression.....
....
Embarrassing..... even if I don't show it on my face..... it just really feels embarrassing...
[tThat.... uhhhh.....]
with no words coming to my mind, I sighed and then shifted my gaze elsewhere.
"Doll-san??...."
[.... nevermind...by the way Diana.... have you read all of those books on top of that table?."
"Uhmmm?."
I shifted our conversation towards the books....
come to think of it..... I remember the stuffs about gunpowder and the cannons.... I wonder if Diana had already finished reading those books before....
Diana turned her head and also looked towards the books stashed on the table.
"Unnnn... I read them to pass time before....."
[Ohhhh...]
"Why?."
[Nothing much.....]
"Hmmmm."
I wonder how many books did Diana already read until now, and I also wonder how many things does she knows from reading those books....
As I thought to myself, Diana then got off from my lap, and sat besides me while stretching her body...
...
I watched her silently from the side as I remained still on my position like a statue.
if I were still on my human body then I would feel tired of just staying still.... but with the body of the doll and also the experience of the past days that I would just do nothing..... I think I've gotten used to it to very quickly.....
Now that Diana has gotten up, I shifted my gaze towards the door thinking about how we will move out from here.
I said it before that me and Diana will leave here once I've gotten my humanoid form.
But I wouldn't want to be so reckless to do something this early..... maybe I should go around night...
With that being said, I changed my hand into a straight blade and stared at it.
"Eehh!!?"
hmmmm??..... what is it now??....
I glanced towards Diana who made that sound and saw her eyes looking towards my arm.
"Uhmmm doll-san..... that..."
ohhh right..... I forgot that I still didn't mention this to her...
[It's a skill..... I can turn some of my body parts into a weapon.....Hmmmm, did I scared you?]
"A bit but I'm surprised. Doll san can turn her arm into a sword?"
Diana looked at the blade in my arm with an amazed expression on her face.
[I also have a few more skills..... want to see them?....]
"Unnnn~"
with that reply, I stood up and walked a bit away from Diana.
let's see..... maybe I should try the concealment skill.....
Since I have a person who is watching me, This could help me guarantee if I activated the skill properly or not....
but first.... let me put this blade away since I don't need it....
the blade transformed back into my normal hands once I thought about putting it away....
now that the blade is gone, I'm good to go.
I chanted the word "concealment" and a I felt a strange feeling coming after that.
hmmmm.... did it work?.
"ehhhh??, doll-san??.."
hmmm??.....
"uhmmm where are you?..."
Diana looked left and right as if trying to find me.
I guess it did work.... but.....
"doll-san?..."
[...]
"doll-san.....you are still here right??."
Diana's expression gradually started to turn anxious as she searched for me....and this is making me worried thinking that this might get worse if I don't speak up quickly.
[Diana what's wrong??.....]
"doll-san?....hayss.... I'm relieved...I thought..... you.... "
Diana sighed and pouted....she then muttered something that I couldn't hear very properly.
[Uhmmm?. what are you mumbling?...]
"Nothing....."
[Anyways.... this is a skilled called "concealment"..]
"...I could tell.... "
now that I know that it's working, I chanted the word again making me reappear in front of Diana.
!!!?
once I reappeared, Diana rushed towards me and embraced my body with her arms...
[what's the matter?.]
"hug...."
ehhhh?.....she been acting strange since I disappeared....
wait a minute.... I think I realized that I did something terrible....
[u-uhmmm.... did you perhaps thought that I left you?....]
"unnn....."
ahhhh what have I done..... I should've told her before I went on activating the skill.....
[Sorry for scaring you... I didn't mean to do it....]
"hmmmph....."
[so uhmmm.... should I continue?...]
"Don't do what you did a while ago okay....."
[ahh.... y-yes.... but you should let me go first.... ]
she nodded and let me go, she took a step back and returned sitting on top of the bed.
now what should I try next..... I couldn't think of many interesting skill that I could use at this current moment....
most of my interesting skills, to be specific, the doll skills, they only work if I have another doll that I can control..... and it's not like I could create a doll here either right?....
times like this that having a screen where you could see your own skills and stats would be good....
Wait a minute?.... why didn't Aria-sama mentioned this before..... if she told me about that then I would see and remember my skills very quickly without her needing to trouble herself speaking....
I will talk about this to Aria-sama later....but for now lets see what I could show Diana first....
[Let's try the skill "disguise"....]
this is one of the skills that I remembered Aria-sama mentioning.
"Disguise?."
she cutely tilted her head in curiosity.
[Yes... wait....]
Remembering how the skill "disguise" works. It seems like all I need to is imagine an appearance that I would want to use....
The first thing that came to my mind was my own appearance back on my original world....but..... I don't want to use that... so the next thing that came to my mind was Diana's appearance.
Yeah this will do.....
I then decided going with this for now since I'm just testing it.
I chanted "change", and not long after that, my body changed and I felt like my body was shrinking as I transformed...
is it done??.... I feel like my height changed.... is the height setting automatic?..... well enough of that.... lets see how this turned out first....
I checked Diana's reaction only to see her looking at me with an surprised and speechless look.
[What do you think? Do we look alike?]
"Is that?... m-me?...."
[Yes.]
Diana stood up once again and started walking around me...
"It really looks like me."
[....]
So it seems that the skill worked just fine.....
"Uhmm doll-san?."
[Yes?.]
"Can Doll-san transform to other people as well?...."
Hmmmmm..... I think I can definitely do that ..... but I don't feel like changing my appearance just yet.
"Yes I can.....but that is if I want to."
"Ohhhh"
wait, an Idea came to my mind just now.... can I also use body modification while on disguise?. I want to try it out.
I looked at my right arm....the blade then appeared without me needing to chant it...
Seems like it is totally working just fine....
Now that I noticed it, I think I can finally grasp the idea of how to activate the skills without the need of chanting. but that only apply to the use of the blade on my arm at the moment... I will need to practice getting used to activating the other skills after we escape here....
Back to the current topic, it seems that the skill worked even if I'm using a disguise... so I think that's it....
Now that I feel satisfied checking this skill, I returned back to my original form and began thinking of what to do next.....