Book 9: Chapter 2: 110 (2)

Nixie – Pathfinder. She had the ability to find the path of least resistance, no matter what the task might be. If it was battle, she was easily able to find a weak point. If it was travel, she was able to find the shortest or safest path depending on the requirements. And, if it was about a child’s development, she could easily see what a child was most talented in. In addition, even if that child was unwilling to follow the path they were born for, she was able to find the best path for them along the route they chose.If her ability to find the path was matched with Researcher Lind’s abilities to nurture along that path, the youth of Dyon’s Mortal Alliance would have very bright futures ahead of them.This wasn’t all either… With Nixie’s abilities, couldn’t she also greatly help Dyon in war? What were the weak points of his enemies, where should he apply pressure, when should he move forward and when should he retreat?There was only one glaring limitation to Nixie’s abilities, she had to either lay eyes on her target, or she had to understand them perfectly. This meant that she couldn’t arbitrarily give Dyon an answer to ‘how should I conquer the Mortal Plane’ because there was no way for her to perfectly understand every aspect of the Mortal Plane or lay eyes on the whole of the Mortal Plane at once.However, Dyon was unbothered by this limitation. Even if it was just these six, he saw that his path toward success had widened once more.With Luna’s help, Dyon easily rounded up Aslan, Caspian and Maura, jailing them within his inner world where their abilities were the weakest. In this land, Dyon was the god. They couldn’t twitch without him being aware.Dyon didn’t bother hearing them out. He knew their purpose.“They were in league with the Heaven’s Child who controls the Timeless Library.”Dyon’s words were heavy rock thrown in a calm lake. First, these six, not to mention Luna herself, had no idea there was an eleventh Heaven’s Child. Secondly, they had no idea that this Heaven’s Child controlled the Timeless Library. And thirdly, to hear that three individuals they thought of as family had betrayed them in this way… it was hard to swallow.Heaven’s Children were, in a lot of ways, lonely individuals. Though they weren’t immortal, they lived for such a long time that they dwarfed even Transcendents. The only people they could form bonds with, grow with, were their fellow Heaven’s Children. The betrayal of even one of them was devastating, let alone three.“M… Mistress.” Ariel looked up at Luna who stood elegantly to Dyon’s side. Despite the betrayal, she had a smile on her face she still couldn’t wipe away. Every time she looked over to see Little Alauna giggling with her father, she felt a scolding heat in her chest. “W-who is this man?”Hearing the question, Luna snapped awake.“He…” Luna didn’t know what to say. What should she call Dyon?“I’m her man of course.” Dyon smiled.His word choice was perfect. He didn’t distance himself away from Luna, but at the same time, he didn’t make the decision to accept her without the input of his wives first.These words alone left Luna with a feeling of content that couldn’t be described.Still, to hear such things, the six Heaven’s Children were in shock.Luna smiled brightly. For them, who were used to seeing her stoic and brooding image, this shocked them even more.“This is the father of my child. And this, this is Alauna, my little baby girl.”“Hi, hi!” Alauna waved happily, sitting on Dyon’s shoulders and playing with his brownish silver hair.“So she wasn’t an illusion…” The Heaven’s Children muttered.“Are you all wondering why they chose these three but didn’t approach you all?” Dyon looked at them and asked.The six looked surprised at Dyon’s words. Was he a Heaven’s Child who read minds or something?“The answer is pretty simple. They didn’t think bring you all to their side would be useful.”They frowned at Dyon’s words, but couldn’t find room to refute. There was no doubt that Aslan and Caspian were a cut above them. Then there was Maura who had great use in certain situations as well. It could be said that the six of them were less ‘useful’, while Luna was simply too powerful to approach without certain countermeasures – those measures being Little Alauna.“There are individuals in existence right now who want nothing more than to throw the Mortal Plane into an endless chaos. And, for them to do this, they want you all out of the way. Instead of trying to control you all, they chose to limit their allies to the most useful of you while also choosing to do away with the rest. Makes you angry, doesn’t it?”Of course, what Dyon didn’t tell them was that Aslan, Caspian and Maura also didn’t survive into the future. But, he felt it was more useful to manipulate their emotions using this tactic.“You don’t have to manipulate us.” Rudy said straightforwardly. “As long as Mistress Unblemished orders us, we’ll follow her to the ends of the earth. It’s only thanks to her that we have a place to call home. If she tells us to follow and trust you, we’ll follow and trust you.”