Meanwhile, Raviel, Jill, and Excella were currently inside Raviel's personal dimension.
"Welcome to my home," Raviel said proudly, spreading her arms as she showed them the vast, almost continent-sized landmass floating in a pocket universe. Towering in the middle was a massive glowing tree—its branches shimmering with divine light strong enough to illuminate the entire realm.
"You're calling this a house? This looks more like… a whole continent," Jill said, completely stunned. Her eyes couldn't decide where to look first.
"Yeahhh, well, technically it is my home," Raviel replied, floating horizontally like she was swimming in the air. "I built all of this myself! So, what do you think? Want to take a tour around here before we go explore another world?"
Jill watched Raviel casually hover around and felt a sharp sting of envy.
Who wouldn't want to fly like that?
"Place this big? Please," Jill huffed, crossing her arms dramatically. "My legs would give out before we even finish half of it. I'm not walking across an entire continent just to look around."
Raviel blinked. "Ah—right! I forgot. Sorry, sorry!"
She reached into her inventory, pulled out a small pouch filled with shimmering gold dust, and blew it toward Jill and Excella.
"There! Now you two can fly. Just think about happy thoughts and you'll start floating," Raviel explained cheerfully. The dust sparkled around them like tiny stars—it was unmistakably Pixie Dust from Peter Pan's world.
"For real?" Jill asked skeptically.
Still, she closed her eyes and forced herself to think about something that made her happy—surprisingly, her mind jumped straight to Allen, Thinking about the happiest things with him, then to the idea of finally getting a peaceful vacation without zombies.
And suddenly—
Her feet lifted from the ground.
"Whoa—oh my god—this is actually working!" Jill yelped as her body floated upward, wobbling like a drunk pigeon trying to take off.
"Wuhuuu—YEAAHH I'M FLYING!" Jill screamed as she spun around in the air like a malfunctioning helicopter. "Excella! Come on, try it!"
Her laughter echoed as she tumbled around the sky.
Excella, watching Jill's chaotic first flight, felt her curiosity spike even more. She might be the youngest among Allen's women, but she was no less eager than Jill—if anything, she was more excited to experience something new and magical.
"If she can do it… then so can I," Excella whispered, gripping her hands tightly as she thought about the happiest thing she could imagine—Allen smiling at her.
Her body slowly lifted from the ground.
"Wooo—!! Raviel! Jill! Look, I can fly too!" Excella shouted, spinning gently like a floating ballerina. She looked far more graceful than Jill, who was currently doing accidental mid-air cartwheels.
Raviel giggled, hovering upside-down as she watched them.
"You two look adorable! Okay, now that you can fly, want to take a quick tour? There's a lake of stardust, a castle made of crystallized dreams, and oh! A waterfall that flows upward!"
Jill's eyes widened. "A waterfall that flows… up?"
"Yep! And that's just the backyard," Raviel said with a wink.
Excella clapped her hands. "Let's go! Let's go! I want to see everything!"
Raviel twirled in the air, creating a trail of sparkles.
"Alright then—follow me! Try not to crash into anything, Jill!"
"I'M TRYING, OKAY?!" Jill shouted while spinning like a topsy-turvy boomerang.
Raviel and Excella laughed as they saw Jill spinning around like that.
When they finally arrived at the waterfall, Jill and Excella were completely mesmerized by the beauty of the place—especially by how the shimmering water didn't fall downward like a normal waterfall, but rose upward, flowing toward the peak of an impossibly tall hill.
"This is… unbelievable," Excella whispered, unable to tear her eyes away. Logically, the water should've been crashing down to the ground—not defying gravity and climbing into the sky like a stream of liquid stars.
"Well, I knew you'd say that," Raviel said with a playful grin. She stretched out lazily and let herself fall backward onto a fluffy cloud, using it like a soft bed. "But in this place, logic and concepts don't really work. Rules don't matter here."
Around the upflowing waterfall, glowing phoenixes soared in circles, their wings made of both fire and frost—embers and snowflakes scattering behind them. From the tall grass nearby, a herd of baby unicorns peeked out before excitedly galloping toward the group.
"Whoa—are those unicorns?" Jill asked, eyes sparkling as she tried to reach out and touch one of the little creatures approaching her.
But the moment her fingers got close to its horn, the unicorn yelped and scampered away.
"Well, they are unicorns," Raviel confirmed, snickering from her cloud-bed. "But Jill, avoid touching their horns. They absolutely hate that."
"Ah—okay, okay," Jill muttered, a little embarrassed as she lowered her hand.
"Raviel, is it okay if I get a sample of their blood… or maybe a small part of their body? I'd like to use it for my research, if that's allowed," Excella asked. She seemed genuinely excited at the idea of studying the creatures' biology, and was secretly hoping Raviel would say yes.
But the moment the unicorns heard her request, they bolted in every direction.
"Hey—where are you all going? Raviel, don't tell me they understood what I just said?" Excella called out, watching the unicorns scatter like she was a serial killer.
"They did," Raviel replied casually. "And you should not even try taking their blood by force. If you accidentally drink it or inject it into someone, their blood carries a curse—one that triggers if it's taken without consent."
"A curse?" Excella blinked.
"Yeah. And it's not some cute fairytale curse either. It's the 'worse than death' kind." Raviel shrugged as if that was just normal everyday information.
Excella immediately dropped the idea. Research was one thing, but she wasn't suicidal.
"Well, you can ask them politely," Raviel continued, giving her a tiny bit of hope. "If they willingly give you a strand of hair or a piece of their horn, that's safe. But to process or use those materials, you'll need skill. And knowledge of magic."
"Magic…?" Excella whispered, and her eyes started sparkling.
"Don't worry about that," Raviel said with a playful smile. "I can give you a blessing for magic later. And I can even teach you about potions and some basic spells if you want."
Of course Raviel wasn't stingy—especially not toward her sisters. Sharing power or knowledge was nothing to her. But to Excella, hearing that promise felt like opening a door to an entirely new world.
And that was clear from the way her eyes practically lit up like stars. The thought of learning real magic, studying arcane creatures, and gaining access to knowledge beyond any science she'd known—it was impossible for her to hide her excitement.
Suddenly, a blazing comet streaked across the sky—rushing straight toward them.
Jill and Excella froze.
But just before it could crash into the ground, the comet slowed, stopped in midair, and transformed into a beautiful Pegasus made of swirling stardust and mist. Its hooves touched the ground with a gentle, shimmering glow.
The Pegasus trotted toward Raviel with an impatient huff.
"Sorry," Raviel said immediately, wagging her finger. "But Aphrodite isn't here today. She said she'd come tomorrow to give you the food she promised."
The Pegasus snorted even louder—clearly annoyed.
"Hey, don't complain to me," Raviel added, sitting up slightly. "Blame your owner. She's the one who keeps forgetting her promises."
Upon hearing this, the Pegasus rolled its eyes—an oddly human gesture—and its body burst into a swirl of radiant light before shooting back into the sky as a fast-moving star.
"Wow… was that Aphrodite's pet?" Jill asked, still stunned.
"Yep, basically," Raviel replied, dusting sparkles off her clothes. "Aphrodite brought her a few days ago as a wedding anniversary gift for Allen."
Jill's expression stiffened for a second.
A Pegasus as an anniversary gift.
Her own gift for Allen suddenly felt embarrassingly small in comparison.
Excella, who had also heard it, felt a pang as well.
Even though she and Allen weren't married yet, she still wanted to give him something meaningful… something worthy of him. But how could she compete with that?
Raviel noticed their reactions and smiled knowingly.
"Don't stress about gifts," she said softly, floating around them. "Allen doesn't care about grand gestures. He loves anything you give him—as long as it's from the heart."
Excella looked down shyly.
Jill rubbed her arm, trying not to seem insecure.
But Raviel could see right through both of them.
"Oh come on," she added, poking their cheeks. "You two already make him happy just by existing. Trust me."
Jill sighed. "Still… a Pegasus, though…"
Raviel burst out laughing.
"Yeah, well—Aphrodite's dramatic like that."
And with that, she floated a little higher, gesturing them to follow.
"Come on! There's more to see. This place is full of weird stuff. I promise this waterfall is nothing compared to what's ahead."
Jill and Excella glanced at each other—then smiled.
They began to float and followed Raviel deeper into the impossible landscape, ready to see what other wonders awaited them.
As they wandered around, enjoying the dreamlike fauna around them, Jill suddenly spoke up.
"Raviel, by the way… what kind of gift did you prepare for Allen?" Jill asked, while Excella listened quietly.
"Well," Raviel replied casually, "I've already prepared two new maids as his anniversary gift. You remember that incubus you saw before, right? She's one of them. Oh—and there's also that demon girl who's probably still recovering from her injuries. She's part of the gift too."
Raviel spoke as if presenting two women as gifts was the most normal thing in the world.
Jill and Excella, who heard Raviel's words, couldn't stop twitching their eyebrows. Listening to Raviel talk so casually, they couldn't help but feel that something was very wrong with how this goddess's brain worked.
"Uh, Raviel… are you sure that's a good gift? I don't think Allen would like something like that. And isn't that basically the same as kidnapping them? That's a bad thing, you know," Jill said, protesting a little. Even if the ones Raviel "took" weren't humans but other races, it still felt uncomfortably close to racism.
Meanwhile, Excella was quietly impressed by Jill's bravery—still upholding justice even in a situation like this. All she could do was support Jill from behind, giving her a discreet thumbs-up. She just hoped Raviel wouldn't get angry about it, especially knowing what the goddess was capable of. Raviel could do anything, and that alone was enough to make Excella nervous.
"Okay, okay, don't get mad like that. And it's not entirely kidnapping, alright?" Raviel said, trying to defend herself. "First, the incubus girl—her name is Albedo. She wasn't actually a person or living being at the start. She was a character program from a game, okay? I just prepared a body for that program and created an ego for her."
Raviel knew it sounded wrong—Athena, Aphrodite, and the other girls had already scolded her for it—but what was done was done. There was no way to return Albedo to her original world, and besides, she was practically half Raviel's creation now.
"Alright… then what about the demon girl?" Jill asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, the demon girl is named Grayfia Lucifuge. She's a descendant of Lucifer and Lilith—basically the offspring of their creations. And her world is currently in the middle of a civil war between demons. She was a prisoner of war who was going to be sold as a sex slave by her own race. I didn't force her to come with me, okay? I gave her a choice—a pretty fair one, if you ask me," Raviel said, still trying to come up with the best justification she could.
"You're telling me other worlds are really that chaotic… full of wars?" Excella said, still struggling to believe it. Even so, she understood that wars were something every history had, so it wasn't surprising that other worlds suffered the same.
"Yeah, not every world is that messed up," Raviel nodded, "but no matter where you go, war is something you can't really avoid."
"Alright, fine," Jill finally sighed in defeat. At this point, she understood why Raviel brought those two girls—especially Grayfia. Jill definitely didn't want to imagine that girl ending up as a slave. And honestly, it wasn't a bad thing if Grayfia became a maid in their home. Though… she also had a feeling Allen would probably take interest in both girls sooner or later.
"But I want you to help me find a good gift for Allen too, okay?" Jill said, a spark of determination in her eyes. Clearly, she had decided to take advantage of Raviel this time.
"Hmmm, if possible… I want help finding a present for him too," Excella added. Raviel stared at her two sisters—she didn't really have much choice at this point.
"Alright, I'll help. But what exactly are you two looking for? I can also just create something for you if you want."
Jill and Excella exchanged glances before smiling.
"Well, we'd rather try finding something from another world first—who knows what we might discover? And as for creating things… forget it," Jill said.
Excella nodded in agreement. If Raviel simply created the gifts, then it wouldn't feel like something they earned or found with their own effort.
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