"Madam Lifa?" Elysia was quite surprised to see a necklace hooked around her neck. She looked down to see the green gem, then looked at Lifa with a confused look.
"Please use your magic energy. It will probably take quite a lot until this core is willing to make you its new master." Lifa smiled softly to see that there wasn't any negative aura in Elysia.
"Why don't you give this to your daughter? She is a more worthy one than me." Elysia had the intention to give the necklace to Rhea later, even though it was strongly protested by Elena.
"You are the one who will take care of my daughter. I decide that. All right, now hold the green gem and use your magic energy." Lifa shook her head, then took Elysia's hand and placed it on the green gem.
After Elena did her best to convince Elysia to accept the gift, Elysia finally chose to obey. Elysia channeled her magic energy little by little. Then gradually became significant as a mighty tidal wave crashed against the green gem to acknowledge the new master.
The green gem glowed with a bright green light, then the necklace chain also changed to a greenish color.
The tree of life symbol within the gem changed from white to dark green.
"My Private Realm is called Nature Realm. You can find thousands of rare plants there. Please take good care of them, Elysia girl." Lifa released Elysia's hand in relief. She didn't misjudge the girl before her.
"This little girl understands." Elysia looked at her necklace once again with some concern on her mind.
"You cannot fuse the Nature Realm's Core into your body. Please don't let any existence take your necklace, especially other divine beings. Even though the core has locked your soul as its absolute owner, the risk is still there. So, please be careful." Lifa made additional suggestions, and Elysia just nodded. She knew this girl had mixed feelings because of her rather pushy decision.
Then, Lifa turned around and touched the semi-transparent green crystal. "Let's get started, Elysia girl. Please help too, Elena."
"All right, Madam Lifa. We are ready anytime." Elysia slipped the green gem into her cleavage and returned to focus on their current problem.
*Crack*
The crystal cracked and spread in various directions until it crumbled into small pieces. Lifa used her magic to protect her daughter.
Several tree branches emerged from the floor and intertwined with each other to form a bed. Then, Lifa laid her daughter there.
After that, Lifa, Elysia, and Elena began to work together to heal Rhea. For the initial stage, only Elysia and Elena worked, while Lifa only gave instructions.
Everything they did that morning would take several days for Rhea to open her consciousness to speak to Lifa according to Elysia's absolute requirements.
While Elysia was busy on Fairy Continent, far to the southwest, on the Devil Continent... A black-haired girl was running breathlessly through the black forest. It was still early at dawn, and the sun had not shown its existence.
'Haah, huff, huff... I need to get out of the Wales Region quickly before my father, or that hateful Evil God realizes my absence.' Sylvia stopped for a moment to take a breath, then turned her head back to check her traces. She had been extra careful not to leave any trace behind even if she didn't use any magic.
On top of that, she used the camouflage only with cosmetics and truly dyed her hair black. If she ignored her red eyes, she was the same as an adventurer girl named Aivlys.
'Humph! This time you definitely can't find my whereabouts, smelly father. I didn't use any magic, so you can't detect my energy aura because I didn't leave anything behind at all.' Sylvia smirked, feeling like she was one step ahead of her father.
It was two days since the events of that night when the Evil God came to the Wales Region to discuss the curse-bearing monsters with all the Devil Emperors.
The devils became busy shortly after that to make strategic battle preparations to face the monsters.
However, the one thing that worried and panicked Sylvia the most was the Evil God. That big, bad, black devil always bothered her for many things, especially anything related to the Goddess of Light.
That night, when that Evil God entered her room arbitrarily, her father just ignored it when she reported it.
Sylvia's somewhat immature thought considered that her father sold herself to become Evil God's plaything. Even though that black devil didn't do anything to her, she became scared silly and planned a faultless escape. There was no safe place in her father's palace anymore.
'Huff, I need to find Elysia or Ais on the Human Continent. Hehe, my father definitely will be shocked this morning. Fortunately, that Evil God told me a little secret about my father's unique trait. I never thought that my father is capable of detecting my energy aura from the magic I used. Hum.' Sylvia clenched her fist with a small snort.
Then, she patted her Space Bag with a big mischievous smile. Her father promised her a request that would be granted, but he didn't have time for that promise yet. She hasn't even had a chance to bring that up yet either.
Furthermore, it didn't seem like there would be a good opportunity. After all, her father was very busy preparing for the upcoming battle of sealed areas that would collapse.
For that reason, she just claimed it herself and left a letter in her room for her father. That way, it was a win-win, and she could run away with peace of mind.
'Very well, I have to get as far away from here as soon as possible without any magic.' After Sylvia caught her breath, she continued her journey without her father.
She just wanted to find at least one of her friends. Or maybe, she would find another amazing friend because she was a lucky girl?
Her only destination was the Human Continent, the Holy Central Region. Yet, she was also tempted to visit the Nachezan Region to enjoy the vast blue ocean.
When Sylvia was about to cross the region's border, she disguised her identity as a homeless girl and wore a big cloak. On arrival in a small village, she borrowed a Master-level horse without permission and without any intention of returning it.
She would only release the horse to return to its hometown when she arrived at the northern tip of the Devil Continent, but that was for later.
The sun slowly revealed itself to light up the world with a surge of warm glow. The Devil Princess had left the Wales Region without anyone noticing her planned departure.
Right in Sylvia's room, a black devil opened the door casually to disturb the silly girl. The door was locked, but that wasn't a problem for him.
"Huh? Where did the Devil Princess go?" Xerroth looked left and right, but there wasn't Sylvia's presence anywhere. He wanted to ask anything about the Goddess of Light or that girl named Ais.
Unfortunately, the Devil Princess was silent about it because she didn't want to sell information about her friends.
He had noticed an oddity since the Devil Princess said the Goddess of Light was her friend. That firefly referred to the Goddess of Light as Elena, but it became Elysia for the Devil Princess.
So, he was only needed to annoy the Devil Princess and take her as a hostage when the Goddess of Light came to him.
"Did that silly girl run away from this palace? Surprisingly, she escaped the scrutiny of all the devils in this city unnoticed. I'm careless." Xerroth stroked his chin, then went looking for traces of magic in every corner of the room. However, he couldn't find anything either.
Meanwhile, in the research laboratory, Dylan was working on some of the latest reports and data. They obtained several runes, traps, and techniques from the Evil God to face the upcoming battle. However, it was only limited to the information, and the devils needed to prepare the rest by themselves.
A moment later, an imperial guard rushed over and knelt in front of him. "My Lord, we have some bad news!"
Dylan frowned at once and took down the document. "Speak, what bad news?"
"Our Disintegrator Cannon with code 001 has disappeared from storage area 00." The imperial guard almost stuttered with fear.
"Huh, disappeared, you said? How did that happen !? Aren't all the storage rooms heavily guarded? What are you doing as part of the research guard team?" Dylan hit the handle of his chair in anger, pressure rising from him subconsciously.
"My Lord, please have mercy. The last devil to come to that place was the Devil Princess. She came with permission to have a look and came out hopping cheerfully." The imperial guard prostrated on the floor, begging for mercy. He knew that if Devil Emperor was angry, there would be little chance of coming out alive.
Dylan frowned even more and retracted his pressure. He wondered what his daughter was doing with that deadly cannon. It wasn't a toy!
Not done with that yet, another imperial guard came and knelt before him as well. "My Lord, twenty percent of the palace's treasury disappeared all of a sudden. According to the suspicions, the Devil Princess was the one who took it."
Dylan didn't need to respond with anything anymore. He immediately turned into black mist and headed for his daughter's room with maximum speed.