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In the Tower of Babel, Kali made a cute sneeze.

“Winter getting to you?” Freya asked absentmindedly while sewing a small insignia on a napkin.

As much as she would have loved to work on Medea’s wedding dress she had been forbidden from approaching or touching said dress.

The one who was given full control was Duchess Arachne Milaris and as much as Freya believed in her talent, there was no denying that Arachne was vastly superior to her.

Hearing her sister, Kali snickered, “You know that is impossible. If a King would fall sick because of a cold, then there are many other problems to worry about.”

King-rank beings were already on the road toward transcendence. Common diseases had no way of affecting them.

“Anyway, forget about your sneeze. What do you think of this? Two snakes coiling together. You know? Since Sol is Blessed of Luxuria and Medea is under Asmodeus' authority.” Freya showed the napkin. The main background was the usual pink but it seemed like Freya had been wise enough to add more color.

Of the two snakes coiling, one had gold scales and two horns. From Kali’s perspective, it looked more like a Chinese dragon than a snake. The second one was entirely white with gold and red eyes.

Kali had to admit, this looked quite good. But there was one problem, 

“It’s great. But you know that there will most likely be hundreds of important invitees and thousands of lesser ones? Do you plan to sew all of them alone?”

“Of course not. Do you take me for an idiot? I just need to complete this template and my girls will take care of it.” 

Kali listened to Freya and kept herself from mentioning that Milaris had an entire supply and production line, which would be very helpful. She knew that her sister had formed a weird sense of rivalry against the duchess.

This was quite funny for Kali since in terms of pure power, Freya could crush someone like Milaris without even breaking a sweat.

“Now that I think about it. Shouldn’t you have gone to the Hermes Mansion? That dwarf girl is your friend, right?” Freya asked absent-mindedly. Wondering if there was anything else she could add to her design.

“That she is. But if I am right about the reasons for her enlightenment I believe it would be wise for me to hide here for some time.” Kali giggled and Freya put down her work, gazing at her sister with suspicion.

“What have you done this time?” Freya knew that Kali was quite the crazy woman when she went at it. After all, she once temporarily joined Chaos to attain her goal. Even hundreds of years ago, she started studying so many elements and somehow managed to fuse them and control the concept of Destruction perfectly.

Freya had met many unconventional people in her long life. But Kali took the cake or she did…

Now that I think about it. That girl Theresa and also Milaris are not quite right in the head either. 

“Well… Technically, nothing. But…” Kali started 

“Kali, come to my office. We need to talk.” But she was interrupted by Sol. His voice unexpectedly reached them.

Freya snickered, “Good luck. Seems like he is angry.” Freya had made a promise with Sol before the ritual and she planned to get what she was promised. But currently, she was more interested in making sure that Medea’s wedding was perfect.

Kali grimaced and stood up. She felt like she was a bad student being called to the principal office. This clearly did not bode well for her.

***

A few minutes later, Kali found herself sitting in Sol’s office with her head down. She wondered how she could feel his energy signature in many places simultaneously but she knew better than to ask this now.

Well, he doesn’t seem angry, at least. She mused silently. She had seen what an angry Sol could do. She did not want to get on his bad side.

The silence lingered between them like this for a few more seconds. 

“Do you know why you are here?” Sol asked suddenly. His voice was pretty calm but this made Kali worry all the more.

“Can I plead the 5th?” She asked timidly.

“Kali…She is making a bomb! a Fucking nuclear bomb powered with mana.” Sol had to force himself to not shout. 

“Okay! Okay! I apologize okay!? I didn’t mean to. How was I to know she would be able to draw a design from a nuclear bomb from just a few explanations? Hell, even I don’t know how to make one and I have the power of destruction!” Kali exclaimed. She found the situation quite unjust.

While she had some knowledge about sciences thanks to what she studied, she was no pro. She had mostly been a recluse otaku before her death. All she talked about with Theresa were a few theories and ideas, as well as a heavy dose of anime and manga knowledge.

Who in their right mind would think someone could use such fragmented knowledge and obtain such a frightening result?

Sol groaned. He knew that now was not the time to shift blame. How Theresa was able to attain such results was not important anymore. What mattered was that she did.

This reminds me. Lilith created her sword art after Mars told her a few Xianxia’s stories, right? 

Thinking about this, he could only sigh. Clearly the people of this world were dangerous geniuses who only needed the right boost and knowledge. That or he was just surrounded by freaks of talent.

“Look…Okay.” He waved his hand, calming down Kali. “What is done is done. There is no putting back that genie in its box. The only way would be to quite literally kill Theresa. Otherwise, the more we constraint her, the crazier she will go.”

Sol had a certain measure for Genius like Theresa. He knew that restrictions and doubts would only create problems. What he needed was to give her the freedom to create what she needed but also make sure to think of all the potential problems and solutions for said problem.

“My head hurts. It was supposed to be a time for rest. Not for worrying about possible Nuclear warfare and fallout.” Sol groaned with his head between his hands and Kali could only give a sheepish grin.

“Hey, look at the bright side. At least we will be getting a flying island. Pretty cool, don’t you think so?” 

Sol glared at Kali, but soon his gaze softened, “You are right. This will be pretty awesome.” Kali understood too well that deep down, Sol was as much an Otaku as her. There was no way he wouldn’t be excited about such a thing.

Like this, the two reincarnators sharing a single brain cell started working on possible regulations to stop Theresa from potentially destroying the world in the future.