Blood

"Hey Lilac, how are you liking everything?" I ask her.

"It's great. I'm tasting so many new flavors. But that's not what I came here for. Have you finished eating and talking with everyone?" Lilac asks me.

"Yeah, do you need me for something?" I ask her causing her to nod.

"Yes, well not me. Ramia asked for you once you were done. She's downstairs in the basement now. She and Asami decided to store the rain machine down there for now. She's clearing space out for it with Innu and Flare's help now.

"Then lead the way." I say causing her to smile. We start to leave when Asami turns the mic back on.

"For those of you remaining who want to take some home with you, come up here please." I hear Asami say before we leave. We walk toward the entrance before turning to a staircase. We walk downstairs and enter the basement. It's just a large concrete room. We're not sure what we want to do down here, so for now we're using it as storage. I see Ramia, Innu, and Flare moving a stack of boxes from the corner next to the stairs. We kept some of the boxes from the furniture, just in case we needed them for something.

"Eric!" Flare says upon seeing Lilac and I.

"Thanks f-for coming." Ramia says while setting down a stack of folded boxes.

"No problem, where do you want the machine?" I ask her.

"Over here in the corner." Flare says while pulling on my arm. I follow her to the corner. I reach my palm out into the empty space. I take the machine out of my inventory and it appears in the space. It's pressed right against the walls.

"Thank you." Ramia says. "Eric, could I h-have some more of your blood?" Ramia asks after a moment.

"Did the flower experiment not turn out well?" I ask causing her t shake her head no.

"No, it did. The flower grew from your blood. It gained more mana and also grew bigger. It's nearly double its original size now. It has nearly three times as much mana as before. I want to test your blood on the Silver Vines next. Along with the Chaos Cotten." Ramia says excitedly.

"Sure, go ahead." I say causing her to smile. She disappears for a few seconds before returning. She's holding the same bracelet Flare used last time. She opens it up and I place my hand in it. She closes it around my wrist before I feel the needle. My blood starts to fill the tube. After it's nearly full she turns it off. Once she's done she disappears to put it up.

"Thank you Eric." Ramia says when she gets back.

"It's fine Ramia. I don't mind." I say, although just in case I do cast Healing Hands to restore my blood. I make sure she can't see it though. I get a pop-up saying Asami's calling me.

"Hey Asami." I say upon answering the phone. Ramia, Lilac, Flare, and Innu all go upstairs. They wave by to me, to not interrupt my call.

"Hey Master, where'd you run off to?" Asami asks as I turn the lights off and go upstairs.

"I was downstairs with Ramia. I put the machine down there since it was stored in my inventory." I reply.

"I thought Ramia was going to move it to your Domain for now?"

"She tried, but it didn't work. I assume it was too big since she was able to take the empty bottles there."

"I see, well can you come to the entrance."

"Yeah, why? Is something wrong?" I ask causing her to let out a laugh.

"No everything's fine. Something arrived here for you." She says before hanging up. I walk to the entrance and find her sitting with a very small box in her hands. It's no bigger than her palm and not taller than an inch or two. She stands up when she sees me. "Here you go, Master."

"What is it?" I ask while taking the box. She shrugs with a cheeky smile. Letting me know she knows, but that she won't tell me. I open it up and see another badge. It's similar to the two I'm wearing from Gaia and Verona. This one is a black tree with a white outline. I recognize the tree as an exact replica of Prisma's tree body. There's a white outline, so it can be seen on my suit since they're both black.

"It's a badge from Ayashi. Since she's been recognized as another Light God, thanks to Gaia and Verona, she made this for you. It'll act the same as the two badges they gave you." Asami says.

"Isn't this risky? If someone finds out she's not a Goddess, it'll cause a lot of trouble. I assumed she'd only use it as a name, but never do anything godly. I say, not sure of the right word.

"No, it'll be fine. Verona said that the only difference between a Goddess and a true member of your race. Aside from how you get your powers of course, is that your able to use all Schools of magic. Gods and Goddesses get a new type of magic unique to them. So unless Ayashi using any magic other than what she's currently using, no one will know. Thanks to Verona and Gaia's support, the other Light Gods won't bother her much. They might check in on her every now and then, but they won't interfere. Nor will they discover she's not a Goddess. Only Verona knows what your races Mana Circuits look like. But since all Gods have different Circuits to suit their unique power. They'll assume it's because of her power that her Cuicuts are different. And since your Circuits are mixed with the Devil's Circuits, they can't compare them. So as long as she doesn't reveal herself, the other Gods won't question it. Especially because they all trust Gaia and Verona so much." Asami replies causing me to nod. She helps me put the badge on the suit before stepping back. "You look handsome in the suit, by the way." She says before I pull her in. I give her a kiss before pulling back.

"And you look beautiful in that dress." I say causing her to smile.