Location: Myriad Realms, Lil Red Storm Realm, Freedom Megalopolis, Dalie’s Penthouse.
"Dalton, since you can’t be impartial about this, let me take over. I say we send this little menace packing, back to her little corner in the Infinity Library," Dalie proposed, taking my moment of embarrassment as an opportunity to speak her mind.
Come to think of it, Dalie and Dredre never seemed to have gotten along. It wasn’t Dalie being petty but Dredre too. These two hated each other’s guts. Dalie hated Dredre because she felt I was closer to the latter, while Dredre hated the former because she took Ceed without her permission.
I was certain Dredre didn’t just thoughtlessly blurt out that I can’t help but be biased when things related to her. She did it to rub it in Dalie’s face, showing just how much I favored her compared to others, including his dearest elder sister. Also, Dredre growing an entire jungle on Dalie’s Megalopolis was her passive aggressively asking the latter, ’How do you feel when someone takes something of yours without considering your feelings?’
My eyes couldn’t help but widen, realizing how scheming Dredre can be if she chooses to. In contrast, Dalie, a newborn celestial, had a lot to learn from her. It wasn’t surprising considering Dredre had the knowledge she gathered over millennia as one of the Infinity Library’s keepers. It was hard to tell who between Dredre and Dalie was older, but if I had to put my money, I would choose Dredre. Mostly because I believed the Pixies were the mythical Primordial Pixies.
I believed the changes in Dredre were most-likely related to her connection to the river of reincarnation and my visualisation method that she was practicing. She felt more and more like an elder pixie, but she showed no other signs of developing into one. Honestly, I can’t wait to talk with Dredre about the changes in her and understand what was happening to her and if I should be prepared for her to evolve into an Elder Pixie.
Despite knowing what Dredre was doing, I chose to defend, "No, we can’t do that, Dalie. She is family."
"How is she part of our family? She is just a help assigned to you. Just request a new one," Dalie said, after using her cursed bloodline to check if Dredre was their bloodkin, but she got nothing. Though she was happy, at the same time, she was a little confused knowing her little brother wouldn’t lie to her.
"She is Ceed’s creator. In my culture, she is basically Ceed’s parent. So, she is part of our family. Have you two ever considered how your petty squabble will affect Ceed’s young will?" I used the oldest trick in the book of parenting, guilt tripping and emotional blackmail. "I have no idea why you two are at each other’s throats, but I want you guys to solve your differences amongst yourselves before this goes out of hand. Got it?"
"Yes," Dalie and Dredre agreed in unison.
"Good," I nodded, deciding not to interfere more than this because I wanted them to really connect and not connect through me. Because I wanted them to be together and looking out for each other even in my absence. And the best way to achieve it was to trust them and let nature take its course.
"Dalie, the damage to your city is not big considering your abilities. Just use the array formation I gave you to build the city, to clear the trees and plants, and repair the damaged buildings," I said, trying to ensure that Dalie did not feel dissatisfied with how I handled this.
Of all of us, Dalie was the one who valued the family the most. So, I was sure Dalie would put all her past dissatisfactions with Dredre aside and try to make up with her. After all, Dredre wasn’t just Ceed’s mother but an immortal too. Meeting Dalie’s condition for one to be considered family. In this case extended family. Latest content publıshed on 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝙣𝙚𝙩
As far as Dredre goes, I was sure Dredre would do the same considering she was just returning Dalie’s punches. However, keeping my faith in her, Dredre issued Dalie an apology, "I am sorry, Dalie. I shouldn’t have changed the city design without your permission. I never meant to hurt you, I honestly believed the city would look better with more trees."
’Of course you would,’ Dalie thought, but maintaining a calm expression and with a gentle smile she said, "No, there is no need for you to apologize. Regardless of your actions, I know your heart was in the right place. That’s all that matters. Also, I don’t plan to clear all the trees and plants. I will keep a few that I feel are doing justice to the city’s aesthetic appeal."
"Great, I knew I could trust you guys on this one," I shamelessly said, ignoring the obvious signs indicating just how difficult it was for them to try to look from another’s perspective or pretend to be getting along.
Dredre grew up among trees with her tribe while Dalie grew up on a mining planet alone and shunned by the celestials, these two had a totally different concept of home. It wasn’t just their ideas that differed, even by nature they were different. Dredre, as a Wood Pixie, was the guardian of the woods, while Dalie, as a Celestial spirit of a celestial scale mining array, was the guardian of the mining planet.
These two were just too different. Asking them to get along was actually too much to ask for, but then they were also family, so it wasn’t, really. They just needed time or just a foreign enemy to bring them closer despite their differences. I would take either as long as it wasn’t me.
My entire enterprise was built with me at the center. I didn’t want my family to also be centered around me. It was hypocritical of me considering the cursed bloodline most of my family members carried within them. Well, I was working on it. I did plan to solve the mystery around my cursed bloodline. Even if it meant cutting a deal with Demigod Redfall.