Returning to the basement, Yuriel sat on a chair and placed various notes on the table. She also brought a cup of cofee, and snacks, which would accompany her throughout the night.

Then without lingering further, ignoring all things and simply focusing on this single task. Yuriel opened the book, and begun rereading from the start.

It's not that she has forgotten, but Yuriel needed every necessary details. She believe this is important, enough to imagine a world without illogical flaws. Only then can Yuriel buid a wall of balance, preventing things from going out of control.

With that being said, Yuriel engrossed herself into the world called phantasm.

It started as: [In the beginning, there was only darkness. And within that darkness, slumbered a being called Adonai. When he awoke, creation followed, breathing existence to the titans called stars.]

When Yuriel read this, she pondered about the importance of a creator. That in every world, including reality, there is a being who is imagined as such. A powerful, almighty, all-knowing, to explain the origin of creation.

How everything came to be.

Yuriel continued reading, moving along the passages, completely lost in another world. Yuriel felt dazed at the world she is imagining, amazed at how detailed it was. Her father had truly crafted a realistic world, so groundbreaking, so intricate, that no one will believe it.

However, Yuriel couldn't help but find these details boring.

It's not bad, by any means, but the way it was written is just. Well, something that isn't meant to be treated as a novel but more like a physics paper, explaining each fundamental concepts of the universe. Teetering to the edge of fantastical, yes, but it was still able to give a sound and logical explanation.

Yuriel even wondered, how can she comprehend everything written in the book. If she was just a casual reader, Yuriel would have dropped the book long ago. But she came here with a purpose to learn, and that allowed her to continue forward.

After a while, Yuriel read the next book which caught her interest: [In time, life appeared as tiny microbes. Slowly, they grew to become a fish, before evolving to the form of man. But Adonai was dissatisfied, these creatures were weak, fragile, and insignificant among the stars.]

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Yuriel didn't remember this part, which probably meant, this was the point where she had stopped reading previously.

In any case, she suddenly became excited. Yuriel knew this was the development stage of her father's world building. Here, the foundation was already built and what Adonai does, is cultivating the universe.

Which is the details Yuriel was eager to know.

Imagining a world isn't hard, she can make anything by her own terms, with her own laws and concepts. But life, Yuriel cannot carelessly create one and risk destroying her dream.

She didn't want to imagine them, but develop them from scratch.

In doing so, she can avoid inconsistency which might lead to unavoidable problems. Yuriel is cautious, and she knew dreams are unpredictable, and imagination are equally if not more dangerous.

A mere thought of imagining a being like azatoth in the zero space was, well, absolutely frightening. It was something Yuriel should avoid at all cost, considering the consequences.

Moving on: [ Wrathful and disgusted, Adonai eradicates the ugliness of man. Not only the flesh, but their souls that were full of malice and hate. Adonai was forced to reshape them, to recreate them according to his image.]

[Thereafter. The once ugly creatures, had become beautiful. Their faces and body transformed immaculately, and their eyes came to resemble the distant stars. And then, their heart that was once filled with darkness. Turned completely serene and calm.]

[The first born, Adonai called them, became the guardians of the universe who will live till the end of time. They spread across the cosmos, creating life where they breath, so did grew the tree that symbolizes life.]

[Sentience among the stars begun to appear, civilizations steadily developed, while many of them fell. Adonai left the world in the hands of his first borns, divine beings, while he sat back and watches from the void.]

[The cycle of life and death begins now, and after billions and more years to come. Everything will vanish in the oblivion, before starting the new beginning.]

.......

Time passed, Yuriel forgot how long it had been and realized It was already morning. Birds chirped outside, the morning dew dropped silently, the blue sky clearing, and the sun rising.

Yuriel closed the book, exhaustion visible in her eyes.

With a sigh, she contemplated back to each details she learned from the book. She had at least read three books, each explaining the laws, development, and history. But before all that, Yuriel left the basement and went back into the living room. She decided to brew a cup of cofee, toasted some bread, and savored each sip and bite while wallowing in silence.

Now, to summarize what she had learned. It basically explained each and every fundamental laws that allows things to exist, like the concept of space time. Then the following process that formed the stars, planets, so on and so forth. But unlike the known universe, the book shows Adonai's divine intervention, which created stability, and soon life.

Yuriel couldn't have understood their meaning, no human should have. But Yuriel had experienced many foreign phenomenons, and inconceivable concepts in a dream. It was to the point that, she knew what her father was explaining with only her instincts. Upon that realization, a sudden thug reached at the depths of her mind.

A thought resurfaced, but she buried everything instantly, as soon as it appeared.

Forgetting those things aside, next came the birth of cycle, which was the part Yuriel had been looking forward to. This is where she had stopped reading last time, and where things started to get interesting.

Unlike the description of creation, the birth of cycle described the early civilizations and the existence of beings known as the first borns. They are the first intelligent beings, born from the image of god, long lived, beautiful, and perfect.

The elves.