Chapter 66: Progress Undone.

(*Celia’s POV*)

A few days after that chat with the Creator, we all awoke to the world changing around us. Well, it was shaking, but it wasn’t an earthquake at all...

In the morning, we decided to figure out what had changed. With Amelie’s help, we were happy to find out that all of our Statuses remained the same. But the things that changed were surprising.

Any of the tech leaked from my dungeon was gone. Of course, our modern carriages still exist. But now they are even more powered by magic. In fact, everything was changed to fit this dimension, with them being changed to be more fantasy-like.

Yona’s castle was no longer a random modern mansion, but instead an actual castle. My family, and even the maids, were aware of these changes, but others weren’t.

My dungeon remained the same, but entrance of it was limited to just us that remember the changes. Not only that, but we couldn’t teleport to it anymore. We had to go into it through the original entrance.

Because of that, I had to make various more entrances for my dungeon. Which was a major annoyance… Our Empire remained basically the same, but history was slightly changed. Rather than me not being in the war, I was the main leader of it, and I did the most things.

It greatly annoyed me to take credit for my family’s work, but it was clearly that Creator who seems to greatly favor me. Now, the military, and nobles of our kingdom, keep pestering me to marry, and then take over as queen in Yona’s place. As she is still asleep, even to this day.

There are other changes as well, like how much MP magic cost to use. With just flying for an hour, my MP is almost completely drained. This is the point where I hit myself for not investing my SIP’s into my MP…

Like with a game, other things were rebalanced to be more fair. Most of the rebalancing didn’t affect us. But it was clear that the Creator made it so that getting to this point, would take far more work than we did. I am sure that there are far more changes as well, that we just aren’t aware of yet…

Monsters, that just a month ago were nothing more than an annoyance, have gotten stronger as well. A basic Goblin can now easily kill an untrained knight. More and more monsters kept showing up here and there too.

Of course, it isn’t anything for us to worry about. Our Empire is strong, and it’s people are protected by us. As for Eloateilian and Tuseoun, they all had to abandon their land, and come live with us.

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They didn’t have the strength to deal with the influx of monsters, and we didn’t have the people to protect them. But we were able to get them here to safety. At least Lia can see her mother whenever she wants…

Celia: “This shit is pissing me off…” I say with an annoyed tone.

Ria: “I understand, Celia. I saw this dimension as my playground, after all. So I am upset as well.” She said with a sigh.

Solia: “Playground? Well, I guess that you’re that strong…” She said.

Lia: “Can we even do anything about this? Because of that Creator, this world has gotten five times more dangerous…” She said with a thinking pose.

Nia: “We can’t. We just have to live with changes. Look on the bright side, we haven’t lost any of our power and strength.” She replied.

Celia: “If we did, I would be far more than just upset.” I say with a sigh.

Sarah: “I am just happy that I started living here before this happened. I would have easily died.” She said with a relieved tone.

Celia: “Yes, it’s good that we found you. Now that I think about it, Sarah, that woman you met was probably the Creator of this dimension.” I say with a thinking pose.

Ria: “Oh, she definitely was. You can’t even time travel with time magic, and only a higher being as powerful as a Creator can do such a thing like what she did for Sarah.” She agreed.

This discussion, which was mostly just us complaining about the changes, was soon changed to be about Yona. Mainly, on how we can wake her up.

The pressure was even more intense now, as we needed to wake up her somewhat soon. I don’t think that the nobles are willing to wait for more than a year for Yona to wake up, so we have to come up with a solution fast.

Ria: “I propose that Celia and I go to the continent that Amelie and Celia visited.” She suggested.

Nia: “Isn’t that place dangerous?” She asked with a raised eyebrow.

Ria: “Yes, which is why only us two will go. Currently, Celia and I are the strongest of our group. I can keep her alive, and we need someone that isn’t being restricted by the will of the world, to find the solution.” She replied.

Celia: “Will we really find a solution to it in that place, though?” I ask with an unsure tone.

Ria: “That place is wild, but kingdoms in it do exist. Think of it as an even more extreme version of this place. Here, the most magical things are Mana Crystals. But there, such things aren’t even worth bothering to pick up.” She answered.

Celia: “Alright… All in favor, say “Celia is a wonderful daughter and wife.” Or just “no” if you aren’t in favor.” I say with an oddly serious tone.

Funnily enough, as if they wanted to help ease the dire mood, they all said my wonderfully written line. With that, now Ria and I were headed back to that place…

Which meant my dreaded enemy, boats, will have to be used… Why the fuck!? I learned flying magic JUST so I didn’t have to take a boat again… Wait, does Ria have a lot of MP? Couldn’t she just fly me there?…

Ria: “I can, but even with my massive amount of MP, we would still end up falling into the middle of the ocean.” She answered.

Celia: “Huh? No way! It took us less than two hours to make it there the first time...” I say with an unsure tone.

Ria: “The landmasses have been further pushed apart. Almost as if to prevent beings like me just flying to each one with ease.” She explained with a sigh.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuck! So that means that I really, really have to take a boat there… Um… Creator? I’d say that you’ve ruined my life now. Could you please present your head? Oh, holy fuck… Why!?…