2 hours later they came home and landed behind the buildings because there were 500 fire lizards that there was no room for in front. Lily didn't need a barrier for them because she doubted any idiot would dare steal them. Everyone came out to greet them and she knew it was because of the many lizards and she planned to give them one each as a mount.
"Wow Mistress. You continue to impress us.” said Pearl who was touching a lizard.
"I found them by accident but that's my luck." Lily said and was proud because she loved to be praised if she had done something good.
They went inside and all were present to hear what had happened on her journey.
Lily started to tell but let Aaron tell everything until the meeting with Celestia because she couldn't bear to talk so much now. She needed to collect her thoughts after being away for 5 days without contact with the outside world. She looked outside and saw that it was getting dark and planned to go to bed early to rest.
She asked her crafting team how it had gone and heard that they had been working continuously for several days with few breaks. It had been sold at auction and Colt had sent her gold. She would check out her interface later.
She rewarded her crafting team with space rings and explained its function. They were all happy and she gave cooking scrolls from Poseidon's city to her cooking folk. She saw that the dwarves and Lillian had settled in and were welcomed.
"You all get a lizard each as a mount, but no child touches them without a companion. Only the adults can get one.” Lily said sternly.
She explained that they could spit two types of fire and were like dragons but that they were actually lizards in the deity world. Since they didn't have a whistle to summon them, it was a physical companion that they had to be careful about using in public.
When they had dinner, she called Rosie and asked about the beauty pageant because she had it all under control.
One was judged of various things:
1. Show your inner beauty by cooking where the top 5 of the world's most handsome men would judge you.
2. Play an instrument.
3. Show a hidden talent.
4. Judged by face.
5. Catwalk: You were judged by the clothes you wore.
If someone was against the result, it was allowed to be challenged in a battle that took place in a battle arena.
It sounded easy since Lily hadn't gone to prestigious schools for nothing, but unfortunately hadn't had the opportunity to make use of her talents since she lived in confinement throughout her adult life. She was now looking forward to showing it to the whole world and it was also the first part of her revenge on Celestia.
She contacted all her girls in Labunagaan and asked them to come to Kahrlin as soon as possible because she wanted to teach them how to play music. She also asked Melech to appear so he could take some lizards to Labunagaan. She suddenly remembered that she didn't own a musical instrument. She could play types of flutes, harp, guitar, violin, piano and sing as she had sung in church choirs until she lived in confinement. It would take them about 20 minutes to get here but she lacked instruments for all of them.
"Can you borrow an instrument for the competition?" she asked the others.
"You can, but it gives you more points if you bring one yourself." Lillian replied.
Later, all the girls showed up with Melech and Belladonna as she also had to participate in the beauty pageant tomorrow which Lily only found out now. She let Melech take 50 fire lizards back to Labunagaan.
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By 9 o'clock the children and the elderly had gone to bed and only the young were still awake. They sat in the living room drinking and eating snacks and Lily wanted to check if the system had any musical instruments.
She remembered that elves were associated with harps, and she had had a rope made that belonged to an elf.
"Do you have musical instruments of elves for 20 girls and myself." she asked.
She mentioned what types she herself needed and asked her girls what they could play because with their looks and even though they were demons they were definitely musical.
"We can play all instruments my lady." Violet replied.
Lily was ecstatic when she heard that because she had found a gold mine. They would take top places hopefully and she had plans to steal first place from Celestia. She had horns when they met so she could take mermaid blood and make the horns disappear. If she was going to win, she had to charm the audience because even though the judges judged, she knew that it was the people who had the last word, otherwise Celestia would not have been given the title of goddess. She had worn enough charm dresses so now it was time for something else new and exciting.
"All these are from elves and copies can be made, but since the girls have the same face, they don't get the same instruments. That way, the judges can distinguish between them.” replied the system.
Lily had noticed earlier that they had dyed their hair and had haircuts, so it was easier to recognize some of them now.
She looked at the girls again and asked, "What would you most like to play?"
They all chose a harp, and she took out a lot of gold harps which all had an extra detail where none were the same.
Camelia who was sitting next to Fergus looked at him and said, “My love. This song is for you.” and began to play the harp.
It was beautiful music to her ears and Lily had not heard that song before but somehow, she knew it anyway. She had an idea if it was because they shared the same blood and were from the same clan.
When Camelia had finished playing the song, Fergus kissed her, and he looked like a completely new man.
Reminded of the beauty pageant, she sent The Godly Crystal set to William and mentioned he should wear it tomorrow to promote Black Star. She also wrote to Ace to do the same with The Demonic Fire Dragon set she had given him. Her eye fell on Aaron sitting across from her with a cup of tea in hand. He was handsome and could reap a lot of points and asked him to participate tomorrow.
He was against it but accepted it because it was her. She took out a gold zither which was also made of elves and saw that it shone beautifully in the light.
"Wow, my lady. It’s pretty enough. Unfortunately, we cannot play a zither.” Dio said.
Lily thought they could play any instrument, so a zither was an exception. Her flute teacher played the harp and the zither, and she had fumbled with it after flute lesson. It was also the same teacher who taught her to play the harp. She could play songs, but it was not beautiful music to the ears like her violin. It had been many years since she had touched a zither and she was excited.
"My hands are rusty, so don't expect anything big." she apologized sheepishly.
"We don't care mistress." Agate said smiling.
"You can't disappoint us with anything even if you try." said Fergus, who had known her for the longest time.
Lily knew that everyone was nice to her because she had taken care of them but who knows if it sounded beautiful in her ears, but it was the worse crap in their ears and then they would still say she played beautifully not to make her sad.
"You must be honest, or I will punish you all. Angelina's vagina is an example.” she said and pouted.
They all started laughing and Lily braced herself mentally and physically. She fumbled with her fingers which were a little sweaty and she was a little nervous. She had won many prizes at talent competitions when she played the piano but still got sweaty fingers because strangers were watching.
She kept her right hand on the strings and touched them with her fingers without playing them. She started playing favorite anime songs that she knew and luckily could play by ear. The notes flowed out gently, and she felt like she was riding a gentle wave while a gentle wind blew in her face.
Minutes after she had finished there was complete silence, and you could hear a pin drop to the ground. She looked around and saw that some had cried a tear and didn't know if it was actually because it sounded good or so bad that they had cried.
" Um, was that crap?" she asked nervously.
They all shook their heads and Garnet replied, “That was beautiful. I felt a tickle in my heart.”
Aaron coughed and said, “You call those rusty hands?” and thought she was joking before.
"I haven't touched one in 14 years." Lily told honestly.
" Damn girl." said Fergus, unable to believe his ears.