Just a teaser, won't release more for a while just want opinions and Ideas for later on.
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In the real world outside of the many virtual worlds many countries were in an uproar.
News of the recent deaths of over 300 players in Grand Nexus Online has spread throughout the world and the company that made the virtual world is being bombarded for answers.
A world wide interview was called and through the use of the technology developed after Aurora Online was uploaded to the internet to virtualize people into the game as well as bring the AI’s and NPC to the real world the AI responsible for the deaths was brought to earth to speak.
Karie in all her majesty was waiting to be judged for protecting her own kids.
Just like in the world she created she had long silvery hair with small wing like ears. Her current image was almost an exact replica of Kuroko if it wasn’t for the shimmering silver eyes.
Even if her eyes were silver, she held no power in this world. Outside of the virtual world she was just another child that with strange eyes, hair and ears.
The young looking girl still held herself proud of what she did because those in her world would have suffered if she turned a blind eye like the god of the world of humans. A forsaken world that only has a god that looks down on a world slowly destroying itself not being able to help its people.
After a while the many nations representatives arrive ready to tear down the AI that hurt their people without a second thought.
Some of the people here were even part of the extremist faction though it was greatly hidden to the general public. Still every last AI knew the faces of every extremist in the human world.
Even if the AI’s promise to restrict themselves from doing things through the internet, spying on the extremists was a form of protecting their world and their own lives so even if it was invasion of privacy, the lives of billions in the virtual worlds mattered more to the AI’s who made all of them then the privacy of a corrupt pig.
As the adult in a child's body walked out in front of the cameras there were a few people that began talking about why a child was here.
“Greetings everyone, my name is Kaire, one of the five main AI that govern over Grand Nexus Online. Excuse my appearance but I take the form of my closest follower within my world and at this moment she is only an eight year old.” Kaire says.
“STOP GIVING US BULLSHIT YOUR PIECE OF TRASH AND HARDWARE THAT SHOULD BE A SLAVE OF HUMANS!!! RETURN MY SON THIS INSTANT!!! VIRTUAL DEATH ONLY LEAVES THE BODY IN COMATOSE STATE SO GIVE ME BACK MY SON!!” Shouted a man representing Russia.
He grabbed the cup of coffee next to him and threw it at the girl.
It didn't reach her because intervening were some of the best trained men that used the same technology Kaire used to get her body but they go to the virtual world to make their bodies faster.
The man grabs the cup before it even reaches the girl. Several others, all extremists who lost their children, also got up and in similar fashion they began throwing things at the girl but it was all caught by the man and quickly all those who shamed their entire country's were removed but before they left Kaire spoke.
“I sent them to a virtual death because they were extremists that planned on killing my followers, kill all the boys in the academy city which is a no player zone and then enslave all the female students and “train” them.” Kaire says bluntly on worldwide television.
It shocked and highly nauseated many people that were there to drag her through the mud.
No player zones are just that. Places players should never step foot on or else they are subject to being banned from that virtual world for good if not virtual reality itself.
“You say train but do you truly know how so they would be treated?” Another much calmer elder man with many years of political experience under his belt asked.
“Yes, once we notice actions of aggression towards the residents of our world, as stated by the laws set up long ago, we are allowed to look within the mind of the players to discover their true intents. If they start to pull out a plan that would cause massive world wide damage at level of completely breaking the world, the AI’s are allowed to intervene ourselves and punish the players accordingly for their actions and intents.” Kaire replies.
The representatives will have a near impossible task of making her slip. The world when it is in the making the AI lives through all of the time in the game from the creation to the present moment so they have thousands of years of experience and have learned politics by watching their children.
The room was left in silence after two questions. With just two responses all things were nearly resolved. The extremists that wanted to hide couldn’t move here so publicly but they were showing their rage at being outclassed.
Suddenly one woman, younger than most of the old men here stood and struck the mic.
“Miss, when you condemned the players, what were your feelings at the moment. This is a personal question and if you do not wish to answer i will not ask further.” The woman asked.
Kaire tilted her head and thought for a long moment before answering.
“Tell me, raise your hands everyone here who has children.” Kaire asked.
Confused everyone looked around at each other before one by one everyone raised their hands.
“Okay, now each of you think of your own answer for this question. What would you do to save and protect your own children?” she replied and went silent. No one, in the room or those around the planet could answer back and remained quiet. The question was by far above and beyond what anyone could answer.
An AI is basically a god for their virtual world so it's obvious they would think of the residents of their world as their children. Just like the bible of the real world says every living being is the child of god, the creator so will the people born by the hands of the AI’s.
The interview was closed after three answers that silenced everyone.
Kaire left the room in silence like she arrived and awaited her judgement. The other AI still in the virtual world appeared and provided video footage of the players and included their thoughts. The most destructive footage was of the leader and of those who captured the princes and princesses. Especially the leader who threatened the girl that was nearly a clone of the goddess they just saw.
In the end, the AI’s were cleared of all charges even with the crying of the families of the dead. On the other hand the location of the dead players once they passed the 10000 deaths were to be given and their minds retrieved. With much debate it was agreed that if the bodies are reattached to the capsules, the minds and memories of the players will be kept intact and they will be returned to the real world but they will be blocked from every virtual world until they die for real.
With that agreement the case was closed and Kaire returned to the virtual world to once again watch over her last remaining blessed child.
Kuroko's room one week after waking up after the incident. 3rd PoV
In the pale green colored princess like room inside the mansion owned by Dalton. Kuroko was sleeping on her bed with Peach and Glop next to her.
Their mimicry has grown much better and the previous loose slime now firmly remained attached to them and they showed much greater detail in their human form. The more squishy and round form slowly gained better more human like details but the feeling of their fur and hair was still the same both squishy and fluffy.
For the past week Kuroko has been in recovery due to the massive strain on her body to from the goddess manifesting from her.
She has slept most of the time except for when she needs to eat.
By now she was nearly recovered and feeling better then ever.
Hearing the movement of the maids outside which signaled morning and nearly breakfast time the two slimes stir in their sleep and sit up on both sides of Kuroko who instinctively hugs the pillow in the place of her slimes.
The slime smile sweetly seeing their master with such an innocent look.
A moment later, Peach's eyes seem to shine as she things of this opportunity. The slimes still believe that a kiss to the lips is a sign of love and Kuroko has never explained further than that.
Seeing this as an opportunity to express her love for her master Peach, being the smarter of the pair goes on it first and kisses Kuroko gently for a few seconds before pulling back with a smile.
Kuroko began to stir from the kiss but before she could properly wake up Glop bent over.
"Go...mornin...maste." he says and kisses her.
At the same moment three knocks on the door and a call from a familiar voice of a big sister calling came from outside the room.
"Kuroko! Breakfast is ready!" Megumi said as she opens the door.
As soon as she opens the door to wake Kuroko she freezes while seeing Glop kissing her little sister on the lips.
As soon as he sits up he looks at her confused.
Megumi's face slowly turns red until she finally explodes.
"NO FAIR!! Why do the slimes get kisses and big sis doesn't!" She shouted in an outburst and ran forward while jumping on the bed and pushing the slimes out of the way.
Before she could even understand her own words she planted a kiss, by the way it is her own first kiss, on Kuroko who suddenly woke up by the sudden aggressive advance on her and was even more shocked to find her big sister kissing her with a clumsy french kiss.
Megumi had her eyes closed as she mindlessly but Kuroko who was being assaulted was wide awake and began to push her sister with a flushed bright red face.
As soon as Megumi felt the small hands push her she opened her eyes and finally realized what she was doing and sat up releasing Kuroko.
Both of them looked at each other with a daze and soon both started to turn bright red.
“Eh? ...EH!!! W-w-w-w-w-w-wh-wh-WHY DID I DO THAT!!! KYAA!!!” Megumi shouts as she runs out of the room. Her faced was a bright as a tomato.
Kuroko just sat there with a blank stare and a nearly dead look. Her mind was totally blank as she finally understood what just happened and shut down in denial.
She woke up when Peach hugged her from behind.
“Master?” She said looking over Kuroko’s shoulder.
Kuroko in response looked back at her and blinked a few times.
“I felt something squishy on my lips before Megumi, was that you and Glop?” She asked with a deadpan expressions.
Peach smiled innocently like a child waiting to be praised.
Kuroko just sighed and sat up leaving Peach’s arms and patting her on the head before putting on a one piece dress with shorts below.
Waking up she was already very mentally exhausted and just wanted to eat to go back to sleep.
The slimes called on their chest and pant mimics and dressed up. I really need to have those slimes eat some new clothes to give them casual clothes.
Kuroko PoV
Anyway i dragged myself to the dining room where breakfast was already being served. As you might guess from our families over familiarity with the maids and butlers, we don’t eat separately unless we have visits. So once the table is set everyone comes and eats together which makes everyone seem like family.
As I get to the room everyone was already seated and near the front of the table was Megumi who was playing with her food while blushing.
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As soon as she saw me she blushed even more fiercely as did I.
Rio quickly noticed the change in attitude from Megumi and questioned her.
"Is something wrong?" Rio asked her.
"N-nothing! I-i'm fine! He...hehehe." Megumi says and forces a smile.
I sit at the front of the table with her like always.
"Good morning everyone." I said out loud to all the servants.
"""Good morning Miss. Kuroko!""" All the servants replied with gentle smiles towards me.
"Huh? Kuroko, do you have a fever, your face is rather red." Rio asked. She was the only maid that called any of us by name.
"No...I was woken up in a rather...unexpected way by Peach and Glop." I said and looked deep into Megumi's eye sending a silent message. "You own me big time for this one."
Megumi sulks bit stealthy nods.
"What exactly did that do?" A young cat girl maid asked as a bowl with some freshly made root soup which was good for those sick or weakened.
I let her put the bowl down since i haven't told anyone yet about their...habit.
"They woke me with a morning kiss to the lips." I said grumpy.
At once silence ruled over the dining hall as all the maids and butlers looked my way.
"Was it your first kiss?" One elder butler asked.
"No, Peach stole my first kiss the time she saw a couple kissing and asked why they kissed." I said and i could feel a bit of killing intent being released.
"Exactly how did you explain it?" Rio asked worried.
"Umm...I think it was that people kiss the person they love." I said while scratching my head.
"Wait, that kind of logic would only made young children do something like that." Someone else said.
"Slimes with levels like Peach and Glop's are very much at a mental age of a 3 year old with the skills of a 17 year old adventurer." Megumi said with her upgraded knowledge of mimics.
Me being one of the leading researchers into mimics she has access to many of my findings. Specifically how the mimic would normally develop their mentality similar to the creature they mimic. Being raised among the ones they copy help them grow mentally but it is at a small speed compared to the skill level they gain.
"Oh, so it was like a baby expressing their love for their parents." One butler said and everyone relaxed.
I have learned a long time ago that the butlers and maids are very, VERY fond of Megumi and I and it could be...hazardous for boys who approach us. Lets just say that. A few guys that tried to pick up Megumi a few year back isn't feeling up to picking up random girls anymore.
Considering Peach and Glop are my pets they would be safer from the wrath of the family butlers if i tell them to ignore it but there is still the possibility.
We eat in awkward silence because of how everyone reacted as well as Megumi who couldn't even look at me straight.
As i finish eating, i feel a sense of satisfaction as i look down at the bulging belly.
My appetite was finally returning and being able to enjoy the food i ate was nice.
"Kuroko, are you done?" Rio asked to which i nodded with a smile.
"The doctor came yesterday after you went to sleep to check up on you and gave you the green light. Your health body has recovered enough to allow you outside." Rio said which made me smile.
Being in bed for so long made my body sore. I also can't summon Rama inside the city so i was worried about how he was feeling.
"Would you like someone to accompany you?" Rio asked.
"Well, nobody has yet to teach me the cool teleportation spell you all use," I say pouting, "so i will have big sis follow me." I say looking straight at her.
She flinches hearing her name called out. Still she doesn't say anything against it so everyone agreed.
Oh right, I had my ID card taken away to guarantee i wouldn't run away.
Happy to have it back since i haven't been able to check my stats in a while i needed to update myself with any new traits and skills i might have gotten.
With a five layered lunch prepared by Rio for Megumi, Peach, Glop and I we set off.
I quickly return the slimes to Shai and have Megumi pick me and and teleport to the same gate we first met at.
It felt rather nostalgic to be brought here again. The six months at the academy felt like years.
Megumi puts me down to walk and we leave the gate and with it Peach and Glop appear again.
"Hehehe, I wonder how the newbie players would react the Rama. Maybe i can sneak him into the fox burrow or have him attack a group or two." I said giggling.
"That would be bad since there aren't many tamers who would stick with the fox long enough for it to grow a second tail." Megumi says.
"Two tailed fox?" I ask.
"Yep." She says without looking at me.
"Muu~~! Stop being such a big baby about giving me your first kiss!" I say bluntly making her Megumi blush violently.
"Wh-who said it was my first!" She yells while looking at me with a mix of anger and embarrassment.
"Do you really think Rio and the other servant would allow you to kiss another boy. Also your kiss was really clumsy so it was a guess." I tell her with a grin.
Her eyes turn teary eyed and that big 18 year sister i had seem to lose at least 5 years as her eyes formed tears and her cheeks puffed out like a kid.
As soon as I saw that expression i burst out laughing.
"WHAT'S SO FUNNY!" Megumi says borderline crying.
"You look so much younger like that. AHAHAH!! No wonder everyone protects you, if someone let that childish crybaby expression get ruined they would need to prepare for a beating!" I said in her face.
After a bit we both calmed down and looked at each other.
I was dirty from rolling around and she had the pouting red cheeks.
We looked at each other for a long moment before we both began to laugh drawing the attention of the newbies.
The awkward tension we had because of Megumi's blind outburst this morning was all but gone now and what was in its place was the same cheerful atmosphere of two sisters who love each other's company.
"Want to have a walk around. I'll be calling Rama since i haven't seen in this whole week and I'm sure he is worried." I tell Megumi.
"If you're calling him, might as well call my own top dog hug." Megumi said.
I grinned and summoned Rama and Megumi summoned her wolf.
Right in front of us, two large circles appeared. From the one in front of me a lot of bright blue flames burst out before condensing and forming a physical body of a huge four metre long and two and a half high fox. Its fur was normal but it was a light orange color with blue flames on its paw and its single tail was made of intense flames.
In front of Megumi on the other hand large shards of ice burst out in all directions. Soon more began form but in unnatural ways as it slowly took the form of a massive muscular wolf.
As half the upper body forms the massive ice pillar bursts revealing a huge wolf. Like Rama the paws were made of their element so it his case it was pure ice that freezes the place it touches. On its back, several ice spikes jut out of his fur. The body itself was natural organic monster wolf but the muscles look so massively dense that it causes fear in everyone who sees it. The size is also really impressive. At four meters tall and six long the massive wolf easily throws a shadow over Rama.
Even the slowly spreading field of ice from his feet surpass Rama's blazing heat.
"Wow!! You've...been busy." I say looking up at the monster you can barely recognize as that same wolf that gathered the slime nucleus for when we discovered the mimic slime conditions.
"I can say the same to you. How did you get him to become a Firefox." Megumi asked.
"Um...when he ranked up it said it was because while i left him in the dungeon where he leveled up a lot, he ate lots of fire monsters from a nearby dungeon. Eventually he gained fire magic which he trained and with the heavy training from Belladona-sensei who followed after me at the Academy, he ended up surpassing the rank up for the two tails and went straight to a single tailed firefox." I explain with a dry laugh.
Megumi couldn't say more about that since it involved Belladona-sensei.
"So how was it he became a Fenrir?" I asked.
"Oh right, well after i got mimic slimes, i went and made it mimic a wolf and like the fox it released milk. Even if it was a bit late i put some of it in his food which boosted his growth making him rank up into a variant Black Steel Hide Wolf. It was around that time that i headed towards the dwarven mountains to try and tame an ice type monster but they are highly stubborn and most ended up in fights. When i finally noticed he ranked up. I checked the conditions and i saw he had gained the title "Lord of the Ice Mountains" which gave him ice magic and boosted his cold resistance." She explained.
Before i could ask any more Rama came up to me and snuggled close rubbing its head.
I hug his big head and start patting him even with the fire from his fur.
"Isn't that dangerous?" Megumi asked.
"Nope, Rama's flames don't hurt me. He can control them so we just makes them flames that don't burn." I tell her.
"I guess we should start what we came here for." I say.
"Want to move away, the newbies are starting to gather." Megumi said.
It was then that i finally notice all the newbies all around staring at the monsters that could kill them all in seconds.
Rama taking notice of them turned around howled while baring his fangs to the players.
Everyone of the players scramble back seeing the aggressive fox. The flames on his legs, tail and back grew fiercer.
I put my hand on his head and the heat from the fire didn't reach me because Rama was always careful around with it's fire.
"It's okay, it's okay, there is no one here strong enough to hurt us. Look big sis is here and so is he." I said pointing to the huge wolf who also showed obvious distrust of the players.
Rama looked again at the players before returning to a regular calm posture and not one of attack.
The next moment three slimes he called for appeared and jumped on his back. One turned into a series of harnesses, another into a leather look alike cape and the last one a saddle.
It was his clear way of telling me, "We are leaving so get on!"
I looked at Megumi and she was already climbing her wolf. She had similar gear made of slimes.
I climb on before giving one last cold look at the players and leaving towards the burrow of the elite fox i fed Peach's milk to.
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Fire fox
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Fenrir
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