(Iris POV)
As much as I hate to be told what to do by those disciples of Master, I was not in a position to protest much.
Besides… They're doing this for Master so I can at least overlook this much.
That's why when those girls came to me, I simply told them that I would take care of it before they even said anything.
Using my own Omniscience, I looked for the most optimal solution to this problem before feeling a little annoyed that I could not simply just End them right now.
I moved myself to that little meeting room of theirs where those little creatures were still discussing what those girls had told them.
All discussions in the room ceased when I appeared, which wasn't a surprise considering I did appear on top of their meeting table after all.
Several of them jumped to their feet to look at me threateningly while others stayed rooted in their places.
Incidentally, those who did not move were the ones who either knew who I was or were aware of the difference in our level of existence.
I did not bother to greet them but instead, merely Ended their ability to move and stand, forcing all of them to sit back down.
I wasn't interested in speaking to those creatures so I directly transmitted my intentions straight to their minds. With this, even the most unintelligent of them could understand what I was here for.
I even made sure that they know how I personally felt about this situation and what lengths I would go just to ensure that this does not result in another problem again.
In other words, their existence is being put on the line right now.
The skeleton creature spoke up, "We… We understand your point… But… But if Divine One did not say anything about wanting to change His current condition… I sincerely believe that we should not--"
I Ended her ability to talk and she became silent immediately.
I then went ahead to show them that the freedom of choice they had could be taken away easily if I wanted to. With just a thought, I could make them all into mindless slaves that would obey whatever I told them to do.
The only reason why I wasn't doing that was because of their affiliation with Master. But this was something I would do if presented with no other choice and I was already quite annoyed to begin with.
Then, I proceeded to give them my ultimatum of either helping us track Master's location or I would simply just wring it from them.
There was silence for a few moments before the squidface thing spoke, "I have just one question… If Divine One were to know we worked together with you to find Him… Would he be upset?"
His question truly baffled me.
Master does not get upset by such trivial things and this is not just me saying it with the old version of Master in mind.
Even if we were to explain to Master about what the little dragon had done, Master would have simply seen it as a prank or a misunderstanding and let it go.
In fact, even if I were to End these creatures' freedom and ask for Master to restore them, the most that Master would do would be to simply tell me not to do that and that would be it.
There is no Universe that Master would ever get angry or even upset at us for this either, that is just how Master is.
I relayed that idea to everyone and that seemed to have made up their mind.
"Ve… Very well… If… If you had already told us this much then we will cooperate…"
Good. I was just beginning to think that they might be even more of a pain as compared to those disciples of Master. If they had continued to annoy me, I would have started Ending their free will already.
I then went ahead to contact the fox disciple to have her prepare everyone else to be transported here.
Once they were ready, I brought them all into the room with a thought, ignoring the surprise from the creatures inside the room.
"They are now a little more cooperative," I informed them easily before floating down from the table I was still standing on.
After that, it was getting those monsters to figure out how they could track down Master's location.
Though they might be soul bound to Master, it's not like they already knew how to make use of it.
From what they know, their souls are anchored to Master's where as long as Master does not will it, they are able to remain in existence in this World in exchange for their servitude.
Because this binding anchors their very soul to Master, they will still feel a draw to Master if they knew how to recognise it.
Thus, I projected the entire realm of existence out into the room and I had them focus on their feelings of Master so that they could pinpoint where Master was located.
It was a slow process, considering the fact that these things aren't even divine beings capable of comprehending things beyond the metaphysical Plane of existence.
Thus I gave them temporary divinity so that we could make progress in finding the location that the little dragon was keeping Master captive.
"We should talk," The golden haired disciple of Master's came up to me while the search was still going on.
I tilted my head at her, "Ara? What else do we have to talk about? I believe I have already vented out my frustrations and explained myself to all of you?"
"It's not about that… I just wanted to ask if you are alright?"
"I am not sure what you mean by that?"
"I've been to a number of those Universes where I had nothing to do with Master. Sure, I knew they were not representative of me but I can't help but think what would happen if that was what came to pass?You know? If I had not met Master at all?"
I could not help but find that amusing so I decided I would tell her.
"Ara? Did I not tell you? You weren't supposed to meet Master in the first place, even in this Universe."
She frowned at me, "Are you talking about the fact that you had turned back time for Master before?"
I nodded, "Indeed I am, but you never did find out what life you would lead if you never met Master, did you?"
She shook her head.
"Would you like to find out then?" I offered.
She hesitated for a moment, but she eventually nodded her head with a resolute expression on her face.
I did not know why she wanted to know nor did I care, but since she was interested, I shall show it to her. The original path of this Universe and what her fate would have been had I not intervened.
Oh my, now that I'm actually looking at it… It looks like her life was quite an interesting one, wasn't it?
Ufufufu~
