(Iris POV)
I watched as those disciples of Master easily fell into the trap that Cai Hong had set up for us.
I have to admit that I never expected her to do something like this. It seems like she had learned some things while at Master's side.
By involving the other 'children' of Master into this World, she gave Master the perfect excuse to spread His own split bodies around where they would be tasked with taking care of all the 'children' inside this World.
And since it was determined that everyone in this World was Master's 'children', Master did not need to concentrate on figuring out the 'children's' identities. He just needed to figure out the best way to pamper them.
With His Omniscience and Omnipotence guiding Him, Master would know exactly what He needed to do in order to make anyone He encountered putty in His hands.
We may have avoided being discovered by the little dragon, but avoiding Master's detection was something that was pretty much impossible to do here.
Which is what led to the current scene in front of me.
"Daddy~ Daddy~ Lian Li is a good girl?"
"Ara, ara? Being pampered by Papa~ The feeling is certainly nice~"
"Unnn… Father…Your hands feel so strong…"
"Fa… Father… I… I can't, this is so embarrassing…"
"Otou-sama~ Otou-sama~ Ehehe~ I want hugs!"
"Chichiue… Nnggg… More pudding…"
"Ahaaannn~ Daddy~ Touch me there more~ Be a little more rough with me~"
And then there's the group of four at the side as well.
"It's my turn with Daddy!"
"You had your turn! It's mine now! Move it!"
"Mine…"
"This one humbly requests dearest father for headpats…"
I do not believe they will be breaking themselves out of this anytime soon. In a way, this was what they had wanted to change Master into as well, minus the fact that it was mostly just paternal love.
But the pampering of Master was definitely something they couldn't win against so it's no surprise they would willingly stay in this position.
No matter, it just means I have to deal with this myself.
What's more, I already figured out a way to turn this trap around.
I climbed down from the lap that I had been sitting on, setting my sights on the castle where Master's main body lay.
"Oh? Where are you going, Iris?" The split body that had been pampering me asked. "If you want more cookies, I have some right here."
I shook my head, "Forgive me, Master, but your split body no longer interests me. I would require pampering directly from you."
The split body of Master tilted His head, "Oh? Why didn't you say so? In that case, shall we head there together?"
He stood up and held out His hand to me which I held onto without hesitation.
Ufufu~ As expected of Master. The act of holding His hand already fills me up with such bliss.
I still managed to control myself and followed Master along the path leading towards the city.
Fufufu~ That's right. These split bodies of Master prioritise pampering us to the best of His ability. That means if I was able to get past the pampering and wish to meet Master's real body, then they would also do their best to accommodate my wishes as well.
That little dragon wouldn't be able to request Master to not meet anyone after all, since that would definitely make Master start asking questions. So all I had to do was request to meet MAster and I would be personally escorted there~
I would have teleported to the city myself but strolling along like this with Master is nice too, even if I have to be stuck in this child's form.
We reached the city that had no guards watching over the gate, the two of us simply strolling into the main street without anyone batting an eye at us.
There, I found more 'children' of Master also letting themselves be pampered by Master's split bodies all around.
Some were just walking along like I was, others seem to be engaged in some kind of activities outside and there were also a number of them simply just napping on the various places around the city.
Simply said, this place was practically a utopia for these 'children'. Except that it was all nothing but an illusion to keep them here.
For the feeling of being pampered by Master, they are also being used as shields to prevent us from getting to Master quickly.
Had we chosen to try and claim Master back by force, they would be used to buy time for that little dragon to escape.
It's fortunate that we did not decide to go that route or it would be quite annoying to have to track her down again.
The split body of Master continued leading me down the path towards the castle, ignoring the things that were happening around us.
I too, had no interest in the happenings of these 'children' and was only interested in getting back to Master.
Unfortunately, our aloofness might have gotten someone's attention as one of the 'children' ran over and stood in front of us.
"Hello!! Did you come from the field outside?! Wanna play with us?"
As much as I would like to disregard this 'child' and continue on, I recognise that I should not draw undue attention to myself lest that cause the little dragon notices my presence.
Before I could decide however, that 'child' had wrapped her arms around mine and pulled me alongside her, "Alright! Let's go play!! The more people the merrier right?! Let's go, let's go!"
How… Annoying… I might have to End this one later on after we have rescued Master from that little dragon.
Why would Master create a belligerent 'child' such as this one? Truly unfathomable…
The split body of Master followed behind us with a smile, apparently knowing that I had no want for her to be stopped for now and to make a scene.
I was thus dragged to what looked like a park in the city where several other 'children' were also gathered with another split body of Master watching over them.
"Heyyyy! I found another one, Daddy! I think we have enough to play now~"
That other Master looked up and smiled at me, "Ah, so it seems, well then. Shall we start?"
All of the gathered 'children' threw their hands in the air and cried out, "Yes Daddy~~"
But… To play… I have never actually 'played' before. How does someone 'play'?
Does it involve creating and altering realities?
Or maybe creating and ending life?
Perhaps it's pitting various creations against each other in a divine war?
Just what kind of game are we going to play?
