Chapter 37: Celia's Absurd Idea, Which Worked, For Some Reason.

  Ria: “You three came here for a good reason, yes? Just know, Zia and I have gotten to a near zero SN Stat.” She said with a curious tone.

  Narrator Vulely: “Oh… Good for you two! But what does that have to do with… anything?” I replied with a deeply confused tone and expression.

  Zia: “Celia had gotten dressed up like this… as it was our requested reward for getting our SN so low. We didn’t expect for Celia to accept it…” She explained with a blush.

  Narrator Vulely: “(- _ -)”

  So Celia was just giving alms to her wives, whom had done something good? I can’t really complain about it, then. Besides, Guanyu is… was (she vanished at some point) here, so no one could truly force Celia to do anything that she didn’t want to do.

  Runey: “After all the features I added, the System is now 15,000 times more complex.” She abruptly shouted.

  Everyone: “???”

  Runey: “What? I needed to get that out, even if the joke will no longer work.” She added with a pout.

  A Cooldown Period Later.

  With Runey (unintentionally) easing the situation, we all decided to relax before getting into the serious business. Thankfully… Celia was no longer wearing that outfit, returning to her usual attire of a dress.

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  Celia: “Okay, we’ve all had our fun. It is just you three with me now. What is it that you’ve come back here so early for? And for you, Vulely, to appear in the past, rather than just narrate it?” She asked with a serious, but mostly curious tone.

  Runey: “Mother!” She shouted once more, preventing any of us from speaking first.

  Silence.

  Runey: “?”

  While no one spoke, it was because her choice of words… word was bad. We weren’t actually alone, what Celia said was a joke. Of course, mother isn’t descriptive enough for a lesbian harem, let alone this room, that has a decent amount of Celia’s wives in it.

  Runey: “Celia, the future you said that… to fix the System, we had to ask you for help.” She explained, realizing her funny mistake.

  Celia: “Me? I don’t really know anything about the System at all. Shouldn’t you ask Nemu instead?” She replied with a thinking pose.

  Xena: “We plan on doing that, yes. But Vulely is adamant that you will solve it.” She added with a groan.

  Celia: “Hm… Well, I don’t mind trying. Perhaps it will be a fun challenge!” She said with an excited tone, sitting up from the couch with gusto.

  Void Teleportion Later!

  For the System, it was best to work on it within this Void. Luckily, Celia no longer had any aversion to this place. Prior to the Void, Runey had trouble managing the System, and I’d bet that the broken or unfinished features… were partly due to her doing them before gaining access to this place. Now I must see how… Huh?!

  Celia: “Done.” She nonchalantly said, yawning a bit.

  Xena: “Are you joking? All you did was… hold the System Core for no more than two minutes…” She said with a tone of complete disbelief.

  Celia: “The Mana of this Core was chaotic, and malnourished. So I simply untangled it all, and replenished what was lacking.” She explained, seeming disappointed and bored.

  Runey: “What the… Now the inner workings of the System are… simple enough that even a child could work on it!” She expressed with horror and excitement.

  Everyone: “(~OAO)”