In the end Elizabeth ended up summoning the same type of clothes she had in the outside world, why? Because she wasn't sure if she would return with the same clothes she had at the moment whenever she left this mindscape-soulscape-divine scape? However, you called this space.

  All that Elizabeth really knew or cared about was that she had gotten as much power as she could…Or had she?

  "You aren't keeping anything else from me, are you?" Elizabeth said, glaring at Alice and Chloe.

  "Are we?" Chloe asked, turning to Alice.

  "Not really, perhaps some experience and achievements may have slipped through the gaps, some form of waste is to be expected while holding these that long," Alice said shrugging, "Not that we can do anything about it, you saw what happened. What do you think would have happened if we hadn't let your Soul rest?"

  Elizabeth…did indeed see what happened.

  "But if I had gotten the experience when I got it…" Elizabeth said turning to the black-haired girl.

  "You would have let the points there waiting for an emergency, how you did the first time. And don't tell me you forgot." Alice said shaking her head and summoning a photo of Elizabeth pre advent, "You left around plenty points that Ethan used to skew your build and barely survive the attempt at apotheosis."

  ….Elizabeth had no defense against that. Honestly…thinking back on it, if she hadn't waited to spend those points…what would she have spent them on? Probably Dex and Agi? Str? She would have probably gone all STR, DEX & AGI…

  She… hadn't really thought much about it before being thrown all this power, but she had enjoyed more her time as Shadow Empress than as Elemental Weaver. And she had fought more in that form, Elizabeth was aware that her talent laid more in the magical and manipulation aspect of mana. But if a girl liked fighting using obscenely big weapons to bonk all her problems away…

  What could a girl do?

  "Yes, we are aware." Alice said nodding her head.

  "You two really are alike huh," Chloe said sighing.

  "... Aren't we all three basically the same?" Elizabeth asked.

  "No," "No." The answer, however, was immediate.

  "I like the Assassin - fast paced fighting style." Alice said summoning her daggers.

  "I like the most magical bombardment style," Chloe said next.

  "...And I like the big weapon go boom style I guess." Elizabeth said lastly, "So we all would focus on different aspects from our stats?"

  Elizabeth was not surprised by that. If she was honest, she knew that Alice was more aligned with fast-speed combat.

  It was somewhat surprising that Chloe would focus in magic more than weapons, she had expected her to favour rapiers or something like that.

  "Not that odd, if we think about our upbringing it is quite natural outcome," Chloe said with a shrug, "Echidna favored efficiency and that is seen in Alice's combat style."

  "Fair, but you and I have the same upbringing," Elizabeth said, pointing to Chloe. "Why are we different?"

  "Because I am a lady and you are a brute," Chloe said dismissively, "Or I would love to say that, but I was born out of a you who wasn't mind zapped all her life. I am the perfect you."

  ".... are you straight?" Elizabeth asked without thinking.

  "You aren't my type." Chloe answered , shaking her head, turning to Alice, "And before you say it, no. Alice is my sister, maybe when the divine Domain is settled down, when we can leave this place and explore the world...Then I'll go and explore. With some luck, I'll not be slowly cooked into a lesbian relationship like you."

  "Hey!" Elizabeth said indignant, "I was not slowly cooked!"

  "..." "..."

  "....Okay, I may have been!" Elizabeth deflated, "But how could I not answer her love after all she did...she literally grounded her soul into nourishment for us!"

  Neither Chloe nor Alice said anything against that; at least they knew that required true dedication and the amount of care that Rossie showed for Elizabeth?

  How much guilt the small girl had in her...it made her heart ache.

  "I'm not saying it's wrong," Chloe said sighing, "But don't expect me to like that girl, you are aware of how she is."

  "What Chloe is saying is that while we respect your life choices, they aren't for us." Alice said from the side, "We know that you love Rossaline and how much Rossaline loves you, but you must also be aware how...toxic your relationship is, for both of you...Or well, the three of you now I guess."

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  Elizabeth knew, she was painfully aware of course. "Even so, I can't leave them; you know they will not survive without me." And Elizabeth couldn't do it, not in good conscience.

  Even if all the psychologists they visited said that it would be healthy for them. They knew nothing, how could it be healthy if the mere idea of separation was enough to put a strain upon Rossie's Soul?

  If it was enough to make Rena's Soul to break?

  That was not sane.

  "Fine whatever," Chloe said shrugging the problem to the side, "You got your power boost, you got your information and a confirmation that neither of us is interested in you romantically, was there anything else you wanted?"

  Elizabeth thought about it, while finding out that neither Chloe or Alice was interested in her was...a hit to her ego, Elizabeth would not lie. She had thought that they, more than anyone, would be interested in her, but then again, she was egotistical.

  Finding that they didn't have an interest in her body was normal; if they were anything like her, they wouldn't find a copy of themselves that interesting, not while they had their own body too.

  Or would? Elizabeth wouldn't mind a little tussling here and there...was she becoming more of a pervert over time? Elizabeth would need to check on that, perhaps the [Lust] was leaking already...

  That or the fact that her eighteenth birthday was coming was already affecting her since she was coming to terms with what would happen in mere months.

  "How much help can you bring me if my confrontation with Echidna devolves into a fight?" Elizabeth decided to ask, "Actual help, not merely management on this side."

  Alice closed her eyes for a few seconds as she thought. Elizabeth wasn't sure if there was much to think about it, they only needed to confirm how much help they woudl be able to give her, it wasn't rocket science.

  "Not much," Alice said sighing, "We are what keeps your domain stable, if we leave here or strain it, one of two things can happen."

  Alice brought back one of the holograms that showed the world that was Terra Nexus, then added a second layer, a golden mist surrounding it...at first Elizabeth thought that it was more like a way to show where her Domain was...

  "....Is that mist keeping the planet in one piece?" Elizabeth said when she noticed small cracks forming on the planet and these being mended by the golden mist.

  "Clever girl," Alice said, nodding, "Yes, your Soulscape was formed from the fragments of Terra Invicta, or what was left of it anyway."

  Elizabeth knew that, or had guessed as much, since Alexanders had brought the souls of all their inhabitants when he left that Inheritance of his.

  "At first, your Soulscape was only the lost city of Aquila," Alice said, changing the image from the planet to only the city, "Surrounded by walls that prevented anyone from seeing the surroundings."

  Elizabeth...hadn't really explored the limits of her Soulscape when she first arrived, or well, when she found herself in the Shadow City. She had merely walked from building to building, she did see the walls in the distance of course.

  But decided to not explore those, since she had assumed that if there was help in the city, it would be within the buildings.

  "When you started to form a more coherent Domain, the other fragments started to come near, slowly the planet started to mend itself." Alice continued, the image panned out and soon Elizabeth saw fragments of a broken world slowly start gravitating towards the other fragments, ever so slowly becoming a whole again.

  Turning from fragments floating in the void into a planet.

  "And now we have a planet...A planet that has a Core that isn't ready to ignite," Alice said zooming the image into the interior of the dead planet, where there was floating a Core and a dragon sleeping around it. "Nyx is helping too, making sure the Core retains the form while he helps keep it stable."

  Nyx...

  "While we make sure the Domain doesn't try to ignite before you are ready," Alice said as she snapped her fingers and the golden mist showed once more...this time all remained away from the Core, "If we don't do this, your Domain will try to ignite the Divine Core, triggering your Apotheosis."

  "Unlike Papa or Mom, you didn't arrive this naturally, more like you got thrown into it." Chloe said, "So you don't have enough mastery or had a warning before getting there, so while you could probably stop the Apotheosis, we don't want to risk it. Since while you will probably survive..."

  The image panned back to those within the Shadow Haven, the plains, the apartment...

  "Those that are within your Domain may not have as much luck, and while most of the Shadow Armada won't mind being turned into a paste and back into their components..." Alice said highlighting the souls of her armada..."I assume you want to keep Rossaline, Rena, Aura, Reginald, Mordred in one piece."

  "...You wouldn't mind turning into a paste then?" Elizabeth said, turning to Alice and Chloe, "I assume you also would be at risk."

  "...We..." Alice said and stopped.

  "We wouldn't turn into paste, I'll pluck Alice and ditch your Domain if it comes to that," Chloe said before Alice could say anything else.

  "Good," Elizabeth said, nodding, "So, no help?"

  "We are already helping as much as possible, but if you want tangible help..." Alice said shaking her head, "None, we can't do much more. Not now, if it is life or death we will trigger the Apotheosis and do as much as possible to ensure you make it as a True Divinity instead of a Fake God, but that's as much as we can do right now."

  Elizabeth wasn't still sure what that meant, in certain terms anyway.

  "Good enough, so...how do I return?" Elizabeth said, standing and stretching, "Or how much can I remain ?"

  "As much as you want," Alice said, "Time kind of doesn't matter here, we tend to synch with the outside most of the time, but if something comes up we do slow or accelerate the time inside."

  "As for the exit, just tap the floor twice and do a twirl," Chloe said smirking.

  "Really?" Elizabeth asked confused.

  "Of course not, just wish yourself out." Alice said sighing, "You are the owner Elizabeth, just wish your way out and either a door will show or you will return to the outside, we aren't sure how it will go."

  Elizabeth guessed as much, if she had listened to Chloe, it would probably have worked out, but even so Elizabeth would rather not leave a precedent for that being the way to go out of this space.

  What if she came with Rossie and Rena? It would be so embarrassing!

  "Okay, thank you for your help, both of you." Elizabeth said giving a small bow to the girls, "And if you need anything, do tell me. I'll do my best to help you."

  After saying that, Elizabeth focused in what she wanted, she wanted to return to the outside, she wanted to do her best...and she wanted to punch Echidna in the face.

  "...I honestly thought she would teleport away," And Elizabeth opened her eyes when she heard Chloe said that, only to find a shadow portal open in the ground besides her.

  "Want to jump in too?" Elizabeth said turning to the other blonde girl.

  "Not really, see you around Elizabeth," Chloe answered hugging Alice while sticking her tongue out.

  "See you around sis," Elizabeth said smiling at the girl, the last thing she saw was the other girl fliping her off.

  Elizabeth couldn't help but laugh at that.

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  And as if nothing had happened, Elizabeth took another step forward, she returned to the city in front of the tower as if she had never left, unlike what she expected she didn't notice anything out of place.

  But even so, she called mentally for her status screen and sure enough it was just like how she had seen before, she was now level 77 and had the option to tier up her job, she of course dismissed the notification and smiled to herself.

  "Something the matter Elizabeth?" Jenna asked from the side, "You feel slightly more confident? Powerful? Hard to tell."

  .....only slightly?

  Elizabeth increased her level by 27 levels! How was that only a little?!?!?!?

  "Did you cash out Eli-Eli?" Rossie said turning to look at her.

  "Yes," Elizabeth answered, and then stopped for a second and let a hand go to her throat, her voice..."Oh...right...I was in this shift..."

  Elizabeth noticed how nothing had gotten in the way as her hand moved towards her throat. She had forgotten that she was in her Alice shift... She had turned from her Dragon Empress shift into her normal Elizabeth shift.

  But had forgotten that in the outside she was in her Alice shift...Then she didn't need to return from her Dragon Empress into her Elizabeth shift? Had Alice and Chloe bamboozled?

  "What's the matter Eli?" Rena asked, worried from the side, "Do you want us to do this later? We still have some time."

  They did indeed have some time, but Elizabeth still shook her head, "No, better now than later, I had been dealing with some stuff with my stats so I forgot about something."

  Namely what shift she was wearing.

  "...okay...." Rena said nodding slowly, "I'll trust your judgement."

  That was not such a good idea Rena, not a very good idea at all.

  "Yeah, we believe in you Eli-Eli!" Rossie said afterwards, it was enough to get a girl in the right mood, which was a happy mood. Of course.

  "Okay, action plan. We go in, we give Echidna the letter. I punch Echidna in the face, and we leave to never return." Elizabeth said, nodding sagely.

  "Of course," Rossie said afterwards nodding too.

  "As you say," Rena added her own nod.

  "You all are nuts," Jenna nodded too, albeit for different reasons.

  "...........nuts.......are.......also.......wrong...." Lily said lastly.

  Eh, it would be fine, surely Elizabeth wasn't the first wanting to punch Echidna in the face, the fact that there was a whole cult that was antagonist of Echidna should prove that more people wanted to punch her in the face.