Epic of Caterpillar

(Day 368)

Today an important meeting between sisters was occurring. Two very different-looking sisters came from the same parents.

One of them has the soul of a former punk from Earth, while another was created originally as a System A.I. that later on evolved into her own being.

Both are different, but they are, at the same time, the daughters of the System Gods.

Just like their parents had wished for, they decided to have a meeting.

Quin, a reincarnated soul from Earth who was originally made into a Bee, the first living being that Kireina killed in this world, and later on was reincarnated as a Divine Beast that Kireina acquired through a reward Box as an egg, which she hatched, being revealed such a creature from within, a half-human and a half-bee little girl with the soul of punk.

Her soul was modified by the System Gods to harbor System Attribute, which was achieved by them cutting small pieces of all their souls and merging them into hers. She would have described this feeling as quite unsightly, and she still considered if that was really something that would make her their daughter.

Nonetheless, Kireina and Andromeda considered her one, and she could not fight back against Kireina's thoughts. When Kireina thought about something, nothing would make her change her opinion.

And then there was her sister, Andromeda… she used to be an A.I. exclusively made for Kireina's Dungeon Shop. But after Kireina created her Path Jewel and upgraded it, fusing it into her soul, she became independent and slowly gained new power from Kireina's soul and other sources, until she developed a Soul of her own and can both emerge as a being made of holographic light or materialize herself as a robot girl, a cute one.

She is considered something akin to a pseudo-Great Goddess at this point, after defeating the clone of the System Master, she gained a great deal of power and was able to "upgrade herself".

She and Quin were sisters…

"Well, this is awkward… Are we really sisters? I mean, I used to be just a guy back on Earth, why do I have to suddenly feel the necessity to be your little sister?" asked Quin.

"I wonder too… I really don't want to force anything… I just am here because Master said that you were my sister and that we should get along…" said Andromeda.

"Seriously she's always with the crazy ideas," said Quin. She exuded the power of a powerful Divine Beast- Or well, a Goddess. After Kireina gave Quin her bloodline, she became her blood-related daughter and underwent an evolution, becoming a half Goddess and half Divine Beast, similar to Kireina.

Now, she exuded a powerful Divinity, something that Divine Beasts lack. Her cultivation was currently around Goddess Realm, being Rank 5 at the moment. Her fast cultivation is thanks to her ability to absorb energy from the System.

"Well, we are both quite similar in some things! We both possess the System Attribute, and the master once said that you helped her fight against the Clone of the World's Will, which was so amazing! You did a great thing there," said Andromeda.

"Oh, yeah… I helped her a lot back then. And thanks to me, she was able to absorb the Origin Core Fragment and grow stronger enough to defeat that abomination," said Quin, referring to Kinesis.

"Wow, that's so cool! Quin-chan, you're amazing if you helped Master like that!" said Andromeda, fueling the former thug's pride.

The cute Bee Girl smiled smugly, as she drank some tea. Both sisters were having a meeting in a restaurant around the capital of the Dark Moon Kingdom, the largest city inside of Kireina's Divine Realm, it was so advanced now that it was almost indistinguishable from Earth's modern cities… Although there were also a lot of fantastical things mixed in.

They had come to this tea shop that belongs to an old Monkey man. There were all sorts of sweets served over the table, such as cakes and more… Quin was wearing a cute white and pink dress, resembling a little princess. While Andromeda was wearing a silver dress.

"Fufu, that's right! I am quite amazing, aren't I?" she asked.

"Though, you should work harder! If you are planning to help the master in the future, why are you slacking off so much?" asked Andromeda.

"S-Slacking off?! What do you mean? I work very hard! I-I… do lots of… stuff!" said Quin.

"Is that so…? Master always talks about how you're always sleeping. And she says it is okay and that she doesn't need to force you to do anything, but I believe your powers are very important, you were a gift for master, your powers were clearly a way for the System Gods, our fathers, to help Kireina using their own powers… The same way I do it! You're a medium for them to aid her. Slacking off would be an insult to them… And it would also go against your initial purpose, the purpose behind your second chance at life!" said Andromeda. Quin was left speechless… She was kind of right in a lot of things.

"Eeeeh… Well… I still do work! Look! My cultivation rank is pretty high though!" she said.

"That's because you're merely absorbing the power from the System! That's not working hard, it is something you're doing almost automatically. Quin-chan, have you practiced your System Attribute Divine Techniques? Or perhaps your System Attribute Magic Spells? Or have you used and refined your System Divinity?" asked Andromeda.

"Gehh…! I-I haven't… But I managed to help Kireina even if I didn't practice! It was pretty easy to maintain the system and stuff, the power of suppressing the system also shouldn't work on her anymore because she has her own now… So I am kind of useless…" said Quin.

"Ah… Well, if you believe that, then you should work harder to be useful!" said Andromeda with a bright smile.

"Well, the thing is, I don't want to!" said Quin, angrily, she even pouted cutely like a spoiled brat.

"Eh?"

"Also what about my purpose crap? I am me, and I do whatever I want! My life is mine to decide what to do… What is that crap about my purpose and what I must do because it is the reason they sent me here… That's just not right! I am not a robot, you know? I am a person!" said Quin.

Andromeda's cybernetic eyes were left shocked, she realized that she was being too rough on her little sister. And ended treating her like a program, similar to how she treated herself.

She realized that just like Kireina had said "anyone can do whatever they want, I am not going to force her to fulfill any destiny, she helped me plenty already", it meant that Quin wasn't just a tool, she was herself, a person…

Andromeda sighed as she looked down.

"Sorry… I guess I am the one that is a failure… I suppose changing from being a program to a person is a hard transition… I still see most things with a lot of technicalities… I should calm down a bit… For a moment, I saw you as something similar to me, so I felt disappointed because you were not striving to do the best you could to aid Master… But even Master had told me that I don't really need to overexert myself," sighed Andromeda.

Quin glanced at Andromeda with a bit of pity, she felt bad to yell at such a cute robot girl.

"Well, it is fine… As long as we understand each other… I guess I shouldn't have yelled to you, sorry, nee-sama," said Quin.

Andromeda's pink-colored cybernetic eyes opened wide and rather cutely, as she heard her little sister call her "nee-sama"!

"Q-Quin! You recognize me as your big sis now?" asked Andromeda.

"Ah…!"

Quin quickly realized she had indeed called Andromeda as big sister…

It seems that through this discussion, both got closer than they had expected. Sometimes being just nice won't do, people must discuss and disagree with one another to know each other better. When you realize what this person lacks and what is different about them compared to you, is when you start liking them and finding them more familiar.

"I guess so… I never thought I would have such a pretty big sister," said Quin.

"P-Pretty? Uwah… Quin-chan, you're just as cute!" said Andromeda, as she jumped over Quin and grabbed her, hugging her.

"Uagh! W-Wait, you're too rough! Ouch! Y-You're literally made of metal! Don't hug me!" cried Quin, as Andromeda apologized.

"S-Sorry… I still need time to know how to properly show affection…! Am I too hard? I should change my structure to softer silicon…"

Andromeda quickly shapeshifted part of her body as she became as soft as a human, her silicon skin was smooth, and Quin could "feel" her better.

"How about this?" asked Andromeda.

"Oh, that's way better. I didn't know you could do such a thing," said Quin.

"Hehe, that's just the perks of being a robot!" said Andromeda quite proudly.

Kireina glanced at the pair from the sidelines, hiding as a random person, she even had black glasses and was wearing a large gray coat over her body, and even a hat, resembling the living image of the incognito tab character.

"Hm, good, they're getting closer…" she thought.

"Masta, are you not eating your cake?" asked Rimuru, the one accompanying Kireina. She was also wearing the same attire as Kireina, and both looked hilarious.

"Eh? We didn't come here to eat cake… Well, you can eat it if you want," said Kireina.

"Yaay!"

Rimuru began to eat the cake as Kireina continued to spy over Andromeda and Quin.

"Masta, why are you spying like this when you could just use your divine sense to look over them?" asked Rimuru.

"…B-because it is fun like this! Have you never wanted to be like a cool detective spying on people?" asked Kireina.

"Eh? No?" asked Rimuru.

"Tche! Amateur…" sighed Kireina.

"Eh? What's amateur?! Don't call me like that! It's rude, guu!" cried Rimuru.

"Uwah…! Okay, sorry, my dearie…" sighed Kireina, as she petted her wife.

"Okay, guu!" said Rimuru, she was very forgiving.

"You're not tricking anyone with those costumes!" said Quin, as she and Andromeda had reached Kireina and Rimuru.

"Ah! Run, Rimuru!" said Kireina.

"But the cake!" cried Rimuru.

"I will buy you another later!"

Kireina grabbed Rimuru and ran away.

"Seriously, what is she even doing?" wondered Quin.

"Hehe, mastar is so fun sometimes! She is like… what's the word? Dorky?" asked Andromeda.

"She's a try-hard! I would never wear that costume to spy other people!" said Quin.

"Eh? You're saying you would like to do it but with a different costume?" asked Andromeda.

"Ah? No! I mean… Well…"