Chapter 119: Chapter 118: Happiness

Once I was out of the grey landscape, I immediately went to work buying the body for Ashley to use. In order for it to be comfortable for her, I decided to keep her general body shape, based on the image of herself that she projected in the mindscape just now. Of course, there were going to be some key differences. Most notably, her skin was a deep red.

Aside from that, I wanted the demons to be able to naturally fly, so I gave them wings. I recalled reading before that typical fantasy representations of angels and demons were impractical, because their wingspan couldn’t support sustained flight, so I made sure the wings were large enough to do so. However, at the same time, they shouldn’t interfere with routine actions. For that reason, I created a thin bone structure along the top edge of the wings that would allow it to collapse in on itself, taking the appearance of a fleshy cape. To hold itself in place easily, there were two dull hooks at the ends of each wing that could latch onto her shoulders.

Naturally, this means that they also had to have tougher skin so that resting their wings like that wouldn’t be painful, but I’d take care of that when I made the race itself. Next up, I created a pair of upwards-curving horns on top of her head, poking out of her dark red hair. And to finish it off, a thick tail sprouting from the small of her back. Not the stereotypical thin tail with a heart-shaped tip, but something more akin to a lizard’s tail, without the scales.

This was easily the most detail I had put into any god, goddess, or race in general, yet I did not find it at all difficult. Part of me suspected it was because of the martial art I had started training in, allowing me to handle multiple tasks easily enough to take care of all of this. Either way, within a few minutes of finishing my conversation with Ashley, I had created her body.

Without hesitation, I went ahead and purchased the body as I had designed it, and those of us in the room watched as the golden light descended from above. Slowly, it began putting the body together piece by piece. Once it got up past her thighs, I realized that I had forgotten to include clothing in the design, yet the problem seemed to take care of itself.

The outfit that manifested around Ashley’s body was by no means modest. Her top was little more than a dark purple bra, bandaged sleeves covering either arm. A metal plate covered her crotch, with straps leading back behind her. Below her thighs, her legs were covered in purple cloth, with a steel plated armor covering her shins. On her feet were matching purple high heels, and draped across her shoulder was a simple hood.

Once the golden light had finished its work, I saw as Ashley slowly opened her eyes. Since I was standing in front of her, naturally I was the first thing she saw, but when she began looking around she caught sight of the other goddesses in the room. “Dale… did you really just want me for your harem?” She asked in an incredulous tone. “And why is there a little kid here?” After saying that, she turned to look at me in accusation, before seeming to notice something out of place.

Before I could respond, she jumped in surprise as she looked down to see her tail brushing against her leg. “Holy crap, I have a tail.” She exclaimed, before glancing at the rest of her. “Holy crap I have wings!”

The moment she noticed their existence, her wings seemed to fully extend outwards, or at least attempt to. With her wingspan, her wings ended up smacking against the walls of the room before they were able to extend all the way. “Yeowch, that’s uncomfortable.” She muttered, mostly to herself as she began to twitch her wings, likely trying to get control of them.

Thankfully, none of the goddesses had been seated in the line of fire, though Keliope’s chair had been fairly close. “Hey, watch it there!” She called, out, ducking to the side as one of the wings flew past her.

“Not the TV!” Aurivy called out in panic as she saw that the other wing was heading towards the television. Before the wing had the chance to knock it over, a glass dome seemed to form around it, blocking it from harm. The halfling goddess let out a sigh of relief when she saw that the TV was safe.

“Uh, Ash, how about we work on your wings first, and then we’ll handle everything else?” I suggested, to which she nodded readily. “I’m going to touch along your wings, to give you an idea of where to focus your attention.”

After I said that, I moved to her still-twitching wings, and began placing my hands gently on them. The areas I touched were naturally where I had placed the joints, that way she was able to slowly learn how to flex and contract her wings one step at a time. “Once we’ve got you settled in, we can set up an area for you to practice flying.”

She seemed to like that suggestion, but was too focused on controlling her wings to actually say anything in response. Like that, it took roughly five minutes before we had managed to bring her wings all the way back in, their clawed tips once more latching onto her shoulder. “This is… all real, isn’t it?” She asked, the first thing she had said since noticing her wings.

“For better or worse, yeah.” I nodded, and immediately sent a message through my spiritual world to Leowynn, asking her to meet me in my room in a few minutes.

“So… you’ve been doing this for a while, huh?” She asked again, her eyes darting towards Aurivy, who was still seated next to Irena. “Long enough to have a kid, at least.”

“I’m not his daughter, I’m his little sis!” Aurivy shouted out, flailing her arms in indignation. Ashley simply raised her eyebrows slightly at that, glancing towards me.

“It’s true, my daughter is an elf, not a halfling.” I said with a small smirk, letting that sink in. As expected, her eyes went wide with disbelief, causing me to laugh. “Don’t worry, you’ll meet her later. For now, you should get to know these three. They’re all goddesses of their own races, so they’ll be able to help you adjust to your new abilities.”

She nodded her head slightly, looking to the three of them and bowing politely. “I’m Ashley. Pleasure to meet you all.”

The others all smiled, giving their own introductions one by one. After they were done, I turned to look at Irena, the only other winged goddess in my pantheon. “Once you’ve got her used to everything, would you mind being her flight instructor? You’re really the only one I can rely on for this…”

Hearing me say that, Irena had a soft smile on her face as she nodded. “It would be my pleasure.”

“Thanks, Irena. Now, I need to go get her world set up. I’ll be sure not to assign her god privileges until you all think it won’t overwhelm her.” I could still remember Aurivy’s pouting face when she suddenly got her second domain, and couldn’t adjust fast enough.

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Ashley obviously seemed interested in watching the creation of her own world, but the fact that she literally tripped over her own tail when she tried to take a step to follow me apparently convinced her that she needed practice first. As such, I was soon back in my room, Leowynn already sitting on my bed with her legs tucked under her waiting for me. “Welcome back, Father.” She greeted me with a warm smile.

“Hey, sorry about pulling you away from Ryone like that. I just thought you might like to see me work?” Of course, she could have come to watch me creating Ashley, but I figured Ryone would most likely tell her what I was up to. So, if she didn’t show up, that meant either Ryone didn’t tell her, or she decided she’d rather stay with her mother for a bit. Either way was fine really.

However, this was different. By now, I’d made a dozen gods or goddesses, but this was only the second time I had ever created a new world. Who knew how long it would be before she got to see me do this again?

Either way, she did seem a bit excited by the idea. “Of course, Father. What do you have in mind?” Once I told her what I was doing, she hopped up from the bed, happily moving over to stand behind me as I sat down at the computer. Lately, I had been more adept at using the system with my thoughts, but something as big as making the world still required me to be safe rather than sorry.

As such, I began navigating the menu, selecting the option to create a new world. In reality, even though this was my second world, it was the first time I was purposely using these menus. Naturally, there were things that surprised me.

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