"Let's go Eli," Was the first thing that Papa said to her after [The Prophet] returned to her seat and Mother teleported away... That was... worrying.

But since Papa was offering his arm, Elizabeth took it with a smile.

"Thank you for coming Papa." Elizabeth said as they started to slowly walk back to the top of the stairs. One step at a time, "Will you stay?"

"Probably not," Papa answered shaking his head, "We get to be here because Crystal is here, but till we discard our [Divinity] we will be tied to Zaanam."

Elizabeth had guessed as much, and she felt bad for that too.

"It's fine Eli," Papa said smiling, "We don't regret the choice, and we had prepared for this eventuality too."

They had?

"You can't fight gods for a living and not think about the possibility of becoming one," Papa said as they got closer and closer to the stairs, "We had thought about this happening because we needed to go to the divine realm to smite a cowardly god or something."

So they had planned for that possibility?

"Worry not, and follow your own path. We know you have prepared too for Apotheosis." Papa said nodding at her, "That is fine too, should you pick that path for yourself we will respect it, and give a few suggestions of [Domains] and divine pantheons to look for."

That was nice.

"Thank you Papa," Elizabeth said hugging closer to her Father, "But I have everything planned out already."

And that was the thing, Elizabeth... didn't quite want to be a [Goddess] even if some aspects of her powers depended on that. The more important issue was that the means to achieve what she wanted were similar to the Apotheosis that her parents had gone through.

And this was something Elizabeth could only guess, as she... wasn't actually there when it happened.

"Say Papa..." Elizabeth said, stopping at the base of the stairs, Rossie and Rena waiting at the top with a blonde bishop up there smiling broadly at Elizabeth. Elizabeth would not comment on the sudden bishop that had thrown away Jenna to the side. "... Does ascending to godhood really give that much power?"

"... It does, it allows you to tap into Prana more freely and anyone who acknowledges you will become a source of power, be it faith or fear." Papa said nodding grimly, "Not many can resist the temptation, and lesser men become drunk in this power, without noticing how the same power they are wielding is twisting them."

"And those are the gods you killed?" Elizabeth asked just to make sure.

"A great many of them were like that yes," Papa said nodding, "Do not be mistaken, of the Twelve perhaps only Jenna and Joseph could even be present for the fight."

That was [The Beast Master], the only one that Papa ever acknowledged as a fighter. Which meant that even a failed god like that was someone to be feared. Good.

"Thank you Papa," Elizabeth said hugging the man who raised her to be the girl who stood at this very moment, "Love you, thank you for coming."

"Love you too Eli," Papa said raising the wedding veil and giving Elizabeth a kiss on the forehead, "Make sure to never regret a choice, and always put in first place your family, the world, humanity and everyone else be damned."

"Will do Papa!" Elizabeth said nodding seriously and lowering her veil once more. If it had been anyone else Elizabeth would have been angry, and perhaps even vanish them to die as the summon of [The Prophet], but this was Papa, so it was fine.

"Welcome girls of all ages, hubby, Eli-Eli and I guess the other men." The bishop wearing blonde woman said with a wide smirk on her face. "We are gathered today for the most important event that will happen on all your pitiful lives, probably the most important in the last one hundred and fifty years even!"

That was a very specific number...

"One hundred and fifty?" Elizabeth couldn't help but ask as she walked up the stairs.

"Yeah, that was when I married Hubby!" Mother said with a wistful look on her eyes, "The best wedding ever... Even if we didn't have an interdimensional fortress capable of withstanding all the attacks of the A-Tier gathered here, nice fortress Eli-Eli. You even managed to get them to walk in on their own feet!"

Mother hadn't finished speaking when almost all the remaining low-ranking members of nobility, politicians, and similar raised their hands and teleported away.

"They still haven't grown a spine huh." Mother said with a huff, "It matters not, those of you remaining can't leave. We can't have Eli-Eli's wedding to be devoid of people."

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"Mother..." Elizabeth sighed, "I don't care if they are or not, the people I want here are you, Papa, Jenna and Rossie's family."

"Non, that will not do." Mother said, shaking her head, "Be thankful I am not teleporting them back. How dare they leave the wedding of the most important person left on this stupid planet?"

Elizabeth noticed that the purple woman at the back sighed while nursing her head, but even so, she said nothing.

"Catherine... They aren't at fault, they just found their gods are old monsters that have been living on this planet for almost two hundred years." Jenna said from the side with a sigh, "Most would react like that."

"Wait, they remember that too? But my infosec node..." Mother said looking at her chest, "Ah...right...wrong body..."

"You both asked Elizabeth to give the lost memories back, that includes all the clues about your actual age." Jenna added while also nursing her head, she had a headache too? "And while thanks to the [System] we know that people can live as much as you did, you lived all this time without help from the system."

"Ah yeah," Mother said nodding, "That particular function is from my own research, since hubby's method can't be reliably done unless you are Eli-Eli."

"I can do that too?" Elizabeth asked surprised, "No wait, don't derail the conversation you Mother of bimbos! My wedding!"

"Right," Mother said, sticking her tongue out while she turned her head sideways and winked at Elizabeth. She added even the finger on her cheek to try and look all cute and mischievous. The gall of this hag...

"Hey! I heard that!" Mother complained while puffing her cheeks out.

"Then move the things along I want to marry within this month!" Elizabeth complained while brandishing her bridal bouquet, she had missed these kinds of banters they used to have when Elizabeth was growing.

"Right..." Mother said coughing into her hand and recentering herself, "As I said heathens, we have come here to witness the most important event of the century."

Mother's vibe changed at once, the aura around her turned almost Divine as her tone turned solemn.

"To the right we have a young woman who has experienced hardship and loneliness," Mother started with Rossie, "Rossaline Singh, orphaned at a young age and adopted by a loving family... You who never quite managed to understand love till you found your true love..."

Rossie?

"Do you swear upon all that is sacred, cute, lovely and Eli-Eli that you will cherish, that you will care, that you will love Elizabeth Starbright more than anything in the world?" Mother said the vow as her eyes shone in golden divine light, and... was that a feather motif? Mother's motif was that of a feather?

Elizabeth had never seen Mother's motif as a Magical Girl; she had always assumed that it would be stars like the one that was for Elizabeth. Why was it a feather?

"Yes," Rossie however didn't seem to mind or even stumble at the charged question. "I will love her, care for her, die for her, and even resurrect for her."

"Good," Mother said nodding, "I will hold you accountable for that."

Elizabeth wasn't sure what to think about that, but it would be a moot point, since Rossie was not going to die, and if she did perish, Elizabeth would move heaven and hell to get her back. So yeah, moot point.

"To the left we have Watanabe Rena, descendant of an ancestral clan of swordsmen from the land of the rising sun." Mother said turning her attention to Rena, no wait. Rena was a what? "Do you swear to love Elizabeth Starbright as much as you can? To be her sword? Her guardian, her bastion? To be what Elizabeth needs in her moments of need?"

"Yes," Rena answered without hesitation. Elizabeth was mildly miffed by those vows.

"And you, Eli-Eli. The most cute girl ever to exist." Mother finally turned to Elizabeth, "Do you swear to love your wives? To cherish them? To never stop loving them even when you all grow old and they no longer are the cute girls they are now?"

That... sounded so superficial.

"Yes Mother," Elizabeth answered, "I love them for who they are, not what they look. Neither age nor the form they take will change that."

"Good," Mother said nodding, "By the powers bestowed upon me by [The World], the Magical Girl Council. The holy nation of Veritalis and hubby. I declare you three Spouse, Wife and Partner for life."

There was a pulse of mana that seemed to focus on Elizabeth, Rena and Rossie, something hidden within the words that Mother said, it felt as if there was now a new link made between the three women. It was different from the soul tether they used to have.

It was... less restraining than the Soul Tether, but felt also more intimate.

"You may kiss the bride..." Mother said, and after a second, her serious demeanor disappeared and instead an evil smirk came into her face, "... I ain't telling you in what order though."

Motherf-

"That's easy." Rossie was the one to answer; she removed her own veil and then moved to remove Rena's veil, before Elizabeth could even respond. Rossie kissed Rena.

Deeply.

With some tongue included.

As in Elizabeth could see the saliva in Rossie's mouth when she separated from Rena.

"And now your turn Eli-Eli," And before Elizabeth could react, Rossie kissed Elizabeth next. Elizabeth coudl still taste the flavour of Rena from the pink haired's mouth, the kiss was both short and tempting. Short because Elizabeth wanted to get lost in the pink-haired's mouth a few days more.

Tempting because Elizabeth felt the need to get handsy with the pink-haired demoness.

"There, now you need to kiss Ren-Ren to seal the deal." Rossie said with a knowing smile, "No hard feelings right Ren-Ren?"

"Of course not." Rena said with a knowing smile, "You were the first to earn Elizabeth's love, so it's only fair that you kiss her first."

And before Rossie did something that would make Elizabeth want to kiss them more in this public setting, she moved and kissed the red-haired girl.

It was not like the hot steamy kiss that Rossie had given her, it was a more chaste one. Elizabeth knew that Rena was more of one for cute demure shows of love in public.

And with the kisses done, Mother nodded happily at that.

"Now I know that I should have asked this one before this part, but I got into the mood and forgot." Mother said with a shrug as she removed the cowl she had put on, now she just looked like a nun cosplayer that got tired, if nuns used clothes that exposed their shoulders and half their boobs that is. "But let's ask for the sake of asking..."

The mood around the room suddenly turned colder, as Mother's glare fell upon all of them, this was not the cheerful silly [Stardust Explorer]. But the gaze of a [Goddess] judging.

"Do any of you little shits would dare to oppose the marriage of these three lovely girls?" Mother asked as a magical circle manifested behind her, a promise of punishment and murder.

"I have a question, or perhaps a suggestion would be a better way to put it." [The Warlock] was the one to stand up as if he wasn't feeling the pressure weighing down on him.

"... Speak [Warlock], or well. I guess the moniker no longer applies?" Mother said with a grin on her face, "What suggestion do you have for us?"

"The issue brought forth by my sister is one that requires careful thought. It was not an issue for you and Jack since you could get a daughter... But we can't be sure that it will be the same for your daughter." [The Warlock] said, earning himself a glare from Rossie and a few of the sword handles from Rena to fully materialize.

"Speak careful there [Warlock]," Papa spoke as he moved straight in front of [The Warlock], "You just managed to get a normal arm... And I was thinking of giving you an eye."

"... I will not ask for the marriage to be disbanded or anything as tasteless as that." [The Warlock] said shaking his head and raising his hands in surrender, "I am not suicidal, more so after I got my memories back, they do explain why the devils left their contract with me and even paid the default..."

"So what is that you want to say?" Elizabeth asked taking a step forward, "Surely you have something to say if you decided to stand up at this moment."

"The problem with daughters and descendants can be solved by a proxy provider." [The Warlock] stated clinically, "We only require a donor for the seed, and the issue is solved. If you don't feel like dealing with the result, we can deal with that issue for you, too."

".... And this donor would be...?" Elizabeth already knew the answer, but she asked nonetheless.

"Any member of [The Twelve] would do," [The Warlock] said, the motherfucker wasn't even honest enough to say that he wanted that role. Unless he didn't? "I remember you were partial for [ShadowPact], and that your ideal type was similar to [The Beast Master]. So those are an option. I have heard some women would rather have people like [The Traveler] or me, too."

There it was.

"That will be of no issue." Papa was the one to answer, "Elizabeth is my daughter after all."

What?

"What?" [The Warlock] asked confused, "What does that have anything to do with this?"

"It has everything to do." Papa said with a vicious smile on his face, "Let me give you an example..."

Then Papa took a glass of water from the table in front of him, that is to say, the table where the Italians were seated.

"This is the answer to your plight, right here, in this glass of water." Papa then took a sip of it, "Do you want it?"

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