Treating Ifira like a friend was easier than I thought, well, I guess each and every expectation I've had of her was actually wrong, she's not some murder happy little girl who will kill anyone that comes her way.

  She's just a normal girl, albeit with too much power, and that allows her to— and I am stretching the meaning of the word her. — "accidentally" kill people who annoy her, of course they'd die when she slaps them, she has untapped power and they're just regular humans.

  Everyone gets irritated, even children. Hell, I've destroyed my dolls in the past because I felt annoyed. I've also pinched my friends as a "tease" when in reality, I was mad at them. Adults also got pinched by me for the same reason, and little ol me would just laugh it off and they'd fall for it every single time.

  Anyway, Ifira just has a more extreme version of that, she gets annoyed, she wants to hit someone, it just so happens to be the hit is a lethal blow that kills a person in a single hit.

  She can be told that this isn't the way, if someone were to, I don't know, tell her that patience is much better than relentless violence— for society, though I myself sometimes agree that hurting people is necessary. — and that it is more beneficial for her to keep everyone alive then Ifira might just listen.

  Seriously, none of the things she's done so far is her fault, she's just a kid.

  "Why did you make this?" She asks even as she eats another scoop of ice cream. "And what kind of experience would you have to go through to consider oil as food?"

  "Actually, it's not just oil." I correct her through technicalities. "There are other ingredients in it too, like sweeteners and stuff, you know I had to kill an entire colony of bees because of this thing?"

  "They'll breed like rabbits come spring." Ifira rolled her eyes. "I'm sure queens are spawning as we speak, and my point still stands, why would you eat oil of all things?"

  "It just happens I guess." I shrug, not really knowing the history of ice cream. I don't wanna tell her that I just copied this thing from someone in my past life either. "But it tastes good right? It's basically the perfect dessert! I wanna start making these when summer comes around."

  "They do taste good, yes, I can't refute that." Ifira agreed, isn't that cute? She likes sweet snacks as much as anyone! "But why do you have to sell them?"

  "Money, I guess." There's like, a few years until I need to go to the academy so why not make a successful business beforehand? "Don't you like money? I like money."

  "You've become Flotol's head, and I already said I won't tax you, that should be more than enough money for you to live off of, yes? You don't need to start a business." Ifira let out a sigh, she looked at me like I was weird and hopeless. "Don't you think that it is counterproductive for you to do that?"

  "Nope, I don't think so... Wait, do you wanna start a business with me? I think it will be fun!" My question made her freeze and I waited, would she hate the suggestion? She probably would right?

  "... Yes, why not? I have nothing better to do while waiting for you to grow anyway, and I think that working on our chemistry and friendship years before we explore Pricorian Ruins is a good idea for our synergy."

  "Exactly!" Well, I don't actually think it works as well as Ifira thinks it does but I agreed anyway, it's not a bad idea to build rapport with her. Doubly so when she's this eager. "We can totally start an ice cream empire together!"

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  "Empires made of food don't exist." She corrects me but she's smiling anyway, is she amused? It would be very cute if so. "But yes, together, we can definitely make a successful business, possibly even one that spans the entire kingdom!.. wait, I think I understand what you mean now."

  "Right?!" I grinned, no longer caring about the sharpness that Ifira possesses just makes me feel proud whenever she intuits one of my intentions. She's a really smart girl, isn't she? "We are going to sell a whole lot of ice cream together!"

  "Yes." Ifira stood up, her eyes went over the ruined Flotol for a second then back at me. "Have you made plans on what to do with the village coming forward?"

  "Nope, I have people doing that for me, I just need to check if their plans are good enough for my vision once they're done making them." Actually, I'm not even Flotol's official leader, that title went to my father.

  And even then, they still come to me if they want to make decisions anyway, like I'm somehow smarter than a man several times my physical age and probably has more life experience compared to my past life.

  "The same happens with me as well." The last pieces of Ifira's ice cream got scooped up, she handed me the empty bowl. "Everyone makes plans, I decide whether or not we do it."

  "Huh." Come to think of it, didn't Ifira lead Ghorise during canon as well? How did she manage to make it so prosperous despite being a little kid? "Do you even know how to lead a territory? I actually don't."

  "Me as well, but I choose my decisions based on the excitement of the person doing the proposals as well as my gut instinct."

  Ah, so it's another one of her talents? Just how many does she have? I'm curious but I also don't wanna know, I feel like it pries way too deep into her psyche and I want to respect Ifira and give her some personal space.

  Boundaries and all that, I don't want to abuse them even if the knowledge I can potentially get from them can allow me to manipulate Ifira emotionally in the future.

  "Well, that makes sense." I say like I actually understand, which I don't. Of course. "For me, I think I'd want to see how Flotol develops for now as well, but I am making plans on what I want it to become in the long run."

  "Do you want to make those plans together? I am more than happy to lend you my help." She asks, face expectant. What help? She trusts her gut instincts when leading and has no experience beyond that.

  "Sure." Okay, fine, I'm more than willing to admit that Ifira acting like she's being generous when she just wants to spend more time together is quite cute. Very childish though, I feel like it's something my friends in high school would say.

  "Really?!"

  She can't really hide her excitement huh? Or does she not know that I can tell based on her tone and reactions? Ifira is probably so socially inept that it doesn't register to her that I've seen through her act.

  "Yep." Where are my parents right now? "I should head home, I'll put these bowls in the dish washer and then study, there's a lot of things that I still need to do."

  "Like managing your dungeon?"

  What dungeon? I pause and a frown draws itself on my face, do I have a dungeon? Since when did I get one? Why don't I know more about it? Pretty sure I would have remembered going through such a life changing event...

  "Yes? The giant tree, it is where your core sits right now isn't it?"

  "What?" Okay, okay... Did the process of becoming an inhuman somehow turned me into a dungeon master? "I didn't know that?"

  "Really? I thought you would." Ifira says that like I'm supposed to have such sharp instincts that I'd know about becoming a dungeon master somehow! "You seem shocked."

  "I—I am." I exhale, okay, how bad could this be? Becoming a dungeon master wasn't the end of the world anyway, actually, it's more beneficial than anything. "Maybe I should work on it? Hm. I didn't expect this but I don't hate it either."

  "This technically makes Flotol independent from Ghorise and my family." And what is Ifira saying now? "I have been waiting for you to tell me this but it seems that you yourself did not know, so I think it's best that I tell you that as of this moment, you and I are strictly equal in status."

  "You're saying I'm a noble now?"

  "That is what I am saying yes." Ifira confirmed, her calmness makes me wonder what she's thinking. Shouldn't she be angry right now? "This means you can attend things like noble balls from now on, we can go together if you want?"

  Ah, so that's why? On one hand, I hate that I am now forced to socialize with a bunch of arrogant people, but on the other, I see this as an opportunity to further fix Ifira.

  Maybe I can help her socialize?! I totally can, can't I?

  "Yes, let's go together."