Chapter 3

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15 years passed as I lived a leisurely life with Cinder, Neo, and Cortana. We all kept our aging frozen once we hit 17, so that we would blend in when we went to Beacon. I gave all 3 a golem like body like mine, since we were all spiritual entities now. Even if their bodies die, it's not really a big deal since their souls are all safe in the soulscape. All 4 of us could take on Salem and her cronies and win, alone. We decided we would seal our abilities though so that we can have fun at Beacon. After Cinder and Neo grew up, they decided they loved both me and Cortana as well, and we all entered a polyamourous relationship. With our souls being connected, it was kind of inevitable. We all got married in a private ceremony, and decided not to marry others in the future. Instead, we decided in the future we'll marry in groups of 4 but be polyamorous with anyone in our family.

We traveled the world of Remnant, we had been to Mistral, Atlas, Vale, Vacuo, and even Menagerie. On Menagerie though I simply shapeshifted us into faunus so that we wouldn't be hassled by the locals. We even snuck around the Grimmlands, learning all about Salem's territory as well as seeing old relics from civilizations that fell to ruin.

I also snuck around and learned about the abilities and composition of the 4 great relics. The Relic of Knowledge was pretty useless to me, as I can effectively get any answers between my Clairvoyance, Kaleidoscope, and Inspired Inventor. The Relic of Creation was useless because of my Creation skill, and the Relic of Destruction was useless because I have countless ways to destroy things. The Relic of Choice was also useless to me because of Clairvoyance, which can achieve future sight. I'm starting to realize Clairvoyance may be one of my strongest powers. Maybe I will boost it soon.

During my travels I also managed to copy a vast array of useful semblances, on the off chance they prove useful or I want to give them to somebody. I even manage to understand how to recreate Silver Eyes, Ozma's immortality, as well as Salem's immortality. I copied Salem, Ozma, and the Four Maidens' magical abilities as well. It was interesting learning how they used magic, and how they received their immortality. I could now give anyone those forms of immortality as well, but I think if I gave it as they are it might be a curse more than a blessing.

While Salem and Ozma seemed to know a great deal of magic, I was curious about the kind of things that an entire civilization of magic users could accomplish. I used the Kaleidoscope to spy on the past, and learned all the secrets that magic was capable of before the Gods took away magic from humanity.

I also learned all of the possibilities of technology that Remnant could reach, both past and present. While my technological abilities are far beyond anything Remnant has produced, it's still interesting. Penny Polendina the android was quite interesting. An automaton with a soul. In exchange for letting me study her, I fixed Pietro's soul and gave Penny the ability to switch between an android and human form.

I experimented with dust quite a bit as well. I managed to find a way to infuse it into the human body, allowing me to boost the human body with the power of magic. If I spread this method around humanity would grow quite a bit stronger. But eh I don't feel like spreading it. With some of my research, I managed to make a special item called a Dust Seed. If I plant it in the ground, it will burrow deep and soon Dust will start spawning throughout the planet as long as mana is present. This could be dangerous for the planet on a low mana world, so I would only consider doing this on a world with a high mana concentration. I also found a method to simply turn mana directly into dust. So I'll never be short on Dust.

The most interesting set of abilities I gained though during my travels was that of the Grimm. Salem was a Grimm-Human hybrid, and she possessed all kinds of control over Grimm. I learned how to fuse Grimm and Human together, as well as make any kind of Grimm myself. Using a few charges of Power Manipulation, I was even able to make it so that I can make my own Grimm pools. Now I have an army at my command that I can grow rapidly. And Grimm spawned by my pools are only loyal to me.

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