Location: Terrarium · Superdimensional Island · Ethereal Emblem United University

It's another sunny morning, and Nini is hiding under a tree to cool off by herself.

Suddenly, a pair of hands lift her up: "Good morning, Master Nini?"

The Treasure Elf slowly opens her eyes to see Chloe handing over a bouquet of flowers.

"I like you, Master Nini, please date me."

"I refuse..." Nini blinked her eyes and said, "I told you, I'm still a teacher now; I'm not considering these things for now, Xiaoke."

However, those elf wings fluttered slightly, seeming to blush a little.

"But... if Xiaoke confesses for 10,000 consecutive days, it's not impossible to agree."

Chloe blinked: "Alright, I will definitely do it."

Day 10.

"I like you. Please date me."

[Xiaoke's memory is getting worse. Didn't you set the rule yourself that the teacher can't kiss the students' mouths?]

Day 100

"Master Nini, this is today's token of affection."

Another bouquet of flowers.

[Seriously, why hasn't Xiaoke given up yet? What a big idiot]

Day 1000

"Master Nini, come pick flowers with me."

"..."

Day 9421

Chloe didn't know how many times he handed flowers to Nini, his face a bit pale:

"Let's go on a spring outing, Master Nini."

"I mean... hasn't it been long enough..." Nini's face was somewhat gloomy, "Do you know how many years it's been?"

Chloe slowly raised his head: "It's been 9421 days, over 26 years."

"That's not what I mean." Nini said with a headache, "Why don't you understand yet!"

Steam was almost coming out of Nini's face.

"We've been married for 25 years, and you still confess like this in front of the kids every day; I get embarrassed too!"

Beside them, their child Hills looked up at the ceiling.

A moment later.

"Get out, you two, get out."

Hills roared angrily.

Poor thing, he hadn't even found a partner yet, and he couldn't stand seeing his parents so lovey-dovey at home every day.

The two, kicked out of the house by their son for who knows which time, exchanged glances and showed sly smiles.

"Honey, our son is getting old, yet he still hasn't found a girlfriend?"

"Honey, you ask me, how would I know? At his age, I already..."

"Hmm?"

"I was already cuddling with the adorable Master Nini."

Chloe astutely skipped the fact that he had more than one girlfriend/partner/spouse.

Don't ask.

If you ask, the answer is refined experience from years of Asura Field torments.

He stroked his chin and asked with some confusion, "Find a chance to test our son's thoughts; not wanting a girlfriend for now isn't a problem, what I'm worried about is that he doesn't find a girlfriend."

"Hmm?"

"Master Nini, you don't need to understand these things," Chloe said, rubbing the Treasure Elf's cute little nose, "I waited so long for you to officially retire before I whisked you off to marriage; how many years has it been, we're still in our newlywed phase!"

"Xiaoke's newlywed phase is really long."

The Treasure Elf didn't say anything, just quietly followed in his footsteps.

They were on the Superdimensional Island.

This is the place Nini often stayed.

After the final battle ended, the Terrarium was established, and each of the Seven Heroes held a part of the Terrarium's original stocks, ahem, Root Power.

Leaving these Root Powers unused was wasteful, so a plan named [All Heavens] quietly unfolded.

In the earliest batch of defective universes, strange creatures occasionally appeared.

For example, the day and night coexisting super ant inadvertently nurtured by the eldest son, capable of shattering the entire universe with a single punch.

Or that Nyarlatotep, who was occasionally carried out of the defective universe by Little Nia with an Infinite Quantum Bag, rumored to have become an unnameable god in some small universes.

Just because of certain reasons, Xiaoke once glanced at the unnameable being back then.

Ever since, Nyarlatotep would start trembling almost instinctually whenever it accidentally heard a name or topic similar to Chloe's name.

No way around it, hierarchical suppression.

"I heard that little guy from Nia's hands has been spreading your divine name?"

"Huh?" Chloe was a bit confused, then instinctively replied, "I'm not a god."

"Ah, right, right."

The Treasure Elf thought for a moment and decided not to reveal the divine name that little guy gave to Xiaoke.

It's said that in the universe where that little guy resided, they called Chloe, the source core of primordial chaos, Azathoth in their language, which, when transliterated, sounded just like Azathoth.

All sorts of absurdities could happen in this newly born universe.

Nevertheless, the Ethereal Emblem United University was improving.

Considering the suggestions from the alma mater, years earlier, Nini took the initiative to establish a New Universe, jointly organized by the top universities of the Multiverse.

Initially, the plan was merely to arrange a good place for Ethereal Emblem University within the Terrarium. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

Unexpectedly, it became the headquarters for all the top universities and research institutions across the Multiverse.

Nini enjoyed staying here over the years.

Seeing this vibrant world always evoked memories of the times spent together with Chloe at Ethereal Emblem.

Chloe turned to look at Nini and said, "I heard that the first batch of students from the Apprentice Creator God training class is about to graduate, so how about it, do they meet our expectations?"

Nini pondered for a moment and said, "It depends on how you understand it. If it's merely about mastering the skills an Apprentice Creator God needs, I'm quite satisfied with them."

"So, it's their other aspects you're not satisfied with."

"Not specifically dissatisfied..." Nini hesitated and said, "It's just that their personalities seem a bit too exuberant."

"For instance?"

"For instance, a kid named Akuya recently got elected as an Apprentice Sea Creator, and in the Apprentice Creator God class, they're famously shameless and without limits."

"..."

"And then there's a kid named Dingdang, just elected as an Apprentice Life Creator, but in their domain that requires studying basic qualities, they're basically lousy, yet they have considerable stretch in some peculiar fields."

"...Stop, let's not talk about these."

Hearing those peculiar names, Chloe felt both familiar and strange.

He decisively ignored them and chose instead to lift the Treasure Elf high: "Let's not chat about these; with the kid not at home today, let's do what a couple should do."

Nini rolled her eyes and said teasingly, "Is the kid not at home, or is it the Reversed Celestial Spirit?"

"Eyy."

"After so many years, Xiaoke is still so naughty."

"Just tell me if you like it."

"Let me make it clear first, this time you can't make me release the Elf Secret Technique halfway through."

"Huh? Don't be like that, it's fun, honey."

"It's not fun at all!"