Nanomancer Reborn - I've Become A Snow Girl?

"Are you alright?" Chaos asked, noticing Anima's strange reaction to her response.

"Yes I am." Anima nodded her head reluctantly as thoughts crossed her mind.

If Chaos was doing this all for a whim, why did she teach her about human connections? The meaning of their life and their purpose.

Furrowing her brows, Chaos stared at Anima for a good moment.

"If you say so… Come here for a moment, I have something else to give you. I've designed a little something to help us regulate the cycles. As powerful as we are, handling millions of them at once is quite the tall task." She smiled, changing the topic.

Trying her best to forget about her worries, Anima made her way over to Chaos.

"I know how much you like books so I have prepared something for you."

Placing a book in front of Anima, Chaos smiled and gestured for Anima to open it and give it a read.

The moment she opened the book, Anima widened her eyes.

Within the book, it detailed several experiments already. Records of the cycle's achievements and advancements in overall human technology. It only detailed the movements of humanity as a whole but rarely detailed the individual.

"Did this record the cycle I was in?" Anima asked, wanting to see what it documented.

"Oh yeah it did. It should be the latest one." Chaos nodded while making her way to the table on the side and bringing up several cycles in preparation to begin the Garden Project.

She had sent Anima down to a simulation in order to learn about regulating human numbers, life and death. She knows that Anima is smart so she wasn't worried that she wouldn't understand her choices.

Reading through the logs, feelings Anima didn't want were rising in her heart.

All these years of accomplishments, all these disasters, there was nothing regarding anyone from her village except the massacre she caused, resulting in witch hunts across the country for the believers of Pyre. One of the workers in the Marquess' mansion survived and realised that it was her who was behind it all.

This book did not care at all about the individual.

Clutching her chest in pain, Anima bit her lip as she couldn't understand what was happening to her.

"Mother, when I was in the cycle, there were people who I believe would've be remarkable individuals that can change the world if given the right surroundings. Perhaps recording just the overall view of the cycle will miss out on such people."

Hearing this, Chaos furrowed her brows before shaking her head.

"I had thought of that already. But I'm not looking for the individual. I'm trying to find a world where they grow enough to project the planet and allow a flood of mana. The humans have creative minds and find different ways to manipulate the world. Once the cycles are done and the Garden Project finishes, there will be a cycle that obtains the optimal results needed for this world. If at that point, the world is still a failure then we can just restart and choose different variables for the experiments." Chaos replied.

"Alright, I have everything set up now. Get your sister and we can begin."

Hearing this, Anima reluctantly nodded her head while taking the book with her.

Biting her finger nail on the way out, Anima kept glancing at the book before deciding to interfere with it. This'll be her first time going against what her mother says since this book should be 'perfect' by Chaos' standard.

But Anima couldn't leave it like this. If she did, the pain in her chest would never go away.

Taking a deep breath, a tier 9 magic circle appeared in her hand as she revealed the book's composition. She wanted to see how Chaos designed the book so that she could add some requirements of her own without overloading the book.

The moment the composition revealed itself, a giant array of complicated magic circles burst out in an instant. The aura that she could feel from the book was akin to that of a new born god. One still in its infancy but on the level of both Aria and herself.

Focusing her gaze, she tried to emulate the method Chaos usually uses in an attempt to modify the contents but something was missing.

The book was actively rejecting the changes and refused to be modified. Only the creator and itself can make the changes.

Furrowing her brows, Anima had a thought. Chaos had mentioned that this book was a gift for her meaning she could do whatever she wanted with it.

Her idea was risky but she had to do it. She couldn't let this book and the Garden Project ignore the individual like this. If it did, people like the Marquess and the Priest will be allowed to live with no repercussions so long as the whole is good.

Placing her hand on her chest, Anima gritted her teeth and opened a hole. The aura of destruction spilled out as Anima started to entwine the two together. If she assimilated this book to herself, she'll be able to make corrections that even Chaos cannot change.

Red circuit patterns started to spread itself through her body starting from her chest as her aura was going through some changes of its own but the core was still destruction. After a few moments, the assimilation was completed as Anima flicked her hand and an interface appeared before her.

It showed all the contents that had been recorded by the book including the cycle she was in.

Now that the book was merged with her, she counted as the book itself and thus could change the components that make up this book.

"I need it to record everything about the individual, their accomplishments in life, their goals, it should help them achieve it. They should be allowed to gain certain access to this book, even if it's the basic functions." Anima muttered as she started to create features that she believes would benefit the people. Once she was done, she was satisfied with what she ended up with. She couldn't monitor it forever so there will be remarkable people chosen to help operate this book if they wish.

Happy with her work, she made her way to find Aria so that they can begin the project.

Meanwhile, Shiro watched with a slight frown on her face.

She realised that if this is indeed the first world before the cycles, what she had just witnessed was the first Anima creating the system. She was responsible for the fact that the system is catered towards the individual.

'I wasn't entirely wrong. Chaos did create the system, but Anima improved upon it. Though from what I'm seeing, Chaos wouldn't think of this as an improvement. She doesn't seem to care for the individual but rather humanity as a concept. She is the mother of the universe and the people in each cycle are just a small part of the whole.' Shiro scratched her hair, realising that Chaos never truly cared deeply for anyone except her own daughters. Though that was just her estimation from what she's seen thus far.

The biggest realisation for her was that Anima created the system because she learned to be human during the years she spent in that village. Even though she said it was no longer her paradise, she still held some lingering attachment to that place. The people who grew up alongside her, the genuine connections she had and the pain of seeing it all go away.

There was a theory forming in Shiro's mind but she cannot be sure just yet.

With Anima finding Aria, the first of the cycles could now begin.

Chaos noticed the change within the book but decided to let it be for now. It just meant that there was more work to be done while each cycle advances. Since it was Anima, she'll allow this.

"Aria, you'll be responsible for creating all of the cycles up until the reset. You can vary the types of worlds however you want. I'll just observe for now because I've already done everything I should do. Anima will be destroying the worlds that have exhausted their uses so new ones can take its place. Use the book to help you with documenting the major changes and the next cycle will improve upon it." Chaos intrusted before stepping back.

Anima nodded her head and took several deep breaths before gesturing for Aria to start.𝐟𝗿𝐞𝐞𝐰𝗲𝗯𝐧𝗼𝘃𝐞𝐥.𝗰𝐨𝗺

Unable to contain her excitement, Aria gathered her power and created a universe between her palms. Planets formed into reality and lives started to prosper.

Closing her eyes, Anima focused her mind on the book that was now tied to her soul. She could see the events being noted down, the individual achievements and their goals.

A warm feeling blossomed in her chest as she could see many succeeding their goals using the new gift she had given them.

Since it was a gift given from the start, they grow to be accustomed to its help.

*Drip

Pausing for a moment, Anima wiped her finger against her nose and noticed that she was now bleeding.

A flood of information crashed into her mind, the collective hate of the world, the wars, the destruction, everything. Curses towards the gift, pain from the oppressors crushing the weak. Through linking her soul with the book, she now experienced everything that ever happened within the cycles.