Interdimensional Fishing

For the time being, the basic construction came to an end, and Ron connected the chaos inside the Mysterious Door to a certain special channel.

A moment later, purple light spread out and condensed into a twisted projection.

When the projection first appeared, it looked like a mass of black sludge that was constantly writhing, purple lightning flickering along its edges.

Then the sludge began to "grow" things.

First came countless tiny tentacles. They stretched and bent like an octopus's arms, with several blinking little eyes growing at their tips;

Then came a "face," if that mass of twisted light and shadow could be called a face.

"Baby!"

Nari's voice came from that huge mouth, carrying obvious cheer:

"You finally remembered to contact mom!"

Several tentacles whipped back and forth excitedly.

"Mom... you seem to be in a good mood today?"

He spoke tentatively.

"Of course!"

Nari's tentacles waved happily, like an excited puppy wagging its tail:

"My baby contacted mom on his own. How could mom not be happy?"

"I thought you'd forgotten mom completely!"

As she spoke, several tentacles curled up pitifully.

"That acting..."

Deep in his consciousness, Aselia's voice came through, holding back laughter:

"If someone didn't know better, they'd think she was some little pet neglected by its owner."

"Aselia!"

Nari's projection suddenly froze, then "looked" precisely into the empty space behind Ron:

"You little ice block, you still have the nerve to talk?"

"You're hiding deep in Baby's soul like a parasite, without even a proper body. What right do you have to laugh at me?"

Her tentacles jabbed angrily at the air, as if she meant to drag the Dragon Soul hiding in Ron's consciousness out:

"If it weren't for Baby's sake, I would've pulled you, you worm, out of his soul long ago