Maria's child was much like Winter's.
After five years, the child Winter carried was still just as abstract, only a size larger.
At the same time, two six-pointed spots of light resembling eyes had appeared within the vortex.
The child in Maria's belly, meanwhile, was simply a sphere.
The sphere looked so perfect that it could even be called the most perfect sphere in the world.
The sphere's surface was a mass of chaos, perpetually grayish-white.
Only two dots, one black and one white, constantly roamed across it, showing that the thing was alive.
By now, both women had long since grown accustomed to the utterly abstract children in their bellies.
Their pregnancies had also been formally announced to the public several years earlier.
From then on, their safety precautions and security clearances had risen to among the highest levels in the entire Light Empire.
Each now had a thousand-strong personal guard regiment of Human Emperor Heavenly Soldiers permanently stationed at her side.
These guard regiments took orders directly from Jilman and were equipped from head to toe with the Light Empire's finest equipment and latest genetic modifications.
Besides these two guard regiments, each woman also had a two-hundred-strong security team of top players.
Those two hundred positions were not fixed; large numbers of top players rotated through them regularly.
Wheelchair, Eyes, Polar Bear, Ever Upward, Fishing Guy, Natural Jade Feet, White Stripe in the Waves, Great Wu Territory... and many more.
All the most elite players had taken turns performing security duties around the two "Godmothers."
Aside from the players, each woman also had a particularly attentive sister serving as her protector.
They were Emma and Dora.
In the thirteenth month after Su Yi's departure, both had completed their ascensions.
Having acquired part of the twins' divine authority, Emma