Some readers previously said that chapters of over 4,000 characters were tiring to read, so I promised not to post long chapters.
But today's content was hard to split without breaking its continuity.
I wrote everything out first and then divided it up, which was why I was late.
The next chapter will be up in ten minutes.
January 7, 1517. Headquarters of the Happiness and Peace of Mind Committee.
Lilith lay sprawled over the desk by the window, stretching languidly in the midday sunlight.
Little Aisa, who was working with her today, was curled up on the office sofa reading a comic.
Although the committee was Babylon's secret police, only a handful of its departments had adopted that village's Root-style setup.
After all, its public role was that of an "agency for surveying social conditions and public opinion," so its main offices were on the Temple's second floor, in a bright, sunny working environment.
Thanks to Sephiroth's Devil Fruit powers and lunar technology, productivity in Babylon had skyrocketed, leaving practically no "dirty work" to be done.
Even the department's employees privately described their jobs as watching surveillance footage and handing out questionnaires.
"...Lily, I brought lunch."
Sephiroth opened the office door, a food basket floating behind him.
"Sephi, perfect timing. I was just planning to come see you this afternoon."
Lilith was wearing a black Gothic dress today, modeled after Kurumi Tokisaki's. The languid expression on her delicate, doll-like face gave her an extra touch of allure.
"Mm, with this outfit, covering one eye with your hair really completes the look."
Sephiroth reached out and rearranged Lilith's waterfall of long silver hair, letting her bangs cover the left half of her beautiful face.
"Like this...it's really hard to see..."
The two flirted for a little while, leaving Aisa