"The next step is to Cultivate the Blossom of life. We’ve tried to give it Liquified Essence before but it didn’t work so I think it might need something else." Lamira shook her head as Shiro furrowed her brows.

  ’If the Liquified Essence didn’t help then it might make things annoying. Since it’s a way to skip the majority of the tower, I doubt it wants us to grow it from scratch so there must be something that this seed needs to bloom.’ Shiro thought to herself while holding the seed.

  Remembering Gaia’s myth, Shiro tried to think of what might be a clue to help her Cultivate the blossom.

  Despite Gaia being a loud and demanding goddess, she could also be caring and loving at times. In her myth, after Ouranos had trapped his children in her wound, she plotted with her son Cronos to revolt against the Primordial God of the Sky.

  After that, she also instigated a clash between titans and gods that came after also known as the Olympians which included Zeus, Hades, Poseidon and so on.

  In her myth, she caused two great battles which changed the order of the world so Shiro figured that it could be something along those lines for her to Cultivate the Blossom.

  "Lamira, is there a way to go back and forth from the real world and the spirit world?" Shiro asked while turning towards her.

  "There is but it’ll take more energy if you don’t use a natural gate like the pool that Ran had used." Lamira replied.

  "Hmm…… what kind of energy does it use? Is it the same one that powers my True Spirit Nature?" Shiro asked curiously.

  "Kind of. It’s the same energy you use to activate your divinities so when you open up a portal, you’ll feel a wave of fatigue wash over you." Lamira explained.

  "Huh? You get exhausted when using your divinity? I mainly get exhausted from hunger more than anything." Shiro tilted her head as Lamira glanced at her in shock.

  "Wait so you don’t get tired even when you use Ouranos’ Divinity???" Lamira asked.

  "Am I supposed to?" Shiro asked.

  ". . .Each divinity has a drain on your body every time you use it. For normal people, using Ouranos’ Divinity for more than an hour would completely exhaust them. For a lower divinity, they can at most use it for a few hours. What’s the longest that you’ve used a divinity?"

  "A whole day? I was mostly hungry so I had some food but I didn’t feel exhausted from using my divinities. And for your information, my first divinity is from Nike. I was mostly flying around all day using her power." Shiro shrugged.

  Hearing that Shiro had used her divinity for a whole day, Lamira couldn’t help but feel lightheaded.

  "Is there a way to see how much energy I have then?" Shiro asked since this wasn’t like the system where she could see her mana.

  All she knew was that she had never gotten tired from using her divinity.

  "There is I guess. Give me a moment then." Lamira sighed as she soared into the air.

  Not too long after, she returned with two flowers.

  "If you drip the dew from this flower into your eyes, it allows you to see the energy radiating from a person. Naturally, you can only see as much as they reveal but it’s hard for most people to hide that so 8 times out of 10, the reading you see is accurate." Lamira said as she handed her one of the flowers.

  "Hmm…… I see."

  Tilting her head back, Shiro watched as a golden drip of liquid fell onto her eyes as she felt a cool sensation spread around her eyes.

  Closing them for a moment, she opened them back up to a desaturated world. Most of the colours that she would have seen were not quite greyscale but it was close.

  Looking towards Lamira, she could see a faint veil of light blue energy swirl around her.

  "What you’re seeing is how much energy I have. And since I have been suppressing it, you can’t get the real amount. This is my energy without suppression." Lamira said as her aura burst forwards.

  Expanding in an instant, her energy increased in size and towered over the two of them.

  "I have more energy than most people hence it’s size. But I’m surprised about your highness. There is not a single speck of energy on you." Lamira said as normally, one would see some energy even if they tried to surpass themselves as best they can.

  But for Shiro, there was no energy at all.

  "Oh I’m used to suppressing myself so that I don’t get noticed. Give me a moment." Shiro said as she took a deep breath.

  Focusing her mind, she released her aura that she had always kept surpassed.

  Wind exploded around her as Lamira was pushed back by a few meters.

  As she was shielding her eyes, Lamira couldn’t see the energy flow but when she looked up, she was shocked at what she was seeing.

  Limitless energy that looked like it could encompass the entire city spread out before her.

  There were multiple colours to her energy but the most predominant one was the same merging of green and blue that she had seen when Shiro activated her Spirit Nature.

  ’No wonder she didn’t feel exhausted. Even Ouranos’ Divinity would have a hard time chipping away at this much energy. How does she have so much to begin with?’ Lamira wondered to herself in disbelief.

  Ignoring Lamira, Shiro looked up and saw her energy and furrowed her brows, wondering what could have caused this.

  However, remembering that she had access to Celestial Energy which merged with her mana after her trial with Kuromi, Shiro figured that this mix is probably the same thing that is used in this world.

  With 1.5 points of reserved energy, it would be a surprise if she had gotten exhausted by just flying around for a bit.

  But there was one thing that she understood. Despite having powers received from gods, their drains were less than that of her skills. Meaning, in the long run, her skills will surpass the power of gods.

  A good example would be Force of Elements. This skill takes percentile mana and increased in power the more elements she mixed in. Compared to the power of using wind as both a means of attack and as defence, Force of Elements was much better since it was the extreme of offensive attacks.

  Thinking of her skills that were better than Ouranos’ Divinity, Shiro realised that she basically had no defensive skills. Most of her skills are either offensive, evasive, control and healing.

  While she could act as a tank, it was mostly brute forcing the tank role thanks to the weaker skills she could use from her data book of skills that she’s recycled.

  ’Meh, the best offence is the best defence. When I can cut down every attack like mum, it’ll be my best defence.’ Shiro thought to herself since she was pretty sure that she would have been injured quite heavily if she was in her mother’s position when they had a spar.

  With a rain of bullets descending on her, her only options would be to erect a rotational defence or jump into the rift. The first had a high chance of being pierced and the second was a broken skill in the right hands if they have good reaction speed.

  If she had her mother’s abilities along with her rift strider skill, she would be truly unhittable.

  Shaking her head, she suppressed her aura and the energy disappeared.

  "How long will the flower’s effects last for?" Shiro asked.

  "Another 15 minutes at best. Could be sooner." Lamira replied as she was still trying to digest the fact that Shiro had so much energy.

  "I see. So how do I open the portal to go back and forth from this place?"

  "Before I tell you that, can I ask a question?"

  "Go on." Shiro nodded.

  "How do you have that much energy? I thought only the gods or demi gods could possess this much energy. The reason why everyone else in this world has this kind of energy is thanks to the divinities but yours is clearly not the case. Are you a god?" Lamira asked.

  Pausing for a second, Shiro wondered to herself.

  "I’m not a god yet. But, I think I might be close to half god? I’ve already got a place in the Hall of Divine and the other gods have noticed me so I should be pretty close." Shiro shrugged.

  Hearing that Shiro had just admitted to almost being a god despite not being a year old in the outside world, Lamira only sighed and told her the way to open the portal back and forth from the spirit world.

  When she gets back to her office she might need to ask for a replacement table for her to flip.