"UWAAAAAA!!!!!!"

[B-But just stay calm... This time, I will select the right and different Adherent. They will surely complete their tasks smoothly without troubling you.]

"You said that before!"

[I guarantee this time there won't be an Adherent who will trouble you. They will strive to resolve your issues without you having to ask.]

"Oh? Why is that? Can't you control the world's inhabitants due to the Free Will Constraint?"

Terra can perceive everything happening within its world and possesses calculating abilities so advanced that it can even foresee the future. However, despite this, Terra can't directly control the beings in its world. It can only influence their decisions through other people or natural phenomena.

For example, if Terra wants someone to stay indoors for a full day, it can create heavy rain lasting the whole day. However, if that person still chooses to leave their house on that day, Terra can't do anything about it.

That's why Adherents are so crucial. They are the ones who can have direct contact with Terra and receive its orders. Adherents can't reveal the reasons behind their actions to fulfill a quest. They also can't disclose Terra's existence to other beings. In fact, some Adherents don't even know about Terra; they simply see quests and the rewards they gain as their "golden fingers."

Although Terra can assign quests to Adherents, it can't force them. Nevertheless, Terra can reward Adherents for successfully completing quests and apply punishments for failures. However, both rewards and punishments have constraints that still leave Adherents with the choice to undertake quests or not.

This is the Constraint that Terra has, known as the 'Free Will Constraint.' Terra doesn't know who imposed this Constraint on it or why it was given. It simply senses the influence of a much greater power, guiding it through invisible laws.

No other Adherent knows Terra's secret except for Blood Master, and Terra has only shared this information with Blood Master. Their relationship truly resembles that of a mother and her son, making it entirely fitting that among all the Adherents, only Blood Master is worthy of being called the Son of Heaven.

[You don't need to worry; I won't violate the Free Will Constraint. I assure you that they will do it willingly, and they want to do it so much that even if you were to forbid them, they would still help you.]

Blood Master could sense a cunning smile in Terra's robotic voice, sending shivers down his imaginary spine. He didn't know what his mother was planning or when she had learned to be this crafty.

"What are you planning, Mother?"

[Never mind, you don't need to know. Consider it a surprise from me for all the help you've provided. Just enjoy it; I'm sure you'll be satisfied with my gift. Nevertheless, the world has been utterly destroyed, leaving no trace. I need to restart it from the beginning so that the next trial can proceed. May I use the Fate you possess to assist me?]

"Hmm? Did you just change the subject? Take as much Fate as you want from me; I don't really care. Besides, what I have is yours," said Blood Master, untroubled.