The following story takes place in an alternate version of the same Sangai universe that my Master of Death fantasy series takes place in, where (unlike in MoD) genies that have the power to grant wishes exist.

Although I actually originally wrote this back in 2020-2021 to enter in a story contest in a group here on Paint (which I unfortunately never got to enter it in BTW), I have since added some additional dialogue for some of the characters (particularly Mahou), and this added dialogue has been placed into the various spoilers present in the later portions of this blog.
(So that you can skip over it if you'd rather read it as it was originally written instead.)

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On the southeastern coast of Terrapin, in the small Sea Elven fishing village of Pescataria lived Ray Saltwater and his family.

Ray Saltwater was a 124 year old Sea Elf boy (which is around 12 in "Elf years", who lived with his mother Aquaria Saltwater, his father Marino Saltwater, his big sister Sharka Saltwater, his little sister Chimaera Saltwater, and a number of (mostly saltwater) fish that they kept as pets in very well-maintained marine aquaria.

Like most Pescatarians, the Saltwaters were a family of saltwater fishermen catching fish from the waters of the Endless Sea, not only to feed themselves and to sell as food to others, but also to sell as pets to other aquarists like themselves.

One day when his father and his big sister were out fishing on his father's ship, the S.S. Cretoxyrhina, Ray decided to sneak out to go out and do some fishing himself, hoping that he might actually be able to catch the living fossil fish of legend, which was said to reside deep in the depths of the Endless Sea, just as they did hundreds of millions of years ago.

Although Ray had gone on fishing trips with his dad before on the weekends, he was still "too young" to go on those deep sea fishing trips on the Cretoxyrhina like his sister got to, and so in an effort to impress his father, he got his rod and his reel, and then he, his little sister Chimaera, and his girlfriend good friend Remora Seagreen all got into one of his dad's small fishing boats, and went out to sea…

Remora: So was your mom really OK with you "borrowing" one of your dad's fishing boats to try to do this?

Ray: Yep, and she was even cool with my lil' sis coming along!

Ray: She knows that I've been out fishing with Dad like a zillion times before, and that I already know how to handle Dad's fishing boats by now.

Chimaera: But what about the weather? Isn't it dangerous to be out at sea in a small boat like this in the rain?

Ray: Nah, the waters around here are pretty calm, especially during light rain like this.

Ray: According to legend, the Coelacanth is said to leave its secret hiding place in the depths only during "dark stormy nights", not light afternoon showers like this, but I'm still hopeful that we can catch it anyway!

Chimaera: "Rainy days make the fish come play", right?

Ray: Yep, that's how the old saying goes!

Of the three of them, Ray was the one with the most fishing (and boating) experience, but Remora and Chimaera weren't without some fishing experience themselves either, and so all 3 of them tried their hand at trying to catch the Coelacanth that they all hoped might be hiding somewhere in the beautiful aquamarine waters, awakened from its slumber in the depths by the falling raindrops from above…

Unfortunately, although they were all able to catch plenty of fish (especially Horse Mackerel), most of the big ones got away, and they didn't catch a single Coelacanth.

Ray: Man, this stinks!

Ray: We've been out here fishing for, what, 4 hours? And what do we have to show for it? A bunch of Horse Mackerel, Sea Bass, and old boots?!

Remora: Hey now, you shouldn't be so dismissive of everything that we caught today.

Remora: We may have all hoped that it was a Shark, but it was still fun watching your sister reel in that Ocean Sunfish all by herself.

Chimaera: Yeah! Ocean Sunfish are AWESOME!

Remora: And don't forget that I caught that Blue Marlin earlier.

Ray: Yeah, those are pretty hard to catch…

Remora: And don't forget about yourself! Not only did you manage to catch all of those Red Snappers and Barred Knifejaws, but you even managed to catch a Ray, the fish that you were named after!

Ray: OK, so I guess it was a pretty good fishing trip after all, but you still can't blame me for being disappointed.

Ray: I mean, every time that I saw a large shadow out in the water I thought to myself "this is it!", only for it to get away or turn out to be another stupid Sea Bass.

Remora: Hey! Sea Bass are Evelyn's creatures too, and don't deserve to be insulted just because you wished that they were something else!

Ray: I'm sorry, I'm just frustrated by how things turned out.

Remora: That's understandable.

Ray: Anyway, the rain has already stopped, and Dad and Big Sis will be heading home soon, so we probably should too.

As they they headed back home, they took the time to catch every fish that they happened to see in the water on their way back.

There were far fewer (and far less valuable) fish in the clear weather than there had been in the rain, but they still managed to catch a Red Snapper or two, as well as plenty of Sea Bass, Horse Mackerel, old boots, and empty cans.

Upon arriving back at Pescataria, Chimaera happened to notice one last fish in the water.

Chimaera: Hey! We missed that little one over there!

Ray: Bah! It's probably just another empty can or something…

Remora: You shouldn't be so dismissive of smaller fish like that.

Remora: There are plenty of small reef fish that would look cute in a nano-reef aquarium.

Remora: And it doesn't even look that small, really. It could even be a Cookiecutter Shark, or one of those Magic Carps that grow up and turn into Sea Dragons.

Although he knew it wasn't a small shark or some magical sea carp, he found Remora's imagination (which reminded him of his own) intriguing, and so he went ahead and tried to catch it.

Immediately upon casting his line the small shadow bit down on it, and so he reeled it in.

Ray: See? Just another empty c–!

Ray: What the heck…?

Remora: It looks almost like the Magic Lamp from that old Sunarian fairytale.

Chimaera: Do you think that it has a Genie inside?

Remora: I don't know, but it might…

Ray: One thing's for sure though: we shouldn't mess with it until Dad and Big Sis are back home, and we've shown it to both them and Mom.

Remora already had her parents permission to stay over at the Saltwaters' for dinner, and so the 3 of them went back to Ray and Chimaera's house and informed their mom of what they had found.

Aquaria: Well, this is definitely a Magic Lamp, but there's no guarantee that there's still a Djinn living inside of it.

Chimaera: What's a "Djinn"?

Aquaria: It is another name for Genies.

Chimaera: Oh…

Aquaria: You see, for hundreds of thousands of years there have been legends of people finding lamps like this one with Djinn trapped inside of them.

Aquaria: Many of these legends originate from the Suna region to the west, but people have actually found lamps like this in other parts of the world as well.

Aquaria: The Djinn are believed to be the children of the Goddess of Chaos, and that she unleashed them upon the world with their godlike wish-granting powers long ago, simply because she thought that it'd be funny at the time.

Ray: …Really?

???: That's what she said!

Remora: OK, who just said that?

???: Just lil' old me.

Whip: It is I, Whip Anarchy, Chaos Goddess extraordinaire!

Aquaria: …Could you please leave? I was trying to tell my children about the history of the Djinn.

Whip: Oh…

Whip: Meh, whatever! This whole non-violent fishing story schtick is boring as heck anyway.

Whip: Ciao!

Aquaria: …Anyway, where was I?

Chimaera: The Chaos Goddess making Genies because they're funny?

Aquaria: Right…

Aquaria: Anyway, after she did this, it obviously led to great instability and chaos here in Midgard, as you can't just have a bunch of beings that can make anything that they wish a reality without there being a lot of consequences…

Aquaria: It is said that the Cosmic Regulator then intervened, and placed a number of restrictions on the wish-granting powers of the Djinn, and imprisoned them all in Magic Lamps like this one.

Aquaria: The biggest restriction that he placed on their wish-granting powers is to force them to use them for their "master" rather than for themselves, and to limit them to only being able to use this power a certain number of times.

Remora: Just like in the fairytales?

Aquaria: Yes, just like in the fairytales.

Aquaria: Crystalline Lamps contain S-class Genies that grant 10 wishes, Platinum Lamps have A-class Genies that grant 5 wishes, and Golden Lamps like this one contain B-class Genies that grant 3 wishes.

Ray: Are there others, or did we find the worst type?

Aquaria: There are also Silver Lamps that have C-class Genies which grant 2 wishes, as well as Bronze Lamps that have D-class Genies which can grant only 1 wish.

Ray: Oh…

Ray: I assume even Bronze Lamps are still super rare and valuable though, right?

Aquaria: Absolutely, although selling Magic Lamps is somewhat awkward because of how they work.

Ray: Why is that?

Aquaria: You see, once a Genie is awakened for the first time, the person who did so becomes their "master".

Aquaria: The Genie can then only grant their master's wishes, or the wishes of their master's friends and family, and only if their master specifically instructs them to do so.

Aquaria: Even if the master wanted to sell the lamp, they couldn't get the Genie to recognize the person who they sold it to as their master, nor could they get them to grant the new owner's wishes.

Ray: …Unless they were selling the lamp to a friend or relative, right?

Aquaria: Yes, that is correct.

Remora: What about selling the lamp without awakening the Genie first?

Aquaria: That can work, but there's no way for the buyer to know that they aren't getting a used one without testing it themselves first, which would make them the Genie's master.

Marino: …Only a fool would want to sell something as powerful as a Magic Lamp anyway.

Chimaera: Yay! Daddy's home!

Aquaria: Hi Honey. The kids were just showing me a Golden Lamp that they caught while they were out fishing earlier today.

Sharka: You guys went fishing too?

Ray: Yeah, but we didn't catch much…

Ray: I took one of Dad's boats out in the rain hoping to catch a Coelacanth, but the best thing that we ran into was a Shark that turned out to just be an Ocean Sunfish…

Marino: Wait, the 3 of you actually caught an Ocean Sunfish?

Chimaera: I caught it all by myself!

Marino: My little girl caught an Ocean Sunfish all by herself?!

Marino: …Tell me, what else did you kids catch?

Ray: Other than the Sunfish? Well, I caught a Ray, and Remora caught a Blue Marlin, but that's about it.

Marino: My son Ray caught a Ray?!

Marino: It sounds like you 3 had a GREAT fishing trip, and I'm incredibly proud of each of you!

Ray: …But I didn't catch a Coelacanth…

Sharka: You caught a Magic Lamp, Ray. You do realize that you could just wish for a trillion Coelacanths with that, right?

Marino: We don't know that for sure just yet.

Marino: Anyway, go ahead and give your mom the lamp Ray.

Ray: Alright.

Ray handed the Golden Lamp to his mother, and then she gently stroked it to attempt to awaken the Genie that may still dwell inside of it.

Nothing happened at first, but after about half a minute a Genie began to emerge from the lamp…

Genie: Greetings, Sea Elf woman. I am Chiraji, granter of wishes.

Chiraji looked around the room and saw Aquaria's family, as well as Remora.

Chiraji: I see that you are married, and a mother of 3 children.

Chiraji: In accordance with the Cosmic Regulations governing us Djinn, you, who have awakened me from my eternal slumber and freed me from my eternal imprisonment, are now my master.

Chiraji: Cosmic Regulations dictate that I, Chiraji of the Golden Lamp, am required to only use my wish-granting powers as you would have me use them, and for no more than a total of 3 wishes.

Chiraji: Cosmic Regulations also permit me to grant the wishes of any member of your family, or of that girlfriend of your son's, if you so choose.

Both Ray and Remora blushed when they heard Chiraji say that, but they both remained completely silent.

Chiraji: After I have granted a total of 3 wishes to you and/or your loved ones, Cosmic Regulations stipulate that I shall lose my wish-granting powers forever, be freed from my bond to the lamp, and allowed to live a free life as a mortal.

Chiraji: You should also know that Cosmic Regulations put certain other limitations on my wish-granting powers, which may limit my ability to serve you.

Aquaria: Like the whole "no wishing for more wishes" thing?

Chiraji: Yes, that is one such restriction.

Aquaria: …Could I see all of the relevant Cosmic Regulations on paper, please?

Chiraji: …What?

Aquaria: I mean, I'd rather not have to use up one of my wishes to get it if I don't have to, but if I do then…

Chiraji: No no, that won't be necessary. I'm just a little surprised, that's all…

Chiraji then went back inside of her Golden Lamp, to print up copies of all of the Cosmic Regulations that affect a Genie's ability to grant their master's wishes.

Sharka: Way to go Mom! Looks like everything that you learned in law school is starting to pay off!

Ray: …OK, what just happened?

Marino: You see Son, most of the people who were lucky enough to find Genies in the past were idiots, not legal experts like your mom…

Remora: Isn't that a bit harsh?

Aquaria: It might be, but he's right.

Aquaria: You kids remember all of those fairytales about people finding Genies in Magic Lamps, right?

Ray. …Yeah.

Aquaria: In every single one of them they wasted their wishes on shortsighted, foolish, or completely trivial things, and in many cases their own wishes backfired on them due to improperly wording them.

Marino: Exactly.

Marino: Although the Djinn are believed to be children of Chaos, due to all of the Cosmic Regulations imposed on them, as well as their own tricky nature, they are quite fluent in Legalese.

Ray: "Legalese"?

Marino: The ancient language of lawyers and legislators, said to have been first used by the Cosmic Regulator himself when the Current World Order was first established.

Marino: Fortunately for all of us, your mom is quite fluent in Legalese, unlike every individual known to have found a Magic Lamp in the past.

Aquaria: Correct.

Aquaria: If they are permitted to do so by Cosmic Regulations, a Genie must grant their master's wishes exactly as their master states them to them.

Aquaria: Any details not clearly specified by their master by using proper Legalese, however, are entirely up to the Genie to decide for themself, oftentimes at the expense of their master…

Aquaria: For example, you may recall the story of the man who wished for a mountain of gold that reached up into the heavens, only for it appear directly above him and crush him.

Ray: Ah, I think I get it now… "Be careful what you wish for", right?

Aquaria: Not quite.

Aquaria: I mean, that is important as well, but it is equally important to be careful about how your wishes are worded, and to be as specific as possible in your language, so that the Genie cannot interpret your wish in a way that causes other problems.

Aquaria: Had that man simply specified the precise dimensions, weight, latitude, longitude, and altitude of the mountain of gold, as well as the precise time which it should appear, it would've been impossible for the Genie to have interpreted his wish the way that they did, and he could've been the wealthiest man in all of Midgard, as well as living long enough to have his remaining 2 wishes granted.

Aquaria: …Although Chiraji didn't mention this, a Genie is also freed from their bond to the lamp if their master dies, and while Cosmic Regulation prohibits a Genie from taking any action against their master, this "wish loophole" allows a Genie to turn their master's own wishes against them if they want to.

Ray: I see…

Aquaria: She's also required by Cosmic Regulations to honestly answer all of our questions about these things by the way, so if one of us were to ask her about it, she'd actually have to admit it herself.

Ray: Hmm… Is that why you knew you could ask her for those legal documents before?

Aquaria: Yes, that is correct.

Aquaria: I wasn't 100% sure if she could present the information to me on paper without me using up one of the wishes, but apparently she can.

Aquaria: I figured that it'd be easier for both of us if she presented all of the pertinent information to me in writing, rather than me barraging her with a bunch of legal questions and her having to answer them all.

Remora: That makes sense.

Remora: So I take it that you really are the first legal scholar to wind up with a Genie then, right?

Aquaria: Based on how messed up everything in the Current World Order is, I'd say that that's a reasonable assumption to make.

Chiraji then reemerged from her lamp holding a large stack of papers.

Chiraji: I'm back!

Chiraji: Here are all of the documents that you had asked for, Master.

Chiraji then handed the large stack of papers to Aquaria.

Aquaria: Thank you.

Aquaria: …I know that the relationship between a Genie and their master is oftentimes an unpleasant one, but I want you to know that we all want you to have your freedom as much as you do, and that we'd prefer to think of you as a friend, rather than a servant or a tool.

Chiraji was somewhat surprised to hear Aquaria say that.

Chiraji: …Then why not simply wish for my freedom? There is no restriction on a Master setting their Genie free with their first wish?

Aquaria: Because unfortunately freeing you would come at the cost of you losing your wish-granting powers, and those miraculous powers of yours are far too great a gift to simply let go to waste.

Aquaria: For centuries both me and my husband have thought about what we'd do if we were ever fortunate enough to find a Djinn, and Evelyn has seen fit to bring you into our lives, and that cannot be a mere coincidence.

Chiraji: Hmm… I see…

Chiraji was intrigued by Aquaria's answer and impressed by her honesty, although she was now even more curious what exactly it was that she and her husband had actually wanted to use their wishes on.

Aquaria: I'll go over all of these documents that you gave me later on tonight, but right now I'm about to make dinner with some of the fish that my husband and children caught earlier today, and I was wondering if you'd like to join us?

Chiraji was feeling quite hungry after her long nap in the lamp for all of those hundreds of thousands of years, and the idea of eating a home-cooked seafood dinner sounded quite appealing to her.

Chiraji: Thank you Master! I would like that very much!

Marino, Sharka, and Ray all headed off to their local fresh fish market to sell all of the tasty but unwanted "food fish" (such as the Red Snappers) that they had caught, so that the fishmongers there could try to sell them to other hungry people to feed their families.

All of the other fish that they had been caught, however, were either sold to the local aquarium shops (so that people could buy them to keep as pets), released back into the Endless Sea to continue living their lives there, or were added to their own impressive home aquaria, which put most of the public aquaria in the Evilonian Empire far to the west to shame.

While they were all off at the fish market, Remora called her parents to inform them about the Genie situation, and also to ask them for their permission to spend the night over at the Saltwaters' place, which they gave.

After Ray, Sharka, and Marino all got back home, they and the others were all treated to a delicious seafood dinner that Aquaria had made for them all using some of the fish that they had caught earlier that day.

Aquaria: Alright everyone, dinner's ready!

Chiraji: Mmmm! This Barred Knifejaw sushi is absolutely DELICIOUS!

Ray: What about Mom's famous peanut butter and Jellyfish sandwiches? Those have always been my favorite.

Chiraji: Yes, those are delicious as well! And so is this Sea Bass casserole! And the Red Snapper fish sticks! And everything else that she made!

Sharka: Sounds like we have yet another big fan of your cooking, Mom.

Aquaria: Thank you! Although I take great pride in my knowledge of legal matters, I value my ability to make delicious meals for my family just as much, as well as my husband's and daughter's ability to go out and catch many of my ingredients.

Marino: Don't forget what Ray and Chimaera did too. They caught almost as much as we did this time, despite only being in a small boat and using a rod and reel instead of a net.

Ray: Yeah, I guess we didn't do half bad, but we still only caught about a fifth of what you and Big Sis caught, and that's mostly just 'cause we were lucky…

Everyone (especially Chiraji) enjoyed the delicious meal that Aquaria had prepared for them all, and shortly after dinner, everyone except for Aquaria had gone off to bed, and then she brewed herself up a pot of coffee to help her to stay awake, and she began to carefully go over all of the legal documents provided to her by Chiraji.

Both she and her husband were actually used to pulling all-nighters like this in the past, but there were a TON of documents to go over, and the carefully written Legalese of the Cosmic Regulator put even her vast knowledge and understanding of law to the test…

By the time her husband woke up at 4 AM (fishermen have to wake up early in the morning), she was already finished going over everything, and the two of them discussed their plans for what to do with their 3 wishes.

By 8 AM everyone else was awake, and Aquaria was ready to explain the situation to her children (and Remora), and then begin making her wishes.

Aquaria: OK, I went over everything very carefully, and just as me and your dad had already suspected, the wish-granting powers of the Djinn have a tremendous amount of potential, and that all of those who had been blessed with this sort of opportunity in the past must have wasted their wishes on foolish things.

Chimaera: What about all of that "Cosmic Legislation"?

Aquaria: They're actually called "Cosmic Regulations", and they're actually far looser than I expected them to be.

Sharka: Really?

Marino: Yes, which makes it even more tragic how the wish-makers of the past squandered their wishes.

Marino: Had they actually put a reasonable amount of thought into their wishes, they could've changed the world.

Aquaria: Most of the regulation is meant to address potential loopholes that the wish-maker could exploit to give themselves more wishes, or to allow the Djinn to use their wish-granting powers for themselves.

Remora: Really? That seems a bit odd…

Aquaria: Apparently the Cosmic Regulator was concerned that someone sympathetic to the plight of the Djinn might try to let them use their own powers bestowed upon them by the Chaos goddess.

Whip: Which would be moi!

Marino: …Just because you can pop up wherever you want and annoy people doesn't mean that you should.

Marino: And I thought that my wife already got rid of you yesterday? Are you really going to keep popping up and bothering us every time that we mention you?

Whip smirked mischievously.

Whip: Yes.

Whip: And geez! What's with you people anyway?! Why does your story have to be so damned long and boring when it isn't even canon?!

Whip: And considering that it was none other than ME who brought all of those lovely ladies like my girl Chiraji here into the world in the first place, couldn't I at least get a "thank you"?!

Marino: Thank you…

Marino: …Now please leave.

Whip: FINALLY!!!

Whip: Anyway, um, I'd like to thank everyone reading this right now for taking the time out of your busy schedules to read Draconid_Jo's long, boring, non-canonical MoD spinoff story about some weird Sea Elf family that you've never even heard of before and will likely never hear about again.

Whip: The ending is kinda weird, but y'all will be probably finding that out soon enough, assuming that you haven't already been bored to death by all of this long-winded crap about Genies and wishes that won't even carry over into the main story.

Whip: Anyhoo, I'll hopefully be making another special guest appearance in MoD Chapter IV, assuming that Draconid_Jo ever writes the damned thing…

Whip: Anyway, adios!



Aquaria: …Anyway, the rules do permit me to set Chiraji free before she has used all of her wishes up just like she said before, but doing so would get rid of her wish-making powers at the same time, just as I had suspected.

Aquaria: The Cosmic Regulator put all of these restrictions on the Djinn's wish-granting powers in the first place because if they were left unchecked, just as the Chaos goddess had originally intended for them to be, their powers could bring an end to the Current World Order altogether.



Chimaera: Our wishes can't accidentally hurt Evelyn though, can they?

Aquaria laughed briefly at her daughter's cutely innocent and naive question, and then she answered it.

Aquaria: No Sweetie, we don't have to worry about anything like that ever happening.

Aquaria: I mean, it would hurt Evelyn's feelings if we were to wish for something bad, like for somebody else to be hurt or something, but nothing that Chiraji, the Chaos goddess, the Cosmic Regulator, or anybody else could do could ever hurt Evelyn.

Marino: Yes, She created the whole universe Herself, and so She doesn't have anything to fear from anything within it.

Aquaria: Anyway, most of the restrictions are apparently about trying to prevent those 2 things from being wished for, as well as some other obvious things, such as a number of protections for the Cosmic Regulator himself.

Aquaria: There are also some weird, seemingly out-of-place rules, such as one prohibiting you from wishing that someone fall in love with you, and one preventing you from being able to wish for somebody else to die, although none of those rules are of any consequence.

Ray: Except for for the heroes in those old fairytales, who were always trying to win over a princess or defeat some bad guy or something.

Marino: Yes, but we already established that they were all idiots.

Aquaria: All things considered, these are some pretty well-written regulations, but the Cosmic Regulator's paranoia about those first 2 things happening caused him to overlook some key details in some of his Legalese, leaving some loopholes regarding other possibilities to be overlooked.

Aquaria: Anyway, me and my husband discussed everything earlier this morning, and I'm ready to make my first wish.

Chiraji: Alright Master, your wish is my command…

Aquaria: OK then…

Aquaria: My first wish is that all those who have died in the past, are dying in the present, or who will die in the future get to live out their afterlives in the [A=/blog/view.php?id=100698#:~:text=rather%20than%20burning%20in%20Hellfire%20for%20all%20eternity,%20they%20feel%20Heaven's%20Light%20shining%20on%20them%20instead]the Heavenly Light of Asgard[/A], from the moment of their death onwards for all eternity.

Chiraji: …I beg your pardon?

Aquaria: You see, although there are certain regulations in place to prevent the end of the Current World Order, there actually aren't any restrictions on altering the afterlives of the souls of the dead, nor any limitations on the number of souls whom I can affect with my wish.

Chiraji: I see…

Chiraji: Very well then Master, I shall grant you your wish…

Chiraji started chanting in an ancient language that sounded somewhat like incoherent gibberish, as though she was speaking in several different languages simultaneously.

Suddenly, the very fabric of the universe itself began to quake and tremble as a result of the immense impact of Aquaria's first wish. Clearly the Cosmic Regulator had noticed her wish…

Ray: What's happening?!

Aquaria: My guess would be that the Cosmic Regulator isn't particularly happy about me making that wish, although there isn't anything that he can actually do about it at this point.



After a minute or two the trembling had stopped, and everything appeared to return to normal.

Aquaria: …I guess it's over now.

Chiraji: Yes, and your wish has already taken effect.

Chiraji: …I must say that I'm quite impressed by you and your husband's cleverness, as well as your ambition.

Chiraji: You and your entire family are all wonderful, kindhearted people, and I couldn't have asked for a better master.

Aquaria: Thank you, I'm glad to hear that you feel that way about all of us.

Aquaria: I assume that you're still OK with me using our remaining 2 wishes rather than freeing you right away, right?

Chiraji: Of course! I am quite curious to see what you are going to use your next 2 wishes for!

Aquaria: Great! I'm going to let my husband make the next wish, although it technically doesn't matter who actually makes the wishes so long as they are worded properly.

Chiraji: Very well then Master, as you wish…

Marino: OK, here it goes…

Marino: I wish for 3 armies of 500,000,000 Crystalline Dracoliches each, one stationed in Helheim in the Dead Zone, one stationed here in Midgard in the Suna Region, and one stationed in Vanaheim in Asgard.

Marino: Each of these Dracoliches should have the same stats and abilities as the War god Adaman, should be completely obedient to both me and my wife at all times, should be able to communicate with both me and my wife across realms telepathically at all times, and should never take any action without specifically being instructed to do so by me or my wife.

Marino: Oh yeah! And they must all be placed in locations that don't harm any other living beings, or cause any destruction of anything that's important to any living beings.

Chiraji: WHAT THE HECK KINDA WISH IS THAT?!!!

Marino: I said everything correctly, right honey?

Aquaria: Yes, you said everything right.

Chiraji: That isn't exactly what I meant…

Chiraji: How the heck did you come up with some kinda crazy wish like that? And what is the point of it? A complete takeover of all of Sangai?

Marino: Pretty much.

Marino: Although my wife obviously helped me out with the wording of that wish, it was actually my idea.

Marino: You kids remember that story about the man who wished for an invincible army that would obey his every command?

Ray: Oh yeah! I remember that one!

Ray: He actually got the army, and they really were invincible, and they even did everything that he told them to do, but they couldn't even defeat a Level 1 Slime because their Strength and Magic stats were 0.

Marino: Precisely.

Marino: Although you can't just wish to rule all of Sangai, bring the Current World Order to an end, or make any wish that directly involves the Cosmic Regulator or Balroth in any way, the Cosmic Regulator actually left Adaman out of his regulations entirely, and so I can copy his stats and abilities for the Crystalline Dracoliches in my armies.

Aquaria: Yes, and there apparently aren't any restrictions on wishing for multiple armies of beings that are completely obedient to you either, nor on where they can be stationed, or even on the size of said armies.

Ray: Wow, that sounds kinda crazy to be honest…

Remora: …But why wish for armies of Crystalline Dracoliches? I know that they are incredibly powerful, but since you're just copying Adaman's stats and abilities anyway couldn't you have wished for armies of mice and it'd have been the exact same?

Sharka: Do you even have to ask why they chose Crystalline Dracoliches? It's 'cause they're FREAKING AWESOME!

Remora: Yes, I suppose you're right about that.



Chiraji: Anyway, I will go ahead and grant your father's wish right away.

Once again Chiraji started speaking in tongues, and once she was complete with her incantation, the fabric of reality once again started to tremble violently.

Ray: Is this going to happen every time that we make a wish?!



The violent trembling once again stopped after a few minutes, just like before, and once again everything seemed to have returned to normal.

Chiraji: Your 2nd wish has been granted just as you specified, Master…

Chiraji: I must say that I am once again quite impressed with your cleverness, although I still don't understand how the heck you two think of these things…



Sharka: 想像力が 足りないよ.

Chiraji: …What?

Sharka: That's Akushinese, and it means "it's beyond the power of your imagination".

Sharka: A Dragon Master who claimed to be from another universe once said those words to me, and he said that he heard them from another Dragon Master who exists in yet another universe…

Sharka: Those words held a deep personal for this Dragon Master, not only because of his feelings for the other Dragon Master that he had first heard them from, but also because he strongly believed that nothing should be beyond the power of our imaginations.

Chiraji: I see…

Chiraji: I must say, your parents certainly seem to have powerful imaginations, and they are truly testing the limits of what is possible with my wish-granting powers…



Marino: "I can do all things through the Goddess Evelyn, who strengthens me."

Chiraji: A verse from the Book of Evelyn…

Chiraji: I must say that you two seem to take that verse a bit more literally than most Evelynists do, though…

Chiraji: Anyway, who will be making the third and final wish?

Ray: Ooh! Pick me! Pick me! Pick me!

Marino: Sorry Son, but me and your mom already decided that your big sis was going to get the final wish.

Ray: What?! That's not fair! It was me and Remora who caught that lamp in the first place!

Remora: Don't forget about how Chimaera was the one who spotted it in the water.

Ray: Yeah! Give me, her, or Remora the wish instead!

Marino: …Honey, what do you think about that idea?

Aquaria: Are you OK with your little brother or sister using the third wish, Sharka?

Sharka: Eh, I don't care at this point, as you and Dad already wished for all of the most important stuff.

Sharka: I'd probably just wish for some cool Human girl to be born and invent Necromancy or something…

Remora: Why would you wish for that? Your mom's first wish already sent the souls of all who have died to Asgard.

Sharka: Exactly, so there wouldn't be much point in wishing for that now.

Sharka: Anyway, you can go ahead and give Ray the last wish, since I don't know what I'd do with at this point anyway.

Marino: Alright then, I'll give it to Ray then.

Ray: SWEET!

Ray: Time to wish for those trillion Coelacanths like Sharka suggested I do yesterday…

Aquaria, Marino, and Sharka were all shocked to hear Ray actually say that.

Ray: PSYCH! Y'all didn't actually think that I was going to wish for something silly like that, did you?

Ray had a smug look on his face, as he finally got back at his big sister for mocking him yesterday.

Sharka: You little–!

Marino: That's enough you two!

Marino: …Ray, please just make your wish already.

Ray: Alright, Dad…

Ray: In all seriousness, I was actually thinking of wishing for all of the seas of Midgard to be restored to their former glory, just as they were during the Old World Order tens of millions of years ago.

Sharka: Actually, that sounds like a pretty cool wish…

Remora: I certainly like that idea.

Ray then turned to his little sister.

Ray: What about you Sis? Do you think that that wish is a good one…?

Ray: …I mean, I wouldn't have even caught that Golden Lamp in the first place if it wasn't for you and Remora…

Chimaera: Hmm… I like it, but there's just one problem…

Ray: What is it?

Chimaera: Why only bring back the sea critters? Why not the land critters too?

Ray: Actually, would doing either of those things even be possible, Mom…?

Aquaria: Hmm… Well, there are plenty of regulations prohibiting the restoration of the Old World Order, but there aren't any restrictions regarding bringing back extinct species, so it should be possible…

Sharka: That's kinda surprising really. I mean, what if I had wished that cool Necromancer girl into existence? I'm guessing that she'd be able to bring back all of Midgard's extinct species as undead then, right?

Aquaria: From what I understand of tbe Cosmic Regulations regarding life and death, yes, that would be possible, although it would take someone with phenomenal magical abilities to be able to do so, and they'd have to have a complete understanding of all of the complexities of Soul Binding and Soul Summoning magics…

Sharka: In other words, they'd need to be a genius like you, right Mom?

Aquaria: I have a pretty good knowledge of Cosmic Regulations, as well as regular mortal laws, but theoretical magic is far more complicated than any of that, especially anything concerning souls…

Aquaria: Anyway, Ray, try wording your wish like this…

Aquaria whispered something in Ray's ear.

Ray: Got it Mom! Thanks!

Ray: Ahem!

Ray: I wish for all species that went extinct within the past 100,000,000,000,000 years to gradually reemerge into their natural environments over time until their populations there are reestablished, and for them to do so in a way that doesn't harm any currently extant species in a significant way…

Ray: …Can you do that for me Chiraji?

Chiraji: Of course! That is a fine third wish to make, and there is nothing in its wording that should prevent me from being able to grant it as you desire!

Ray: AWESOME!

Chimaera: Yay! The Coelacanths and Dinosaurs are coming back!

Sharka: Not to mention the Megalodons… Now THAT'S a fish that'd be fun to reel in!

Remora: What would you use as bait to catch one though? A small whale?



Chiraji began to recite her ancient wish-granting incantation once more. This time, however, the universe did not begin to tremble afterwards, as Ray's wish, though quite massive in its scope, was one for a gradual change to occur in the world over time, rather than the revolutionary ones like in his parents' wishes.

Chiraji: There you go! Your third and final wish has been granted!

Aquaria: So, now that you've granted all 3 of our wishes and are now freed from your bond to the lamp, were you planning on leaving us Chiraji?

Chiraji: Perhaps eventually, but I have no reason to do so right now, and I actually quite like it here with you and your family.

Chiraji: …It's alright with all of you if I stay here for now, right?

Marino: It's fine by me.

Ray: After you granting that AWESOME wish of mine, how could I say no?

Sharka: Sure, you'll hear no complaints from me.

Remora: I've grown quite used to you being here, actually.

Chimaera: Yeah, you're a part of our family now!

Aquaria: And there you have it, everyone here wants you to stay.

Aquaria: In fact, whenever you do decide to leave, I'm sure that we will all miss you.

Chiraji: Thank you for your kind words everyone. I will be staying here with you in Pescataria for the foreseeable future then.

Aquaria: But where will you sleep? It isn't as though we have a guest bedroom here or anything…

Chiraji: Not to worry, although I may have lost my wish-granting powers and my bond to the Golden Lamp, I'm still a Djinn, and I'm pretty sure that I can still fit inside of it…

Chiraji tested it to make sure that she could still enter and leave the lamp like before, and she was relieved to see that it still worked.

Chiraji: See? Nothing to worry about!

Ray: Wow, that Golden Lamp is a heck of a lot smaller than another bed. Talk about a space saver!

Chiraji: It's actually quite roomy inside, and if you'd like I can show you all what it's like in there sometime?

Marino: Maybe later, I've gotta go out and try to make up for the late start I'm getting on my fishing for the day…

Marino: Sharka, let's go.

Sharka: Alright Dad.

Sharka: C'ya later alligators!

Ray: And I suppose I have some homework that I need to catch up on…

Remora: Yes, and I'd best be returning to my parents, and telling them about everything that happened here.

Chiraji: Would you mind if I met your family too?

Remora: No, not at all. In fact, I'm sure that my parents would be thrilled to meet you.

Aquaria: And I should get started on making breakfast for everyone…

Chimaera: Can I help, Mom?

Aquaria: Sure! I can always use an extra helping hand in the kitchen!



And so each of them returned to their regular daily routines, not only having made a new friend in Chiraji, but also having changed the fate of all of Sangai forever…

No longer did the souls of the damned have to burn in the black flames of Muspelheim for all eternity, and the Saltwaters' armies of Crystalline Dracoliches easily defeated not only the Evilonian Empire, but also Adaman, Balroth and its demonic hordes, the Cosmic Regulator, and the Union of the Snake, finally bringing a lasting peace and prosperity to all of Sangai, by ending the Current World Order that everyone had suffered under for so long.

Over time, all of the species that had been extinct in Midgard for tens of millions of years or longer finally began to reappear mysteriously in the wild, and before long the Endless Sea was full of Placoderms, Ichthyosaurs, Sea Dragons, and all manner of ancient marine life, just as it was during the Old World Order over 65,000,000 years ago.

And so ends the tale of Ray Saltwater and his family, and how their 3 imaginative wishes and their Djinn friend Chiraji were able to change the fate of an entire universe for eons to come…

"Yes… A wish… An intangible thing, invisible to the eye."

—Lorekeeper Zinnia