Livly's History

## Middle Ages

Somewhere in medieval Europe, at the behest of the royal families, alchemists spent their days researching the creation of a philosopher's stone. The ruling class provided alchemists with research sites and sough prodigious wealth and immortality in return.

One day, a mysterious creature was born in one of the experimental flasks. It was a very small, golden-haired creature resembling a cross between a rat and a monkey, which no one had ever seen before. The alchemists were overwhelmed with joy at the birth of this creature and named it Pygmy, meaning homunculus. The ruling class was enraged as this was not what they were promised in return for the provision of experiment sites. However, not before long, their anger turned into joy upon hearing what the alchemists had to say. The mysterious creature fed on all kinds of small bugs and excreted jewels. The alchemists also discovered that over time, the creature would perform incredible magical skills such as cast fireworks and blow strong wings in front of its owner.

These mysterious creatures were bred over and over again and raise as royal pets for their jewels. They were kept in secret so that ruling classes in other regions would not find out about their existence. Among them, creatures of various forms were born and given unique names just like Pygmy. Perhaps the legends of fairies and monsters we know of today were passed down by people who once caught sight of these mystical creatures.

The ruling class grew greedier over time. To obtain more jewels, they started force-feeding the creatures and would press and squeeze their bodies. They fought for ownership over creatures that excreted high amounts of jewels, shed blood out of jealousy, and exploited the creatures until they eventually all became extinct. After that, alchemists tried to recreate them, but war was brewing in the region. Amid the chaos, research on these mysterious creatures vanished into the darkness...

## Modern Era

Fast forward to the modern era- Dr. Muller, a self-taught biologist residing in Japan, has found an old wooden box in the storage room of his house. Inside the beautifully decorated box were things left behind by Dr. Muller's grandfather: a journal, a quill and ink bottle, and a bag filled with colorful jewels. The journal contained Dr. Muller's grandfather's writings about his daily life, including an entry about the day Dr. Muller was born. Among them, there appeared a page fully inscribed with mysterious language, diagrams, and illustrations, Fascinated by these inscriptions, Dr. Muller worked hard to decipher them. The inscriptions revealed the story of mysterious creatures that existed in the Middle Ages. In fact, the jewels found along with the journal in the wooden box were their excrement. Enthralled by these creatures, Dr. Muller was determined to resurrect them in the modern era...

Dr. Muller discovered some genetic material in the colorful jewels. He found the genes of various types of insects and some other genes he had never seen before. Dr. Muller used this own methods to conduct further research and experiments, and eventually, he managed to recreate the mysterious creatures.

The resurrected creatures possessed a new skill not written in the journal. This skill was known as 'soul-link'. Soul-link is a power that allows creatures to communicate with their owners. It helps them understand what their owners are thinking and act accordingly. Additionally, all that they see or hear will be communicated to their owners. In other words, owners can control their creatures at will. While these creatures were not inherently capable of speaking, soul-link helped them express their owners' feelings in words. This means that owners were able to communicate with each other through their creatures. Due to these abilities, Dr. Muller gave them the name livly, meaning 'communication creature;.

Just like how the alchemists in the past gave creatures unique names, the first-ever livly was given the name Pygmy. Various species of livlies were born, and Dr. Muller gave names to all of them. Later, Dr. Miller decided to distribute the many livlies born in the laboratory to everyone in the world. It is not known why he made this decision... according to Dr. Muller himself, it was "due to personal reasons".

## Reboot

As time went by, and with the cooperation of many owners, the study of livlies went on for years. Although the laboratory was shut down at one point, it was later handed over to Dr. Muller's grand-nephew, self-taught chemist Akira Muller, and reborn as a brand-new institute.

Akira succeeded in creating a synthetic human being called hom, with cells of livlies and other materials, expanding the scope of his research. Previously, caring for very small livlies required finger dexterity and skillful tweezer work. However, through communicating with the hom and entering its body, he was able to take care of the livlies more easily and-with the help of the hom's magical powers- more comfortable than ever before.

Thus, with the aim of expanding and furthering the study of livlies, newborn livlies, homes, and islands are continuing to be distributed to the people of the world.