Chapter 1104: A New Talented Daughter
Chapter 1104: A New Talented Daughter
?Chapter 1104: A New Talented Daughter
"... This is weird."
"What?"
"Accompanying you like this"
Victor smiled lightly: "Would you rather stay in my shadow?"
"Yes! The answer came instantly. Kaguya wasn't going to lie about it. "But accompanying you as your Wife isn't bad either... Just weird."
"You'll get used to it eventually
"...I guess so. Kaguya shook her head, causing her long black hair to sway. Unlike in the past, she wasn't in her Maid Form but in the Form of The Emperor's Wife and a Goddess.
Standing 4.70 meters tall, wearing a long black dress that seemed to be made from the darkness of the starry sky, with her long black hair that fell like a waterfall reaching down to her thigh area, long black horns, and red Draconic eyes, Kaguya was absolutely stunning.
Each step she took created pure darkness for a few seconds before slowly disappearing. The same applied to her legs. No one could see anything because her dress seemed to be linked to darkness itself. She was "walking, but from the outside, it looked like she was floating.
This malleable darkness was the manifestation of her own Divinity, which, like Victor's other Wives, was further enhanced because Victor bestowed her a copy of the Powers of Darkness that he'd received from Erebus, making her progress even further in her Divine Concept.
Copying and distributing this was something that Victor had been researching for a long time on how to effectively replicate. He could easily do this with other Powers, but for Divine Concepts, the Power given needed to be compatible with the recipient's Divine Concept.
For example, Victor couldn't give the Power of Darkness to Ariel since her greatest Divine Concept is Light and Generosity, Concepts that were the opposite of what Darkness represented.
"I see that Darling has created a very strict hierarchy! Even though Kaguya was speaking, none of the subordinates around them could hear her. All they saw was the Emperor and his Wife, the Goddess of Darkness, walking together while being accompanied by 6 Soldiers of the Royal Guard. Unlike normal Soldiers, the Soldiers of the Royal Guard were modified by The Emperor himself, thus giving them various abilities.
They were no different from the siblings that Victor created to Command his soldiers. It could be said that they had even more advantages. After all, they were Royal Guards. They needed to be strong enough if they wanted to 'defend' The Emperor.
Each of these men and women could fight on par with Primordial Gods, and they had Artifacts and equipment appropriate for the task. As Royal Guards, they were taller than normal Soldiers, with some measuring up to 1 meters tall.
"Strict hierarchy is necessary for there to be order."
Victor really wanted to make new True Dragons everywhere, but he knew that if he did that outside of his Family, the Primordials would come knocking on his door, talking about Balance and all that nonsense. But honestly, Victor didn't care about that. If he did, he wouldn't have made his Heralds, who were Beings that went against everything this Universe accepted.
The Race of True Blood Dragons was the Symbol of The Empire. Being of this Race meant that you
were from The Emperor's Family, and it was something exclusive to The Emperor's own Bloodline. If someone achieved an unparalleled feat in contributing to The Empire, could he or she become a True Dragon, or a normal Dragon of his Bloodline?
Well, the latter was possible, but not the former.
This exclusivity was the Symbol of The Empire, the Royal Bloodline, something unattainable for everyone else. It was necessary for there to be a hierarchy since Victor knew very well how stupidly powerful his Race was.
If he went around turning everyone into True dragons, chaos would ensue very quickly. Not to mention that, by doing so, he would be physically crippling himself.
Mortals and Immortals alike needed to have goals to work towards, goals to progress towards, or they would just waste away like the Gods.
Much of the comforts and peace mortals' craved and experienced were their greatest enemies. It made them lazy and weakened their instincts. To solve this, Victor always showed them the 'enemies! The Empire was at peace, but at any moment, a war could occur.
Combining this, while living in a world where very powerful Beings walked among them,
uncertainties were born, and these uncertainties generated the pursuit of strength.
Boredom was the greatest enemy of Beings who lived long lives. Victor understood this very well. Therefore, he gave them a direction and ways to progress for these long-lived Beings.
The Empire had room for EVERYONE, no matter what Race you were. As long as you believed in The God-Emperor and strived for The Empire, you would be treated as a Citizen of The Empire and
not be discriminated against.
The crime of discrimination was a one-way ticket to Hell. After all, punishments for this type of behavior were very necessary in a society where everyone mingled among others of different Races, many of them having once been enemies of each other for a long time.
Effort was the basis of The Empire, leading to the analogy of cars with the phrase: 'A car that was bought with years of sweat and effort is valued more than a car that was given casually as a gift, even if the car given casually was better than the car bought with effort and sweat!
This characteristic was not exclusive to Humans; all Races encountered this same psychological pitfall. Thus, this analogy applied to everything, and Victor took this philosophy literally in his Empire. Everything and everyone had room to evolve further; even his own Royal Guards, who were raised with the maximum resources of The Empire, still had room to evolve. They knew this, so when they were not protecting The Emperor, they were always training and helping The Empire when
necessary.
If everyone in The Empire was born with peak Supreme Power, why would they bother to strive? They were already strong, and if everyone in The Empire was already born with abundant wealth, why would they bother to strive to get more resources?
Poverty, disease, and lack of strength were necessary to give a society a purpose. The political and powerful Humans of the past understood this very well, which was why the society of the past was the way it was.
Hunger in the society of the past was a problem that could have been easily fixed. So, why didn't the powerful do this? Simple. It was not about hunger or helping those in need. It was about power and control.
But Victor was The God-Emperor, and he was above such banal pettiness. Diseases? They weren't necessary in his Empire. Poverty? It wasn't necessary either. Everyone would be provided food and
housing for free.
Of course, it wouldn't be abundant and excessive, only possessing the barest necessities for them to not starve to death. After all, providing the means to survive and giving free handouts were two
different things.
The same applied to housing. Those who didn't have monetary resources were entitled to a simple house with two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, and a bathroom. Thanks to the advanced technology of Space Manipulation that combined Runes and the Energy of The Dragon's Heart, the dimensions inside a house could be as big as a football stadium. You just needed to have money to afford the privilege of such technology.
With a roof over their heads and a guarantee of being well-fed at the bare minimum, could focus on their future goals.
living Being
The rise of The Empire effectively solved most of the issues that Ilumanity had faced in the past, all of which had been left intentionally unresolved for the powerful to maintain control over the masses. Create a problem where there was none and offer the solution, a basic tactic of entrepreneurs to earn as much as possible. Victor, as a man who liked to play video games, knew very well what kind of problems this caused. Instead of enjoying the experience and relaxing, playing video games became a chore that exploited the consumers as much as possible.
A strict hierarchy that actually worked where those at the top were not idiots who abused authority, goals that would guarantee an improvement both personally and in status, policies that worked and were not just to abuse the citizens, and above all, Faith. Faith in The God-Emperor and in his Pantheon of real Gods who acted as Gods should, and not like children with too much Power in their hands for their own good. This was Victor's Empire.
Put it all together, and you essentially have a near-perfect society that actually worked. 'Almost' perfect, because nothing in this world was perfect, not even Victor. After all, perfection was boring, and being perfect meant you had nowhere to progress anymore. Victor never wanted to be
perfect.
Entering the laboratory where the clones were kept, Victor ordered his Royal Guards.
"Two of you with me. The rest wait outside!
"Yes!" Like immobile statues, the Royal Guards stood outside the door like frightening golems. Due to their height and equipment, which were on the level of Divine Artifacts, it was no exaggeration to say that they were scarier than golems. Meanwhile, two entered and accompanied The Emperor. Entering the laboratory, Victor saw his Wife, Jeanne, who was the same height as Kaguya, waiting for him. With a gesture of his hand, he made the two Guards stop and assume positions that covered all blind spots.
As they approached Jeanne, a privacy dome was formed that silenced everything they were saying to
anyone outside.
"Darling" Jeanne smiled sweetly. Even though she had spent several years 'chilling' with Victor just
moments ago, his presence always made her day better.
"My love! He held her hand gently and then hugged her.
"We're in public..." Jeanne made a symbolic protest.
"They can't see or hear anything."
"Mm."
A few seconds later, Victor stepped away and looked at the incubation chamber, where a woman with long brown hair and horns of the same color as her hair was floating in a nourishing green
liquid.
"And to think that you're going to gift me with a new Daughter! Victor said in surprise.
Jeanne rolled her eyes. 'Don't act like you didn't know about it.' Then she looked
nodded, saying:
"Sister, I see you've returned to your former post.
Kaguya gave a small smile, "Not the way I would like, but yes, Sister!
Kaguya and
"There's no choice. You're no longer a simple Maid. You're a Goddess, Wife, and Leader now."
"No, I am still a simple Maid to my love." Kaguya denied. They did not care about those Titles except that of Wife. For her, being by Victor's side was the most important.
"The same can be said of all of us, Sister. Just simple women, but unfortunately, our Husband is a great man, and we need to help him.
Kaguya smiled in amusement. Calling Jeanne a 'simple woman' was the understatement of the century. She was basically the oldest Being in the entire Universe. How could that be considered
simple?
"I must say, I am surprised that your brother accepted your request, Victor said as he stared intently
at his new Daughter's Soul.
"The work of a Primordial... It sure is exceptional! Victor could only understand 70% of what he was seeing in the girl's Soul. The rest was completely unknown to him.
He was comparing the Soul he was seeing now to the Soul he had seen from Merlin in the past, and although they seemed the same to the untrained eye, he knew that this was not the case.
In the process of this Soul's Reincarnation, its Core of Existence had been modified, and this was something that not even Victor dared to carelessly with... Well, at least for his loved ones. Ile
had tried to learn a lot from criminals in the past.
Unlike his previous experiences with criminals, the Core of Existence was untouched with no sign of alteration, even if alterations had been made.
If we were to put it in an easy-to-understand analogy, it was like newly made glass. When you touched a Being's Core of Existence, even if it was unintentional, there would be cracks in the 'glass, and it could even shatter, effectively corrupting all the information stored in the Soul. It was a delicate task that not even Victor could do now.
The work that the Primordial did was to take the old, sturdy, rough-looking glass and completely reshape it into this beautiful and refined wine glass without wasting any material, like melting it down and recreating it, all without damaging the Core of Existence.
If Victor's work was clumsy, the work of the Primordial was that of a Master in his craft.
'As expected of the Primordials, I still have a lot to learn! Victor was not sad to see his shortcomings. In fact, he was very happy since this showed that he could progress even further. Observing first-hand the work of a Primordial with a Being he had already met before was pointing out several 'flaws' in his own Techniques.
"I never asked my brother for anything before, and I think that made him try a bit too hard. He didn't
even tell the Primordial Soul about this new existence. In his own words, 'she is outside the Soul
System, and if she dies, her Soul will return to me!"
"...Oh?" These words made Victor's eves open wide, and in the next moment, he tried even harder to
examine every corner of his new Daughter's Soul.
From her Core of Existence to the very edges of her Soul, he searched for anything abnormal.
"...The System is not essential, but just a tool for control... Or as they say, a Balancing Tool! Victor began to mutter at high speed.
Victor already knew this from his previous experiences; the Leviathans themselves were something outside the System. But now, he had proof right in front of his eyes in the form of a Soul that was
once part of the System but had been personally modified by a Primordial itself to be outside its influence.
Since the Universal Tree already had a Soul to work with, he didn't need to ask for help from the
Primordial Soul to create a new one, and he simply remodeled it with Life and Reincarnated it as a new existence.
Listening to his thoughts, even if incoherent, Jeanne was a little surprised but not shocked. Ever since the Primordial Chaos had separated into Positivity and Negativity, she had expected such a thing to happen to The Universe. Balance was important. The Negative side couldn't be too strong, or unrest would reign throughout The Universe. All Rules and Order would fall apart. And if The Positive side was too strong, Order would be too prevalent. Too much Order was just
endless restriction, with no progress, no evolution.
Balance was the essence of everything. Too much of anything was harmful, even something as simple
and harmless as water. After all, if a human drank too much water, they would die from severe
hyponatremia.
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