Chapter 809: Resolving Past Issues.
Persephone, Hades’ ex-wife and Daughter of Demeter and Zeus. The current Queen and Ruler of The Underworld.
Victor looked at Persephone, comparing the image he had of her from Adonis’ memories and his own.
And comparisons couldn’t be drawn; she appeared utterly different. She had truly flourished from the difficulties she’d faced and achieved her true potential.
Now, she resembled a Queen more than ever before.
Victor’s feelings for Persephone were complicated. The reason for that being, due to recent developments, he’d become more attuned to Creation. He also understood that Persephone’s actions played a significant part in shaping who he currently was.
If Persephone hadn’t cursed Adonis, he wouldn’t have chosen to sacrifice himself to Victor, thus enabling a significant change in Victor’s mindset and maturity.
Something that should have taken decades or even hundreds of years to occur happened all in one night with the fusion of Adonis and Victor.
Before, Victor had no shame in admitting he was more of a warrior, attacking everything head-on without a plan. He knew how to ‘fight’; he was a ‘warrior’, but he didn’t possess the ‘cunning’ of a man with Power.
Manipulation, cunning, wisdom, understanding of business, comprehension of ruling, and even his current skill of ‘reading’ people’s body language. These were all things he’d gained from Adonis.
Victor Walker was a natural born warrior.
Adonis Snow was a Leader, a politician, and to some extent, a merchant.
By combining Adonis’ shrewdness and Victor’s courage, the new Victor was reborn from the ashes with the perfect fusion of the two.
And all of this happened because of the woman in front of him.
But would these thoughts change anything?
No, they wouldn’t. The reason for this was simple.
No matter how much Victor changed, no matter how much he evolved, his core would always remain the same.
He was a Yandere, a Family man, and he would do anything for his Family.
Personally? Victor didn’t care about Persephone. Even Adonis’ own feelings didn’t care about her, but both of them knew that without her, Victor wouldn’t have evolved so quickly.
It was a distorted way of looking at things, but it didn’t cease to be true.
Creation was more complex than it seemed. There might not be a determined ‘destiny’ or a sentient Concept of Fate in this world, but that doesn’t mean causality didn’t exist.
After all, Victor’s Power to see the future was born from causality itself.
The flap of a butterfly’s wings could cause a hurricane on the other side of the planet. This statement wasn’t unreal for Beings like Gods.
Take this for example: If Zeus never existed, what would have happened to the entire Greek Pantheon? Whether one liked it or not, it was Zeus’ rebellion that allowed the current Olympian Pantheon to exist as it was today. It was because of his horrendous deeds that Beings like Apollo and Artemis were born, Beings so strong they became part of The 12 Great Gods.
See? Destiny as a Concept might not exist; after all, the present was only made possible by the actions of Beings in the past. But causality definitely existed. The past was real, just like the present.
Therefore, Victor would leave everything in the hands of his Wives. Agnes and Violet were the most affected by Persephone, especially Agnes, who had to live with a sick Adonis from the beginning.
And Victor would never ignore the tears of his Wives. Thus, despite what he thought, he would never voice it aloud. His opinion on this matter would remain completely neutral, with it leaning more towards being against Persephone. After all, he would always stand on the side of his Wives.
“Just kill me and get this over with, Demon King,” Persephone spoke in a cold, neutral tone, behaving like a True Queen. Even in front of a Dragon, her expression did not waver.
“Oh? Why do you think I’d do that?”
“Isn’t that obvious? Revenge for what I did to Adonis.”
The eyes of Violet and Agnes dangerously narrowed when they heard the name coming from Persephone’s mouth.
“You seem to be misunderstanding something,” Victor spoke with a neutral face.
“…What?”
“Adonis and I don’t care about what you did.”
Victor’s words caused the eyes of Violet, Agnes, Aphrodite, and Persephone to widen significantly.
Victor touched his chin. “Hmm, I think I expressed that incorrectly… What I mean is that Adonis and I don’t care about what you did anymore… I cared until recently, but now? It’s hard to feel anything.”
“… H-Huh?” Persephone didn’t understand what was happening.
“Darling… You… Something changed in you?” Violet asked.
“Are you talking about my Evolution into a Dragon?” Victor inquired.
Violet nodded.
“Yes, something changed. How can I put it… My views became broader?” Victor made a hand gesture, and the next moment, the entire area started to heat up, and suddenly, a mini-sun was created in his hand.
“That’s…” Persephone and Aphrodite widened their eyes.
‘He’s not even a God of The Sun, how is that possible!?’ Aphrodite thought.
She could clearly sense that what was in his hand was indeed a small star of the same kind that spread its light on Earth.
An achievement that could only be reached by Sun Gods.
“I can instinctively control over 50% of all Creation, so feats like this are possible.” The mini-sun began to spin rapidly until it slowly began to fade. The heat lessened, and a small planet started to form.
It began with rocks, then came the atmosphere, and then came the water. The entire process of creating a planet started to happen very quickly in front of everyone’s eyes.
“Impossible! That’s… Only Gods of Creation should be able to do such a thing!” Aphrodite completely lost her composure. She couldn’t be more astounded.
“Yes, that’s true. Even for me, I can’t create something as perfect and functional as a God of Creation can, but… I can imitate it.”
“By using Negative Energy and a little help from Gaia, even creating a functional mini-planet like this is possible… Of course, this is just a demonstration.” Suddenly, the planet began to disintegrate. Nature disappeared, the water evaporated, and all that was left was just a rock, which fell to the ground.
“Balance has strange ways of functioning. I can create a perfectly functional Sun, but I can’t create a functional planet. The reason for that is because it’s not my ‘job’.”
“Of course not… Such things can only be done by The Universal Tree and The Gods of Creation.” Aphrodite said.
“Correct.” Victor leaned back in his chair.
“… I see… You have that, right?” Persephone began to speak after the initial shock.
“The Divine Consciousness.”
“Calling it Divine Consciousness is a bit wrong. After all, I’m not a God. But it is true that I have something similar. I think calling it The Consciousness of a Dragon is better?” Victor touched his chin thoughtfully.
“And this ability is much more potent than normal due to my status as a Progenitor, as well as Adonis’ abilities and my abilities that merged.”
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Victor saw the world as it truly was. He could see hundreds of threads connected to everything and everyone and the entire ‘Grand System’ created by the Primordial Entities.
Because of this, he managed to use all the right tools and ‘block’ the Authority of The Ruler of The Underworld.
But even with this incredible vision, he still couldn’t see the Primordial Entities. After all, they were Beings that existed outside the System.
Simply put, they were the Administrators of everything, and Victor was just an anomaly who could see everything… Calling him an anomaly might be an exaggeration; after all, many Beings could do what he does.
The act of seeing The Truth of The World, all Gods and Dragons could do it. The only difference was that Victor’s was extremely advanced, even by Dragon and God standards.
“It’s not incorrect to say that because of the conflict you two Goddesses had over Adonis, I was able to achieve this State of Consciousness.”
Aphrodite and Persephone flinched a little when they saw Victor’s gaze, which seemed to see right through all their secrets, which wasn’t an incorrect assumption.
“But it is also not wrong to say that your conflict caused great harm to two of my Wives.”
“And it’s only because of that that I want to make you disappear…”
Persephone shivered under Victor’s empty gaze.
“But if I do that, nothing will be resolved,” Victor spoke.
“So, my stance on the matter is neutral; it’s all in the hands of Violet and Agnes now.”
“… I don’t understand.” Agnes began to speak.
Victor looked neutrally at the woman.
“This shouldn’t be the time for us to get revenge, right? Now isn’t the time to do everything in our power to return the suffering this woman caused.”
“Why are you speaking like this now!?”
“I never lie… Not to you all. Acting dishonestly would be disrespectful.” Victor spoke with a very serious look that caught Agnes off guard for a moment.
“I will always be on the side of my Family. That is an absolute fact. And I’ve never gone back on those words. Even now, I’m on your side, right?”
“… Vic…” Agnes bit her lip. She felt extremely conflicted now. She felt a bit angry at him for not following the script, and she felt a slight injustice.
“You… You’re not doing this because you want her in your harem, are you?” Violet narrowed her eyes at Victor.
“Haah…” Victor sighed. “Violet, I have such beautiful Wives; what need do I have for Persephone?”
Persephone bit her lip. Hearing those words hurt her more than she expected. ‘Why do I care about that? Didn’t he already make it clear that he hated me?’ She inwardly growled at herself for letting her naive thoughts slip again.
“I’m not doing this because I want her. This is simply how I feel.”
“When I look at Persephone, all I feel is… Nothing. Just pure indifference.”
Violet fell silent, as did Aphrodite and Agnes.
In a way, these words were more cruel than anything one could hear. After all, complete indifference meant that her existence wasn’t even registered by him.
Even having someone hate you was better than their indifference. After all, ‘hating’ something meant paying attention to the target of your hatred, meaning they still had some semblance of meaning and influence in your life.
Violet and Aphrodite looked at Victor attentively, searching for any hint of falsehood, and they found none. He was being completely honest.
Through their connection, Violet could tell that Victor wasn’t thinking about anything.
The same was sensed by Aphrodite. As Aphrodite’s connection was stronger than Violet’s, she could tell that the man was more concerned about Violet and Agnes’ reaction to his words than about Persephone…
Aphrodite delved deeper into his psyche, and all she saw deep in his heart was… him looking forward to having ‘normal food’.
He wanted to embrace his Wives and do all sorts of things with them. He wanted to go to sleep and play with Zaladrac. He wanted to experience his new Powers.
Aphrodite was at a loss for words upon discovering such mundane desires within him in this situation.
Violet’s eyes glowed in shades of violet for a few seconds before she closed her eyes and sighed. She had forced herself to look for a possible future, a future where Victor was with Persephone, yet nothing appeared. All she could see was Victor sleeping under a gigantic tree with all his Wives beside him, playing around and talking.
Victor narrowed his eyes. “Don’t use that ability, Violet.”
“…I needed to see.”
“I know. Still, don’t use it. The future can be changed, you know that. That ability is not reliable.”
“Yes, I know, but we can still use these ‘futures’ as references.”
“The moment you use a future as a reference, you greatly increase the likelihood of walking towards that future, Violet. And the moment you start walking toward the future you saw… As soon as you reach that future, it will probably be different from what you initially expected.”
“After all, nothing is certain when Time is involved.” Victor wouldn’t say anything if she tried to use that Power to see only a few seconds into the future. After all, that would be very helpful in a fight. But looking too far into the future? That was a big no.
“…..” Violet fell silent.
“As I said before, Balance has strange ways of working, and it can be extremely dangerous.”
“Don’t mess with Time, Violet Snow.” Victor gave a severe warning. He even used her full name, something he had never done before.
Violet shuddered when she saw Victor’s solemn gaze.
“The Concept of Time is extremely complex and dangerous. Even the Gods of Time themselves don’t dare to abuse this Power. After all, any major mistake you make can result in your reality being erased.”
“… Erased…?”
“Yes, erased, deleted, ceasing to exist, whatever term you see fit.”
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