So scholars say that our future selves are ford by experiences from the past, and they're not wrong. Looking at the man in front of him, Victor can't help but think of his past.
A very distant ti [for him], counting his existence living, Victor may be much older than 2700 years.
That's not even taking into account the countless mories of different beings in his mind. Faced with this sea of mories, his days as a human seem like re blurs, a mirage of the past.
But as much as his ti as a human is a very long and distant mory, so of these mories will always remain with him; after all, his draconic brain doesn't let him forget... Wrong, his soul doesn't let him forget.
For example, the day he beca friends with Andrew, Edward, Leona, and Fred will never be forgotten. The day his father taught him to be a real man will never be forgotten, even though he taught him little compared to his mother, who was always there advising him in everything.
The lessons he gave were very valuable; with that in mind, Victor doesn't want to leave a bad taste in this relationship; he respects Leon and will continue to respect him until the day he does sothing to break his respect.
It's these thoughts that lead Victor to use all his communication skills to dictate the conversation.
"Leon, what happened has no excuses. There is no right or wrong in this, only actions and consequences. Yes, due to things like instinct, desires, feelings, and other factors, things happened as they happened."
"There are no excuses? Victor, you stole my-"
"Stop." Anna intervened for the first ti. "Do not continue with those words."
Anna narrowed her eyes. "We will keep this conversation civilized. First, I am not your property, Leon."
Anna raised the second finger. "Secondly, you cannot demand anything from when you fell into the sa 'trap' as I did."
Leon squird.
"Do you rember the first thing you did when you turned into a noble vampire?"
"... I..."
"If you don't rember, I'll remind you; you began to desire other won and started seeking them in secret."
"The only reason you didn't look at Victor's wives is because you were afraid of his reaction, after all, Victor was always watching."
Leon fell silent.
"Again, I'm not pointing fingers or trying to bla anyone; it just happened. There is no right or wrong in this, only the consequences of actions."
"As a male vampire, your desire was for other won. As a female vampire, my desire was for my 'creator'."
"That's just how things are... After training with our respective masters, we managed to suppress that desire and act civilized, but since the day Victor called attention to us, our relationship was already over, you and I know that."
"We just didn't talk about it because of the other things happening around us."
"Haah... I wish I had rejected Victor's offer and remained human."
Victor didn't react to Leon's words; he remained as he was because even if he didn't use his nurous abilities, he could see that Leon himself didn't an what he said now; he was lying.
Sothing that Anna also noticed, rolling her eyes, Anna spoke: "Don't lie to yourself. Because I won't. I don't regret ceasing to be human."
"Having this..." An orange sphere of pure power was created in Anna's hand; this sphere was the result of Anna using only her draconic powers to fuel the reality in which she is holding a hydrogen bomb in her hand, a bomb that she can increase even more in power. "Power."
"It's sothing I would never regret."
NOBODY likes to be weak. If there were a being who claid they would prefer to remain a re weak human and not beco sothing more powerful like a dragon, a werewolf, or a vampire, that human would be lying.
Perhaps the reason for not accepting power would be because they didn't want to be bound to anyone, or because they were too proud, but undoubtedly the problem wasn't the 'power' itself, but the human's own personality.
No one would reject power; Anna would be hypocritical with herself if she said she would prefer to remain as a weak human and not the powerful dragoness she is now.
And Anna couldn't be that; one of the deities she is awakening is the after all.
"And you are the sa. You don't regret it. Don't lie in front of us because it won't work."
Leon remained silent as he stared at Anna for a long ti until he sighed. "You are correct... I don't regret it. This power is intoxicating."
"Ti changes everything, even for us powerful beings. I would be foolish not to recognize that... As I once was," Victor spoke, drawing the attention of the two.
"I hoped that gaining this power, things wouldn't need to change for us, but I was naive. It was my selfish desire to offer this power to you, after all, I didn't want you to leave ."
"Darling..." Anna murmured with gentle eyes.
A word that unconsciously caused critical damage to Leon.
Victor couldn't bear to let his parents die a normal death when he has the ability to prevent it. He's not a hero or a very altruistic person who will follow soone else's will.
If his mother had said she preferred to die a human death, the mont she said that, he would have turned her into a noble vampire.
The sa would happen with his father.
He prefers to have his mother and father hate him than see them die forever, and these thoughts haven't changed even in the future.
Victor's essence is possessive; the draconic race really suits him because he likes to have all his 'treasures' close to him so he can always take care of them and spoil them whenever possible.
While he is like this, he is also a warrior and at the sa ti a teacher who likes to see the developnt of others, sothing he may have inherited from Scathach, he supposes.
If it weren't for his other side, which is kind, a teacher, and a warrior, a long ti ago, he would have locked his wives in a cellar known as his inner world and left them there so they wouldn't have to deal with anything.
But he didn't do that; he values his wives and family too much to do that, so he gives them the freedom to develop, but as a possessive man, he always keeps an eye on them and protects them from everything.
It's this essence of his, sothing that will never change; his future that is protecting the records is proof of that.
"Haah..." Leon let out a long sigh again. "I would be lying if I said I didn't expect this, after all, I know my ex-wife well enough."
"Just as I know you well enough." Anna turned her gaze to Leon. "And your 'wife'."
Leon shuddered. "You know."
"It surprises that you think you can date one of our citizens, and I wouldn't know. Your position is quite important, you know?"
'Only who told... Oh, the won of the Blank Clan.' Leon felt like facepalming now.
All the female shadows working for Victor are completely loyal to their emperor; they are his eyes and ears, and the sa goes for the n, but Leon knows very well that the won of the organization are even more loyal to Victor.
This is due to the fact that their wives, who are the leaders of the clans of these won, often give these won rewards that co from the emperor himself, such as his photos, so personal belongings that Victor doesn't mind disappearing.
In more extre cases where these won do a good job, the wife herself will call the emperor to give them a 'more intimate reward.'
Leon has personally witnessed several testimonies of this.
Kaguya, who leads the shadows in Victor's absence, has often rewarded the girls of her own clan in this way.
Helena, who leads the demon realm in Victor's absence, practices the sa act with the female population of the demons.
Tasha, who leads the werewolves, Haruna, who leads the Youkais, they were all no different.
The sa applies to Valeria Alekerth, the high priestess of the blood god's religion, a woman who is the emperor's fanatical disciple.
No matter which woman you look at, if that woman is within the Emperor's sphere of influence, she will be completely loyal to him; they will be his eyes and ears.
In other words, they are all a bunch of fanatics who have dedicated their entire existence to their god. And this level of fanaticism was determined by how 'close' they are to the emperor.
'Honestly, it's foolishness on my part to even think they wouldn't know,' Leon thought of the vampire mistress he found in Nightingale.
The shadows that work directly under him are definitely among the most fanatical. Any small act, if considered betrayal by these observers, will be quickly reported to the proper authorities, and they will do it for anything, all to gain the slightest attention of the emperor.
To be honest, Leon finds all this madness, this level of fanaticism and loyalty, ridiculous, and to make matters worse, this type of loyalty can be found in n too.
'Not only won, I think my partners would also report .' Honestly, you couldn't trust anyone if you intended to hide sothing important from Victor.
Yes, the fanaticism of n isn't as ridiculous as that of won, but it's definitely there; male demons and male vampires are the perfect example of this.
If Leon were to quantify the level of fanaticism in percentage, the won's level would be off the charts, while n's would be at 96%, with the remaining percentage focused on their own personal desires.
With so being off the charts, these being those who are very ambitious and want more power. Sothing more common among demons, noble vampires, and recently the gods who were enslaved, who are slowly coming out of slavery due to their contributions to society in general.
Honestly, it was incredible how so many beings could move perfectly because of the desires of a single being.
The fact that Leon doesn't fully understand the actions of the beings is because he doesn't fully understand what kind of position Victor holds in the supernatural world.
The fact that he is a God of negativity gives him supre authority over ALL the gods who use concepts that feed on negative energy; with just this divinity, he could already be considered one of the most respected beings just for existing.
Him being a conqueror, along with several more divinities, and being the man who practically restored the earth to its purest state... The level of influence and respect they had for beings was off the charts.
Leon didn't understand this because he still saw him as 'his son,' not to ntion that he didn't get involved much with the other divine factions.
The area he was dealing with was more focused on Nightingale, and occasionally Samar. His influence was very restricted, due to this and several other factors, he couldn't fully understand who Victor was to everyone else.
At this point of existence, Victor made his faction untouchable just by existing, and gained even greater faith from mortals due to his policy of; Hard work must be rewarded.
In Victor's society, as long as you strive, work hard to nurture your talents, and help society as a whole, you will be rewarded, no matter what kind of discovery it is. For humans, this is easier to understand, and works better for them.
His society is terrible for the lazy, but as long as you do your part, you will live well. Not to ntion that Velnorah's 'Technocracy' provides all the basic necessities; you don't even need money to live with basic survival in the city of Velnorah, of course, other things require money.
Another very important fact is that... They now know where they will go when they die. In the minds of mortals, if they die, they will go to the Emperor's hell or to the celestial father's heaven. Life and death are no longer 'unknown'.
The reason for this is that on the entire planet Earth except for India, the most predominant religions are the religion of the blood god and the celestial father.
Being the religion of the blood god larger as it encompasses several other gods, Amaterasu from the Shinto pantheon is his wife, because of this, the title of Emperor God is not an exaggeration.
The religion of the blood god had to reformulate several tis to add more 'gods' who are the 'subordinates' of the God Emperor.
Most of these new gods in the religion of the blood god are Victor's wives who have ascended to divinity. Eventually, Victor's own daughters will be added as well, forming a full-fledged pantheon where he is the creator of everything.
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