(AN: Sorry for the delay. I have been busy training new team mbers at work.)
---Next Day---
After a long night of hard talks with my family, they ca to a consensus on how to proceed with Slaanesh. To move beyond being a prisoner, she would need to secure forgiveness from the Aeldari Elders. Given the grievous nature of her cris, getting them to consider it would take a small miracle. Knowing full well she was facing an uphill battle, Slaanesh still accepted their terms and spent her night planning how to pull it off.
With the matter resolved, for now, I assud things would settle down again, but I was gravely mistaken. Blaming my current self for the actions of my future self, my wives barred from entering the master bedroom for the night. While I could have forced my way in, as no one could keep from sleeping in my bed, I chose to spend the night analyzing the Ti Stone.
Learning how to safely harness and manipulate its power, I perford a series of tests to help refine my ability to control it. Once I had mostly mastered it, Agamotto and I worked on finding a spell to resync the two dinsions. We discovered that no one had ever attempted anything of this magnitude before, forcing us to develop a brand-new spell from scratch.
“Is everything alright, Emperor Stark?”, Praetorate Avirax questioned, noticing I was deep in thought. “Did sothing go awry at dinner with the Pri Minister?”
“You could say that. He ignited a powder keg at my dinner table and bolted before it went off.”, I sighed, looking at him in frustration. “Being attracted to a woman outside my harem apparently makes a bad man. I acknowledge I find her attractive, but I have not once made a move on her. She is a psychopathic killer with countless deaths under her belt.”
“Ah… Is this about Slaanesh?”, Avirax questioned. “The Emperor of Mankind wrote about her in the letter you gave . He and your uncles believe she should be promptly executed, but in my opinion, staying your hand would be the wisest option. Slaanesh should certainly answer for her cris, but not everything she is accused of is necessarily her fault…”
Brought into being by the slowly declining Aeldari Empire, Slaanesh should have been born as an Aeldari goddess. Like Isha, Lileath, and the other Aeldari deities, their psychic energy created her from the Warp’s turbulent ether. Her birth wiped out billions of Aeldari, but the question was, why?
“Now that you ntion it, that is rather peculiar.”, I acknowledged. “If Slaanesh’s birth killed billions, her peers would have done the sa. As they were born during the War in Heaven, could the deaths have been attributed to the Necrons?”
“Regardless of where you are in the universe, war never changes. Any ti there is a mass casualty event, it will always be the enemy who did it.”, Avirax explained as people began entering the room. “It serves to further fuel the war effort and gives people sothing to rally around. The Emperor of Mankind used this tactic to help unite the humans of his galaxy beneath a singular banner.”
While reflecting on his line of thought, I had a troubling realization. What if Slaanesh was an innocent bystander, and Kaela nsha Khaine’s mindless rage caused her to fall to Chaos? Like Zeus from God of War, Khaine may have inadvertently created the very thing he was afraid of. If this were true, my disgust for Slaanesh would lessen a little, and my hatred for Khaine would increase correspondingly.
(AN: Kaela nsha Khaine is the Aeldari God of War.)
Deciding to speak with the Aeldari deities about this later, I focused my attention on the eting. Warmly greeting everyone, we were about to start discussing last night when Isha, Lileath, Loki, Mylene, and Slaanesh rushed in. Taking their seats behind , they quietly apologized for being late.
“Is everything alright?”, I asked, noticing they had dark circles under their eyes.
“Please… Do not make recap that horrific shitshow.”, Mylene remarked, slumping back into her seat.
Asking the others to explain what happened, Isha ekly filled in. At around one, Ilulu and Tohru had a vivid nightmare. Believing they were fighting for their lives against a monster, Ilulu and Tohru thrashed around the bed, beating the stuffing out of the mattress and everyone else. After an hour of trying to settle them down, Olivia beca fed up and beat them over the head with a frying pan. This thod worked, but the dragonesses were less than thrilled about it.
Roused from their deep slumber on the second strike, they leapt out of bed and glowered at Olivia. Getting right in her face, the flustered dragonesses demanded to know what she was doing. Thoroughly exhausted, Olivia’s usual peacemaking attitude was nonexistent. Giving them a piece of her mind, their bickering soon dragged everyone else into the dispute.
“Needless to say, a lot of hurtful things were said in the heat of the mont.”, Isha concluded. “We have already patched things up, but by the ti we did, it was already six in the morning. With the mattress in pieces, we were forced to sleep on the living room carpet.”
“Everyone has co to an agreent. We will never bar you from sleeping in the master bedroom again.”, Mylene spoke on behalf of the won. “Shit like this never happens when you are around…”
Offering to fix the bed right now so they could get so sleep, they respectfully turned down. As the emperor’s wives, they felt obligated to be present during important etings. In Slaanesh’s case, she is here to demonstrate her resolve for becoming a mber of my harem. Accepting their decisions, I returned my focus to the eting.
---Three Hours Later---
Addressing the few remaining topics left on the docket, I dismissed everyone for the day. With no more etings scheduled for the foreseeable future, most decided to head back to their territories and share my arrival with their constituents. Bidding them farewell, the six of us rose from our seats to stretch out.
“That wraps up most of the tedious work. There are still a few loose ends, but we can deal with them later.”, I remarked, cracking my knuckles. “Ti to et the rest of your family, Loki.”
“Finally, the day has arrived!”, Loki cheered, wrapping herself around my left arm. “I cannot wait to see the look in their eyes when I introduce you as my partner.”
“I bet they will have quite a reaction when they see .”, I chuckled. “Could you please let them know we will begin the process here shortly?”
Nodding her head, Loki began channeling her magic through to contact Heimdal. While she conversed with him, I led the won to the top of the palace’s northern tower. Casting the magic formulas that Agamotto and I developed, we began the ticulous process of resyncing the dinsions. Once the Realm of the Gods was realigned with the ti stream, a familiar commanding voice spoke to us.
“Hear , sons and daughters of Asgard. Return to Asgard at once; the All-Father wishes to speak with you imdiately.”, Heimdal proclaid, causing quite a stir throughout the palace.
“That is our cue, Victor.”, Loki spoke, sensing Balder and Fandral’s departure. “Ladies, be ready to join us soti this evening. My father will likely hold a celebration to mark this montous occasion.”
“In that case… We are heading back to bed to get so sleep.”, Mylene said, motioning for a kiss from .
Giving Isha, Lileath, and Mylene a kiss, they softly apologized for last night. Reiterating their unwavering trust in , Isha and Lileath admitted they let fear guide their actions.
“While I was miffed you refused to listen to , it is water under the bridge now. Get so rest; we will talk more this evening.”, I said, patting Slaanesh on the head. “You get so sleep as well, okay?”
Taken aback by my head pat, Slaanesh’s face turned bright red, and her ears wriggled with delight.
“As… As you wish… Victor.”, Slaanesh stuttered, looking up at with her big eyes. “If you want… My door is always open to- “
“Haha, I should have known you would go there.”, I chuckled, squeezing her skull a bit. “Do not ruin the mont, Slaanesh. Just accept my gesture of kindness and get so sleep.”
With a broad smile, she freed herself from my grasp and embraced .
“So you know, I will never share my affection or lust with another man. Every fiber of my being is yours, forever and always. You are the only one who has ever seen as more than a slutty bitch.”, Slaanesh whispered in a serious tone. “It ans more to than words can ever begin to describe.”
As she let go, Slaanesh kissed on the cheek with a smile. Bashing her over the head, Isha and Lileath began chewing her out while Mylene walked away shaking her head.
“Alright, Loki, let’s get going.”, I chuckled, leaving Slaanesh to take her beating.
Opening a Bifrost bridge to Asgard, the two of us headed off to see Odin.
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