Chapter 1098: A Day to Remember.
Chapter 1098: A Day to Remember.
?Chapter 1098: A Day to Remember.
Some time ago, before Violet received the report about Merlin.
The starry sky stretched above Victor. The darkness was deep, a navy blue that almost touched absolute black, dotted with myriads of twinkling stars.
The night air was fresh, carrying with it a soft, indefinable scent that seemed to mix the fragrance of the night flowers in the mansion's garden and the residue of the winds that blew from the mountains in the distance. The silence was absolute, broken only by the occasional sound of leaves dancing under the caress of the wind and the distant echo of some nocturnal animal venturing into the shadows.
Victor, absorbed in thought, slowly raised a glass filled with juice that sparkled gold to his mouth. The taste was a mixed sweetness with a slight touch of acidity. This was not juice from any normal fruit. It was the juice of an Tounn Apple that was planted in his own Domain. And because of this, the apple was much more potent than the ones that had been produced in the Norse Pantheon.
If a Mortal ate this apple, or even drank a drop of its juice, they would gain several years of life and a stronger body. But for Victor, this had no effect whatsoever. For him, it was just normal apple juice. After all, the apple was not the only incredible thing on his planet. Due to the high concentration of Species of Nature, and Victor himself, the vitality of the planet was incredible. Everything harvested in Nature had incredible effects and flavors. Worthy of being the 'food' of the Gods.
Nothing that his Family ate was produced by others. Everything was produced on their own planet. And even when they left the planet, the food they ate was strictly controlled by their most faithful assassins.
Food, housing, places, everything was controlled by Victor. Some may call it paranoia, but Victor called it care. After all, a Father needed to know what his children were doing and whether good for their health or not.
was
Although, as Truc Dragons, they didn't really need to cat. They could live only on the Energy of Nature itself. But Victor knew the importance of routine... And even if they didn't need to eat, who would say no to good food?
Sensing a gentle presence, and a very friendly lightness of someone entering the room, he spoke without taking his attention off the starry sky. "You're here!
"Emperor..."
"Call me Victor when we're alone, Ariel."
"...
"Come, sit here."
'Huh?! You want me to sit there!?' Ariel swallowed hard. Taking a deep breath, she walked slowly towards where Victor was, and, with her face completely red, she sat on his lap.
Even though she knew they were Husband and Wife, she still wasn't used to this closeness, not to mention that she, 'technically' speaking, wasn't his official 'Wife' yet. After all, he hadn't deflowered her yet, and he hadn't turned her into a True Dragon either. Only by receiving the exclusive Bloodline of The Emperor's Family, and becoming a member of the Race that symbolized The Empire itself, would she truly belong.
Everyone knew that if you saw a True Dragon out and about, there was a 98% chance that they were
from The Emperor's Family. Of course, those 2% were the possible True Dragons that were not from Victor's Bloodline, Beings like Zaladrac.
'Should I have worn a sexier dress? But Violet just told me to be myself, and I've never worn that kind of dress before. Ariel thought nervously as she looked at her simple white long dress that she liked to wear. She saw how Victor's Wives stayed in this area. Some of the more daring ones went around naked, while others wore provocative dresses, or were completely sloppy with their clothes. At least, in this area of the bedrooms.
As soon as they left here, the Maids, who were also Victor's Wives, would force them to wear appropriate clothes.
You could say that this place was where they could exist, not as The Emperor's Wives or some other kind of oppressive role, but just as themselves, women who loved Victor.
"I don't love you."
"....." Those words put an end to Ariel's excessive thoughts completely.
"...That's a pretty wild way to start a conversation" Ariel said with a tight smile.
Victor chuckled lightly, and gently pulled Ariel's head to his chest, an action that Ariel didn't stop.
"But it's also a good way to make you stop overthinking!
"..." She couldn't deny the effects, but did it have to be those words?... Words she already knew.
As Victor started to stroke Ariel's long golden hair that seemed to be bathed in light, she began to relax more, and her head stopped thinking about nonsense.
'So comfortable... She felt like she could fall asleep at any moment. It was as if she was in a very warm and comfortable bed in the middle of winter. "Now I understand why everyone is so clingy to him.'
"Love is a very strong word that before, as a Mortal, I didn't fully understand. But now, as a God, I understand it very clearly!"
Ariel's attention went to Victor's words as she snuggled into his chest. She didn't even notice that the chair Victor was sitting in had, at some point, been changed to an armchair that hugged Victor's entire 2 meter tall body.
"To love is to care. To love is to fret. To love is to endure, even if you are in a difficult situation, to live with someone even if they have a weird personality, to accept not only the beautiful parts of your partner, but also the ugly parts. And last but not least, to love is to trust."
"Only when two Beings meet all these requirements do they truly love each other. My Wives and I share this kind of relationship!
"I do not love you, just like you do not love me! Victor stated the obvious. They had only just met and their relationship was formed through a wedding ring.
Ariel felt attracted to Victor, and she 'liked' the way he was without his Emperor mask. She liked the love he showed for his Family, she liked his care, and she even liked his paranoia. After all, his paranoia was justified in the kind of world they lived in.
Those who had no sense of urgency or danger were the first to be on the losing side, and from what she could see of Victor, he didn't plan on being on the losing side.
Because this was their current relationship. Victor could say the words 'I don't love you' and Ariel wouldn't be shaken. If he were to say those kinds of words to one of his Wives, the reaction would be devastating and much more chaotic. Not that he planned on saying that. After all, he truly did love them all.
"... Is it possible for someone to love another Being like that?"
"Yes, and I am proof. But perhaps I shouldn't use myself as the norm." Victor gestured with his hand, and an image appeared in front of the two.
Ariel opened her eyes, turned her head slightly, and looked at the image Victor projected.
"Mortals' feelings can change, and even a love like the one I described can be broken through either external influence, or even biological ones. A cruel, sordid example would be Anna and Leon's
former relationship!"
"Who is Leon?"
"My biological father when I was Human, the man who taught me how to be a 'man' when I was a Mortal. A silent presence, but he knew."
"...Oh!
Victor wasn't afraid to face his ugly sides; he wasn't even ashamed to expose it. After all, it was all him.
"In the beginning, our relationship was as a true family should be... But everything started to go down the drain when I turned them both into Noble Vampires, an action that was a... Victor tried to find
the right words.
"A mistake?" Ariel added in an attempt to help him.
Victor shook his head: 'A consequence, I suppose."
"I don't regret giving them Powers to defend themselves in this chaotic world." That was one thing Victor would never regret. After all, Power was everything in this world.
Continuing with his previous words, he said: "Due to biology, and hierarchical relationship between Progenitors and their male and female Creations, love began to be undone"
betrayal.
"When a male Vampire Progenitor Creates a male Noble Vampire, that Vampire will always try to surpass the Father. If the Progenitor doesn't put his Creation in their rightful place through force, this instinct will only grow, and eventually... may lead to actions that may result "Feelings and logic have little importance in this; it's just the potent base instincts of an instinctually charged Race... Of course, it can be controlled. Just like the Bloodlust of a Noble Vampire, everything can be controlled. But it's incredibly difficult to fight against your instincts as a Noble Vampire. Just try to imagine a scenario where your body demands that you do something, but your mind desperately does not want to do it. You'll always be fighting with your own body, a tiring, never
ending battle."
"It's like someone wanting to go to the bathroom, but having to hold it in as long as possible, huh?" "... A strange analogy, but I suppose you're right! Victor chuckled gently.
Ariel blushed slightly hearing the amusement in Victor's laughter, but she felt very sweet seeing this
side of him.
"Continuing: When a male Vampire Progenitor makes a female Vampire Noble, that female will instinctively desire the Father, both because of his superior Bloodline and strength, as well as due to
a hard-coded, biological, and instinctive attraction."
The image began to play like a movie, and Ariel realized that these images were Victor's memories of the events he was explaining.
"I knew that. I knew all these factors. But at the time, I didn't have much experience in that kind of thing. After all, I'd always added women to my group, women who are now my Wives!
"But because I only had experience in Creating women, I didn't think too much about it when I turned the two of them. I had thought that they would both do well, and I had a lot of other things I had to do at the time too."
"... No. Victor shook his head in denial as he thought back to his feelings at the time. "The truth is that I simply didn't care. I was too busy with other goals and too focused on strengthening myself. Thus, I left those problems for my Wives to solve, just like I do today."
Victor rarely solved domestic problems. Unless his presence was very necessary, or he decided to intervene, as in the case of his Daughters, the duty to solve these types of problems usually fell to his Wives. And in charge of all these domestic matters were Anna and Violet.
Anna dealt with domestic matters most of the time, while Violet dealt with both the internal affairs, as well as the interests of The Empire itself.
"Due to this neglect, before I knew it, my mother was becoming more and more attracted to me than her own husband. The Vampire transformation boosts all kinds of feelings to levels hundreds of times more compared to what they were Humans. We are emotional Beings. We have strong instincts as I explained, but the existing feelings are also amplified."
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