From a certain standpoint, Cher didn't tell me the truth either. At the very least, she didn't tell me everything. For instance, she said that her mother was a three-headed dragon, but she didn't tell me that she had seven other mothers …
"If you were in my shoes, would you tell anyone that you had ten mothers? Or ten? "
Alright then, her words were so logical that I was rendered speechless.
When Cher and Evelyn were both in the same small cabin, and both mother and daughter seemed to be about the same age, even I couldn't help but sigh at how unpredictable the world was and how wondrous it was.
However, Evelyn's arrival saved me a lot of trouble.
I basically knew her identity now. She was currently one of the Dragons' elders, but she lived in an underground cave near the capital city. Obviously, the Bardi officials had tacitly agreed to this. She was most likely the bridge between the two.
Judging from her smiling face and bronze-colored skin, this Copper Dragon's incarnation was most likely responsible for diplomacy. In that case, perhaps I could learn more about the Bardi royalty's plans from her. After all, Copper Dragons were the most talkative out of all the dragons, so it would be perfect for her to act as a diplomat …
"Nice to meet you all. I'm Roland's ex-girlfriend, Evelyn, as well as Cher's mother. Cher, be good and call me Dad. "
The prerequisite was that Copper Dragons had to change their bad habits of joking around and pranking others!
"I …"
Alright then, my mind was in a mess. I really didn't know how to explain this.
Everyone looked at me in astonishment. From another perspective, it was difficult to refute her words. Evelyn was indeed my ex-girlfriend, and Cher was my creation as well as my daughter. But why did it feel like I was the scumbag who had abandoned her after using her?
And so, Cher, who had just woken up, fainted yet again when she discovered that I had tacitly agreed …
"Don't look at me like that. I'm really not scumbag. I'm still a virgin … the hell with being a virgin! Do whatever you want! Evelyn, it's all because of you. "
After the chaos subsided, our "family" was now complete. We had a father, a mother, an elder, and a younger one …
"We're not a family at all!"
Alright then, let's temporarily forget about the past. Although my subordinates and "granddaughters" were looking at me more and more strangely, I had to take care of business first.
"There might be a war soon. Be more serious, be more serious. Don't laugh! I'm talking about you, Glina. Stop laughing … Come, Glina, this Evelyn is your great-grandmother, and this Miss Shirley is your grandmother. You should at least greet them. "
This time, it was everyone's turn to feel bad. Looking at Glina who looked like she had a salted duck egg in her mouth, I nodded in satisfaction.
"Hmph, you want to compete with me on how shameless I am? When I become shameless, even I am afraid of myself."
"Grandma, I owe seventeen years of pocket money and grandpa's."
Alright then, as expected of my "granddaughter", she was quite shameless as well. But the pitiful Cher just had to wake up at this exact moment, and she immediately fainted upon hearing me call her grandma.
Looking at the chaos in front of me, I knew that if I didn't explain clearly, I wouldn't be able to get down to business. These people were too outrageous.
"Isn't this all your fault? You still have the cheek to say that! You are the source of all evil, the main culprit! "
The silly cat's words were far too reasonable. I was unable to refute her words at all!
…
"This is Evelyn. She died earlier, and in order to revive her, I created the eldest sister of the Seven Original Sins, 'Lust' Cher. Yep, that's her. From a certain standpoint, they are indeed mother and daughter. It's just that the mother is on Cher's side, so in a way, Cher is indeed my daughter … Hey, hey, hey, Cher, at least listen to what I have to say before you faint. How many times do I have to say this? I've already used the phrase 'faint' too many times already. "
When I learned about the messy past, I also hesitated about whether or not I should expose the truth or just leave it there. But then I thought of a problem, and decided to expose the truth.
"… At the very least, I can't have Cher become an illegitimate daughter! She'll be bullied in school! "
"That's not the problem at all! Can you be a little more normal!? "
The silly cat was becoming more and more like a retort slave. Her ability to retort was unparalleled.
"Isn't it all because of you!?"
Cough — cough — getting back to the main topic, everyone had already seen how unreliable I was. Apart from Omar, who wasn't here right now, which would probably be a little troublesome, the appearance of the eldest sister of the Seven Original Sins was quickly accepted by everyone. This was especially so when Glina grabbed Cher and asked her grandmother for some pocket money. This time, at the very least, Cher didn't faint from overeating. It was just that she looked at me as if she wanted to eat me up.
Ignoring the family matters, the most important thing right now was still how the Bardi royalty would deal with this situation. This was doubtlessly the most annoying part, and it just so happened that we had given the choice to the Bardi royalty, meaning that we could only passively deal with it.
Yes, the matter of who was right or wrong was meaningless. Taking the initiative was the most important. Originally, we were the ones who had been invited to help the Bardi royalty, so it was up to us to decide whether or not to negotiate with the Bardi royalty. But now, if the Bardi Empire refused to let go of this matter, or even directly turned it into a diplomatic incident, we would receive tremendous pressure. At the very least, the Mage Country would receive tremendous pressure. In that case, it was likely that I would no longer be an ambassador.
Personally, I didn't care much about being an ambassador, but now that I had lost the Mage Country's support, many things would be difficult to do.
"… Orloss's intentions? How would I know? I was only here to play with Cher. Alright, alright, don't look at me like that. I do have some boring things to do. Let's find a place to talk. "
Unfortunately, the Copper Dragons were always so unreliable that I felt helpless. They always made it impossible to tell when they were discussing serious matters and when they were playing pranks.
"Why isn't it a proper Bronze Dragon or a Silver Dragon who's easy to get along with?"
"Fourth Sister? She has to control her Fifth and Sixth Sisters, who always go on a rampage. As for Second Sister, she'll probably be in for a lot of trouble. "
I thought about it for a moment. It was basically impossible to hide the appearance of that three-headed dragon, and Fourth Sister, the Bronze Dragon, seemed quite righteous. However, Fifth Sister and Sixth Sister were both Red Dragons and Blue Dragons. Both of them were troublemakers.
Evelyn's example once again proved that the physical body could affect one's personality.
When we arrived at the quiet room — yep, the narrow cockpit — only Cher, Evelyn, and me were present, I found Evelyn's first sentence rather incomprehensible.
"Actually, little Orloss is quite grateful to you."
I paused in surprise for a moment, but then Evelyn explained the current situation to me. I was now a wanted criminal in the Bardi Empire, and I indeed seemed to be the country's savior.
"If you hadn't come, the undead would still be suppressing the Bardi Empire."
That was indeed the truth. If I hadn't exposed the undead's scheme, Undead Emperor Aso would likely still be the true ruler of the capital. However, I was rather astonished.
"The Dragons are just going to watch the situation worsen?"
"They have hostages."
"Hostages? Would the Dragons care about something like that? "
"Do you think they'd care if all the Bardi citizens were hostages?"
"Kasolan's Tears?"
Soon, I recalled that the Bardi citizens' bodies contained a rather high amount of undead catalyst medicine. This was obviously related to the undead.
"As expected, you guys know about it … Kasolan's Tears is a special type of medicine. As long as the undead smell another kind of fragrance, they'll mutate into a new type of Undead Calamity. That's when the fun starts. "
There was no need to mention what an Undead Calamity was. If you looked at it on a smaller scale, it would be like a Resident Evil from another world. It was often taken care of by a few heroes who suddenly jumped out and became their stage of advancement. If you looked at it on a larger scale, it would be the switch between life and death. Everyone would turn into zombies, zombies, and skeletons.
As professional Undead Mages, we can make an objective assessment of the Undead Calamity. From a certain standpoint, an Undead Calamity is similar to a plague. How much damage an Undead Calamity can cause is usually directly related to its initial size and the time it was discovered. If an Undead Calamity starts off as the size of a city, it would be sufficient to burn the entire city down.
If the Undead Calamity was a major city with a population of several hundred thousand, the death toll would be in the millions. And if the Undead Calamity was a mega empire with a population of several hundred million, in the end … the entire world would probably be buried along with it.
This wasn't simply a qualitative change caused by a large number of undead. This was a despair caused by pure probability. As long as there was a sufficient number of undead, it was possible to create high-level undead from low-level undead. Currently, it seemed that only one in a thousand would be able to do so.
And as long as there were enough high-level undead, Undead Lords and Undead Lords would naturally appear. This was said to be one in ten thousand. As long as there were enough Undead Lords … even Undead Emperors would appear. Since there were far too few examples of this, it was impossible to calculate. As for whether or not there were any more ridiculous examples, that would depend on a large enough number of undead.
And as long as there were enough high-level undead and Undead Lords, the newly born Undead Calamity wouldn't instinctively spread itself. Instead, it would form an undead army and begin invading the world, further expanding the Undead Calamity's influence.
Fortunately, even up until now, the largest Undead Calamity had never exceeded one hundred million. But if the Tark Republic's undead had truly succeeded, history would likely have been completely rewritten … Still, I felt that even if the Tark Republic's undead managed to create such a large-scale Undead Calamity, the world might not necessarily be destroyed. That was because this would have already surpassed the Gods' bottom line. The Tark Republic would first have to deal with the True Gods who had descended to the mortal world. Unless the Tark Republic had an Undead Emperor in the triple digits, it was unlikely that they would be able to defeat the combined forces of all the True Gods.
"So, you dare to become enemies with the undead right now?"
"It's all thanks to you forcing Aso to his death."
"Aso?"
"Yep, he was the overall commander of the Tark Republic's invasion, as well as the inventor of this new Undead Calamity. When he died, he didn't leave behind any inheritors to inherit his knowledge. Since the key to opening the Door of Calamity was lost, Bardi naturally had the confidence to say no to the undead."
I paused for a moment, and then hesitated. Finally, I said it out loud.
"If I tell you that I have the knowledge left behind by Aso, including the method to create that poisonous gas, what will Bardi do?"
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