"… I'm so unlucky. How could it be like this? Everything ended before I even had a chance to cause a scene? This shouldn't be the case. Roland! It's all your fault! "
"Hurry up, idiot. I still want to find an old friend to hear the latest news."
Of course, I wouldn't bother with Cavendish's nagging. We had just reached the shore not long ago. Towering black mountains surrounded us on both sides. The only silver path led to a distant palace. The familiar black-gray sky before us made me sigh in amazement.
"The Hades. I never expected to arrive here."
Cavendish's sigh was filled with memories. Perhaps it was this battle in the Hades that changed the path of the entire world.
For Cavendish, he had broken free from the will of the Chaos Abyss's control here. He had obtained Cynthia's knowledge and memories, and obtained complete freedom. That was why he had the thought of opening the door and causing a scene.
As for me, the establishment of the Hades also meant that the Cycle of Despair had been cut off. We had avoided the worst possible ending and an unstoppable misfortune.
It could be said that this battle in the River Styx had changed the fate of the entire world. This change would only have greater and greater effects in the future.
The collapse of the Holy Light system was supposed to have been a complete destruction. The resulting chaos in politics, nations, countries, and species, as well as the other ambitious species, was more than enough to instantly reduce the ruling human species to second-rate status.
Once a king lost his crown, the new nobles who took over the throne wouldn't give him a chance to rise again.
But now, the Holy Light system of the Hades had replaced this broken outer layer. As long as we could survive this period of time, many situations would be different.
This meant that the Hades would have a more moderate version of the pure Holy Light teachings. This would completely replace the original radical version of the Holy Light teachings. Plus, the Hades Faction was a "temporary government" made up of many different species to begin with. Racial discrimination would be greatly reduced. Although it was impossible to completely eliminate racial discrimination, it was now time to stop foolishly killing the children of other species as heroes.
"Really, I should thank those friends in the sky."
I knew a little about the viciousness of the human heart. No matter how friendly these visitors from the outside world seemed, no matter how neutral the treaty seemed, no matter how loud the slogan of "not interfering with the internal affairs of other species and worlds" sounded, as long as those iron battleships were still floating in the sky, there was still a possibility that the Star Devouring Demon would return. In that case, with such an "external enemy" existing, the Aichy people's society would become much more peaceful, and the differences between species would be greatly reduced.
Intelligent creatures had a bad habit that stemmed from their survival instincts. They always liked to draw a circle. Those outside the circle were their enemies, and those inside the circle were their friends. Then, they could use high-sounding reasons to clean up and expel their enemies, throwing the blame for the mistakes and tragic reality onto their enemies. As a result, they monopolized resources and space for development.
The so-called connections, the so-called small groups, the so-called opposing classes, the so-called various struggles, in the final analysis, were nothing more than a thread needed by the human heart.
This thread could be religion, race, skin color, ethnicity, or even gender, region, accent, education level, whether tofu pudding was sweet or savory … This seemed to have brought up a taboo topic. In order to not become a battle between the sweet and savory factions, let's stop here.
Earth's history was clearly one where species had never stopped fighting. In Aichy, where many species coexisted, wars and conflicts had never stopped.
In a non-holy war, race and religion were the most common reasons for war. And when it came to fighting between species of the same species, it would be even easier to come up with many reasons. Since there were benefits to be fought over, any random line drawn would be enough to cause a bloody battle.
In a Holy War, the Order and Chaos factions would be a natural line. And now, there was an additional line between the original residents of Aichy and the visitors from the outside world. In that case, it could be expected that things would be much more peaceful within this line.
And if I'm not mistaken, that Overwatch Agreement isn't just an empty written document. Although it definitely has many flaws and loopholes, the wills of the twelve powerful existences are more than enough to make it more effective than a soul contract.
"By the way, thank you for opening the door. I'm guessing that the world will become much more peaceful because of this. Should I suggest awarding you a Roland Peace Prize? "
I smiled in delight as I sincerely expressed my gratitude to Cavendish. Then, I happily watched as my younger brother, who had a bad temper, flew into a rage.
The process? For me, who only cared about results, the process wasn't important at all. Only an idiot like Cavendish would be satisfied after causing a huge ruckus.
"What do you mean success or failure isn't important? Only the process is important? That's probably just a loser's way of consoling himself. Why lose if you can win? No matter how beautiful the process is, if the result is a complete mess, are you trying to put on a show for others to watch? Or are you just an artist who seeks to satisfy himself? "
I've always been a results-oriented person. My motto is to seek victory at all costs and by all means. And now, it's time for me to enjoy the fruits of my victory and laugh at this idiot who worked so hard for nothing and even lost his life.
"… You're laughing at me? Didn't you lose your own life in the end? According to what you said, you could've just watched me open the door. Why did you have to sacrifice yourself? "
This time, it was my turn to feel aggrieved, and I almost cried. I had died such an unjust death … I hadn't even had the time to destroy all of my "precious books" in my old residence. If word of this got out, wouldn't my reputation be completely ruined?
However, Cavendish was probably the most regretful and helpless about the current situation. Not only did he lose the chance to go out and have fun, he hadn't even caused a huge ruckus. He was probably quite unwilling to accept this.
In the end, the result of both of us hurting each other was that neither of us was happy. We both kept our mouths shut and ignored each other, just like before.
"… The one in front of me looks rather familiar."
That pitiful female ghost whose stomach had exploded was actually viciously glaring at me.
"Keep looking at me, keep looking at me? If you keep looking at me, I'm going to eat you! "
The River Styx was quite dangerous. Undead souls would constantly lose their memories and sense of self in the River Styx … Simply speaking, it would be a constant "-1" in intelligence. In the end, the only things left behind would be their deepest obsessions. And even these obsessions would continuously disappear as the Cycle of Reincarnation continued.
Such chaotic undead souls would also make it easier for the Cycle of Reincarnation, as well as for the current Judgement of the Hades.
Logically speaking, we had died quite pitifully this time. Our souls had been soaked in the River Styx for almost an entire month, so the River Styx should've turned us into idiots. But it seemed that our souls had died far too many times and had developed a resistance to the River Styx. The end result was that only the two of us were chatting amongst the confused dead.
"Ilmisya? Or Leona? You died such a pitiful death! "
Cavendish's sudden scream startled me. It was truly such a coincidence that I met an old acquaintance.
However, that female ghost ignored Cavendish and kept staring at me. Could it be that she was one of them? I took a closer look at her and discovered that … I had mistaken her for someone else.
"Her skin color, face shape, and hair color are completely different. Do you think that I'm an idiot!?"
"Ha, did I scare you? You're still feeling guilty, aren't you? Keep feeling guilty, Leona. You died such a pitiful death … "
We continued to hurt each other as we followed the group. Suddenly, light appeared in front of us. The Tower of Holy Light, which was supposed to guide the dead, was now paying attention to us. The mountain path also became much easier to walk on.
Perhaps they had discovered me.
"… Roland, you designed this, didn't you? Do you know what will happen to us next? Are there any loopholes? "
Even Cavendish was hesitating now. It would seem that he had also been greatly frightened by the divine laws.
I smiled in delight. I had been waiting for this day for far too long.
"Of course … there aren't any loopholes. I personally created this Judgement System. It's absolutely, foundationally impossible for there to be any loopholes. Even if the judges want to go easy on us, they won't be able to … "
For some reason, the more I talked about it, the sadder I felt. Although I was quite proud of my Judgement System, it seemed that I had once again broken a new record of shooting myself in the foot.
"A punishment of more than two hundred years in the Inferno. It's also possible that I'll be randomly assigned to the Beast Path during my reincarnation. Yep, don't look at others. I'm talking about you, Cavendish Mist. "
Whenever I was in a bad mood, it would be better to share it with someone else. Although I reckoned that even if my punishment was light, it would still be limited.
"Ilmisya?"
This time, I wasn't mistaken. That female soul who had a satisfied expression like a saint was being enveloped in a pink glow as she sunk into the ground. It would seem that she was going to serve her sentence in the Inferno of Lust, one of the Seven Infernos. In the Inferno of Hades, the amount of light represented the weight of the person's crime. Judging from how she was as bright as a lighthouse, this female soul would be serving at least one hundred years.
"Meow, so scary. Can I cancel my contract with her now?"
The cat-shaped ghost that had been sleeping on my head all this while yawned. I did some calculations and felt that this cat's sentence would probably be even longer than Cavendish's.
"Tsk, I told you to cancel your contract earlier, but you refused. It's too late now, my dear cellmate. Please take care of me in the future."
Actually, most of my and Harloys' crimes were related to murder and deceit. It was quite likely that we would be serving our sentences in the same Inferno.
Finally, we reached the end of the mountain path. When we arrived at the main hall of the Judgement Hall, even I couldn't help but suck in a cold breath when I saw that familiar figure with emotionless eyes.
"Sinner Roland, your crimes are to be investigated …"
…
50 years later, in a certain level of the Inferno of Hades.
"Bail? Using meritorious deeds to atone for your crimes? There's no such rule in the laws of the Inferno of Hades that I created! I refuse to accept this, I want to appeal, I want to appeal? This is a black-hearted civil servant who can't use public power for private purposes. "
"… Stop giving me so much trouble. I'll find an opportunity to let you out. Do you really think it's easy for us? It took so much effort to pass a new law amendment that allows those who have served more than half their sentences to atone for their crimes? Stop making trouble for me."
Aillé rubbed his forehead. This bastard in front of him really knew how to make trouble for him. Even if he died, there would be so much trouble. Just how many times had those two insane women tried to attack the Inferno of Hades to break out of prison?
Yet, those two insane women had returned from the outside world, becoming even stronger than before. Just one person was in prison, yet he had to worry about the entire prison being blown up into the sky. This was truly too much of a dilemma.
Also, that blockhead Wumianzhe had no concept of human emotions at all. In the end, it was only because this matter was too important that they passed such a meaningless amendment to the Inferno of Hades. For the sake of the entire world, the Inferno's prison guards could entrust those who had served more than half their sentences to make up for it.
Why was it meaningless? In normal situations, not only would the prison guards have no need to ask the prisoners for help, the souls who had served their sentences to a certain extent would have long since lost their sense of self and reincarnated into the Cycle of Reincarnation.
"Besides, we really do have something for you to do, and this is something that only you two are capable of doing."
I fell silent. Why would the Inferno of Hades come looking for us? I had long since retired and should be enjoying my old age. Right now, all I needed to do was wait for my sentence to end so that I could return to the Cycle of Reincarnation.
"Aichy, we need to find Aichy. You probably don't know this, but Aichy has also joined the Guardian of Intelligent Life Contract. Since the God Aichy has received a lot of attention, he's been viewed as the magical civilization with the greatest potential in the past thousand years. After all, he's the original civilization of the Twelve Pillar Gods. In order to have more authority in the Guardian of Intelligent Life, and for the future of Aichy's civilization, we … need Mother Aichy. "
And then, Aillé said a lot. It would seem that he had been under too much pressure recently, causing the originally cold and cool young man to swiftly go through menopause like a naggy uncle.
The general gist of what he meant was that the Twelve Pillar Gods had long since vanished from the universe, and the civilizations that had obtained the Pillar Gods' support and inheritance were all mega civilizations that were capable of traversing the entire universe. The current Aichy was still quite young, but the tallest of trees had already attracted the attention of many. That was why we needed a truly powerful ally.
In the end, the Gods in the Hades had done their research and decided to definitely send out little tadpoles to find their mothers … I meant send out the Children of Fate to find Aichy.
"Why me?"
"Of course. You're carrying Her Highness Astrya, aren't you? Don't think that we don't know that she's the Elven Empress, the Goddess of Creation. Being imprisoned to such an extent is …"
"… I'm so envious!"
Of course, the one who said such a thing wasn't Aillé. Instead, it was Cavendish who had an expression of jealousy and envy.
Cavendish was probably the most pitiful of all. The Inferno also had additional punishments for playboys. One such punishment included a meeting with his ex-girlfriends … I meant a meeting for revenge. Cavendish's four-digit lovers were simultaneously transformed into virtual souls by the power of the dimensional laws and revived. That bitter shuraba was truly … delightful. I didn't know what happened to the people involved, but at the very least, I watched it as a comedy.
Yep, it was especially so when they were cut into more than four thousand pieces by knives and forks, and then each person had a piece to eat. It was truly delightful. If I had the chance, I would definitely write a new novel about this to warn those who were already in the game.
"Hmph, justice will always descend from the heavens!"
Cough — cough — getting back to the main topic, in the end, due to the existence of a certain Goddess within me, it seemed that I was the most likely existence to find Aichy.
Aillé and the others used this reason to convince Wumianzhe to end my sentence early.
I fell silent as I mysteriously hesitated.
"Actually, I don't want to go out."
This wasn't a lie. I really didn't want to go out. At the very least, I obtained the peace that I desired here.
"… If you don't go out, we'll let those two crazy women in here to accompany you."
I fell silent as I recalled Cavendish's pitiful state that day. I couldn't help but shiver.
[Roland, I miss my mother.]
Astrya's words caused me to hesitate. That was because I now owed her a favor.
"Roland, I want a child, a real child, a healthy, living child."
The blonde young girl behind me suddenly hugged me. Her sudden outburst of words scared me so much that I almost spat on Aillé's face …
"Cough — cough — can a soul be choked to death … Harloys, what nonsense are you saying?"
However, her calm expression conveyed her determination to me. Without a physical body, she would naturally have no descendants. She was unwilling to accept this.
Actually, I was even more unwilling to accept this.
It had already been more than four hundred years. My pitiful life as a "great mage" had probably broken Aichy's historical record … I had to erase this part. I definitely couldn't let anyone know about this part. I definitely couldn't be recorded in history with such a title! I had to complete my own life.
"Alright, alright, I agree. But I don't have a physical body right now. You guys need to prepare for this. I'm confident that I can retain my memories and sense of self after reincarnation. However, my physical body needs to have a sufficiently powerful bloodline. Otherwise, it'll be so tiring to start all over again."
"Don't worry about this. They've long since prepared for this. I guarantee that you'll be satisfied."
"They?"
In the future, what I regretted the most was that I didn't investigate who they were …
…
One year later, a certain gynecologist department in a certain hospital on Earth became the focus of many fanatics.
The head gynecologist of this hospital hadn't slept for two entire days. After all, the child that was about to give birth was the offspring of an alien species, the wood spirits, and the humans of Earth. Let's not mention how many people cursed the lucky man who married a wood spirit, how many people tried to break his third leg, and how many people tried to change the law to send the person who dared to touch a "legal young girl" to prison.
But as an outstanding species of interstellar diplomats, the cute and intelligent wood spirits easily gained the favor of outsiders. After several decades of interaction, they gained countless fans from Earth. And after this mixed-blood child was discovered to be a twin, he received even more blessings and expectations from countless people … And then, the child's father received a hammer and blade that broke all previous records.
Although there were precedents of mixed-blood children between Aichy humans and wood spirits, and although scientists repeatedly guaranteed that humans from Earth and Aichy humans were essentially the same genetically, the doctors still didn't dare to let down their guard at all. They took turns to be on duty twenty-four hours a day, until the child was unexpectedly born ahead of schedule …
"… Where is this place?"
I woke up from my daze, but my question turned into a loud infant's cry. The familiar yet foreign Chinese from Earth instantly helped me understand where I was.
"I'm back again …"
I was in a daze and was now back in my homeland. I sighed emotionally. Aichy's past was like a dream that had shattered behind me. Everything had to start anew …
"Haha, I've had enough of living without the internet or television. Finally, I, Roland, the King of Games, have returned … Wait a moment, a young body has the intelligence of an adult? Isn't this the traditional story of reincarnation? Can't I just copy songs, books, and inventions to date school beauties? Could it be that my misfortune has truly ended, and that someone else has written the script of fate? "
I laughed even louder as I thought about this.
And in the eyes of the mother of the "young girl" who was lying on the bed, her healthy eldest son was full of energy and had such a pure and cute smile.
I could also faintly sense a familiar soul beside me. As expected, that little bastard had followed me here as well. After all, in a way, we were inseparable.
"Ha, it seems that I've won. I'm still the older brother … Haha, my foolish younger brother, watch how I'm going to take care of you."
I could sense that my life force was slightly stronger than his. It seemed that I had been born slightly earlier than him.
"What an excellent pair of twins. You're truly fortunate."
I instantly started trembling. She seemed to be a young nurse. I did my best to raise my head in despair and struggled to look at the inside of my legs. However, not only was I unable to move at all, how could an infant who didn't even have the ability to sense light clearly see the outside world?
"Handsome older brother, you have to properly protect your younger sister in the future."
I gently rubbed my cheek with my lips. This old woman was actually trying to take advantage of me, but I wouldn't argue with her. At this moment, I was instantly satisfied and almost cried tears of joy. Meanwhile, on the other side, I could even sense a certain unlucky fellow's despair.
He … she was struggling and wriggling as she hugged the foot of the bed and did her best to raise her head … Could it be that she intended to ram her head into the baby bed and die?
"Little sister, are you hungry?"
"… Give me the baby."
Unfortunately, the mischievous "little sister" had been discovered, and then given to the "little girl" mother to feed … At this moment, Cavendish — no, Kavinwen's despair was truly delightful … I felt heartache. Yep, no matter what, I was still an older brother, so I should treat my younger sister better.
At the same time, I heaved a sigh of relief. Outside the window, a pregnant woman was being pushed into the delivery room, and my magical pet contract was activated once again. It would seem that a certain cat had successfully reincarnated into a human … Wait a moment, let's hope that she didn't get the wrong gender. If she did, just imagining the scene would be unbearable. I was straight after all.
I kept feeling like something was off. Normally, souls would have their own color, and normal people wouldn't get it wrong even if they reincarnated. Wasn't Cavendish being a bit too unlucky?
"Have you named them yet?"
The young nurse hugged me. Her ample breasts seemed rather familiar … Ahem, ahem, I was probably rather hungry, but I still needed to have a bottom line. Where was the milk bottle?
"The older one's name is Roland, and the younger one's name is Kavinshi."
Not only was I frightened, even Kavinshi was so frightened that she forgot to cry.
"Aren't they going to use their father's surname? I recall that their father's surname is Jiang? "
"Yep, these two children are quite fortunate. They received the blessings of our species' Main God. Mother Goddess Amelia even decided to become their godmother. She was the one who came up with their names."
The young mother's words were filled with pride. Being able to have the long-retired Goddess Amelia become their godmother was the happiest moment of her life.
"Wahhh!"
"Wahhh!"
As for the two babies, they started crying at the same time. They were so scared.
Actually, they weren't crying at all. Rather, they were arguing in baby language.
"You scammer, Roland! You dragged me down with you! How many times has it been already!? "
"How can you blame me for this? This is clearly … clearly the world's evil intentions! "
Alright then, the world had been shot once again. However, the two energetic babies caused the young mother to misunderstand.
"Little babies, are you happy? There's even more to come. Godmother even said that she'll personally come here to bless you. "
The two babies instantly stopped crying and simultaneously started struggling in an attempt to escape this dangerous area.
Unfortunately, the newborns didn't have enough strength. After struggling for a while, they were still unable to move in the nurse's and young mother's arms.
The nurse's braided hair fell on my face. It felt itchy, yet strangely familiar. I instinctively reached out to grab it, but what I touched was smooth silver hair.
"By the way, you can't stay here with two babies, right? Can someone help you take care of them? My internship is about to end, so I probably won't be able to stay in the hospital. Why don't I be your nanny and help you take care of your children for a while? I've learned nursing before. "
That was strange. Why did this voice sound so familiar?
"That's wonderful! Thank you, Yi … "
The young mother had been worried that it would be difficult for her to do chores due to her short hands. Now that someone was helping her take care of her children, she was overjoyed. Only now did she remember that she didn't even remember Yi Qing's name.
"… Eliza Mist. I'm a Russian mixed-blood. Please take care of me."
At that moment, I felt as if that warm embrace had become the firmest prison. It tightened — it really tightened! At this moment, I didn't know where to run.
At this moment, a familiar voice came from outside the door.
"Where's my little son? Bring him over so that Godmother can kiss him. Little Roland, you're so cute. Come, call me Mommy. "
My vision instantly darkened. Where's the crib? Just let me bang myself to death!
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