Against the World II: Transgression
Chapter 48: Whole Again, Part 2
Xavier came out of the dimension of his creation before it disappeared due to the Turn Null. He had seen half of Lucifer's body disappear, but he did not stay longer to see it disappear. And of course, he didn't come out on his own. Nueva's lifeless body floated beside her. After all, Nueva was Artemys' father. At the very least, the emperor deserved to be buried well.
Xavier circulated his gaze seeing the destruction that was happening. In the next second, he (and the corpse of Nueva) were already a thousand meters in the air. And in the next second, all the damage disappeared without a trace. The Amerlesia Mountains are back to the old. And Xavier didn't lose a single shred of mana to this.
“I've become so strong, too strong..”.
Xavier muttered as he looked at his hands. He felt that all his hard training had been useless; the strength he had made his struggle meaningless. All the tiring time while sparing with Evillia seemed meaningless. He was very strong from the beginning. He recalled sitting on the head of the Phoenix after making the legendary creature battered.
“But this is not without consequences.”
He remembered his meeting with Edenia for the first time. He shouldn't remember things that babies can't remember, but Xavier does.
He even remembers when he was in the womb. He even remembered his mother's heartbeat. And he remembered how the mother screeches when she gives birth to him into the world. Not only the first birth, but also the second. Likewise with the presence of Edenia who gave him a magic book and proposed Hernandez to be used as his last name.
Xavier remembered everything and therefore did not know whether to hate Edenia or not.
Will the chicks that a breeder has cared for since hatching hate the breeder for making them food after he grows up?
Such was Xavier's analogy to his question of Edenia. The creature had given him everything, but in the end he was just a tool for the avatar to break away from the shackles of the Throne of Heaven chain. It sounded painful to others, but Xavier understood why Edenia did it all. No one wants to be chained up like a pet.
And therefore Xavier did not want to take back the memories of the past, ..but the situation had forced both his hands.
“But knowing there are other creatures that are beyond this all...”.
Xavier let out a long sigh and decided to put that aside first. Now he must decide what to do, what steps he must take. Xavier has the power to do everything. There was no one who could stop him other than Edenia herself. And although he could not sense the existence of the creature, he knew it was only a matter of time until they met again.
Will he follow the words of Edenia first who is clearly lying to chain her legs? Or, would he face Edenia as Luciel had hoped? Or maybe, actually Edenia did want a fight between them?
Whatever it is, that's obviously—if he thought about it again—not a single one of those options ended badly for him. So avatar or not, he will still be able to do whatever he wants. Why should he care about beings outside the universe? Unless that creature wants to destroy this world, everything will be fine. Ah, he could become an avatar and then make Luciel take his place. Perfect. No problem at all.
As before, Xavier decided not to do anything. Doing either of those two things was tantamount to following Edenia. He stopped being the avatar's pawn. Xavier will live peacefully on a small, uninhabited island with no regard for anything. Edenia would have to dirty her own hands if she wanted the plan she had long designed to come true.
“But before that, this problem in Islan should be solved.”
He recalled his conversation the other day with Minner Ertharossa. Using the way Minner assumed was good enough. However, it is less dramatic. It requires a more interesting way, a spice that makes everything more frightening—Xavier fell silent suddenly when he saw the corpse of Nueva.
“Ah...”.
A brilliant idea popped into Xavier's head. This is not much different from Minner's assumption, but there is no way more amazing than what he just thought. It's also more fantastic. And after all the lies he had put into Kanna's mouth, the princess deserved to know the truth.
“But before that I had to convince Artemys; there was no point in creating an island paradise without Artemys participating. …Monica won't like this.”
But Xavier had no choice. Sooner or later Monica will find out. It is better for him to tell than he knows for himself. At the very least, Monica would be able to see his earnestness if she said it directly. Monica will also understand that she no longer hides anything from him. It's heavy, indeed, and Monica will of course be angry. However, Xavier hopes, the anger will not last long.
Along with a long sigh coming out of his mouth, Xavier disappeared from his place to float—as well as the corpse of the emperor.
...—Royal Palace, Cornnas, Emeralna— Province...
Although her gestational age had reached the eighth month, Artemys was still actively taking care of government affairs. Jenny had already offered to have everything she handled, but the governor had only allocated the task that required her to leave the palace to the maid. Because after all, Artemys didn't want to burden Jenny too much.
Alice offered to help, but she refused. Not for any special reason, but because Artemys was already used to doing the task. It would be strange if he just glanced.
Today is also so. Although the Islan is crammed with the biggest conflict of the century, Artemys casually checks the documents Jenny puts on her desk. Emeralna was very busy as usual; the number of documents that reached her desk was more than yesterday. Meanwhile, Alice sat reading a book beside the door.
Only the sound of paper sheets being flipped and pen scratches heard – rooms swallowed by silence.
However, that astonishment disappeared instantly as Xavier suddenly appeared just like that between Artemys and Alice.
“Alice, in the backyard of the palace there is a golden trunked tree, leaves adamantite, and bears jewels. Try to check how it can be there.”
Alice ignored her shock upon hearing that unreasonable remark. However, he had no chance to make a sound. Suddenly he was already two meters in front of a golden-stemmed tree, leafy adamantite, and bearing jewels. Alice could only fall silent with widened eyes.
“Di-He does not lie..”.