CHAPTER 334: BRIEF EXIT

"..." I enter my room while looking at my hands, they are trembling with a terror I never imagined feeling.

"D-Damn monster" I mutter, extremely bothered by Pandora, I thought she wouldn’t care, it’s a fact that I didn’t care if Azazel was going to learn about sex or not, I just wanted to test how far Pandora would let me go.

I wanted to see what would happen when I finally broke that stupid connection between the two, I thought Azazel would obviously start liking me more.

But as soon as I saw the future, all that appeared was Pandora coldly killing Azazel, she didn’t seem happy, but she didn’t seem sad either, it’s like killing someone who doesn’t matter.

Millions of futures, always a quick death, Pandora blowing Azazel’s head off with her tail, with her hands or with the shadows, a never-ending repetition of this.

Because for this cursed race, this damn bond is all that matters, if I try to break this bond and succeed, if Pandora sees Azazel in front of her, she will just kill her.

"Damn Echidna, that bitch had to be so paranoid" I sit on the corner of the bed, this is all the fault of Echidna’s paranoia, she did this to her daughters, this "anti-betrayal" mechanism.

’I never expected this, she seemed so attached to the family’ I always observe Pandora, she always showed a lot of family interest and affection, so I never thought she could kill her children so coldly.

I can’t deny that the prospect of losing Azazel is terrifying, it was a horrible vision to see her dying from Pandora’s perspective.

Especially because in some of these futures, Azazel realized that Pandora was going to kill her, so she asked for my help, it was horrible to watch that.

I see Pandora’s future again, apparently she sees my attempt as something to be contained, so she will send some servants to my castle to also take care of Azazel and prevent me from teaching troublesome things.

Pandora doesn’t care what Azazel will really learn, she only cares if it will or won’t break this connection, what I did is like a challenge for Pandora and now Pandora has decided to act.

For now it doesn’t matter, I’ve seen enough, I’ve understood that Pandora won’t just let me be the favorite, it’s in her race, it’s an instinct that comes from genetics and can’t be easily changed.

After all, this is a genetic modification made by the goddess of the abyss herself, removing this part of the genetics is almost impossible, and even if it were removed, Pandora would only kill the children who don’t have it.

Whether to remove it from the genetics or to shape the child’s mind until they lose it doesn’t matter, Pandora won’t accept a child who doesn’t have it, not because she doesn’t love the child, but because it’s pure biology for her.

"...Tsk...I want to leave, this is no longer fun" I bite my nail so hard that it breaks, cracking in half and starting to bleed, in 5 days Pandora will return to the human kingdom.

In 2 days I should leave, but I don’t want to stay here anymore, this has become unpleasant, I want to go back to my castle soon.

I feel that if Echidna heard about this, she would mock me, calling me weak, this is the first time something has really terrified me, it seems I’ve gotten too attached to Azazel, she has become too special to me.

"..." I look at Pandora’s current future, becoming indignant, she lay down with Zephyra and simply fell asleep, as if she didn’t perfectly know what I saw, this cold bitch is really crazy.

"If I didn’t love you so much, I would kill you for making me feel fear" I mutter angrily, if I didn’t love her so much, I would certainly make her pay dearly, even though the fault is somewhat mine for trying to manipulate Azazel to test her limits.

’I still can’t see Azazel’s future, but I feel that she is angry with me, how wonderful, when we return, she will start destroying even more things in the castle’ Lamentable, but I still understand.

"I think I’ll leave tomorrow, there’s no reason to stay here and leave Azazel near Pandora any longer, so I don’t lose even more authority" I decide to keep watching Pandora’s future to pass the time, there are many things I can see and I want to try to discover certain things.

In the end, even after all this, I still love her, she is my fascinating soulmate.

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"Are you sure about this?" I question Grimm, it’s already morning and Grimm has appeared at my door saying she’s going back to her castle with Azazel.

"Yes, I am, I don’t have enough patience to leave my daughter near you" She speaks to me coldly, I look at the color of her aura, still absurdly loving, but with an obvious momentary anger.

’Who would have thought she would really get angry at discovering the truth’ I had already imagined it would be like this, when I saw my mother face to face, I felt an immediate connection with her.

So obviously it would also be like this between me and my children, it’s an important biological bond that was inherited from me, I guess Grimm just didn’t think it was so important.

"Azazel, it seems the time has come for us to say goodbye" I say, bending down to Azazel’s height, she has a pouting face and her color is also a slight anger.

"Is Mama Pandoru not angry?" She asks again, we had a conversation early in the morning and now Azazel is 100% on my side, it just made her distrustful of Grimm and her lies.

Azazel is innocent, but she’s also smart, she understood that Grimm is a liar, so now she’ll think twice before trusting Grimm’s word on matters like this.

"I’m not, daughter, I’ve already talked to your mother and we’ve made peace" I tell her with a smile, she also gives me a soft and content smile.

"Mama Pandoru, was what Mama Grimm was going to teach very wrong? And if I could use it with Eclipsya, then in the future if I learn, can I use it on Eclipsya too?" She asks curiously.

"It’s not that it was wrong, it’s just that it’s something you still shouldn’t learn...wait, use it on Eclipsya?" I look at her confused, I didn’t know 100% what Grimm was teaching.

I only knew that she was trying to teach Azazel about sex using me as an example while trying to break our connection, of course, breaking this connection would take at least 1 year of constant manipulation, fortunately I stopped Grimm in the early stages of this.

"..." I look at Grimm, who just averts her gaze.

"If Eclipsya wants to, when you learn in the future and you’re both adults, it’s possible..." I speak in a rather unhappy way about this, but for now I’ll let it slide, after all, Azazel probably won’t care about that after a while.

’At least Azazel didn’t learn anything’ I caress her head as I stand up, Grimm quickly grabs Azazel’s hand.

"I’m going home, Pandora, tell your servants they can enter the barrier just by trying to pass through" Grimm speaks, already knowing that I will send some people.

"Great..." I look at her suspiciously.

"...Don’t worry, I’ve already perfectly understood the limits, I won’t do it again" She speaks as she picks up Azazel and starts walking to leave.

"Go through the shadow, and take good care of our daughter" I say to her as she stops for a moment.

"I’m irritated for now, but it won’t be long before I’m back to normal, be sure that I’ll teach you a hard lesson the next time we’re alone in a room" She speaks with a sickly large smile, showing her fangs.

"...The expected from Grimm, I guess" I murmur as she disappears after threatening to do something to me in bed.

’Time to get back to work’ I decide to first go do the demon king’s work, signing some papers, and then I’ll take care of Eclipsya, I stretch a little as I start walking.

’I think as soon as I return to the human kingdom, I can talk to Pope Lucious about his little secret’ I think I’ve already found the location where the monsters are being created.

I didn’t waste months gaining his friendship for nothing, all that time in the church I used magic imperceptibly just to find the location, I’m a cautious person.

I know well how laborious it has been just to discover the abilities of the heroes, but I don’t want to be caught off guard by something dangerous and lose the fight, after all, if you know yourself and your enemy, you need not fear the result of 100 battles.

Plus, I’ve discovered that the commander of the royal guard, the person currently training the heroes for war, is insane, she will surely turn the heroes into killing machines by force.

So I’m unlikely to face cowardly heroes who are afraid to fight, I’m cautious enough not to underestimate my enemies, even if they are human, after all, I’m strong but not invincible.

Plus, variables can always happen, it’s my duty as king to prevent certain problematic things, that’s why I won’t face the enemy troops, I’ll leave that to my troops while I fight the heroes.

Because it’s not good for me to get tired fighting a bunch of weaklings, I want to face the heroes with 100% of my power, so while I fight the heroes, my troops will fight the enemy army.

"Soon, very, very soon" I murmur satisfied, my revenge is so close that I can practically feel the satisfaction of it.