Chapter 298: And the Place Where All Miracles Begin (3)
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 298: And the Place Where All Miracles Begin (3)
“I made it so that the other flowers, those who didn’t yet have a connection with you, would come seeking you out, Lord Ian.”
I showed Laura fabricated prophecies.
I made Laplace and Valentine realize their desires faster than fate intended.
I whispered greed into the ear of Estelle’s great-uncle, and I made it so that Helen saw nothing but happy families around her.
In this way, I twisted the fates of these females through the power of love and training.
“Yes... I won’t make excuses. I made those females... suffer more. I whispered to myself that if they didn’t bloom in Lord Ian’s garden, only a miserable end awaited them anyway.”
She told herself she had merely brought forward the misfortune that was bound to come eventually...
She believed that even if they suffered now, they would be saved by Lord Ian that much sooner, so in the end, there was no problem.
However, even a massive machine breaks down if a single small gear goes out of alignment.
From the moment she personally interfered, the situation deteriorated beyond control.
“It was horrific. Some tried to wither away before even meeting you, some met the wrong destined partner, and some even tried to turn into poisonous flowers. ...But most horrific of all was that even in such desperate situations, the moment I looked away, Evelyn would try to bloom in your garden. Every time, I barely managed to pluck the buds, again and again and again.... In that repetitive cycle, my remaining Fate Energy began to run dry, and I had to make a decision.”
It was impossible to watch over each female one by one like this.
If that was the case, it would be better to herd all the females into one place and forge connections there.
Since they were all females with the potential to be linked with Lord Ian...
She thought that once a connection was established, they would naturally keep each other in check and monitor one another, buying time until Lord Ian could eventually embrace them all.
“Yes, so I poured most of my remaining Fate Energy into creating the [Female Gallery]. It was a dangerous gamble, but I was going to wither away regardless if I stayed like that. And... at first, I thought it was quite successful. Until I realized that ‘Anemone’ was included in the Gallery.”
By the time she realized it, she tried to kick Anemone out of the Female Gallery, but she failed.
The access condition for the Female Gallery itself was being a ‘female with the potential to be linked with Lord Ian.’
To kick out Anemone, who had a higher potential to be linked with Lord Ian than any other female, she would have had to overhaul the Gallery’s access structure itself, but that was impossible with her remaining Fate Energy.
“Alice.”
“...Finally, Lord Ian has called me by my name. I had hoped that if I were ever called, it would be in a way filled with love... but I suppose I shouldn’t dare hope for such a thing now.”
Alice spoke as she looked at me with eyes filled with a mixture of deep sorrow and affection.
“Lord Ian, I am not an evil god. I love this world. I don’t love it in a way humans can’t understand, like a god of terror and hunger, or a god of war and pain. I truly love this world and its children, just as a parent cherishes their child. Even so... the things I did were an unavoidable choice. If I did nothing, this world would be absorbed by me or swallowed by the ‘Fragments of the End’ within a thousand years at most.”
“....”
“It’s sad, but I know. I know it’s hard for Lord Ian to forgive me even after hearing this. But... that’s just from a human perspective! I guarantee it!! If Lord Ian enters a relationship with me for about five hundred years and your stature rises sufficiently... then you will surely understand me! The perspectives of humans and gods are entirely different. So please, try to understand me even a little...”
“...No, I understand you even now, Alice. I can see that you didn’t do this out of malice.”
Separate from the anger still pooling in my heart, I understood that Alice’s choice had been unavoidable.
“Ah...? Re-really!! As expected of Lord Ian!! You are the man I chose!! Don’t worry!! Even if five hundred years feels like a long time now, I, Alice Whiteflanc, swear I will make it feel like a mere instant!! From my appearance to my personality, I will become the ideal female you desire!! You can do anything to me. That final ‘line’ you never crossed... you can cross it with me as much as you want!! I mean it!! I can accept all of you!!”
Perhaps thinking I had accepted her, Alice approached me with a bright smile.
“Oh! And don’t worry! I will give the females remaining on the surface rewards equal to their suffering! How about letting them live happily alone with Lord Ian in an eternal dream indistinguishable from reality? With this, both Lord Ian and the females will be satisfied...”
Slap!
“...Eh?... L-Lord... Ian?... Why?”
When I brushed her hand away, Alice looked at me as if she couldn’t believe it.
“Don’t misunderstand, Alice. Just because I can understand doesn’t mean I can accept it.”
“T-then? ...Are you saying you’ll reject me and let the world be destroyed? Please... don’t do that. I’ll give you my everything. Lord Ian, you are special to me! I truly, sincerely love you! In this world, only Lord Ian can look at the same place as I do!! S-so... please... don’t... reject me...”
“I didn’t say I was rejecting you either. But... they say it’s the way of the world that if you commit a crime, you receive a punishment.”
“...A punishment?”
At that, Alice looked at me with eyes full of the question: ‘Who on earth would dare punish me?’
‘As I thought, she’s different...’
I had felt it during our conversation just now, but Alice’s way of thinking was fundamentally different from a human’s.
That didn’t mean Alice wasn’t being sincere.
Alice was truly, sincerely apologizing to me and seeking forgiveness.
If I told her to strip naked, beg, and lick my feet, she would probably stick out her tongue without hesitation.
But that was strictly something Alice chose to do herself.
She couldn’t comprehend the concept of someone else inflicting an unwanted ‘punishment’ on her.
...Well, it couldn’t be helped.
Alice was the administrator and the most noble being of this world.
Until now, who would have dared to punish her?
“Yes, a punishment. I, and my women whose fates were twisted because of you, will punish you. And if that punishment ever ends... then, we will try to forgive you.”
If all of this had been simply for Alice’s amusement, I would never have forgiven her.
But...
Even if the process was horrific, Alice had worked to save the world.
So, if my women still can’t forgive her even after she has received sufficient punishment...
Then I will kneel beside Alice and seek forgiveness for her.
Unlike the ‘happy ending’ Alice spoke of, the ‘happy ending’ I dream of must be one where everyone, without exception, can laugh together.
“Yes, if Lord Ian will accept me, I will take a punishment thousands of times over. But... how are you going to punish me?”
Alice asked in a voice tinged with fear.
It wasn’t the punishment she feared, but the thought of upsetting me.
“There’s only one way, isn’t there? The only way I can punish you.”
The one and only way I, a mere human, can punish a goddess.
“Sex.”
“.........Pardon?”
As if unable to grasp the situation, Alice blinked blankly.
“Did you... just say sex?”
“That’s right. I’m going to punish you with sex.”
“A-are you serious? You’re going to punish me, the Goddess of Love and Training, with sex?”
“Why? You seem confident. Was it a lie when you said you were a virgin?”
“It wasn’t a lie!! It’s true that I’m a p-pure... virgin... but even so, I don’t think I’ll be punished by sex... I’m not saying this to look down on you, Lord Ian... but I’ll say it again, I am the Goddess of Love and Training, you know? And... one with the blood of the succubus tribe?”
Alice asked back, genuinely flustered.
Even if Lord Ian had accumulated enough Fate Energy to reach the stature where he could have ‘sex’...
Wasn’t he the same Lord Ian who, until recently, almost ejaculated just by looking into her eyes?
Grab!
Suddenly, Ian wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her.
“—Mmph?!”
To be honest, she was very happy and a little flustered...
But Alice soon closed her eyes and simply accepted Ian’s tongue.
‘Hngh...♥ As expected... Lord Ian... you’re quite skilled at handling females. But... this isn’t enough.’
Appearance, figure, personality, scent...
Without needing to mention them one by one, Alice Whiteflanc was a being born entirely for the pleasure of the ‘male’ and the most perfect ‘female’ in this world.
Slurp! Chu!
‘...It’s okay. You don’t need to resist. Now, Lord Ian, you just have to leave everything to me and feel the pleasure. You’ve done well enough until now. From now on, I will make you happy.’
Even if this kiss with Ian was Alice’s first, she instinctively knew how to please a male.
Mwah! Slurp! Lick!
How much time had passed?
The fierce battle of tongues inside their mouths came to an end.
At the same time, Alice smiled bitterly as she felt a portion of the Fate Energy Ian had accumulated flowing into her.
“Haah... As expected... Lord Ian, you’re amazing. But... you felt it just now, didn’t you? Even though that was my first kiss... your Fate Energy flowed into me. It means the pleasure I gave you was stronger than the pleasure you gave me... So....”
“Don’t misunderstand, Alice. I let you win on purpose. Just as you said, take the Fate Energy from me.”
This was neither a bluff nor a joke.
Passing a bit of Fate Energy to Alice was part of my plan.
“......Eh?”
“It’s Alice’s Day soon, right? My women can’t come up here. So you come down that day. The Fate Energy you just took should be enough.”
“...Wait a moment. Lord Ian, what... do you mean?”
“I told you. Not just me, but ‘we’ will punish you. I’m not the only one you need to be punished by.”
“......”
Certainly, the pleasure Alice provided was more incredible than expected.
With just one kiss, I almost spilled my semen along with a brain-melting sensation of ecstasy.
‘But it doesn’t matter... Unlike my mouth... my cock is special.’
Whether the opponent was the Goddess of Love and Training or the Goddess of Fertility and Abundance, it didn’t matter.
‘───If she has a pussy, I’ll fuck even a goddess.’
After being frozen for a long time, Alice spoke with a faint smile.
“He... hehe!♪ Fine. Lord Ian! But... there won’t be a second chance. I’m not saying this to look down on you or to refuse punishment. It’s just...”
“I know what you mean.”
I nodded.
Just using Fate Energy for something unrelated to the ‘Fragments of the End’ was a huge decision for Alice.
I never expected her to allow this twice.
“Then I understand... On the ‘Alice’s Day’ you mentioned, I will descend to the surface. But, please remember. No matter what conclusion our story reaches that day...”
Alice said, taking a step back from me.
Whew—
“I will continue to love you, Lord Ian.”
