[12th Round] This Place!
Nobody told me that he was my son. But as soon as I saw him, I immediately knew.
Was it because he looked like me? Not really.
Rather, he looked more like the Sword Princess.
All the natives of the Northern Continent admitted that I was sweet as a child, but this boy was different in appearance. Even his blond hair was from the Sword Princess.
But I still determined that he was my “son.”
I felt like I was looking into a dull mirror. If my assumptions were wrong, the universe would have already sent a sign.
“My father?”
“Yes. Look into my eyes, and you will see that my words are not lies.”
“N-no… It just can’t be…”
The boy began to shake his head, denying his reality. I understood that he was confused because of such a sudden statement, but it would be good if he remembered that we were in the middle of a war and amid the sea at that.
Regardless…
“It’s too noisy here.”
I had to calm everyone down first.
The sounds of the soldiers fighting were just white noise to me, but the companions from the Northern Continent who came with Sage were different.
They kept calling me a fraud, thus annoying me.
“Don’t listen to him, Chris!”
“The Emperor of Darkness cannot be your father!”
“Chris, don’t give in!”
Apparently, my son’s name was Chris.
They had to pay for not asking me my own son’s name.
I snapped my fingers, causing a sound wave to course through the battlefield.
It didn’t kill, but it could rupture eardrums by exposing them to the lymphatic fluid inside the ear.
Sometimes during clinical trials, this led to a cerebral hemorrhage, but for as long as they didn’t try to block it with their pathetic skills, everything should be alright.
“Aaaahh!”
“Aurgh-!”
The companions from the Northern Continent’s eyes rolled into their heads and began to fall one by one, their mouths starting to foam.
The staggering soldiers’ ears only started bleeding a little. That wasn’t due to discrimination.
After all, the Sound Wave of the Righteous Hero treated everyone the same.
This slight hitch was due to the sinners’ abandonment of Mollan’s justice.
However…
“As expected of my son.”
The only one who survived it was Chris.
Genes remembered everything. The son of the Righteous Hero didn’t resist. Rather, he led the wave through his body like a guide.
Hence, he still calmly stood before me.
“I’m fine too, Drug Hero.”
“You’re using cowardly methods again.”
The First Spirit and Ssosia, who remained fine, muttered blasphemies.
Five Spirit Kings, sexually harassing my body, also tried to insert their five cents.
But I just ignored them.
“You can now talk calmly.”
The soldiers of both armies had been eliminated.
They hadn’t died yet, but they were now so exhausted they could no longer continue fighting.
I calmly looked at the stats of my son.
▷ Race: Man of Chaos
▷ Level: 999+
▷ Job: Hero (Experience 200%)
▷ Skills: Gifted MAX, Omnipotence MAX, Fortune MAX, Divinity S, Dark Energy S…
▷ Status: Confused, Anxious
It was impossible to look at it calmly.
Even I couldn’t raise Omnipotence above S-rank, but he had MAX-rank.
Although it was because of it that his other skills hadn’t grown, its effects alone were impressive. There were no problems with it.
I took a closer look!
▷ Type: Skill
▷ Name: Omnipotence
▷ Rank: MAX (0%)
► Z: ?
▷ SSS: Errorless.
▷ SS: Learns quickly.
▷ S: Perfect in everything.
▷ A: The errors made are insignificant.
▷ B: If he experiences something, he understands it quickly.
▷ C: Great at everything.
▷ D: Number of errors reduced.
▷ E: Learns from others quickly.
▷ F: Good at everything.
It had such an amazing all-encompassing effect.
Depending on the conditions, his learning rate increased, and the number of errors made decreased. Its effects allowed him to do everything perfectly, too…
That wasn’t all that was interesting about him.
His Gifted skill wasn’t inferior to his Omnipotence.
▷ Type: Skill
▷ Name: Gifted
▷ Rank: MAX (71%)
► Z: ?
▷ SSS: Significant increase in agility.
▷ SS: Significant increase in success rate.
▷ S: Significant increase in skill mastery.
▷ A: Significant increase in experience points gained.
▷ B: Slight improvement in agility.
▷ C: Slight improvement in success rate.
▷ D: Slight improvement in skill mastery.
▷ E: Slight improvement in experience points gained.
▷ F: Born outstanding.
He certainly couldn’t compete against me, who became emperor at one year old, but considering that he didn’t go through the process of regression, he was incredibly talented.
In addition, he was already 71% done overcoming its limits.
If he had sacrificed other skills, except for Divinity and Dark Energy, which were difficult to upgrade to S-rank, then his skills would be even more impressive than it was now.
And even Fortune…
Type: Skill
Name: Fortune
Rank: MAX (0%)
► Z: ?
▷ SSS: Errors lead to success.
▷ SS: Absorbs luck from the opponent.
▷ S: Inexhaustible luck.
▷ A: The energy of the universe sometimes helps.
▷ B: Small chance to ignore traps.
▷C: Minor increase in luck.
▷ D: Rejects death by falling.
▷ E: Small chance to dodge arrows blindly.
▷ F: Luck increases.
Gifted, Omnipotence, Fortune.
I only needed to look at the name of one of these skills to smell cheating, but all of them were in one boy.
While others would already jump in happiness by just getting one of them, having all three still wasn’t enough for my son. Hence, he was already trying to overcome the limit.
Plus, he had Divinity and Dark Energy!
These two attributes were difficult to combine because they were like water and oil, but he succeeded in doing so without any problems, and at the end of all, his race was the “Man of Chaos.”
▷ Type: Race
▷ Name: Man of Chaos
▷ Rank: Ancient
▶ Ability 1: You can learn all the attributes (elements)
▷ Ability 2: Promising abilities
▷ Feature 1: Increases the effect of chaos
▷ Feature 2: Increases the effect of destruction
▷ Feature 3: Oblivion effect increases
▷ Race 1: Excellent adaptability
possibilities
Judging by the order of my son’s skills, everything was the same as mine, except for Omnipotence.
Although I had it as well, since I didn’t practice my production skills but focused on combat ones, I couldn’t raise its rank.
Then, to move it up to the Z-rank, I tried practicing my production skills, but it was already too late.
By then, I no longer relied on Omnipotence since I had the “Love of the Universe” skill. I wasted my chance to level it up.
If I wasted time with the “Gifted” skill, I would also never be able to learn it again.
“What did the Sword Princess say?”
I didn’t kill my son’s adoptive father. I had only ever been to the Northern Continent once. It was to get Holy Sword C, which I then inserted into Golem D.
“That you killed my young father, who was a fair and sweet aristocrat, and then pounced on my mother…”
I didn’t hear what he muttered at the end, but I generally understood the situation.
Wasn’t this called a dream that foreshadowed a future pregnancy?
I didn’t know what the supervisor of the secondary education course was trying here, but it seemed that the Sword Princess had dreams about her past life when she helped me before the birth of our son.
But the dreams were fuzzy.
I immediately grew physically to kill the Demon Lord.
From a cute child, I turned into a gallant hero!
If this process was omitted in the dreams of the Sword Princess, then it was no surprise that the current Sword Princess misunderstood.
She was looking after a sweet child, a wise ruler of the Northern Continent, when suddenly, in a dream, a brave man appeared in front of her and pierced her with his divine spear.
The faculty members of this course were doing their job in a very strange way…
► Puzzled: I expected a touching meeting between father and son as well. I was confused when your child said that you killed his real father. I’ll find out more about this from the seniors!
‘Woah, Trainee Teacher. You finally decided to be diligent with your work!’
►Boastful: I actually always work hard!
‘I look forward to your input, Trainee Teacher.’
In any case, it was necessary to quickly resolve the misunderstanding that had arisen due to the error of the teachers.
My child’s appearance was like the Sword Princess, one of the three greatest beauties of the Northern Continent, but he inherited his skills from me.
No, since he had the Omnipotence skill, wouldn’t he have already surpassed me?
“Chris, I’m your father. Haven’t you already felt it?”
“Why did you start the war?”
If he were a different boy, I would have already taught him a lesson in the form of a herniated disc, but I couldn’t do that to my own child.
Although heroes had to be fair to everyone…
It seemed the time had come to retire.
“To give it all to you.”
“What?”
“In the past three years, we could’ve already met several times, but I didn’t come to you right away. The heroes only shout about romance and charity. I didn’t want to show you that. However, I didn’t think that I would meet you on my opponents’ side amid a war.”
“…”
“If you understand, follow me. The Holy Mollan Empire is the country you will rule in the future. I’ll teach you a lot while I’m around.”
“Does your plan also include the conquest of the Northern Continent?”
“A part of it, yes.”
Foolish rulers and ignorant nobles thought that the winning battles were the most important in conquering other territories since that would signal the war’s end.
However, the most important aspect of colonization actually started afterward.
Solving diplomatic problems and internal conflicts brought forth by the aftermath of the war should always be a king’s top priority.
If one wasn’t sure that they could defeat all the countries in the world, then it was better not to start a war.
The problem was in the widows and orphans left behind by the bloodbath.
Even if compensation were paid to the affected families, the amount wouldn’t be enough to live on it for a lifetime.
That couldn’t be solved even if one had a lot of money.
After all, they wouldn’t only be paying one or two families.
Inflation would happen instantly, and the value of money would fall.
If an apple were 500 won today, it would cost 5000 won tomorrow.
Taking into account the soldiers’ rewards in gratitude for their brave participation, within several days, the treasury would be completely empty.
At that point, the entire country would go down to the bottom together.
Calculations here weren’t as fast as on Earth, and the transport was poorly developed, making it even easier to create rush demand.
Regardless…
“The unification of the Central and Northern Continents is just a small aspect of my overall plan. You cannot become a great person if you look only forward and not around. This applies to both heroes and emperors, Carl.”
“I’m Chris.”
“Ahem! Chris, follow me. You don’t need to help me. Just look at what the Holy Mollan Empire is, second in greatness only to Master Mollan. Although if you do not like my management, you can change it in the future. This is also possible if you look-”
“Enough.”
“…”
“I’m not interested in your throne. All I know is that my father makes a lot of people unhappy. As you said, war turns many women and children into widows and orphans.”
I calmly listened to my son, who clearly pronounced every word.
I didn’t think he’s wrong.
It was just that…
“There is no world without victims. It is impossible to save everyone.”
“Stop making excuses for this onslaught.”
“Sword Princess! You instilled in my son the same strange thinking the Hero’s companions had…”
I couldn’t continue.
As soon as I turned my head and looked at the lying Sword Princess, my son rushed at me.
This was… a surprise attack?
It wasn’t how the Sword Princess would do it.
She would have politely warned that she would attack.
But it didn’t hurt me in any way.
After all, there was still a huge difference between us!
“Cowardly husband, do you know what that is called?”
“What?”
My son couldn’t even stop me from talking to my self-proclaimed wife.
“The apple not falling far from the apple tree. Externally, he doesn’t look like you, but your fighting styles are the same. You both pretend to be a righteous hero and then attack cowardly when the opportunity allows it.”
I wasn’t angry with her. Instead, I showed her the Righteous Hero’s smile.
I then hugged my son tightly.
“Huh?!”
“Hahaha! Since he doesn’t look or even act like me, I started doubting whether he really is my son, but now I’m certain.”
Our bones were similar!
