Chapter 926: A Dangerous Power.
In a large, private room, Victor sat on the couch with Persephone next to him and Anna in front of him.
"First, let's test the limits of your Powers and how they are activated. That way, we can get an idea of how to control them." Victor explained to Anna and then spoke in Draconic Language:
"Seal the Space until I remove the Seal."
The moment he said this, the entire room was sealed, and no one could leave or enter without Victor's permission.
Anna's eyes brightened slightly when she saw this demonstration of the use of Runes with her Draconic Eyes. Although it looked the same as what she did, it was completely different. After all, it was apparent that Victor had more control over this particular skill set than her.
"Persephone, watch closely. As a Dragon, this should be a learning experience for you."
"...Yes, Victor," Persephone said as she closed her eyes for a few seconds. When she reopened them, her eyes began to glow slightly as she focused on using her new abilities to see more than usual.
This glowing effect only occurred when someone had not mastered their Ocular Powers completely. If she were proficient in this basic Technique, the glow in her eyes would not appear, and they would always be activated, as in Victor's case.
"Now, let's begin… Anna say the word: weapon."
"Weapon?" She spoke while tilting her head confusedly.
The next moment, several kitchen knives and dolls that looked like Victor began to appear out of nowhere.
"...Hmm-Huuh?" Anna didn't understand why Victor's kitchen knives and Victor dolls appeared.
'Her Energy hasn't dropped much... Her Dragon Heart is stronger than most, huh.' Victor thought as he looked at the kitchen knives on the floor and dolls of his likeness. Just with that demonstration, he was able to understand almost everything related to Anna's Power, but he needed even more testing.
[Well, she is your mother, Victor. Your Souls are very similar, so when she Evolved, some of your predominant characteristics passed to her.] Roxanne spoke.
[Not only is her Dragon Heart more efficient, but I can see that she has a small connection to the planet in the same way as Haruna.] Amara explained.
[Does that mean she can take the Energy that you emit and transform it into Natural Energy to use?] Victor asked as he narrowed his eyes more and looked deep into Anna's Soul, only to discover that Amara was right.
[No, she can use some of our Positive and Negative Energy directly. It must be because of this that her Runes are so powerful.] Amara explained
[Add to that the basic ability of True Dragons to controlCreation, with Dragon Runes being synonymous to the Codes of Creation, along with a substantial amount of talent... It's no wonder she is so strong that she can't control herself.] Roxanne nodded.
"Anna, say the sentence, 'I want a weapon of mass destruction'."
Anna briefly hesitated to say this. After all, she was a little afraid of hurting Victor, but those fears disappeared when she remembered who the man in front of her was. It would take much more than a simple weapon of mass destruction to hurt Victor.
"...I want a weapon of mass destruction."
This time, a little more of Anna's Energy was used. If we were to label it as a percentage out of 100% of her Energy, only 15% was expended.
An expenditure that soon began to recover thanks to Anna's Dragon Heart.
The moment she spoke those words, various missiles, tanks, and military equipment began to appear around the room, and a very realistic doll of Victor as well, a doll that looked more like a golem.
Persephone opened her eyes widely when she looked at this scene. With her Draconic Vision, she could clearly see various Energies coming together to fulfill Anna's wish.
'In something so simple, such a complicated process is done... I need to learn more.' Persephone stared even more intensely at this result.
Meanwhile, Victor felt his lips tremble a little when he saw the golem of himself. 'Just what kind of image does my mother have of me in her head?' He shook his head internally as he sighed a little.
[Darling... That's...] Roxanne was going to say something, but Victor cut her off by saying.
[Yes, I know. Her Powers are based on her understanding of the world. For her, weapons of mass destruction are missiles, tanks, and apparently myself. Because of this, these items were created in reality.]
[This is dangerous. She needs to have an exact image in her head, or she might create something terrible in reality,] Amara said. [I don't even want to imagine if this Power was in the hands of a crazy person.]
Victor nodded, being able to imagine this scenario perfectly. It was because of this that Powers that distorted Reality needed to be very controlled, or something terrible could happen.
[Fortunately, Darling is stronger than this Power, so nothing she says inappropriately can hurt our Family... We need to place isolation Runes like this all over the mansion, if possible, on the entire planet. That way, if she uses her Powers inappropriately, the effects will not spread beyond the established Space.] Roxanne spoke.
Victor and Amara completely agreed with her. For now, this Power was okay because, essentially speaking, Victor had the same Power as Anna, and his was much more powerful because he had Amara and Roxanne within him to nourish the effects of the reality warp. At her current level of proficiency, as long as the Energy Victor used was greater, Anna would not be able to break the effects of his Technique.
An example of this was that even as Anna had used her skills, her Powers did not leave this Space isolated by Victor.
"Keep thinking of words you want to say, and keep saying them."
"Hmm… Okay." Anna nodded and then began speaking several random words from her head.
"Ball."
"Photos."
"Pictures."
While this was happening, Victor was listening internally.
[But if you think about it the other way, Victor, until Anna learns to control this Power, she cannot leave your side. After all, you are the only one who is strong enough to stop the consequences of her Power.] Amara spoke.
Victor and Roxanne agreed with Amara. Anna's raw talent completely surpassed all the other girls in this regard. She was second only to Victor, and that was because Victor held within himself all the essential Energies to make reality more vivid and because he was the Progenitor of the race, with memories of several ancient Beings within him that he consumed. Not to mention that he understood The System and was a God of the highest order.
If Anna had complete access to Positive and Negative Energy and had a Rune-
related Divinity, and if she understood The System the same way Victor did... Her Reality Distortion could surpass even Victor's, and the reason for this was simple:
In RPG terms, Victor was a character with potential in several different areas, while Anna was a character exclusively focused on one area. Consequently, her entire existence would focus on improving that exclusive area even further.
But those were a lot of 'what ifs'. There was no point thinking about that now. He needed to work with what he had.
'But this potential exists within her... Let's nurture her to become someone formidable.' Victor smiled internally. He wouldn't give up until she reached her full potential.
Fortunately, he found a competent teacher to help Anna with her Rune issues. 'Scathach, Zaladrac, and Dun Scaith should be enough to teach her anything she needs.'
Not only would these three women teach Anna, but they would also learn from each other and become even more formidable, a group that Victor would definitely join.
[Is that alright, Darling? Dun Scaith is not yet our full ally.] Roxanne spoke, and by a full ally, she meant that she was not Victor's Wife.
[It's okay. Even if she learns something new and tries to betray me with it, all her knowledge gained from the moment she stepped into my house will be erased from her head. And even if she stores the knowledge elsewhere, the contract will ensure that all of it is erased.]
The contract that Victor was offering was not a simple one. It was a contract made with his Reality Distortion working in tandem with his Soul Powers. This contract directly bound the individual's Soul to everything that was written.
If Dun Scaith breaks the contract, terrible effects would befall her.
Victor did not think this was cruel. After all, it was essential to keep things a secret from the other Pantheons. The technology and the Runes she would learn were things that did not exist in another Pantheon. You could say that it was something exclusive to Victor, and he would do everything to keep it that way.
After 30 minutes of Anna speaking words that came into her head, she was running out of ideas of what to say. Luckily, Victor decided it was time to stop.
"Okay, that's enough," Victor said.
Anna closed her mouth and sighed in relief. She felt pretty tired, like all her body's reserves were very low. She sucked down air like a marathon runner who was trying to catch their breath, and in the next moment, all the creations in the room disappeared, transforming back into Energy and returning to her body.
Her Energy reserves, which were previously very low, returned to almost half.
[Interesting. She can reverse the process unconsciously and take the Energy used back. I didn't even know that was possible.] Roxanne spoke.
Victor nodded internally, also surprised. When he created something, he didn't usually undo it and recover the Energy. He simply erased it.
"Hydrogen bomb," Victor spoke in Draconic Language, and then a Nuke appeared floating above his head.
Victor focused his senses on the hydrogen bomb and tried to reverse the process. After a few seconds of trying, he finally understood what he should do, and slowly, the bomb began to come apart, and the Energy returned to his body.
[...I see. So this is what it means to be a monstrous genius at something, huh.] Amara spoke.
While Anna did this naturally as if it were breathing, Victor had to discover the mechanism behind it in order to reverse the process.
This was the difference between a genius and an average person. Although Victor was anything but a normal person since he was also a monstrous genius like Anna. After all, now that he discovered the mechanism behind it, it became much easier for him to perform the process of reversing.
But it was a fact that if it weren't for Anna, he wouldn't have discovered this. After all, it didn't make any difference for Victor. He had so much Energy that he didn't mind wasting it. But the same was not possible for his Wives.
Therefore, this technique of reversing the Creation process would be beneficial for them.
"Persephone, do you understand?"
"Yes... I do." She'd watched Anna make the items so much that she herself was able to understand the mechanism behind it. However, understanding it and doing it with the same efficiency as Anna was something completely different.
"Good." Victor nodded, satisfied.
"What about you, Anna? After using your Powers so much, did you understand?"
"... I could not," Anna spoke with a face slightly flushed with embarrassment. Was she supposed to understand something? She was so focused on saying things and thinking about what to say that she forgot to pay attention.
"Mm, it's okay; there's no need to be embarrassed about it. After all, it's something that comes naturally to you. So it's harder to understand."
Anna just nodded but didn't say anything.
"Let's start talking about the fundamentals of your technique. First, your Powers work based on what you 'believe' to be 'fact'."
"For example, when I asked you to say 'weapon', what appeared?"
"A kitchen knife, and you…" She replied uncomfortably.
"Yes, this happened because, in your subconscious, you believed that a kitchen knife and I are a weapon."
"Victor, I-." Anna wanted to try to explain herself, but Victor just shrugged his shoulders as if he had no choice.
"Your perception is not wrong. I am indeed a very dangerous weapon when I need to be. Don't think about it too much; I'm not upset." Victor spoke neutrally.
Anna nodded as she bit her lip. She wanted to say something anyway, that although she thought he was a 'weapon', it was more like a defensive weapon that kept her safe.
Victor, as someone who understood his mother very well, knew the thoughts she had about him. Because of this, he was not upset.
In fact, being compared to a kitchen knife was quite significant for her. After all, when she wanted to defend herself against something, she would pull out her kitchen knife. That's what 'weapon' meant to her.
"Your Power is based completely on your own perception. It is based completely on the way you see reality, with your subconscious completely influencing your Power."
"And that is a very dangerous thing."
"... Dangerous?"
"Yes, you have the Power to distort reality with just one word, one word based on your perception."
"What does Terror mean to you?"
"...Something terrifying, like a clown?"
Victor just shook his head, denying her thoughts. "It's better to demonstrate it in practice. Say the word: Terror."
"Terror."
A miasma of some kind quickly left Anna's body and headed towards Victor. Anna's Power tried to influence him in some way, but as he was more powerful than Anna herself, the Power couldn't do anything. Instead, it went to Victor's left side and displayed a vivid image of Victor's dead body.
"...That..."
"Did you realize what just happened?" Victor spoke with the same neutral tone, but it contained a clear seriousness.
"My Power tried to do something to you... It tried-..." She couldn't utter those words.
"When you said the word 'Terror', the most terrifying thing in your subconscious tried to come true. And what was that terrifying thing? My death."
Anna shuddered at those words.
"As your Power was unable to influence me to make your words a reality, it made something like an illusion," Victor spoke while looking at his body.
Anna completely understood the word 'influence' that Victor said. It was a simple way of saying that her Power tried to kill him.
"Do you understand how dangerous your Power is?"
"Yes…" She nodded while looking down. "I-, I'm sorry-." She stopped talking when she felt her body float towards Victor.
Victor placed her on his lap, stroked her long black hair, and lightly touched her horns, which were the same color as his.
Feeling these caresses and Victor's warmth on her body, the bad feelings inside her began to slowly evaporate, and without realizing it, the creation she made of Victor dying began to dissolve into Energy and return to her body.
"No need to apologize. Something like that won't affect me; I'm the strongest, after all."
"I just want to demonstrate to you the consequences of using your Power so that you can understand it and control it." Victor lifted Anna's chin and made her look at him.
"You understand?"
"Mmm." She nodded gently as she blushed slightly at her son's serious expression.
"Good." He nodded in satisfaction while smiling.
She blushed again and placed her head on his chest as she took a deep breath. As she did so, she inhaled the intoxicating scent of her Progenitor, and this made her even more comfortable.
Consequently, she completely lowered her guard and relaxed.
The aura from Anna's body practically exploded throughout the room now that she was no longer holding back and was relaxed.
Persephone shivered slightly as she felt a sudden urge to speak several truths that she had been holding inside.
[This is dangerous... Even I can feel these effects, and I'm not even in the real world.] Amara spoke.
[Her ability to make people be honest has become even stronger. No one can hide anything from her if she wishes to know... Probably only Victor and Velnorah can resist this Power in our Faction.] Roxanne spoke.
"From now on, I want you with me 24/7. Until you can control this Power, you must remain by my side. Do you understand?"
"Mmm." She nodded. She wasn't against this arrangement because she personally saw how dangerous her Power could be, and she wasn't against staying by Victor's side like that.
[Anna needs Energy control and Intention control. As long as she learns these basics, she will be able to develop her Powers without any problems.] Roxanne spoke.
[Energy control is more essential. After all, if she knows how to completely 'stop' the Energy supply to use her ability, even if she intends to do something, the Power won't work.] Amara spoke.
[Don't compare Victor with others, Sister. Few Beings can completely stop themselves from using Energy, Victor, and Scathach being one of them. That's a pretty insane level of control.] Roxanne spoke.
[...Is it that difficult?] Amara asked in confusion. As a World Tree of Positivity that was born first, she had complete control of her own Energy. Therefore, she didn't know the difficulties of someone controlling something that was natural.
In biological terms, it was as if a human were consciously trying to stop the flow of blood from going around their body. This was an energy control far above normal.
Victor and Scathach had achieved this because they trained for it, but even Victor himself can't completely control his Energy when he's in his Dragon Form. It just goes to show how difficult that control is.
[Yes, it's very difficult.] Roxanne replied.
[Hmm... If you say so.] Amara shrugged.
As Victor stroked Anna's long black hair, he looked at Persephone.
"We need to talk."
Persephone looked at Anna, as her eyes shone slightly with jealousy, and then she said:
"... Yes, we do."
