(MC POV)
You know the feeling you get when you move someone's belongings a small distance everyday for a while until they finally notice it? That's the feeling I'm getting right now.
It was quite simple really, since they were already going to other universes anyway… All I had to do was to lock the original universe in another dimension of existence, recreate it again as an alternate version, temporarily set everyone's origins to that universe, make up some other versions of me and then throw them all in there, including one inside that alternate copy of the main universe.
Then I can just sit back and watch the show.
Hey, did you really think I didn't have some kind of backup plan for this? Did you really think my own personality would be affected by having some extra alternate selves of me get implanted within me? Come on.
Yeah sure, obtaining those Origin fragments changed me a little since they also made me remember my past self and that would definitely affect me, but this is not the same.
I mean yeah… They're all me from parallel universes, but when you change their memories to alter them, it's not like the main person, myself, would actually gain their experiences unless I choose to.
It seems like Iris had the completely incorrect idea when she planned this out, thinking it was the same as me obtaining my Origin fragments.
The fragments are originally a part of me, while these alternate versions are not, that's the key difference you see.
It was pretty amusing to see how my disciples were handling it and I even had some fun creating those universes for them to play around in.
Honestly, I'm also keeping track of my disciples' reactions to these universes and taking notes on which ones they seem to enjoy their time in the most.
The last part went a little bit badly since my disciples stopped playing around in them but I got enough data to know what they liked so that I could recreate them in case they want to play there again.
Hey, anything for my disciples and such things are simple for me to do in the first place so no big deal.
The best thing was that I knew this would lead to a few of my disciples quickly ascending to reach their godhood so it's a double win for me.
Although… One unexpected thing came in the form of someone else actually taking the chance to take two percent of my alternate selves, resulting in a three way tie.
Yes, it's only two percent compared to the others' forty nine, but due to the fact that this person managed to make their own plane of existence and lock themselves in there, neither my disciples nor Iris was able to obtain complete control over me.
Also… This person did something that I could not go against them so I let them have that two percent for now.
Thus, there's three versions of me.
After the emotionless version of me decapitated the more emotional version of me, I decided to sub myself in there to end this competition.
Iris already learned her lesson so there was no need to drag this on further anymore.
And because of that, I went ahead to End this Universe and brought everyone into the realm that the person who took two percent of my alternate self was hiding in, also removing the emotionless me from the equation since he wasn't needed anymore.
Hmmm? Was there really a need for me to slap him? Of course there is, I said before that if I had the chance to slap the other version of me, I most definitely would.
And since Iris went ahead to 'make' one, I definitely wouldn't miss that chance to do it.
To the girls, the transition would have looked like the white room had turned black before transforming to where we were, which was a place that looked like the outskirts of a castle that was sitting on top of a hill.
"Where are we… Master?" Lian Li asked, unconsciously reaching out her hand to pinch my sleeve.
"The place where the person who managed to take two percent of me is currently hiding."
Manami turned to me, "Ara, ara? Who is even capable of such a thing? Is it one of Lilith's siblings?"
I chuckled, "You could say that. Come with me."
We moved along a path that led from the bottom of the hill and up to the castle gates where two footmen wearing full suits of plate armour stood guard attentively.
"Halt, who goes there?!" One of them challenged, lowering the pike in his hands threateningly.
Eris stepped protectively in front of me with her hand resting on top of her sword's pommel, "Master… Are these…"
"Well, I guess you could say they are real people by the definition, but they certainly do not belong to our universe if that's what you're asking."
"Good enough for me."
Her hand flashed out and returned faster than the eye could blink and I could see that those two guards were confused by what happened before they suddenly collapsed onto the ground.
You couldn't tell since they were still wearing those plate armours of theirs but they had all been diced up inside while the armour itself remained untouched.
Seems like she had severed the path where these two bodies still remained intact which led to the result in front of us.
"Show off…" Bait muttered from behind and several of my girls agreed.
I hid a smile and moved forward to open the gates with a wave of my hand, granting us entry into the castle unhindered.
The moment we stepped inside however, an entire horde of knights came rushing towards us from inside, their weapons drawn and ready.
This time it was Tsuki who popped out from behind me, "Let me handle this, Aniue!!"
Of course I was happy to let her show off.
Tsuki extended her hand and the horde of knights suddenly flattened onto the ground.
When I say flatten, I really did mean flatten themselves like something immensely heavy just dropped down on top of them.
Look, they were all splattered on the ground with blood caking the walls and floor.
Looks like Tsuki created the heaviest metal and changed the material of their helmets to that, resulting in the scene in front of us.
Quite visceral and I believe Tsuki did not mean to do that.
"What… What was that?!" Elaria blurted out, staring at the scene.
"Ah… Err… Whoops… I didn't think that would happen…"
Thankfully, Iris helped out by Ending their existence so all the blood and guts disappeared without a trace.
We then continued on our way without any resistance and we soon arrived outside the throne hall.
There, I stopped and gestured at the door, "I'm afraid you'll all have to continue on without me. There's another me inside and it would complicate some matters if the two of us saw each other."
That was half a lie but they didn't need to know that.
I then disappeared from my spot and used my omniscience to keep track of everyone inside the area.
My disciples seemed to debate on something for a while before they finally pushed open the door and stepped inside the throne room.
There, sitting on top of the throne was the other version of me with a really carefree smile on his face.
And sitting on his lap was…
"CAI HONG?!!" My disciples screamed out in shock and surprise.
The loli dragon in question jumped at the unexpected sound and would have fallen off if I hadn't redirected my concentration to the me that she was sitting on and caught her in time.
"Big… Big sisters?" She squeaked, her little hands grabbing onto my shirt tightly.
Lian Li narrowed her eyes at the little dragon on my lap, "What are you doing, Cai Hong? Didn't you say you were going to find help for us?"
Cai Hong cuddled closer to my chest, "Cai Hong only want Papa! Papa Cai Hong's! Cai Hong happy!"
Yep… This is why I wasn't able to stop the person responsible for taking two percent of me for themselves since the culprit was Cai Hong.
How am I supposed to say no when the loli dragon comes up and asks me for it?
Gee… I wonder how this even started…
