Chapter 40: ~Revelations.~ (1/2)
***Jamaian Union, Jamai-Capital***
“~Bye!~”
My daughter finally disappears through the Gate with Celestial, so I quickly manipulate the controls to close the doorway to Sarn.
“Finally! You can't imagine how much my wife pestered me because our baby was gone. She was about to come here and wreck the city.” The doorway closes and I clap my hands. “Well, that's done!”
The Immortal Empress gives me a scary look. “Will you release Tjena now?”
“Sure. Sure. The spell will be cancelled soon anyway. Why don't we use the time to talk? What do you want from me anyway?” I take a seat on the ground and smile up towards the Empress.
“I want to create a unified and peaceful planet for myself to live on. I am sick of wars and conflict, so I am currently working on creating a peaceful society.” The Empress smiles at me.
“Huh? Forgive me. That sounds ridiculous after pulling off an invasion and killing thousands.” I smirk at the Empress. But she isn't offended.
“I'll admit that my method is a brute force attempt. But I tried it in a peaceful manner already. Being nice doesn't work. Those stupid mortals are caught in an eternal loop of hate and revenge.” She makes a dismissive gesture. “The only possibility to break this circle, is to force peace on a few generations until the young aren't indoctrinated to hate by their elders any more.”
I nod. “I see. It may work, as long as you play the controlling factor.”
“I already proved that it works. Look at the Phenex continent. It's unified and peaceful, while the powers of the main continent are still fighting among themselves. You may not believe me, but I didn't ignite the war between Mislow and Jamaian.” She looks a little agitated now.
She may have had the time and possibilities to spark the war. But as long as I don't have proof of that I will believe her for the time being.
“I see. That still doesn't explain why you are interested in my principality.” Unless she recognizes the reasons for my actions.
“Of course I am interested in someone who could oppose my goal. And you will cause chaos by continuing to follow your current path. I don't want that. And the other powers will try to stop you anyway. It would be much better if we could find a common ground.” She is trying to gain an ally?
“A common ground? As in being allies? Because I won't play servant to anyone. And what other powers are you talking about?” I am a little confused now.
She starts to smirk. “Oh, please. I am around for such a long time and all I managed to do was taking control of one continent? Of course there are powerful forces at work on this planet. First and foremost are these long eared bastards from the Nation of Mist. They might act nice and peaceful, but in their hearts, they are like everyone else.”