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"Our existence is far more barbaric than the earlier civilizations that existed in their cradles."

"The Vitrum Empire is certainly not considered a decent nation in the galaxy, but what role do you think the Planetary Alliance, which rebelled against it, plays? The answer is that it's a weaker, more fragmented, and more hierarchical Vitrum Empire. They rely on exploiting and oppressing weaker civilizations to support the core civilization of the Alliance. This is what they love to do, and it's only natural."

Lala sighed and admitted:

"Dad, you're right."

I smiled and made an agreement with her:

"As long as you can accept this, Lala—more precisely, as long as you can accept Daddy and the core rules of the Vitrum Empire—this world will be yours. Even if you don't like something, Daddy can still make changes based on circumstances after he becomes emperor. And, as long as you agree, Daddy will cease all behavior you deem inappropriate and continue living as before."

Lala changed her battle suit to be mainly blue with white as the secondary color, and the logo was the emblem of the Migrud tribe.

She flew over and hugged me.

I hugged her too.

It feels so good to be reconciled with my daughter.

I feel so happy, I feel like crying.

then.

Lala used the dagger with magic power added to it and stabbed me directly through the heart from behind.

"Dad, this sword becomes sharper the harder it hits a solid object."

I vomited blood.

I'm a bit like Sylphy back then.

"Well, I've heard of this kind of thing before. I didn't expect it wasn't just a legend. I think Uncle Paul told you about it before. I was listening to it at the time. It was a very interesting adventure story."

Lala was cutting my body upwards with force, my collarbone, neck, and chin. I couldn't speak anymore because my vocal cords had been cut.

She cut with great difficulty, which was not as it should be, for the sword cut through my flesh as easily as butter.

That must be because I subconsciously poked my hands into Lala's lower abdomen. If Rudy was there, he would definitely call me a ghost father, which seems to be a word with a blue meaning.

Sorry, I won't make the same mistake as Sylphy did that time.

I pulled my hands out of Lala's abdomen.

I touched it again, and a pale green light came on. "Well, it's back to normal, but Luo Qixi will still scold me, right? After all, as a father, I let my daughter get hurt."

I'm sorry, Lokisi, I'm an idiot.

The sword is already in the nasal cavity.

Any higher and I'd probably be dead.

Lala started crying. I hadn't seen Lala cry in almost ten years. I was such a terrible father.

At this time, he still made his daughter cry.

She pulled the sword out of my body, and I was not killed by her.

Lala asked me, bursting into tears:

"Why don't you resist?"

"Why did you lie to me?"

"Didn't we make a promise when we were little that you wouldn't lie to me?"

"Why create other hybrids? Why plan to destroy the [Human World]?"

"why why..."

This time it was my turn to lie in the pit in the metal wall.

I didn't resist because I broke the agreement.

Is that even necessary? Stupid daughter.

Chapter 12: Prisoner Diary (12) — END (8k)

"It seems you know everything, Lala."

I waited for the blood in my body to drain away, and since I had no vocal cords, I communicated with her through telepathy.

"Yes, ten years ago, I kidnapped Aunt Senesi. Besides Aunt Senesi, whom I returned, I also captured the Son of God from the Holy Kingdom of Milis. They served as reference samples for my research into the Son of God's special qualities. Then there were two pure-blooded Long-Eared Tribe members, two pure-blooded Humans, two pure-blooded Vampires, two pure-blooded Beastmen, two pure-blooded Celestials, two pure-blooded Sea Tribe members, two Dragon Clan descendants, and two Undead Demons."

"I used artificial insemination to create the first batch of sixteen hybrid Vitrums, your brothers and sisters. I placed them in a sealed testing ground a thousand meters below our home, cared for and educated by nannies and robot servants, and kept them away from the prying eyes of humans and gods."

[Note: The two Sons of God have nothing to do with the artificial hybrid project]

"What a shame. I should have tried a shorter-lived species. None of these children have awakened abilities like yours yet."

Lala gripped the sword tightly again.

She seemed to be looking for a reason to kill me again.

she says:

"Dad, we sent people to rescue them after you left. You shouldn't treat your own children like this, even if they were obtained through improper, disgusting, and dirty means."

"So, Dad, let me ask you again."

"Don't lie to me this time."

"What do you take me, my brothers and sisters, for?"

I laughed:

"This is the traditional way of education of the Vitrum people, Lala. Even if they haven't awakened their powers yet, they already know, understand, and acknowledge their own identity, their own bloodline, and their own responsibilities."

"I will give you the answer. They are the Vitrum people. They are my compatriots, my descendants, and my strength. Even if they don't awaken their bloodline, they will obtain wealth and power that mortals cannot achieve, and live the life that a person with Vitrum blood should live."

"And you, my daughter, you are the unexpected exception."

"When you were born, I hadn't figured everything out yet. I was still in a state of confusion, and I failed to fulfill my obligations to you. Therefore, I gave you preference, allowing you to live a traditional and happy life in the way your mother would have wished, even if you didn't awaken your abilities."

"So, Lala, you are the one who is still ignorant. You lack understanding of power, yet you wield it recklessly."

"Why are you trying to kill me? Because you believe your ideas are right, so you want to eliminate me, the uncertainty factor. You accept the order of this world, so you intend to impose it on me, a being with the power to subvert this order."

"The aid you summoned, the Dragon God, is perhaps even more powerful than I am. Do you consider him just? He simply happens to be on your side, and hasn't done anything in this reincarnation that would make you want to kill him. Lala, do you believe the Dragon God hasn't committed massacres or conducted large-scale research using human lives in past reincarnations? Wouldn't his desire to kill the Human God also lead to the destruction of the world?"

"If you recognize the Dragon God, why don't you recognize me? Can't you use time magic to save everything?"

The veins in Lala's hand bulged as she gripped the sword.

This child is still as thin as his mother.

She questioned me:

"But Dad, you don't plan to make amends, do you? Aren't you still planning to use time magic to destroy the [Human World] and allow you to escape?"

I continued the parent-child interaction time that had been missing for several months. This kid is really something. If he wants to kill his dad, then do it yourself, but at least come back and accompany me when he is free.

I replied:

"Of course I can salvage it, provided this world allows me to salvage it and then use time magic to leave the [Human World]. Similarly, I can also destroy this place without using time magic. As long as I can find a way to leave this world, I don't care how."

"Lala, why are you asking such stupid questions? I remember you haven't asked any questions like these since you were four, the answers to which are obvious without any need for brainpower."

Lala was a little embarrassed and annoyed, and she looked very much like her mother at this time.

To be honest, I miss Luo Qixi a little.

I always feel safe when I hold her in my arms while sleeping.

I love Lokixi very much.

Then, Lala told me:

"The six-sided world has collapsed to its limit. Unless the [Human Realm] is fundamentally destroyed, it is impossible to leave. The only way to leave is to kill the Human God and destroy the Human Realm. Even using time magic to distort the fate of the world to the extreme will not be enough to leave."

She made me accept this reality.

Otherwise, kill me immediately.

Lala, you are such an idiot. If you were a Vitrum warrior, you should have killed me before telling me the truth.

Lala, you are such an immature daughter. When I was your age, your father could definitely notice that.

When I kidnapped the Son of God, I copied all the collections of the Holy Kingdom of Milis.

No chanting, god-level healing magic.

When Lala saw the light coming from my wound, she immediately swung her sword. This reaction was not bad, but Lala, lack of information is fatal. If it was an emperor-level or king-level healing magic, your sword speed would probably still be enough.

I snatched Lala's sword and sent her flying with one punch.

Nice weapon, I broke it.

If I had given it to the Dragon God, I might have died long ago. Is it because he is worried about the Dragon God, or is it because he did not intend to kill me?

Too indecisive.

"fool!"

I chased after her, cursed, then clasped my hands together and hammered her into the ground.

"In that case, I can use magic to go back in time and undo everything you dislike. Then I can play house with you and your brothers and sisters in this world until you get tired of it, and then I can destroy it."

I caught that idiot Lala, who was trying to escape from underground using the magic I taught her, and questioned her by grabbing her neck.

"I reject."

A daughter in her rebellious period.

Then let me educate you well.

I punched Lala towards the battle arena they had set up. These metal walls were designed to reduce the damage caused by the aftermath of the battle to the outside world. It was a good idea.

Every time Lala crashed through a metal wall, I'd immediately fly behind her and blast her in the other direction. Overall, my flying ability was about eight times greater than Lala's, the speed difference between a full-speed magic car and an amateur runner.

All their arrangements were crushed by me using Lala's body.

After completing all this, Lala was half unconscious.

There were hundreds of fractures all over his body.

“Exhealing.”

It won't end that easily, my daughter.

I pulled Lala's hair and took her to the capital of the Ghost and God Empire in a few seconds. I threw her into the palace of the Ghost and God Empire with all my strength.

She realized it and started waving her limbs wildly in an attempt to slow down. At the same time, she was also trying to use her own flying ability to fight back, and desperately provided reaction force through continuous casting of momentum magic, even using wind magic.

Momentum magic is one of the results of Rudy and I's research on the nature of magic in recent years. It's a very practical innovation, even by the standards of the Vitrum Empire.

With Lala's current dynamic vision, I think she can clearly see that before her body hit the palace of the Ghost Empire, her attempt to slow down had already blasted a huge hole in the palace, crushing the unfortunate palace maids into bloody mud.

"You wanted to save them, but ended up killing them. Why do you think this happened?"

I asked her through telepathy.

The next moment, Lala howled as she crashed into the palace. The huge shock wave instantly flattened the entire building, and the square around the palace sank more than a meter deep. The subsequent rain of debris turned all the nearby houses into sieves.

I flew to the center of the ruins, where Lala was lying on her back, crying silently.

She wailed:

"Asshole! Because of you! It's all because of you!"

I shook my head:

"That's a good excuse, but unfortunately, this is all because of you, my daughter. You could have chosen the weak approach and let me sleep in a sweet dream for countless centuries. You could have chosen the tough approach and ambushed and killed me instantly. But you chose the most ridiculous and pathetic method. You ambushed me but didn't kill me. You attacked me but let me go. You are a half-hearted person, Lala."

"You yourself awakened the demon you saw as evil. Then you yourself gave up on punishing him. You freed the demon from his cage, only to question why he continued to wreak destruction and death after leaving captivity."

"Do you think this is reasonable? Lala, I don't remember us raising you like this."

"Moreover, this is also because you are too weak. Otherwise, you could have made me submit to you directly, you could have directly declared that you would rule and transform the Vitrum Empire. At the very least, you could have immediately come back and knocked me away after I threw you, instead of baring your teeth and claws, crying and smashing a bunch of people to death, and then evading reality and not daring to admit that this was the result of your own mistakes."

I flew down in an instant, stepped on her stomach, temporarily making her unable to resist, and then lifted her up by the neck.

"This lesson is called strength and weakness."

I flew her westward and told her:

"Next, it's the next lesson, called Life and Death."