Eren Star

"Since we now know what they are doing, what do you think about their agenda?" asked Henry again.

"I cannot say anything about what they are planning from just the knowledge about their infiltration, but what they are trying to do with the monster is obvious," William paused a little and continued, "They prematurely opened a bodyforger`s soul channel. At that age, he had with certainty turned into a monster. Right now, it is still premature, however, at 30 years old it will reach maturity and I suspect they are trying to tame him. There were different kinds of cages and gadgets to tame the monster at their headquarters. They probably could not carry them out of urgency. If somehow, they manage to tame it then it will probably be very hard for us to defeat it. At that time, if maybe five bodyforgers unite, they can bring it down."

Monsters in their nature were mindless creatures. Although they were stronger than the bodyforgers, because they were mindless, it was not too hard for humanity to wipe them out of existence on this continent during the colonization era. They were no different than animals in a sense. However, if they were to be tamed, then it would change the whole equation because then they can be commanded. 

"Aren`t Treyans afraid of backlash from other countries, not the mention us? What they are doing right now is a taboo among magic users," asked Henry.

There was an incident a hundred years ago. In their neighboring country, A non-governmental institution tried to do the same as them, but it failed. Eventually, the monster escaped and killed tens of thousands of people before being killed by a couple of bodyforgers. After that incident, the rulers of each country restricted the information about bodyforgers even more and there was an unspoken ban against the same trials among neighboring countries.

William shook his head and said, "Henry you, too, should know that we, because we were their former oppressors, were isolated even more among our immediate neighbors, so if the transgression is against us, they will stay silent." William continued, "Henry. The state we are in right now is not looking good. We need to make the necessary preparations. And now that I lost the lead on the monster, they had probably already gotten out of within the boundaries of the dynasty. We may need to wait for them to get out of whatever hole they burrowed into. That means we have give or take 20 years at the earliest. Anyway, that's all about it. What do you plan to do with my grandson?"

"I…" Henry hesitated a little, "We will have to wait. Is there any other choice? I do not know whether it is a holly gift or curse. Why did he have to have two soul cores?" lamented Henry.

"Calm down. Before you came up to the office, I looked at Ancestor`s note about dual soul cores, and I have good news for you. I think he might have the biggest gift someone has gotten since the beginning of history." Continued William, "According to the ancestor. If an individual who has a dual soul core does not awaken immediately, there is a high chance that his dominant soul will seal the other soul and he will have a normal life. However, there is no mention of having two active soul cores because even in this case at most one of the soul cores will be active."

Henry sighed in relief, "So, is there something we can do to help him?"

This was the best news he got since his son`s birth.

William said, "No, we still need to wait for him to awaken."

 Henry remembered the issue of his son`s name and asked, "Did you manage to choose a name for him? You always delayed naming him on the excuse that there were too many names to choose from."

William smiled and replied, "Let`s name him Eren, Eren Star. He will be the heir to the throne of Star Dynasty," William looked at Henry and said, "If there is nothing more you want to say, you should go back to your wife`s side."

After hearing his father, Henry went back to his sleeping quarters. He wanted to break the good news to his wife himself. However, after seeing his wife sleeping with Eren by her side, he decided to tell her when she woke up. He also had an impulse to lie down and sleep, but he had a lot of work that needed to be done. He looked at the garden through the window and walked back to his office in his harem so that when Sophia woke up, he did not have to walk back from his office in front palace where he works with the ministers.

A couple of hours later, when Henry finished his work, he returned to the room. This time Sophia was awake and reading a book. After noticing Henry came, she looked at him and said, "What did you talk about so long?"

Henry recounted what they talked about Eren and said, "So, Sophia this is the best news we got so far. Let`s hope that he wakes up without any problem."

…

April 10th 

The spring weather in the capital was warm and fresh. It has been more than three months since Eren`s birth, and ever since, he has always been eating nonstop. Sophia was watching him within her embrace with a kind look in her eyes. At that moment, Alice ran inside the room and said to Sophia, "Mom, I want to hold Eren, too. Please! Please!"

"Okay, but you must sit. These days, Eren started to move his limbs. You would not want to drop him," said Sophia and gave Eren to Alice when she sat down. 

After a while, Sophia started to read, but she jerked as Alice screamed, "Mom, Mom Eren opened his eyes. Eren opened his eyes."

After hearing that, Sophia ran towards her daughter and saw Eren looking into her eyes calmly.