Chapter 296 (5): Will of the World

At the beginning of this World, the World Authority belonged to Gaia, a World Will of the conscious type with emotions, desires, and personality of its own.

Because the Laws of this world are extremely favorable to humans, the human desire for survival gave birth to Alaya.

It can be said that humans created Alaya and she depends on human survival. If the humans on Gaia perish, then Alaya will die.

Because humans were a potential danger to the world's stability, Gaia attempted to eradicate humanity but failed during the War of the Gods.

In the end, Alaya destroyed Gaia and her allies, then enslaved the surviving non-human entities and thus became the new Will of the World.

At least that's the story that Kon knows, but I feel that many things don't make sense.

To begin with, the foundation of this World is the Fate series, so Gaia had to know that humans were the race destined to rule this world. It doesn't make sense that she wanted to destroy humanity, but that she should have tried to establish an agreement between the world and humanity.

Although humans are idiots and selfish by nature, the gods would have been enough to control humans in such a way that the World would remain stable. The power of religion can suppress freedom efficiently.

From the description Kon gave me, Gaia was an intelligent entity so she must have known this, so this creates a problem.

Maybe Gaia tried to make peace, but Alaya turned out to be a greedy jerk so she started a war.

It is also possible that Alaya was the victim and Gaia was actually a racist who hated humans.

On the other hand, the fact that Gaia knew of other worlds due to a system user may also be the variable that caused the war, perhaps Gaia was scared of a system user being born into this World so she chose to delete the humans.

There are too many possible scenarios, it could even be that Gaia and Alaya were allies, but a foreign entity made them want to kill each other.

I used [Reader's Perspective] on Aphrodite and Cerberus looking for information about Alaya, but they knew the same thing as Kon so my suspicions keep growing.

The most worrying thing is that no one has seen Alaya in person after the war, not even the deities and Guardians who protect this World.

The Guardians receive spiritual messages whenever there is an emergency, but Alaya hasn't shown any trace of her presence since Gaia's death, she didn't even intervene when Daoloth (BB) invaded this World.

The only certainty that Alaya is still alive is that the Servants and the Throne of Heroes show traces of the Will of the World, but that only gives me a bad feeling.

Alaya remains hidden from everyone so I need to see her know what's going on.

If Alaya is an idiot, then I will subdue her to force her to give me control of this world, but if she is comatose or dead, then this world is doomed. Without Alaya, there is no true Authority protecting this World, so any invader with knowledge of the Laws can attempt to control this World.

Although I myself can take control of this World, that would be the same as occupying a house whose door is broken, any idiot can invade my new home.

As for bringing this World to my inner universe together with my other two inner worlds, that is complicated.

There is a complex explanation about the structure of the Worlds, but I will summarize it in that there are two types of Worlds; Wandering Worlds and Static Worlds.

The void of the Multiverse is the Sea while the Worlds are marine life forms.

The Static Worlds are reefs. They stand still at a specific spatial coordinate and anyone with the coordinates will be able to find that World.

These Worlds can be taken by Higher Entities, either to be stored or to be placed in an interior universe.

Like me, Aotian has an internal universe that provides her with massive amounts of Destiny Energy, but she only has worlds without living beings since having intelligent beings inside is very dangerous, only a complete idiot or an absolute lunatic would do that… Ahem.

The problem with having intelligent beings inside me is that they can rebel, and while that's not deadly, it can become a nuisance.

For comparison, that is similar to your stomach, lungs, and heart becoming aware of their own. If they get angry, they can cause a lot of problems.

On the other hand, the Wandering Worlds are the fish of the Multiverse. They are nomadic Worlds that move throughout the Multiverse, so their spatial coordinates are always changing. If you don't have an anchor or space marker, then it's almost impossible to find the World if you go out to another World.

While these Worlds sound safe since other Entities will have trouble finding them, they also have the problem that they can accidentally encounter dangers.

For example, the first time BB came to Gaia was because this World appeared in front of her by coincidence, then she left a space mark and sold the space coordinates to other Outer Gods. Gaia was on the verge of destruction several times due to a tragic coincidence.

Because Gaia is a Wandering World, this world has been absorbing small Dying Worlds it encounters. For this reason, there are so many mixed stories, which generates contradictions in the plot.

Not all Wandering Worlds are Theme-type Worlds, some Static Worlds absorb records from dead Worlds and thus emerge stories with characters from many stories, or crossover stories. For example, the zombie world I went to was a Static World, but it absorbed other records.

Anyway, the problem with Wandering Worlds is that they can't be absorbed into an internal universe, or at least I don't know how to do it.

Maybe the leaders of the big organizations know how to do it, but the Higher Entities in my group only know one method, destroy this world and turn it into millions of fragments with records that I can use to build another World.

Needless to say, doing that would cause the destruction of all living things.

I don't mind causing a world genocide, but my wives will be sad if this World is destroyed because even if I can rebuild it, the new World will not be the same as the old one.

With that said, I need to confirm Alaya's condition.

If there is no other option, I will destroy the World and build a new World out of the ashes.

Thus, I gave a cordial greeting to the representative sent by Alaya.

Alaya has not personally shown herself to other entities for thousands of years, but she uses Servants as her main representatives.

The most important thing is that the Servant who came looking for me is very different from the other Servants, that individual is protected by the Laws of the World. In this world, he's the closest I've ever seen to a World's Will, though I can also see several Contracts that made him a slave.

Although he is protected by the Laws of the World, he doesn't have strong skills that defend his personal information, so I used [Character Sheet].

[Name: EMIYA (Shirou Emiya) (Archer)

Origin: Fate (Franchise)

Categories: Counter Guardian. Servant. Heroic Spirit. Human. Men. Protagonist (Alternate Timeline). Secondary character (Alternate Timeline). Tragic protagonist. Hentai protagonist (Alternate Timeline). Harem protagonist (Alternate Timeline). Mother. Housewife. Queen (Alternate Timeline). Magician. Fuckboy (Alternate Timeline). Genocide (Alternate Timeline). Hero. Anti-Hero (Alternate Timeline). Black (Alternate Timeline). Sex Slave (Alternate Timeline)....]

[System Notification: 'Paranoia' skill has suppressed unnecessary information]

Thanks, seeing so much stupidity was giving me a migraine. You are a good skill.

[System Notification: 'Paranoia' skill says >//u//<]

..........

No comment.

Anyway, this is the first time I've seen so much rubbish in a character description, the only important thing is the alternate timelines.

It seems that in Gaia there are not only Mirror Dimensions, Pocket Dimensions, and multiple reality capable, but there are also different timelines...

This World is unnecessarily complex, what a bummer.

I'll have to lessen Nyaruko's punishment for her to explain to me about Fate, it seems that this franchise has very striking things besides women.

Looking at Emiya's expression, I can see that he doesn't want to be here, but the Contracts in his soul force him to be Alaya's pawn.

I have a rough idea of what's about to happen, but just in case, I sent a message to Monika to release the troublesome women.

I'll let them off the hook for now, but they have to be ready to fight.

BB and the others squealed with joy when they stopped watching internet crap. Immediately, they were transported into my Nucleus of Existence.

"That was fucking shit…" – BB sighed. – "Ugh, I think I became homophobic…"

"Humans should die..." – Abby spoke with a gloomy voice.

"I want to die…" – Haachama remained still on the ground.

"…" – Chiyo didn't speak, she just looked for a place to lie down and sleep.

"Internet was a mistake" – Kuuko had an empty look.

"It was horrible, but at least it's all over" – Nyaruko sighed.

Koyanskaya is not here since she was sent to her office, she has a lot of work to do before she goes to Japan.

"Oh" – Nyaruko noticed Emiya. – "Mama Emiya!"

…I'm not going to comment on that stupid name.

"A Counter Guardian? Alaya should have sent it when there was chaos, not now that senpai has already solved the problem" – BB had a contemptuous smile.

"Nyaruko, information" - I sighed internally.

I won't admit that it makes me happy to hear their voices inside my head again.

As Nyaruko explained Emiya's identity to me, I stood in front of the entrance to the residence where I spent some time with the female Servants, then bowed in a typically Japanese way to respectfully greet the Servant as he approached me. - "Nice to meet you"

Emiya looked at me with slight discomfort.

Although my demeanor was calm, the glares filled with hatred and killing desire from the female Servants were causing him discomfort.

They wanted to enjoy a little more intimacy with me, so they were angry that Emiya interrupted us.

By the way, the residence staff has already been notified not to intervene.

Before Emiya could speak, I looked up and sighed in resignation. – "What does the Will of the World want from me?"

Emiya paused for a moment, then sighed. – "That saves me time… Yes, I come from the Will of the World, I need to give you a message, but it is better to talk in private"

A civilized man who seems to be tired of conflicts, he seems like a soldier who just wants to rest.

I smiled friendly. – "Sure, let's talk, do you like tea?"

"Thank you" – Emiya nodded and entered the residence.

Despite his calm demeanor, I can see that he remains alert for any ambush. He seems to be used to traps, ambushes, and betrayals.

We went to the living room and I asked the women to wait for me outside the room, their hateful glares towards Emiya would only hinder the conversation.

They wanted to refuse, but I promised them that we would take up what was pending later.

Raikou and the others agreed to go out.

"Senpai had an orgy with those bitches and I wasn't invited?!" – BB yelled with resentment and jealousy.

I ignored her screams and poured a cup of tea for Emiya and coffee for myself. I still don't like tea.

Emiya looked at the cup and raised an eyebrow. – "I have never seen this type of tea"

"I stole it from some Buddhist idiots after they tried to kidnap me" – I smiled and drank my coffee.

"…" – Emiya blankly looked at me. – "They hail you as a hero, but you act like a criminal…"

"They call me a hero because I am willing to save the world, but the truth is that I am a mercenary and I only fight if I can win something" – I shrugged.

Emiya frowned. – "I expected more from the Hero of Harmony"

"Your opinion doesn't matter to me" – I looked at the center of Emiya's eyes. – "Now tell me what you want"

Emiya was about to speak, but I cut him off. – "I am not talking to you, Servant"

Emiya raised an eyebrow, but his gaze froze as some kind of telepathic link connected with his mind.

Through Emiya's eyes, someone else is watching me.

I don't know if it is Alaya or another entity, but without a doubt, that entity controls the Laws that regulate this World.

"Abby, can you trace Emiya's mental link?" – I asked the little girl in my mind.

"Yes, but I can only confirm that she is an entity within Gaia and with great control of the Authority that governs this World, but I can't find her precise location" – Abby sighed with disappointment. – "The other person is very careful, the only way to track it is if we disarm the Servant's mind, but that will alert the other person"

A very cautious entity… Interesting.

Emiya was silent for a moment, then held his head as if hi had a migraine.

"Damn, I hate this job" – Emiya sighed in annoyance.

I smiled sympathetically. – "I understand you, my work as a Hero is also a headache"

Emiya shook her head and looked at me with a mixture of resignation and annoyance. – "The Will of the World wants to talk to you, I need you to come with me"

That's unexpected…

Was it so easy to meet Alaya?

This is suspicious.

"It is a trap! *Insert meme*" – BB yelled in fake anguish.

"This is suspicious" – Chiyo frowned. – "We are going to destroy this world"

"Kill?" – Ortro had an expectant look.

"No! You cannot destroy this World!" – Nyaruko screamed in panic. – "Next week the new On0 Piec0 movie will be released! It will also be the final of the tournament in Pokémon, I want to see fucking Ash win at least once!"

"So it's okay to destroy this world after you watch anime?" - Abby asked innocently.

"…." – Nyaruko was thinking about it, she only thinks about stupid things.

I ignored the voices and nodded. – "Okay, actually I want to talk to the Will of the World"

Emiya nodded and extended his hand to me.

"…" – I looked at the man's hand. – "I'm sorry, my family's traditional upbringing made me homophobic"

"…." – Emiya's eye twitched. – "I need you to give me your hand so that we can be transported toward the Will of the World!"

"May I put my hand on your shoulder?" – I spoke apathetically, it's funny to see him get angry.

Boredom made me develop a taste for annoying the protagonists.

Fuck, I'm starting to think like a typical system user.

Emiya put his hand to his face in annoyance. - "Fine"

I put my hand on his shoulder and we were covered by a spatial distortion.

"Abby, record the coordinates, BB, if things get complicated then wake up Gogh" – I feigned calm while I made preparations. – "Yoko, Nia, get ready, maybe I will use Gurren Lagann and Granzeboma"

Yoko snorted in disgust. – "Tch, whatever, I can't disobey you"

Nia sighed. – "Yoko, don't be rude, it's better if you work as a team"

Yoko crossed her arms and did not want to speak. She's like a brat throwing a tantrum.

"Ne, senpai" – BB smiled. – "All set~ I already called Aotian"

Everything was ready before showing up at the new location.

I prepared myself for any kind of ambush, but the place where I appeared was a beautiful forest of Japanese cherry trees.

Emiya hadn't been transported with me, but before I left a space mark on his body. If I'm not mistaken, he was sent to the Throne of Heroes.

I couldn't track the Throne of Heroes, maybe the place has a lot of anti-tracking defenses, but that doesn't matter right now.

I limited my senses and presence.

With [Mythomania] I made it seem like I used an analysis skill to perceive everything in my environment.

I maintained a calm demeanor, though my micro-expressions show that I am alert to any unknown danger.

"It's good to meet you in person, Luis" – A female voice sounded behind me.

I was able to perceive her through [Paranoia], but my spiritual senses hadn't perceived it.

I don't need to turn around to be sure the woman behind me isn't Alaya or Gaia, but her Authority over the World could make her the Will of the World.

I turned around and looked at the woman.

I didn't use [Character Sheet] since the woman should be able to perceive my analysis skills, but I have an anime addict.

"Yay! It's ROOT!" – Nyaruko shouted with joy. – "She is something like the source of all power and life in the entire universe of Fate, although this World mixes many stories so she can be different from the wiki…"

So she is not the representation of the world nor the consciousness of humanity, but the manifestation of all existence within this World...

Fate is unnecessarily complicated.

I frowned. – "Are you Alaya or Gaia?"

The woman smiled kindly showing no surprise that I know about Alaya. – "I know you have many questions, so I will explain things in order, but first… Would you like to have tea with me?"

She looks at me like she knows me perfectly and that gives me a strange feeling.

Now that I think about it, it is possible that she can see everything that the natives have seen in this World.

If that's true, then she must know that I'm the reincarnation of Ortro and a system user… Shit.

I nodded.

A table and two chairs appeared next to the woman, there were also two cups, one with tea and the other with coffee.

Coffee without sugar, the exact amount of coffee I like... She knows me perfectly, or well, she knows Luis before the system.

Before the system I hated sugar, but I have learned to enjoy sweets.

I sat across from the woman and she began to speak.

"To start, I introduce myself" – The woman smiled. – "I understand that you were never interested in anime and it is possible that you have not investigated even in other worlds, so the explanation of my existence may be a bit complex, but you can call me Shiki"

(Author's Note: Ryougi Shiki from Fate)

I nodded. – "In the journal of the Ichijo ancestor I heard about the importance of seeing fictional stories, but currently I can no longer obtain the Otaku title"

"Oh!" – Shiki looked at me in surprise. – "You are a user of the system, but you managed to become a Higher Entity without being affected by the narcissism of the system!...."

I sighed and we both fell silent.

"Congratulations senpai, you manipulated a naive woman into confessing to being a stalker" – BB smiled in my mind.

The most depressing thing is that I'm not even surprised that she knew my biggest secret.

After what I saw in Emiya's eyes, I can be sure of one thing. Shiki can see everything that the eyes of the natives on Gaia see, that includes non-human beings.

She must know that I am the reincarnation of Ortro and a system user, she must also know that I am a serial killer with severe mental problems.

The fact that [Paranoia] had never detected Shiki's spying only has two possible reasons.

Maybe the system has a passive ability that prevents Shiki's surveillance, or maybe she stopped spying on me after I became a system user to avoid alerting me.

Regardless of the choice, at least she shouldn't know that I am an Outer God and have a group of apocalyptic entities inside me. Those are my trump cards.

After a long silence, I decided to speak. – "Did you also watch me when I came back after my first trip?"

Shiki made a childish pout. – "It is not fair, I am trying to be honest, but you are using mental games"

"You know me, being paranoid is my nature" - I shrugged.

Shiki sighed. – "It is true, you have always been a strange child even by non-human standards, your bad luck is only comparable to your determination to face the problems that surround you"

I sighed. – "Look, as you must know I have many things to fix because you did not intervene when the Lostbelt caused a small apocalypse, now I have to fix this mess and I would appreciate it if you tell me what you want from me"

Shiki looked down sadly.

She is something like the core of reality that sustains all life on Gaia, but her attitude is extremely honest...

I sighed wearily. – "Let me guess, you saw my whole life story and you assumed that the best way to talk to me is to be completely honest, so I will be willing to make some ridiculous deal that will only give me headaches"

"The amount of mental acrobatics in these few paragraphs is giving me a headache…" – BB pretended to be dizzy.

"..." – Shiki sighed and smiled at me with a mixture of kindness, guilt, and shame. – "You have become very intelligent since your system woke up… And well, you are right about everything, I analyzed your personality and came to the conclusion that the best option was to be completely honest with you, otherwise, you will only start making plans to escape from this World and you will never come back, you might even think of a way to destroy me to keep your secrets safe"

The fact that this woman knows me so well doesn't bother me, actually, it helps me avoid a lot of trouble.

"I am the root of all life in this World, the Laws exist because I exist and that connects me to all living beings that were born in this World, that is why I can see your whole life through your eyes and those who have interacted with you" – Shiki looked at me sincerely. – "When your system woke up, you stopped being connected to the flow of Fate of this world, so I could no longer see the world through your eyes…"

"I kept an eye on you since you were the reincarnation of one of the weapons of this world, the mythical dog Ortro, but I only realized that you were a system user when you met the woman Lin Ruoxi…"

"When your system woke up, I stopped spying on you, I had the option of looking at you through the eyes of the people around you, but I decided not to, with your attitude, it would be normal for your system to give you an extrasensory perception ability, so sooner or later you would notice my gaze, which would only create a terrible misunderstanding between us due to your mistrust and paranoia issues…"

"When System Goddess handed over the report of how she met you, I immediately knew that it was all a lie, your pragmatic nature did not match the actions of a hero, I even thought that you had taken control of that woman and now you had plans to take the control of the world…"

"I let you act freely, but I kept watch from a distance, if you showed yourself to be a danger, then I would look to eliminate you, but you did not go crazy for power or try to turn all women into sexual puppets, in fact, you brought stability to Japan and saved China so I feel that you are still a pragmatic assassin…"

"I'm sure that everything you do is because you can earn something, even your growing harem must be because your system rewards you for conquering women" – Shiki smiled kindly at me as if she were a loving older sister. – "You are not a degenerate who kills, steals, and lies for pleasure, you are a psychopath who kills, steals, and lies for specific gain"

"You've been found out senpai, run away before she calls the FBI!"

…

I kept drinking the coffee, not bad.

"Your mentality is not that of a hero, but neither is it that of a normal system user, if I have to describe you in two words then the best thing would be to call you a suicidal mercenary" - Shiki kept smiling, she did not show the slightest displeasure despite know so much about me. – "You will face deadly situations as long as you can obtain an equivalent benefit, you will also do anything to achieve your objectives, even if it means hurting the people who love you since you do not value anyone, not even your own life, perhaps the only thing that You care a little about animals, but you were even able to eat the corpse of your favorite cat after it was killed"

That was true in the past, but now I have learned to value the women who love me, I have also learned to enjoy life and appreciate the moments of joy. Obsessive love gave me a bit of humanity, which is ironic since that was also what made me give up my last human limitations.

"I see" - I finished drinking the cup of coffee. – "Do you want to hire me for a suicide mission?"

Shiki showed a beautiful smile. – "That's right, I want you to protect this world"

Shit.

I frowned. – "Alaya is dead?"

Shiki sighed and stood up. - "Accompany me"

I followed Shiki to what looked like a patch of different kinds of berries.

As we walked, Shiki started talking. – "I have existed since this world was born, but I have never been the Will of the World, I am something like the Nucleus of Existence of this world while Gaia was the Will of the World…"

"This world was peaceful until we were invaded by a first Higher Entity, that was the first time that all the races came together to fight a single enemy and thus we triumphed, but the damage of the battle left a strong trauma on Gaia..."

"Gaia was scared, she was afraid that more Higher Entities could invade us, so she began the construction of a barrier capable of preventing any invasion, although that would also be a prison that would prevent the evolution of our world..."

"I didn't try to stop Gaia since my concerns were the same, even if our world's evolution stagnated, at least we wouldn't be destroyed by external invaders, but we were so worried about external enemies that we ignored internal conflicts…"

"When Alaya was born, there was no conflict as Fate said that humans would be the dominant race of this world, the future had already been determined and Alaya was destined to be the new Will of the World while Gaia would be her assistant…"

"The problem was that Gaia was still traumatized by the foreign invasion, she didn't think that Alaya would be able to protect the world, the arguments increased as humans instinctively desire freedom, and Gaia's barrier was a cage for Alaya…"

"At first, there were long discussions where I was in charge of being the mediator, but the discussions continued to grow out of control, finally, the discussions turned into fights…"

"The first fights consisted of sending natural disasters to the humans and seeing if they survived, sometimes Gaia would use the deities to provoke conflicts between the humans and thus prevent the population from growing uncontrollably..."

"Alaya would get angry with this and help humans by giving them secret knowledge from the gods, for example, the fire..."

"Gaia was more focused on creating the barrier, that allowed humans to pass the tests of the gods, humans showed great determination to survive and evolve..."

"Unbeknownst to Gaia, humanity had developed a civilization that not even the gods could suppress…"

"In all of this, I stayed on the sidelines, never intervened since the development of humanity was the Fate of our world…"

"I was very careless, I thought they were both girls fighting over a toy and I didn't stop them, I underestimated their stubbornness and everything got out of control…"

"When Gaia finished the barrier and saw the world again, she was horrified to see the situation…"

"Humans built temples and offered sacrifices to the deities, thereby gaining various favors, so the deities stopped attacking humans…"

"The deities and other races underestimated the humans, they took the knowledge of all the races and became the new masters of the world…"

"Gaia was furious so she started a war, she summoned the deities and the War of the Gods began…"

"As you must know by now, that ended badly for Gaia…"

"A system user appeared when humanity was losing, Alaya tricked that system user into her slave so she could defeat Gaia…"

"Alaya tried to negotiate with Gaia, but Gaia wouldn't listen, the fear of foreign entities had destroyed her sanity, and she even developed something called Fear Madness…"

"At the end of the war, Gaia decided that humanity did not deserve to live so she made one last suicide attack, she exploded most of her energy to attack Alaya..."

We came to a small open space among the fields.

In the place there was a blanket on a small space covered with grass, it was like a picnic scene.

On the blanket lay a beautiful brown-haired woman. She was drawing pictures on sheets of paper while she ate berries.

"Umm, she looks familiar" – BB spoke with slight curiosity.

I called Kon to enter my mind.

When Kon entered my mind, I could feel her murderous intent growing uncontrollably, even Chiyo had to tie her up with tentacles so she wouldn't come out of my mind and attack the woman.

This confirms it, that woman is Alaya...

Looking at Alaya, I was finally able to understand the cause of this world being a mess.

"Gaia survived, but disappeared..." – Shiki sighed melancholy when she saw Alaya. – "Alaya also survived, but she was very injured and her soul almost broke, I had to extract a fragment of the barrier to repair Alaya's soul, but this brought a disaster that I could never imagine…"

Alaya's soul is fine, but her mind is a mess, she can't even be called a mind, it's a puzzle where the pieces were arranged incorrectly and then covered with glue.

"The hole I made allowed the entry of the greatest disaster in the history of this world" – Shiki sighed sadly. – "The Outer God Daoloth entered our world and caused the apocalypse…"

…

"Oh, I remember her, she tried to stop me when I entered this world for sightseeing" – BB clapped her hands with joy as she recalled the past.

"BB..." - I sighed internally.

"Teehee~"

This troublesome woman.

"90% of the world's population was eradicated in two days, humanity almost became extinct and most of the Guardians perished" – Shiki sighed. – "Alaya used the system user to face Daoloth, but that creature killed the system user and stole his soul, then destroyed most of Alaya's mind and escaped, but before leaving, she managed to find me and stole various records…"

So that was how BB got her look, it was also how she sold the records for the looks to Abby, Gogh, and other entities.

"Teehee~<3"

"Alaya lost the ability to remember, plan and make complex decisions" – Shiki sighed not knowing that the cause of this disaster is laughing inside my mind. – "From that moment everything began to get worse…"

"Daoloth didn't have the power to destroy souls so I was able to reset the world, that way humanity and other species could come back to life, but things didn't work out..."

"Although I am the root of all that exists in this world, I am not the Will of the World and I am limited to protecting the Core, I cannot interact with other entities, and I also can't fully control the Laws so I couldn't properly set up the world reset…"

"As if that wasn't enough, Daoloth had stolen records from important entities and records from the world's defenses, without those records it was not possible to make a perfect reset, so the flow of the Destiny was ruined…"

…

"Teehee~"

"And I'm supposed to be the kleptomaniac collector" – Nyaruko rolled her eyes.

"It was just a little joke" – BB shrugged.

"Worst of all, Daoloth didn't just invade us, that creature hid a space anchor in this world and gave our coordinates to other Outer Gods…"

"First it was Yog-Sothoth who caused a time of darkness that destroyed the world, that entity shared forbidden knowledge with humans, which caused the birth of a dark civilization that brought humanity to the brink of destruction… Again I had to restart the world…"

I sighed internally. – "Abby, you are prohibited from sharing your knowledge with other entities without my permission"

"...Abby is a bad girl?" – Abby asked with concern that I'm angry.

"We'll talk about this later" – I kept listening to Shiki.

"After Shub-Niggurath appeared, that entity destroyed all the moral limitations of humans and caused a hell of depravity… For the third time, I had to reset the world…"

"Unfortunately, the influence of the Outer Gods is something that cannot be completely eliminated, at every reset, the inhabitants of the world could remember the existence of the Outer Gods which led to the emergence of cults that worship Madness and chaos…"

"I only discovered that after the Shub-Niggurath attack so I promoted the creation of anti-Madness measures…"

"Let's kill that bitch!" – BB shouted with joy.

The Black Goat became the scapegoat...

"Even the Great Old One Cthulhu appeared a short time ago, luckily the new defense system was able to capture that creature, although I'm not sure how to eliminate it without causing another apocalypse…"

"Heh, idiot octopus" – BB sneered.

I resisted the overwhelming urge to sigh.

Now I understand that the world is on the brink of destruction because of my wives...

"Alaya has been in a terrible situation, she can no longer exercise her responsibility as the Will of the World, so I have sought new ways to protect this world, but my nature as a Core prevents me from intervening in the material world" - Shiki continued narrating her tragic story while the joyful bunch of idiots in my mind showed no regret for what they did. – "Sometimes, Alaya makes decisions to protect this world, for example, opening the doors to Higher Entities to hire them as Guardians, or encouraging the development of the so-called protagonists, but other times, she does not know what she is doing and causes conflicts between different paths of destiny, which causes conflicts between different protagonists…"

I looked at Alaya.

"What is she doing?" – I sighed.

"I think she just created a new parasite that will harm humans' agricultural crops…" – Shiki sighed.

Alaya seems to have a skill similar to Gogh's, she can use her Authority to manipulate the Laws and thus give life to her drawings, although this power is far inferior to Gogh's so she can only create inferior life forms that will die soon.

I walked over to Alaya and snatched the drawing.

"Hey, that's mine!" - Alaya looked at me angrily.

I pulled out a tray of blueberry cookies and put it in front of her face. – "Here, eat and shut up"

"I will, but not because you say so" – Alaya snorted and took the tray of cookies from me, then began to eat enthusiastically. - "Delicious!"

"Thank you, it will be a problem if she causes a world famine again" – Shiki approached me and smiled, but looking at the cookies, her eyes widened in surprise. - "This…"

I sighed and used Ortro's ability to destroy the drawing, I already caused a pandemic and an economic crisis, adding a famine will only be a problem. – "In my travels, I had some problems with mental destruction abilities, so I have studied different methods to repair minds"

We both watch Alaya happily eat the cookies. I have the feeling that I am looking at one of my troublesome daughters…

"These cookies are not a permanent solution, they will only help her stabilize what's left of her mind, she won't be able to recover her memories, but at least she won't forget the new memories" – I sighed. – "I cannot reconstruct Alaya's mind without having the missing fragments, but my research on the mind still has room for improvement"

Knowing BB, she must have totally destroyed Alaya's mind and didn't keep the fragments.

I can create new memory and personality shards for Alaya, but it will all be artificial and I doubt Shiki will let me do that since it's the same as killing Alaya and replacing her with a fake.

Maybe Auriel has the ability to heal Alaya's mind, but Auriel would have to see Alaya in person and it will be a huge problem getting Auriel on Gaia.

How troublesome…

"You exceeded my expectations" – Shiki had a big smile, but then she looked at me with confusion. – "Although I do not understand why you helped her without first asking for a reward"

"Consider this as payment for not revealing my secrets" – I answered apathetically. – "As for protecting the world, you will have to give me something worthwhile"

"I see" - Shiki nodded. – "You are showing your abilities to increase the quality of the rewards that I can offer"

A pragmatic man with no emotional capacities, that's the image Shiki has built on me.

In her eyes, all my actions are based on profit and suicidal tendencies, she thinks I don't love my harem and just keep accumulating women to strengthen my system.

I have given the impression to most people that I am an emotional man who prioritizes feelings of affection towards my harem, but with Shiki, it will be better to show otherwise.

In front of her, it is useless to act like someone emotional or explain to her that I really love my wives, she will think that each of my words is an act to make her lower her guard and thus eliminate her.

Shiki acts like an innocent and kind woman, in fact, that is her true nature of her and it is not an act of hers, however, she is quite a complex entity.

Innocent but cunning, simple but perceptive, kind but apathetic. She represents many dualities, but that is what makes up her personality.

Shiki has been extremely honest with me since she wants to avoid possible misunderstandings, she knows that I am a paranoid man who sees the world as a death trap, so it is better to show all her cards. Hiding the smallest secret will cause me to mistrust her, and in the future, it could lead me to plan to murder her.

It's just like she said, I don't have the mentality of a hero or a system user, I'm just a mercenary willing to put my life in danger if I get paid well.

If I hadn't fallen in love with Shigure, if Navi hadn't led me down the harem route, or if I had resisted developing feelings of affection, then I would be the mercenary Shiki seeks.

It's fun.

Becoming an idiot with multiple mental issues allowed me to love my wives, and indirectly, that allowed me to cheat on the entity that knows me best.

Thus, I started negotiating with Shiki.

She can't give me many benefits since her power is limited to the Core of this world, she can't get out of this imaginary space and her role is to be Gaia's last line of defense.

It can be said that, within this World, Shiki is the final boss, but that has also put a lot of restrictions on him.

For example, Shiki can only intervene when an invader tries to steal the world's records, just like BB did. If a Higher Entity invades Gaia but does not attempt to access the Core, then Shiki can only be a bystander.

Shiki didn't make me sign any Contract or take an Oath, she knows that I am a person with thousands of tricks and I will find a way to nullify those Contracts, even the high-level ones.

I explained to Shiki that I became Auriel's representative after seducing the person she trusts the most, I also mentioned that Aotian became my wife by coincidence, but now she is totally loyal to me. I even explained that thanks to Yui, I have a chance to meet Lucifer, I just need a chance to make the Lord of Lies fall in love with me.

Shiki was happy to hear my plans and contact list.

Despite the fact that my actions credit me as a manipulative jerk, Shiki did not show the slightest displeasure, quite the contrary, she was very happy that I saw life rationally and that my actions were based on benefits.

Although relationships based on feelings are strong, love and friendship may change, but the benefits prevail.

As long as Shiki can give me more benefits than other entities, then I will be loyal to this World. She just needs to guarantee that she can afford more than Paradise or Beast VII.

Technically, Shiki can't give me more benefits than Paradise since this is only one World while Paradise has the resources of infinite Worlds, but here comes the important thing.

Heaven may betray me, and other entities may try to turn me into a puppet or food, but Shiki offers me a safe home where I can rest.

Shiki knows that throughout my childhood my greatest desire was to have a peaceful home.

My need for a home reached the point that owning a small apartment could bring me more happiness than having sex with the most beautiful woman in the world.

In that sense, Shiki offers me my greatest wish, although there will also be more benefits.

Currently, Shiki can't make concessions since Alaya has the Authority of the World, but she can give me some luxuries.

To begin with, Shiki gave me all the authority over China so that the other world powers will not be able to invade China without my authorization. From the way Shiki explained it, she knows that I'm capable of starting a war against China just to have a justification for killing my enemies.

Another benefit is that I can keep the female Servants who make a contract with me.

That's not just for my current group, all female Servants that appear in the future will belong to me if they accept me as their Master.

The Throne of Heroes is the main line of defense on Gaia, but Shiki is willing to give up the women to ensure that I protect this World.

The last buff I got is immunity to Territory Administrators' Authorities. Basically, I can do whatever I want in any country and no one can stop me, I'm even allowed to use space movement skills to go to China whenever necessary.

For my part, I offered to bring resources from other Worlds. I will do this to boost the economy of China and Japan, but this will also be beneficial in increasing the amount of Energy of Destiny within Gaia.

Actually, all these concessions make me feel that something is wrong. Shiki is being too accommodating despite having no ulterior motives, she sincerely wants to curry favor with me.

[Reader's Madness] didn't let me see why Shiki trusts me so much, so I had to ask directly. – "Why do you have so much faith in me? It is true that I am strong and I have managed to meet strong entities, but it seems that I am your last hope "

Shiki smiled with slight confusion. – "Hmm? Well, the situation in this world is very bad, in a short time the barrier will fall and it will be the end of the world... But it's true, I feel a great need to help you and I don't understand it... Maybe it's because of all the Positive Karma you carry, or maybe it's because you're a hero… Well, it doesn't matter, if you decide to betray this world then there's no other choice, I'll just die in silence"

Very dramatic…

But…

Something bothers me...

Some system users are idiot nobles who wish to help people, there are some who have achieved the title of Hero so Shiki must think that I became a Hero after saving a World to gain some benefits.

The problem is that my Hero title is a fake made with [Mythomania], I don't really have that title.

The Outer Gods have massive amounts of Negative Karma, but I have pure Positive Karma since Ortro constantly devours my Negative Karma, that's why all the Higher Entities or Wills of the World think that I am some kind of saint.

The problem is that Shiki knows that I'm a psychopath so she shouldn't fall for this trick, besides, she shouldn't be affected by my titles and abilities that encourage female affection.

Something is not right…

One moment.

Something, I feel like I'm forgetting something...

It is a very unpleasant and disgusting feeling that something is missing from my memory, it is similar to when my memory of my first sexual experience was stolen…

I quickly used the emergency plan in case my mind is destroyed. - "Ortro, give me a copy of my memory"

Ortro is a black box with a backup of my personality, memory, desires, and mental problems.

Ortro sent me the backup.

With the help of [Paranoia], we look for something suspicious.

It took a split second, Shiki hadn't finished speaking when I finally found the information.

It was a message from my system.

Based on the log, it was a message I received when I first met the Anti-Spiral, more specifically, when I repaired the hole in the fourth wall.

[System Notification: The Multiverse thanks the user. The Multiverse favors the user]

Is the multiverse a sentient being?

Stupid author, this better not be another fucking brat…

The worrying thing is that no one in my group remembers seeing that message, not even [Paranoia] had a record of that message in my system…

Also, there is another hidden message…

[System Notification: The user has been chosen by the Multiverse. The user has obtained the title 'Fourth Candidate for Protagonist of the Multiverse']

[Fourth Candidate for Protagonist of the Multiverse: .......000000000

The user 000000000.......

Warning: Records of this message will be deleted after being viewed. All entities that see it will forget this information. The user will only be able to see this message when the time is right]

...

Damn complex plots, they suck when developed by an idiot with no literary talent.

Whatever.

This message is just a memory fragment so I can't parse it for answers.

Although I can't analyze that title, I have a feeling that it's what's affecting Shiki, maybe she feels the need to support the 'Candidate' and that's why she's so accommodating to me.

It annoys me not having all the information about what surrounds me, but at the same time, it is interesting to find incomprehensible things….

After finishing my talk with Shiki, I was about to go back to China, but Shiki stopped me. - "Luis-kun, wait a minute"

"..." - I sighed. – "You should already know that I hate hearing my name mixed with Japanese honorifics"

"So should I speak to you in Korean? Luis-nim?" – Shiki had a mischievous smile.

"… Enough, please" – I covered my face with my hands in frustration.

Do I have a passive skill that turns women into troublesome jerks?

I hope not…

"Okay, enough kidding, I really need to give you something" – Shikise gracefully covered her mouth to hide her smile, she is like a noble lady from Japan in feudal times.

Shiki walked over to Alaya who was still eating cookies.

"They are mine" – Alaya moved away from Shiki.

Shiki smiled like a kind older sister. – "Don't worry, Luis will come to visit us often and he will bring you more cookies"

"Seriously?!" – Alaya had a big smile.

As part of our agreement, I will come often to check on Alaya's condition. I basically became the personal doctor for a child with brain atrophy.

Alaya put the tray on the floor and rushed to take my hand, then she took a raspberry from her pocket and put it in my hand.

"Here, it's one of my favorites" – Alaya had a big innocent smile.

I feel like I'm taking care of a child with mental retardation… She reminds me of Shiro.

That reminds me, Shiro has grown up and is about to reach the agreed age to be able to enter my bed... Damnit.

I looked at the raspberry in my hand and felt something interesting.

The berry was not a simple food, this thing contained a large number of Laws... Alaya had materialized a piece of her authority and was giving it to me as a gift.

I looked at Shiki, she made a gesture to indicate that I should eat the raspberry.

I used [Paranoia] and [Silly Jack] to analyze the raspberry and there were no Contracts or poisons.

Just for good measure, I used Ortro's teeth to defer the berry in case I got some kind of trap.

Shiki seemed to notice that and smiled, she seems happy to see my paranoid attitude.

[System Notification: The user has obtained the title 'Gaia Protagonist 100%']

[Gaia Protagonist: Move over bitches, daddy's here!

The user is the central axis of all the paths of Destiny that involve the World 'Gaia'. Outer Worlds that have been affected by Gaia will also be affected by the user]

My mouth trembled and I looked at Shiki with complex feelings.

"Oh no, the wife stealer just evolved!" – Nyaruko screamed with false fear, then she began to laugh.

"Cucknator has awakened and the womb of women can feel it!" – BB was also laughing.

I could only sigh. – "This will be a headache…"

"Yes, now all the women destined for important events will be attracted to you, but this will make you conflict with most of the protagonists, and believe me, there are many protagonists" – Shiki nodded with a smile. – "The protagonists can be excellent warriors when time and resources are invested in them, but right now the least we have is time, so we must prioritize quality over quantity… Now you are the protagonist so other protagonists are no longer necessary "

This will be a never-ending headache, but there are also benefits.

I sighed and patted Alaya's head. – "Thanks Alaya, later I will bring you more cookies"

"Thank you!" – Alaya had a big smile, although then she frowned slightly. – "I am not Alaya, I am Nanashi Mumei!"

…Why does everything have to do with Japan? There are other countries...

"We are both attracted to Japanese culture" – Shiki smiled seeing my expression.

"I already noticed" – I looked at Shiki's clothes and sighed. – "Whatever, I have to go"

"Take care, anything you need, don't hesitate to contact me" – Shiki waved her hand to greet me. – "As for your father, I will continue looking for any trace of his location"

"Forget it, that idiot must be in some forgotten corner of the multiverse" – I sighed and massaged my forehead.

Not even Shiki knows where my father went… What a fucking headache.

At least I was able to learn some valuable things about my father, and if I'm not mistaken, I don't have to search for him anymore because he will be the one to search for me.

So, I went back to China and spent a few hours with the female Servants until it was time to go to the airport.

"Hey Listen! Muhahaha this porn movie will be in all the theaters of the multiverse!"

…. – "How the hell did you get out of your cage?"

"Muahahahaha stupid dog without culture, nothing can stop the authentic protagonist of this fanfic shit!"

…

Whatever.

It's time to go home.