I paid no heed to this as I went back to the Guild only to see Aqua doing Party Tricks…
Meanwhile Iris was also having her own Fun in the crowded place as she really wasn't used to this Kind of thing as it was mostly silent in the Palace…
Getting surrounded by those Ugly Nobles really made her angry most of the time while Servants were not allowed to make a noise…
Most children weren't allowed in the Palace as the Nobility only allowed but those Children were too obnoxious and Iris also felt a lot of Ill intent from most of them and was Uncomfortable with them Most of the time…
I looked at such an Iris as I smiled at her…
She has really been burdened too much amidst responsibility so watching her drink Orange Juice in the Crowd is really gratifying…
Or rather thankfully no one gave her wine or they would have to face the Wrath of an SSS-Ranker…
Thinking so I entered and participated in the Festivities with Iris too as I clinked a Glass of Mango Juice with her as she was first startled like a Cute little Hamster getting found while doing Mischief but she soon smiled brightly making me Warm inside out as I also took out a Glass and Cheered with her…
"Oniisama Thank you for bringing me Here…"said Iris as I said…
"You are mine after all and I want to make you happy no Matter what…"
This made Iris shy as she was too excited in the Moment and listening to my confession made her feel like she had tasted too much Honey as she Looked down with her Thin White hands on her face…
"O-O-Oniisamaa~aa~aa…"Iris said shyly like a Mosquito…
"What is it? Wife!!!" Hearing my Address and feeling my hug as I embraced her in my arms made her feel light headed as she couldn't support herself…
But since this was a Public space I did nothing and laid her on the Bench while everyone laughed…
I looked around as I took out 10 Million Eris…
"Oyi you Bastards today's Food is on me…"
I said as I threw 10 Million Eris to the Waiter making some Gold fall out of the Bag making everyone even more Joyful…
Aqua also wanted to cause trouble but I looked at her with a smile but the hostility emanating from me made her dare not cause trouble and she smiled like a Harmless Rabbit just like the Innocent Eyes she gave to the Frog Clan Young Master Yesterday who swallowed her because he thought she was Cute…
As she retracted her hand, Megumin being Naturally Braver than Aqua she reached out a big hand…
But before She Reached out to the Money her collar was grabbed…
"Oyiii what are you doi---???"Said Megumin as before she could finish her sentence I threw her to a Corner as I had no Interest in Listening to her nonsense and then we had a Feast…
Meanwhile Kazuma, Chris and Darkness returned while Darkness was Panting and Chris was staring at me flushed while my money Bag was Gone…
I knew that Kazuma's perverted streak will explode here as I quickly took Iris and went to the side…
As I expected Darkness Naturally Exploded in Front of everyone making Kazuma the Multiverse Level God-King in an Instant…
"Kazuma You Beast, Return me my Panties..."This sentence seemed to shatter the Universe as all kinds of Eyes(Kind Ones Of course) looked at Kazuma as he became the center of attention in a Splendid way…
Kazuma immediately received the enthusiastic eyes of the Crowd especially Women as they seemed to Make Holes in the Poor Kazuma…
While Men seemed to look at Kazuma's Ass Thoughtfully making him clench his Ass as he was Sweating like Rain…
Meanwhile I had already Left with Iris before Darkness said anything…
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"Oniisama!!!
It was really fun…"said Iris as she walked like a bundle of Happiness…
"Of course it was after all I brought you here precisely because of that…"
"But it feels bad being here by myself while Claire and the others Wor
"You don't need to worry about them…
For Claire and Rain, if you don't give them work then they will feel bad instead…
Besides they will have their own Vacation as well…
Once I have researched my things we will leave for other Worlds in this Universe…
There we will spend some time killing more Demon Kings and Evil People…
Anyway there are too many evil people in this Universe so Let me Kill a Wave and get a Lot of SP so I can Awaken all My Talents and Awaken others' talents as well…"
I said as Iris Nodded but she was a little worried…
"Would it not be too bad to kill too many…"said Iris as she was worried…
"Iris this is only a warm-up…
Remember that the Universe and the Cosmos we live in is too vast…
There are even some universes where Civilizations fight and each Battle requires Participation of Billions or Trillions of Spaceships…
The Number of People Dying in Such a Battle alone amount to more than the entire population of this world But in the outside world this much Population is barely a Drop in a Tub…
Just imagine what Happens when a Nation the size of Billions of Worlds with 1 Billion Population each fights another similar one…
In those Battles Life becomes Worthless…
Unless of course World Level and Star Level existences join the Battle…
But then even more deaths might occur…
Planets will collapse between those clashing Existences…
So don't worry about killing those evil People…
Besides we are not killing Innocents and only Killing Evil People…
Our own Conscience is Clean…
And you should know their Sins as well, right???
This kind of Scum is better dead…
I don't mind a person who purely thinks by rationality rather than emotion but I do hate a Person who can destroy everything for the Sake of his own Selfishness and then they even Name that Shit Justice…"
I explained as Iris lowered her Head…
"Why do they fight so much???"Said Iris sad at so many Deaths…
"Some people might glorify their Achievements…
Some may be done for Revenge and Atrocities…
Some may be done for Freedom too, after all, Freedom and the Good of all life are really good excuses for the Good Factions to start Wars and compete for resources…
Some People might just want to annoy others…
Sometimes or rather most of the times It's for Money…
Sometimes it is for territory…
Anyway there are many Excuses for these things and some people also do not actually care about that sort of stuff and directly start a War for the sake of enjoyment…
Anyways the Reasons given may be many but the Nutshell of it all remains what I just told you…
Of course not all Wars are bad…
Just like Wars of a Race for their own Survival…
Of course other Options are also possible…
Sometimes a Bad Monarch Dies and Peace Reigns in the Universe But sometimes when a good Monarch dies then the Universe falls into Chaos…
All these things are only a Part of a Cycle…"
I explained as Iris truly could not refute my accusations as some of those reasons have even happened in their own world…
Mu Zhong glanced at such an Iris as he continued…
"Let me Give you an Example, How many Years has this world been Born and how many kingdoms have been made and destroyed in History???"
Iris looked at me and she was tongue tied at this Question…
"You may remember all the Kingdoms existing in the Present world…
You may remember all Kingdoms existing 100 Years ago…
But will you remember all Kingdoms existing 1,000 Years ago???
Will you remember all Kingdoms 10,000 Years ago???
I can assure you with Certainty that you will not…
At most you will remember a Kingdom that used to be Super Strong so that even today their Artifacts are drawn from Scattered Tombs and Ruins…
That is all that remains…
Time Destroys Everything Eventually…
Nothing is Eternal Iris…
Everything is Relative…"
Said Mu Zhong as Iris was Contemplative as she then smiled sadly…
"Wouldn't that mean that Life might be meaningless???"
I looked at Iris as I saw her being Slightly Melancholic and patted her Head Making her Look at me…
"It is Difficult to answer this Question…"
I said as I pondered for a moment and then said…
"Just think of it as a Story…
For that Inside the Story, They would consider their own Feelings, Their Passion, Their Purpose and their Lives everything…
But what about us who Read the Story???
What about those outside the story???
What would they think???
They would Read the story…
Be happy when the Characters are happy…
Be sad when Characters are sad…
Cry at Heart breaking scenes…
Laugh at funny scenes…
Hurl abuses at ridiculous scenes…
And after the Story Ends…
What would happen???
They would put down the book and look Elsewhere…
They might remember the Content of our Stories some time in their Lives…
They Might tell their Friends about us…
They Might read our stories twice or even thrice…
But what about afterwards???
They shall return to their own Lives…
Their Own Purpose…
Their own Passion…
Their own Feelings…
And they would consider Their Life and Their Everything without knowing that someone else is Actually Reading their Story somewhere else…
Crying for their Pain…
Laughing for their fun…
Cheering for their Victory…
Lamenting Their Defeat…"
I said as Iris Envisioned all this and what I said was indeed true…
What I said was so true that it pointed to the Reality of the World…
Even Iris herself Only Reads stories once or twice before going back to her own work…
At most she imagines such Adventures but Fantasy is Fantasy and she won't think beyond that because her own Kingdom and Life is under the Burden of a Demon King…
"So Iris Remember that nothing is Absolute…
Of course this Statement itself maybe Wrong…
There Might be something Absolute out there…
But would such a thing think of us???
Would it care about us???
Would it bother to glance at us???"
I said as Iris Imagined the Gods of their World who took care of them…
Eris granted them Blessings…
Aqua also granted those Blessings although there may be side effects but most Goddesses were Kind and there was nothing troublesome except for the Demon King…
"Are you thinking about those Goddesses???"Iris Nodded her Cute face…
"They are indeed very good and honestly I am Envious of this World's Goddesses…
They glance at you and easily respond to your Prayers…
You don't have to wait for your entire lives just to pray for a Single Success…
If something wrong is going on then they might even lower their own forms to help…
They don't play with Humans as if they are just toys waiting to be their amusement and enjoyment…"
I said again as I remembered that Eris personally came to Kill the Demon King with Kazuma when a Suitable enough Opportunity descended even with all the Dangers involved…
"In Our Universe or rather in Most Universes, Gods are not actually Merciful…
They might let you kowtow for your entire lives only to give you Hell at the End when you are about to Die…
They might grow you in Captivity and Kill or Harvest you like Weeds…
They might Start multiple Civilizations and Kill some at every stage for their Amusement…
They might Play with you just because you don't have faith and throw you into a War-Sick World and let you become an enemy of the whole world just to make you give up one day and let you possess Faith…
To let you kneel…
They might even kill you on the simplest account that you don't possess Faith towards them and consider you heretics and then you get burned at stake…
They may take Drastic Measures for their Dignity and who suffers…
It's those poor Mortals…
They might give countless Trials only to Give a Reward completely Disproportionate to your Struggles…
Even then you will have to be Thankful as even this; they consider their own pity…
And after doing this thing they even impose promises upon us…
You must do this and that in exchange for accepting our Inheritance…
Multiple Conditions and Strings are attached with an Inheritance and then…
You will also have to inherit their enemies that were even stronger than those people's Peaks…
Do you think this is fair???
Yet countless People Run out for such Opportunities and willingly walk to their Deaths…
All for the sake of being recognized by some Garbage who died and Left a Huge Burden…
Even if it makes them suffer Countless Karma…
Of course if you can't pass those trials then they will only attribute it to our own Weakness…
If they are feeling good they might roll a dice and help you on the Intensity based on the Dice Number and if they are feeling Bad they Might throw Lightning at you and you will Die like an unknown Dog unable to even Comprehend how you Died Much less become some Protagonist and start a Path of Revenge…
So what will happen at that point???
Your Light will be snuffed out…
Your Life will be gone…
A century Might Pass and no matter how Legendary you were before, you would completely become a Bed time Story…
Thousand Years Later and You might even be completely forgotten…
So, in a sense life is Meaningful for us but It is Useless for those outside the Story because they have their Own Lives, Worries and Burdens…
Here once Again comes the Truth that everything is Relative…
What may be important for you may be garbage for someone else and Vice Versa…"
I said as I finally spoke…
"And What I want to do is to Survive…"I said as I pointed towards the Stars as If to hold something in his hand…
"What I want is actually only to Survive healthily and Die in my Family's accompaniment after living a Long time with them…
This is all my dream is…" I said as Iris looked at me surprised…
I looked at her as I joked…
"Why, do you think it's too simple???"
"I didn't think Oniisama would have such a Simple Wish…"said Iris as she smiled as she would also like to die along with her Oniisama someday but she must live a long time before that happens…
Looking at Iris I held Her Hand as she turned Red but didn't look Away this time…
"Because everyone must die someday…
True Eternity doesn't exist…
Even the Cosmos will die someday not to mention the Universes and Worlds…
Even more so the Life forms born in the Cosmos…
If Even Cosmos is to Die someday then this Me who is Equivalent or even Stronger than a Cosmos will also Die someday…
So what I want to do is to Survive with my Family as Long as I can and As Happy as I can…
To not have some Inexplicable Existence kill me someday at the Drop of a Hat…
And in Order to do that I must Grow Stronger…
I must Grow Strong to the Point that No one can threaten me in the Slightest…
To the Point that no matter who touches my Family, I can annihilate them in the Blink of an Eye…
Not to grovel before them and pray that they might Spare My Family but to utterly extinguish all those who merely look at my loved ones with a Hint of Malice…
This is my Life and my meaning…
This is what makes my Life Meaningful for myself…
This is what makes me want to live…
So the Question about the Use of Living is not whether life is useful or not but whether you yourself are content with yourself…"
"But Oniisama we can just stay here for the rest of our lives…
Why do we have to---???"Said Iris as she was going to continue but I put one finger on her lips making her quite down as she turned Tomato-Chan again…
"Because in this Cosmos Weakness means Death…
Laziness will get you Killed…
If I stay here and if this Universe gets attacked someday and the Enemy is stronger than me then I will be completely at the Mercy of the Other Party…
I am not opposed to Following others, I am only afraid that my Family will be hurt because of my weakness…
In this "Dog Eat Dog" World…
The only thing that assures you is your own Strength…
Don't look at me as being an SSS-Ranker…
That Level of Strength doesn't even register on the System's Radar…
I am Worse than the Dogs in some Universes…
Only World Level Existences are Existences who can protect themselves to a Certain Extent…
Only Star Cluster Level Existences can heave a sigh of Relief in this Vast Cosmos…
And lastly only a Cosmos-Ranker can truly live unmatched in this Cosmos…
What I want is to At least become Star Cluster Rank to be Safe and then I can even take Vacations of Thousands of Years before continuing to strengthen myself…
Otherwise with my Current Strength I will only be crushed like an ant even in my own house without a Chance given…
If someone snatches my Family and Tortures them and Hurts them then I can only say "I can't do anything" Rather than destroying my Enemy to Pieces…
This is my Reason for Searching for Strength, Iris…
This is the Reason I want to become Stronger…
Only to Let my Family to Live Happily…
This is My Aezeroth's Life …
I only exist to make you Happy…"
I Passionately said as, At the End, I cupped Iris's Cheeks and squeezed her Face(Without Force Of Course) and then pinched her cheeks making her slightly Red…
"Oniisama…"said Iris Loudly as she hit my hand making me Laugh out loud…
Seeing me laugh Iris Pouted but this moment was engraved in her heart…
What her Husband Wants to do is to become Strong for them…
To make sure that they will remain safe and not any other purpose…
It struck her heart as she also clenched her Fists and Vowed to become stronger…
To be a Protector than to be protected…
I looked at such an Iris as I grabbed her Waist as I raised her in the Air and whirled her around in my Arms as she got shy and flailed her arms around in shyness and Embarrassment…
Such Happy times…
I, Aezeroth will protect them with everything I have…
In the Embarrassment of Iris we reached our Home…
But looking at it still undergoing Renovation Irritated me…
Don't those Protagonists Get their Houses done in a single Day…
What the Fuck is wrong with this Shitty Mechanism…
Come out System…
[Host don't be unreasonable and think of those Construction Workers who, Despite the Presence of Magic, are trying their Best to Complete the House]
[They are not Herrescher of Reason who can Make Houses in an Instant and Cause Yukinoshita Construction Company to Bankrupt]
System even you have a Sense of Humor…
[Deducting 100,000 SP]
Fuck Wait…
I looked at my Stats and they were 100,000 less…
Fukuoooo—daaaaaa… (Kamijou Touma sends his regards)
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"Let's go to The Inn Iris…"I said as Iris Nodded and I glanced behind me looking at a Certain Tree and Teleported Away…
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