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Chapter 605: A Small Training
"So, Pandora, the way you've handled your kingdom is interesting and all, but what about people you trust? Did you have many?" I ask Pandora, my arms wrapped around her waist.
"..." Pandora looks up. Her gaze is always such a strange thing to see, maybe because of the spirals in her pupils.
"I don't have many people I truly trust, just our mother... everyone else is someone I pretend to trust. I don't even trust the people I love." She goes back to spinning the strange cube in her hand after saying this.
"Not even me?"
"No, I don't trust you either, but I love you! I love my wives too, and I believe in the people I love. But genuine trust is something someone like me can't have, even with the people I love."
"I wouldn't even trust our mother if it weren't for our race's influence. But don't see that as a problem. Me not having 'trust' just means I never believe 100% of what people tell me, so I always go looking for the truth myself."
"Which is good. I do that sort of subconsciously. It's not like I don't want to trust. And, to my mind, I am trusting. But deep down, my rational side doesn't trust people and prefers to find out the truth on its own."
"So, if you tell me something, emotionally, I trust you absolutely. But on the rational side, my brain doubts every word that comes out of your mouth. It tries to piece back together interactions, movements, and things you've said to confirm its own truth."
"Doesn't that seem like a bad way to live? Even I had people I trusted in the past." Pandora finishes assembling her cube and tosses it onto the bed.
"Not really. Because, emotionally, I am trusting people. It's like what animals do. An animal might love you and give you affection, but that doesn't mean it'll accept just anything, or that it won't get scared if you approach it suddenly."
"If you step on an animal's tail, no matter how much it loves you, its reaction will be to try and bite you out of reflex! You get it? And I trust my instincts a lot. They've saved me from plenty of things."
"I think I can understand you... Pandora, about a child—"
"No. I don't want to try before we fight the goddesses."
"Why?!"
"If you die, I'll get seriously fucking pissed at life! Like, genuinely furious! So survive! I'll survive, and then we'll have a child! Simple as that. I'm giving you motivation. Besides, I've stored your semen in my uterus, just like I've stored Mikael's."
"If I wanted, I could have Mikael's child any time! And I think I could have one with yours if I asked Grimm for help. She somehow managed to have a child with a minimal amount of my semen, so she must have some way of doing it."
"Tsk." I click my tongue. Pandora even has her little "backup plan" in case I die, and she talks as if there's no chance she'll end up dead.
"Fine. I wasn't planning on dying anyway. I'm going to crush those arrogant goddesses!"
"That's the spirit, big sister. Besides, I bet that cute little uterus of yours has stored a lot of my cum. If you ever want my baby, I bet you could manage it with what you've got stored."
'So calculating...' Of course I stored it, for "emergencies." But I wasn't really planning on using it.
"Anyway, Pandora, most of the people I trusted are probably dead already. Demons live a pretty long time, but a lot of factors end their lives. So I don't expect much more from that planet for myself."
"My era has passed. And yours is passing too, isn't it? After all, you sent that warning to your daughters..."
"I... think I'm no longer fit to be a Demon King. I mean, I'm superior to a Demon King now—I'm a goddess!! Which is way better, but it also limits how much I can interact with the world."
"So it's time for someone to inherit the title! Mommy said I can pass the Demon King title to someone of my choosing. Besides, I might still be pretty young, but it's simply past time for me to step out of the spotlight of demon leadership."
"Probably when I go back to the planet to live with my children, I'll handle the bare minimum of work involving the kingdom. I'll leave all of that to the care of people I 'trust,' like my servants."
"Also, seriously, taking care of an entire race is so tedious! I had to work so hard to look after all those demons, keep them alive, and propel them to the top! Now it's my turn to dump this boring work onto someone else's shoulders, hehehe."
"You're so mean, Pandora. You don't like it, so you'll give it to your daughters."
"Well, it has its advantages! It's not all bad! They'll like it! A lot of power comes with the title. Plus, what really matters is that I'll have free time to indulge in lust and luxury in a way I can't right now because I'm so full of grand goals."
"Is killing a goddess a grand goal?"
"Hahaha, is it?" She gives me a sly, suspicious little smile, staring at me. I kiss her on the forehead.
"What do you plan on doing after you win?"
"After I kill Elysia and the other goddesses, there won't be a single threat left in this universe for me. The Primordial Goddess's avatars aren't really enemies; they're more like a security system. And I don't plan on leaving this universe, so I really won't have any problems."
"So, without Elysia screwing up my life, I can literally do anything! Even destroy the universe if I want to!! Of course, that's not what I want, but you get it, right?"
"Yeah, I get it. So you'll live a pretty tedious life as time goes on."
"H-Hahaha, yeah, something like that. So, big sis, are you going to accompany me in this infinite life?"
"I don't live that long. I'm not a goddess. There's a limit to what non-divine Abyssal beings have..."
"Oh, right... that 'self-destruction' thing, huh?... Are you going to self-destruct someday?"
"I don't know. I'm an Abyssal being, and so are you. But you're a goddess, so you don't suffer from that problem. As for me, I have no way of knowing because I was made by a goddess. I'll just have to wait and see." I answer her with what I know.
"Hmmm, well, big sis, I'm going to take very good care of you." Pandora gives a smile that's genuinely unsettling to me.
"I'm not your object, you know?"
"Does that matter? You're mine. And I take very good care of what's mine. Besides... I can say it. I'm dying to fight a goddess. Even though this battle will determine whether I live or die, I can hardly wait for it to happen."
"I want to feel that sensation of killing a deity with my own hands while entering a life-or-death battle... I hope I win, obviously, but I doubt it'll be easy. And I wouldn't want it to be easy."
"Pandora, you're completely insane. I'm sure you knew that, right?"
"Thank you for the compliment, big sis! I am pretty crazy!! But aren't you going to say you're not excited too? For your long-overdue revenge?" She speaks to me in an animated way.
"Besides, aside from the goddesses, there's almost no one left who can give us a perfect fight like this, right? It's the perfect chance for us to let loose. I'm even going to use my true form in the fight! It'll be so much fun!"
"Your idea of fun sucks, Pandora. But I agree. It'll be great to get my revenge." I'm also eager to avenge the humiliation of being sealed away.
"Besides, I... hmmm." She interrupts me with a kiss, straddling me.
"Big sister, want to play a game? I'm going to create some divine materials. I'll test their durability. For each material you break easily, I'll grant you one small wish."
"Any wish? And do you really have time to waste doing this instead of training and raising your level?" She's still way too weak to face a goddess.
"Of course I have time! And my level is already pretty high, so training will barely help it go up! But I haven't neglected it. I'll figure out how to get stronger later!"
"About the wishes, as long as they're small things, I'll grant them! Oh, but if you save up 100 small wishes, I'll grant one medium wish. For every 500 medium wishes, I'll give one large wish. And with 1000 large wishes, I'll grant you any desire. However, if I make a material that takes you longer than one minute to break, you lose."
"What the hell! How is that fair, Pandora? I'd need 50,000,000 small wishes to get just any desire! If you give me one wish per broken material, we'll be at this for years... years... you little bitch." I push her off my lap onto the bed.
"It's impossible! Literally, because we're leaving the Abyss in a few months, tops. You're going to eat the whole place."
"Don't worry, big sister. A medium wish is already great. And maybe you'll get a large wish—"
"Quiet! Let's start! Don't say anything, just keep creating!" I order her to begin so I can break as many as possible. I'm definitely going to find some way to cheat around her little scam.
"..." She creates a small, rectangular plate. I take it and break it instantly. She creates another, different one, and we start repeating the process with immense competitiveness.