Unfortunately for Antariel, William’s coronation took longer than I expected. There, William called me aside after the coronation.
“We are very grateful for Count Akasha’s help.”
Although he rose to the throne right away after being educated as a prince, his authority as an absolute being was already pouring out as if his blood could not be deceived.
“I just did what was necessary for the Aether Empire.”
“I know best that you need nothing. I just want to spend a peaceful time in the Akasha estate. But it is a burden to my heart that I do not return anything to you.”
William knew me well. Even if he wants to live a peaceful life, he is a person who lives a lot busier than he looks from the outside, but he doesn’t want you to know that.
Anyway, it looks like he wants to do something. It seems hard to refuse. It may be a paving stone that wants to bring me more to the center, but I decided to accept favor as favor.
“Then I will accept only one.”
“I’ll give you anything you want.”
It would be wrong to say that I will give it unconditionally without even listening to it, but it would be to expect that I will not make unreasonable demands.
“It’s been temporarily suspended, but there was one thing that was originally going on in the Empire.”
“Which of them do you mean?”
“It is about exploring the new continent.”
“Oh, there was such a thing. I remember it as a very big failure and stopped.”
Even though there were not one or two businesses that were stopped in the Aether Empire, he knew. I guess I studied pretty hard all this time.
“Please acknowledge the New Continent as my territory.”
“yes?”
William seemed to be out of order for a moment. In the first place, the new continent is no one’s territory. Officially, no one has ever set foot on that land. However, it seemed that he did not understand why he asked for such land.
“If you stop, wouldn’t that be a great reward?”
It doesn’t really hold anything in hand, but it’s a big reward. Wouldn’t that be perfect for the current situation? William thought for a moment, then stood up and bowed his head.
“Bio, on behalf of the Aether Empire, to pay homage to you for your integrity.”
No, it’s not particularly innocent, but let’s put it that way. That’s how I even got an official document recognizing the new continent as part of my territory. We decided not to announce it to the outside world. It was because there were other countries besides the Aether Empire that were conducting exploration of the new continent.
It is better to avoid unnecessary friction. Anyway, even if I study hard in that country and arrive in the new continent in 20 or 30 years, I will find myself already built a huge mansion there. Of course, no matter how lazy the Dwarves were, they would have developed airships before that and could see airships traveling to and from the new continent.
After finishing her work at the imperial palace, it was finally time to go to rescue Antariel. Bastet probably knew from the beginning that Antariel was living in the New World and had no hostility. Still, I don’t know why it was beaten to death, but how can a human know the heart of a cat?
Arriving at the New Continent, Antariel was beaten almost to rags and was scattered across the yard of the mansion, as if he had been watching.
“Are you okay?”
He healed him right away and asked about his condition, but Antariel was half stunned. After fixing the broken bones all over his body, Antariel stood up like a zombie.
“What the hell is this place? What is that old man and what is that woman?”
She was about to say it was a cat, but Antariel hurriedly changed her words when she saw Bastet’s sharp eyes sitting nearby on Lily’s lap. Antariel looked very confused.
“You are the world’s strongest cat, but you are stronger than me.”
“Right. If it’s the world’s strongest tomb… it’s worth it. Then, is there such a thing as the strongest of dogs and the strongest of mice?”
No, I don’t think so, but I still felt like I was out of my mind. Well, I’ve seen the strongest of cockroaches.
“And Lily is a descendant of the ancient succubi. It has the ability to enchant.”
“I expected it to be such a similar technology. But why are those dwarves fine?”
“The ancient species are said to have some kind of immunity. Come to think of it, you’re… not a human, but you’re not an ancient species. Should it be called a new race?”
“Is it like that? Is it like that?”
Antariel had an expression that had come to a realization.
“Rather than that, humans are not so strong if they have strong mental power or are used to women, but your new race may be weak to charm. I don’t think your mental strength is weak… do you really have no experience with women?”
In an instant, Antariel’s purple face turned red. There is none, you bastard, but Antariel is by no means young. As his level rose, he looked younger on the outside, but I remember him as being over 80 years old…
“sorry.”
I apologized without even realizing it. Antariel was about to say something, but spread his bat wings and flew up in a hurry.
“I will definitely fix this and come back!”
Then, after saying lines like a third-rate villain, he flew into his cave at full speed. It must have been my mistake to see the sweat coming from Antariel’s eyes as he flew away.
Antariel returned to the cave and began research on body modification again. It would be nice if something came out of it, since I’m keeping an alter ego attached and I’m diligently peeking at the research.
I wanted to find a peaceful daily life again, but a few days later something happened. Alchemist Fulcan Nelias, currently the second strongest among humans, has died. The cause of death was natural death. He died in his sleep, so it wouldn’t have been painful.
No matter how much alchemy was used to create elixirs to deceive the age of the body and extend the lifespan, in the end, he could not overcome his mortal fate. It’s been quite a while since I watched Fulcan Nelias. I’ve been watching since the time I started creating alter egos, so I’ve been watching for a little less than 30 years.
This year Fulcan Nelias is 147 years old and has lived more than enough for a human being. However, in the end, he was unable to create the elixir of immortality, which he had longed for all his life.
The moment Fulka died, the alter ego that had been watching him for a long time absorbed his soul. It was a huge soul to absorb after a long time. In the past, I would have shuddered with a sense of exhilaration, but now I don’t feel that much excitement.
I moved to Fulka’s hidden studio and took all the materials and experimental equipment he was researching in his lifetime. And there was the most important thing. It is an incomplete elixir of immortality that he devoted his whole life to researching.
To say it in return, Fulka’s body was moved to his hometown and buried in a quiet, sunny place.
I was thinking of completing the elixir of immortality that Fulka had devoted his whole life to. I decided not to think about whether I would use it or give it to someone. It may take several years of research to complete it.
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Maybe by the time I finish it, all the people around me may be dead. Of course, I might die before that and lose my human body, so I don’t need the elixir of immortality. First of all, I was thinking of reproducing Pulka’s laboratory as it was.
However, while thinking about where to make it, he decided to build it in the basement of the mansion in the New World, and ordered the dwarves to build an underground laboratory.
However, the Dwarves put the brakes on the construction order of the underground laboratory.
“There are other things that go in there.”
“Is there any facility that needs a basement in particular?”
“sure. Since it is an airship, it must have a power engine.”
what is this again?
“An airship? Is that mansion?”
“Yes, didn’t you know?”
What the hell are these kids doing? No, from where you look at it, is it an airship? It’s just a mansion. It must have been a mistake to think that the dwarves weren’t making airships.
“Was the airship you guys came on like that too?”
“No, that’s not it. It was much smaller than that. But I think it crashed because it was small, so I’m going to make it a little bigger this time.”
It’s not that I fell because I was small. The aftermath of the two gods clashing was too strong. Anyway, I think I need to make a separate alchemy lab.
“Then make a separate laboratory.”
“If you give me something like a blueprint, I’ll make it for you.”
Drawing the blueprint wasn’t too difficult. I drew it on the spot and handed it over, and the Dwarves looked at it and changed the design while discussing it head-to-head. Then something turned into something huge several times the one I drew.
“Is this enough?”
“Isn’t that too much?”
“But it has to be at that level to be called a laboratory.”
“Then do it. Instead, make the lab a priority.”
That’s what the experts say it is. I have nothing to lose by making the lab bigger. At that moment, Bastet sneaked up behind me and said a word before disappearing again.
[You’re trying to make something useless again]
Do you know the elixir of immortality? No, I know because it’s God, but it bothered me to say it as if I’d already seen it.
While the dwarves were building a new alchemy laboratory, several changes took place in the New World. Although it is around the mansion, buds have finally started to grow in the new continent. I wonder if it’s Bastet’s influence, but I sown some grass seeds that grow well on the beach, and they start to grow. Now, if the land is purified a little more, you will be able to cultivate a small field.
And at Lily’s request, he took in a dozen chicks and started raising them. The first chicks to arrive were given the honor of being the first livestock in the New World.
As if the chicks were also enchanted, the chicks followed Lily like their mother. Thanks to this, Bastet, who found it difficult to occupy Lily’s lap, was very annoyed by hitting the chicks with her tail, but she didn’t kill them.
In the meantime, the Akasha estate was revived day by day. Land was now in short supply. The Aether Empire was the richest and most livable territory on the entire continent.
There was no other reason why the Akasha estate was good to live in. Because the officials are competent? Of course there will be that too. But the biggest reason is that it is a good place for good people to live.
The Akasha estate is not a good place for bad guys to live. Not exactly a place to live. Of course, there are no corrupt officials, and there are no rogue gangs in any territory. There are no merchants who try to profit by tricking things or commit fraud. If a person commits a crime, no one is punished unjustly, regardless of social status.
In a word, it’s a good place to live if you just don’t commit crimes and work hard. The work is plentiful and the work is paid fairly. Creating a manor like this was easy to say, but really difficult.
There were scholars who came from the ecliptic to study the structure of the Akasha Territory, but they couldn’t come up with an answer either.
Everything is possible because I am watching every nook and cranny of the territory as an alter ego. One day this might come to a limit and I might stop, but at least for now it’s been maintained.
While the Akasha estate was growing like this, the places that suffered the most damage were, of course, the surrounding estates. A good place to live is right next to it, but if you are a free person who is free to move, there was no reason not to move.
On the contrary, a group of delinquents or bad merchants who were kicked out of Akasha’s territory settled down in a nearby territory, and a vicious cycle continued.
The side effects were slowly happening. The surrounding lords did not like the Akasha estate. However, since they knew the power of Akasha’s territory and my influence, they did not think of attacking in any way.
In the meantime, a few neighboring lords gathered and started to make a very useless and evil plan.