Journeying Through Worlds from the Supreme Sovereign

"Is Zarathustra planning to start destroying the world?"

The Witch of the Void was deeply worried.

That demon was searching for the Fourth True Ancestor's Familiars. Could it be that he intended to use the Fourth True Ancestor's power to destroy the world?!

Chapter 51: I Am the Primogenitor! (Please Subscribe, Please Set Up Auto-Subscription)

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It was no wonder Nangong Nayue thought that way.

What Saigō had displayed as the "Demon King" through the spiritual status of the "Mother of Evil Gods" in that dark space had filled Nangong Nayue with deep fear.

Especially since that Demon King had repeatedly threatened Nangong Nayue, both directly and indirectly, with destroying her world and devouring all living beings.

That made the Witch of the Void instinctively hesitate over Saigō's intentions.

And now, Gozo Island's disappearance from the map seemed to prove that the demon's words about destroying the world had not been empty threats.

The place Nangong Nayue had transferred them to with her Space Control spell was an island not far from Gozo Island.

On the island, countless tourists stared blankly in terror at the frozen sea, watching the Mediterranean's famous island of ruins turn into shards of ice crystals.

After learning that the ruins Akaya Castle and the others were investigating were connected to the Fourth True Ancestor, Malta's authorities had evacuated the tourists from that island.

The tourists had originally complained about Malta's sudden demand.

But now that they had witnessed this apocalyptic sight, every one of them felt the relief of having narrowly escaped death.

"Dad..."

Akina Nagisa, an elementary schooler dressed in red-and-white miko robes, saw the horrifying scene. Her lips trembled as she called softly to her father, her face pale.

The smile on Akaya Castle's face was forced. He comforted his daughter a few times, his heart sinking. If you walked by the river often enough, eventually your shoes would get wet.

This time, he would probably really have to spend a good while in prison.

Since he had asked Nangong Nayue for help, and Nangong Nayue had now rescued his two children as he requested—

Akaya Castle had to fulfill his promise.

He was not bold enough to deceive the Witch of the Void, so he was prepared to obediently find a prison and serve his time.

At that moment, another wave of spatial fluctuations appeared beside the group that had escaped the ruins. Under everyone's wary gazes, a man and a woman emerged along with the distortion.

One of them was Saigō. He wore a black formal suit trimmed with silver, his handsome features carrying an eerie air.

Beside Saigō stood a young girl in a simple spaghetti-strap dress that exposed her snowy white shoulders.

The girl had beautiful rainbow-colored hair. Under the sunlight, different angles revealed magnificent hues of every color.

Her eyes shone with brilliant flame light, her delicate features were exquisite, and her slender body resembled that of a sickly princess.

"The Fourth True Ancestor's Number Twelve Vessel!"

Nangong Nayue gave a soft snort upon seeing that slender, lovely figure.

"Number Twelve Vessel sounds far too awful, little Nayue... The vampires over there gave her a decent name. Call her Sleeping Beauty—Aurora Florestina—from now on!"

Saigō said with a light laugh. His pitch-black eyes, burning with Black Flame, slowly turned toward Aurora beside him.

Aurora truly looked like a frail princess at that moment. Her body appeared extremely weak, and her face was pale.

Hearing Saigō's words, she forced herself to perk up and pretended to speak arrogantly.

"...Your proposal is acceptable. Since this is your request, I shall also show you my magnanimity and accept both your proposal and the offering you have presented!"

"Aurora Florestina... Hmph, that name is barely worthy of being accepted by noble me!"

"...Rejoice. Being permitted to give me this name is the greatest honor of your life!"

Aurora looked like a proud imperial princess, haughtily accepting a gift from her subordinate.

Yet no matter how hard she tried to maintain her "nobility," she looked more like the princess of a fallen nation. She was simply too pathetic.

Saigō could not help raising his hand and rapping Aurora hard on the head.

"Y-You, what are you doing?"

Aurora, who had just been putting on an arrogant front, instantly became teary-eyed. Covering her head, she shrank backward and looked pitifully at Saigō.

When she saw Saigō looking at her, she shrank her neck again, nearly bursting into tears.

"You really are useless, Aurora! You accepted only that tiny bit of my gift to your body, and you were already crying that it hurt too much, that you were going to break."

Saigō looked coldly at Aurora before him and sneered, casually saying something utterly suggestive.

As soon as he finished speaking, Nangong Nayue and Sendou Aya both looked at him strangely.

La Folia's face was flushed red, but she looked excited. She rose onto her tiptoes, doing her best to hear what Saigō would say next.

Akaya Castle hurriedly covered Akina Nagisa's ears, terrified that his daughter would be corrupted.

"But it really hurt too much... If I endure too much more of your gift, I really will break completely."

Aurora protested somewhat unwillingly, but under Saigō's icy gaze, her voice grew quieter and quieter until it became a mumble.

"What is going on? What did you, a demon, do to Number Twelve... to Aurora?"

The Witch of the Void's doll-like face turned cold. Holding her Parasol, she stepped forward and pulled Aurora back, making her hide behind her.

But Aurora did not appreciate it. Instead, she stepped forward again and returned to Saigō's side.

It was clear that Aurora feared Saigō, yet she still insisted on standing beside him. The sight was quite surprising.

"Oh my, little Nayue, did you misunderstand something? Or is there something wrong with your mind?"

Saigō looked at Nangong Nayue with a half-smile and teased her.

Nangong Nayue was no longer who she used to be. A few words from Saigō could no longer make her lose her composure.

Her expression remained cool as she said, "...I simply find it shameful that you would be interested in a child like this."

"A child?"

Saigō was briefly stunned, then laughed. "...Aurora is not a child. If we go by age, she should be several thousand years old!"

Aurora nodded vigorously. "...That is right. I have lived for several thousand years, though I have remained asleep most of the time and rarely been active in the outside world."

After pausing, Aurora could not help adding, "...And I am not a child either. My mind matured long ago. You look more like a child than I do."

"...I think that, judging from appearances, I am even older than you!"

As she said this, Aurora proudly puffed out her chest and raised her chin slightly, as though comparing her height with Nangong Nayue's.

A careful look would reveal that she really was just a tiny bit taller than Nangong Nayue.

Sendou Aya nearly burst out laughing, but barely managed to hold it in at the crucial moment.

"Shut up. Don't speak unless I tell you to!"

Nangong Nayue's face darkened. Did she think she wanted to remain in a child's body forever without growing?

That was only because, as a pure-blooded witch, she had been affected by a magical ritual when she was young.

But Nangong Nayue's true age was already twenty-one. She was no longer the little girl who would fly into a rage after just a few words.

A Folding Fan appeared in her delicate palm, and she viciously struck Aurora's smooth forehead with it.

"Ugh, that hurt!"

Aurora covered her head and said aggrievedly.

Nangong Nayue had always been domineering. Her cold gaze, identical to Saigō's, made Aurora quickly shut her mouth.

"What exactly is going on? What did you do to this Fourth True Ancestor Vessel?"

Nangong Nayue asked the question again.

This time, Saigō did not tease her. He merely chuckled. "...I fed the Fourth True Ancestor's twelfth Familiar a sufficient amount of magical power, hoping that Familiar could display even greater strength."

"...However, while the Familiar's power can continue increasing, this Host Body for the Familiar is far too fragile."

As he spoke, Saigō glanced at Aurora.

Aurora tugged at the hem of her dress with her little hand and said fearfully, "...I am merely the medium that seals the Crimson Ice of the Demon Princess."

"...We were created to seal the Fourth True Ancestor's Familiars. Although we are vampires too, we are not the Fourth True Ancestor."

"Our bodies cannot bear the power of the Fourth True Ancestor's Familiars. Using that power too much will cause our bodies to break."

"...Once my body breaks, the Familiar that has lost its seal will completely go berserk. That is absolutely not allowed."

"Because the purpose of my creation is to seal those Familiars until the Fourth True Ancestor is resurrected!"

Saigō gave a cold laugh. "...When all is said and done, you are still too weak and too useless, Aurora!"

"I do not want to be, but I can only barely use a portion of the Crimson Ice of the Demon Princess's power."

Aurora wanted to retort, but in the end, she could only speak softly.

Although the Fourth True Ancestor Familiar, Crimson Ice of the Demon Princess, had been slightly lacking in performance, Saigō was still satisfied...

At the very least, he now possessed a large-scale destructive technique.

Back in Yggdrasills, although Saigō had been powerful and his abilities bizarre, leaving him invincible in one-on-one combat and unquestionably the strongest in the world—

Just like game balance, as an aging Great Demon, Saigō had not mastered any large-scale AOE skills, or rather, magic.

Back then, Saigō had quite wanted to become a mage. At the very least, wide-area bombardment looked cool.

Unfortunately, the Saigō of that time could not master such abilities. In this world, however, he had finally satisfied his urge to be a "mage."

Judging solely from the Crimson Ice of the Demon Princess's performance just now, the power of that attack was already comparable to Super-tier Magic in Yggdrasills.

Destroying cities and armies would be no problem.

And the Crimson Ice of the Demon Princess still had room to grow. This Fourth True Ancestor Familiar was capable of far more than this much output.

The current limitation was Aurora's body.

Because of her destined mission, Aurora would not and could not draw too heavily upon the Crimson Ice of the Demon Princess's power, lest the seal be broken.

But as long as I find a way to increase Aurora's endurance, this power will become even stronger.

...Or I could gather all the Fourth True Ancestor Vessels and completely restore the Fourth True Ancestor's power. Then I should no longer have to worry about insufficient output.

And under my Third Star Particle, the Familiars I can control will only be stronger than those of the real Fourth True Ancestor.

Saigō considered how he should refine and enhance this power next.

Increasing Aurora's constitution so that she could bear the Crimson Ice of the Demon Princess seemed difficult. After all, it was a True Vampire's Familiar, a summon that only a True Vampire could raise.

But at that moment, Saigō suddenly had an idea.

If he could not accomplish such an unbelievable miracle in this world, he could simply go to another world and use that world's methods to achieve it.

Saigō was not a vampire. His body was fundamentally different from those vampires possessing negative life force.

He could not let Familiars reside within his body. That was a rule of this world, a defining trait of vampires.

That was why Saigō needed Aurora and the other Fourth True Ancestor Vessels. He needed them as mediums.

Simply put, Aurora was a magic item, and Saigō could use that magic item to control the Fourth True Ancestor's Familiars.

One item could only correspond to one Familiar, so what Saigō needed to do next was gather every True Vampire Vessel!

"Since you are part of the Fourth True Ancestor, why do you listen to him?"

Nangong Nayue was somewhat confused. No matter how she thought about it, she felt Aurora should not obey Saigō so readily.

The girl with Flame Light Eyes pressed close to Saigō's side and softly explained to Nangong Nayue, "...I was originally the Primogenitor's watcher."

"...As a Fourth True Ancestor Vessel, my mission is to complete the Feast of Blazing Light and hand the twelve Familiars to the Primogenitor, thereby reviving the true Fourth True Ancestor."

"Now he is the Primogenitor. For us, obeying the Primogenitor's orders and completing the Feast of Blazing Light is an unbreakable command."

"...Therefore, as long as the Primogenitor follows his mission, I must obey him."

Nangong Nayue nodded slightly. "...The Primogenitor? That Cursed Soul?"

At last, the Witch of the Void understood how Saigō had obtained the Fourth True Ancestor's Familiar.

He had sealed the Primogenitor within his body. Though it was a Cursed Soul, it was also theoretically part of the Fourth True Ancestor's soul.

Naturally, the Fourth True Ancestor's Familiars and Vessels would obey Saigō's commands.