My Three Wives Are Beautiful Vampires

Chapter 915: Understanding Leads to Contemplation.

Upon entering his inner world, Victor left his daughters in the care of Metis and disappeared once again, this time heading to an isolated location.

”Father... What do you think happened? He seemed quite hurried,” Nero asked.

Metis sighed. ”Many things have happened, Nero... Many things.” Even though she hadnʼt returned to life long ago, she had still grasped the nuances of having an artifact with the energy of two opposing forces.

Nero looked puzzled at Metis. ”What do you mean?”

As Metis was about to advise Nero not to dwell on it too much, she stopped before she could speak. ʼThey are Victorʼs daughters too... They need to understand.ʼ Despite her initial thought, she had a doubt: why didnʼt they already know about this? After all, this was a lesson taught by Victorʼs wives, and this doubt lingered in Metisʼs mind for a moment, but she didnʼt dwell on it. Instead, she looked at Ophis and Nero and began to explain.

”Do you know why our father is called the Chaos Dragon God?”

”... Because he wields the opposing forces of the universe as power?” Nero replied.

”Thatʼs correct, and do you know what that means?”

”That heʼs powerful?” Ophis said.

”Thatʼs true, but itʼs not that simple.”

”You both saw Diabloʼs battle with Victor, right?” Metis said.

”Mm.” Both of them nodded.

”In the end, do you know what kind of existence Diablo became?”

”Our mothers were calling him a being that disrupted the balance,” Nero said.

”Exactly. Hereʼs the thing: itʼs strictly ʼimpossibleʼ for a being to wield an opposite aspect of its energy, and those who manage to do so usually do it through artificial means, which is why theyʼre called beings that disrupt the balance...” Metis paused for a moment as she thought about her own words.

ʼCould the reason Diablo became a hunted being be that he artificially disrupted the balance?ʼ Metis thought, and the more she analyzed this scenario, the more she believed her theory was not incorrect, but it was hard to be 100% sure when she had only seen two examples.

ʼWar doesnʼt count because heʼs not exactly a being with completely opposing energies like Diablo and Victor.ʼ Finishing her thoughts, Metis continued to explain.

”Now, hereʼs where your father is so feared. Usually, when a being reaches this state, the primordial beings, those who regulate existence, will hunt them down to eliminate them.”

”... Primordial beings, are you talking about the seven primordial beings described in our lessons?” Nero asked.

Ophis just looked confused at Nero and Metis. ʼLessons? What lessons?ʼ As she usually tuned out during these times, she was completely clueless about what they were talking about, but she pretended to understand to avoid embarrassment.

”Like the Universal Tree, responsible for life and the maintenance of life, and the Abyss Judges, responsible for souls and their judgment?”

”Mm.” Ophis nodded in agreement with Neroʼs words, indicating her support for what Metis was saying, even though she thought it was nonsense.

”Thatʼs right...” Metis, being perceptive, realized that Ophis didnʼt know what they were talking about. She sighed internally. ʼShe wasnʼt paying attention in class, was she? Itʼs so obvious... Iʼll have to give her a lesson later.ʼ She thought.

”These beings would be the ones to hunt down the individual who disrupted the balance,” Metis added.

”Yes, Iʼve noticed that they highly value balance,” Nero said.

”Mm.” Ophis agreed.

”Indeed. Now comes the part of why our father is so feared. He is not only a progenitor of blood dragons, an entirely new race of dragons capable of interacting with a beingʼs soul and controlling their existence, but he is also a god of Begin and Negativity.”

”Of course, as a progenitor, he can create others of his kind.”

”In terms of the positive balance, the divinity of Begin ranks just below Positivity in importance.”

”In terms of the negative balance, Victor wields his influence as a supreme god. ALL deities related to the negative balance can be influenced by Victor in some way, and he can even use them to some degree if he wishes.”

ʼOf course, for this to happen, he needs to make some progress in the concept of negativity, which is extremely complex.ʼ Metis thought but didnʼt say it now, as it would only confuse the girls.

”Thatʼs why his influence is so significant now. He is the most important god in the world at the moment... This is where the important part comes in, that dagger had a possible explanation for why Victorʼs existence is allowed.” Metis spoke, to be honest, she wanted to research that dagger as well, but she knew her father wouldnʼt allow it so easily.

Little did Metis know that if she asked, Victor would readily accept her request.

”Incredible...” Nero said.

”Umu. Father is amazing...” Ophis spoke, she didnʼt fully understand, but she knew her father was amazing! That wasnʼt news!

”... Haah... Girls, you need to pay more attention in lessons,” Metis said with a deep sigh; everything she had just explained had been covered in Ophis and Neroʼs lessons.

Nero and Ophis blushed a bit, while Ophis usually tuned out and just nodded with an expressionless face.

Nero tried to learn, but eventually, she ended up doing the same as Ophis and tuning out. At least she tried to listen, right? Ophis hardly listened to anything!

”As Victorʼs daughters, you are at great risk of being targeted, so understanding what kind of power, what kind of influence, what kind of being our father is, is essential for both our survival and our future goals.”

”Future goals...?” Nero and Ophis spoke in confusion.

ʼDo these girls have selective memories? They completely ignored the first part of what I said!ʼ Metis grumbled internally.

It wasnʼt that Ophis and Nero were ignoring what Metis said; itʼs just that they had great confidence in their father. They knew that they would always be safe with him, so they didnʼt care about the first part of the statement.

”Right... Or do you plan to be just Victorʼs daughters forever? Donʼt you want to achieve your own accomplishments?” Metis prodded the two girls, but their reaction was quite mild.

”...Oh.” They both reacted at the same time.

”I wouldnʼt mind being my fatherʼs daughter forever,” Nero said.

”Mm, Father. Best Father,” Ophis agreed.

Metis felt a slight headache coming on with the girlsʼ reaction. Werenʼt they a bit too unambitious? They had someone with incredible influence like their father, and they werenʼt taking advantage of it.

Victor not only had contacts with the best teachers, but he also had the best resources and an entire dimension for them to train in! Literally, anyone near him who didnʼt become strong was just plain lazy!

”Iʼm not talking about that... I mean, do you not plan to become something more than just ʼdaughtersʼ?... Think about it, is it okay to just live in Victorʼs shadow?”

When these words came out of Metisʼs mouth, silence fell around them. Metis internally nodded in satisfaction when she saw this silence; they were finally thinking!

For Metis, it was simply a waste for Ophis and Nero not to take advantage of Victorʼs immense influence. They needed to strive for more!

Nero and Ophisʼs cheeks turned slightly red as various thoughts passed through their minds. ”Youʼre right,” they both said at the same time.

ʼWait a second... Somethingʼs not right.ʼ Metis began to sweat when she saw the expressions on the two girlsʼ faces. As she thought about the words she had just spoken, she realized that her words had a VERY suggestive tone!

”We need to train, Ophis!”

”Mm! Letʼs train!”

Nero and Ophis quickly dashed off to the training ground.

”Wait, wait, wait! What were you two thinking just now? Explain to me in detail!” Metis ran after them; she needed to clear up any misunderstandings quickly!

...

In an isolated location, underground on the planet, a place Victor had made for Ruby.

Three beings looked at the dagger on the table with a serious look.

”Incredible... Such balance...” Roxanne spoke.

”This dagger was not just bathed in Luciferʼs energy... The Heavenly Father also put his energy into it, which is why the positive side is in balance,” Victor deduced.

”Bathed in the light of the brightest angel, the creator of angels himself, and tainted by the first sin of murder,” Amara murmured.

”Because of these natural events, the dagger has become an artifact of both sides of the balance.”

”...Do you think it was born ʼnaturallyʼ?” Roxanne asked.

”Itʼs a good chance... Just look at Victor; he was naturally heading down this path, which is why he didnʼt disrupt the balance,” Amara replied.

As a World Tree connected to Victor, she had seen all of Victorʼs essential memories, so she had some authority to speak on the matter.

”Itʼs hard to say, Sister. We only have two examples that are extremely opposite each other,” Roxanne said.

”Not exactly...” Amara looked at the dagger and then at Roxanne. ”We are also an example.”

”We?” n).0In

”Yes, the World Tree.”

Roxanne touched her chin and thought about it. ”The cycle of a World Tree begins when our father plants a seed in a location that will become a new planet.”

”From that seed, the positive tree grows and nurtures the planet for nature and the process of evolution to begin,” Metis added.

”After thousands of years, when sentient beings start being born and dying in conflicts with each other or dying with intense negative emotions... the World Tree of Negativity will be born,” Roxanne said. ”And it will be responsible for the spiritual side of the planet.”

”Then the positive tree will create paradise for souls to be filtered,” Amara said.

”Just as the World Tree of Negativity will create hell for the same purpose,” Roxanne concluded.

”During this process, various other supernatural beings may be born, as well as divine beings from both sides of the balance that will occupy these created spaces and establish their pantheons,” they both said at the same time.

This whole process was something that happened quite naturally and took thousands of years, a cycle that repeated on every planet... Except for Nightingale, who, due to Victorʼs interference, fused with her soul at its early stages of existence, rather than merging with the planet as Roxanne should have.

In a way, the way World Trees work could be considered a disruption of balance, and at the same time not, as both World Trees constantly merge their energies to do their work.

”I sense my divinity of assassination reacting to the artifact,” Victor spoke neutrally, catching the womenʼs attention.

”Not only was the first sin recorded in this dagger, but also a part of Cainʼs soul... When committing the first sin of murder, a part of himself remained in this dagger.”

Roxanne and Amara narrowed their eyes and looked at the dagger with more scrutinizing gazes.

At that moment, Victor looked at the two women, and he saw Roxanneʼs red energy and Amaraʼs white energy merging into a single energy, and then both of them could see deeper into the dagger.

”A part of Cainʼs soul is in that dagger,” Amara said.

”As well as his repressed emotions,” Roxanne added.

”... I see, thatʼs why,” Victor murmured with wide-open eyes as he witnessed this vision.

Feeling Victorʼs shock, the two looked to him for answers, but all they heard was:

”Damn primordials... Their obsession makes sense now.”

”Darling? What are you talking about?”

”Itʼs not that beings with opposing natures within them are prohibited... If that were the case, neutral deities like Nature wouldnʼt exist.”

Can nature be categorized as good or evil? And if it can, which aspect would such a deity fall into? In fact, who decides if a deity is good or not?

Take the deity of assassination, for example; is assassination inherently bad? Many would say yes, but what if the assassination is done to protect loved ones? Would it still be considered bad?

Just like the perspectives of beings, the concept of good and evil is relative depending on ideology, society, and how beings are raised.

”Everything was wrong from the beginning!” Victor facepalmed for not realizing this earlier; the answer had been right in front of him all along, and he burst into laughter at the ridiculousness of the situation.

Seeing Victor laugh as if he had just heard the funniest joke of his life, Roxanne and Amara were left speechless. Roxanne was already used to this, but it was the first time Amara had seen him like this.

”Just as Merlin said... Energy is energy... The only difference is that each deity feeds on different energy. We followed the primordial beingsʼ perspective so much that we misunderstood things.”

Harnessing Roxanneʼs Negative energy and Amaraʼs Positive energy, two energy spheres appeared in the palm of Victorʼs hand.

One energy sphere was completely black, and the other was entirely white. ”Duality exists to protect creation. Balance is preserved so that this duality may exist. Thatʼs why the primordial beings are so protective of balance...”

Slowly, the two spheres began to merge, the white merging with the black, but they never completely overlapped.

Amara and Roxanne widened their eyes when they saw their energies perfectly synchronized, forming the Yin and Yang symbol.

”Vic-.”

”Shhh...” Roxanne covered Amaraʼs mouth; she realized that Victor was in a state of discovery, and he couldnʼt be interrupted.

”Because without it, everything will collapse,” Victor added a bit of negative energy, and soon, the black part began to engulf the white part.

But the white part didnʼt go down without a fight; it struggled too, and from this confrontation, the entire structure began to crumble until it collapsed entirely.

Without balance, one side would consume the other, leading to the eventual collapse of everything.

ʼThis doesnʼt mean that beings who can embody both sides of the balance are strictly forbidden; they are prohibited because their power threatens the balance... But if that were the case, I couldnʼt exist... So the only explanation is that itʼs not just power thatʼs evaluated, but also the individualʼs personality,ʼ Victor thought.

”Because of this, the system exists... It watches over everything that could threaten this balance, while also recording everything... It records everything for what purpose? Why does the Akashic Record exist?... But what about me? This doesnʼt entirely explain my existence... Another thing, is creation so fragile that it needs to be protected so desperately?”

Victor doubted that creation was so fragile that it needed such extensive protection; there must be a reason why the primordial beings were so committed to preserving balance, aside from the purpose of maintaining balance.

One question was answered, but several others arose from the same question.

”Hmm?” Victor squinted his eyes slightly when he felt the proficiency of the divinities of Begin and Negativity grow a bit.

He snapped out of his stupor and reflected, ”I understand... The more I comprehend creation, the more these divinities gain proficiency... No wonder itʼs so difficult to progress in it.”

His eyes went to the system. Even in his personal dimension, the system existed, encompassing all of creation as if someone were observing everything and everyone omnisciently.

Victor began to rack his brain; he felt like he was on the verge of understanding something, yet not quite. It was a feeling as if you had the answer you were looking for right in front of you but couldnʼt see or grasp it.

Victor growled slightly in frustration, but when he remembered the words of the heavenly father about his own journey, he became calmer.

”...Thereʼs no point in thinking about it now. Forcing understanding will only lead to frustration... Enjoy the journey, huh.”

Victor made a hand gesture, and a divine metal emerged from the ground in the shape of a display case. Victor took the dagger and placed it inside the display, sealing it.

”Only those authorized by me can take this item,” he spoke in Draconic.

”Come on, girls. We need to go to the grand event,” Victor turned around.

”Mm,” Amara nodded as she followed Victor.

Roxanne shook her head and followed suit. She briefly glanced at the dagger but then shrugged and ignored it.

”Victor, what was that just now?” Amara asked as she held onto Victorʼs arm.

”Nothing. I just learned a little more about creation.”

”Hmm, could you explain your thought process better?” Amara inquired.

Roxanne narrowed her eyes when she saw her sister being so ʼaffectionateʼ with Victor. She disappeared in a red smoke and reappeared behind Amara.

Slap!

”Ughh! My head!” Amara crouched down, holding her head. ”What was that, Sis?” She flinched slightly as she saw Roxanneʼs gaze.

”Iʼve told you... Be respectful.”

”But-.”

The gleam in Roxanneʼs eyes intensified several times, and her fist started to glow with pure power.

Amara pouted, then stood up, crossed her arms, and huffed. ”Fine.”

Roxanne nodded satisfied and floated toward Victor, wrapping her arms around him from behind while hovering.

Seeing this, Amara got irritated, but she didnʼt throw a tantrum. She knew that in terms of importance, Roxanne held a higher position since she had been there from the beginning. Nonetheless, it was still annoying to see her host being monopolized. ʼIʼm nourishing your body too, you know? Selfish sister!ʼ she grumbled internally.

While Roxanne nurtured Victorʼs soul and provided negative power, Amara nurtured his body and provided positive power, making Victorʼs diachronic body even stronger than before.

”Victor, what was that earlier?” Roxanne asked while lovingly embracing him.

Victor, who was contemplating his own steps for a moment, replied, ”Itʼs easier if I simply show you both.”

Victorʼs eyes gleamed, and the entire thought process and discoveries passed through the eyes of Roxanne and Amara.

For a moment, the two sisters had eyes of the same violet-crimson color as Victorʼs.

”This... this...” Roxanne was incredulous.

”And to think that such a thing was right in front of us the whole time...” Amara murmured as she stood up from the ground and walked alongside Victor.

”Sometimes, the answer is right in front of us the whole time; we just donʼt have the perception to see it,” Victor said, and the two sisters couldnʼt help but agree with him.