"No way, she's scared just because of that?"
Aslan looked up and glanced at December, only to see her pale face and trembling body.
"I thought Matrix No. 10, the most rebellious one, would give me a surprise."
Aslan shook his head helplessly. He didn't get a surprise; instead, he was the one slightly surprised.
It had to be admitted that Matrix No. 10's plan truly shocked him. She actually intended to use the Blazing Banquet as a cover to collaborate with Senga Takehito and destroy Itogami Island, Cain's altar.
If December had rebelled in some other way, Aslan could have tolerated it. But for this one, forget it. Itogami Island and Cain's altar were very important to him.
At that moment, the car stopped.
Aslan opened the door and stepped out. He walked beside a man who looked about forty years old and appeared disheveled.
"This Fengshui Technique is impressive. It can cover all of Itogami Island. Not many people in this world can achieve such an effect."
"Fengshui Masters like that are usually very famous and reside in their respective countries. There's only one whose whereabouts are unknown, dubbed the Eastern Treasure, Senga Takehito."
"I'm right, aren't I? Senga Takehito?"
Aslan looked at the base point of the Fengshui Array that Takehito was preparing, his gaze filled with appreciation.
Aslan rarely heard of rituals with such effects, even in Little Garden. In terms of destructive power alone, this ritual could reach the lowest level of Five-Digit.
Don't misunderstand. Though Five-Digit sounds weak, in Little Garden, Five-Digit was already considered mid-tier. Someone like Shirayukihime had reached a peak unattainable for many.
However, this ritual could connect to the Dragon Vein and create a controllable Fengshui Technique, similar to a Primogenitor's Beast Vassal. Though in this world it could only compare to a Primogenitor's Beast Vassal, in terms of Dragon Vein strength, the Dragon Vein in Little Garden was far stronger than in this world.
Even if the initial preparations might multiply, the Five-Digit Guardian Beast created wouldn't be weak. For some Outer Gates lacking Five-Digit guardians, this was a rare and highly sought-after commodity.
It's estimated this ritual could fetch a good price in Little Garden.
"You don't need to look at me like that."
"I'm just an ordinary teacher, and I pose no threat to you, Your Excellency."
A calm voice came from the disheveled-looking man. He wasn't dressed too shabbily; it was more due to poverty that his clothes were worn, yet still neat and meticulous.
Takehito then dismantled the base point of the Fengshui Array he had just set up. It was useless now. Even the strongest Fengshui Technique was meaningless after most of its base points were destroyed.
It wasn't just Aslan targeting him. In fact, the Lion King Agency and Itogami Island had long been monitoring his every move, including the base points he had prepared earlier.
Even if he wanted to destroy Itogami Island as he did with the Iruvas Demon Sanctuary, where those three children were born, he could only stop here now that the Fourth Primogenitor had arrived.
"But I'm more curious about one thing. Why did you want to destroy the Iruvas Special Zone?"
Aslan asked with great curiosity. Based on the data investigated by the Lion King Agency, if the data wasn't wrong, the mastermind behind the destruction of Iruvas, a Demon Sanctuary in the Pacific like Itogami Island, was the man before him and the terrorist organization he led, Tartarus Lapse.
Though Aslan wasn't particularly sentimental, he was still very curious why a man who was once Natsuki's teacher, teaching her about responsibility, and who adopted many people with tragic pasts from the Demon Sanctuary, would choose to destroy it.
Normally, Takehito shouldn't have done such a thing.
If it was Itogami Island, it made sense, since Itogami Island was essentially Cain's altar. No one knew what kind of disaster would occur if Cain awakened.
"Because the Demon Sanctuary is hypocritical. All Demon Sanctuaries in this world were built by hypocrites. They pretend to want humans and Demons to coexist peacefully, but behind the scenes, they use Demons for research."
"The children I adopted were rescued from various shameful places. After meeting December, we planned to work together to destroy all Demon Sanctuaries."
"So that the so-called desire for peaceful coexistence between Demons and humans stops deceiving Demons and causing even greater and more tragedies."
"But your arrival has forced this matter to stop here." Takehito said with a hint of regret.
"Oh, what if I said I plan to truly make Demons and humans coexist peacefully?"
Aslan said with a chuckle. After all, this timeline was also an Alternative Human History. For the effects after observation and to gain more achievements, it was better to do something radical.
"What? Lord Origin! Is what you said true?"
While Aslan and Takehito were talking, December, sensing something was wrong, came out of the apartment with Carly to find Takehito. As a Beastman, Carly had an extremely sharp sense of smell. Following Takehito's lingering scent, she quickly located him.
But when she saw Aslan, December, who happened to overhear his words, asked with great excitement.
Though excited, December also knew how difficult it was to achieve this step. Humans themselves could hardly coexist peacefully, let alone Demons, who were entirely different. The saying "those not of our race must have different hearts" wasn't a joke.
"Of course. Why would I lie to you? But it might also be an experiment."
Aslan said casually, looking at December and Carly hiding behind her. "But you, Matrix No. 10, you actually wanted to destroy the place I'm going to establish as the Night Empire?"
Aslan looked at Matrix No. 10 in front of him with an intrigued gaze, curious about how she would explain this.
December's expression grew serious. She lowered her head, like a child realizing they'd made a grave mistake. "I didn't know Lord Origin wanted to establish the Night Empire here."
"If I've hindered your progress in establishing the Night Empire, I'm willing to accept punishment for it!"
Facing December's cautious admission of fault, Aslan patted her head and said gently, "You didn't know, after all. I'll let it slide this time."
After all, even if she had done it, what impact would it have? Did December think Aslan was weak?
"Your Excellency the Fourth Primogenitor, I'd like to know how you plan to achieve the world you call peaceful coexistence between humans and Demons?"
Takehito suppressed his excitement and asked. He had seen much persecution by people in Demon Sanctuaries claiming to champion peaceful coexistence between humans and Demons.
This was also why he destroyed the Demon Sanctuary—cleaning out the upper echelons was pointless.
When one evil dragon was slain, another would rise. It was an endless cycle of evil. Thus, the simplest and purest way was to destroy the Demon Sanctuary for good. Only then could the persecution of Demons in the Demon Sanctuary be reduced.
But that didn't mean he didn't hope to see a day when Demons and humans could truly coexist peacefully. Natsuki's true desire was also for Demons and humans to coexist peacefully. Perhaps he was influenced by her in this regard.
"With the Cleansing, of course."
Aslan smiled and said only that, not continuing the conversation.
Takehito, hearing Aslan's words, couldn't help but think deeply.
The Cleansing, a legendary forbidden spell created by Cain to end the Devas, capable of altering the world's rules.
But could the Cleansing truly enable humans and Demons to coexist peacefully?
Takehito was highly skeptical. He had seen rituals capable of changing the world and the so-called remnants of the Cleansing, but they were merely weapons for killing.
Seeing Aslan's confident expression, he ultimately suppressed his doubts and didn't voice them. Their relationship wasn't that close.
The Cleansing? That ritual defying common sense certainly couldn't achieve it.
Defying common sense and altering the world's rules—when someone reached Three-Digit and entered the Almighty Domain, they could freely change the world and its rules. Even Four-Digit beings could temporarily alter rules and define concepts.
However, to make humans and Demons in this world achieve true peace like a Utopia, relying solely on the Cleansing was clearly impossible.
If it were replaced with the Chronicle of Years, that would make more sense.
But both altered the world, and the Chronicle of Years was far stronger than the so-called Cleansing. Whatever was written in it could become reality, whether it was falsifying history, altering perceptions, or simply changing reality.
If Cain had originally created a ritual reaching the level of the Chronicle of Years, he could have completely eradicated the Beast Vassals, not by creating Primogenitors and eliminating them through vampire generations.
However, the history contained in this world was too dangerous and sensitive. Humans challenged the gods, and in the end, humans triumphed, and the gods fell to become Demons. Who knew what effects would arise after observation?
So Aslan decided to go all out. He would directly activate the Chronicle of Years and completely rewrite this world's history.
But since it was the Chronicle of Years, he had to do it thoroughly. He would fully separate this world's history from the similar yet distinct Human History, minimizing risks as much as possible.