Fantasy Library.

Chapter 402 Waiting for That Day to Arrive

"So that's how it was?"

After experiencing Aurora's short life firsthand, Azer finally understood why things had turned out the way they were.

It is precisely because of its own existence, and because of its choice to be close to an important component of this world, namely Leviathan's life background, that the butterfly effect was triggered, causing things to develop into what they are now.

Although he had never met Aurora, when the two of them resonated with each other magically outside Itogami Island and awoke together, the future underwent an irreversible change.

As a result, Kojou Akatsuki did not become entangled with Aurora as in the original story and eventually became the Fourth Progenitor. Instead, Nagisa Akatsuki, the priestess who first came into contact with Aurora and indirectly broke Aurora's slumber and seal, had various love-hate entanglements with her. In the end, she completely absorbed Aurora, who died as the Fourth Progenitor, into her body and became the Fourth Progenitor in the eyes of others.

"In fact, Nagisa did not become the Fourth Progenitor; she merely became a vessel for the already deceased Fourth Progenitor."

"The true Fourth Progenitor is still Aurora, not Akatsuki Nagisa."

"The Lion King Organization probably knows this, which is why they sent me as a monitor."

In the original work, the Fourth Progenitor is Akatsuki Kojou. The Lion King Organization also sent monitors with the same apparent purpose as Aize: to monitor the Fourth Progenitor's behavior and eliminate him if they found him to be a dangerous being.

In reality, the Lion King Organization sent the Watchers to help the Fourth Progenitor awaken, in order to prevent the Fourth Progenitor's actions from exceeding its expectations and to secretly use it to solve certain problems.

Because he was a hastily made Fourth Progenitor, and before becoming the Fourth Progenitor he was just an ordinary human high school student, in the original work, Akatsuki Kojou was not recognized by the familiars within him at the beginning, and could not control these familiars, so his power was extremely unstable.

In order to gain the approval of the familiars and control over them, the Lion King Organization deliberately sent some mediums to his side.

As long as the blood of a superior spiritual medium is consumed, the familiars within Akatsuki Kojou will be satisfied and obey his summons.

This is the true meaning of the existence of the surveillance system.

“But now, it is Aurora who has become the Fourth Progenitor. She was originally the vessel for the Fourth Progenitor’s familiar and could command it.”

"Even if a medium is needed, the existence of Akatsuki Nagisa, a high-level medium, can satisfy the appetites of all familiars."

"The Lion King Organization doesn't need to send a medium, but they sent me here. Their purpose is to try to stimulate Aurora and awaken the Fourth Progenitor who is sleeping in Akatsuki Nagisa's body, just like four years ago, by taking advantage of the special properties that are similar between me and Aurora."

Therefore, Aize believes that the Lion King Organization must know that the true Fourth Progenitor is not Akatsuki Nagisa, but Aurora.

As for Akatsuki Nagisa, her role has always been that of a vessel for the Fourth Progenitor, or perhaps she has lost her memories of that. She doesn't even remember Aurora's existence, and all her excellent priestess abilities have been lost as a vessel.

The reason why Akinagisa is afraid of the appearance of demons is because her self-preservation instinct is at work, which makes her suffer from demon phobia.

"Judging from Akatsuki Kojou's appearance, he must have lost his memories of the Flame Banquet and Aurora, just like Akatsuki Nagisa."

"What's worse, they have completely lost their memories of what happened on Gozo Island."

"This must be caused by either the Feast of Flames or a logic bomb, right?"

The Fourth Progenitor is known as the Dream Vampire because he possesses the ability to extract memories, replenishing his magic power by consuming the memories of others.

During the Flame Banquet, this ability affected the entire population of Itogami Island, numbering 560,000, causing them to lose their memories of the period before and after the Flame Banquet. This included the Akatsuki siblings and others, who were all affected by this ability.

The logic bomb exists to maintain secrecy, and the combination of these two factors led to the disappearance of memories related to the Fourth Progenitor from everyone's minds.

"It seems you've figured everything out."

When the voice reached Aze's ears, Aze's consciousness had already returned to his body, and he opened his eyes.

Athena's bright eyes were fixed on him, as if she had seen something.

"Yes, let's say we've figured it out for now." Aize rubbed his temples and said, "I never expected my arrival would cause such a change."

“You god-slayers are always trendsetters of your time. No matter the era or the place, you will always cause chaos.” Athena looked at Aize with a meaningful gaze and said, “Not to mention, you are hundreds of times stronger and more special than ordinary god-slayers.”

As she spoke, Athena turned her gaze to Akina Giza, who was lying on the bed.

"What do you plan to do with this girl?" Athena said indifferently, "If left unattended, she will die."

Aize fell silent.

Indeed, Akatsuki Nagisa's current situation is not very good.

She not only lost her powers as a priestess and developed a phobia of demons, but she also had a persistent problem with poor health.

Moreover, even if she used all her priestess powers and was willing to lose her abilities to protect Aurora, she was destined not to be able to protect her for long.

The power of the Fourth Progenitor was ultimately too immense for her to bear indefinitely. Moreover, although Aurora was the Fourth Progenitor, she eventually died, her physical body was destroyed, and only her soul remained.

Without a physical body, Aurora cannot possess the seemingly inexhaustible magical power of a true vampire progenitor, nor can she raise or summon familiars. It can be said that Aurora's existence constantly requires Akatsuki Nagisa to expend her own power to maintain it; if she were to summon familiars and use the power of the fourth progenitor, it would be an extremely heavy burden for Akatsuki Nagisa.

Don't forget, the existence of familiars is inherently about absorbing life force.

Aside from vampires who possess infinite negative life force, anyone else who summons a familiar will have their lifespan drained and die instantly.

Akatsuki Nagisa's survival is largely due to Aurora's restraint, cooperation, and her own exceptional abilities.

If things continue like this, the two of them will still die; it's just a matter of time.

"The Lion King Organization is quite the schemer," Aize said expressionlessly. "They probably sent me to contact Akatsuki Nagisa and awaken Aurora, hoping to use my own nature as a vessel to become the vessel for the new Fourth Progenitor after Akatsuki Nagisa's death, or even to become the new Fourth Progenitor altogether?"

If Azer can contain even Leviathan, then he can easily contain the power of the Fourth Progenitor.

At that time, possessing the power of the world's strongest vampire and the world's strongest magical beast, he will become the Lion King Organization's strongest trump card, and will not be at a disadvantage even if he is at odds with the three Night Empires at the same time and confronts the three True Ancestors at the same time.

If things really turn out that way, the Lion King matchmaking agency will definitely send a new monitor to introduce him to a whole bunch of mediums, and he'll develop a bond with them, eventually becoming completely tied to the Lion King organization.

This is an open conspiracy. Although it's a scheme, Aize himself is the one reaping the benefits. Besides, he was practically raised by the Lion King Organization, which is like his family. Why would they worry that he wouldn't help his own people?

Even if we don't help, exposing his power will allow the Lion King Organization to act more freely and gain more influence and voice on the international stage.

In short, this is a win-win situation for everyone, except for Akatsuki Nagisa, who has become a complete victim.

"Humans are always like this; they pursue and desire many things."

“Wealth, power, status... these are all things that lure them forward.”

"Even warriors who were once blessed by me, weren't they fighting for these things as well?"

Athena squinted at Aize, then suddenly smiled.

"Then, my mistress, what would you do if you could enslave such a high-ranking being as powerful as the Trinity Queen?"

"The human world on earth is now filled with noise, ugliness, and filth, to an unbearable degree."

"Why don't you and I cleanse this filth together and destroy this land overrun by humans? What do you say?"

As she spoke, Athena reached out and stroked Azer's face as if caressing the most precious treasure in the world.

"Don't you think this is the duty of a god, a being of a higher status?"

The goddess of the underworld, the being who controls death, used her sweet voice to bewitch her, causing her worldview to crumble and making her realize how vast the world is and what lies beyond it. Unknowingly, she was captivated by a warrior and man who fascinated her.

"Snapped!"

Aize, however, slapped Athena's hand away expressionlessly and said something.

"Don't forget, I am also the filthy human being you speak of."

Upon hearing this, Athena shook her head.

"You have long since transcended the realm of humanity, and even the realm of life itself, becoming a being higher than the gods."

"Even if you have always identified yourself as human, your essence is no longer human."

"From the moment you entered that library and became its librarian, there ceased to exist anything more noble or superior than you."

Even if you deny it, it's useless.

Athena stood up, her eyes shining as she looked at Aize.

"But it doesn't matter. You and I are both eternal beings. Even if you are not aware of this now, or unwilling to admit it, what about hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of millions of years from now?"

"Sooner or later, you will realize your own specialness, and the fact that you are superior to human beings."

"I will wait until that day comes."

Leaving these words behind, Athena transformed into the Gorgon Stone and flew back into Azer's body.

Aize didn't react, he just stared at Akinagisa lying on the bed, remaining silent for a long time...

(End of this chapter)