Chapter 137: Mother and Daughter (3)

The fact that they would resist so strongly just because I was human…

Was it because they had a sense of pride, thinking they were a great species, that they discriminated against others?

More than that, what did it mean to be the “owner of the heart”? 

Should I ask Carthesia about it later?

Albus silently watched as Carthesia led the situation.

As the first client of Rudera, Carthesia had enjoyed countless benefits from the game.

Although she couldn’t monopolize the great rewards that echoed throughout the entire server, she had steadily gained power through Rudera, surpassing the level of an ordinary dragon even in reality.

‘I didn’t expect her to be this strong.’

Albus clicked his tongue as he watched Carthesia overpower two elder dragons with a single strike.

‘At this rate, even the Lord wouldn’t be a match for her.’

The realm of a demigod who began to handle the divine.

Soon, the Dragon Lord would shake the continent with its might.

Zzzzt!

‘…What’s this?’

At that moment, a displeasing sensation brushed against Albus’ awareness.

A dense murderous intent.

Someone was harboring hostility toward Carthesia.

Albus felt the clear animosity sharply, as if it were tangible.

‘Is no one else noticing this?’

Meanwhile, it seemed that none of the dragons, including Carthesia, were sensing this killing intent.

‘Am I imagining things…?’

“Of course. The murderous intent for an assassination wouldn’t be so obvious. For beings of our level, it’s possible to sense even hidden hostility, as we can unconsciously pierce through the thoughts of others.”

The voice of Cambrian echoed, drifting as if floating in a soul state.

Albus could now be certain that his perception wasn’t a mistake.

“If you’re planning to stop it, you should do it quickly. If you leave it like this, your pet lizard will die.”

Pet lizard.

The term was completely out of place, but Albus knew exactly who Cambrian was referring to.

‘Carthesia would die?’

Cambrian, despite disregarding other beings, didn’t lie.

If she said Carthesia would die, then it was certain.

There was no time to hide his identity or hesitate.

Boom!

Immediately, Albus released his power as a god.

“Ugh!”

“Ah!”

The surrounding dragons were surprised and overwhelmed by the oppressive pressure, but that was of no concern to him.

“What’s your deal?”

Albus grabbed one of the dragons who had harbored the murderous intent and lifted them into the air.

“Speak. Who are you? Why did you try to assassinate Carthesia?”

Naturally, the assassin said nothing in reply.

Albus activated his divine power, neutralizing all of the assassin’s abilities and restraining them.

As he did, all the power that had surrounded her washed away, revealing her true form.

‘Empress Lea…’

The human from the cursed tower’s fourth floor, the one entangled in a bitter fate, now took on the form of a dragon through unknown power.

“I have committed a grave sin, my lord. No words can explain my actions.”

Before Albus stood a skull, bound by chains and kneeling, its head resting against the ground.

It was Akuyuham, the one who had suppressed and interrogated the Liberators.

Lea, the leader of the Liberators, had been captured by Akuyuham and imprisoned.

She should have been in Akuyuham’s dungeon, but the one Akuyuham had been keeping was merely a decoy.

So why had she suddenly turned into a dragon and attacked Carthesia?

‘This doesn’t make sense. No matter how skilled a great mage is, she’s still human. Escaping from Akuyuham, who transcends mortality, and deceiving dragons to show up here—it’s impossible.’

Moreover, according to reports from the guide and Akuyuham, Lea had become hostile toward Albus (or more precisely, Zhang’s avatar). 

There was no logical reason for her to assassinate Carthesia.

Naturally, there had to be someone behind it.

‘There’s nothing. Nothing at all…’

Albus delved deep into Lea’s mind, but found no trace of anyone’s involvement.

At least, Lea herself had no knowledge of any accomplice or backer.

Perhaps her memory had been tampered with, so Albus searched for any signs of it, but the only thing he found was the divine power of GM.

After the Trinity of GM, Dua and Cambrian had gained expanded divine power, but no one else could handle GM’s abilities.

It didn’t seem like Dua would do something like this either…

Albus furrowed his brows.

To think a new opponent had emerged, someone whose identity he couldn’t even grasp.

Carthesia’s life was at risk.

Not just hers, but the lives of others dear to him were in danger too.

Swift action was needed.

“Don’t worry, master. I’ll tear apart her mind and find the backer. Trust me, right?”

The guide took the unconscious Lea and headed deep into Rudera, to the interrogation room.

Albus didn’t believe that the guide would be able to find the one who eluded GM’s divine power, but…

Whoooom!

Suddenly, before Albus, the space split open, and something small and round popped out.

“Hm? Dua?”

“Daddy!”

Hehe.

Through spatial transfer, Dua appeared and jumped into Albus’ arms.

“What’s going on? Why do you need to see me, Duwa?”

“I wanted to see you, Daddy,” Dua said, a slight frown on her face, her eyes already welling up with tears.

“Well… it’s not that…”

Albus’ chest suddenly filled with a guilty weight.

“You’re kidding!”

“That little…!”

Can she even fake tears?

Albus couldn’t help but chuckle.

What should he do with this adorable daughter?

“I heard a new strange one popped up this time.”

“A strange one? …Ah. Don’t worry about it. This time, I’ll take care of it.”

Dua was a competent god.

Leader of the new server players and the key figure who neutralized the Demon God.

He didn’t plan on raising her as an overly spoiled child, but he also wasn’t going to involve her in things that even he didn’t fully understand.

“Dua will help! Let me borrow that little dragon!”

“That… little dragon?”

Albus shifted his gaze to the tip of Dua’s pointed finger.

At the end of it stood Losef, the protagonist of the wedding still recovering from the shock of the divine waves Albus had released earlier.

Does she want to play with Losef?

After the title incident, Losef had become a loyal servant of the game master and worked under a guide, so it seemed that Dua felt a sense of familiarity with him.

If Dua wanted, Losef, along with the Emperor of the Empire or the Elf Queen, could easily be brought in for a little Jurassic playdate…

“…Well, Dua. I’ll let you do it later if you want. Today, they’ve had a rough time.”

It was pitiful enough that the one-time wedding was ruined, but he couldn’t make them take care of a child too.

“It’s fine. It’s fine. The little dragon will like it.”

Sure, it would pretend to like it!

A god was asking to play. Even if it was a Dragon Lord, there was no way it could refuse.

‘Why not just allow it this once?’

“Do you have no human feelings?”

Well, since he was a god from birth, it made sense he wouldn’t have them.

With that strange perspective, it was natural.

‘Is not this child of yours and mine?’

“Eh? Dad? Eh?? Eh eh??”

Dua, her eyes sparkling, clung to him.

He couldn’t hold out any longer.

Sorry, Losef. I’ll bless you with a wedding in Rudera later.

“Am I really weak to my daughter?”

Cambrian crossed her arms, watching Albus fall for Dua.

“Well, it’s not like I was planning to do it.”

She too, if Dua wasn’t her daughter, wouldn’t have participated in the plan she suggested.

“Because we’re equals… is this what family is?”

Although Albus hadn’t yet accepted her heart, Cambrian no longer felt loneliness or boredom.

“In the history of the universe… this will be the grandest celebration.”

What a capable daughter she had.

Without Albus knowing, she had already lined up the guide, Akuhem, and even Losef—all for one event.

Cambrian stared directly at Albus’s beautiful face.

In a month, that day would come.

“I look forward to the expression you’ll make that day.”

What would his reaction be when he sees [that] Dua has prepared?

***

Three days later.

Somewhere in the sky of Rudera

“Well done! Well done!”

An excited Dua ruffled Losef’s hair.

“I totally fooled Dad! The plan was a success!”

The grand plan Dua had prepared.

As part of it, the assassination had been successfully carried out. 

Following that, she had even borrowed the little dragon.

“Is it really okay? No matter how much, the GM…”

“It’s fine, it’s fine. I’m also the GM.”

Dua pounded her small chest, as if to say, ‘Trust me.’

“And you like our dad, don’t you?”

“Well… I respect and serve him…”

“That’s the same thing! Don’t worry! In the end, even Dad will like it!”

The first stage was successful, so now it was time to move on to the next step.

The child of the Trinity GM.

With the coming of Dua Christ.

Whooosh.

Dua’s body was enveloped in divine light.

“Do your best, little dragon.”

Losef squeezed his eyes shut and gathered his focus.

It was all for the GM.

This was all… to repay the great one’s favor.

“Yes. Everything is for the GM.”

With the dragon king’s revelation, the daughter of the great god descended upon the world.