Chapter 491 499 Worlds

"You are about to bask in the shadow of my fist right away, old man! Spit out your nonsense! What do you mean that this is the only world?! The Underworld still exists, and I have three monster girls from other worlds here, so none of that makes any sense!" I growled, but Nemoria spoke up again.

"Anything that my Blood Witches bring outcomes from my Vault of Interesting and Despicable Creatures that have associated with you over your last 499 lifetimes. The rest of the people that exist in this world, and that can exist, come from the Golden Eggs that your father has been making during that time. Each of them is of a woman that you had an interaction with in your previous lives. I have all the ones that I deemed to be the biggest troublemakers of them for myself."

"Wait a minute. That means that he has been making everyone in all the worlds that have ever existed?" I asked, and Kadeon laughed.

"Time for the second punch! There have only ever been 499 worlds! That is why your memory is always wiped after each lifetime!" Kadeon laughed.

I raised my hand to say something but then dropped it. I lifted it again and tried to say something, but my brain was like mush, so I just opened and closed my mouth like a fish out of water.

"Ophiuchus, are you okay?" Cancer asked, and Nemoria sighed.

"Just invite us all over so we can go, and you can come after you are done here. I am sure this is a lot, so we will all just give you a moment," Nemoria said in a kind voice, and I nodded.

"Yeah, you all in this room are invited to my Astral Island," I said as I stared at a spot on the wall, trying to make my brain work to understand what I had just been told.

"Wow! Finally, being invited over! This is my first time feeling like a real parent!" Kadeon laughed as he walked through the portal.

"That is because you are not a real father," Nemoria said and then looked at Lexi and Karine. "Come, girls. I will introduce you while Kadeon deals with the boys."

"Thank you very much, Goddess of Darkness," Lexi said as she uncurled herself, and Karine did the same.

"Just refer to us the way Galio does, as Nemoria and Kadeon," Nemoria said as she ushered the girls through the portal and then turned back to me. "Take your time, dear. I know this is a lot to take in, but I wouldn't let it get to you too much. One thing that is interesting is that all the Golden Eggs that you create will form a child from the two of your Mana. That means that Kadoen will not have made her; you will have," Nemoria said as she walked through the portal, and I let it close.

Then the room became quiet, and I heard the scratch of quills coming from the few offices in the Barracks.

What was the point of it all? Why were there only 499 worlds before this one? Why was this one in a bubble? What had I actually been doing this entire time?

For the first time, I really felt lost. Hearing all this spoken of so casually shattered the very limited understanding of what my purpose was in all of this. I was the guardian of the world, and I had just been doing it because that was what I did. There was no question if I would before I had met Tallia, but then something about her changed all that but why her? And what was the point of this now if I could just take her and the other goddesses to Yaggisdral?

That was the thing I couldn't.

I couldn't just leave everyone behind in the Mortal Realm, and it wasn't like I could bring anyone that wasn't Divinity to Yaggisdral. That left me with the twelve limited Astral islands that were big, but they were not that big.

This is why I was being told this now and why my father was laughing. Everything had been guided and orchestrated to happen this way. At any point, Either parent could have told me that there were only 499 worlds, and it would have been the last time I had to live those lives, but instead, they both played with me.

Why? What were the means for the end of all this? What could play with my mind, heart, and emotions possibly benefit them because to go to such lengths to hide all this till now would only make sense if it did.

"Hey? What are you doing on the ground alone?" O'Lee asked, startling me as I looked up into her face. I had been so embroiled in my thoughts I hadn't noticed her.

"Sorry, I dropped the others off until I can deal with everything here, and then I have a long talk with my parents," I said with a sigh as O'Lee pulled back and then offered me a hand up.

I took it and stood up, turning to see Penny, Cherry, Kalli, the three Demons, and the two human prisoners, Meeta Guildmaier and Sabrina Richmer.

I took it and stood up, turning to see Penny, Cherry, Kalli, the three Demons, and the two human prisoners, Meeta Guildmaier and Sabrina Richmer. The Pink Demon Grimora broke from the other and ran over to hug me.

"Master, when are you coming to use me again?! I don't feel like I am fulfilling my role properly to you!" She exclaimed as I wrapped my tail around her and patted her head.

"I have been very busy, so it might be a bit before we have some fun," I said with a sigh, and Grimora looked up at me with a worried look.

"You look very stressed out, master. Are you sure that you don't want to use me to help relieve some of them?" Grimora asked, and I smiled but shook my head.