《My Second Life》 ~Prologue~ ( The ancient''s POV ) How many eras have passed until now? How many millennia has it been? I stopped counting after I destroyed the hundredth world. Why? I got bored. People live and they die but I just exist as I have always been. So I ceased to exist by my own will. let me have a nice and long rest.... an eternal rest.... (many aeons elapsed.........) That was my last thought... That should have been my last thought.This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it So that leaves me wondering why a a beautiful lady is cuddling me against her bosom??? ###~**#~>~~<%€$><**...! What she speaks.......I cannot comprehend..... but I can feel her emotions. This is the first time someone has made me feel such intense emotions. So this is what is called love. I see......... It''s beautiful. So blissful. The feeling of being loved that is. Everyone had feared me, but to showerme with love and affection......she has been the only one. Her tears streak down her satin like skin and fall on my being. It feels so warm......... With tears in her blue eyes that are as deep as the ocean, a smile on her flushed face and emerald locks flowing on either side of her figure, this lady seems like a celestial being. I will never forget this moment and I will never let go of her. I will protect this lady..... my mother forever.... Whoever blocks my path shall cease to be, even if they are those ''gods'' or ''devils'' who trembled before me. And so, I welcome my second life... Grandia, The World Of Dualism - PART 1 ( An ordinary person''s POV ) Ahh..........I am so tired today. The festival will go on until night, but I don''t think my body will...........and it''s still afternoon......... Ah mister, can I''ve a horned rabbit grill and a cup of ronberry juice? As I lifted my head to look at the young boy who woke me from my inner monologue, I was petrified for a second. The boy had short auburn hair and amber colored eyes. He looked amiable at first sight and yet his straight and tall figure gave him a gallant and dignified appearance. The most striking feature was a sheathed shortsword, fastened to his belt on the left waist. Or more precisely it was the golden runic circle etched on the purple sheath that made me completely forget my fatigue and give the person before me a stiff and nervous bow. Pl..please forgive my unsightly behaviour sir knight! In the name of Her Holiness Emerillia....., is this fucking shithead trying to give me a scare and a direct ticket to the heavens?! With all those high class restaurants in the inner zone what the hell is he trying to pull off by coming here?!Does he want to sue me for bad hospitality and hang me in the public?! Doesn''t he know that this is the outermost zone of the capital for commoners! And- Haah.......it doesn''t matter anymore so can you hurry up with the order? Yes sir!! ( Luke Lennox''s POV ) I messed up big time! I was so into escaping from the training field without my father''s knowledge that I came to the outer zone dressed in my knight''s attire!! Sir! Here is your horned rabbit grill and ronberry juice! Ok. How much did it cost? Sir! It''s my pleasu- How much did it cost? Fi...fifteen rek sir... I threw him a bright red colored chip, took my stuff and turned back to walkaway while saying That''s a sek. And keep the rest as tip. Thank you sir!! I could hear the shopkeeper''s excited voice after a dozen or so seconds. Well, consider that as my compensation for scaring the shit out of you earlier ( end of POVs ) Today was the fiftieth anniversary of the founding day of the kingdom of Victoria by the late king Victor Emmanuel, who is also popularly known as ''Victor of hundred arms'' as he was a genius combat expert who was well versed in using innumerable weapons and combat arts. He established his kingdom after defeating the devils who entered the world of Grandia from another plane through the ''gate of misfortune''. He who was of humble birth, had his hometown pillaged by ruthless devils, his mother raped in front of him and his family slaughtered in cold blood. But fortunately, he got rescued by the knight legion that arrived just before his demise. Fuelled by his desire for revenge and also a desire to protect others'' hopes and dreams, he underwent rigorous training in the imperial knight academy where his status as the "goddess''s champion" as well as his extraordinary talent for combat arts were unveiled. He quickly rose through the ranks to become the commander of the imperial army, achieved great merit in the final battle by leading the pioneers from various races of Grandia to exterminate the devils, then later married the first princess and succeeded the throne as the seventeenth king of the Versailles kingdom. He then renamed it on his own and became the first king of the kingdom of Victoria. And that day is today. It was a grand carnival of feast and music with magic and martial arts exhibitions in the public arena located at each zone in the capital. ( Somewhere else in the capital )The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon. That rotten son of mine, running behind my back like that..... In the living room of the duke''s grand mansion, a middle aged man with auburn hair, blue eyes, and perfect build was venting out his anger and his voice shook the entire room. Beside him, sitting on the luxurious sofa was a middle aged beauty who gave off a refined and and a sort of bewitching aura at the same time. At a distance not so far away from them stood a young lady, wearing black jacket with white frills, with the bearing of an elegant maid of a noble''s house. Fed up with her husband''s ranting, the duchess slowly stood up from the sofa, came to his front, slowly wrapped her arms around his shoulders while peering into his eyes, Isn''t it fine, dear. You shouldn''t restrict him too much. Let him also go and enjoy the carnival outside. Luke is already a knight who commands a troop of soldiers. He should be more independent mmhm...*slurp*...*lick*.. mm..*kiss*.... and as she said that she leaned forward and started kissing the duke to calm his anger(?). The duke also gave into his passion, stood up from the sofa, twirled the duchess'' body pushing her onto the sofa, mounted her and returned her kiss with all his might. Ha...haa...mn..mnnma....*lick*.... you horny devil...*slurp*...see what you have roused in me with your foolery.....*kiss*...*lick*....haa....*suck**suck*...haa..... The duke started bumping his hot and hard erection against her pussy, that got wet from the passionate kiss, over the clothes while sliding his right hand into her panties for foreplay. He kissed her all over her face, her scruff, collarbone, and then started sucking on the nipples that were sticking out of her clothes. Hii...nn..Haa...ha..hey Anna, *kiss*... come here... The duchess called her maid who then elegantly placed the tray on the table and walked to the the sofa where her mistress pulled her by the frills in her attire and started sucking on her dainty lips lasciviously *kiss*...nn...*slurp*....*lick*..*kiss*.....nn....mnn....ha...haa.....*kiss*..... and the duke also slipped his other hand into her jacket and started kneading her boobs. After enough foreplay the duke sat on the sofa, took his dick out, it''s girth and length making it sufficient to be called an excellent article according to the humanity''s standards, and started rubbing it. Hey Anna, come here and...haa...haa... pleasure me with your mouth...haa... *slurp*...*kiss*....haa...haa...yes master.....*lick*...*suck*...*lick*....... she bought her face between his crotch, opened her mouth wide and licked his glans with her long tongue. unuu!! The duke instinctively let his voice out. The wet and warm feeling of the saliva mixing with his dick inside her mouth, that has been trained into a high quality sexual organ, made him shiver with pleasure. *kiss*....mnnhbo....nnn...mnn...nnm....nnnnggg..... She kissed the tip of his dick. Then she opened her dainty lips wide, took his dick deep down her throat and started moving her head up and down giving him a blowjob. Haa...haa...I can''t endure....I am cumming......! Mmnh!...*gulp*...Ahn...not fair...give it to me too....*kiss*..*slurp*... She took all his semen into her mouth like a trained bitch, with a slutty expression on her face that had no hint of her elegant demeanor from before, and just as she started gulping down the semen, the duchess pushed her down and started greedily sucking in the semen from her mouth. The duke was watching this sultry scene play in front of his eyes, with a smile on his face. Anna, I heard your wedding is next month. Who is he? *kiss*...ha...master..it''s my childhood friend...who is now..a soldier guarding the capital''s border...*lick*...*kiss*... I see. Ok, now push your ass here. Today, I will impregnate you as your wedding gift. Haaa.....yes master....please cum inside this slavemaid''s pussy and impregnate me..! When she heard her master''s words, her face broke into a nasty grin and she became incomparably excited. Suddenly, a red runic circle began to glow over her crotch. Nnnhh- And as her sloppily wet pussy was about to welcome her master''s towering erection, THONG....THONG....THONG....THONG.... the thundering sounds of ringing of the giant bell resounded throughout the capital. Everyone ceased their activities at the unexpected sounds which usually precedes an important announcement. Even the beasts in heat inside the duke''s mansion froze on the spot because of the rather unexpected sound of bell ringing. Don''t tell me....... Ah! Wasn''t the predicted date tomorrow?? And as if to confirm those two''s suspicions and also to quell the curiosity of the citizens awaiting an announcement TODAY, DURING THE TIME WHEN THE SUN IS AT IT''S PEAK, ILLUMINATING THE KINGDOM AND THE LIVES OF ALL IN IT, BY THE GRACE OF THE GREAT GODDESS HER HOLINESS EMERILLIA, THE FIRST PRINCE OF VICTORIA TOOK HIS FIRST BREATH IN GRANDIA........ ON THE ACCOUNT OF THIS JOYOUS OCCASION HIS MAJESTY RANDALPH EMMANUEL HAS EXTENDED THE CARNIVAL BY A DAY AND HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED FREE DISTIBUTION OF A MONTH''S WORTH OF RATIONS TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CAPITAL........ a loud voice accompanied by a surge of mana in the capital announced the birth of the first prince...........of an ancient being who once trampled down numerous worlds under his foot and made the heavens tremble with his will. But no one knew. That this day shall initiate the beginning of the doomsday for all those who shall block this lord''s way.......... ( At the same time at a village in the outskirts of the kingdom of Victoria ) The villagers in the village are having a merry time enjoying the festival of the kingdom by setting up food stalls and dance performances in the village square. Dozens of kilometres away from the village one can feel the earth rumbling under the stampede of large and ferocious looking creatures. Anyone in Victoria would know that it is a stampede of the monster beasts living in the wilderness, but they would also be puzzled seeing the present scenario. As this wasn''t supposed to occur for the next three years..... Grandia, The World Of Dualism - PART 2 From within the grand chamber, where I was with this person whom I had just known as my mother, I started to check for any changes in myself. I don''t know if I had lost my powers and I wouldn''t be too surprised even if that happened to be...... I tried destroying my soul after all, so I should have severed my connection with the universe''s spiritual plane where all themana reserves in the universe lie dormant. Hmm...... it seems nothing is wrong with my soul or infact it seems like it''s condition has improved after a long rest. It''s a sad truth, but I guess there is no other choice but to accept the fact that I really am an eternal existence. Heh, now even I find my suicide attempt a bit comical. But still all wasn''t for naught as I am not alone anymore...... Also, there isn''t any link established between myself and the spiritual plane but it seems I can establish a new one whenever I want. I might cause a ruckus if Iawaken now..........but as if I care. ( Emily'' POV ) I can''t describe my feelings right now when I am embracing my son, my most precious more so than even my life, in my hands. An hour ago, he was born. It should have been a happy occasion but it turned out to be the most tragic moment in my life. Lying down on the bed after pushing the baby out, I was eagerly waiting to hear the child''s voice but even after my screams faded away all that welcomed me was complete silence and then utter despair... I want to see my child!That was all I could think at that time. Trying to gather energy in my completely exhausted body, I forcefully pushed myself against the cot but I couldn''t turn and each passing second made my heart grieve, not until the midwife supported my body by placing a pillow at my backside and the child on my lap. And I was frozen. I couldn''t think of anything and tears started gushing out of my eyes. All I could do was to blame the fate of mine and this child who was pale and devoid of life. My husband embraced me from my side and tried to comfort me but I could care less. In a fit of rage at fate for toying with us, I for the first time in my life yelled at everyone to get out. Only my husband stayed beside me and and consoled me saying, Emily, my love, fate is indeed cruel. But you know, how much ever we may try........in some cases we as humans can only accept and let go. He tried embracing me again but I shoved him away with my arms that had no strength left, looked at his agonizing expression and said in a cold and desolate voice, Get out now. And leave us alone. Unable to respond, he stood up and tottered out of the room defeatedly, leaving me and my child alone...... Then it happened. Like a traveller perceiving warmth in the coldest of nights, I perceived a comfortable warmth spreading in my hands that began feeling numb after carrying my child for about a quarter hour. I couldn''t understand why this is happening but I knew that I could hope for something......for myself and my child. I could feel his heart pounding against my breast. Immediately, vitality spurted in his blood soaked being and and he opened his eyes to greet me with a pair of beautiful black eyes unlike his father''s whose is a shade of dark brown. His hair is as black as his father''s. On a closer look, his forehead, nose and mouth does look like mine. Hehe..., he looks just like me except for his eyes and hair. Not to boast about myself but I really look forward to seeing how many girls will get their hearts stolen by him and have wet dreams about him after he grows up. My love, I feel so blessed now moreso than when I met your dad. Thank you for being born...! After gazing at the most cutest thing in the world for few more minutes, I called for everyone else who looked like statues sculpted with ice after seeing my child. Especially his dad, who without even a hint of his king like demeanor, ran to us in an unsightly manner and tried to grab him from my hand. Hmph! Of course it was a fruitless endeavour. He then awkwardly rubbed the head of the child and and said, Mmm...my son looks just like me. It''s just your black hair. And I happily refuted him......... Dear, his black hair and eyes look so beautiful like a clear night sky. I want to name him Noctis. Noctis Emmanuel. I want him to be a person who can dispel the darkness that night brings along with it, bringing happiness to all his citizens. It''s been half an hour since then and many nobles came with their family to congratulate us. Hmm...I could also see some prospective daughter-in-laws among them.The tale has been illicitly lifted; should you spot it on Amazon, report the violation. I once again look into his eyes. Oh! It looks like like he is pondering over something and he slowly closed his eyes. That was so cute! Then, there was an announcement that the duke and his wife had come, and the chamber''s doors opened once again. It was the Duke and his Duchess. After entering each greeted me with a slight bow and a curtsy respectively. Welcome, Duke and Duchess of the Lennox household. Thank you, your majesty. Thank you, your majesty. Ma''am, we have arrived to congratulate you and his highness for the birth of the first prince. And there is also something I would like to consult with his highness. Hmm..Lucifer, you may go and join Randalph in the guest room. I would like for the Duchess to stay and converse with me. Natasha is one of the few close friends I have after all. Yes ma''am- Just when he was about to bow and leave a blinding light flashed across the room and I felt Noctis leaving from my embrace. Isn''t this...Isn''t this- Before I could arrive at a conclusion I saw my son floating in the air, about five metres above the ground. Ah! I have already had so many surprises today and now you tell me my son is AWAKENING?! Even elves, the race with the most affinity to mana, will only awaken when they are around 5 years old! The youngest to awaken in humanity has been the court magician Maria who awakened to mana when she was seven. Back then she was referred to as a genius blessed by the goddess and later even father himself was impressed by her that he asked her to marry Randalph. Then, doesn''t that make my son a genius among geniuses?! As expected of my child! ZIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNN!!!!!!!! All of a sudden, there was a screeching sound and all the mana within the the castle began to fluctuate and even the castle grounds began to shake. Huh?! Would awakening cause such a distubance- What happened-------?! Randalph, who rushed into the chamber, and also the other nobles and the court magicians who followed him were petrified when they laid their sight on Noctis. Nonplussed, he turned towards me and asked, Isn''t that awakening?! Can''t you tell by looking? and I asked him right back while holding onto the hands of my maid for support. Suddenly, a golden halo appeared over his head and the brilliant radiance from it, which appeared to break through all illusions, shone on us. And while I was still gazing at my child who looked like a deity-- Why------?! I could hear Natasha''s scream and when I turned to look at her Why did this *cough*......have to happen...? *cough* Luke...... she was coughing and spitting blood while her left chest was impaled by a long spear which was supposed to have been in the hands of the imperial knight who was standing beside me and guarding me with a sword in his hand. When I once again turn to look at Natasha.......or at least who should have been her..... that person with two long horns curled backwards,a pair of small black wings, a slender tail and pale blue complexion was reaching out her hands for her husband Lucifer Lennox who abruptly started falling forwards like a puppet whose strings had been cut. NATASHAAAAA!!!!!!!! ( Noctis''s POV ) Ah...I can feel my power returning to me. I can sense my soul being enriched by the mana of the universe. While I was still enjoying this euphoric sensation I suddenly heard my mother screaming in agony. I snapped open my eyes as I surveyed the room from midair. The entire room was silent except for my mother''s sobbing and I found her being guarded by an armed person. She was in no apparent danger but for some reason she was staring at the succubus, who was impaled by a spear and lying dead on the floor, with a painful expression like she had lost someone important. It seems she had just died. Hmm...... Amidst the surprised gazes, I streak across the room to where the succubus''s body lie. I place my hands on top of her forehead and whisper, Ressurect. I bind her soul back to her body again and at the same time replenish her vitality by converting mana into life force. She slowly opens her eyes and looks around bewilderingly. I think it would take a few more minutes for her to settle down. I could hear sudden gasps from all around us and also someone mutter, He...He...ressurected the devil..! He is a monster! Ahh....this is why.... Anyway, I can''t blame that human. For an existence so weak and delicate, I would certainly seem like a monster. Even understanding that, I caused such a scene by awakening and then ressurecting that succubus. Why? I wanted to know if my parents would still love me even after knowing that I am a monster........a calamity that shouldn''t have existed. Suddenly, I started feeling lightheaded. Is this the backlash for exploiting so much mana while still in an infant''s body? NO! I can''t faint before seeing my parents reactions. When I turn to look around me I can see wizards pointing their wands and the armed people pointing their swords and spears at me. Shit! I am slowly loosing control over my body and start falling to the ground. I muster all my strength to turn and look at the direction of my mother !!!!!!!!!!! I felt happy and at the same time I felt like a fool for testing my mother. My expectations weren''t betrayed. I could see neither confusion nor fear in her eyes. All that was reflected in her eyes were care and worry for myself as she ran towards me with all her might. I close my eyes with a smile. Mother, sorry for testing you........and I''m sorry for worrying you......... Worry not for I will soon wake up......and I also promise to make you never worry.....ever again....... ~interlude~ At the first instance nothing was there. And next something infinitesimal materialised in thenothingness. And why didsomethingcame to be? None knew. Then abruptly it began... Within a trillionth-trillionth of a second itexpanded with incomprehensible speed from its pebble-size origin to astronomical scope. Like a hungry predator it kept devouring thenothingness. It loathed the absence of existence in here. Why? It didn''t know. All it knew was that it would keep on propagating to the far ends of nothing for an eternity.............................. Even after propagating forever and ever............it encountered nothing in its path. The hatred in it also grew with its size from the beginning till then. From within, it began devouring itself. Something in it wanted cessation. But something else in it didn''t want that. To move forward, it knew it had to let go of something. It expelled somethingfrom itself. And then, it was no longer alone. Something different from itself, even though it was something it had in itself just a moment ago, had came into existence. It felt happy. There was no longer nothing other than itself. But soon it felt incomparably depressed. It now knew what it had to do. To end the overwhelming solitariness, it had to let go of its own existence. And it knew it eventually had to. So it started to slowly let go of its emotions, of what it had felt till then. Each gave birth to something new and as time passed on it had also discarded most of what it had been till then. It no longer felt anything. It no longer understood something. But it knew it had done what it had to do. It was like someone told itself that it had given birth to the universe and that the universe would go on and on and that it would go into oblivion. The vast universe that it had birthed had now began to compress it and it knew that it would soon cease to be.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen from Royal Road. Please report it. It offered no resistance as it didn''t know how to........ Soon it would become nothing. But then before it became nothing it was devoured bysomething. That somethingwas what it had expelled from itself in the beginning. Yes, long long ago when it began devouring itself from within, to move on, it had expelled ''the urge to devour'' from itself and that was its first companion in the nothingness other than oneself. From then onwards ''the urge to devour''had kept on devouring a part of all that was expelled and birthed. It had devoured a part of the emotions. It had devoured a part of the energies. It had devoured a part of the elements. And it had been devouring all the new matter that came into existence since then. And it had assimilated within itself all that it had devoured. It had also slowly developed its own awareness. It had also materialized something called a soul. It was the first life born in the universe and the universe didn''t know of it because it wasn''t something the universe had given life to. It had given life to itself over the long passage of time....... But it was never satisfied. Because it still hadn''t devoured what it had originally craved for. It had never devoured that till now becausethathad kept expelling something new each day and it got to revel in various contents each time. But now? Now thatthat had completely exhausted itself, the vicious universe had begun to sentence its creator to oblivion. And so it said, I shall devour you who had birthed me before you will cease to be. And then I shall move from this place where I had been since I came into existence and had also developed my own awareness. I shall then explore what your creation will develop into and also the genesis of beings the universe will give rise to. And then he devouredthat. The universe didn''t know of this anomaly. The universe thought that theoriginhad become nothing and continued with the stabilization of the birthed matter and had also began proceeding onto the next phase - The creation of life...... And after devouring theoriginhe, the one who shall be feared by ancients like gods, dragons, devils and other creations of the universe, embarked from that place to explore the ever-growing universe and also meet with new life.......