The Dark Rebirth of Pandora: Revenge of the Abyss-Chapter 173: Empty Universe

We are guided by the guards to the castle, after arriving at the castle we have to go straight to the throne room to speak with the king. Upon reaching the throne room, there was a boring presentation before we entered.

As we approach the throne, I see the king, a 9-year-old boy with blonde hair and red eyes, wearing a traditional king’s outfit. Although he is a child, he has certain passive that has granted him rapid growth.

So even at 9 years old, he has the intellect of an adult. His name is Alan Cristofer Gran III.

’He doesn’t seem very pleased with the delay,’ Mikael and I don’t bow to the king since we don’t care about that. In my case, it’s more because a king doesn’t bow to another king.

"Let’s be direct since your delay has limited our time," he says in a childlike voice, but extremely serious.

"The reason we are here is a diplomatic mission related to the reason why you stopped providing support in the war," I say without much interest in the matter. The less they help, the better for me.

"The reason has already been stated, the great spirit of water has decided that we should not interfere in this war, so we have stopped sending any support," the king says with a certain disdain, as if he hates the main kingdom.

"Could you reconsider?" I ask, hoping he will deny.

"We will not reconsider this decision."

"Understood," A slight smile appears, after all, this is advantageous for me.

"..." A soldier appears next to the king and whispers something to him. I didn’t hear anything, so it must be blocked by magic or some artifact.

"The great spirit of water wants to see you," The king says, looking at me.

"It would be an honor," I say, following the etiquette.

’Tsk, I just want to leave.’ Soon the king himself gets up from the throne and comes to me to guide me to where the ’spirit’ is.

"Not you, the great spirit of water wants to see only the grand duchess," The king says to Mikael, who was going to follow me.

Mikael shrugs without much interest and disappears, I bet he went to pick a fight somewhere.

’I hope he didn’t go after prostitutes!’ I think about this as the king guides me through the castle. We pass through some quite complex areas until we reach a door loaded with mana.

’I feel like I recognize this mana.’

The king opens the door using magic, and soon I see a beautiful lake surrounded by green grass. Next to the lake is a figure sunbathing while lying in a chair.

"...Delphina?" I say, totally surprised to see Delphina.

"Oh, I knew it, Pandora is you," Delphina jumps off the chair and runs up to me, her tail swinging from side to side as she approaches. She gives me a warm hug as soon as she gets close.

"Why are you so small?" The Delphina in front of me is a maximum of 70 centimeters tall.

"I’m a clone of the original, I must have 40% of the original’s power. I currently have the original’s memories and that’s why I’ve cut off any aid given to humans," she looks at me as if expecting praise.

I stroke her head, and she smiles sweetly at me.

"You did very well, in fact it was perfect." The less help they have, the better. The king doesn’t seem to care much about our exchange and remains completely silent.

"Could you explain what you’re doing here?"

"I live here, I was placed here millions of years ago, but humans eventually found me and decided to build their kingdom around here."

"In the end, over a few millennia, they started worshiping me since I control the region’s climate."

’I see, so they decided to worship her because she has more presence than the human goddess.’ It’s easier to worship something good that’s right in front of you than something that never appears and that you have to be lucky to have answered.

"Currently, all generations of the royal family must be approved by me. Those who are not approved are killed to maintain the purity of the family."

"Alan Cristofer Gran III was the only one in the line of succession who received my approval, as he has shown the ability to keep the country in good shape." She looks at the boy, who avoids looking too much, as if the act of looking too much would be profane.

"What happened to the rest of the royal family?" I ask, the fate of the previous king and queen was not explained.

"I killed them. They stole a silver star coin from my personal vault here in the kingdom. Apparently, they wanted to use it for something related to magic or anything like that."

’...’

"Hehehe, my little tyrant," I say while giving her chubby cheeks a little squeeze. In the end, even though she’s a clone, she has the same tyranny as the original.

I don’t even know what a silver star coin is, but it’s just like Delphina to kill someone for minor offenses.

"Oh, I remember something," I say as I remember I have to tell Delphina something.

"Delphina, there’s a warning that the original must receive," Delphina becomes attentive.

"My mother said she’s going to hit her." Delphina shudders a bit, she obviously knows who I’m talking about.

"..."

"I-It’s not my fault! I didn’t know she was listening, I swear," Delphina says to me with a certain urgency.

"What happened?" I ask with doubt.

"Echidna shouldn’t have been able to know about our relationship, but...well...maybe I’ve done something and talked a little too much...but due to interference, only certain parts reached her."

"...Summarize it briefly."

"...Maybe Echidna overheard certain talks with interference and it sounded like I forced you to be with me."

"...Is that how it is? Well, then you resolve it." It’s not my fault, so I’ll leave it all to her. After all, I don’t want to get involved in my mother’s decisions.

"Oh no," She says with a certain tone of false betrayal.

"Original, be strong," Delphina murmurs after that, looking at me.

"Hehehe, anyway, it’s the original’s problem." It seems the clones don’t care that much about the original.

"Okay, you can let go of me now," I say, trying to push her away, but she clings to my leg, her tail swinging slightly.

"N-No, if I let go of you now, you’ll skip all the etiquette processes and leave."

’Spot on...’ I want to spend the minimum amount of time here. If I count the etiquette processes and negotiation attempts, I should stay here for almost a month.

"Okay, do you need anything?"

"No," She just denies.

"Can I leave?"

"No."

"Can I talk a little, but it’ll have to be brief...and why do you have your clones scattered around?"

"...Initially, this planet was completely covered in water, but over time, land started to emerge. But in the time when it was just water, to manage everything, the original left copies."

"The size of the copy depends on the strength of the sea monsters in the place. The stronger the clone, the more powerful it is. The strongest clones of the original have up to 70% of her power."

"However, this is only for attack power. We have low defense, and we are not that many, there is a fixed limited number of copies that cannot be exceeded."

"But all copies receive various things, from a new personality acquired over time to new magics...although we are still affected by the feelings and memories of the original."

’It means that the mini Delphinas love me.’

"Okay, all that is very interesting...can I leave now?"

"...A-Am I annoying?" Delphina says in a tearful tone. Delphina is the tyrannical type with everyone, but loving with those she likes.

"No, you’re not annoying..." I like Delphina, I even marked her as my partner, but I don’t want to stay here too long, and this isn’t even the real Delphina, just a clone.

"A-And I’ll give you reasons to stay!" She says urgently.

"What reason?" I wonder what good reason she would have that would really make me stay here.

"The gathering of the goddesses in the void universe will begin in a few days. Time in this world will stop completely, and all the goddesses will be forcibly pulled into the void universe."

"In the void universe, we will have several things to resolve, and if you go without knowing anything, you will have problems."

’This is new...’

"The system never warned me about that," I say to Delphina with doubt.

"It never warns. But it always happens on specific dates, and any goddess is forcibly pulled by the system. Your mother will also be there."

Now this has really caught my attention. I’ve never seen my mother face to face, we’ve never met directly.

"...You’re not lying just to make me stay here, are you?"

"I-I swear I’m not! The original Delphina will also be there."

"...Okay, you got me. I won’t skip the formalities and I’ll stay here for a few days so you can explain to me about this void universe...but are you sure you can say that in front of a human?" She literally just talked about important matters with a human present.

"It’s fine, he’s smart, that’s why I kept him close. He wouldn’t say anything even if he had to die for it."

’...’

"Hey, mini Delphina, can you grow? Like, get to the size of normal Delphina?"

"...I think so, but I won’t get any stronger."

"Do you want to help me with my secret parts?!" She says with enthusiasm.

"Yes, I want to, but I don’t like your current form. The current Delphina is already small, but it’s still acceptable since she’s cute, adorable, and has two big friends."

"But you...you’re so small that it doesn’t excite me." I have no interest in sexually engaging with children. Honestly, it’s weird and pointless.

I prefer voluptuous bodies with really big breasts. Delphina is an acceptable case because she’s cute, a goddess, and has two huge dicks, but this clone is around 70 centimeters.

In other words, they are so far from my taste that even if she had a big dick, it still wouldn’t excite me at all. Besides, I want to have sex with Mikael first, so I may not even have time to be with the Delphina clone.

"I’m sorry...I think it’ll be hard to change size for now..., but I can be without intimacy. If you pleasure the original, it’s good for me. I’m happy just having you here with me." The Delphina clone seems to understand that she is too far from my taste.

"Okay, I’ll stay with you for a while. A relationship doesn’t live on sex alone." I’m not a nymphomaniac who only thinks about sex.

"Perfect! Hey, bring food, drinks, and a cute bikini for me and Pandora," Delphina says in a cold, authoritative tone to the king.

"Understood, great spirit of water." The king bows to Delphina as he prepares to fulfill the request.

"And if you tell anyone, I’ll erase you." Delphina’s tone of voice didn’t seem like a metaphor or symbolism for the word "kill." She literally meant erase him, and the King didn’t even seem to care much about it, so he seems to be already used to it.

’Delphina seems to be a frightening person...I’m glad she likes me.’ Who would have thought it would be so easy to make her love me? It was completely out of my plans, but I guess that’s what happens when you’re too lonely and someone finally gives you pleasure and attention.

I think any lonely person in the world can be drastically affected if they receive pleasure, love, and affection in some way.