Prime Originator

Looking back on the history of demons, they had always been the same; fighting, killing, ruling, it was the way of life for most of them.

Despite that, they can be obedient and subservient through fear and oppression—unlike treacherous humans who served others with a smile while plotting their downfalls in the dark.

In times of war, humans seek peace, and in times of peace, they seek war—everything is about their self-interest.

Human greed has no boundary and can never be satisfied.

"There's nothing wrong with what you think, Aria, or rather, there's nothing wrong with you or me; we were simply born into the wrong world," Leon said.

He glanced into the sky with a distant look as he said that.

Being a human was exhausting.

There were morals to uphold, rules to follow, and images to keep, all while trying to live among other humans, guessing their hearts' intentions, whether they are a friend or foe, to trust or to doubt.

In comparison, demons seem to live more freely without the complicated rules and morals created by humans.

They have no concept of good or evil; they simply live the way they want.

"We were simply born into the wrong world, huh?" Darlene softly muttered with a distant look, seemingly affected by Leon's sentiments.

People weren't born fairly into the world.

She was already deprived of her rights from a young age, which all other warriors in her tribe receive, and forced to serve in the chief palace under the pretense of protection.

But in truth, it was just the chief's disguise to train spies and sell people like her off to other outstanding warriors when the time calls for it.

If she had not met Leon, she would not have known her value and realized her potential.

It was definitely a case of being born into the wrong place.

If she had been born into a place knowledgeable about Awakening Cultivation, she would have been treated well instead of being forced to suffer.

Suddenly, Darlene was curious about the kind of world Leon envisioned. What sort of world does he wish to live in?

"What is your ideal world, Leon?" she asked abruptly.

Her questioned briefly surprised Aria and the realm spirits before they, too, became curious about Leon's ideal world.

"My ideal world, huh?" Leon muttered thoughtfully and pondered on the question before giving his answer, "I want to live in a world where being kind isn't a weakness."

He wanted to be kind like his father, the Divine Medicine King. However, the world forces him otherwise.

The day he returns to the Divine Realm, there won't be any kindness; there will only be carnage.

"A world where being kind isn't a weakness… I would like to see a world like that one day, but is it possible to realize such a world?" Aria asked herself.

"So long as selfishness exists, that world will only remain a dream of mine," Leon casually stated.

Selfishness was a fundamental aspect of human beings.

Unless a power that fundamentally changes them exists, getting rid of selfishness can only be done by eliminating all humans.

However, humans aren't the only selfish race.

So does that require removing all life to achieve the envisioned world? The answer is no; there is no meaning if all life is lost in the process.

As such, he could only dream of such a world.

After shaking his head, Leon said, "Anyway, let not talk about this topic anymore. At our level of strength, we can't realize such a dream even if it's possible."

"Is it possible for the Eternal Night Demon Empress to recover on her own?" he asked the realm spirit shortly after.

"It is possible, Master," Tak-si answered before adding, "However, it will take a long time before the Eternal Night Demon Empress can awaken from her slumber, let alone make a full recovery."

"The Eternal Night Demon Empress already harmed her soul to transfer her daughter into my heart. The crack on her inner world only made it worse."

When Tak-si said that, Leon could feel the little girl's guilty and dispirited emotion through him.

"I see," Leon uttered.

"I have some methods to restore injured souls, but with the quality of spirit herbs I have, I doubt it'll have any effect on the Eternal Night Demon Empress. So we'll have to put the Eternal Night Demon Empress's matters aside for now."

"Does her daughter have a name?" he asked.

He couldn't keep calling the Eternal Night Demon Empress's daughter as such if he wanted to build a closer relationship and bring the Eternal Night Demon Empress to his side.

Tak-si did not answer Leon's question but directly switched out for the little girl to take over.

"I don't!" the little girl answered before saying with a haughty attitude, "You may have the privilege of granting me a name."

She seemed to have regained confidence after Leon expressed his clear intentions to do her mother no harm.

"You want me to name you? Are you sure?" Leon asked with amusement.

"Of course!" the little girl asserted with an as-a-matter attitude before adding, "Why? Is that a problem? Since Grandpa Spirit was given a name, why can't I have one?"

"Since you said so, I'll give you one," Leon said with a sly smile before adding, "But don't you think for a second that I've forgotten the curses you've thrown at me; I'm going to give you a bad name."

Leon grinned with a wolfish look, teasing the little girl.

"T-that… that wasn't me! That was Grandpa Spirit!" the little girl stuttered with a guilty conscience.

"Little girl, it's not good to lie. Didn't your mother tea—Ahem, never mind," Leon coughed and shook his head before saying, "Anyway, since you share the same source as Tak-si, how about I call you Si-kat?"

"Sick cat? What?"

The little girl was dumbfounded for a moment before the person's pettiness made her explode angrily in the next moment.

"You're a sick cat! Your whole family are sick cats!"