HAREM STEALER: REBORN WITH THE GOD-TIER SHARING SYSTEMC350: Daring
Chapter 350: Chapter 350: Daring
Chapter 350 – Daring
She wanted more.
The more they kissed, the more she drank Noah's saliva like a woman forbidden water for eons, the more she craved.
She didn't simply want to dance with his tongue. She didn't simply want to grip his neck. And most of all... she didn't want him to only hold her waist.
She wanted them alone. She wanted them naked. She wanted them to do what she had been craving since the moment she laid eyes on his well-defined abs.
It was madness, this greed of hers. To want a man she was sent to kill. A man she barely knew. A man... who had almost killed her.
'But maybe that's why I want him?' Virginia thought as she kissed him deeper.
The heart of a woman was a mystery. Even to a woman like Virginia, who had lived eons, witnessed the birth and death of civilizations and caused some civilizations to end.
She was no weak woman, true. But before Noah, she found herself insufferably weak. And still, she did not want to give herself too easily. She had already gone far beyond what she should have with this kiss.
So, with an effort equal to a mortal man bearing the world on frail shoulders, Virgo finally managed to break the kiss, separating her lips from Noah's divine lips.
A trail of thick, shining saliva clung stubbornly between them, unwilling to snap.
Noah himself lingered on the kiss. It had been long since he had kissed, long since he had had sex. He missed it. But he would have enjoyed it more if it were with his wives.
'I miss them. I should go back to Laeh. I miss my wives too much.' His thoughts were almost a cry of pain.
He was starving for them—Anya, Neko, Ester, Justicia, Selene, Sophie, Yuki... and more, without forgetting his maids, and his two children.
He found it harder and harder to stay away from them. Traveling with his siblings and touring the universe was nice... but nothing compared to being home, surrounded by his wives, living without worry.
'Ah... let's settle this quickly and go back. I still need the Origin of Fate, Destiny, and Causality for the body of Providence.'
There were too many things to do, so he couldn't stay here too long. Especially not knowing how much time had truly passed.
Sighing once, he turned back to Virgo, smiling faintly.
Virgo intrigued him. A woman from another universe, holding the power of Ruin. Without a doubt, she was the key if he ever sought to go beyond his own universe.
She needed to stay. He needed her to become as loyal, as obsessed, as any of his other women. And for that... Noah was already an expert.
He had succeeded with goddesses, saintesses, queens, demonesses, dragons, and more.
A red-skinned woman with unknown origins should not be any different.
"How was it?" he asked, his voice still heavy with desire.
Virgo managed a small, almost imperceptible smile. "Who allowed you to kiss me?" she asked, seemingly reproachful, but her eyes betrayed her.
"Shouldn't you be over the moon that I kissed you?"
"Why should I be? Who are you?"
"I'm afraid if I told you my name, you'd lose your mind."
"Your name? Noah Vaelgrim... or your True Name?" she asked, curiosity glinting in her eyes.
Noah only smiled, offering no reply. But silence itself was an answer, and Virgo's curiosity deepened.
"Tell me. What's your True Name? I'll tell you mine in return."
"You say it like it's a fair trade." Noah chuckled. "But it isn't, darling."
Virgo frowned, about to reply, but the mechanical feminine voice of this unknown place cut her off.
"Accept yourself as you are, or strive to be better? What is the correct path?"
Instantly, both Noah and Virgo focused. They already understood the weight of these questions. Not only did they help you gain knowledge and understanding, but the points you earned were useful.
Noah didn't know how advanced this system was, but he was willing to try. With sharpened minds and hearts, the two prepared to debate the answer.
"I think I'm already quite perfect, don't you think, darling?"
Virgo stared at him with an expression that screamed 'what the fuck did this man just say?' Then she sighed in weariness.
Noah laughed at her expression.
...
Laeh — Church of the Absolute, Main Building.
"Why did you call me here, Solaris?" Elizabeth asked as she opened the door of Solaris's office, finding the woman drowning in a sea of documents.
Documents filled with the petitions of common people, pleading for the Church's help.
As leader of all churches within Laeh, Solaris bore the responsibility of approving each request before it could be enacted.
It was taxing, but hardly beyond her. She was Mythic Rank, after all. Yet looking at her now... one would think she was about to die.
Elizabeth had never seen a Mythic being with such heavy bags under their eyes, nor hair wild enough to be mistaken for a bird's nest.
'I only look this ruined when Noah pounds my pussy and ass. What's wrong with her' Elizabeth wondered.
She sat across from Solaris and swept her hand, sending the towering stacks of papers into the air. Each document attached itself to a string of Fate.
Her blank white eyes glowed, flicking over them briefly, and the strings of Fate turned green or red, deciding what would be accepted and what would not.
When finished, the documents scattered into different directions of the world, sent directly to the branches of the Church.
Elizabeth crossed one leg over the other, leaned back in her chair, and fixed her blank eyes on Solaris.
"Why?" she asked.
The word was vague, but Solaris instinctively understood. Yet instead of answering as a subordinate, instead of showing her the respect due her master, her leader...
What escaped Solaris's lips was a voice steeped in jealousy, exhaustion, and self-loathing.
"It must be nice to be the wife of the Absolute, huh, dear Silver Goddess?"
A tone dripping with sarcasm.
Elizabeth immediately frowned. Gravity inside the room multiplied, crushing everything. Walls and furniture splintered, shredding into pieces as they were dragged down.
"What did you just say, Solaris?"
Solaris bit her lip. But she did not swallow her words. She was at her breaking point, her lowest, and she was tired of silence.
She needed to let it out. She needed to purge the feelings that threatened to tear her apart.
And so...
"I said it must be nice to be the wife of the Absolute. What? Did I say something wrong?"
Solaris's voice was sharp, rebellious.
But Elizabeth was not known to forgive.
She smiled, but her eyes did not.
And Solaris shuddered.
—End of Chapter 350—
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HAREM STEALER: REBORN WITH THE GOD-TIER SHARING SYSTEMC351: Did you?
Chapter 351: Chapter 351: Did you?
Chapter 351 – Did you?
Envy clouds your mind.
Solaris couldn't help but have these words flash across her mind like a bolt of lightning as she watched Elizabeth's expression shift from calm and casual to utterly cold.
She knew it was the most idiotic thing she could have done, openly showing her emotions, her envy, her jealousy over the fact that Elizabeth was Noah's wife and not her.
She didn't quite know why she chose to target Elizabeth with her envy. Oh, maybe she did, actually. But admitting the truth would have been far uglier than the situation she was already in.
But at this point, she might as well go all out. She might as well pour every drop of feeling onto Elizabeth — empty herself completely — so that she could finally live in peace... or die.
She didn't care anymore. She was at her last straw. So even as Elizabeth's empty smile and blank white eyes, eyes that could make gods forget why they were gods to begin with, stared back at her, Solaris continued.
"Why you and not me?" she asked, her voice heavy with the weight of injustice.
Elizabeth raised an eyebrow. Then she understood why Solaris was acting like this. But she didn't speak. No, she simply stayed silent and listened.
And Solaris didn't hesitate. "Why did he choose you and not me? If he needed someone to backstab the goddess, if he needed someone to kill the chosen one, I would have been perfect. I was the Saintess."
Her voice began slow, but it rose, inch by inch, with growing heat.
"I was the most adequate for that role. He could have come to me, gained my trust, my heart, done whatever he wanted, and I would have obeyed him. So why you?"
Here, her voice grew louder again.
It seemed she wasn't satisfied standing so far away, so she rose from her seat and walked slowly, steadily toward Elizabeth. Her footsteps echoed in the silent room, each one sounding like the ticking of the end of time itself.
"Why Emily and not me? Her daughter was the first to be with Noah, yet that didn't stop him from accepting her."
"Why Christelle and not me? She was a fucking whore! Someone who sold her body because she was useless, too cowardly to take risk or responsibility."
Now she stood directly before Elizabeth, her golden eyes spitting envy so thick it was disgusting to look at. Her entire soul was blackened by the feeling, gnawed from within, hollowed by the leech of jealousy devouring what was once good inside her.
Without even realizing it, her golden eyes began to shimmer faintly.
Elizabeth remained silent. Her expression unreadable. Unchanged.
"Why... why?" Solaris whispered, voice breaking. She looked drained of all strength. She collapsed to her knees in front of Elizabeth.
She had poured out everything that had been choking her from within for so long. Strangely, she felt a fleeting sense of liberation for it, even though she had done it before her master.
It was almost ironic.
She vividly remembered the day she took Elizabeth in as her disciple and successor to the Saintess position. And now here she was...Elizabeth standing tall and divine, her luxurious silver hair gleaming like a cluster of starlight, her blank eyes holding the fate of everyone in Laeh — while she, the former Saintess, knelt before her after giving her a perfect display of how disgustingly human she truly was.
Fear crept into Solaris's heart. She didn't dare look up. Fortunately, her vision was blurred by tears.
So she stayed there, silent, waiting for a harsh rebuke, a swift death, or a slow, wrenching one.
She wondered which of the three it would be.
And then her answer came, but it was not one she had expected.
"Why us and not you?" Elizabeth echoed her question.
Solaris trembled. She didn't answer. Elizabeth didn't expect her to.
She continued.
"There isn't a single answer to that question. There are many. But if I were you, I wouldn't ask 'Why me?'"
Solaris's ears perked up at those words. She blinked slowly, letting the tears fall, finally seeing Elizabeth clearly again.
Her expression was still unreadable.
"I would have asked myself, 'What did I do to get what I wanted?'"
"It's easy to come here and complain, to curse all of us for being Noah's wives — for being loved by him, for having power and status. But from the beginning, what did you do to deserve him?"
Here, Elizabeth's expression hardened, sculpted from frost itself.
"Noah is The Absolute. The ruler of Laeh. The Progenitor. The Creator. He is many things, and each of them carries a weight you cannot even begin to comprehend. Tell me...why would a man like that come to you, of all people, out of love?"
Her question struck like a world-shattering slap across Solaris's face.
Elizabeth went on, merciless, voice sharp and unflinching.
"You saw Emily, how she waited for years just to be accepted. The same with Red. These women loved Noah. They wanted him. And so they did whatever they had to do to be part of his harem. Did you?"
She paused.
"No, you didn't."
"So let me tell you something, Solaris."
Elizabeth leaned forward, her face just an inch away from Solaris's shattered one.
"If you have nothing that could make Noah come to you on his own, willingly, then you better move your ass and go to him if you love him that much."
"And if you can't even do that..."
Her tone dropped drastically — soft, almost a whisper. Yet to Solaris, it was the loudest voice she had ever heard in her life.
"...if you can't even do that, then don't you ever come to me again with this pathetic spectacle."
"Do you understand me?" Elizabeth hissed.
Solaris didn't answer right away. She stayed silent for several seconds before finally parting her trembling lips to ask the question that had been squirming in her mind.
"W-Would... would you not mind a new woman?" she asked meekly, too meekly for someone of her station.
If any of the church's other branch leaders had seen her now, they would have been shocked to the core. Solaris had always been unreachable to them — the untouchable leader of the Church of the Absolute, the Saintess of Noah himself. Even if Noah barely cared about any of that.
What a dickhead.
At her question, Elizabeth couldn't help but stifle a laugh. She tried to suppress it, but failed.
"Us? Please. We moved past that long ago. Even Selene doesn't limit Noah anymore, as long as the woman he brings is loyal and gets along with us."
"So if you're worried we won't accept you, you're mistaken. We've accepted whores. We've accepted cheaters. We've even accepted our greatest enemies."
"So as long as we get along..."
Elizabeth finally smiled.
"...we can be sisters with whoever our dear husband brings."
"Even if it's a red-skinned woman from an unknown universe," she added as her eyes suddenly flared with a cornucopia of silver threads of fate, then dimmed just as quickly.
She sat there blankly for a moment, as if realizing something, before a smile spread across her lips.
"Aye... I think you'd better be fast if you want to be among us."
Her grin widened.
"My love is already collecting again."
Amid all of this, Solaris remained on the floor, hope flickering in her golden eyes like the fragile wings of a bird rising to meet a new dawn.
Now she knew what she had to do.
She needed to stop waiting and start acting. If Noah didn't come to her, then she would go to him.
And she would show him...
...that she was his Saintess.
And that she didn't deserve to be ignored.
She deserved to be...
—End of Chapter 351—
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HAREM STEALER: REBORN WITH THE GOD-TIER SHARING SYSTEMC352: Closer
Chapter 352: Chapter 352: Closer
Chapter 352 – Closer
But now what?
That was the question Solaris asked herself now that she finally knew what she wanted to do. If she wanted Noah's attention, she would have to do whatever it took to have him.
What could she do?
She didn't believe Noah would simply accept her just because she took the first step. She needed something within her that might appeal to him. Or maybe...
Solaris's restless thoughts slowly began to quiet as she glanced at Elizabeth sitting before her, still poised like a Queen who owed nothing to the universe. With dried tears marking her cheeks, Solaris smiled crookedly.
"Will you help me?" she asked.
Elizabeth tilted her head in mild surprise at the question. Once again, she was tempted to laugh, but she managed to suppress it this time. She couldn't fathom where Solaris found the nerve to ask for help from someone she had just trash-talked, someone she had openly envied.
Or maybe that was exactly the reason why.
She shook her head, she couldn't possibly guess the thought process of this now-twisted woman. And she didn't want to. Her mind was still reeling from the vision she had just witnessed about a red-skinned woman from another universe. She needed time to think about it. And, more importantly, she needed to go and gossip this piece of news to her sisters.
She wondered how they would react. Certainly, it would be a sight to behold.
Since Noah's departure, they usually gathered together to pass the time, sometimes telling stories about how they came to be Noah's wives, sometimes speaking about the evolution of their domains and how they managed their territories — they giggled a lot on this one — and sometimes they simply talked about anything. Just like any group of women. They loved to gossip. And gossip they did.
They all obviously missed Noah, and they couldn't wait to see him again. But in the meantime, each of them was progressing, learning new tricks about their powers, bonding with each other more deeply, becoming even closer and blurring the boundaries between them.
If before they had said they were sisters just for the sake of it, or to soothe Noah's mind, now they said it because they felt it deep within their souls. There was no longer any distinction between ancient enemies, whores, or anything of that kind.
They no longer cared about the past of the women. They only cared about what those women became after officially becoming Noah's wives. And until now...
No one disappointed. And no one ever would.
'Oh, today is the weekly meeting. I'll be able to tell them about the red-skinned girl and even...' she smiled inwardly, sultry and degenerate, 'I saw yesterday a very daring sex scene from a mortal couple inside Neko's domain. I cannot wait to tell them about that. We can learn from them for Noah's return.'
Even mortals were a source of inspiration for beings as divine as them.
Her heart suddenly grew restless as the thought of returning to prepare for the meeting began to dig deeper into her mind but Solaris's uncertain voice dispersed her thoughts like mist under a blinding sun.
"Will you help me, Silver Goddess?" Solaris whispered, adding the nickname the wives of Noah were called, with a faltering smile.
The latter focused back on her, watching her for a couple of seconds — seconds that seemed to last an eternity for Solaris — before she simply and demurely nodded her head.
"I will help you if you first help yourself."
She finally said it, and Solaris beamed like a child who had just been promised a new toy.
...
Back in the strange white oval room.
Question after question, both Noah and Virgo responded effectively, earning their points but most of all... a deep understanding of existence and everything that makes existence something heavy, something utterly fascinating.
The mechanical voice asked about faith, about personality, about myth, about love, about philosophy, about art...the voice had comprehensively covered a large part of what makes life... life.
It was truly an eye-opener for both Noah and Virgo, because these questions helped them think of things they had never, ever asked themselves before — like this one:
"What do I actually mean when I say I ?"
That question made the two of them pause. What do I mean when I say I ?
It was an interesting question. Noah wondered if it was his body speaking, or his mind, or his memories, or the awareness behind all of them... he didn't know who was truly "I" when he said I. And that question sparked another within him.
When he said something was meaningful... who decided that?
Was it him? Was it because The Records said it was? Was it because the universe thought it was? Or maybe even his wives?
All these questions, seemingly ordinary, made Noah suddenly gain a deeper awareness of himself and his surroundings. And he realized that some of his past decisions were simply him reacting and accepting because The Records, or even the universe, said it should be so.
This helped him greatly. But the second thing might have helped him even more than all of this...and it was simply the fact that he had another person with him here.
Another person meant another perspective. And another perspective meant another way of life worth studying, worth questioning.
It was interesting to see how Virgo viewed life, and existence in general, so differently from him. Her views were more tempered, more in tune with the cosmic nature of the universe.
Compared to Noah, who viewed the universe and everything beyond as nothing but a whetstone for his ascension — something he needed to use, to devour, to grow stronger and more unique...
Virgo was a woman of dreams. A woman who saw existence in black and white, compared to Noah's infinite shades of grey. She was a woman of great will, one who wanted to rise above her limitations by doing everything she could. She rarely smiled, but when she did, her smile brightened this sterile oval room.
But most of all... she was a woman who loved sweets and fighting games a little too much.
Noah couldn't suppress a smile as he watched Virgo with a sweet in her mouth, eyes focused, fingers blurring across the PlayStation controller as she played the fighting game like her life depended on it.
They had just finished another question — their ninth, to be exact — and were given time to rest. Like always, Virgo used her points only for sweets and new games.
They had grown closer compared to the start. After their first kiss, they had kissed again a few times, basking in the warmth of each other, laughing and even joking.
Trying to understand him better, Virgo realized that Noah was not all bad. In fact, Noah could only be described as a grey person. He was bad, for a reason. And he was good, for a reason.
Learning that, Virgo tried to understand why he was good to her. It was a useless endeavor, because she would never know that he was good to her because he wanted her power. But she didn't need to know that, actually.
She only needed to know that this was how Noah acted when he liked someone. And he liked her. That, she managed to discover.
You could have seen how giddy and happy she was. At that moment, she was at hair's breadth away from jumping on him and confessing that she, too, had started to feel comfortable in his presence.
It wasn't love per se. It was almost at the level of a crush. Maybe a little higher than that. Still, she was happy to be with him.
And now...
[Virgo's feelings for you have reached 50%.]
Honestly, this white oval room helped Noah immensely in gaining Virgo's affection. He almost wanted to kiss whoever was behind all of this...but that thought died as quickly as it was born when the mechanical feminine voice boomed once again, asking another question.
The tenth question.
"Will you kill Virginia Ti Raneth — Virgo — if it were your only way of reaching perfection, Noah Vaelgrim?"
Noah's mind reeled at the question.
But it didn't stop there.
"Will you kill Noah Vaelgrim, if it were your only way of reaching your dreams, Virginia Ti Raneth?"
Virgo froze instantly, her mouth open as the sweet slipped from her lips and fell to the ground.
Now...
Now Noah was ready to destroy this goddamn place.
—End of Chapter 353—
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HAREM STEALER: REBORN WITH THE GOD-TIER SHARING SYSTEMC353: Why
Chapter 353: Chapter 353: Why
Chapter 352 – Why
Both Noah and Virgo were surprised by these questions, their hearts skipping a beat. Their bodies recoiled in awkward disbelief at the sound of them.
Virgo was the most affected. She had just begun to feel at ease — no, she was at ease in this white place where the headache of the universe and the weight of existence seemed to be blocked by the pale ceiling above. It was here she discovered she loved sweet things and games she hadn't even known existed.
It was here she began to bond with a man who intrigued her, a man she wanted to be close to, and maybe... just maybe, build something tangible. Something real, not something wrapped in a beautiful ribbon of lust and temporary warmth.
It was in this place that her hope, her dreams for the future, were rekindled like flame on dry wood. And now, this same place trapped her, forcing upon her a question she didn't want to answer. Or rather, a question she didn't know the answer to.
Because to know it, she would have to think about it and she refused to even do that. She refused because she was afraid of what her choice might be. Because either way...
She would lose something.
Either her dreams, or the budding connection she was forming now that she had been abandoned by existence itself.
It was a heavy question. And Virginia Ti Raneth was afraid of it.
Noah, on the other hand, was calmer. But that didn't mean he was unaffected.
Would he kill Virgo if it meant achieving his goal of perfection?
He was tempted to destroy this place entirely at the sound of that question, but he couldn't help pausing to think about it.
Would he really? Would he kill a woman he'd come to like for power? For his goal?
Would he spit on the affection she held for him for the sake of a dream?
Would he...?
Weirdly, or maybe not, Noah didn't even need to think that hard to know the answer. He would not.
Not because he was a good person. Not because he valued love or relationships over perfection. But simply because he didn't need to kill someone who liked him to reach his goal.
That would be foolish. Especially for him.
He had become who he was because of affection, because of love. Providence made him, and his wives shaped him. To say that without them he'd be nothing was wrong, but he certainly wouldn't stand at the height he now did — admired by all, feared by many.
So for him, the question was merely annoying. And so he answered, even as his mind prepared to end all of this.
"I will not kill her for my goal," he said.
His words made Virgo, who had been lost in a harrowing battle between logic and emotion, snap her head toward him.
Her red eyes widened. Her mouth, still glistening with the sweet she was eating, formed an "O." She had never thought Noah would say something like that. She knew he liked her, but she believed it to be something superficial — like the excitement of a child finding a new toy. Nothing deep enough to choose over a dream.
It was no small thing. She knew that at their level, any dream or goal that endured had to be meaningful enough to survive time's cruelty and the desolation of a path shrouded in mist.
And thus, her heart shook. Her eyes, unwillingly, began to glisten. She bit her lower lip hard, forcing the rain back.
Noah noticed her reaction and smiled, ready to say something corny or teasing but as always, the mechanical voice knew when to interrupt.
"Why?" it asked.
Noah tilted his head.
"Why would you abandon your goal for a person you are not familiar with?"
There was something different in that voice now. It had lost its mechanical tone. And indeed...
It began to speak more than ever before.
"Because of arrogance? Of pride? Of loyalty? Or because of love and kindness?"
It fired question after question, then fell silent, giving Noah time to answer. Virgo watched him with wide, unblinking eyes. She wanted to know too. No, she needed to.
So she listened.
Noah stayed silent for a heartbeat, letting the tension stretch. Then...
"Multiple reasons, if you want the truth," he began, intentionally avoiding Virgo's gaze. "Simply put, I don't need to sacrifice someone to achieve my goal. Doing so, I believe, would bring the opposite result instead."
"And also..."
He turned toward Virgo, meeting her dilating red eyes, and smiled.
"And also because I like Virgo. I'm just starting to know her, and she's as fascinating as the idea of another universe existing beside ours."
He took a step forward, closing the distance between them until they were only an inch apart. Their bodies were close and Virgo could feel the heat radiating from him, wrapping around her like the embrace of a phoenix's fire.
Her heartbeat steadied. Her breathing softened. Her trembling stopped. Noah was taller, and she had to tilt her head up to meet his gaze. He leaned forward, back slightly bent, and their breaths began to dance together.
"I will not kill you for my goal, darling," he whispered, his breath warm and sweet like musk against her face. "I want to know you more. I want to see you licking your sweets like a five-year-old girl. I want to keep watching you play your games. And most importantly... I want to keep learning more about you."
"W-Why..?" Virgo barely managed to whisper, her heart beginning to race again...this time, for an entirely different reason.
"Why?" Noah echoed.
"Why me?" she corrected.
"Why not you?"
"I tried to kill you! I would have if you hadn't been stronger!"
"And I made you alone in this universe, darling. So by your logic, why am I hearing your heart beat so loudly? And..."
He reached out and took her chin gently, his white runic eyes sinking deep into her ocean of crimson. "Why are you gripping my clothes so tightly, as if afraid I might leave?"
Only then did Virgo notice her white knuckles clutching his white clothes. Realization struck her like a drowning soul finding the shore, but she didn't let go. Instead, she leaned closer until her lips hovered a breath away.
"If you do this... how can I resist you?"
"You were never meant to resist me."
His corny tone made Virgo laugh softly amidst the thick, tender air. A smile bloomed on her lips, one that dispersed the last lingering doubt in her heart.
"You're a player," she whispered. "Did anyone ever tell you that?"
Noah shrugged. "No one ever did."
She laughed again. "And me, I'm the Records' favorite child."
Noah was ready to reply, but before he could, Virgo's lips pressed against his in one fluid motion.
The kiss didn't last long, but the emotion poured into it was greater than ever before. When their lips parted seconds later, Virgo smiled dreamily.
"I will kill Noah Vaelgrim for my goal," she said, answering the question.
Noah smiled widely at her words. He didn't look angry, or disappointed, or sad. He looked almost... proud.
"Now you wound my heart, darling," he laughed softly.
Virgo gave him a playful smile. "I'll soothe it for you."
And then, the mechanical voice rang out once more and indeed, this time far less mechanical than before.
"Answers acknowledged!"
—End of Chapter 353—
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HAREM STEALER: REBORN WITH THE GOD-TIER SHARING SYSTEMC354: Relic
Chapter 354: Chapter 354: Relic
Chapter 354 – Relic
'Too fast!'
That was what Virgo wanted to scream as she felt her heart pounding against her chest like a wild horse on a goddamn race.
But her inward shouting changed nothing about the situation, not when she was staring at Noah's bright and open smile.
It was truly unjust. She didn't want to describe Noah's beauty again, she believed people had already grasped it by now.
But even so, she couldn't help but think that no... they didn't actually understand how utterly and harrowingly beautiful Noah was. And the most unfair thing about him... was his attitude.
Noah always acted carefree, looking at all of creation as if he were its born ruler. His demeanor reflected someone who truly believed that nothing in the universe could ever threaten him.
Virgo wanted to believe it was arrogance. And maybe it was. But she, more than anyone, knew that arrogance alone does not make a Law Creator.
You need more. Oh... you need so much more.
"Answers acknowledged," the mechanical voice said, dragging Virgo out of her chaotic thoughts.
She turned, still clutching Noah's clothes tightly, and looked around the white room. Noah stood beside her, a faint smile on his lips.
She smiled too — softly, sincerely — because he had understood. He had understood why she would kill him for her goal, for her dreams. It was simple, really. It was how she viewed existence, and what made someone unique in her eyes.
Noah had said names.
She had said dreams.
If she was Virginia Ti Raneth because of the dreams she held dear, then who would she be if she abandoned those dreams for a man?
She would lose herself. She would no longer be who she was. She would become an empty husk, stripped of individuality. The worst fate imaginable, because Noah liked her for who she was. He liked her with her sweets, her candies, and her love for games. He liked her soft nature and her dreamy mind. And so, out of love for the man who loved her as she was, she would kill him to remain herself...even if he would no longer be there to see who she became.
A smile, as soft as melting snow and as warm as the morning sun in summer, crept across her lips and refused to fade. She finally uncurled her fingers from Noah's shirt, her hand sliding down timidly, searching for his.
She found it. Her fingers stretched, brushing his skin, scratching lightly — a shy signal for what she wanted. She seemed too embarrassed to take it directly. If she hadn't been red-skinned, everyone would have seen her face burning crimson.
Once again, she thanked the Pillars for her skin. It was lifesaving. She got embarrassed far too easily.
Noah sensed it and found it amusing. He was tempted to act like he hadn't noticed, but since Virgo had made such an effort, it didn't feel right to tease her now. So softly, his hand opened like a blooming lotus, intertwining with hers seamlessly.
The heat and softness of his skin flowed through Virgo like water running through the soil of a river — tranquil, peaceful, unstoppable.
Virgo sank deeply into that warmth. It felt like a blanket after a storm of ice.
They stayed that way, in perfect silence, their minds drifting, their hearts linked, trying to understand, to feel each other.
Well, not entirely. Noah was different.
Because ever since answering his question, Noah had raised his perception to the absolute maximum, Providence itself acting in ways he had never tested before. Threads — so thin they were invisible — escaped his body, wrapping around the white room in search of a way out, just in case.
He would have preferred a gentler approach. He didn't want to show this unknown entity that he carried a world inside him, not even to Virgo. It was still too early. Her affection wasn't yet at seventy percent, let alone one hundred.
Not that he needed it to access her power but to make her part of his race and world, he would. That would make him stronger.
Because whether it was world or race, he was the Progenitor. And everything about the Progenitor was designed to make him stronger....by using his subordinates.
Every time he thought about that, he became more aware of how powerful the other Progenitors must be.
'They've lived long lives... accumulating power, followers, worlds. Killing them won't be easy,' he thought. Then smiled faintly. 'Well, not for me. But let's not kill. I'm a goodman. I negotiate first... and kill next if their eyes remain blind.'
Before his thoughts could wander further, the cold, feminine, mechanical voice cut through his mind like a blade.
"The questions have been answered correctly. Each of you responded in a way aligned with your own existence."
A tense line appeared between Noah's winged eyebrows. His threads hadn't found anything even as the voice spoke. He sighed inwardly, weary that he might have to use his world.
But the voice wasn't finished.
"But there is one more thing left."
Both Virgo and Noah frowned, lips pressing into thin lines as unease began to rise. Noah's fingers twitched.
"Another question?" he murmured.
Surprisingly...
"No. Not a question. A simple statement for you two, Noah and Virginia, to ponder upon, if you wish to reach your goals. It is a reward granted to all who succeed as you have."
"After this statement, you are free to use your points to ask questions before being teleported anywhere you wish... except Earth."
Again, Noah and Virgo frowned, both for the same reason.
Anywhere but Earth?
Why?
"What do you mean?" Virgo asked, her tone sharp. "What do you mean by 'anywhere you want except Earth'? What does Earth mean to you?"
The mechanical voice didn't respond. Virgo clicked her tongue, frustrated. Noah remained silent, unreactive.
After several seconds, the voice spoke again.
"Here is the statement. One, if understood deeply, might help you traverse the greatest ordeal on your path."
It paused for a heartbeat. Then...
"To reach the truth of all objective and imagined realities is to know how to swim upstream to the Great River."
Virgo and Noah both shuddered, but for completely different reasons.
Virgo shuddered because the words sparked something deep within her, a strange resonance, a flicker of revelation.
Noah, however, froze for another reason entirely.
Because these were the exact same words Echidna had told him when he summoned her.
The same words she had read in the ruined place where she found Lucie who, in the beginning, had been nothing but a simple malleable metallic sphere.
And with that thought, Noah's mind ignited like a flame of clarity burning through the fog of uncertainty.
Not clarity of meaning of these words but of the origin. He suddenly understood where Lucie might have come from.
His gaze swept across the room anew, perceiving it in a completely different light. It was advanced, unfathomably so n, filled with technology beyond anything that could exist on Earth.
It felt like a world eons after Earth. Eons of progress. And if humanity on Earth had already created robots and artificial intelligence...
Then what would stop a place like this from creating living beings — with blood, flesh, and organs — using the blood of another species?
Noah's mind reeled. Still, he needed confirmation. He couldn't build assumptions alone. So he opened his mouth and asked the question burning inside him, the one that had to be answered first.
"Where... no, what is this place?"
Silence fell.
And for reason unknown, both Virgo and Noah felt an unseen tension swell across the room, choking the breath from their lungs. It lasted only a heartbeat before fading, just as the voice answered.
"A relic..."
It paused. The silence stretched thin. Then...
"Relic of Earth."
—End of Chapter 354—
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Chapter 355: Chapter 355: How long?
Chapter 355 – How long?
Noah's eyes were confused in a way that was starting to become recurring in this white oval room. Since entering here, there were many things that simply didn't make sense to him.
Everything here was just so strange.
Not because it was particularly hard to understand, but because he didn't know where all of this could have come from.
Noah could have attributed it to the simple fact that a higher world or civilization with technological prowess far beyond Earth's might exist — something that dwarfed human knowledge in a way almost embarrassing to admit — but no... he actually couldn't.
Because what he was seeing was too similar to Earth's own technology. It was like the Earth he knew was merely a downgraded version of what this place had to offer.
And that was why he had asked the question about what this place was. But...
Relic? Relic of Earth?
'Do we have the same definition of relic?' Noah wondered to himself as his perception sharpened and his eyes scanned the room once more.
At his side, Virgo had just finished her small contemplation of the words the voice had spoken, looking around the room in a dazed state. She didn't even seem to have heard the response about what this place truly was.
How far gone was she?
Noah didn't have the luxury to ponder upon that for long, as the voice spoke again.
"Noah Vaelgrim, you have 150 points.
Virginia Ti Raneth, you have 100 points."
Even amid the tension, Virgo couldn't stop her lips from twitching at the mention of her points. She snapped her head toward Noah, her crimson eyes narrowing accusatorily, clearly blaming him.
Noah made an offended face, tilting his head as if to ask, 'Me?' And the worst — or maybe the funniest — thing was that Virgo actually nodded, even going as far as pointing her finger at him.
Noah almost laughed in outrage. The girl always bought sweets and games, and now it was his fault that she had fewer points than him? Okay, granted, he might have used his silver tongue to make her buy some things for him, but that wasn't actually the point.
Neither was this talk about points.
Noah had numerous questions now that he knew the name of this place. Because with a name, he could at least guess, to some degree, what it might be.
If taken literally — Relic of Earth — then this place was, in that case, something ancient, or perhaps something sacred that had survived from the past... of Earth.
'But how? It doesn't make any sense! This place is far too advanced compared to the current Earth. Or wait...'
He unconsciously tilted his head, and Virgo moved closer to him, watching with eyes that clearly didn't understand what was going on. She wanted to use her points to learn the path toward her dreams — or simply to surpass the Law Creator rank — but seeing Noah so deep in thought, she didn't dare disturb him.
So she simply stood there, her head resting against his shoulder, eyes closed, trying not to think of sweets and games...
'No! No sweets, Virgo. No games either! Focus, our goals first!' she screamed inwardly, doing her best not to imagine sweets. But it was a futile effort. Her lips began to drool soon after, saliva touching Noah's shoulder just as he was in the middle of forming another possibility.
'Maybe... maybe it's not the same Earth I know,' Noah concluded. He found this one more plausible. But if that was the case, then why was the voice behind all of this stopping him from reaching Earth?
And also, this goddamn realm — or place, or whatever you wished to call it — had only opened up when they were just at a distance where his sneeze could blow Earth into a rain of splintered debris.
So... they had a link. Somehow.
'Ah, fuck...!' he cursed, his mind going in all directions, making all of this seem pointless. He didn't have any solid lead, which made him feel like he had to use his points to ask this question — but Noah wanted to keep those points for his real question: how to reach perfection.
Doubtless, that kind of question would cost a ridiculous amount of points. So he saved his own, and without any shame whatsoever, used Virgo's points for his own sake. In fact, he was proud of it.
But now... there was no other choice but to use his own.
Or was there, really?
He sighed softly and raised his head toward the ceiling, a habit he had now developed whenever he was about to do something that could cost him greatly if it went wrong.
'I have three more protections from The Records, huh...' he mused, his eyes curving into a crescent shape. He moved lightly, causing Virgo to wake up from her dream of swimming in a sea of sweets while playing games. She shook her head to regain focus, wiping the saliva dripping from her mouth with the back of her hand.
Then she looked up at Noah and saw that devilish smile on his face.
She shuddered.
She hadn't known him for very long, but she had already learned that every time he wore that smile... something was about to happen.
"...What are you planning to do?" Virgo asked, her voice hesitant. She eyed him suspiciously.
Noah turned his head toward her for a couple of seconds, then looked back up at the ceiling. He shrugged and replied, "Nothing too crazy. I'm just going to try speaking to whoever's behind this, nicely and respectfully. So stay silent and watch your man swindle his way out with his tongue."
Virgo's eyes went blank the moment Noah said your man. She blinked, staring at him dazedly, then stammered out,
"M-My man...?" she echoed, not quite believing it. She had imagined it could someday reach this stage, sure, but the way Noah had said it — so casual, so brisk, like it was a matter of fact — made her heart stutter. Her eyes darted around the white room, searching desperately for something to look at, anything to escape her embarrassment.
Useless endeavor. She was already deeply embarrassed.
Noah laughed faintly at her reaction. He still couldn't believe that the woman who had once appeared before him, ready to swallow him whole with her ruinous power, could be like this...
He shook his head, deciding to continue that thought later, once his current situation was settled.
He stepped forward, leaving Virgo behind, and moved to the center of the room. He didn't have his usual clothes, so he couldn't put his hands in his pockets. Lacking other options, he crossed his arms over his chest.
Taking a deep breath, he parted his lips and began to speak.
"How long, unknown being, will you go on abusing my patience?" His voice was calm, but there was an undertone of inexplicable authority beneath it.
He paused for a moment, then continued.
"I've played your games since I entered this place. You might think it's because I had no other choice, but if you think that, then you're a bloody fool."
"I accepted and tolerated all of this because I believed there was something to learn here. Which, to be fair, there was. I've learned plenty, and I've benefited greatly from this place. And that is why..."
He raised a finger upward, his white eyes glowing with an indifferent hue.
"...that is why I'm giving you one chance. Only one, okay? Tolerance and patience are not among my virtues, unfortunately."
"So tell me..."
Another pause. A longer silence.
"...will you accept to meet me face to face, so that we can talk about how beautiful life is? Or do you want me to take the harder way, and discuss the cruel side of life instead?"
He shrugged lightly. "Choose wisely. Pettiness is an art I happen to master rather well."
Behind him, Virgo nodded repeatedly like a chicken pecking at grain. "I can testify to that," she said, raising her hand as if standing before a judge.
Noah didn't speak anymore. He waited. He was ready for any outcome anyway, even one that could help secure the lives of Aurelia and Asaemon.
After a few seconds, the voice finally responded.
"Noah Vaelgrim, what goddamn arrogance!"
This time, it had lost not only its mechanical tone but almost its feminine one. It sounded like a strange mixture — both male and female at once.
Noah's eyebrows rose as the voice continued.
"But I guess it's just my bad luck. My bad luck to have a goddamn Abomination heading toward my world."
Noah smirked widely.
"Ah... so you know."
"Who wouldn't? I can feel the goddamn enhanced scrutiny of The Records, and on top of that, The Bastard and The Bookworm came here with you, threatening to destroy this place if the 'youngest' is harmed."
Noah cackled, and as he did, the ceiling above parted like a curtain being pulled away by some divine hand, revealing a curious sight.
"I'm not actually happy to meet you, Third Abomination."
Virgo appeared beside Noah, watching the strange creature above.
Noah chuckled. "Oh really? You hurt my feelings..."
He let the words hang, clearly fishing for a name.
The creature hesitated for a moment before sighing and parting its lips.
"Evadam..."
It paused.
"Evadam... Progenitor of Humans."
—End of Chapter 355—
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Chapter 356: Chapter 356: Evadam
Chapter 356 – Evadam
Now it was a curious thing. Not only the fact that he was meeting a progenitor in itself, but also because of the being itself? Himself? Herself?
What?
Theyself?
Come on!
Noah didn't even know how to define Evadam. The creature seemed to be a strange mix of both man and woman. It was tall and slender, human-shaped with two arms and two legs. Its face had that touch of femininity that was jarring — eyelashes longer than normal, deep pink lips, and a small, sharp nose that fit perfectly on its delicate features. But there was always a trace of masculinity too, an Adam's apple clearly visible at its throat.
Its form was almost curvy, but not quite. It retained a whisper of manhood within it. Its eyes and long hair were deep brown, as if molded from clay and sand. It wore a simple T-shirt that any Earthman could wear, along with shorts and sandals that looked perfect for a beach.
On its lips was a candy.
It sat on a steel chair glowing with all colors, both real and imagined, surrounded by an assembly of flickering screens and electronic devices scattered in organized chaos around it.
The strange creature, Evadam, seemed to notice the heavy, scrutinizing stares it was receiving from both Noah and Virgo as it finally spoke,
"Have you looked enough?"
Again, that strange voice. Noah truly couldn't stop himself from cringing every time it echoed through his ears.
Shaking his head, he offered Evadam a small smile. "Did we stare too long? Sorry, but it's just..." his smile turned silly, "it's our first time seeing a creature of your genre."
Evadam looked at him as if he were a fool. "Is that supposed to be a compliment?" It shook its head in disdain. "I'm a goddamn progenitor. Of course you won't see anything like me anywhere else."
Then it tilted its head, and the sound of bending steel echoed faintly around them. "Are you a fool?"
Noah's lips twitched at the affront. He opened his mouth, ready to show this... whatever-it-was who the real fool was, only for Virgo to interrupt him with a light laugh, trying to disperse the tension.
"How should I address you, O great being?" Her voice faltered slightly.
Noah snapped his head toward her, staring as if wondering who the hell this woman was and what she'd done with Virgo. But Virgo ignored his stare, her attention fixed entirely on Evadam...or rather, on something inside Evadam's mouth.
Evadam was no fool. It noticed.
"I won't give you my goddamn candy, little foreign girl. Don't bother." It waved its hand dismissively.
Virgo's lips twitched. "I don't want the one you're eating. But maybe you have another one around you could give me, great being?"
Noah was dumbfounded. 'Is this girl serious?'
But Virgo was absolutely serious.
"I do," Evadam said, and Virgo beamed like a child about to receive her snack time reward. But immediately after, the light in her eyes dimmed as Evadam added, "but I won't give it to you."
"But why?"
"I don't want to."
"I have points! I can buy it! But... but can I get a discount, please?"
"No." It shook its head.
Once again, a refusal. Virgo cursed under her breath, then turned to the only person who could help her — Noah. She immediately noticed how he was looking at her... like she was some cheap girl in a bad street deal.
Her eyebrows twitched. "I just wanted the candy."
"I know."
"It was nothing else."
"I know."
"Are you even listening to me?"
"I know."
Virgo fell silent, glaring at him like she'd been wronged by the entire universe. Noah ignored her and turned back to Evadam, who was now watching them while munching popcorn, its mouth stuffed full.
"Are you really a progenitor?" Noah finally asked.
"I am." It nodded.
'Doubtful.' he thought.
Then he looked around the room, recalling what Evadam had said earlier...that Earth was his world.
A progenitor of a world without even an ounce of mana? What was the point of such a world? Was there anything valuable in a place where mana didn't exist at all?
It was a curious thought, and he had the perfect being to ask. But first...
He raised his hand and showed the strange device embedded into his skin. "Will you please remove this thing from me? It's kind of uncomfortable, if you know what I mean."
"Oh, and for her too." He gestured toward Virgo with his chin.
Evadam stared at him silently.
It didn't like any of this. But it knew there wasn't much choice left now that it had revealed itself.
It hadn't even wanted to, to begin with.
But it did because, at the moment Noah spoke earlier, it had felt the oppressive gaze of The Records. Whatever this man was planning, it was going to involve them heavily... and it was always a pain to displease The Records.
They had rules, yes... but hundreds of ways to twist them.
'This is why the universe hates them, the Records.' Evadam shook its head subtly, calling The Records idiots.
Because a day would come — a day when beings willing to die just to drag those spoiled bastards down to hell would rise.
No, in fact, those people already existed. They just hadn't found the perfect opportunity yet. But once they did...
'They'll have no one to blame but themselves, and the Records.'
Thinking that, Evadam clicked its slender fingers — nails sharp and glinting — and the devices embedded in both Noah's and Virgo's skin detached and fell to the ground with a metallic thud.
Instantly, they both felt their full power returning. Noah smiled.
"Now give me back my clothes, and we can talk."
...
"Are you a he? A she? Or..." Noah smiled, "a they?"
"No offense, but it's quite hard to define you by your... appearance."
Noah was sitting on a chair — a massage chair, to be exact — with Virgo at his side, eyes closed, enjoying the wondrous rhythm of the chair's massage as if it were the greatest invention ever conceived.
Behind Evadam stood a screen showing the room where Aurelia and Asaemon were. And they were...
'What the hell are these two doing?'
It was a legitimate question, because Aurelia was surrounded by mountains of books — novels, to be precise — sitting in the middle of the bed and reading as if her life depended on it.
Asaemon, meanwhile, was on the floor rolling and laughing, playing with a small snow-white direwolf puppy whose eyes were a deep, vivid red.
'Did we have the same experience here? 'Noah wondered, about to ask Evadam if it was playing favorites when the progenitor's voice cut through his thoughts, answering his earlier question.
"I have no gender," Evadam said flatly. "Call me whatever you want. It hardly matters. Now stop wasting my time, ask your questions and get out of my place."
Noah tilted his head at those last words.
"Ancestor, I didn't ask you to drag me here, did I? Why are you complaining now?"
Evadam scoffed. "Do you think I wanted to bring you here? I had no choice, Third Abomination."
"How so?"
Evadam didn't hesitate. There was no longer any reason to.
"I needed to do this if I wanted to keep intruders away from Earth. Or do you think you're the only ones who've wandered here?"
It shook its head, its pink lips pressed into a hard line. "Many have before you, and many will come after you. But Earth is my main world. I can't allow people to enter it."
Now it was Noah's turn to be surprised. Main world? A world without mana was the main world of a progenitor?
"Did I hear correctly? Because it seems I just heard some nonsense," Noah said, his tone incredulous.
All the while, Virgo was eating sweets and relaxing beside him. Noah almost envied her insouciance.
Ignorance might truly be bliss.
"You heard correctly. Earth is my main world," Evadam said simply.
"And so this place...?" Noah asked, the question that had been gnawing at him since earlier finally leaving his lips.
"This place..." Evadam said, then paused.
It looked around the room, its eyes carrying a faint hue of nostalgia and pain. Then, with a small, wry smile that showed teeth as white as milk, it spoke again.
"This place is a small part of Earth. But the Earth from a distant time lost across the clouded histories of the universe."
Noah immediately straightened, his eyes widening.
"What?" he asked, his voice thick with surprise.
Evadam shrugged lightly, then made a slow, graceful motion with its hand, gesturing around the room that surrounded them.
"Take a glimpse, Third Abomination."
"Take a glimpse of what my world was... before my own creation dragged it all to destruction."
—End of Chapter 356—
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Capítulo 357: Chapter 357: Story [1]
Chapter 357 – Story [1]
The silence was loud.
Noah didn't know what kind of face he was making upon hearing the revelation, but it must have been a funny one, for Evadam took out a camera and snapped a picture of him.
He let him do it. He didn't care.
At that moment, his mind was still echoing again and again with the words Evadam had just uttered.
'A part of Earth… from the past?' he thought, his mind still hazy with questions.
He looked at Evadam again, his expression holding an obvious note of incomprehension. "What do you mean by that?" he asked.
"What else?" Evadam shrugged. "Do I need to spell it out for you to understand?"
"That would be much appreciated, actually," Noah retorted dryly.
Evadam stared him down for a second, his brown eyes clearly judging him, before sighing. Then…
"Let me tell you a story, then," he said, making Noah groan in exasperation.
"I've heard enough stories with all the questions you threw at me in that white room. So no, thank you, ancestor," he said, shaking his head vehemently. "Just spill the beans. I'm a busy man. I've got things to do."
"You simply do not want to know, then." Evadam shrugged again, unfazed.
Noah's lips twitched. "You do know I can use my points and ask you directly, right? You'll have no choice but to answer."
"True," Evadam nodded, acknowledging the truth in Noah's words. "But it's within my right to choose how I answer."
He smirked, his strange face somehow attractive despite its peculiarity. "And I can decide to answer you by telling a story or… wait."
His smirk widened.
"Maybe you'd prefer a riddle? You seem like the smart type, Third Abomination. You want to try one? I'll give you one of my best."
Noah fixed his white gaze on him for a long moment before sighing and brushing a diagonal motion through the air with his hand, exasperated. "Fine. Go on, tell me your story."
He relented. He truly had no will to argue with a progenitor. Still, he decided to make the best of it. Sitting comfortably in his massage chair, he asked for a bucket of popcorn, a few sodas, and a pair of robotic massagers to soothe his shoulders.
Evadam complied. With a click of his metallic-sounding fingers, everything Noah requested appeared around him.
Once everything was ready, Noah nodded with his chin toward him, signaling him to begin his séance of yapping.
What a sight.
Noah was not yet aware, or maybe he was and simply didn't care, but no one in the universe would act like this in front of a progenitor.
They were, after all, the very beginning of a race. The beginning of an entire existence. The beginning of civilizations.
Their status in the universe was unique, revered, and untouchable, making them among the few beings unafraid of abominations. Some even found them… cute.
And yet here Noah was, in front of one of them, acting as though he owned the place.
It was a strange, almost absurd sight.
Evadam, however, wasn't surprised. He didn't care much about what happened outside the universe, but he had heard rumors. A new faction had risen.
That wasn't something any random strong being could accomplish. No, you needed something else…something unique, at the level of those called the First Born, or even an Abomination.
So who was that being?
Evadam observed Noah lazily, though his gaze seemed to pierce deeper and deeper.
The man before him didn't belong to any race he had ever seen in his endless existence. And only the Records knew how much he had witnessed.
That could only mean one thing…this Third Abomination was the leader of that faction.
So Noah was both a progenitor and an abomination.
Two distinct statuses fused into one being.
That… that was something worth worrying about.
For others, that is. Evadam couldn't give a goddamn fuck about it.
Regaining his focus, Evadam parted his lips and began his soi-disant story.
"In the beginning of the universe…"
Noah immediately rolled his eyes at the cliché opening, but Evadam pretended not to notice and went on.
"…when resources were abundant, when the air was clean from the foulness of the living, and when mana existed in its purest form… multiple beings began to emerge."
Evadam paused, and as he did, the screens around him flickered, the words leaving his mouth manifesting as luminous imagery. Noah saw many young-looking beings, though their faces were hazy — all except one.
Around them, in that strange chamber, a soft, melodramatic tune began to play in the background.
Noah, and even Virgo, couldn't stop themselves from being drawn into the sudden atmosphere.
'This guy is definitely the beginning of humanity.' Noah thought dryly, finding in Evadam one of humanity's most enduring traits…
…the love for melodrama.
Evadam continued.
"These people were the first born of the universe, and later they would come to be known as the Progenitors, as they expanded and created their own races."
"Amidst this group of distinguished beings —who, at that time, were still close to one another and even liked each other — there was one among them…"
Here, the screen flickered, revealing Evadam himself, but somehow younger.
Not in appearance, no. His body looked the same. But in the depths of those brown eyes, there was a glimmer of childish curiosity and love, something entirely absent from the Evadam standing before Noah now.
"…there was one among them who possessed a deep sense of curiosity and adventure that the others lacked."
"When the rest were preoccupied with building solid foundations for their power…some dreaming of becoming the tree that would hold the universe together, others the blinding golden light of justice, some the beasts of the end, and others… the Devourers they would one day become."
Evadam chuckled, shaking his head softly. "Funny how they all turned out in the end." His amusement faded, replaced by a faint, pained smile. "…Well, who am I to talk," he added under his breath, before smiling again, this time with quiet melancholy.
Noah and Virgo remained silent. Noah was almost tempted to tell Evadam to call back Aurelia and Asaemon, but he held his tongue.
So he let him continue. And continue he did.
"Driven by his curiosity, he began to wander across the vastness of the universe. At that time, it was truly a wonder…a universe overflowing with resources and phenomena you would never find now."
"Through countless worlds, realms, and dimensions he traveled, collecting every kind of resource imaginable, learning, observing, creating… until one day, he stumbled upon something he never thought could exist in a universe made entirely of mana."
Evadam paused, and behind him, the screen flickered again, showing a vast, endless black void.
The same void Noah and the others had passed through before being dragged here.
"A place with no mana," Evadam said, his tone lowering. "Can you guess my shock at that moment?"
Noah nodded slightly, admitting that such a discovery would've been extraordinary for any being born in a world saturated with mana.
"But the most fascinating thing," Evadam continued, his voice lifting with excitement, "was that within that place, within that void without mana, there existed a solar system. A complete one. Entirely different from the systems above, from the worlds woven in mana."
His tone became animated, his gestures alive with memory and wonder.
"I was thrilled. So I began to study the stars one by one. The sun. The moons. The planets. It was incredible, how each one was different, how they all had their own rhythm, their own story. And then, I found a world I particularly liked."
A blue planet appeared behind him.
"To me, this planet was a wonder," he said, his voice softening as his gaze lingered on it. "It had the perfect conditions for life to emerge without interference. And the timing was perfect, for I had just begun to think about creating my own faction back then."
He paused, letting the weight of his words sink in before continuing.
"And that's what I did. I took that planet, I named it Earth, and from the clay of its deserts, I shaped my first creations — those who would populate the whole world. My greatest achievement."
He smiled, his voice almost tender.
"Adam and Eve."
"And with them… humans were born."
—End of Chapter 357—
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Chapter 358: Chapter 358: Story [2]
Chapter 358 – Story [2]
"And with them... humans were born."
At his words, behind him, the screen shifted and formed two beings. They were impossibly tall, in a way no human should be. Each of their steps made the earth beneath them crackle even though they held no power.
They had the same brown skin and eyes as Evadam, but theirs were filled with curiosity and something naturally beautiful. They were naked, nothing covering their private parts, but none of them seemed to care.
Noah and Virgo were awed.
"This... this was the first human?" Virgo uttered, her red eyes slightly wide as she watched in surprise. Her mouth was full of popcorn she now chewed slowly, completely enamored by the sight in front of her.
Noah too wasn't spared from awe. For him, it went far beyond Virgo's curiosity. For Virgo, this was simply an interesting story — the beginning of humanity in this universe. After all, her own world had humans too. But compared to this one, where the highest known pinnacle was the Progenitor, her own was different.
Yet for Noah, this sight was more than just history. He was human, in the past, after all. And more importantly, he had been an inhabitant of Earth in his first life.
He felt something akin to pride when he realized that Earth was the first cradle of humanity in the entire universe — the Womb of Humans, where the roots and beginning of mankind started.
But this knowledge raised new questions. Leaving aside the fact that Earth had no mana — strange, but not the strangest thing in the universe he assumed — what puzzled him was how a world carrying the distinction of birthing humanity could be so... ordinary.
It couldn't be. The Records were always fair...as long as he wasn't involved of course.
So...
"What happened?" he blurted out, impatience breaking through his confusion.
Evadam smiled faintly, noticing the sudden seriousness in Noah's face. "You seem very interested in my world, Third Abomination. You were even planning to go there. And that made me think..."
His smile faltered slightly. "How do you know this world forgotten by the ashes of time? And How do you even know its location?"
Noah didn't respond. He just stared at him.
Evadam shrugged.
"You will answer those questions later. For now, let me tell you how things went after the birth of Adam and Eve."
The scene behind him flickered, forming new images — humans working together, praying, farming... the first sparks of society. These humans were still tall, their frames radiant and powerful.
"Adam and Eve conceived and had children. By some miracle, each of Eve's pregnancies resulted in twins: a boy and a girl."
"To continue and expand humanity, the boy of one pregnancy would marry the girl of another, and vice versa. In that way, humans began to multiply and spread... until the last pregnancy of Eve, when only one child was born...a boy."
A boy appeared on the screen. He was small, harmless, with a smile that could light up the stars and make the sun dim just for him to feel at ease.
Noah didn't know why, but the image of this boy struck him with something he never thought he would feel for someone he had never met. A strange, instinctive duty to protect that purity.
He frowned, brows tightening, not liking that feeling at all. He fixed his gaze on Evadam, his eyes asking the question his mouth refused to voice.
Evadam only smiled mysteriously and ignored it, continuing his story. His voice flowed fluidly through the room, carrying a certain charm that compelled anyone to just listen for hours.
He showed how humans grew, societies forming. In the beginning, they all worshipped one being...him. Adam and Eve had known and met him, after all.
But as time passed, the descendants of Adam spread — taking the seas, the mountains, the lands — and things began to change.
Murders began, the first committed by Cain. With that act, the first thing no other human had ever dared to do, he ushered in a new era...a harrowing one, where killing one's own kind became a possibility.
Then came cultures. Traditions sprouted. Societies grew more sophisticated. Religions changed, from worshiping one being to worshiping many.
And thus, diversity bloomed. Humanity no longer worshiped one god but countless deities.
A separation.
Evadam didn't react or involve himself. He liked to believe he was a fair creator. He had given them life and free will, what they did with it was theirs alone.
Unlike his fellow Progenitors, he wasn't interested in gathering power. Maybe that was why he made humans inherently weak, but with limitless potential that made them able to achieve anything they set their minds to with enough effort.
He was simply curious.
And then deeply satisfied when a new age came. The age of technology.
Here, he felt proud. He had taught Adam and Eve the nature and knowledge of all things, knowledge some humans had inherited and expanded into wonders beyond imagination.
They evolved step by step — discovering atoms, light, gravity, electricity, then computers, phones, and dreadful things like nuclear weapons... and countless others.
Their architecture soared too, buildings rising so high he almost believed they might pierce the sky to meet him.
His children were incredible. And indeed, they were, for soon they looked beyond their world. There was barely no challenge left on Earth, and space called to their curiosity.
And humans were curious.
They built ships to go beyond Earth's sphere. And that was when humans finally left their birthplace and met the wider universe.
Some stopped at the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and other parts of their solar system. Others went farther... until they reached lands where mana flowed.
Humans were no longer confined to Earth. The first beings to step into a mana zone awakened instantly, their power unlike anything seen before. They became High Humans. But they soon died, victims of the universe's cruelty.
Yet if humans were known for one thing, it was procreation. They were never wiped out, even as the legacy and memory of Earth vanished, dying with those first wanderers.
Still, life on Earth continued.
After conquering space, they became bolder, reckless even. And then they created something Evadam had never believed possible. Artificial Intelligence.
It was such a vast concept that even his immortal mind couldn't imagine mortals without mana achieving it.
But they did.
At first, he was proud. But soon, things began to deteriorate.
The world had never been peaceful, but it was tolerable — until those in power began exploiting the weak. They forced children to work and mine in dangerous places to fuel their experiments.
Wars erupted over resources. Millions died. Human life lost its worth as Artificial Intelligence became more advanced.
And then one day, a country succeeded in creating life. A small metallic, malleable sphere said to birth a real human when touched by a drop of blood.
At that moment, Noah's eyes widened. One of his questions was finally answered...The origin of Lucie.
His next question followed soon after, as Evadam showed the aftermath. The first life born by mortal hands through science ignited wars unlike any before in history.
And with the level of weapons they had developed...
Evadam chuckled softly.
"They destroyed the world."
He looked up, eyes distant.
"These humans destroyed the very world they needed to survive."
—End of Chapter 358—
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HAREM STEALER: REBORN WITH THE GOD-TIER SHARING SYSTEMC359: Talk with Evadam
Chapter 359: Chapter 359: Talk with Evadam
Chapter 359 – Talk with Evadam
"Oh."
An exclamation escaped Virgo's mouth as she heard Evadam's words. She stood there, her lips forming an O shape, black sunglasses framing her red eyes, unable to stop her surprise from showing.
Noah spared her a glance, tempted to ask where she had even found those sunglasses, and more importantly, why she would wear them in a place utterly devoid of sunlight. But after a brief moment of internal debate, he decided to save himself the headache and let it go.
His mind was busy with other matters.
He sighed, then looked back at Evadam, who, after delivering those words like a judgment blade, had fallen silent and simply watched him.
Clearly, the story had come to its end.
And yet Noah found himself wanting to hear more, despite himself. It wasn't only that the story was fascinating, but rather the way Evadam told it. His voice carried weight, his words vivid and alive, filled with imagery and emotion so palpable that even through the cold, metallic screen, it reached Noah and refused to let go.
It was an eye-opening moment.
That... that was a level of storytelling he had never encountered anywhere. And strangely, the first thought that crossed his mind upon realizing this was to ask Evadam to teach his sister, Aurelia.
That girl dreamed of writing a book. And having someone like Evadam as her mentor would be invaluable.
But that was something he'd think through later. For now...
Noah's mind was occupied with arranging the puzzle pieces before him. Slowly and steadily, they began to fit together, clicking into place like broken bones snapping back into alignment.
He now had answers to most of his questions. He knew the origin of Lucie, and to his own surprise, she came from Earth, the same world where Brandon — his past self — had been born and raised.
She was a being created by mortals who possessed no divine skills, no laws, no extraordinary gifts. They only had their minds.
And with those minds, those fragile, mortal minds that every intelligent being across the universe shared, they had done something no other species had ever achieved.
It was magnificent.
It was something worthy of the highest praise from the Records themselves.
But all of it had turned to nothing the moment war consumed Earth after Lucie's birth.
But was Noah surprised?
He was not.
Humans were smart. Some of them were so smart it was agonizing to even think about it. But if there was anything else humans were known for... it was their sins.
They were greedy. They were envious. They were prideful. They were lustful. They were wrathful. They were slothful.
They were the very embodiment of the seven deadly sins upon which Hell itself had been constructed. And with those traits etched so deeply into their nature...
The fact that they caused their own downfall was no surprise to Noah. He knew well how sinister humanity could be.
Still...
"What a shame," he sighed.
"Right?" Evadam's lips curved upward. "Do you know what they could have become, if only... if only they hadn't let their own twisted nature take over?"
Noah shook his head slightly. "I do not know what they would have become," he said at last, then added, "but I do know that they wouldn't be known as the weakest and most useless race in the entire universe."
A faint smile tugged at his lips. "Aren't you feeling a bit underwhelmed by that, ancestor? I bet it's not that pleasing to hear such things about your children. Even if they are... kind of problematic."
Evadam raised his right hand, placing it gently before his mouth, and then he laughed.
Noah and Virgo, who had drifted back into daydreams, immediately shuddered in pure dread at the sound. It was like jagged steel scraping against their eardrums.
And to make it worse, the way Evadam laughed — with his hand covering his mouth like a shy girl — twisted Noah's insides. He frowned, doing his best to keep his insolent thoughts buried deep in his mind.
Evadam noticed their reaction. But if he cared, his expression betrayed none of it. Instead, he straightened his posture, crossed his legs, leaned his head against the palm of his right hand, and answered Noah's unspoken question with a calm, measured tone.
"I thought you had great observation skills, Noah," he said, his voice soft but edged. "Do I look like someone who cares about any of that?"
He didn't wait for a reply.
"I do not."
"Is that why you didn't intervene when the humans were killing themselves?" Noah asked, curiosity lacing his words.
He wanted to know...why had Evadam simply watched?
Why would he let the end of something that could have been glorious unfold before his eyes?
"I gave them free will," Evadam said, his brown eyes holding a chilling seriousness. "I gave them the ability to make their own choices, whether dumb or smart, and to bear the consequences of those choices."
"I didn't tell them to worship me. I didn't tell them to venture into outer space conquering worlds under my authority. I didn't even show myself to them."
He paused. Noah and Virgo listened closely now, the room thick with sudden tension.
Evadam leaned forward, resting his elbows on the metallic table, eyes fixed solely on Noah. "Do you know why?"
"You're a bad ruler," Noah said bluntly, his white eyes unflinching. "I can understand your point about giving your creation free will, I do the same, but there must be a line." He raised a finger. "A line that, when they cross it, you act. Otherwise, no civilization will continue to flourish under the thick fog of time."
He tilted his head slightly.
"I don't think I need to give you an example for you to understand my point."
"You might be right," Evadam retorted. "But if I do what you suggest, it would no longer be free will."
"It would be something completely different."
Noah frowned. "If you were so adamant about giving them free will, then you should have at least shown them the way first."
Evadam tilted his head, curiosity flickering in his expression. Virgo stayed silent, realizing she had nothing useful to add, so she quietly unwrapped another candy, making sure not to slurp this time, while Noah continued.
"In my opinion," he said, raising his finger again, tip pointing upward, "you made one mistake, Evadam. Only one, but a big one nonetheless."
"If I remember correctly, you said you gave both Adam and Eve knowledge and the names of all things."
Evadam nodded.
"And those aspects were found in other humans throughout the centuries?"
Again, Evadam nodded.
"I thought you would've known better," Noah said, tone sharp. "How could you give knowledge to a bunch of humans without telling them how to use it? And please don't tell me 'free will.'"
He leaned forward, voice edged with dry amusement.
"That's just dooming them. It's like giving a lighter to a child and leaving him alone. Tell me... what are the odds the kid burns himself alive, huh?"
"...Pretty high?" Evadam admitted.
Noah nodded. "Exactly. That's what you did with humanity. You gave them knowledge without showing them how to use it to better themselves. And that's where your free will should've come into play." He shrugged. "You'd only show them the way, not force them to follow it."
"But at least that way, the probability of Earth being nuked by its own inhabitants would've been much lower than it was."
Noah exhaled deeply, then asked, "Do you understand me, or do I need to spell it out for you?"
Evadam smiled. "I understand," he said simply, then shrugged. "But it's too late, isn't it? You could've been there since the beginning, Noah."
Noah rolled his eyes. 'Since the beginning my goddamn ass. Dude, I'm from Earth too... partly.'
He sighed, then glanced around the vast marble space surrounding them. "Let me guess," he said.
"Go on."
"You said this place is a Relic of Earth. So, you mean this place was from Earth during the Age of Technology, right?"
"Yes."
"How did it survive the destruction?" Noah tilted his head. "And how come Earth itself is still intact? Did you intervene?"
Evadam shook his head. "The creation of life by mortals was no small thing, Noah. The Records rewarded me for that, granting me the ability to make two wishes."
He smiled faintly.
"Two wishes. And whatever I wished for would come true. Do you know what I wished for?"
"How am I supposed to know?" Noah said, arching an eyebrow.
"I wished for the revival of Earth, with only half of its technological capabilities, yet still retaining a part of it. Then..."
'Oh? That was only one wish? Pretty generous,' Noah thought.
"...Then I asked for a way."
Noah tilted his head. "What way?"
Evadam smirked. "A way toward perfection."
SLURP—!
Virgo licked her candy too hard in shock.
—End of Chapter 359—
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