Free Web NovelChapter 27: the Cosmic Author
In the spacious and fully equipped training area inside the palace...
Cain stood in the center of the hall, calmly monitoring his daughter’s training while she sat in a meditative posture, fighting her own battle with energy. Meanwhile, he was sipping a refreshing juice all by himself, completely relaxed.
Amelia was currently circulating energy within the pathways of her tiny body. However, the mana of the star element was inherently clustered, heavy, immensely difficult to move, and highly complex in its spiritual-physical behavior.
She was trying with all her might to master the technique in front of her father to show him that she was extremely talented and far beyond expectations, thinking opportunistically: ’Who knows? Maybe he will give me something else of legendary value if I prove to him that my worth and talent are greater than he thinks!’
But things were not that easy. Despite the grand Empress’s pride that she possessed, she was suffering in silence, realizing deep down that what she was doing—due to the complexity of the technique—was completely wrong. Of course, her pride would never allow her to ask him for help and appear weak or helpless before him.
Suddenly... control slipped away! The star energy she was controlling began to riot violently, flowing into wrong and reversed pathways, and the rebellious mana almost exploded within her veins, threatening to cause fatal physical harm. freēwebnovel.com
But Cain did not stand by as a mere spectator. In a fraction of a second...
He intervened instantly, moving like a flash of lightning, extending his hand to infuse his own deep mana into his daughter’s body. He tamed the raging star energy and organized its scattered pathways with supreme smoothness, restoring safety to her body.
Cain took a step back and said in a calm, firm tone, "First lesson... if you do not know your next step precisely, do not exhaust yourself in a wrong path that might harm you."
Amelia nodded her head slowly while clutching her rapidly beating heart. She knew perfectly well that this small mistake was enough to destroy her energy pathways forever had it been handled incorrectly or too late. At that exact moment, the wall of the former Empress’s pride shattered within her, and she became completely open to listening and learning instead of running behind her old arrogance.
Although her father Cain did not show his emotions openly, it was very clear that he feared for her and genuinely cared about her. Therefore, she decided not to oppose him much from now on. In fact, she felt for a moment—due to the miraculous and seamless way his energy entered her pathways and corrected the flow of mana—that he hadn’t just corrected her path, but had injected into her mind the latent comprehension and the entire correct method of the technique! ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm
She bowed slightly and said in a regretful tone, "I am extremely sorry, Lord Duke... this child will not repeat her mistakes again."
Cain nodded to her in satisfaction, and Amelia returned once more to sit in a meditative posture. But this time, she imagined her pathways and the movement of the mana based on the warm trace left by her father’s energy in her body, following it precisely in her mind.
Cain began to guide her with his deep, resonant voice, "The lower part of the pathways that resides in the feet... you must ease the spiritual pressure on it to allow the energy to flow freely."
Amelia focused all her senses on his words, and when she executed what he said precisely, she instantly noticed a massive improvement and a smoothness she had never experienced before!
Cain continued to observe her, "You are breathing too many times per second... breathe slowly and more deeply, synchronized with the movement of the stars."
Amelia quickly reduced her breathing rate according to his guidance, thinking to herself in absolute shock: ’Even I, in my past life where I took pride in my comprehensive knowledge of star element techniques, amount to nothing before this legendary knowledge possessed by this man!’
He was noticing the finest details; even the hidden mistakes she made without realizing in a fraction of a second, he caught them instantly, as if he had planted precise sensors deep within her body and soul.
Cain smiled and said encouragingly, "Well done... star element techniques are inherently rebellious and chaotic, but when subjugated and their core is understood, they become extremely smooth and obedient."
Amelia nodded, listening to his teachings like an obedient disciple before her grand master. Cain added, "Things are difficult at the beginning and require a solid iron will... we are currently in the first fundamental part, you can rest if you want and we will continue tomorrow..."
Amelia fell silent for a moment, then opened her eyes and looked at her father with eyes full of flashing determination, "No... Your Grace, I am fully prepared to continue learning right now."
After being betrayed and stabbed in the back by her disciples in her past life, she did not want to return to walking with that same old mindset. Instead, she yearned for genuine evolution and growth; to become truly powerful like her father and mother... someone who stands on the summit of the world with absolute merit and self-power, not just a mundane imperial title placed on paper. Therefore, she was fully ready to persevere and endure the pain.
Cain laughed softly and said in a fatherly tone, "Ho ho.. Very well, but there must always be a limit; your current body is still extremely small and cannot withstand continuous pressure. You must get some rest, unless you wish for harm to befall your body and delay your progress."
Amelia understood his words and his sound logic. She decided not to be rigid-minded from now on and follow her whims and stubbornness; rather, she truly wanted to prove to herself first, and to them second, that she was worthy of being the daughter of these two terrifying parents.
Meanwhile, Lucy was already standing outside the training hall, watching them from behind the ajar door. She noticed the state of perfect harmony and the unfamiliar familial warmth between the father and his daughter, and she didn’t want to interrupt that precious moment with her majestic presence.
As she was backing away slowly with a quiet happiness in her heart to leave them at ease, something sudden occurred that violated the laws of the space! Suddenly, out of thin air, a small gift box wrapped carefully in red and tied with an elegant ribbon fell into her hand, with a small, mysterious handwriting on it that read: {Open Me}!
With great wonder and suspicion, Lucy opened the gift that had fallen into her hands, only to find a paper letter inside carrying provoking words:
"You can do nothing but watch while my protagonist ascends to heaven and crushes everything.. Hahaha..."
Lucy went completely silent. Her gentle expressions transformed in a single second into a terrifying coldness that almost froze the walls of the corridor. Her eyes ignited with the dominant fire of the "Truth Realm" consciousness, and she whispered in a voice dripping with murderous intent,
"Despicable hidden bastard... I will find you, and I will erase your entire existence."
In a completely different place... in another parallel universe far away from the world of magic... on Planet Earth... inside one of the bustling cities, residing in an ordinary residential building... specifically at Apartment No. 221...
There was a young man sitting in front of his computer screen in a dark room, laughing with intermittent, malicious chuckles while hitting the keys of his keyboard.
"Heh.. Hahaha.. I truly didn’t expect that the idea and events of my next novel would be derived because of you, you wretched reader, and because of your rebellious, disobedient System! No matter... this time I will make a lot of money out of this plot, and I will become famous and gather girls and fans around me with my grand literary aura!"
This person was "Author-san"!
After the retirement of "Morzoth," who was the absolute cosmic guardian over the universe named Universe 431, Author-san became the new guardian from that time onward. But despite his cosmic power, he preferred living as a web novel writer on Earth. However, he was suffering from a severe lack of engagement and views!
At that time, Author-san, in his capacity as the guardian of the universe 431 , decided to search the cosmic records of destiny for an interesting story from the Earth version within his own universe. He found his objective in the character of "Hykes"—the protagonist of absolute light who fights evil.
Author-san felt at that time that he had found the pinnacle of classic literature, and that this novel would fulfill all his dreams of fame and glory.
But after he published the novel relying on the drafts of destiny he saw, he was shocked to find that the readers’ reviews on the platform were extremely furious and filled with negative criticisms such as: "The protagonist is too overpowered without justification... He is a complete moron.. Damn this rookie author..."
There was only one extremely loyal reader who kept reading and writing long reviews. After long deliberation, Author-san decided to transport this specific reader into this universe; in order to give birth to a true, intelligent enemy for the protagonist , making the story exciting, filled with challenges, and saving his novel from existential failure.
But the shock came after Cain entered his world! Instead of walking according to the laid-out lines, this "bastard" began changing the world entirely from what was supposed and written in the records of destiny! Not only that, but a terrifying and unknown entity calling itself "The System" appeared to him out of nowhere, and Author-san still didn’t know until now where this parasitic software System came from and how his universe was hacked!
And now... after Author-san completely lost his literary source and his main protagonist following Hykes’s destruction and utter crushing at the hands of Cain and Lucy... he sat watching the universe in despair and frustration.
However, three days ago, he almost exploded with laughter and mockery after listening—through his monitoring of the universe—to the gibberish and lies of the System that it threw into Cain’s memory world to terrify Lucy!
Yes! This was the smart solution! That was what Author-san thought while rubbing his hands maliciously... in order to curb Cain and prevent him from destroying what remained of his plots, he had to play on the chords of Lucy’s crazy obsession and delude her into believing in the existence of this supreme enemy.
All of this was to make the excitement rise again... All this effort and psychological games, just for the sake of writing a perfect story that would bring him fame!
