312 Homecoming

"Jeanne D Arc... Or just Jeanne in your case, tell me girl, why soul of such noble spirit you wield reek of such taint of sin and sacrifices?"

Aegis asked as he looked at the blonde knightly clothed girl who seemed to wish to say something, but Aegis was still using his Authority of Mankind, it was handy power, no matter how much Aegis detested it...

That said, Aegis couldn't brainwash someone with it, but making those of mankind listen to him and do simple things to make them speak the truth was an easy matter.

And so, Aegis listened as the girl Jeanne spoke, and the more Aegis heard, the more he, and the souls in him screamed in rage...

There were few things Aegis detested, one of them was tainting a noble and just human heroes, something this Hero Faction seemed to truly like to do in their twisted and stupid goal, protect humanity?

Protecting humanity is a worthy goal, a good goal to have, but...

It seemed that this Hero Faction completely forgot how to be human on their way to protect humanity...

That said, Aegis knew he himself couldn't speak much, but at least Aegis made sure the innocents were protected, but this Hero Faction, they brainwashed those who didn't want to fight, those who just wanted to live simple lives, they destroyed more innocent lives more than they saved...

And that that was something Aegis just couldn't accept...

Aegis understood that to save thousands, you needed to sacrifice hundred sometimes, being a ruler who needed to give such orders could be hard, but...

This Hero Faction just reeked of hypocrisy and wrongness...

"You..."

Aegis slowly said as he looked at Jeanne, who now trembled as she could feel Aegis being very unhappy, Jeanne didn't know why, all she knew was that Cao Cao said these actions were needed to protect humanity, and Jeanne trusted Cao Cao... So why, now that she spoke about it and tried to think about it, she felt... She felt as if she had failed somewhere?

"Your punishment, choice of your punishment would be given to someone else."

Aegis simply said, making Jeanne look at him in puzzlement even through the internal turmoil she was in...

"Who else is more worthy of punishing incarnation of Jeanne D Arc, and Jeanne D Arc herself hm? You are going with me to Solitas, where you will meet your ancestor."

Aegis simply said as he walked from the room...

When Aegi was outside, he spoke.

"Did you hear what she said? All of it?"

"Yes."

Album said to Aegis through his neural chip.

"Then you know what you should do, I want this Hero Faction hunted down until the very last one, I will not permit such blemish on legendary figures unpunished, and send the captives in the basement to Moira, Morgana, Merlin, or Semiramis, im sure some of them would like to experiment on them, it is not like they don't deserve such fate after the crimes on humanity they did."

Aegis coldly said, any sympathy for the incarnation of legendary humans gone as he understood they weren't the Heroes of old...

Aegis shook his head, it was not time to think about such things, next stop was Kyoto, as Aegis would invite Yasaka himself.

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"Hmmm, and you would like us to come along, hm? Already planning a how to add us to your family, that said, Kunou likes you, and you seems to be good material for father."

Yasaka said with a giggle as Aegis groaned, but he held a smile as he looked at his fellow ruler.

"You did, on numerous occasions, I must add, say you would like me to become your husband."

Aegis said with a deadpan voice, but the smile told just how funny he found Yasaka pouting, that and Kunou, who seemed to fret over the possibility of becoming his daughter was cute too...

Especially when she didn't even know she had her fox ears out and were madly twitching...

"So, will you come with me?"

Aegis asked, and Yasaka stopped playing as she sighed.

"Truthfully? I don't know, I would like to see a new land, especially after seeing the pictures and videos of it, but I have duties..."

Yasaka said with a sigh.

"Yes, that... Was something I wished to speak to you about."

Aegis said as he told Yasaka about Hero Faction and what they planned, of course, Yasaka became horrified at the fact that they wanted to kidnap Kunou just to get to her, but once Aegis told her they wouldn't any longer by danger, Yasaka slowly calmed down...

"Just another thing with im indebted to you..."

Yasaka muttered as she looked at Aegis, who shook his head.

"Don't say it like that, I didn't do it for reward, but now you know about traitors in you mids, tell me, would it by bad, to..."

Aegis stopped, he looked at Kunou and then back at Yasaka.

"I will not lie, I wish to add Yokais to my kingdom, to mankind, and with your hand, we could prepare a better place for Yokais in my lands."

Aegis said it was rare for him to be so straightforward, but if Aegis didn't like Yasaka, he wouldn't offer such a thing.

Yasaka looked at Aegis with sharpened eyes, the sole indication that Aegis's offer made her surprised was her raised eyebrows...

"Truly?..."

Yasaka asked, it was a truth that more and more land was being used by humans, and Yokai's were losing a place where they could live or hunt, Yokai's needed certain conditions for living, a condition that became more and more sparse with each year...

It was one of the reasons resentment against humanity was rising among Yasaka's Yokai population...

But if they were given a place in Solitas? Yasaka saw how wide were their forests and plains, to say mankind was taking a little place from the Remnant was an understatement...

"Wait, mankind, arent mankind just humans?"

Yasaka asked as she realized what Aegis said, making Aegis shake his head.

"Yes, and no, Humanity, is humans, but Mankind, a Mankind in Solitas are those born of Gaia, like humanity, that Faunus, that Yokais and many others, yes some gods could have hands in their creation, but ultimately they were born from Gaia and lived on Gaia, thus are and were Gaia's children, that is Mankind... And..."

Aegis stopped as he looked at Yasaka with a smirk.

"As my subjects call me, God-King of Mankind, it is just my right to make anybody member of Mankind, after all, im their supposed God-King."

Aegis said with a grin, making Yasaka wide her eyes as she giggled and then laughed at Aegis's words, yes, who would dare to say someone wasn't a member of Mankind when Aegis told they were?

Just those who wished for death or were stupid would refute his logic...

Kunou just looked at Aegis and her mother, not understanding what was happening, was Aegis her father or not? Kunou was confused...

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"Aahhh, I missed this air..."

Aegis sighed as the air of Remnant assaulted his nose...

"Welcome home, son."

Willow said, as even if she arrived with Aegis, she still took him into a hug, after all, Solitas was their home, there was most of their family resided...

"Yes, im home..."

Aegis said with a smile.