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In a room made of gold, crystals, and rare materials that have been around for millions of years, there's a mature woman with golden hair and eyes, sitting down on a chair while drinking a cup of tea gracefully.

If one were to focus their eyes, they would have been charmed and allured by her breathless beauty. It wouldn't be a lie to say that she's the dream of countless men wanting to be in bed or even claiming her as their wife. 

In fact, that would have been war fighting for men's rights in dating their women, however, she isn't an average woman that would allow anyone to step into her life.

There's not a single person who doesn't recognize the identity of this woman, and if they did, they would kneel to the ground with both fear and admiration. 

She seemed to be waiting for someone, and aside from her, there was no one else. 

Eventually, a teleportation portal emerged not far away from her, and surprisingly or not, Melaria stepped out from the portal.

Without any hesitation, she didn't bother to greet courteously or give some form of respect and she sat down as though there was nothing wrong with what she was doing. 

"Well hello there Melaria. It has been a long time since I last saw you. What have you been up to for all this time?"

The woman questioned as though trying to open up a conversation.

She eyed Melaria as though she knew or was close to her, and they were like best friends who have finally met after a long time. 

But Melania's next words proved otherwise. 

"Oh please, don't act like we're so close. I'm only here for the sake of discussing some important manner where 'you' was the one who suggested it. If it weren't for the sake of my son, I wouldn't have wasted my time with you...Empress" She glared at the woman with not so friendly gaze. 

Shockingly, the truth has revealed itself in the mystery identity of this woman.

Who wouldn't recognize the Empress, the ruler, and the representative of Earth? And no one would ever forget her huge role that played a key in bringing Earth to where it is now.

Unlike her ancestors, the Empress, Layla Xetex is the most competent leader ever to be founded. 

She was a prodigy of prodigies and her abilities are more terrifying than even those National Awakeners where a strike from her could destroy millions of monsters from the Force of Void. 

No one knows what her abilities are, but she has once said that if she ever decided to use a single percentage of her trait, Earth would cease to exist.

It's terrifying to imagine what she could do to her full capabilities, but then it's even horrifying to think about what kind of entity could push her far in using 100% of her trait.

And it's because of this that no one dared to taint her image since there were past few examples who suffered her wrath and might and ever since then, no one dared to treason against the Empress.

Still, it wasn't because of these abilities that made her terrifying with her fame and reputation spread amongst the cosmos. Her name instilled terror in all who remembered the age before she became the Empress. 

For her lineage of families, there were other capable candidates selected for becoming the ruler of Earth and each one of them was not lesser than one other. After all, they are the Royalty Families and descendants of the First Awakener and Emperor.

Nevertheless, it wasn't a pleasant environment to grow up in a family that was filled with bloodshed and betrayals.

The feeling of betrayal is something she understood better than anyone, and one thing she learned from growing up in this torturous family is 'Be careful on who you place your trust in'

Without a doubt, she experienced countless moments of being backstabbed.

Her brother, sisters, stepbrother, stepsisters, and even stepmothers attempted assassination on her despite the fabrication of their so-called love. 

Everything that she believed or loved crumbled down into pieces of glass, and she despair about life.

She questioned why she was born and why she was so weak. At this time, she didn't have any support and her mother died giving birth to her.  

She still clearly recalled how devastated she was and the thought of committing suicide was whispered by the devil in her ear. However, everything changes when a certain someone enters her life.

It was a chance that they met, but the spark of that encounter encouraged her to befriend the person who became solely the reason why she could be the Empress. 

And it was none other than Melaria herself.  

"Sigh, after all this time, you still couldn't be honest with yourself. But, it's not like that mattered at all. You, taking your precious time in meeting me have already proved how much our friendship has grown. After all, I couldn't imagine a person like you giving up even a second of the time with your son and talking about him, I wonder how it is? I kinda miss him"

The Empress smiled at a precious memory that happened long ago, and it's another reason why she placed so much importance on her friend and her family.

"Don't act like you're close to my baby. You only met him a couple of times and that was when he was still 6 years old. I doubt he still remembered you" Melaria pouted as jealousy could be seen in her eyes. 

"Hahaha, even a couple of times was enough for him to cry when he didn't wish to leave by my side. ~Ah~ I still recalled how cute he is with his tiny hands, clothes, and sandals! Those were the best days of my life, especially all the times I walked him outside to shop while I carried him in my arms" The Empress smirked while a wave of nostalgia struck her heart. 

Other than Melaria, the word kinship has long disappeared from her heart. To restore order from the cruelty of rule and lineage of Xetex, she made a decision that has affected her life and where it could have turned out worse. 

With her own hands and judgment, she killed and assassinated the lineage of Xetex. It was a bloodshed night, and the news greatly shocked the whole Earth. Countless people were terrified of her actions, and at the same time, she automatically became the ruler of the world. 

But the only pain that could be felt today is the scar of memories from the last moment with her Father. As she remembered the pieces of memories with her father at the last moment, a flashback occurred.