Eisuke didn't know how to respond he's thoughts ran rampant, just a moment ago he felt what death felt like, so it was understandable it wasn't easy for him to have an answer that hit the mark perfectly.
The minute given by Dominus would soon run out so Eisuke decided to blurt out the most outrageous thought he had, "maybe supreme leader that was one possible future that could happen? I don't know!"
Dominus who was overlooking the scenery couldn't help but smile, "oh, what makes you think that it was one of the possible future's?"
Eisuke contemplated silently and said heavily, "it's because of the world we live in. The world that I lived in ten years ago and the world I live in now, are absolutely different, sometimes I wake up and think maybe it is all an illusion and one day I will wake up in my small house without any chance to rise and be that sour loser once again."
Eisuke remembered his past and clenched his fists, "every once in a while I would think that chances that were given to me are not real, how I got my education, how I met my beautiful faithful wife, my little smart daughter, I don't want to wake up and see them gone! So tell me, Supreme leader is this world real or not?"
Dominus looked at Eisuke deeply and his gaze faltered a little. Surprise appeared on his face.
Dominus had interacted with Eisuke, way more than his family and all his life acquaintances could combine altogether and the words he heard just now were for the first time that ever happened. The surprise was inevitable. But for Eisuke, of course, it was their first meeting, how could he fathom that the supreme leader had known him for more than ten years and that he knew him way better than anyone would ever know.
"Certain alien races would say that we humans are primitive animalistic creatures, but oh how wrong they are. Tens of thousands of interactions and still his deepest fear has been unknown to me." Dominus thought.
"Eisuke this world you live in is as real as it can get so you don't have to worry about this world being an illusion!"
Dominus took out two beautifully decorated chairs he gave one to Eisuke and sat on the other himself.
Eisuke didn't say anything when a chair appeared in front of him outta nowhere it was a wildly accepted fact that Dominus could do anything, so this was a trivial matter. When he sat down he felt extremely comfortable as if he was sitting on something heavenly, "what's this, how can a wooden chair be so comfortable?"
" That's a magic chair."
"…" Eisuke.
"Let's get back to the topic shall we," Dominus took out a flask of water and gave it to Eisuke, "drink it."
Eisuke didn't refuse, but just as he began to drink Dominus dropped a bombshell on him, "I can see the future in every shape, way, or form possible, imaginable, and unimaginable to you."
Eisuke who was drinking water began to choke and cough wildly spraying it from his mouth and nose.
Cough cough cough
Eisuke finally calmed down and managed to say, "you… did… that on purpose didn't you?!"
"Just a harmless prank, hehe." Dominus laughed gently and gave him a towel.
Eisuke wiped his face and threw that towel away it went with the wind far far away.
Seeing Eisuke's action Dominus's face changed and he pointed at the towel flying away, "you fuckin jump and get it, now!"
Hearing Dominus's words Eisuke was flabbergasted, "it's just a towel supreme leader why are you so dramatic."
"You can stop calling me supreme leader, just call me Dominus, and by the way that towels worth million dollars."
"Bullshit no towel worths a million, and you want to say I smeared my face on a million dollars and then threw it away?!! Fucking bs right there."
Dominus looked at him seriously and that gaze somehow made Eisuke almost faint, "did you forget what I said earlier because of a towel."
"No I heard you clearly, but how's it possible to see the future and if supre…. You know everything because you see the future than me being here is not that simple and maybe I don't want to hear the reason why I'm here," said Eisuke.
"Well do you want to help me and help humanity, I will in return answer three of your biggest questions without any lies and truth evasion."
Eisuke truly had too many questions and three didn't seem enough. He began to think about the events in the world, so many things now made sense. everything instantly felt so clear and acceptable, suddenly Eisuke felt a release and calmness like never before. He inclined on his chair comfortably and sighed, "I want to know what is your goal Dominus?!"
Dominus closed his right eye while the left eye flashed with a magnificent fiery light that crawled on his face lighting it up, " my goal was unprecedented and unimaginable! I wanted to do something that no one ever thought of doing. no one ever had hope to do so or the power to accomplish It."
Eisuke's attention became extremely focused he was about to learn the greatest undertaking in all of existence he couldn't miss a word.
Dominus continued "I wanted to create something similar to a paradise, but not quite the 'Paradise' humans think of when they mention that word! No! I wanted a paradise of my own creation the true legendary paradise unachievable goal by all living beings."
"If you ask a mortal philosopher an immortal scholar or a supreme god if paradise is possible to exist, none of them will say it does because they don't believe in it. They will have nonsensical answers, clever replies, and great word manipulation, but they would never tell you that a paradise exists because they don't believe in it and they can't create it themselves, and why would the universe gift that so-called paradise to you and create it for you? who are you? why do you deserve it? In the eyes of the universe and those above, you are one of many, you are not that important."
"Every human's paradise is different, every living creature imagines a different paradise. Just like perfection, everyone at least once in their life tries to reach perfection, only to realize their imperfection. Paradise doesn't exist, but we all want to believe it does exist. The paradise of one being is built on a thousand others' suffering, decline, despair, defeat, regret, and lack of power. Victors sing, while losers veil in despair, that's the difference, and no one can change a thing not now, not ever. Living beings assume such is the law of life, but the truth is they just can't do any different and even think differently."
"Only I am different!!!" Dominus's voice became heavier and more majestic at this point of his speech, "I Dominus Morgol didn't want the paradise that was unreachable and illusory, I didn't want to seek paradise in my heart and others hearts, I wanted to create a true one and only paradise here in our world. The place where I was born, the place that is my home. I wanted a 'Paradise Mundane' haahahahahha and what a job I did, what achievements I had."
Dominus's wild laughter reverberated far and wide, but soon his voice became calm once again, "on the suffering of one man, billions prospered!!!"
Eisuke never heard such words in his entire life. When he asked this question he didn't expect such an answer, and immediately he thought of his life, wasn't he praying every day, for the past to never repeat? Wasn't his life filled with thrill, excitement, and joy? He not only had a beautiful family, but he also had friends that were happy, and all their problems were so minor, easily solvable. He for years, never heard, any serious over the top dramas or tragedies, there haven't been any funerals for ten years, until weeks ago when monsters attacked and people began to die for various reasons.
Eisuke in contemplation understood one crucial thing and inadvertently asked, "what do you mean, when you say, on the suffering of one man billions prospered?!"
But the moment he said those words he felt regret because he saw how Dominus looked like.
Most likely of the entire human race, he was the only one who had visible human deficiencies, and if Dominus could heal wouldn't he have done so long ago. If the character he portrayed in public was the truth, the man would never allow himself to look like that. It only meant that he had no other choice. But if Dominus could see the future, what could force him to such an extent and what did he do to allow all of humanity to prosper.
Eisuke's couldn't think of so many things at the same time and connecting so many dots to understand full picture would be impossible so fast, he couldn't even completely understand what Dominus said and what truths he shared with him now. Only with time would the realization come and Dominus wouldn't explain everything to him either.
Answers were already visible after some thinking Dominus believed, Eisuke would be able to realize everything and if not Dominus didn't think that it was a problem answer would come to him on the way.
"I understand that you suffered for humanity's sake, but how much is that suffering?!"
Dominus looked at the magnificent revolving clouds and saw that they were forming the symbol of hope in the air, it was breathtaking.
"You don't understand and it will always be hard for you to understand, but this form of suffering for me at this point in time and in this moment is the greatest paradise to me, so when I say, I suffer for billions of humans in all of the solar system, I mean that I create a paradise for everyone."
"Every day of my life, I defy every possible natural law you could imagine. The odds are always so hard in my favor that every time, cards are given by the dealer I always have a royal flush, while all others hope for a pair or a set."
Eisuke rustled his hair with his hands and said, "I don't understand your meaning, maybe I am stupid?"
"Haha," Dominus couldn't help, but laugh, "even my family can't understand everything even though everything has been chewed for them, they for years couldn't fathom why I did what I did. In their eyes, I literally had so many advantages that becoming Eternal wouldn't be a problem at all, and reaching supreme power was just inevitable, for me to sacrifice my rise for others is absurd to them, was so absurd that I had to 'imprison' many so they could understand and shut up."
"That's because no one would do what I did! I even fact-checked that, no one is that insane. It seems like I am at the top of humanity, the so-called supreme leader, genuinely revered and respected and it seems as if I am at the top, unmovable, but the truth is at the grande scheme of things our corner of the universe isn't even considered a baby yet and I had the power to break out and reach the top in a place where it really mattered, of course, that's for others, for me, what matters you clearly see!! arent I here talking with you instead of traversing the boundless cosmos increasing my strength?"
Eisuke was completely speechless and didn't know how to respond, "I already saw how you see and change the future's right?"
"Yes, how was the death, did you see the after-life?"
Eisuke smiled in embarrassment, "I didn't feel anything in death it was to fast, but I remember striking you out of frustration and despair, I am sorry."
Hearing Eisuke's embarrassed voice Zagaroth who was silent all this time couldn't help, but laugh, "you don't need to be embarrassed we were proud of your actions, doesn't 'samsara burns' virtual reality teach that even if you know your death is certain, retaliate with everything you possess no matter who or what it is, death with resolve is the best way to increase your chances in the after-life."
Eisuke could somehow manage to talk to Dominus normally, but when an actual god spoke to him he couldn't help, but jump up from the chair and bow, even kneeling wasn't out of option.
It was at that moment Zagaroth blew at him and he disintegrated into nothingness.
Dominus didn't say anything but erased to the moment before Eisuke stood up and bowed.
Eisuke opened his eyes wide while sitting on the chair and looked at Zagaroth with fear.
"Calm dawn Eisuke, you bowing to him and then even trying to kneel is an act of disrespect to Zagaroth, because I am his master and while you haven't knelt or bowed to me doing so to him, while I am his master in every shape and form, means you disrespected me and put him in a higher position so long story short when I declared for humans to not kneel in front of me or him, even if they fucking want to crawl to pay their respects out of their own volition you should have never done so, capish."
Heavily breathing eisuke "…."
"So… you probably understand that I share you the future I see right and then I erase it as if nothing happened?"
Eisuke heavily breathing "….."
"You still have two relevant questions ask away."
Eisuke still heavily breathing "…."
"Don't make me slap you, in reality, you haven't seen what happened to you when I did that the last time," Dominus said while waving his hand.
Eisuke came out of his stupor and couldn't help but say, "last time?! Oh! I will never kneel, I was a little rush."
"Interesting world you live in huh you have to apologize for the thing you never factually did to your world supreme leader who has a god on his shoulder and none accept your kneeling."
Eisuke was speechless, "I want to ask the remaining two questions, but at the same time I don't so can we skip it."
"You fear too much knowledge or are you afraid of appearing stupid in my eyes, you have to now I know you better than your wife, I even know your deleted internet search history over the years."
Eisuke almost fainted when he heard that, "people fear that world AI sees everything and only with time did they calm down, but now you tell me, our supreme leader peeps on everyone? Where is the privacy for god's sake?!!"
"Peeping" this word struck Dominus like a heavy hammer and he even contemplated killing Eisuke on the spot, imagine after all his suffering to help all humans individually, understands their fears, thoughts, desires, happy triggers, anxiety triggers, what they needed, what they lacked, etc. etc. etc. to find that one future where everything was fascinating on all fronts, and tireless work to shape such future and after he revealed the truth the only thing they thought was how he peeped on them, "I am so happy I educated humans so hard and advanced their knowledge enough, that they won't really contemplate this seriously? They won't right Zaga."
Bhahahaahhaahahahhaa
Zagaroth's laughter almost shook the entire tower, but not only he was laughing even his children were laughing inside his consciousness with rancor and amusement.
"Eisukeeeeeeeeeee…. you are considered above average in this advanced society, tell me will they consider me a pervert and a sta…. stalker."
Eisuke didn't expect such an outrageous reaction from dominus he was just spewing his wild thoughts out without any malice, "it seems even our unmovable supreme leader has some fears," he thought but didn't say it out loud, instead, he said, " no supreme leader I was just spewing nonsense, just a passing thought."
"You know what, it's my fault, for mentioning what I told to you, I will erase our conversation and I won't tell humanity about my ability and they can save themselves, as for me I will be alright on my own, shit I will even take morgols on an immortal trip."
"No, no, no, no please don't do this!" Eisuke out of fear latched on Dominus's leg, "don't abandon humanity no one will think you are a pervert I swear, that's just a random thought that anyone can have, such handsome, charismatic leader won't need such actions, pleaseee."
"Oh really, but you a proper teacher thought of such a thing, what will woman think, what will true perverts think, how can I leave with that, ha, tell me?!!
Eisuke didn't know what to say "I, I please."
Zagaroth held it as long as he could, but he burst out laughing and he began to roll back and forth on dominus's shoulder, with him, even dominus couldn't hold it back and a burst of happy laughter escaped his mouth.
Eisuke, "…ha?"
Dominus finally stopped and pushed Eisuke out of him, "tell me do you want to erase this embarrassing moment from your life, or do you want to keep it."
"Was it a joke, you won't abandon humanity because of me?"
"Silly you, why would he, humanity can think whatever it wants, that wouldn't change Dominus's determination to save it, he was just being dramatic with you."
Eisuke, "does after-life exist?!"
"Why such deep question all of a sudden?"
"You owe me an answer," Eisuke demanded.
"yep it does, as long as your second soul is intact it will reach the after-life."
Eisuke didn't understand what secondary soul meant, but he said, "nice, tell my family I love am and that I can't live with such shame any longer."
Dominus "….ha???"
Eisuke stood up and jumped out of his volition.
Dominus couldn't help, but heavily strike his forehead from speechlessness.
"He really fits the situation nicely,"lika couldn't help but say.
"Yeah, he jumped off for a reason." David laughed.
"Alright lest give him some time, it's not easy to sit with me so casually for any person, his, hanging on quite well, no wonder he has the so-called 'fate' to awaken that innate supreme ability."