Four massive space stations moved and began spreading through the solar system, collecting debris from spaceships, bug carcasses, and other aftermath from the solar-system-scale conflict.
The Ouranos-class All-Purpose Assimilators use gravity to pull in battle debris, meteorites, and anything of a specific size.
Marcus's idea was simple in this situation. Use any and all materials to spring forward with his advancement of the invasion of this reality.
Reuse all the metal, organic matter and even the space rocks.
Everything can be reused, and he shall use it.
The most advanced form of recycling; anyone who cares about green stuff would be proud to see such a method!
Nothing is wasted, and everything is used.
Meanwhile, as the warships and space stations began their assignments, Marcus entertained his attention-hungry assistant.
"Master, you have no idea how much I missed you!" Quinella kept hugging him as if she were a starved Koala.
"I do apologise. But you are the only one that I trust with these tasks." Marcus smiled at her as they left the hangar and took the lift to his private quarters.
"I am proud of what you accomplished." He dropped the 'bomb', making the girl shiver.
The Assistant's eyes widened as an atomic blush spread through her whole face.
"Hehehe." The platinum-haired girl began to giggle at his praises.
"P-Praise me more! I love to hear more." Quinella begged as she was feeling all fluffy.
'Is that… his Assistant? The same assistant Enterprise warned me about?' Kiana was confused. This girl was head-over-heels for her Master. The white-haired Valkyrie shook her head and instead pondered what Athena had said to her.
'But a blessing from a literal goddess? What does it do?'
"...Can you tell me what this blessing does?" Her attention shifted to Athena, who stood next to Kiana. The pair stood a bit apart from Marcus and his eager assistant.
"Like I said. In the simplest terms, all that I govern- craftsmanship, warfare, and wisdom will improve for you." Athena began to explain, looking at the girl next to her.
"So your tactics, anything handcrafted you do, or wisdom will become in the realms of the supernatural." She smirked, then looked at Marcus for a second.
"Marcus has mine and Ares' blessings. He is the literal incarnation of war. You probably have noticed his desire to dominate the literal multiverse.
All of that became magnified."
Kiana's eyes widened to a huge degree. No wonder! He is mad about his conquests, and that is influenced by the blessing from the Gods of War!
"Don't think that it's purely my or my brother's fault. We blessed him because of his already existing drive."
"...In other words, you fanned the flames." Kiana bit deadpanned while saying that.
"Hmm, I am a Goddess. If you think you can make me feel some sort of sympathy for all the conquered people, then you are mistaken.
I am no human. My sense of morals is different from yours." Athena knew where this girl was going.
"...I wasn't …trying to do that." The Valkyrie girl replied sheepishly, realising she had gone there subconsciously.
"You are in an empire that toys with time. Instead of trying to think for every small person, think about the big picture.
You are now walking among the Gods, little Kiana." Athena smiled; that smile made her feel the weight of thousands of pounds descend on her shoulders.
"Helping every little person could lead to millions suffering later on.
Something like that has been established over millions of years—the man you are pursuing has already done these experiments.
He came to the conclusion that his dominating cosmos is a better choice. It's as simple as that.
If you have a better alternative, you can always challenge him in a fight."
Kiana looked at the Goddess. There was a funny smile on the Valkyrie's lips.
"You want me to challenge him? You must be joking! I can barely breathe when he furrows his eyebrows! Imagine him actually taking me seriously in a fight!"
"Precisely. That is why we follow, Kiana. That is why my family and most of the gods of Earth are giving way to him.
There are no other options. That is my Wisdom to you as Goddess of Wisdom."
The white-haired girl slowly nodded. There are things that she didn't like. Like a considerable number of things! Focusing on one individual's whims is… dangerous.
But what could she do besides what she'd already decided?
"I understand; I already made up my mind." Kiana smiled, then asked one crucial question.
"Would this blessing assist me in real combat? Would it make Marcus more relaxed about the fact that I am at the front lines?" The girl asked the Goddess next to her.
"Indeed, if you are concerned about such things, then I can train you."
When she heard that, her eyes bulged! Trained by a Goddess!? Isn't it like those ancient stories where Gods train Heroes before a grand adventure!?
"I-Is it fine?" She asked, then looked at Marcus, who was flirting with Quinella.
"Erina and Hisako have been trained by me. That is why Erina has the means to wield time like an actual sorceress. Apart from that, she is a competent war commander thanks to my training."
Athena said, adjusting her glasses. She was proud of how well Erina had become at her Empress duties.
"Think of this as a hurdle you must pass if you want to have a ring on your left ring finger."
Kiana looked at her hand; there was no ring there, obviously, but it took her two seconds to realise what she meant!
'In other words, Athena needs to train and test me before she accepts me!'
"Don't forget that Bronya needs to learn magic, Athena." Marcus suddenly said, turning to face them for a second.
'S-Shit, he was paying attention!'
"What? You think I can't multitask, Ki-ana?" He teased her with a wink as the lift doors opened and the pair walked out.
The lift arrival was…right on time!
For a second, the girl stood there speechless.
"I am surprised that he surprised you like that." Athena smiled at the girl, patted her shoulder, then walked after him.
"I-I mean… all of his attention was on his Assistant!" Kiana swiftly caught up to Athena.
"And he has enough mental power to change the planet's rotation with a casual thought. You think paying attention to multiple things is hard for him?" The Goddess asked her. The question made Kiana feel silly.
'I really need to read up on what he can do!' Kiana grimaced. If she truly wants to plot her ascension to the top echelons of the females of his harem, then she needs a good understanding of his powers!
"I-I get it! I am still new to all of this!" The girl complained with red cheeks. She is feeling stupid! Not the first time feeling like that!
She swiftly left the lift and continued walking beside the Goddess as they headed toward Marcus' quarters.
"Relax. No one is forcing you to rush; take deep breaths. Let it come to you instead of forcing." Athena motioned for her to calm down. The white-haired girl worked up for no apparent reason in the goddess' eyes.
"I will try." Kiana followed her suggestion. They took a deep breath as they arrived at Marcus' place.
~~~
'This is it… so many… There are thousands of these ships… Marcus is not joking when he said he will clean this solar system.'
Elysia looked through the Realitus window at the cleaning on a cosmic scale. It took a few minutes to remove the scrap metal and bug corpses around the blue giant they had been parked at.
"Wow… so this is Technocracy's might…" Kallen commented with crossed arms. She was like the rest, impressed. But by this time, she thought that this was just right!
At least this is what she expected from her man!
"It makes him feel a bit of pity for all the enemies that will be facing us," Elysia commented as she looked at the moving Star Destroyers.
"You shouldn't." Enterprise walked over with Belfast, who was looking through the Realitus window as well.
"Technocracy's combat protocol forbids such things unless Admiral says otherwise. For maximum efficiency, we must crush our opponents.
You felt it first-hand, haven't you?" Enterprise said to Elysia, reminding her of how she had woken up in a cell. It was her first Technocracy experience.
She tried to forget her other experience: cleaning dung… that one was traumatic, to say the least.
"I heard that before," Elysia replied aimlessly. Even if Enterprise says that, it doesn't change the fact that the pink maid is a compassionate person. She'd rather spread happiness than misery.
"You still have your competition with Dr MEI; don't get carried away by such thoughts~ I do want to see an actual competition and not a landslide victory for the nerdy girl," Belfast commented from behind Elysia. Her words caused Enterprise to look at the maids for a bit. This is the first time she has heard any of this.
"What kind of competition are we talking about?" The carrier ship does like the sound of that! As a warship, competition is in her blood, too!
"Something Dr MEI and Elysia agreed upon in our Admiral's presence. Both of them desire to impress him. That is understandable.
Dr MEI is a scientist; she will use her talents and will try to invent something that could impress him; on the other hand, Elysia will try to do that as a Maid." Belfast explained everything smoothly.
"...Is that what you do here?" Firefly, who had been listening quietly, finally spoke. She is still learning, and at the moment it sounds quite interesting.
Not that she has the means to do anything like that. She is a soldier. Her talents lie in blowing things up. Well, that is what she is thinking.
'I could try competing in lovemaking. Like I did yesterday.'
Enterprise and Belfast looked at her; they picked up her stray thoughts.
They didn't comment, but they decided to keep it to themselves. From the looks of it, this girl is quite decent, and Marcus had placed considerable emphasis on her well-being.
"In a way. Since Admiral is a very powerful being, there are many who desire his attention." Belfast explained to her.
"Then… should I fall in line? I am new to this." Firefly feels like she has cheated.
"Not at all. Unless Admiral says it, you can do what you did last night. Your existence is special in his eyes." The maid warship tried to explain, but it only made Firefly more self-conscious.
"...But…"
Kallen and Elysia looked at her. They realised this girl was very kind.
"You should continue to do what you've been doing. Because it could be bad for us." Kallen commented, and Elysia nodded midway.
"If…Master sees that you act differently all of a sudden, he can investigate." The white-haired maiden explained in quite a serious tone.
"...R-Right. Sorry." The Silver-blonde girl immediately apologised. She realised what could happen!
A bit later, a 'newcomer' joined them!
"So this is where you all are!" A happy tone came from the back as the group turned around and saw Kafka walk over. She wore a stylish two-piece wine-coloured and white suit. Luxurious-looking glasses and high heels. She looked like she was about to go out somewhere.
Kallen and Firefly looked confused about her clothes; Belfast simply smiled, and Enterprise wondered who this strange female was.
"Oh, it would seem we have new people." Kafka noticed the new silver head among them.
"I could say the same thing. I was already intrigued by Firefly, but there was someone else here as well." Enterprise replied as she used her HUD to identify the eccentric-looking woman.
After a quick check, she learned this woman was another human with a strange trait. Something that her creator classified as interesting.
"Don't mind me too much; I was picked up by your creator quite randomly," Kafka replied as she didn't want any of their attention. Nope, she wants Marcus'.
This wine-coloured woman wants only two things. It's what the Assembly Lines make for her and Marcus, who can make her heart race.
"I noticed that I haven't seen him in two days, and he was able to collect a considerable number of women." Enterprise looked around—Elysia, Kallen, Firefly, Kiana and now this fashion-obsessed individual with a strange disorder.
"Fufufu. It should be obvious; he is… how should I put it, cursed with such a destiny. Power attracts power, women, wealth, ambition, all of that rushes towards him like a plague." Kafka explained what she saw from her initial observations.
"...we can agree on that." Enterprise nodded in agreement.
"Speaking of him, where is our esteemed leader?" Kafka looked around. She was certain that Kallen and Firefly were like glue to him before she got absorbed in her designing clothes stage.
"With his Assistant and first creation."
That immediately intrigued her! His first creation! Now she wants to see what she looks like!
"You should wait until they are done… Quinella can be… destructive if her time with Master is interrupted." Enterprise explained after seeing curiosity in Kafka's eyes.
"Don't worry about me." Kafka waved her hand lazily." I have no interest in interrupting anything; I will wait for the right time."
With that said, she walked away, but then stopped when she saw a pile of food left by the five chefs.
A small smile appeared on her lips as she decided to grab some food before returning to her previous activities.
~~~~~~Meanwhile, on Earth, Honkaiverse~~~~~~
Erina, Hisako and Sakura, with her little sister Rin, were back on the Assimilator as the Chef Girl received another request from Marcus to release Cecilia Schariac from her frozen state.
"Is this lady their mother?" Hisako asked, noticing similarities between Sirin and Kiana in her.
"By their, you mean Sirin and Kiana, then yes." Erina nodded as she used her HUD interface to release the time freeze.
The glass wall moved, releasing the white-haired woman from her stasis.
At the moment of the freeze, she was sitting on the ground, so that was the state she found herself in.
Her blue eyes looked around, trying to understand where she was.
"...So I am not dead." The woman realised that as she slowly stood up and looked at the people before her. None of these ladies was familiar to her.
"No, you are not," Erina replied, watching the lady gather her thoughts.
"It would seem what Sirin said is true." Cecilia sighed, massaging her forehead as she recalled that strange meeting.
"To think… how crazy everything is."
The cherry-blonde chef raised an eyebrow, wondering what she meant.
"What do you mean by what Sirin said?"
"I mean that she explained and showed everything to me." Cecilia smiled as she said that, but it was a strained smile.
"I know that in her… I think it was her second life, when she was reborn in my daughter's clone. Or more like her memories lived on.
She eventually would die as she moved on and allowed Kiana to continue with her journey.
Then she would awaken in a completely new world, in a world where Marcus Goldman recreated a body for her and where she could live to the fullest without worrying about the need for a body."
"I see. So she explained everything, for what reason?" Erina was a bit confused about the point of all that.
"I guess she wanted me to accept her? It's a long story. In her first life, Sirin was a simple girl who became a Herrscher. I ended up trying to persuade her to accept her as my daughter.
This is what led to this." She motioned at her situation and where she was.
"Indeed, your survival, or more like existence in this world, is thanks to her. This simulation was based on her original world." Erina explained to them, including Sakura and her little sister.
"...Yes, I understand. Is she the one who asked you to release me from the time freeze?" Cecilia asked as she walked out of her 'storage area'.
"No. It was Kiana of this world. Sirin was… grounded for her actions. Marcus was not happy that she broke a promise and caused a simulation on such a scale."
The white-haired lady grimaced for a bit.
"Is she okay?" The white-haired lady asked Erina; she was worried, 'grounding' could mean different things in this advanced faction.
There wasn't much Cecilia could do to help. Like at all!
"As I said, she was grounded. Can't leave her flat in Marcus's space station." Erina explained with a small eye roll.
The woman sighed with relief upon hearing that.
"Don't worry, she is still engaged to him. After a while, he should let her out." Erina's words were a great relief.
"What about me then? I am released from the time freeze. What will happen from here?" The Valkyrie asked the girl in front of her. From the looks of it, this girl is in charge, and Cecilia will listen to her.
"I do not know. Marcus asked me to release you on Kiana's request. That's about it." Erina shrugged; she was the middleman here. Nothing more, nothing less.
Cecilia pondered that.
'What should I do? I can't do anything reckless. From what I understand, Marcus is very, VERY dangerous.
I do not know which of my actions could offend him.'
"Will you see either Sirin or Kiana soon?" Cecilia asked with a hopeful voice.
"I will. As one of Marcus' fiancées, my place is at his side. Once I try out the cuisines available to this world, I shall return to my cooking training."
"..."
That was not what she expected to hear at all!
"...Cooking?"
"I am Erina Nakiri, Heiress to Totsuki Culinary Academy." Erina flicked her hair as she said that. "The reason why I was selected to be one of Marcus' fiancées is that my cooking had impressed him enough that he made me one of his future brides."
"...That is impressive." Cecilia almost clapped her hands when she heard that. To have such talent!
Hisako, next to her, nerviously laughed, though Rin, next to Sakura, had stars in her eyes. To think that this girl was that impressive!
"Yes. Well, for now, you can be one of my attendants. Impress me enough, and I could assign you to my branch of Technocracy."
"...Your branch?"
"Indeed, Technocracy is the faction that we all belong to. This world and all the other worlds will be part of it one day.
While Marcus is the Supreme Commander of the whole faction, there are branches, or, if you're feeling company-ish, there are departments to it, and I am part of the hospitality sector.
So hotels, restaurants and the rest of those belong under my sphere."
"Oh, I see. So it's like that." The white-haired lady slowly nodded as she processed all she had just heard. Though she has no idea why something Technocracy… a super-advanced conquering race of humans, cares about things like the hospitality sector? A.K.A. restaurants and hotels!?
"Your expression is telling me that you don't understand."
Cecilia nervously laughed when she heard Erina see through her confusion.
"Technocracy's primary prerogative is Science and New Technologies. Food, like everything else, falls under its ever-expanding umbrella.
I study new culinary methods, traditions, food preparation and presentation, even methods of food growth."
"...I see… It makes sense. I was under the impression that Technocracy is a Conquering Empire with the desire to improve technology through war." Kiana's mother explained how she was seeing this.
"Incorrect. Technocracy does not partake in conflicts. Conflict means both parties lose something. We do not engage in that.
We utterly annihilate opposition."
"..."
"...How does that work?" The lady was a bit confused. Both things mean fighting… so semantics?
"We only engage in invasion when we are 100% sure we will be victorious," Erina explained in a textbook fashion. She prides herself on studying protocol.
"In other words, we won't invade a world if there is a chance they can fight back.
If that happens, then we shall remain passive and isolationist." The Cherry blonde clarified how to maintain the status quo with Technocracy… just be as good as them!
"I see. So then this means there will be a considerable amount of invasions…"
"You have no idea, Miss Kiana's mother." Hisako, next to Erina, sighed. She says Considerable!
"Our only possible enemies will be Space Gods. That means almost every known society or civilisation will fall into our Radar."
Now that made Cecilia feel a cold chill! Her 'good' person instincts flared up. She felt that she needed to do something to change this!
"Cecilia is fine. May I know your names?"
The woman smiled as she looked at the other people. Sakura introduced herself stiffly, as did her sister.
"Enough of this chatter in the middle of the storage area. We should find the first restaurant, then we can chat over food." Erina said while looking at Sakura. "Show us the way, and I hope that we won't get any more distractions."
"As you wish, please follow me."
The group began walking toward the doors. Cecilia's eyes scanned both sides of the corridor. These were… people!
Frozen in time, they couldn't move! They were like her!
"What is going to happen to these people?" The Valkyrie asked them.
"Some of them are for Marcus' collection; the rest are the consequences of Sirin's experiments. They don't belong to the world below. They are creations of the simulation.
Some of the people don't exist at all anymore. Because of that, I believe my future husband is considering a mind wipe and letting them colonise a world in a different timeline.
You could say he is taking responsibility for what your daughter did." Erina looked at her.
"Isn't that what husbands do?" She asked, and Cecilia stiffly nodded back.
"Yes, I understand. Thank you for explaining." That explanation made her a bit relieved. But it didn't lessen how creepy she felt at the moment.
~~~~~~Meanwhile, Back with Marcus~~~~~~
The beautiful platinum-haired assistant sat sideways on Marcus's lap, making out with him.
The moment they entered his living quarters, they went to the bedroom where they started making out.
After several minutes of sloppy kissing, Quinella pulled back and looked at him with hungry eyes.
"You have no idea how long I've wanted this~~" She spoke in a sultry tone.
"Before this… when we were just travelling and collecting pets, we used to make love every other day~~" The beauty reminded him of the 'schedule'.
"I know. You did well… your patience will be rewarded~" As he said that, he flipped her over and made her lie in the middle of the bed.
With a burst of purple light, psionic energy shredded their clothes as Marcus finally saw one of his masterpieces naked again. It had been a while, so he began to explore.
Starting with her neck, he rained down kisses and left a trail of hickeys on her body.
Once he arrived at her breasts, he began stimulating them.
Not that he needed much, as her nipples were already hard.
"Hnnn~~~ Silly master… do you think… I need something as basic as foreplay… who do you think I am?" Quinella complained as she was all twitchy and needy; her eyes were glassy, and the beauty's body was ready for lovemaking.
"It doesn't matter; I want to taste you, and that is the end of the story." As he said that, he bit one of her nipples, causing her to experience a small orgasm.
"...moh… mean…Master… how could you? After all I did?" The beauty complained as she moved her hips, beginning the real deal.
"Fine… since you insist." Marcus grabbed her legs and spread them apart, and positioned his rod to enter her pussy.
For a couple of seconds, he brushed the tip at the entrance, making her groan in dissatisfaction.
"P-Please~~~"
But then, with a heavy smack, he was fully inside his beautiful assistant. A pulse of pleasure erupted through their connection, causing Quinella's pussy to erupt with love juices.
"Yes~~~ mhnnn~~" The platinum-haired beauty gasped in pleasure as she could feel him inside.
"Move~~ please~~~ make love to me~~~" The girl once more desired more.
Marcus didn't hesitate as he began to move his cock inside of her pussy.
There was no hesitation as he began to thrust into her eager velvet cave.
"Hmmmnn~~~"
"Nhhnnnn~~~"
"Mhnnn~~~"
Quinella didn't hold back her voice as she was moaning to her heart's content.
With each smack, her breasts would giggle as, bit by bit, the lovemaking would pick up speed, and the beauty slowly started to feel the pleasure rising in her core.
'Here it comes~~~ Master's glorious seed~~~' A silly grin appeared on her face as, with heavy thrusts, Marcus released a load of his essence into the depths of her womb!
"Mhhnnnn~~~ Hehehehe~~~" The platinum-haired beauty moaned loudly, then replaced it with ecstatic laughter.
After a couple more thrusts, Marcus picked her up and made her face him while sitting on his lap. Quinella didn't hesitate to start kissing him the moment they were in a lovers' position.
His lovely assistant wrapped her hands and legs around him as she initiated a sloppy make-out session.
It didn't last as she lifted herself and, with a heavy smack, her ass went down as her pussy took in his cock once more.
The beauty pulled back as she grinned lustfully before starting to hammer her ass in rapid succession.
Going up and down while looking at him hungrily.
"Someone is needy~"
"I missed you; I missed everything about my Master~~~" She showed him a sexually frenzied expression as she kept railing herself eagerly.
After a good five minutes, she came hard around his cock as she collapsed on him.
This time around, Marcus simply… didn't want to cum and only made the lustful beauty on his lap climax.
"Noo~~~ I want more… I want your seed~~~" She complained while twitching on his lap.
"Hmm~~ then do it."
He pulled back and lay on his back, making her slowly raise and look at him from the top. Her lustful expression shifted to a serious one as she realised she needed to work.
After regaining some of her stamina, she began to move, to make her beloved Master release his load. First, she needed to make sure he enjoyed her work ethic!
Before long, Quinella moved her hips erotically while rotating her waist, rising and falling, rotating clockwise and anticlockwise.
Soon, she was looking at the ceiling while moving up and down and moaning her heart out.
Then… she finally felt it…
His seed rushing into the depths of her womb!
"YESSS FILL ME UP!"
~~~
Kiana deadpanned as she could hear Quinella moaning in the bedroom.
"...Do you have the means to seal the sound?" She asked, getting jealous of what she was hearing. It sounded amazing…and dreadful at the same time.
'Isn't she one of his first creations? Doesn't she know about his abilities?'
"One second." Athena felt the same way, so she used her magic to cast a barrier in the corridor.
"...Doesn't she know that he needs to be double-teamed…at least?" This is what Kiana realised after seeing what happened to Bronya.
"Fufufu, incorrect. There is no set number because my future husband's ultimate power is adaptability. He can control his body to perfection; this power reached its apex when he became a 4th-dimensional being.
Well, we call it fourth-dimensional because it exists outside of the multiverse time flow. So anyone who doesn't perceive time as we do could not touch us.
This is especially evident to Marcus, who was already in the top 3 existences before he left for his time-travelling, dimension-hopping trip.
"...Top 3…"
"At the level of top Primordials." Athena clarified, making Kiana spacey. She tried to recall what a Primordial is.
"You mean the gods who build worlds and stuff… without technology?" Kiana recalled something she had heard in class ages ago. It seemed that being next to the Goddess of Wisdom alone improved her ability to recall!
"The very same ones. Even when I met him for the first time, back when he was still starting his empire, he already terrified my family, even if my father didn't like to admit it.
You know, it all started when my sister, Artemis, tried to humiliate him. He took her as his maid. It was the greatest humiliation my Olympus could ever experience."
'Even back then… he took a goddess as a maid. Wow…' Kiana wasn't feeling that… sad that she was in this situation. Is it slowly becoming something worth being praised?
She was part of a faction that could dominate even gods!
"He is that powerful…even without his armies or spaceships…" the girl mumbled under her breath.
"Indeed. That is why you should focus purely on yourself and what you could do to make Technocracy better.
Erina used to be depressed like you. But look at her now. One of my best students." Athena puffed herself up.
It was a bit weird… after all, Erina is supposed to be her future sister-wife…
"...I don't think I am depressed. I am more resigned to the fact that I have to do this. It's resolution, I think." Kiana clenched her fist.
"Is that so? What is your plan then? Do tell me." Athena looked intrigued. Whatever it was, Kiana seemed to believe it would work.
"Well, I think that I shoul—"
Kiana began to explain how she is thinking of serving in G.A.T., or, as they say, 'Military,' in other words, to assist in conquering worlds.
It was quite a change, as this girl was supposed to save humanity, not fight to conquer it for a warmongering Interdimensional Empire!
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