Chapter 6: 『Different Movements from the Main Plot』
After Eranius returned to the Empire, he brought Elizabeth into the palace and sat on the throne with Nero by his side.
Elizabeth knelt before him as if addressing a king, and Eranius explained the rules of the Empire before granting Elizabeth a title without any conditions.
After bestowing her title, the Emperor also granted Elizabeth a territory appropriate to her rank.
Thanks to the Emperor's power, the entire vampire race could walk in daylight and even consume regular food like humans.
Without any side effects, Elizabeth was astonished by these gifts and expressed her gratitude to the Emperor.
Elizabeth and Mary, a vampire loyal to her, returned to the territory assigned to her. The title given by the Emperor was Duke.
The Emperor granted this high-ranking title because he wanted Elizabeth to oversee the entire vampire race and serve as a guardian for her kind.
Since only individuals with high-ranking titles were permitted to meet the Emperor, he deemed the Duke title suitable for Elizabeth.
Naturally, if Elizabeth contributed to the Empire, she could be promoted to an even higher rank, though this would not be an easy feat.
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Two Months Later
Time passed, and two months later, sensational news spread across the world. Vampires were officially recognized as citizens of the Roman Empire, and, most shockingly, they no longer drank human blood.
Everyone who heard the news immediately acknowledged the Emperor's power. Even the Midgard Empire dared not provoke the Roman Empire, a fact widely understood yet rarely spoken aloud.
This development also caused other kingdoms and empires across the continent to tread carefully around the Roman Empire, further elevating its public image as the strongest empire.
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Three Days Later
Three days after Elizabeth and the entire vampire race joined the Roman Empire, Eranius stood on the balcony atop the palace.
This was a secret room known only to the Emperor and Empress. From the balcony, Eranius and Nero could gaze upon the capital city, Rome, from the palace's highest point.
The palace was shielded by a protective field capable of repelling forces up to half the Emperor's level.
This was no ordinary level; it was a threshold nearly impossible for humans or other races to surpass.
Even if gods existed in this world, they would be unable to breach the protective field.
To break through, one would need power equivalent to the peak of a Vampire Ancestor from Nasuverse, like Arcueid Brunestud in Archetype: Earth mode. Achieving such power in this world was utterly impossible.
Additionally, the protective field rendered the palace and other secret locations invisible to outsiders.
Within this secret room, Eranius and Nero shared an intimate moment.
Even in the open air, they dared to engage in such activities, confident that no one in the world could witness them.
After eight hours of intimacy, they lay in bed at dawn, exhausted and unclothed.
Minutes later, they both fell into a deep sleep.
By noon, they awoke and bathed together, continuing their intimacy in the bathroom.
Afterward, they dressed according to their statuses. Eranius also used magic to clean the room before heading to the throne room with Nero.
There, they sat on their respective thrones and received reports from their advisors. Satisfied with the news, the Emperor ordered the advisor to allocate land to those rescued from the Diabolos cult.
The rescued races included:
▸Elves
▸Dark Elves
▸Therianthropes
▸Vampires
▸Beastkin (all types)
Each race was granted territories and their representatives given titles. However, unlike Elizabeth, they were given the title of Viscount, which is above Baron.
Despite this, they were grateful, as all curses and illnesses afflicting them were eradicated.
This further strengthened the Roman Empire. The Emperor also planned measures to manage the newly integrated races and prevent racial conflicts.
The Empire's rules were instilled into their minds, ensuring that they and their descendants would adhere to the laws.
This news spread quickly, and the Roman Empire soon became the primary enemy of the Diabolos cult. However, the Emperor did not take the cult seriously.
It was rumored that should the cult dare to infiltrate the Empire, the Emperor would declare their annihilation.
This rumor spread across other kingdoms, causing the Diabolos cult to think twice before provoking the Roman Empire.
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Two Months Later
The Empire enjoyed a peaceful life with no significant issues. The Emperor and Empress could spend time together without worrying about their rapidly growing population.
They resumed a postponed project: creating offspring without Nero having to conceive naturally.
In other words, they sought to create homunculi. Eranius replicated and perfected the techniques of the Einzbern family.
He also cast advanced illusion magic to make the world perceive Nero as pregnant. Once the homunculi were complete, no one would question the origin of the children.
Nero had no objections and was prepared to raise the homunculi as her own.
Together, they observed a tank containing genetic material from Eranius and Nero, which would form two new individuals—a son and a daughter.
In the final stages of their plan, they hypnotized a midwife to ensure no suspicion arose.
To outsiders, it appeared that Nero gave birth to twins: a girl first, followed by a boy.
Thus, they gained children, even if not by natural means.
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To be continued...!!!