Sandalphonia PoV
Several days have passed since. I have been wondering about certain things, difficult things that make me question myself.
I have been staying in the ruins most of the time chatting and talking with sylphs at times, though I often check on the people who're in the clearing, I only came to check on them and they seem to be doing well, I did lead them on to a very ideal place for starting a village, though trade will have to wait for a while.
The reason of this is well...
I have been dwelling on what that girl said.
Even though she came out of nowhere and told me out of her insight, I was fazed and disturbed.
If I continued to do that would I make them to reliant and greedy, would I make them be incapable of defense, would I have resolved their own hatreds and grudges just to keep them from fighting, forgiving and progressing.
Such thoughts entered my head almost endlessly...
It led me to think hard of why I was building a kingdom in the first place.
Initially the reason was to fulfill my wishes of being similar to those characters in the stories I have read, but after thinking of it even more maybe the true reason was to be someone great, to be a figure everyone would now and show respect for similar to those heroes in the stories I have read.
"Spoiling mortals" was just a way to sugar coat what she really meant, and that was playing god in a really bad and irresponsible way.
Heck I'm even calling humans Mortals now...
Though one can't really define the what not to do's of playing god, it can only be defined by a person's way of thinking, your morality, your virtues, what reality is for you.
Haha.... That is something though...
I for one being a deity with the mind of a mere human, am I really fit to be a deity, a being similar no A GOD in this world.
Though I may have had good intentions, but would those intentions lead them to their earlier and destructive downfall...
Is it morally right for me to keep doing this, is creating a kingdom wrong to fulfill self satisfaction?
Is a deity ever right or wrong without human thinking like a human.
"Ummm Lord Sandalphonia?..." a voice peeps out as I was momentarily .
I looked around and see the sylph chief's son.
I composed myself as I faced him.
"Yes young Falaron?"
"Umm chief asked me too see if you are alright, you seem glum as of the late." He says in a concerned tone.
I shook my head.
" Honestly I feel really weird--"
"Uwaaa!! Everyone! Lord is sick—Iya"
I lightly flick his small head with my fingers for him to stop screaming
"Oww..."
"Sorry...my bad"
I grab some nearby wild herbs and proceeded to prick its leaves, divided them into smaller pieces fit for him to use as a bandage and gave them to the boy, though he was small and fragile I could tell that he is someone who can be quite caring despite getting orders from his father that is just who he is I guess.
I handed him the small leaves which got him red real quick.
"My lord! You shouldn't have..."
"Jeez quit being so formal and take'em it is my fault, also stop with the honorifics, I'm no royal by the way" I replied.
Young Falaron took it and smiled, my gosh so adorable. He reminds me of those chibi characters back in my past life.
After he takes it I then started to speak.
"Umm I need to talk to your father please call him over"
Surprised, he nods and leaves and then a few moments later returns with his father.
Falaron was about to leave when I say seemingly out of nowhere
"Thanks and please stay here, I need both you guys to hear this."
Surprised and worried he nods silently while holding his flicked head, he is surely thinking of what happened earlier. I then eased their minds.
"Fu fu don't worry I'm not angry"
Their faces breathed the sigh of relief.
I then continued.
"The reason I called you here is for something personal, so please disregard my status as a deity for the time being."
Surprised at this the their wings twitched but then nodded.
Seems it is not often seen in this world to talk without formalities, especially if the higher party asks for it.
"Well whatever his lordship desires we will do our best to comply..." Waihon says
Ahem!
"Oh I apologize San—"
"Just call me Fonia for the time being"
He nods again.
I clear my throat.
"Waihon do you think a deity discern what is right or wrong?"
"Why do you ask that" He states.
"Recently—no, um how do i put this, you know those humans that have recently arrived by the plains..."
He nods.
"Well the reason why I'm down is I realized how dark and twisted being a deity is..."
They listened intently as I say this.
"Messing around with the world, having to balance out your thoughts and desires, and even fulfilling your own desires using my powers."
"How so..." Falaron asks
"The moment you lot mentioned humans I was overjoyed since I thought of fulfilling my wish of being someone respected and well-known, it led to the thought of me making a kingdom, using the humans as a stepping stone, though I tried to mask the fact that I want to be worshiped and adored as the one who helped them during times in need, maybe that is what I was yearning I guess?"
The two were in silence when they heard this, I then let out a sad smile...
"Fonia is that what you plan to do to us and the humans ?..." Falaron asks.
"Well let me say this in all honesty, no facts hidden whatsoever, my plan was initially to do that to the humans, also the reason why I helped you guys is really didn't want to see you sylphs get killed and devoured by monsters and as well as for you guys to live in the area I cultivated so you can watch over and as well as indirectly tend the plants there."
"Muh.. I get you though..." Waihon asks.
"Though I have no plan to do that though as I for some reason found it really wrong and immoral for...certain reasons" I say
"Muh..Well it is a good thing you did, even though they are human one should never treat humans as means,no matter how trashy they are, though we do treat things as stepping stones from time to time I for one think that we need to be careful on what we do."Waihon says in a philosophical way.
"Besides what were you gonna do to the humans?" he asks me.
"I was going to prevent them from having any hatred towards one another and spoil them hard by using my magic to grow food for them everyday as well."
"Muh?—And what was your doubts with that?" He asks
"It seems like a fair and clean deal to me." His Falaron adds on.
"Well for starters spoiling them rotten like that will make them to reliant on me making them unable to be productive, also removing hatred within one another they will likely result in them having little to no commonsense when it comes to interacting outside if in a city where I take away all their hate and malice"
"Wow..., though I can't understand the connection between commonsense and malice"
"Though it is complicated to explain it just imagine a war caused by dense and naive people who do not know what to do since, there are A LOT of people with that kind of malice directed towards the so called city, so much so that even I can't absorb that much..."
He nods slightly
Yep he is hella confused.
I continued to talk.
"Although I made a clearing for them at the far southern edge of the forest for them to make a village. And as well instill certain virtues in their minds "
"Okay personally I think you should stop there and only step in when things get serious , or rather step in at seldom" Falaron says.
"I apologize if you see me as an opportunist." I say lowering my head.
"N-no need milor—I meant uhh.."
"Fonia" Falaron whispers
"Yeah—Fonia though I really can't get used to that..."
I smile, I then notice that Falaron seems to have some thing to say and I told him to say it to my face.
"Well I find you quite strange as well Fonia, I have heard that deities screw around with other lower beings of this world as if they had the right to do so, though there are many that mean good intention, there are others who do it for fun."
"Deities are known to act out directly without second thoughts,but you my friend are one of a kind, I have never heard of a deity who thinks of the possible outcomes when doing some sort of intervention, for now at least."
"Eh? How mean." I say in a playful tone.
"Muh...Well technically speaking based on what I have seen no deities in this world know if they are right or wrong, they just observe other deities do and if it seems like a big mess they don't do it. If it is a success they follow and imitate it." Waihon says.
"You have met others like me?" I ask
"Well not really met but seen and observed,most of them just do things out of whim, not considering the effects of other beings." He says
"Yeah just like what happened yo us, We lived in a forest in the islands in the archipelago of Fvenohl, we lived peacefully but one day humans came to use the island as some sort of base, humans were quite rare in the area, but as soon as a lot of the moved in the island after several years they began to expand cutting the forest along with us being exposed, kept as pets and being shipped of to North Vargaya. Luckily we met you Fonia-sama. "
Dude Honorifics... Well I'll let it slide for now.
I smile a bit and the chief continues.
"Muh..it seems you are quite satisfied young deity"
"Well I guess a little, though it is re assuring that you would say that I still doubt my purpose and the way I should be in this world. I know that I should be me but I still doubt how"
He lets out a hearty laugh.
"Well knowing that a young deity like you can think in such a way when dealing with the subject in playing god is quite intriguing, I may be just a low born,and I may not be a deity so I don't really know how it feels like but let this old man offer you some advice"
I chuckled a bit trying to hold it in, Ha ha it reminds me when I was still human when I am troubled.
"Be the you that you want to be, follow your heart and gut and let your wisdom, discipline and knowledge guide you in making your decisions and let your friends be your support for you to stand strong and confident as these things will lead you to be the person you can be proud off, though we may mess up that is just us becoming better."
I smile as he said that.
"Well it seems like you are quite fine as of now Milord, if that is all then me and my son will take our leave." Waihon says.
I bade them farewell as they started to fly away, Falaron momentarily stops and yells up high while flying.
"Hey Lord Fonia, if you need someone to talk to me! You know dad and the others will be willing to lend an ear and wing so don't hesitate."
I called out as I let out a slight chuckle.
"Oi! I thought I told you to drop the honorifics!"
"The 'personal moment' was over" he teases as his father flicks his forehead as they flew towards the garden orchard with a smile.
Still a brat huh...
They left flying away,though it took awhile.
Such small delicate creatures.
I guess deities can mess up to, I was close to leading them to a horrible fate in some way or another,a fate where they are unprepared for conflict and interaction of other outsiders.
Though what he advised me was simple and generic, it still make sense though.
As that was over I went into the ruins to find a familiar face sitting by the stone benches.
"Y-you!"
She responds by turning around with a satisfied smile.
No way what is SHE doing here, I thought I set-up the barriers and sorts
"Yo!"
"What are you planning to do you wench!"
"Well I'm not here to fight, but rather I was here to watch the show..."
Huh what show..don't tell me!
"You were eavesdropping on us? How sultry."
"Ahem! Well it was interesting I got to know everything about my toy !"
"Oi What gives you the idea that I'm gonna take that lying down"
I checked her using [Malice Shift ] only to turn out that she is innocent, wait what how this chick messed with me, what is wrong with this, is she at a higher level or what.
"Don't worry I don't plan to do anything, as I can't even fight, by the way my name's Holia, and its not like you don't know that " she says in an annoyingly pleasant tone.
"Bitch." I say in an annoyed manner.
"Now now lil kids shouldn't use cuss words, you need some punishment"
Pissed I snapped my fingers which beckoned some nearby herbs and plants to my side
"Though I expected you to continue spoiling them, now it seems you plan to do everything in moderation" She says in a disappointed way.
"Well I did hope to see a little kid cry when his chosen people are dead and what not"
Ugh what a twisted girl she is, and here I thought that she wants to help make a change.
"While I appreciate the mocking comments, I plan to help them in a more calculated and advantageous way by thinking of consequences and effects of a decision rather than acting on whim without empathizing how."
Whats with the lecture out of nowhere ?
"Kid you should really organize your plans and not do them on whim, anything like that will make your little kingdom die out early, also please pay attention to your surroundings, your starting to mess up the forest ecosystem with excess magic."
Well I guess? , though it seems like nothing has changed...
She smiles.
"Well as long as you do it properly and, i am expecting great things from you besides you still plan to build a kingdom right"
For some reason I nod, well yeah I still do since I wanted to help the place improve but I really should watch and restrain myself when using my powers. Especially her I mean did she just read my mind
"Well then I look forward to the interesting show"
She says as she walks away.
"Hey! We are so not done yet you have to answer some of my questions you fool!"
"Aww little boy misses big sister,but don't worry I'll be back" She says as she begins to walk out of the ruins.
As I was about to catch up she snaps her fingers, a circle of sorts appears, she is about to teleport again that lazy skank.
"Hehe Don't worry I'll be there in the flash, so when ever you need help give this stone a holler" She says as she threw it at me.
Oi that is dangerous, though there was no injury on me thank the stars.
"Oi you crazy bitch!!" I scream.
She smiles in an amused manner...
"Well then bye-bye Fonia-tan"
Wait did I jus—
The surge of light from below strengthens, seems like the spell is at full power.
".....ca......na...d...ju.......ike...........e" I hear her whisper as she flashes into a strong surge of light and vanishes.
What is wrong with that chick, and more importantly what was that.
I grabbed the rock she threw at me, a rock of red violet shade embedded with sparkles, well she seems usable for info, though I hope she cooperates though..
The night slowly settles in after a reflective day.
I hear the distant chattering of the village that seems to have been brought by the winds of night.
The moon is full and during this night I made a pledge to myself, to be the me that I want to be by following my heart and gut and let my mind guide me by making decisions and let my friends be my support, no matter how trashy they are. And no matter how foolish and unworthy I am.
Here I made this pledge that would serve as the guiding star for me to help the village grow into a kingdom properly, whether they believe in me or not, I have resolved myself to do this.
After that pledge I stared out to the stars in the sky singing a song that came from another world.
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??? PoV
So he was the first one who came to realize that I have given them no standards in what is right or wrong, as expected of a reincarnator, though I thought it would be one of the other reincarnated Deity like Young Holia, or that desert deity who had seen quite a lot.
Well it would be interesting to see what would happen if he were to acquire this dominion.
I whispered the spell to give him the domain of my choosing.
With this it will make the world quite interesting, but I hope that BEING does not ruin it...
A sudden boom is heard from the distance it seems it has been assigned to him...
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The next day
Sandalphonia's PoV
I woke up to find something strange on the altar, and not to mention I seem quite taller from before.
I looked at it to see that there was a wavy blade of sorts, it came with a scabbard with a belt of sorts, the scabbard was carved and decorated similar to that of an antique rimmed with gold molding.
I swung it around and it seems to be in fine condition, not to mention the illusory flashes it leaves behind, so cool.
The coat I wore as well changed in to an even better one, though it seems like the base was there the coat seemed new with several new designs on it, wait what is this?.
The scroll bastard shines.
Seems you had a glow up boi and damn your starting to look hot
No way did something happen to my face...
Confused I grab bastard scroll made a quick trip towards the river, when I reached the river I was met with gasps and screams by the sylphs who were there.
"Uwaahh!! Intruder!!" They scream.
"Wait!!" I say as I used scroll bastard to block."
"Wait...Lord Sandalphonia?" says one of the sylphs.
I nodded.
"Uwaahh!! What happened did? Why did you grow up so suddenly?" They shake nervously.
At that remark I dashed towards the river to see my face, the river was clear and the sun was shining which allowed me to see my reflection on the water easily, and it seems like I had grown from a 5 year old to a 12 year old in appearance.
I examined my features, my hair became even more soft and long that it started to reach by my shoulders, my face looked less dainty and started to show its masculine traits, I became taller and my pants and shirt barely gives me enough room to move around, know that it is wet.
Okay what just happened?
I checked my status and everything seemed the same (Still in crappy words though) except when I got to the Race,Abilities & Skills and Personal Status parts of the status and there lo and behold.
I dwelt on these new skill and dominion thing.
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Race: Deity of Morality
Skills and Abilities
· *New*Unnerving (Passive)
Plant seeds of doubt on enemies that he is facing.
·LOCKED
· LOCKED
Dominions and Other Special Conditions
· *New*Morality[Domain]: Rules over Virtue and Morality in a sense, a dominion that can alter the mindsets and perception of mortals and mess around with how deities think and act *use with caution*.(Acquired by being the first to instill moral values and mannerisms to humans and learning to think the possible consequences )
Titles
*New*Deity of Morality
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Okay Let us just take it for a while now and recall...
A domain is the area and responsibility of the deity; the deity oversees all the occurrences and matters regarding prayers of this domain.
So that means I look over those who are in need of help understanding their values...
Wait? How does this even make any sense?
I asks scroll bastard who replies.
No one really knows why some domains are assigned like that out of nowhere without being competed for,normally domains are acquired by participating in Dominion wars, You must have done something that made the domain be assigned to you.
I looked at the part of the explanation within the parentheses which I missed.
(Acquired by being the first to instill moral values and mannerisms to humans and learning to think the possible consequences )
So I really was the only one in this world, though I think others will come to realize it is part of progress after all.
Though I still I am curious of the Locked abilities it seems like I need to do certain tedious things.
What a pain, more side questing.
The creator of this world really has some isekai kinks.
To be honest there are a lot of things I can comment on this....
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Man what a pain but I still have a job to do.
After finishing my self rants for what seemed an hour, I finally readied myself to be a proper deity, despite the possibility of fucking up we need to in order for us to improve and help shape the world, that is the job of a deity.
And now I am ready with the responsibility that comes with it.
Here I come world I hope your ready.
Sandalphonia is here..
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Arc 1 End
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UWaaaa my gosh that was a pain to write
especially the ones involving philosophical contexts
so much so that I had to use my point of view to at least make it easier
LOL
So Yh See next time and I'll update soon
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PEACE
ed 1:
I proofed the story and added words to some sentences I found that were weird :)