Inheriting a Lost Bloodline, My First Task is to have heirs?!
Chapter 46 - 46 - How the world became like this

Even before I was able to find more about how to go to Eieneos, my thoughts went automatically to all the things I have learned about the world and my identity from my inherited memories. Every day, I made it a point to at least study a part of my memories so I am updated with everything I need to do for my tasks. It is best to know everything than to be given an unpleasant or life-threatening surprise. I have to know at least who are considered enemies or allies, if there are any.

Let's just call people from my hometown Eieneans for easier understanding. My ancestors in this world were immortals similar to deities. They are the caretakers of this world. Their responsibilties include keeping the balance of this world as well as the birth of new living beings. They take care of all the realms and those who are living in them too. They also decide which living being gets blessings and who gets punishments. They are also adept in using all types of mana attributes as a default setting of an OP (overpowered) race.

About four centuries ago though, the once great mystique empire isolated itself and closed its doors to the world and not many people know why since none was written in books. That was the time that was shown to me in my dream. It was the scene with the fighting and people turning into specks of light. I had an unexplainable feeling of grief when I woke up even if I did not remember much about it. Those that were alive at the time Eieneos disappeared are long gone and nobody dared to talk about what really happened. Together with the disappearance of the Eieneos realm, the other realm where all the mystiques used to live in also disappeared thus making all mystique races homeless.

In this world, they have the "World Tree" realm just like those game-themed stories I read before. I remember that its other name was "Yggdrasill". In that version, this tree supports different realms and dimensions. In the dimension I'm in though, each world has a "World Tree" but it does not connect to different worlds. Though its sphere of influence has greatly decreased, its great importance doesn't diminish since a world that has lost its World Tree is going to the "end of the world" stage. This is the reason why I was sent here. Though I was tasked to awaken the Eieneos bloodline and increase their numbers, I believe the latter was the effect that the gods were aiming for, to stop the total annihilation of this world.

The other mystique races did not know that Eieneos was the one supporting and protecting the World Tree realm. It was a secret only passed within the Eieneos' royal family since if they knew, they won't be stupid enough to group together and start a rebellion to kill the Eieneans. They thought that if our race was gone they will be the new masters of this world. Let's just say that they set themselves to a path of doom. I remembered clearly that the leaders of that rebellion were the "High Elves" - those pointy-eared, self-proclaimed higher beings and "Heralds" - who appointed themselves as messenger of gods much like similar to angels that we know of on earth but their personality is totally trash so I refuse to call them as such. They could not accept that they have to follow the Eieneans and are ranked below them in the hierarchy thus the rebellion happened to fight for the number one spot. This greed has sabotaged the peaceful lives of the other races.The dragons, elves, dark elves, fairies, sprites, giants, blood demons (similar to vampires) and beastmen (those fluffy-earned men including the half-fish ones) chose to stay neutral, watching on the sidelines. They did not help the enemies but their neutrality did not change the fact that they let the destruction of Eieneos happen too. Maybe they thought that as long as they had a place to stay and their races can keep their lives, it doesn't matter who is holding the reins. That's where they were wrong.

This world is called "Aeocrescens". Inside Aeocrescens are different realms and one of those is the core realm of the "World Tree" which is the source of mana (both human and mystique) in this world. With its destruction, less people can use magic, mystiques then lost their homes and had to live discreetly together with humans. The mystique races' lifespans have also reduced by quite a bit. The mystiques weakened and lost their ability to maintain their real and ethereal forms and were now stuck in their human forms. They hated their current form the most since they always deem humans as the weakest and lowliest out of all the realms. Magic can still be used but not as strong as before, maybe about 50% weaker which in in-game terms was quite a huge "debuff" to the once proud races. I believe that this was the last punishment that Eieneos gave to this ungrateful world. Still, I think they are good-natured. They still sent me here by some type of higher plan since they could not let this world be totally destroyed. Eieneos supported this world for hundreds of thousands of years and you can't help but value something you have created and nurtured.

Maybe you are thinking that, "it's just mana" and humans on Earth can still live well without it. Guess what? The problems did not stop with just the loss of mana or their homes. For some reasons unknown, when Eieneos fell, the fertility rates of the whole world plummeted too. It was like either a world-level blessing was removed or a curse encompassing the whole world was cast and all the generations afterwards were not spared from its effects. It was unnoticeable at first but as more years passed it became super unbearable.

I AM SURE IT WAS A CURSE. A curse that used the hundreds of thousands of lives of Eieneans. They were so enraged by the treachery that they used their supposed immortal lives and souls to punish this world. That is a secret only I and the elders of the other races, if any of them are still alive would know.

Now, it is normal for people to try and have children for many years but get nothing. They jump from one partner to another, trying to have at least one child. Some are lucky enough to have one child but if you do get one, the child is usually born weak and sickly. There are also very few children born with the gift to use mana which made the advancement of the whole civilization slow down to almost a halt. This phenomenon is not only in Athanoviya but the whole world which means all realms, kingdoms, races and every living specie was feeling the brunt of this curse. This is the reason why this world had a lot of men but very few women. The balance broke since nobody was guarding it.

The "Sinners" a.k.a. mystiques whose lives were almost indefinite were the ones who got the heaviest punishments of course. For hundreds of years, the number of children that were born for each race was measly and could be counted using in one hand. Their desperation eventually created a new race of demi-humans, half-mystique and half-human. Humans generally have higher fertility rates since they were just collateral damage to the curse that was meant for the mystiques. The mystiques tried everything to continue their bloodline even the illegal ones. This has resulted to the death of a lot of humans, both men and women due to experiments. They kidnapped the humans. Men were impregnated forcefully then end up dying of childbirth since their bodies could not support a mystique child. Women were used as breeding tools to get the males of the mystique races pregnant. They died because their essences were sucked dry. The stamina of a human body can never match that of a mystique more so if you have to serve several of them each time. Not all beings did it though, only the "high elves" and "heralds" did it. It's them again.

Eventually, the humans fought back with everything they had. Humans have no way to differentiate the mystique races so the war further decreased not only the high elves and heralds numbers but all the other mystique races as well. The experiment was counter-productive. Their numbers further dwindled to a terrifying degree that the other races eventually had to call for a meeting to discuss a truce. After a lot more deaths and decades of meetings, they finally came up with an eternal agreement of peace. The races became open with marrying and "inter-breeding" with other races as long as the relationships are not forced for the survival of their bloodlines.

The things I've learned about those morbid experiments were the reason why I put birth-control seals on Ioannis and Kayden. With my fertility, I only need to do it once to knock them up. I have also started with deifying their bodies gradually so they can match my stamina and support the life of the child they will have with me in the future. I also try to keep my lust in check so as not to break their mortal bodies. I don't want any of them dying on me. I'm too young to be a widow.

If the Eieneans have control on the birth of new species, does it mean that the gods want to use me to recreate the balance. NO WAY. Is what I am thinking a possibility? Does this explain why my fertility rates are off the charts? I don't want to deal with those traitors and sinners. Don't tell me I will need to have children with other races too so their numbers won't die out?

Kayden's constant calling of my name and shaking of my shoulders, returned me to the present time inside the inn. I saw his worried eyes and realized, I should have been dazed and lost in my thoughts which worried him a lot.

I looked into my inherited memories again and this time focused on what I needed at the moment which is to find a way to go to Eieneos. I put a dome-like barrier around me. I smiled at Kayden and said, "See you in two days." I closed my eyes once more and started to channel my mystique mana throughout my body and then towards the ground drawing a teleportation circle which will bring me straight to my "hometown".

When I opened my eyes, I saw the bright magic circle under my feet. My hands and body started to fade. I then felt that my soul was being pulled so quickly and then being ejected to another place. I couldn't help but close my eyes again due to the quick movement of my body from one dimension to another. I felt nauseous and my body ached a bit like somebody beat me up. I hope I'll get used to this teleportation thing soon.