The Incubus System Chapter 1468. Efficiently Evil

The Incubus System Chapter 1468. Efficiently Evil

Astra continued quietly. “The Light and Dark Realms were very different back then.” Her gaze drifted toward the broken ceiling. “Borders shifted. Armies moved. Kings fought personally.”

I could almost picture it.

Xenos.

Aurelion.

Two rulers convinced they were right.

Too powerful for anyone to stop.

Astra exhaled. “And eventually…” Her voice lowered. “Aurelion came home wounded.”

“How bad?”

“Severe core damage.”

I frowned.

Astra shook her head. “But not fatal. That was the point.”

The room went still.

I realized where this was going.

Astra looked directly at me. “Xenos didn’t target Aurelion’s life.”

“…He targeted his bloodline,” I announced.

Nobody spoke.

Even Ruby stopped smiling.

Astra nodded once. “The injury permanently damaged his ability to continue the royal line.”

I leaned back slowly. “…That’s evil.”

Syntyche grinned. “Efficient.”

“EVIL.”

“Efficiently evil.”

I deadpanned at her.

She looked very proud of herself.

Astra continued. “The idea wasn’t simply to wound Aurelion.”

“It was to end the Light royal bloodline.”

I stared at the table. “Grandpa.” A pause. “What was wrong with you?”

That was terrifying.

Not a battlefield victory.

Not conquest.

Not domination.

He attacked the future itself.

The next generation.

The continuity of an entire realm.

That was the kind of move someone planned years in advance.

Astra nodded slightly. “By then Xenos already had Damon.”

Meanwhile, Aurelion suddenly had none.

I groaned and rubbed my face again. “Okay. That explains the hatred.”

Puriel nodded. “It got worse afterward.”

“How?”

The two angels exchanged glances.

Then Puriel answered.

“After Aurelion was wounded, he rarely left the Light Dimension.” She folded her arms. “The one who took over many of those responsibilities was Gabrielle.”

I stayed quiet and listened.

“Her idea was different from Aurelion’s,” Astra continued. “Instead of protecting humanity through overwhelming force and open conflict, she wanted to guide them. Help them. Protect them from demons without starting another war.”

Puriel smiled faintly. “She genuinely loved humans.”

Astra sighed afterward. “And that was the problem. She got involved.” A pause. “Too involved.”

Puriel lowered her gaze. “She intervened. She saved people repeatedly.”

Astra sighed. “Too many times.”

The room fell silent.

“She broke heavenly restrictions. By helping people. By changing fate.”

That hit differently.

Then Astra spoke the sentence that changed everything.

“The most fatal one. She healed a dying human with her own blood.”

The room went quiet again.

Not because anyone interrupted.

But because nobody needed to.

Even I understood why that was dangerous.

Royal blood.

Divine blood.

Power where it shouldn’t exist.

Astra nodded. “The council judged her.”

Puriel lowered her gaze. “They stripped her authority. They stripped her power. And they forced her to live as a mortal.”

I stared.

For a second I forgot about kings.

Because suddenly Gabrielle stopped sounding like a legendary figure.

She sounded human.

Someone who saw suffering.

Someone who helped anyway.

Someone who got punished for it.

Astra’s voice softened slightly. “And while living among humans…”

I already knew.

I knew before she finished.

“She met Xenos.”

The room stayed silent.

Astra nodded. “He was disguised. Neither knew how that story would end.”

Puriel smiled sadly. “They fell in love.”

And just like that?

Everything became even more complicated.

For a while, I didn't say anything.

I knew how the story ended.

I already knew.

A tragic love story.

A fallen angel.

A son left behind.

A war that never really ended.

And somehow?

I ended up standing in the middle of it.

I exhaled slowly.

"Damn."

That was all I got.

Just one word.

What else was there to say?

The more I learned about Aurelion, the more I hated admitting it.

But...

I kinda understood him.

Not everything.

But the hatred?

Yeah.

I could see where it came from.

I leaned back against the broken remains of my dining chair and stared at the ceiling. "Aurelion loved Gabrielle." I rubbed my face. "And Xenos..."

I laughed once.

Not because it was funny.

Because it wasn't.

"Xenos didn't just take his wife. He took his future."

The room stayed silent.

Because that was the ugly truth of it.

My grandfather wounded him.

Destroyed his ability to continue his bloodline.

Then the woman he loved fell in love with the same man responsible.

And eventually died because of him.

Hell.

If I was Aurelion?

I'd be furious too.

Maybe not genocidal.

But furious?

Absolutely.

And then there was me.

The descendant.

The reminder.

The living evidence.

The proof that Gabrielle chose Xenos.

I groaned and let my head fall backward. "This is so doomed."

Ruby immediately nodded. "Very doomed."

"Thank you, Ruby."

"You're welcome."

Shadow stretched lazily from atop a broken cabinet. "You inherited generational trauma."

"Fantastic."

"On multiple dimensions."

"Even better."

Buni lowered his ears sympathetically.

Red rested his head on my knee.

Even Rave looked less smug than usual.

Foxy sat quietly beside me.

Not speaking.

Just staying close.

That somehow felt worse.

Because all of them were looking at me with the same expression.

That expression.

The one that said “Poor Ethan. Got tangled into a disaster he didn't create.”

And the annoying thing?

They weren't wrong.

I didn't wound Aurelion.

I didn't start the war.

I didn't create the bloodline.

Yet somehow I inherited all the consequences.

For a moment, nobody spoke.

Then Foxy scooted a little closer beside me, her tails curling around herself.

“Master…” she said softly. “Are you okay?”

I looked at her.

Then smiled faintly.

“Trying to be.”

Foxy's ears lowered slightly.

Red immediately stood up and nudged my leg with his head.

A warm, heavy nudge.

The kind dogs gave when they didn't know how to solve a problem but wanted you to know they were there anyway.

“You still have us,” Red said.

That hit harder than expected.

I reached down and scratched behind his ears. “Thanks, buddy.”

Nefaris crossed her legs and smiled calmly.

“Well, if the Light Realm decides to erase you…”

The vampire queen's red eyes gleamed.

“…you'll have the entire Dark Dimension standing behind you.”

Syntyche nodded immediately. “Every demon lord. Every queen. Every army.”

I stared at them.

Then groaned.

“Please stop making me sound like the opening act of a dimensional war.”

“Too late,” Shadow muttered.

“You already are.”