[First]
The IF route is the result of the author wanting to write an ending where Old Rudeus meets a ruined fate + a path similar to Omni-Man.
In other words, it is a BE—a bad ending.
If you cannot accept that, please do not enter by mistake.
(This has been emphasized before, and it is separate from the main timeline.)
However, if you want to see a Viltrumite obsessed with the Viltrum Empire going mad, you may proceed.
There is post-marriage content, and there are infamous scenes.
(If you insist, it could theoretically be merged into the main timeline through operations similar to Old Rudeus, but there is really no need.
In a sense, this IF route also elevates the importance of Roxy in the main timeline, and shows just how important Sylphiette is to Gawain.)
IF · Log Arc
Chapter 4: “Diary of Confinement” (4)
Armored Dragon Calendar, Year 421 — May 2
I forcibly kept Sylphiette from leaving.
But she was unwilling to tell me why she wanted to leave.
I cannot accept Sylphiette leaving me.
Last night, I discussed this matter with Roxy, but she seemed very dissatisfied with me.
She told me to have a proper talk with Sylphiette, and to properly face my own thoughts.
Today, I asked Sylphiette to return with me to the Fittoa Region to inspect the reconstruction.
I told her, with regret, that Buena Village likely cannot be restored.
After all, the population is completely insufficient.
According to current projections, even the towns around Roa City will be severely underpopulated.
To recover to pre-disaster levels will take at least fifty years.
Sylphiette seemed surprised that I still cared about Buena Village.
Of course I care.
Buena Village is my home—at least one of them.
Sylphiette told me that she had already seen through it.
At the beginning, I might indeed have cared deeply about my adoptive parents, and perhaps I had truly grown—but that change quickly twisted into an obsession with success and failure.
I wanted to explain.
I wanted to tell her what the sealing of the Six-Faced World means to me.
But she directly forgave me.
She said she was very happy to see that over the past year I had proven that I had not become a monster who only cares about himself.
As long as that was the case, it was enough.
I wanted to tell her that I have never been a monster who only cares about himself.
I have responsibilities, I have obligations.
I have never forgotten the burden I carry—it’s just that you don’t know.
But I still did not tell her the truth about the Viltrum Empire.
People who live on the surface find it difficult to understand civilizations of the space age.
I don’t want to argue with Sylphiette over such meaningless matters.
We went to see the open-air classroom, which had once been flattened but was now covered in green grass again.
I told Sylphiette that back then, for her convenience in recognizing it, I had cut a distant mountain into a “V” shape.
She said she had noticed it later, but since there were signposts, she didn’t tell everyone.
I am very grateful that Sylphiette noticed that.
The journey ended.
In the end, I still asked.
I asked her—why did she want to leave home?
Was there something she wanted to do?
I could help her.
Or was there somewhere she wanted to go?
I could take her there.
She said, “Because I want to leave you, Gawain.”
I couldn’t say a word.
She said, “The Laws family of Buena Village no longer exists.”
She also said, “We are no longer family.”
Sylphiette left me.
She still wanted to say something, but I couldn’t listen anymore.
My heart tightened, my whole body turned cold, and I felt terrible.
I gave her one last look and immediately flew away.
Leaving her alone in this place filled with countless happy memories.
Sylphiette betrayed me.
I flew around the Human World ten times, wanting to destroy something, to slaughter something—but I couldn’t.
The Armored Dragon King’s aerial fortress has been patrolling the world; that guy would have noticed.
I only found a deserted place, screamed hysterically to vent for a while, and then returned home.
A home of three people.
But it doesn’t matter.
I told everyone that Sylphiette had left on her own to find what she wanted to do in the future.
Everyone seemed disappointed in me.
But clearly, I’m the one who was hurt, right?
I am also disappointed in everyone.
Armored Dragon Calendar, Year 421 — August 25
Recently, I heard Rudeus complaining that noble students from multiple countries, led by the Kingdom of Sharia, seem to be disrupting order at the academy.
They are demanding the same privileges they once had.
I had Rudeus make a list and directly expelled the worst offenders.
Without telling anyone, on their return journey, I personally captured each of these troublemakers and dragged them back to their hometowns, made their parents execute their own children, and then executed those noble parents in front of their rulers.
Since there were also royal family members among them, I cut off the head of the First Queen of Sharia, as well as the left arm of the King of Sharia—and, of course, the left arm of the King of the Asura Kingdom.
The Water God Reida tried to stop me, but she couldn’t keep up with my speed.
By the time she appeared, I had already severed the king’s arm and issued my orders to the Asura King.
However, when I flew near the Red Dragon Mountain Range, I suddenly remembered that although the Water God Reida is not at the level of the Seven Great Powers, she is not someone my companions (aside from the Dragon God) could easily handle.
So, I turned back and pierced her heart with a single strike.
Some so-called sixth ultimate technique that surpasses limits—ridiculous.
By the way, during the time I turned back, the Water God Reida only managed to move about fifty meters.
In my eyes, the speed of her [Deprivation Sword Domain] counterattack was slower than an ant crawling.
In short, it took about six hours to resolve the trouble Rudeus encountered.
After returning home, Lara got upset with me.
Because when I left, I promised I would come back immediately to play with her, but I took too long and broke my promise.
Sorry, Lara.
Armored Dragon Calendar, Year 421 — September 21
While taking a walk with Lara, we encountered some street thugs in the city.
These people at the bottom of society didn’t recognize me, so they took me for an easy-to-bully young father.
Since Lara was with me, it wasn’t convenient, so I used Earth Shackles Magic to bind them in place.
I taught Lara that in such situations, she should either seek help from patrolling knights or call for her incredibly powerful father—me.
The former is common sense; the latter is a reminder.
As a result, Lara extrapolated on her own and, without my guidance, called over patrolling knights to arrest the criminals.
Impressive.
As expected of my daughter—she’s only one year and three months old.
In the evening, I told Roxy about this.
She had been leading the organization of library documents at the academy during the day recently, and she proudly praised herself as well.
But that’s not what I meant.
Armored Dragon Calendar, Year 421 — September 22
From Lara’s toy box, I found a byproduct developed during the creation of the telepathy device—a kind of instrument similar to a truth serum that can forcibly read minds.
Its mechanism is actually deep telepathy, causing people to speak even their subconscious thoughts.
Using this does not produce any negative effects.
So, it had previously been used to enhance Lara’s expressive ability.
Today, I temporarily requisitioned it—no, permanently removed it.
Lara no longer needs this thing.
In short, I used it to forcibly read minds throughout the city.
After two hours, I killed all the hooligans in the city.
As for the corpses, I simply drained their moisture with Water Magic and burned them to ashes with Fire Magic.
I have decided to rebuild this city.
Armored Dragon Calendar, Year 421 — October 1
I had Rudeus take the lead in city planning, while I assisted in modifying certain details that could be solved with technology, as well as correcting parts where he was too soft.
I also admitted to everyone that the surrounding area belongs to me, and obtained an official enfeoffment decree from the King of Sharia, and had him assign me all the non-urban outskirts nearby.
Rudeus suggested naming this new district [Academy City—Sharia].
I agreed.
I manually constructed a prototype lathe and a computational terminal equipped with weak AI, ordered the AI to use the lathe to autonomously produce production lines, and then had those production lines manufacture downgraded multifunctional robots.
Everyone was worried that I would endlessly expand Viltrumite technology, but I told them I would not do so.
Among known mass-produced technological weapons, none surpass Viltrumites themselves.
Therefore, the Viltrum Empire is not actually good at producing powerful technological weapons.
I cannot produce technology that would help defeat the Human God, so there is no need for expansion.
On the contrary, the magical rules of the Human World are of great value.
It is regrettable that I did not realize this earlier.
Armored Dragon Calendar, Year 421 — December 1
With the help of mechanical servants expanded to a total of ten thousand units, I completed the registration and documentation of all citizens willing to join Academy City.
They have all received intelligent identification.
I promulgated new laws based on the legal codes of various nations, and established a judicial system based on AI judges and human juries—along with prisons focused on labor reform.
The reconstruction and expansion of the city also began.
The citizens had no complaints whatsoever.
As long as lawful citizens obeyed the law and paid taxes, they would receive the protection of the strongest being in the world, along with extensive civic welfare.
Before their homes were demolished, more spacious, more complete, and sturdier new houses had already been built.
Even moving was handled by mechanical servants, and all reasonable demands were perfectly processed by the city management AI.
These pigs.
Their value is to keep the people I care about in a good mood, and then serve as advertisements to attract enough talent.