Ancient Empire Calendar, Year 1839
Ricardo fainted from the thousands of streams of information and power flowing into his mind. He could not wake up for days.
During Ricardo's unconsciousness, the city of Ashterah was in chaos. The Kislavein Dynasty Lord was being searched for everywhere.
Days later, Ricardo woke up. When he awoke, he felt many things. A life energy of thousands of years wanted to be accepted into his body.
"If I accept the Life Energy, I will live for thousands of years, just like Virion Vamparos. But would I also turn into a monster like him?"
Ricardo was hesitant. He went back and forth between accepting and not accepting the Life Energy.
"I must think carefully. There will be no turning back from this."
Ricardo began to evaluate all possibilities and all potential future outcomes for a long time.
"If I accept the Life Energy, I can rule the Five Lands and the Archipelago in peace for thousands of years. I can restart the development of humanity, which has been stalled for centuries. However..."
This time, Ricardo began to think of the bad possibilities.
"If I rule for thousands of years, I will witness the death of all my family, my loved ones, my children, my grandchildren, and even everyone who will come from my lineage. My Dynasty will cease to exist because my son will not ascend to the throne after me. Wait a moment... If I abdicate my position as Kislavein Dynasty Lord to my son, then my Dynasty will continue to exist. Yes, this could work."
Ricardo was slowly approaching the decision stage.
"The strongest wills make the toughest decisions. I have to make this decision. I have made millions of people suffer. There must be a punishment for this. As punishment for all my sins, I must give peace, tranquility, abundance, prosperity, justice, knowledge, and many more things to the Human race—no, to all races—for thousands of years. This is my only way to repay what I have and to pay the price for my sins."
Ricardo decided to accept the Life Energy into his body, but decided to postpone it for a short while.
"I must dedicate every drop of this Life Energy to my people. Therefore, I must accept this energy at the right moment."
Ricardo stood up, dusted himself off, and smoothed out his wrinkles.
"Very well, now I'd better come up with a good story for the days I was missing. On the other hand, it would be good to visit the Fairies I haven't seen in years."