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25.94% In the World of Sword and Magic as Space Marine / Chapter 41: Relationship Problem

Bab 41: Relationship Problem

"I understand what you are trying to do, but I disagree with your last approach with my cousin. You killed him twice for the kingdom's sake. What would you have done if he didn't come back from death itself? Did you take a chance with his life?" The Duchess of Agrus ask William as both of them took a little walk away from the main camp to have a private conversation.

William understands why Rana is distraught after witnessing the Crown Prince's trial. After all, Rana has a close relationship with her cousin as both of them had the same teacher and mentor, Sir Dolven. Also, there is the fact that Prince Benton is the next future king of her county, and William did kill him more than once.

"You are right, I did take my chance with his training from the beginning, and the result was what I had hope for. Of course, I didn't do all this without taking extra measures to make sure Prince Benton survives each training. But at the end of all this, Prince Benton persevered every obstacle and proven his might not just to me but everyone else, including my brothers." William explained his reasoning and the chance he took to ensure Crown Prince's survival. After all, William was preparing the Crown Prince for potential Chaos invasion in case William fails.

"I know this isn't just proving his worth to you and your men. You have an ulterior motive for a while, and I waited enough. I want answers, NOW!" Rana, who now ran out of her patience, demands an answer and wants to hear an answer from the man she started to trust. Without any doubt, this time, Rana will get straight answers from William without his puzzling answer of 'It is Emperor's will.'

Ever since joining the vampire campaign and meeting William, she experienced new things and supernatural events past month than her entire life. Especially when they were attacked by barbarians led by an armored man who has similar weapons and armor just like William.

William takes the helmet off and holds it to his side. She directly looks at Rana as she glared back at him without any hint of backing out.

William's mind ran light-years as he asks himself multiple questions. Should he explain to her what is to come? The invasion that is beyond any mortal's imagination and terror. William, a mear mortal from the 'real world', is doing his best to prepare for an invasion that no one knows. These questions weigh him heavily more than his power armor.

"There are forces, supernatural entities that are trying to come to this world. I can't tell you their true names as they will have an anchor to this world but what I can tell you is that they are the eternal enemy of God-Emperor and the Imperium of Mankind." William did his best to explain what kind of force he and his army is facing. No names, no true nature of their existence, and any information that could give them the opportunity to grow roots like a weed.

To minimize the influence on this world is, to say the least, an amount of information to natives. But William also knows this is how Emperor did to his sons by hiding the truth, which backfired, literally in his face.

"Is that it? Enemies of your god are coming to my world, and that is your best explanation to me?" Rana was furious about William's simple answer to her questions. How can she defend her country and her people from unknown enemies when a single person who has direct answers to defeat them isn't telling jack shit?

"I can't say more. As I said, they will have the anchor to this world if I tell you who they are. If that happens, there will be no ways to remove their grips from this world and everyone you know." William's explanation didn't help much as Rana understood it differently. After all, her world has multiple deities, and some of them previously caused problems before, so supernatural invasion isn't something new for Rana's knowledge.

"What about your god? The God-Emperor? Why doesn't he directly handle his enemies like a true warrior you claim him to be? Isn't he a god?" Rana asks William with frustration after hearing William's stonewall answer. With everything, William told her about God-Emperor is true, then Emperor must be doing something to stop his enemies.

"He is, and you are looking at it. I'm here to protect you, but Emperor can't directly take action just like his enemies can't. This fight is my burden, and it isn't yours to be part of." The last sentence from Emperor's Champion ends the discussion as William doesn't want to push any further. The war between Chaos and Imperium indeed came to this world, but it doesn't mean this has to stay here forever. William will find a way to push the Chaos and close every gap of warp that leads to this world, the only problem being if there is a way to seal the gaps.

The Duchess didn't say right away after William finish his last sentence. From her perspective, William declares that her help isn't needed as she isn't part of his religion. The religious movements are something Rana heard and saw plenty as various deities exist in this world. Some are gods or goddesses of something and tend to cause problems once every hundred years to which group of heroes or adventurers usually stops it.

Still, those people need help from local lords, king or queen as logistics of the holy campaign are needed. William declines that significant help on his holy campaign to defeat some unknown evil gods and even told Rana to 'Backoff.'

Once again, there was a silence between William and Rana as both just stare at each other and wait for one of them to speak. William is doing his best to protect people who were kind to him in his known world. Rana is willing to help the Paladin of the Emperor on a holy mission to defeat evil gods. Finally, Rana spoke first, breaking the silence.

"Then add me to your group. I don't belong to any particular religion, so if I convert to your religion, then I will have all my questions answered, and you will have my help, problem solved." Rana's answer surprised even William as he didn't expect to hear the change of religion from her.

Yes, this will somewhat solve the current problem, but it doesn't mean it won't come back to haunt William in some ways. What if Rana goes complete Sisters of Battle against Chaos and ends up getting killed? Or worse, what if she joins the Chaos after learning Emperor's lore and history of Imperium? If Tzeentch is genuinely messing with William, this is it for sure.

"I… I will think about it. For now, I will hold your request for religious conversion until further notice. Until you become a full-pledged member, you won't get any answers to your questions. Please be patient and let us handle local political problems first." William somehow redirected the topic of the sudden religious recruit and put on his helmet back on. While Rana is somewhat satisfied with the temporary solution, William has more questions on what will happen if a native of this world gains knowledge of a completely different world's religion.

William sends the Duchess back to the camp first with the excuse of wanting to be alone to think further. When the Duchess finally went away, William stands alone as the calm wind blew away gently. Turning his head to his left and right, William finally said to himself through his helmet.

"You may come out," Second later, two Tempestus Scions came out from the shadows of the trees. Living up to their elite status, they killed their presence and guarded William against any potential enemy, even from an internal one.

"The area is secured, and everyone is ready to move them the moment you give the command. I sent two others to follow the Duchess back to camp in case anything happens to her, including a sudden change of heart," One of the Scion reported to William, including sending escorts to the Duchess, which William wasn't aware of.

'Damn, there were four of them? I didn't saw the other two from my helmet sensor.'

"Good, we will be arriving at Prince Benton's home tomorrow, but I want to make sure there isn't any surprise for us. Pass the order to Catachan Jungle Fighters to send 5 of their best scouts to check areas, including the border between Alderim and Legellan. I have a feeling there is more to this alliance of two kingdoms." William gave his order to which the second Scion immediately went on radio to pass the order. With new order given and William had enough for the night, he and two Scions return to camp.

The silence welcomes William, but he knows at least a dozen eyes are watching the perimeter for any unwelcome guests. Knowing the coming of tomorrow's political game, William went to his spot to relax, which is a large tree big enough to support his back.

The night continues without any incident as William closed his eyes and forced himself to sleep.

The darkness quickly consumed his mind, and William fell asleep. But to his surprise, he was standing in a garden with two chairs and a table in the middle, sitting on one of the chairs, a mysterious entity covered in the light signals William to take a seat.

"William, come and sit with me. I wanted to meet you ever since the other one met you." The mysterious figure happily welcomes William as it prepares snacks on the table.

"Who are you? What do you mean the other one?" William asks the mysterious figure as he takes the chair to sit. There was no sense of bad intent coming from the figure, and William can tell he was in a safe place for some reason.

"Sorry, it's been ages since I talk to anyone new. You can call me Numen, but you know me as Star Child, the soul of the Emperor of Mankind, and I'm here to help you with your relationship problem."


Bab 42: The Talk

"Just bang her already," Numen (Star Child) said to William with both hands raised to express his frustration. After hearing a simple sentence from Numen, William was shocked and confused as he didn't expect to hear this from the soul fragment of the Emperor.

"...What?" William asked with a simple word after processing what he just heard, which took him half a minute to respond.

"Did I stutter? I said bang her. You know, lock and load your bolter so you can do the dirty deeds. I mean, I can't be more clear on cementing two people who are attracted to each other. What are you expecting? An Inquisitor suddenly appears out of nowhere and accuse of heresy?" Numen explains again to William with an expression of disappointment. Even though his face is shiny with light, William could tell Star Child was making a face of looking at the simpleton. Once again, William was shocked and baffled by what he is experiencing as a fan of Warhammer 40k.

"Are you sure you are not some schemes from Tzeentch or Slaanesh's trick? Because I didn't expect to hear sex advice from you." William is now suspicious of this encounter. After all, the last time he talked to a higher being was when he died and was almost dragged into the 40k universe by four Chaos Gods.

"Don't compare me to those foolish beings called 'Gods.' Tzeentch is nothing but a disturber of the universe with his tentacle fingers, and Slaanesh is overpriced STDs with extra steps. I mean, who in the right mind within the celestial world would touch that? Not even Tyranids would eat her after actually thinking what they are about to consume." Numen's voice shows a great expression of disgust and strong disapproval. Comparing the entities of exaggerated emotions from the Warp or Immaterium to Emperor (His soul) is just insulting.

"Ok, ok, sorry. I just didn't expect to hear that from the soul of the Emperor to Space Marine about birds and the bees," Black Templar Champion said to Star Child with an apologetic voice.

"I understand what you mean, but you are not truly Adeptus Astartes, are you?"

This shocked William, and he went defensive as he got up from his chair.

"What do you mean not a true Space Marine? I'm a member of the Black Templar Chapter." William did his best to act like a Black Templar he knows of from the books and lore. If his true identity is discovered, there is no telling how gods of this world or 40k would react. Not to mention limits they will go to obtain information from William's head.

"I knew you were not who you appear to be the moment I saw you. If a real Black Templar saw me, he would either go for his bolter pistol and shot me or bow down depending on if he knew who I am." Numen's explanation and reasoning made sense to William. He was too relaxed with his act as Astartes since natives of D&D don't know what Astartes is.

"Does the other four knows who I'm? I already met them twice, and I'm not sure if they can read my mind or see through my soul." William asks Star Child if he already gave his true identity away. Next time he meets them, and if they know who he is, the intel they could gain from his mind could change everything, not just the 40k universe but the world of D&D as well.

"They can't read your mind or see the soul from your body. You are an anomaly even for my standard. You are completely cut away from the road of fate, from this (D&D) or the other world (40k). Tzeentch himself can't foresee who you really are or able to manipulate your destiny, not to mention finding where you are. Of course, this means they will do everything in their power to kill you or, worse, bring you to their side." Numen answered one of William's major questions ever since he encountered Chaos Gods from the lumberjack camp.

According to Numen's information, William is under the Chaos Gods' radar, but this doesn't mean he is immune to their powers or influences. At least Tzeentch won't be able to mess with William's natural fate or change them to his advantage. Still, it won't hurt to have a few bolters rounds to solve his problems when they send their servants at him in the short future.

"This only applies to you and only you. So, they won't find you if you travel alone, but if you have a company, that is a different story entirely." Numen made clear that William is invisible but only if he is alone. Since William is traveling with many people from both worlds, Chaos Gods are certainly tracking William and scheming for the next move to screw him over.

"Is that mean they know I'm talking to you right now? After all, they are tracking me right now." William points the obvious question to the Star Child, but Numen shakes his head.

"No. For one, I'm not an amateur. Do you really think I would let those parasites listen to our conversation? They also have the problem of playing an away game, to a certain point of view." This answer confused William, which is understandable for Numen since it is beyond the knowledge of mortals.

"Let me explain the way you can understand. Those four idiots can't fully use their powers in this world or interact properly due to different rules already established before them. In the Realm of Chaos, those four parasites place themselves as rulers of certain emotions when they gain enormous psychic powers from the material universe. But here, those emotions and positions are already taken by the gods of this world, and there isn't enough to go around for invasive species." Numen explained best he could to William simply as possible. To a certain level, William understands Chaos Gods' situation and how much they struggle to invade this world.

D&D already has three dozen of deities from lesser to greater, not to mention Ao, the Overgod of all gods. The source of their power are natives of this world, so for the Ruinous Powers to draw the strength, they need to also draw from natives or bring it from their home turf (which takes great effort and is limited).

It is a New World for Chaos Gods, and the New World already has nations, rulers, and laws established long ago. It is an invasion in celestial proportion, and for once, Chaos Gods are at a disadvantage even with their combined effort.

"I'm already aware of their goal ever since I met their forces. I faced the forces of Slaanesh and Khorne and won. I'm already halfway from victory against Ruinous Powers." William put his right fist on his chest proudly as he can. But this only made Numen laugh uncontrollably as he bangs the table with his hand.

"Hahahaha, you think you made a difference by winning against a few scouts? Until now, you fought nothing but a few daemons and one Chaos Marine. The main forces of Chaos will come and eventually establish a stronghold unless you get your head out of your ass." Numen said to William with a serious look and gave a dire warning which made William rethink his cocky attitude. Numen continues without giving William a chance to defend himself.

"Ruinous Powers are sending their forces through multiple warp tears in this world. Eventually, all of them will heal themselves like small cuts except one. The last one is big that it requires surgical hands to close it. You need to exterminate every last influence of the Chaos and close the warp tear that connects the two worlds. Like Eye of Terror and Cadia, except you can't fail." The last one really put pressure on William. He knew he has to stop the upcoming invasion, but the size and consequence of the final conflict are beyond his imagination.

The faith of the two worlds depends on him, and he just realized he had bitten more than he could chew. William paused himself from speaking his mind, to which Numen understood what was going through fake Space Marine's mind. Star Child isn't sure who indeed possesses Black Templar's mind and body, but he knows he could be a great asset against the war on Ruinous Powers. That is if he can endure the struggles and roadblocks ahead of him in the short future.

"I think I know what I need to do. You gave me enough clues as to what to do against Chaos. I will do what I can and find the tear between reality; I hope I can figure out how to close the damn thing by then." William assures the Star Child and puts his helmet back on (It is rude to have a civilized conversation with his helmet).

Witnessing strong will from William, Numen smiled as if he knew he could trust the anomaly in front of him. After all, this is an unusual situation and it requires very unique tools to fix the problem. Not to mention there is something familiar about this one. The way William presents himself and talks reminded Numen of the Old Era before the Age of Technology. Needless to say, Star Child is glad to have refreshing conversations ever since he separated from his main body all those millennia ago.

"Well, you convinced me from possessing your body for a ride. I'm sure you will be able to push against Chaos itself in the end. Also, take this for your lady friend. Don't worry, it's safe… for a human," Star Child summon a single golden feather out of his hand and gave it to William. William examines the feather carefully before storing it in his inventory.

The golden feather gave off illumination similar to when he was resurrected as Emperor's Champion.

"Now, with everything in order, it is time for you to go back. Just make sure you don't show that feather to a certain living saint if you ever meet her. She will kill me for taking one of her feathers." Star Child giggles menacingly and sends away William with the snap of his finger.

When the Black Templar disappears from the higher plane to the material world, Star Child took a small sip from his drink and sighs, releasing stress from his shoulder.

"If Ruinous Powers nor other me didn't send him, then who could have done this? Who in the right mind and motives would place mortal soul into one of my Adeptus Astartes?" Star Child said to himself as he prepares for the upcoming event that will shake the two worlds. The result of the celestial war will change the balance of both Immaterium and the material world, just like how War in Heaven did eons ago.


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I did my best to explain the Immaterium and how Chaos Gods strength through the material world. I hope I got it right, and please let me know if I made a mistake with the lore.

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