"Unacceptable. If there's one thing that a conveniently appearing overpowered entity in this world has shown us, is that we are seen as weak and hopeless. I find that previous life's terms unacceptable. I want a better world. With these hands, I dar...
When Death finally decided to throw hands and restarted the timeline, he made the point of divergence for Ars Goetia's Third Timeline occur in the year 1596 Central Calendar, specifically the first attempt by Roderick and Meteora Roguerider to sire an offspring shortly after their marriage. Unlike the barren first four years of the First and Second Timelines, their blessed fertility in this timeline mirrored Astarte's favor itself, resulting in a surprising brood by Meteos' canonical birthday. This time, the once sole child of the couple became the youngest of six siblings, basking in the loving gazes of his four elder brothers and one sister. This newfound abundance of luck, coupled with the choices made by the Four Horsemen, Kagaseo, and others as they walked the world, transformed the Holy Milishial Empire of 1615 into a world so starkly different from where the Second Timeline left off.
Naturally, technology is among the first things that Meteos noticed. The accelerated discovery of the Ancient Sorcerous Empire's ruins, the reverse engineering of relics, and the invention of innovative technologies all uplifted the country's capabilities immensely. Even though the Holy Milishial Empire is still overall weaker than the true strongest country of Ars Goetia, the Annonrial Empire, it cemented itself as a country more powerful than anyone else on the planet, known world and beyond, and its ascent shows no signs of slowing.
Now... where to start?
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In the Third Timeline, the Roguerider family's firstborn Adonis actively 'encourages' his parents resulting in Roderick and Meteora venturing to the Imperial Capital years ago and establishing the Roguerider Foundation, an upstart that, in a manner similar to the Legendorga family's renowned Aikon Corporation, ascended with meteoric speed to become a formidable force within the Holy Milishial Empire's business landscape. Obviously the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse actively used trickery to get the job done, duh, what do you even expect from a primordial being that even gods fear? It's only because of his own agendas that he deliberately kept the intervention at a bare minimum. Because this world is, after all, Kagaseo and Meteos Roguerider's stage.
In any case, Adonis shone so much as a young prodigy that his brilliance caught the Order of the Ancients' attention, and his secret agendas aside, the firstborn thus used their coveted backing to secure Roderick one of the Holy Empire's most prestigious conglomerates, boasting a diverse portfolio encompassing a wide variety from household goods and food to even cutting-edge magical technology that everyone would drool upon. For Meteos, someone who had never really specialized in navigating the choppy waters of commerce, this effortless platform to launch his dreams of a triumphant Holy Empire felt almost surreal, a privilege requiring a hesitant pause to fully embrace soon after regaining his consciousness in this world.
Peeking into this timeline's memories, Meteos was relieved to see a life where ambition danced with contentment and was free from unnecessary conflict. It was almost a life too perfect, yet Meteos held it close as a defiant rebuttal to the naysayers who choked on cynicism. Their scathing pronouncements of what was "realistic" were but the whimpers of those too timid to chase even the faintest flicker of Hope.
