Ves had gained the clarity that he had been looking for. After thinking about his choices from many different angles, Gloriana helped him find a way out of the maze that he had built up around himself.
In one sense, Calabast was right. He was lucky and privileged beyond any mech designer's wildest dreams. The possibilities teased by the System would have made countless people green with envy!
None of them were useless or invalid to his situation. No matter what he chose, he would always be able to make it work somehow.
What he truly needed to consider was how his choice affected his future work and motivations.
The more defensive choices that the System had presented such as the sixth and seventh upgrade track were not only selfish, but also limited in scope.
They solely existed because Ves frequently worried about his ability to defend himself if he was stripped of all of his guards.
While Ves acknowledged that these concerns were real and legitimate, he did not want to live out the rest of his life while gripped by his own fears.
Perhaps that was not the safest approach he could choose from, but Ves would rather take more risks and live a more fruitful life than to keep hiding away inside a fortress of his own making.
His decision to take his entire clan and alliance on the Trailblazer Expedition reflected his desire and conviction. He was not a person who prioritized safety and the reduction of risks over his more aspirational ambitions.
Ves would feel lost if he no longer did his best to pursue his goals!
Personally, he felt that he had always been at his best when he gave into his passion and put his whole being into his work!
He recognized that a large reason why he worked so hard was because he was trying to seek personal validation. There was nothing wrong with this because everyone craved recognition in one form or another.
He also recognized that he had an ambitious streak that dreamt of pushing his vision onto society. He wanted to convert as many people in the mech community to the wonders of living mechs!
Ves believed so much in the premise that living mechs could become the new standard in the future that he was willing to take many risks in order to make this dream come true.
This was the conviction that could push him all the way to Star Designer!
The last thing that Ves wanted to do was to add more distractions in his life. Anything that did not align with his core activities as a mech designer risked leading him astray.
Ultimately, Ves would be worse off than before in that situation. Realizing his design philosophy and becoming a Star Designer should remain as his highest priorities.
Before Ves headed off to a secure location in order to confirm his choice, he stayed in the garden in order to enjoy a bit of quality time with all of his children.
"Hihihi! Look, Papa! Wendy the Tiger says that I've been a good girl today!" Aurelia boasted.
She presented a plushie tiger towards her father. The fluffy toy in question wagged its tail and acted more like a housecat rather than the predator that it was supposed to represent.
"Good girls share their gifts with their friends~" The tiger toy uttered through its hidden speakers.
Ves lowered himself to the grass and accepted the plushie. The soft and exquisite materials befitted its handmade construction. He knew his wife's craftsmanship well enough to know that she had personally made it for her daughters.
Suddenly, the tiger plushie squirmed and tried to escape from Ves' grasp.
"Meow!"
Lucky, who had been lounging in the vicinity, quickly jumped in the air and tackled Wendy the Tiger!
"Naughty boy! Is this how you treat a lady? Boys are not allowed to touch girls like myself!"
"Meow meow meow!"
"Bad boy~! Bad boy~!"
Ves slowly frowned. What kind of nonsense lessons did his wife program into the interactive toys that she made for her kids?
Both Aurelia and Andraste tried to take Wendy the Tiger back from their father!
"Let go, papa! Wendy will cry if you make her upset!"
At this time, Ves wanted to do nothing more than to take the stupid toy apart and reprogram the stupid tiger's dynamic lesson plans!
Fortunately, Gloriana wasn't the only one that played this game.
He nonchalantly tossed Wendy the Tiger over his shoulder and picked up another interactive plushie.
"Tigers are boring. Play with this instead. Papa personally poured his love into making this toy."
He grabbed a pink miniature mech and placed it in Aurelia's hands.
Compared to the works of his wife, the toys he made for his girls were much more alive. The pink mech truly conveyed his love for his daughters!
Aurelia didn't look too excited by it, though. She passed the pink mech to her younger sister who eagerly embraced the cool miniature mech!
"Look at my future expert mech! Whoosh! Pew pew pew!"
After he finished checking up on his two daughters, he moved over to the sandbox where his son had made a decent attempt at building a fortification.
After rubbing the head of his brown-haired son one last time, he rose up and headed inside the Royal Mansion. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
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