Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 112 Weakness
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Half an hour after meeting with Angron.

The Emperor returned to his flagship with the Custodes, where he reviewed the entire meeting and pondered it over.

In the end, he concluded that he had done the best he could in this matter and that his attitude toward Angron was the best he could.

The Emperor then recalled some events before Angron's birth.

"Number Twelve must be your least favorite Primarch."

Malcador's voice floated from memory to the Emperor's ears.

That was a conversation between the two when the Primarch was still in the manufacturing stage.

The Terra Unification War had not yet ended at that time.

"Why?" the Emperor asked Malcador in his memory.

The Emperor himself knew the answer, but he was unwilling to confess or admit it.

"Because No. 12, like other Primarchs, inherited certain traits from their fathers. He inherited his father's emotional side."

"Father...sometimes I am even surprised that their father actually considers these things as his offspring."

Malcador's response caused the Emperor to gaze into silence at the Primarch's incubator chamber.

Because Malcador was right.

Primarch No. 12, whose talent is to sense other people's emotions, absorb other people's emotions, and even influence other people's emotions.

It’s not that No. 12 is naturally emotional, but that the abilities he is designed with make him emotional.

So this is not a direct ball in terms of personality inheritance, but a subtle inheritance.

It is conceivable that a Primarch with the ability to feel the emotions of others would become emotional.

The Twelve Primarch...

He is affected by the emotions of others, and he also affects the emotions of others.

He will have a strong sense of compassion and sympathy because he can empathize with other people's emotions.

A demigod will realize the difference between himself and mortals on the day he is born. Some of them don't even think that mortals belong to the same human race as themselves, or that they are their compatriots, or that they have any responsibility to protect those ants...

The twelfth will be different.

If a mortal were to cry out over the loss of a loved one, No. 12 would feel the same emotion, and he would also be sad and grief-stricken...

So what Makado said was not wrong at all.

"I hope he is not weak." The Emperor said softly, "I gave him strong empathy not to make him a sentimental person, but to enable him to better understand the psychology of others and to serve as a bond to maintain brotherly relationships. If he becomes weak because of his talent, that is definitely what I don't want to see the most."

Macado nodded.

After all, he was an old friend of the Emperor, so after much hesitation, the Emperor decided to add one more sentence: "You are right, number 12 would be my least favorite, but what I dislike is not number 12 itself, but the weaknesses I think I have."

"Emotions, human nature... these things that are of no use to our cause have always been deliberately suppressed."

"I also still hate these emotions, because I am no longer an immortal with nothing to do and no worries. I now shoulder the fate of a race. My emotions that cause me to hesitate and be fragile are weaknesses."

"If number twelve is born, I will still teach him equally and let him learn to suppress and control his emotions like me."

The Emperor said a lot.

It was not spoken with the mouth, but with psychic power, so these words were spoken to Makado in an instant.

"A Primarch who can easily sympathize with others... It is foreseeable that what he should learn most is not how to use this gift to treat everyone with care, but to learn to suppress his gift and overcome his sympathy for everyone's emotions, otherwise he will be driven crazy."

Malcador pondered and speculated.

"The cruel ones must learn not to be cruel, and the gentle ones must learn not to be gentle. It's cruel." "Maybe... Number 12 should have been made female."

Makhado had a sudden idea.

This is not the first time that Machado has made this suggestion.

"You know it's not like I haven't tried, and failed," the Emperor said.

Malcador said nothing more. There was no further mention of the Twelve, or of the suggestion of creating a sister for the Primarch.

As the Chancellor of the Empire and a like-minded person of the Emperor, Malcador supports the Emperor, but that does not mean he agrees with all the Emperor's decisions.

The Emperor was unsure how much of what Malcador had said was genuine advice and how much was a roundabout way of teasing him.

Perhaps Malcador disapproved of giving personalities to Primarchs, or even of the Primarchs themselves.

After this abruptly ended conversation, the Primarchs were launched to various parts of the galaxy by one person, and any plans to train them personally were shattered as they took off.

The Emperor stopped reminiscing about the past and slowly walked to the porthole to look at the planet called Nuceria below.

Prime Minister Malcador, who was managing many affairs on Terra, was not here, but the Emperor could still imagine what Malcador would ask him if he were here.

He would ask if, after seeing all this, you still dislike number 12, just as you dislike that side of your own humanity.

Malcador's question was more like a necessary question to be thoughtful and obtain more reference conditions, rather than a concern for a Primarch.

The Emperor would answer - of course.

Although ultimately this dislike was not directed at the existence of the Twelfth Primarch Angron itself, it was still related to Angron.

Angron inherited several of the traits he had resolved to discard.

However, the Emperor believed that those personality traits were harmful in himself, and would lead to the failure of the human race's cause towards light and would be exploited by the enemy. But they were useful in Angron, because he could use his talents to build good relationships with his brothers and maintain the friendship between every brother.

Angron does not need to carry the entire human race on his shoulders, so his weaknesses due to human nature and sensibility are not fatal.

The Emperor pondered.

The Emperor stared.

do not know why……

Seeing Angron use his inherited weakness from the Maker to win over a reliable person, unite a large group of strong men who stood firmly by his side, and then establish effective rule, bringing order to a planet full of slave owners and slaves... The Emperor felt a little happy.

Because this proves that weaknesses such as sensibility and human nature are not completely useless.

The emperor thought of Qin Xia again, this strange psychic.

The Emperor used his psychic powers to explore people's memories. The memories of those who had met him or not were dug out to piece together Angron's most complete experience, but the part about Qin Xia in those memories could not be dug out to reveal very important information.

Where did he come from? Why was he an Astartes? Whose gene-seed did he use?
There is no answer to these questions.

But there is one thing the emperor can be sure of, that is, Qin Xia is not an enemy, at least for now.

He was just a weirdo, not an enemy, otherwise in the environment of Nuceria, it would be easy for Angron to be lured towards the Four Gods if he wanted to.

Qin Xia might have some plans.

Maybe the truth is this:
A mysterious psychic has a purpose and plot in mind, but he is not strong enough to achieve it, so he keeps it to himself. One day, the psychic sees a very powerful god-like person. The power of this god-like person can help the psychic achieve his goal, and he doesn't look very smart and is easy to fool, so he is instigated by the psychic to join the psychic's plot.

Thinking of this, the emperor suddenly had a sense of déjà vu.

"If that's the case."

"I hope that No. 12 is as wise and rational as I am, and I also hope that the psychic's plan is also a great cause."

The Emperor thought.

(End of this chapter)