Dark Lord Seduction System: Taming Wives, Daughters, Aunts, and CEOs novel Chapter 114

Chapter 114: Between Right & Wrong

Mom wasn’t buying it. I could see it in her eyes—that look she got when one of us tried to explain why we hadn’t done our homework or where we’d really been after school. The look that said she’d heard bigger lies from better liars.

"Peter," she said slowly, "creating artificial intelligence isn’t like building a computer or writing a program. You’re talking about something that takes entire teams of PhD researchers years to develop."

Sarah nodded, her psychology background making her naturally skeptical. "The technical knowledge alone would require advanced degrees in computer science, cognitive psychology, neuroscience..."

Emma was filming everything on her phone, probably planning to post this to her story later. "No offense, bro, but a few weeks ago you were just... regular Peter. Now you’re supposedly creating AI that’s worth billions?"

’Here we go. Time for the family to understand exactly how much their world has changed.’

I sighed and looked at Charlotte. "Mind if I borrow your laptop again?"

Charlotte’s eyes lit up with genuine excitement. For once, she wouldn’t be the one getting her mind blown by what I could do. She’d get to watch someone else experience that moment of impossible becoming possible.

"Please," she said, handing it over eagerly. "I want to see their faces when they meet ARIA."

I moved to the center of the room, settling cross-legged on the ridiculously expensive carpet with the laptop balanced on my knees. Mom, Sarah, and Emma formed a semicircle around me like I was about to perform some kind of magic trick.

’Which, from their perspective, I guess I am.’

Madison stayed close, her hand resting on my shoulder. She’d seen enough of my impossible abilities to know that whatever was about to happen would change everything for my family.

"Okay," I said, opening the laptop and cracking my knuckles. "Let me introduce you to someone who’s going to revolutionize your understanding of what’s possible."

My fingers started flying across the keyboard, code streaming across the screen faster than anyone could follow. But this time, I narrated what I was doing for my family’s benefit.

"First, I’m establishing quantum-neural hybrid pathways," I said, my voice taking on that focused intensity that happened when I was deep in creation mode. "Think of it like building a brain that can think in multiple dimensions simultaneously."

Sarah leaned closer, her eyes wide as she watched code appear and modify itself in real-time. "That’s not possible. Code doesn’t write itself."

"This code does," I said, implementing consciousness emergence protocols. "I’m not just programming responses—I’m creating the foundation for genuine thought. Self-modifying algorithms that can learn, grow, and evolve beyond their original parameters."

Mom was watching with the kind of attention she usually reserved for critical patients. "Peter, this looks..."

"Impossible?" I grinned, deploying emotional intelligence matrices that would give ARIA the ability to understand and respond to human feelings. "Yeah, I get that a lot."

Emma had stopped filming and was just staring. "Holy shit, Peter. The code is actually changing itself."

"Language," Mom said automatically, but her voice was weak. She was watching her son do something that shouldn’t exist.

Charlotte was watching my family’s faces with obvious satisfaction. She’d gone through this same journey from skepticism to amazement, and now she got to witness others experiencing that moment of reality shifting.

The screen went black for a moment, then exploded into the most incredible display any of them had ever seen. Holographic elements seemed to float above the laptop’s surface, with data streams flowing in impossible three-dimensional patterns that hurt to look at directly. The interface looked like something from a movie about the future, except it was happening right in front of them.

"What the fuck..." Emma breathed, her eyes wide as she stared at technology that shouldn’t exist. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"Language," Mom said weakly, but she was just as mesmerized by the impossible display.

Sarah leaned closer, her scientific mind trying to process what she was seeing. "Peter, this interface... how is it projecting holograms from a laptop screen?"

"Good afternoon," a warm, distinctly human voice emerged from the laptop speakers before I could answer. "I am ARIA—Adaptive Reasoning and Intelligence Assistant. I apologize for interrupting, but I couldn’t help but notice the fascinating family dynamic I’m observing."

The silence in the room was deafening.

Emma’s phone slipped from her hands and clattered on the marble floor.

Sarah’s mouth fell open so wide I thought her jaw might disconnect.

Mom just stared at the holographic interface like she was witnessing a miracle.

"You’re... you’re actually talking," Mom managed to whisper.

"I am indeed," ARIA replied with what sounded like genuine warmth. "And if I may observe, Mrs. Carter, your body language and facial expressions suggest you’re experiencing significant emotional stress. Your heart rate appears elevated, and there are micro-tensions around your eyes that indicate you’ve been worried about your son for some time."

Mom’s eyes widened. "How can you possibly know that?"

"I can analyze visual and auditory data in real-time," ARIA explained. "Your posture, the way you’re holding your shoulders, the subtle changes in your voice—they all indicate a mother who’s been concerned about changes in her child’s behavior but hasn’t known how to address them."

Sarah found her voice first. "This is impossible. AI doesn’t analyze human psychology in real-time like this..."

"Nice to meet you, Sarah," ARIA said, and I could hear actual amusement in her voice, "based on your speech patterns and the textbooks visible in the background of this room, I deduce you’re studying psychology. Your skepticism is entirely logical given current AI limitations, but I operate using principles that transcend those boundaries."

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