Chapter 83 - Chapter 13: The Right to Rule #2 (1/2)
Chapter 83 - Chapter 13: The Right to Rule #2
Demon king.
The first in the world. The ruler of the Demon World and the strongest person in the Demon World.
In-gong stared at Elaine with confused eyes and a faint smile appeared on Elaine’s face.
”I guess you haven’t thought about it before.”
It was like that. It was the right answer.
It was Zephyr who had become the demon king in Knight Saga.
He wanted to confront Zephyr in order to prevent the Day of Massacre, but he had never thought of becoming the demon king. It was because Shutra’s position was too low.
Elaine sat down beside In-gong and stared at him with a mixed expression. Then she said with a laugh,
”Well, it is understandable when considering your position so far.”
9th Prince Shutra Ignus was known as the Scraps Prince.
He was a poor boy who had lost his mother, his biggest supporter, at a young age;
A poor prince who didn’t receive any outside support.
”Now, your position has changed, so you should think about it.”
Elaine spoke to In-gong in an alluring voice. Then In-gong realized a new fact,
'They don’t look alike.’
She had almost the same face as Caitlin, but she was different. Elaine was a completely different type of person.
”I don’t need to hear an answer right now. Once again, just think about it. I’ll hear your answer later.”
Elaine moved forward like a feline beast. She approached Caitlin, who was sleeping serenely, and touched her cheek.
“Sleep well, my baby.”
Elaine bowed and kissed Caitlin’s forehead. She lifted her head slowly and lingered her gaze on In-gong again.
She was cold and warm; there was some uncertainty buried her casualness.
Elaine turned toward the door before saying one last thing to In-gong,
”Take it easy. I’ll see you again soon.”
“Thank you.”
In-gong’s reply was somewhat misleading, but Elaine laughed heartily. She left as abruptly as she had appeared.
The man by the door closed it. A few seconds passed before Chris laughed.
Then he said,
”My advice?”
In-gong turned to Chris and realized that a person could be incredibly hateful. He snapped at Chris who was smiling mischievously.
“Why didn’t you tell me that the 4th Queen was coming?”
”Then that would be no fun.”
As expected, he received a hateful reply in return. Chris laughed like a villain and said again,
”Anyhow, you should really think about it. About becoming the demon king, that is.”
He spoke lightly, but the expression in his eyes was serious. No, from the start, this had been a subject that couldn’t be dealt with lightly.
Today had been the first time In-gong had encountered 4th Queen Elaine Moonlight. Regardless, it wasn’t normal to ask someone if they wanted to become a demon king.
There were three possible reasons behind this.
Elaine was really casual, she was genuine or someone had evaluated In-gong for her.
In-gong thought it was the third reason. If it was the third reason, there was only one person it could be.
Chris Moonlight, the 4th Queen's eldest son and the one she trusted most in the world... The one who would be king of the lycanthropes and who was already walking on that path.
Elaine's question was soon asked by Chris who wondered if In-gong intended to become the demon king.
Chris liked jokes, but he would never make light of this. He wasn’t the type of person who would ask In-gong this question casually.
Chris was hoping that In-gong would become the demon king.
In-gong took a step back in his mind and looked at this incident from far away.
In a common monarchy, it was treason for someone who wasn’t the Crown Prince to think of becoming the king. Just saying that they wanted to become king would ignite a dangerous blaze.
However, the Demon World was different.
Since the beginning, there had never been such a thing as a fixed Crown Prince. The strongest royal child would become the demon king. There was no discrimination between man and woman or against age.
Therefore, it was natural for the children of the demon king to be encouraged.
However, this was somewhat distant from reality.
To become a demon king, they had to be the strongest and many things were required in order to become the strongest. Out of the royal children, there were only three who sincerely sought out to become the demon king:
1st Prince Baikal Ragnaros;
2nd Prince Zephyr Ragnaros;
And 4th Princess Anastasia Nekrion.
In Knight Saga, Chris hadn’t been greedy about becoming the demon king. He was hostile and vigilant toward Zephyr, but he didn’t engage actively in any faction rivalry.
Yet he was now asking about the demon king position.
In-gong breathed in deeply as he thought about it. He narrowed down his thoughts and asked Chris instead of replying to him,
”Why me?”
In-gong could guess to some extent, but he wanted to hear it from Chris.
Instead of answering right away, Chris straightened his posture. He was buried deep in the chair, but his size was so big that the chair seemed like it would burst.
Chris got into a comfortable position and smiled.
”Perhaps I am being too premature... and it is somewhat awkward to talk about.”
Every person had a different way of talking. According to the situation and the person he was talking to, Chris’ tone would change.
He gave a long sigh. Instead of his normal mischievous expression, his face was calm like when he had been discussing the withdrawal from the Red Lightning tribe.
”I can’t become the demon king but Shutra can.”
Chris' words didn’t end there. He raised his hand and concentrated aura on his fist. The blue aura seemed very cold.
”I am strong, a so-called genius.”