Chapter 197 – Chapter 41: Discovery #3 (2/2)
“Shutra is amazing! Shutra is delicious! Hehehe.”
The drunk Caitlin said while hiccuping. She looked very cute, but In-gong’s expression was different as he walked next to Chris who was carrying Caitlin on his back.
“Be careful not to get eaten in your sleep.”
“I’m glad that Caitlin noona can’t transform.”
In-gong nodded at the sincere advice. If Caitlin could turn into a wolf like Seira or Elaine, then he would’ve already been eaten when she bit his finger.
“Ang, ang.”
Caitlin smiled as she heard them talking and pretending to bite the air.
“Well, I really hope you don’t get eaten.
“Yes.”
It seemed like the two of them were speaking to reassure themselves. Chris arrived in front of Caitlin’s room and opened the door. It couldn’t be helped because Seira had been missing since the banquet. At any other time, Chris would’ve scolded Seira, but today was a special day. From the outset, they had been given permission to drink as much as they wanted.
Instead of entered the room, Chris held the doorknob for a while. He looked at In-gong and said,
“Shutra.”
“Huh?”
In-gong turned to Chris. However, Chris didn’t say anything. Instead, he licked his lips a few times before shaking his head.
“Nothing. Good night.”
“Hyung?”
“Go.”
Chris smiled and stroked In-gong’s head roughly before entering the room. Although In-gong had grown a lot this year, this was possible because he was still shorter than Chris. Was Chris trying to say something? Instead of thinking deeply, In-gong returned to his room. If there was something he needed to know, Chris would tell him eventually.
Apart from Seira, Carack was also missing. He could’ve called a dark elf maid, but In-gong entered his room alone.
It was a strange feeling. Although he was nervous about joining Zephyr, at present, he was relaxed without any worries. This was why people drank alcohol.
‘Let’s take a look at my stats.’
In-gong opened his status window and looked at the details. All his stats were over 100 points.
‘There are a lot.’
His main occupation was Protagonist, but he also had the Dragon Warrior and Conquest Knight as secondary occupations. Thanks to Spiritualism, other specifics had been added. There were many special racial skills.
‘Well, I need to maintain aura, magic power, and divine power.’
Thanks to receiving the divinity of the gandharva, his divine power had reached a certain level. There was only one power left.
‘There is nothing else to do.’
In-gong leisurely started searching through the status windows of his knights and activated several windows to see their various stats.
‘I haven’t paid much attention to this.’
He often saw Carack and Green Wind’s status windows since they fought together quite often, but he had never really looked at Caitlin’s or Silvan’s after they joined the first time.
‘Well, they all have significant stats.’
This was as expected from the children of the demon king. It might be due to In-gong’s influence, but all of them had higher stats compared to their versions in Knight Saga.
‘It is just like how Zephyr is several times stronger compared to the Zephyr in Knight Saga.’
Indeed, In-gong would be able to see how strong he was during the next mission.
“And… huh?”
In-gong’s eyes suddenly widened as he searched the status windows. It was because his eyes went to a part he hadn’t paid much attention to until now.
[Name: Caitlin]
[Species: Lycanthrope/Sura Mix]
This was an obvious notation. It wasn’t strange. However, In-gong felt uncomfortable.
[Name: Silvan]
[Species: Dark Elf/Sura Mix]
He looked through his memories. It was only recently that the details such as age or species were listed in the status windows of the knights. He hadn’t seen these details when he went to rescue Anastasia.
‘No, no.’
The cause of his discomfort was elsewhere. It wasn’t because of new details.
[Name: Felicia]
[Species: Dark Elf/Sura Mix]
[Name: Carack]
[Species: Orc]
[Name: Karma]
[Species: Satyr]
In-gong activated his status window hurriedly.
[Name: Shutra Ignus]
[Species: Divine Humanoid Gandharva]
In-gong blinked. He took a deep breath and thought about it.
This wasn’t because he was reborn as a divine humanoid. Previously, In-gong had ‘gandharva’ stated in that spot as his species.
He wondered why he wasn’t a mix like the others. Why wasn’t ‘sura’ written there like the other children of the demon king? Caitlin, who wasn’t a child of the demon king, was also marked as mixed. In other words, a first generation mixed blood was indicated.
Then something popped into his head. In-gong stood up at the thought. It explained why his status window only stated one species.
‘A sin big enough to confine all the gandharva.’
Shutra wasn’t the child of the demon king. He didn’t have the blood of the demon king. It was baffling. This was an unexpected secret of his birth. However, if it was true, Shutra truly wasn’t a child of the demon king.
Did the demon king know this?
‘He knows.’
He remembered when he met the demon king. The demon king had called In-gong the child of 5th Queen Semita. He had never once called In-gong his own child. Moreover, if the sin of the gandharva really involved Shutra’s birth, then their punishment meant the demon king knew the truth. However, he didn’t know why the demon king accepted Shutra’s presence. Moreover, why had he given In-gong the Seed of Extreme Nothingness?
“Shutra? Are you there?”
He heard a voice outside the door.
It was Felicia’s voice.