134 Absolute truth 1 (1/2)
Absolute Truth as the name suggests is a state of mind which forces its target to be unable to utter a single lie without feeling horrendous pain. It could not be achieved by ordinary means and a steep price had to be paid to accomplish it.
But the target was even more special and even not so ordinary tools did not affect it. This fact caused even more confusion and perplexion. He had never seen items of such a quality in the first place as he was just given them with the mission to somehow bring Moirai to eat them.
He did not ask the veiled figure about their origin as he knew that opening his mouth would have not been a wise decision. But what even was the last item, that caused the effect to finally take place. Otherwise, the veiled figure would not have hesitated for so long before finally handing it over.
Of course, this was done under a threat to only use it when everything else had failed or else suffer the consequences. After the lack of results, he found himself caught between a rock and a hard place and had to use this option, even if that meant he would have to waste something so precious.
Finally, the desired effect appeared and he could relax. Everything which followed was not part of his responsibility anymore. Yet, he could not stop himself from being intrigued why someone was willing to spend so much on a simple NPC.
He could not suppress his curiosity and as calm as possible asked the NPC a simple question to satisfy this desire. By making sure not to arouse any suspicion in the target, he could only ask a very basic question.
” Moirai, I have always wondered you are so strong, then your family must be remarkable as well right?”
This sentence was spoken so innocently, that one would not expect any hidden motives behind it but despite this Moirais face became distorted as he looked right at him. There was something odd seeing Moirai behaving in such a fashion. The calm demeanour had disappeared in an instance leaving behind a terrifying gaze.
” They are indeed remarkable.” With a voice full of scorn and bitterness he gave that reply. Being looked at by these haunting expression on his face left him more than uncomfortable. The feeling was eerily similar to the one he had felt when he had talked to the mysterious veiled figure.
But there was one big difference, in the presence of the latter there were no doubts simply because the gap between their abilities was unimaginable. Just being close caused him to have difficulties to breathe and this was not even done intentionally by the other party. He had never seen any magic of this calibre, not even on the family head.
Yet there was not even an ounce of magic flowing around Moirai and he certainly did not hold a candle to that person, still why are his instincts screaming at him to get away from this NPC? How could an NPC cause such emotion to stir inside of him?
It did not make any sense, maybe it was just his mind playing a trick on him. After all the event had been pure stress for him so far and the tension had never really dropped until now. The more he thought about it the more I felt assured by that assumption. An NPC scaring a player, the mere notion seems laughable. He would not tell a single soul, that he had such a thought in the first place.
With newfound confidence, he asked the next question.
” How strong are they in comparison to you?”
Moirai looked at him with a weird smile on his face, it was a bit offputting to see it even before its mouth had opened. It came across creepy and somehow looked very sinister.
” They are far stronger than me and they always have been. In my family, I was always known as the weakling amongst them. I never have managed to live up to their expectations and I never had the strength to change any of that.” Strangely this time around the voice was full of contempt and ridicule.
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This change did not go unnoticed as it further strengthed his belief that his initial judgement had been nothing more than a result out of his imagination. Moirai was a strong NPC without a doubt, but just like every other NPC, he was pathetic at his core.
” Too weak, even amongst human, how do they expect us to have trust in its abilities to teach us?” he murmured loudly not even trying to hide mockery. Moirai did not show any reaction to these words and just continued to stare at him.
” So, you weak human, what happened afterwards?”
” Of course, I have been replaced by my sister. She always had been the perfect fit for the expectations of my dear parents. After all, she is truly strong. And the truly strong are expected to trample upon those weaker than them. It has always been like that throughout all of history.” Moirai had a self-deprecating smile on his face, as his voice sounded happy in a very fake manner.
A loud laugh escaped from the lips of the one who was currently questioning Moirai, he could not stop himself from laughing at the ” strong” Moirai. This image did not fit the current Moirai anymore.
Moirai was not offended by that laugh as he continued to speak.
” I was a fool the entire time for thinking I had done enough. I am sure they are all too happy about my weak self. At least no one had any trouble with their picture-perfect arrangement. Who would care about the likes of me?”
Moirai had a hysterical laughing fit. Yet his laughing sounded deranged and more than mad. He had been grinding his own teeth and forced a smile on his lips which appeared to be rather demented.
All of this was ignored and more questions were asked happily without any concern. He could not stop himself from trying to pry further into this NPC. From the knowledge obtained so far, he could not understand what would justify spending so many precious resources on it.
The only thing he had discovered so far was, that the rest of his family was much stronger than it. Although this only confirmed that there are still some stronger humans somewhere out there. Which in itself was no grand revelation, it would not make sense to introduce the strongest human NPC that early.
Sadly, this information was of no use to him, since he could spread it around without fearing any repercussions from the side of the developers. Unlike CallMeDaddy he did not pursue that kind of fame. He was perfectly fine with enjoying the benefits, that came with their friendship. All of this was to sate his satisfaction, not for some other arbitrary reason.
” So Moirai, why did you end up in this place?”
” One thing led to another and before I knew it I was already in this wonderful world. Arriving at this place was outside of my wildest imagination. Who knows, I might have to thank my family for this as well.” Moirai had returned to his usual behaviour but there was a tinge of sadness in his voice.
” It feels strange talking about my past, especially on this occasion. My usual treatment varies from monster to something inferior. So please keep your arrogance on a level, which I still can tolerate. We do not want to destroy this precious situation right?” Spoken in a true nonchalantly fashion, Moirai gave his conversation partner a smirk.
Did the NPC just threaten him? This time around he would treat it as a mistake of his senses. Although he normally would not stand such a treatment, he could not afford to anger the NPC someone had invested so many resources into as well.