Chapter 232: Secret Part 1 (1/2)

Ignoring the devastated Gaiuz entirely, Meisian then turned towards me with eyes more serious than I had ever seen. Gone was the frivolity she showed when we first met, instead what faced me were deeply furrowed brows and a piercing gaze.

“Devil, I know you’ve become Gaiuz’s trump card. Back then, I only sent you away to cause trouble for Weiderly on a mere whim, to think it would end up like this now…in that case, I’ll need to you leave, now.”

“Leave? You wish to attack me?” At that, Sinmosa, Sasani, No.3 and Big 4 all put up their guards and ever so slightly shifted their positions to surround the Shadowcat.

Meisian ignored their aggressive posturing and continued speaking, with that same placid expression on her face: “No, I wish to give you what you seek beforehand.”

“What I seek?”

“That’s right, the answer which you’ve been searching for all this while.”

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“…” I had to admit, her newfound seriousness spooked me a little and struck me as not at all adorable. Given a choice, I would rather she return back to that brash kitty who addressed us while munching on snacks. Even though there was no shred of propriety to be found in her then, it was kind of adorable in its own way, not to mention interesting.

“If I give you the answer which you seek now, there shouldn’t be any reason for you to stay in this fight, nyah. From that moment on, the matters of our clan shouldn’t concern you any longer.”

Seeing that I was still confused, Meisian then proceeded to elaborate: “I was hoping to simplify this mess by hiring you as my external help but seeing as you’ve now become a hindrance, that clearly isn’t true anymore. I do not have a suitable reason now to act against you and even if I did, Gaiuz would most likely interfere, making the entire mess even worse for me. Given that, sending you away would be for the best, if you catch my drift.”

“…”

In other words, as long as I lost the sole reason for my participation in this war, the method of entering Abaddon, I wouldn’t have any reason to stay here and be a hindrance any further. In her eyes, our withdrawal was more a plus than anything else.

To being with, she didn’t want to hand us the answer for free when we first met because there was no such thing as a free meal in this world. Take for example, a person who so happened to dig up a chest of gold bars and thus became rich. While others might have construed that as merely being lucky and not working for his own riches, that wasn’t true at all. The act of searching and digging up the chest was his labor and the gold, his fruits. ‘You reap what you sow’ that was the unchanging law of Earth and of this world as well.

That was why she gave us that mission and just like that example above, while it might seem like I hadn’t labored for this answer…the truth was that I did…so much so in fact that I…sigh, my scruples…

“I remember you mentioning that you all were sent here by a teleportation gate in the Prison of the Dead, am I right in saying that?”

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“That’s right.”

“Can you give me a brief introduction? Like your origins and the situation in the Prison.”

“Alright.” Given that there really wasn’t much to hide there, I told her whatever she wanted to know: “I first started off in the Blood Sea…”

As I recounted our entire adventure thus far, the Princess listened with rapt attention, taking care not to miss out any detail. Upon finishing my explanation, she sighed deeply before falling silent. Even though I still didn’t know what all these had to do with entering Abaddon, I had everyone keep quiet so as not to disturb her.

Not long after, Meisian came back to her senses and inexplicably stated: “So that’s why…I think I roughly get what’s happening now.”

“”Huh?” Hearing her say that, it almost seemed like we were the ones who gave her an answer instead…

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“We are currently in the remnants of the ancient kingdom of Sable Radiance, you know that as well, right?”

“Mhm.”

“Sable Radiance used to be a thriving kingdom till one day, in just the span of one night, every devil, including the Devil King, disappeared without a trace, you know of this as well right?”

“Mhm, I’ve heard of this strange legend as well but I’m not sure how much stock to put into that…how can there be anyone or thing powerful enough to cause the devils to vanish like that…or cause that mysterious barrier surrounding this region…moreover, only the devils were affected and not the other fiendish creatures…”

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