Chapter 264: The Truth Unknown... (1/2)
”WHAT!? Avilia! Is that you?! This is the first time you talk to me ever since I woke up and this is the first thing you're telling me?!”
Avilia paused and took a deep breath before she continued.
”I've never been the best at comforting people okay! So, I decided it would be best for you to figure things out by yourself and see the changes your decisions have made!”
”That still doesn't explain why you said that! Put her down!? What is she to you? A dog!?”
”Yes! In the state she is right now, she might as well be a dog! She's suffering much more alive than dead and she doesn't even realize it! Listen! She's taking up a servant slot for nothing right now! She might at one point accidentally leak our identity! Right now she's free XP, so you might as well take it!”
Moby had never been this mad at anything Avilia had said to him prior, despite knowing her argument was in fact somewhat rooted in logic.
”She might still recover! Mason even used some sort of extremely valuable wish to keep her alive! And now you're telling me I should kill her?! How would Jayden think of me? I'm the reason she's like that! I could never bring myself to kill her under any circumstance! How would I ever be even able to forgive myself after that?!”
”YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO FORGIVE YOURSELF BECAUSE YOUR EMOTIONS FOR HER AREN'T EVEN REAL!”
Avilia blurted seemingly accidentally as she was too caught up in the moment, Moby's teary eyes growing wide as her words seemed completely obscured to him, yet since it's from Avilia, he knew she might very well be speaking the truth…
”Please explain… I'm listening...”
Moby took a deep breath and spoke, trying to calm himself to see what Avilia had to say…
”Okay! Listen! Didn't I tell you that every being that is turned into a demon will experience a certain type of corruption in their character? You have one too!”
”Wait! Do you know what it is? I thought you didn't know…”
”I lied! I lied to protect you and your sanity but I guess it's now time you find out…”
”So… What is it?”
Moby's heart was beating like machine-gun fire, almost like it was about to explode from his chest as the anticipation of what he was about to hear began to take center stage on all his senses.
”So! You're an orphan kid who lost his family and never had any lover or friends at school since you always got bullied… More than anything else, what did your heart desire…”
'W-what… It can't be... Has my life been a lie…'
As soon as Avilia spoke those words, it was almost like something clicked in his mind, connecting all the dots and realizing something he should have found out a long time ago, as he waited patiently for Avilia to continue her words…
”Yes, I assume that you guessed it by now… Anyone that you turn into a demon, you begin to see them more like family, friends, lover, and much more far more than before… This is not a common trait for other household members and masters in the Netherworld… This is simply just you… And yes, people usually call them household members and not family, you used the word family subconsciously without even realizing it…”
Avilia paused once more to take another deep breath before continuing.
”Didn't you realize? A crazy girl that tried to rape you and keep you as a pet is now your girlfriend. Don't you find it odd that you fell for her? People just don't forgive and forget that easily. Or how you couldn't really care less about Abby and her family's situation before you turned her into a demon since all you wanted to do was manipulate her, but then you ended up befriending and sympathizing with her. Or, how about the fact that you used to see Alex and Ray equally, but when you turned Alex into a demon, you began to value him more. I can keep going on and on if you don't believe me, but all I'm saying is the truth…”
The realization of things became more and more apparent the more Avilia spoke in Moby's shaky, aching mind, yet he still had a few questions to ask her…
”But what about Natalia?! I turned her into a demon and I still hated her! How does that make sense!?”
Avilia took a deep breath and responded.
”Simple, it's all because of Jayden. Subconsciously, you valued your relationship with her more and knew that if you saved Natalia, your relationship with Jayden would be lost,”