Chapter 244 - 199 : Returning (1/2)
”Blood red eyes, is he a royal vampire, dad?”
When the two of them left, Emily started questioning her father, curious about the strange color of Arthur's eyes.
”Although a royal vampire is strong, he's not this absurdly powerful to fight with a Sovereign while he's at the Divine Realm.”
Kithel sat there, dazed, still unable to believe what just happened. Only after a long while did he silently leave the dining room, leaving his sister and father alone.
”Then what is he? I've never read a Race which has such strange eyes… especially the gray pupils.”
Amidel shook his head and added:
”He may be doing it on purpose to mislead us, trying to find out his true Race is impossible. However, we know where his true home is… an abandoned small-world cast out in the corner of the Universe. I was surprised to hear about its existence but from my sources, I came to know that there is an interesting tree existing there, maybe I should give it a visit.”
”We should focus on the catastrophe, dad.”
Amidel stood up and walked to his daughter as he looked at her with pride. He patted her head and said
”You're right, even I, am not sure if I could beat him outside of the city. We should put more priority on the catastrophe, if what he said is true, then we should fully prepare ourselves because it's not going to be an easy fight.”
”Why don't we call for help from outside?”
Amidel burst out in laughter when he heard his daughter's words, he rubbed her head, messing her hair in the process and replied
”What help? This is a wasteland, no one cares about this place, they only come here once in a while to check on things.”
The girl sighed and remained silent, knowing that her father's words were true. She is expected to be the head of the family, however, she lacks a lot of experience which is why her father let her join important family meetings.
…
”In this life, you can only care about your family. The rest is not your business, their life and death are irrelevant to you.”
As they were heading to the Pigolo territory, Arthur murmured that out of the blue, which left Swain confused.
”Master, each person has their own rules to follow. Some care about others more themselves, they would sacrifice their lovers to save thousands of innocent lives.”
Arthur chuckled and retorted
”Well, if you ask me… these people are straight out idiots. What humanitarian services, what honor or justice, none of that matters if you're going to end up alone. Those crowds that cheer for you are not admiring you but your powers, your actions, they would do the same thing if it was another person who acted the same way you did whereas, a person who's important you will follow you till the end, whether your strong or not.”
Arthur halted mid-air and stared at Swain dead in the eyes while seriously saying
”I dare you to look at me and say that you've never had someone important in your life. I dare you to say that you forgot about that person, I dare you to say that you'll not sacrifice anything and anyone to get that person back!”
Swain looked at Arthur and didn't utter a single word, he couldn't deny Arthur's words so all he could do was keep his mouth shut.
”I'm fully aware that you are not just a fusion of some golem and a book, I do not know the full backstory, but no one magic or fusion could create a living being with real feelings, it's not something that can be created but born with.”
Arthur ended the conversation with that last sentence and proceeded in his journey along with the silentSwain. They were heading to the teleportation array situated in the Pigolo's territory so they can go back to Astria. Arthur had no more important business here and he urgently needs to go back to check on how things have been there and make sure if the catastrophe signs were heard there too or not.