Chapter 333: Confrontation (2/2)

”Wait a second…” Listening to the voice that the skeleton used, Argentum could not help but feel that it was a bit familiar. In less than an instant, he finally pieced it together, prompting him to point at the skeleton with surprise and shout, ”Ah! You're the disembodied voice I was talking to while I was undergoing through the trials!”

”Indeed, I am,” the skeleton deviated his attention from Eleanor to Argentum before responding with a light nod. He then continued, ”You should be grateful that this great being has decided to be your guide in this inheritance. If not for your talent, I would've delegated this job to someone else.”

”Eh?” Argentum scratched his head as he listened to the skeleton's words, wondering why its personality had undergone a full 180. He remembered quite well that the disembodied voice he was talking to was not arrogant at all, unlike the skeleton in front of him that exuded arrogance. In fact, he even felt a bit of favoritism from the disembodied voice while he was undergoing the trials. In his mind, he could not help but think to himself, 'Is this really the same guy I was talking to a while ago?'

Just as the skeleton was about to redirect its attention back to Eleanor, Rosalia decided to greet him as she said, ”It's been a while since we met, Melzarin. How have you been?”

In response, Melzarin looked at Rosalia for a bit before looking back at Eleanor as he perfunctorily responded, ”Fine.”

”I see.” Rosalia lightly nodded with a smile as she allowed Melzarin to do whatever he wanted. As for Argentum, who looked at this by the side, noticed that the skeleton's arrogance slightly disappeared when it responded to Rosalia, though it came back when he focused back at Eleanor. At this point, he knew that something weird was going on, recalling that he had this feeling ever since Eleanor told him to not go to the Desecrated Inheritance.

”Why did you call me out here, Eleanor?” Melzarin looked at Eleanor and asked in an arrogant tone. ”I'm a busy guy, so you better get straight to the point.”

”Oh, I'll definitely get straight to the point,” Eleanor responded in a slightly aggressive tone.

”You.” She pointed at Melzarin.

”Me.” She then pointed at herself.

”Let's settle this once and for all with a fight,” she continued. Hearing this, Argentum could not help but wonder how Eleanor and the skeleton had gotten to this point, though he had a feeling that he knew this already. Nevertheless, he felt that this knowledge was hidden behind a thin curtain. On the other hand, Melzarin looked at Eleanor and solemnly said after a few seconds of silence, ”Very well. If you want to get beaten up by me yet again, then I shall entertain you.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!

At the very instant Melzarin was finished talking, he instantly transformed into a mass of Earth energy particles, disappearing from the room the three were at. Soon after, Eleanor did the same thing, transforming into a mass of Fire energy particles before disappearing from the room as well, leaving Rosalia and Argentum alone.

”Aren't you curious to know who the winner will be?” Rosalia looked at Argentum slightly far away from her and asked. In response, Argentum shook his head as he replied, ”From the aura they're exuding, I'm certain that the skeleton would just toy around with Eleanor.”

”What I don't get is the attitude of the skeleton,” he continued, prompting Rosalia to let out a light chuckle. Hearing her chuckle, Argentum looked at her and asked, ”What's so funny?”

”You thinking into it,” Rosalia replied to his question before saying, ”In any case, I have a feeling you already know what's probably going on between the two, though you're just not that certain yet. Do you feel like the answer is at the tip of your tongue but you don't know what it is?”

”Yeah?” Argentum nodded, wondering what Rosalia was getting to. Seeing how eager he was to know more about the current situation, Rosalia pondered for a bit before telling him, ”What if I told you that the skeleton we just met was the owner of the Desecrated Inheritance? Would that allow you to be certain of your answer?”

Bang.

As if an explosive had gone off in his mind, the various thoughts he had regarding the situation just now had connected all at once, leading him to a very solid conclusion. Nevertheless, he wanted to make sure that Rosalia's words were true, prompting him to ask, ”Is that skeleton really the owner of the Desecrated Inheritance? Is that skeleton…Lord Calcifas?”

”Sure, let's go with Lord Calcifas,” Rosalia said as she nodded. ”Of course, Lord Calcifas is his alias. His real name is Melzarin Vadicarde, also known as the Lord of Earth and Ruin. Just like you and Eleanor, he's also a Pseudo-Animate, but at an incredibly high level.”

”Is that enough for you to not doubt my words?” she continued her words with a question, knowing what was going on with Argentum's mind. Argentum nodded in response to her question as he said, ”Although I'll still have to ask another being to come here to validate my theories, I'm about 90 to 95% sure of what's going on.”

With that, he could not help but let out a sigh as he looked at Rosalia and asked, ”Is Melzarin in love with Eleanor?”

”Yep.” Rosalia nodded with a giggle.

In response, Argentum scratched his head as he muttered, ”What a stupid way to make sure that the one you're in love with would remember you.”

Rosalia heard his words and replied, ”Well, if it's stupid but it works, then it ain't stupid.”

”Well…true.”