Chapter 336: Truths Should Be Heard (2/2)

'I…I'm at a loss for words,' Argentum thought to himself, wondering how such a strong being could trust the words of his friends even though they were blatant lies. Furiously scratching his head as he tried to think up of a way to say it in the best way possible, he eventually discarded this thought as he decided that it was better to get straight to the point.

”Melzarin…” Argentum said soon after, gaining Melzarin's attention as he asked, ”What is it?”

”I'm sorry to say this, but…” Argentum responded soon after.

”You're fucking stupid.”

”Huh?” Melzarin was once again caught off guard by Argentum's words, not expecting to hear that coming from a being he had just met. Naturally, the reaction to that would be on the aggressive side, with Melzarin gradually increasing the pressure of his aura on Argentum. Fortunately, it did not continue as Argentum continued, ”You're fucking stupid for still believing in Felix and Rosalia's words. They're lies, man. Blatant. Stupid. Lies!”

”Do you really fucking think a woman would fall for you if you decided to boast about your merits in front of her? Do you think she'd fall head over heels for you if you decided to say to her one day 'Hey, you're shit'?”

”Of course not!” At this point, a rage had consumed Argentum out of nowhere as he continued to talk. ”Naturally, there are some exceptions to this, but for the most part, no woman would be sane to be with such an abusive man like that! You gotta show love, care, and compassion, man! Make them feel like being with you is worth it! Never shove your pride up their asses!”

”You're better than that, Melzarin! Act like one!” Once he finished saying these words, Argentum gasped for air, seemingly venting out all of the rage that had consumed his body in the heat of the moment. Fortunately, he regained his composure, noticing that an aura of repentance, disappointment, confusion, sadness, and everything else negative had taken hold of Melzarin, the aura binding him a while ago now gone.

At this point, Argentum felt that he had gone too far with his words, wondering if he should apologize to Melzarin. But then, all of a sudden, Melzarin gradually looked at Argentum and asked with a hint of hope, not utilizing the connection they had.

”Do you think…I still have a chance…to redeem myself?”

Although he wasn't expecting such a question to come out of Melzarin's mouth so quickly, Argentum took in a deep breath before responding with a light chuckle, ”Well, what do you think?”

Hearing that reply, Melzarin had regained his confidence in himself as a new aura had surrounded him. At this point, an aura of arrogance was now a thing of the past for him. Right now, he was an enlightened dark skeleton. A dark skeleton would now right the wrongs he had done these past ten thousand years or so.

Of course, that all came crumbling down as he asked Argentum with a slightly flustered aura surrounding him, ”W-what should I do to make things right? H-how do I tell E-Eleanor what I feel f-for her?”

”Beats me, man,” Argentum said with a shrug of his shoulders as he did not have any romantic experience. Nevertheless, he knew that any move other than what Felix and Rosalia told him would be better, so he pondered for a bit and said, ”How about…you try confessing to her directly?”

”I…I think I don't have the courage to do that,” Melzarin said in response, his body slightly shivering from the nervousness he felt. Unsurprisingly, Argentum never gave him a choice to back out as he said, ”It's either you confess to her directly or you don't. Do you really want to keep your feelings for her in the dark that badly?”

”I…I think the latter's a good choice…” Melzarin muttered, to which Argentum let out a long sigh before saying, ”Confess to her…”

”Or I'll ask Rosalia to tell me one of your most embarrassing secrets.”

”And then, I'll spread it to Eleanor.”

Whoosh!

In an instant, the flustered Melzarin had returned to his enlightened yet confident self as he looked at Argentum and said with a solemn tone, ”Please don't do that. I'll confess.”

”Good,” Argentum said with an aura of joy before looking at the three. At this moment, the duo were flung away by Eleanor, with the latter already in the Eclipse stage.

”First off, we should help the two subdue Eleanor and stop her from going berserk,” Argentum soon said to Melzarin, to which the latter nodded before lifting Argentum up with his hand and dashing to where Felix and Rosalia were.

…

”And that's basically how it went,” Argentum said to Felix and Rosalia through the connection they had, ending the narration.

For quite some time, the three of them went silent, with Melzarin focusing on Eleanor's current condition, updating them from time to time. Fortunately, someone broke the silence between them, which was Rosalia, who asked Argentum.

”In short, you dropped a truth bomb on Melzarin and then proceeded to blackmail him to make him do what you want?”

”If you interpret it that way, then yeah,” Argentum replied.

”I think I should do that sometime as well,” Rosalia said in response, lightly chuckling soon after.

”Yeah…” Felix responded, only to add after that.

”No.”