271 Cycle Of Hate (1/2)
”WONG, who told you to attack the Royal Palace?”
Wong glared at Kelsi but he couldn't really get mad at her.
After all, he knew he was at 100% fault for the injuries that he received. So instead of complaining, he just remained silent while sitting in the center of the flaming cube that she created to heal him.
Just like what its name suggested, it was a transparent cube engulfed with Kelsi's flame. An ordinary person would literally get toasted inside the cube. But for a Keeper like him, Kelsi's flame actually refilled the amount of Mana that he lost when he created a giant mass of flame a while ago.
”You better have gotten something useful from your useless attack,” Kelsi, who sat on the sofa of the Nystrom Mansion's tea room, said. Then, she sipped her tea before she continued. ”Have you confirmed that Kyro's body is hidden in the Royal Palace?”
”I don't have a solid proof but I have a reason to believe so,” he said. ”Yumi, the White Snake, came out and attacked me.”
She raised a brow at that. ”The White Snake has escaped from the Supreme's curse?”
”No. Kyro cut the White Snake's link to the Black Serpent as his spirit guardian,” he explained. ”Then, he found a new host for Yumi.”
”A new host?” she asked in disbelief. ”Yumi is a minor god. An ordinary human, even if they turn out to be excellent Mana-user, can't contain her soul.”
”That's the strange thing I discovered, Kelsi,” he said seriously. ”The White Snake's new host is a witch with pink eyes just like Lady Luna. She called herself 'Stella.' And if I remember it correctly”
”That's the name of Lady Luna's sister in this lifetime,” she said, cutting him off. ”I remember because back in Solarium, Lady Luna and I used to talk a lot about her personal life.” She bit her lower lip, and she does that whenever she was nervous. ”She's supposed to be dead.”
”She's alive and she's real,” he confirmed. ”She's not a puppet. It doesn't seem like she's being controlled, too. But since she's sharing her body with Yumi now, it's inevitable that her consciousness could be snatched by the White Snake from time to time.”
”That's how it will be if you don't assert your dominance over a spirit guardian,” she said. ”But the fact that Stella is able to contain the soul of a minor god is already a huge feat. I guess the witches from the Colorless Covern are really special.”
”No, that's not the only reason why she was able to contain Yumi's soul.”
”What do you mean by that?”
”I felt the aura of a Moonchester coming from her, Kelsi.”
Like he expected, she let out a loud gasp. ”Impossible,” she said. ”Only Aku and Nia are the remaining Moonchesters of this era.”
”Aku Moonchester has had three lifetimes just like the Supreme. Obviously, the third one is the Aku Moonchester of this era,” he explained. ”His first life was when he was turned into a human, the one where the Supreme and the Black Serpent saved him. And the second one”
”The second one was when he lived as King Auro,” Kelsi said, cutting him off again. ”Back then, he became the Black Serpent's younger brother.”
”They weren't the only children of the royal family back then, Kelsi.”
She fell silent, then she gasped. Again. ”Ah. Before Auro died back then, it was revealed that he killed his real sister to bring Nia to the royal family. Are you thinking that”
”Stella might be Elaine Moonchester's reincarnation,” he said, cutting her off this time. ”The Moonchesters special ability is linked to their souls. If Aku Moonchester was able to choose when to be reincarnated in what kind of body, it's not impossible for Elaine Moonchester to have the same ability.”
”But if that's the case, why did she reveal herself as a Moonchester now?” Kelsi asked, confused. ”She could have done that earlier.”
”There could be a slight difference between the ability of Aku and Elaine Moonchester,” he said. ”Since Aku Moonchester was blessed by the stupid Sky God, he has the privilege of remembering her past life, save for the part where the Supreme put a spell that would make Aku and Nia Moonchester forget her face until she retrieves her memories.”
”Oh, that's true.”
”Since Elaine Moonchester isn't a god, her memories of her previous life must have been erased when she was reincarnated as Stella,” he continued. ”But since she's also a Moonchester, she must have an ability that allowed her to retrieve her memories. A trigger may have caused it, but I have no idea what it could be.”
”It doesn't matter, does it?” Kelsi asked, now more serious than a while ago. ”Even if we don't have solid proof, we have to let the Supreme now about what you discovered. But we have to be careful.”
”I know. The nasty twins are on their way to the North,” Wong said while nodding carefully. ”Aku and Nia Moonchester may not be aware of the possible reincarnation of Elaine Moonchester and we have to keep it that way.”
***
”YOU'RE asking me if I was the one who killed you in the past?” Wixx asked Julian with a raised brow. ”Do you really not remember how you died back then, my dear nephew?”
Julian flinched, then he bit his lower lip.
”The answer is yes and no,” he said. ”You understand what I mean, don't you?”
His oldest nephew didn't avert his gaze from him but he could tell that he already intimidated the poor child with just one question.
And that seemed to irritate his youngest nephew.
”Uncle Wixx, what's your problem?” Winter asked coldly, then he stood protectively in front of his brother. ”Why are you bullying my Brother Julian?”
He didn't like what he was seeing.
Although he was feeling sorry for Julian, he didn't want to take the risk of letting him stay longer with Winter.
The Holy Scepter is inside Julian and it's the only thing that could kill the Moon Serpent.
Seeing Winter protect Julian, the weapon that could kill him, was ridiculous. Even though there was a way to pull out the Holy Scepter from his oldest nephew, keeping him was still risky.
”Grandpa, my father told me how protective you are when it comes to the Supreme. He used to say it in a way that makes me think if I'm supposed to admire you for that,” Solenn said, then she stood beside Winter as if she intended to protect Julian from him as well. ”Although being protective of your little sister is a good thing, being overprotective is not it's actually toxic. The Supreme isn't a child, and you don't have the right to meddle with her family's business.”
”I won't kill Julian,” he told the kids. ”Why are you treating me like a villain?”
”Because you're acting like a bad uncle,” Winter said firmly. ”Even if you don't want to accept Brother Julian as your nephew, then at least give him the basic respect that he deserves.”
Solenn nodded in agreement. ”Grandpa, please don't be mean to Julian.”
He smirked at how these children were treating him. ”I'm not being ”mean” because of my personal feelings,” he said slowly, his Mana increasing with each word that he had to emphasize. ”I make decisions as a god and not as a brother, a grandfather, or an uncle. Do you even know why gods are worshipped?”
The children flinched.
He didn't mean to but his oozing Mana seemed to have scared them. The kids, at that moment, remembered that he was a god.
”Gods are worshipped because of our destructive power,” he reminded the children. ”But of course, we could only use that power to protect the weak.”
”As your fellow Beast God, I beg to differ.”
He rolled his eyes when he heard the Black Serpent's voice behind him. When he turned around, he saw Tilly and Kiho who were both looking at him with cold eyes.
”Gods are worshipped because we made humans believe that we will protect them,” Kiho said in a voice filled with disgust. ”But in reality, most of the gods only care about their pleasure and displeasure. You should know, Winchell. You've ascended the heavens in the time.”
”I know what you're talking about, Black Serpent,” he said. ”But have you forgotten why those gods chose us and turned us into Beast Gods?”
”I haven't,” the Black Serpent said. ”Our superiors made a huge mess and they want us to clean it up for them. And that mess is Aku Moonchester.”
Of course, that would be the Black Serpent's interpretation of their major job as Beast Gods.
But he couldn't say that he was wrong, not in front of Tilly. After all, his precious little sister was one of the biggest ”mistakes” of their ”superiors.”