Chapter 290 - Symbol of Betrayal (1/2)
”HAVE YOU finished the Bangle, Lord Kyro?” Aku asked the Moon God as soon as he entered his shrine. Elis Ripperton summoned him a while ago and told him that Kyro Nystrom already finished making the bracelet he needed. ”That was quite fast even for you.”
”It was easy to work using this body,” Kyro, who currently possessed Elis Ripperton's body, said. The Moon God stood behind a round marble table where a transparent glass box was seated. Inside the glass box sat a red cushion. And of course, on top of the cushion, a silver Bangle with the symbol of moon was placed carefully. ”It wouldn't have been possible for me to finish the job early if it wasn't for him.”
”And don't underestimate my darling,” Yumi, who know possessed Stella's body, said with a huff. The White Snake was obviously insulted that he questioned her husband's ability. ”How dare you even doubt my husband?”
”I apologize if my words offended you, Yumi,” he said, then he turned to Kyro. ”I'm simply anxious because the Bangle is very important to me, Lord Kyro. It's my only hope to gain control over Kiho and the others again.”
”I know that. You're not the only one who needs Kiho to be controlled, Aku Moonchester,” Kyro reminded him. ”I need my son, too. And that's the only reason why I made sure to finish the Bangle as soo as I got a hold of the materials that I need.”
Ah, that made sense.
Kyro needed Kiho's physical body to revive his own after all.
But still, he couldn't shake off the feeling that something was wrong. He didn't know if he was just being anxious to be separated from Nia, or something bad was really about to happen.
”Should we try it?” Kyro asked. Then, before he could even respond, he already picked up the Bange inside the glass box. Then, much to his shock, he wore it around his wrist. ”Ah, it fits perfectly.”
”I don't like the body you're using right now but I'm certain that it will look good on your real body, darling,” Yumi said while looking at Kyro with shining eyes. She could probably see her husband's real face instead of Elis Ripperton's. ”I can't wait to see you back in your real body, my dear husband.”
The Moon God just smiled at his wife.
To be honest, it felt weird to see Elis Ripperton smile (even though Kyro's soul was inside his body, the one in front of him now was the Blue Dragon).
But it wasn't the strangest thing that he found at the moment.
”Lord Kyro, may I know why you're wearing the Bangle that I asked you to make for me?” he asked firmly. ”The Bangle belongs to me.”
Kyro, still smiling, turned to him. ”Didn't you hear me when I said I was going to try and see if it works first?”
”To whom are you going to test that on?” he confronted the Moon God. This time, his instinct was telling him that he was in danger. ”Kyro, don't tell me–”
The Moon God smiled, then he raised a hand. ”Halt.”
He growled when his body suddenly stopped moving. As soon as he felt Kyro's hostility towards him, he tried to escape. But alas, the Moon God used the Bangle on him. It could only mean one thing. ”How dare you use the Bangle to control me,” he snarled at the Moon God. ”And how did you manage to create a Bangle that can control me? I didn't give you my blood or a piece of my Mana!”
”It doesn't have to be you, Aku Moonchester,” Kyro said in an amused tone. ”To control a Moonchester, I only need two things: your blood and a piece of your soul.”
”What did you do to Nia?!”
”Oh, don't worry. I didn't even touch a strand of your beloved's hair,” the Moon God denied. ”Her soul isn't a real Moonchester to begin with.”
That shocked him.
If it wasn't him or Nia, then where did Kyro get the blood and a piece of a Moonchester's soul in order to have control over him?
”I'm hurt, Brother.”
He was startled when Stella, the witch, suddenly spoke and called him ”brother.”
And he also noticed that Yumi was already ”asleep” inside the witch's body. That meant the one talking to him right now was the real Stella.
”'Brother?'” he asked in disgust. ”Who gave you the right to call me that way?”
”Well, considering that we were born with the same parents in our previous life, then I guess that gave me the right to call you 'brother,'” Stella said with a creepy smile on her face. ”How can you forget the sister that you killed back then? I'm disappointed in you.”
The sister that he killed…?
His eyes widened in shock when realization hit her. ”Elaine?”
”Thank you for remembering me, Brother,” Elaine said, her pink eyes now red and glowing. ”I want to be the last face you'd see before you fall into a deep slumber.”
Deep slumber…?
He turned to Kyro with a glare. This was frustrating but no matter how much he tried to break free from the binding spell, he just couldn't. Heck, he couldn't even summon his Mana! ”What are you planning to do to me?!”
All of a sudden, the fact that he just regained his full power had been rendered useless in front of Kyro. Even without a physical body, the Moon God remained as powerful as ever. He couldn't even lift a finger against a full-pledged god!
”I need a physical vessel,” the Moon God said. ”Kiho is the perfect choice but since my son is going to a faraway land, I can't use him at the moment. Elis Ripperton has an important job to do so I can't borrow his body for too long. That leaves you alone, Aku Moonchester. You're the only person in the empire who could contain my spirit in your body.”
”You should have just told me!”
”Would you let me borrow your body though?”
Of course not.
He knew that Kyro would never return his body again. Especially if the Moon God would use it as a sacrifice to resurrect his own.
Just like what Kyro planned to do to Kiho.
”I won't let you use my body,” Aku said with gritted teeth. This time, he was giving everything that he got to release himself from the binding spell. It was working now since he could feel his fingers move on their own. ”Kyro, I'll make you regret betraying me.”
Kyro just laughed softly at his threat.
”Now, I shall excuse myself. I don't want get dragged into your fight,” Stella, rather, Elaine Moonchester said with a mocking smile on her face. ”It's nice seeing you again, Brother.” She even had the audacity to bow at him. ”I hope you're still yourself the next time we see each other because I want to show you my new toys.”
***
”TILLY, are you mad at me?”
”No, I'm not,” Tilly said, then she turned to Kiho who stood five steps away from her. That was the distance between them that she decided on. ”But we have to maintain this distance from now on to avoid getting carried away by our feelings.”
And hormones.