Chapter 327: Mistakes Were Made (1/2)
”ARE YOU awake, Brother?”
Kalel, seated on a sofa with a numb body, could only glare at Auro.
Right now, it seemed like they were in his room. He wasn't sure if his instinct was correct but as of the moment, his father and his mother weren't there.
Still, he hated that he couldn't move his body.
Mother probably poisoned me when she bit me earlier.
But fortunately, it seemed like his mother didn't brainwash him this time.
”Please don't be angry at me,” Auro, seated on the sofa across from him, said without an ounce of guilt. He even had the audacity to make a pleading face. ”I have a reason for doing this.”
”Reason?” Kalel snarled at his brother. Fortunately, he had the strength to speak. Although he had to admit that doing so was already draining his remaining energy. Now he was reminded of how fatal his mother's poison was. ”You better have a sound reason for doing this, Auro.”
”Brother, I want to be a god.”
”That's bullshit, Auro.”
”You wouldn't understand because you were born a god.”
”I'm not the only god that you've met, Auro,” he said sternly. ”I'm pretty sure that you already know by now that gods aren't special. We just happen to be beings with divine powers. But most of us behave worse than corrupted humans.”
”But the gods who ascended the heavens have a luxurious life, Brother.”
”You're a king, Auro,” he reminded him with a hiss. ”You're already living a luxurious life.”
”I still feel empty, Brother,” he said as if he was a child whining. ”By 'luxurious life,' I mean the gods have the luxury to toy not just with human lives– they also have the privilege of toying with the fate of weaker beings.”
He couldn't refute that.
After all, he knew that the major gods in the heavens were currently fighting because they wanted to control the human race in different ways.
”You know what I'm talking about, don't you?” Auro asked with a raised brow. ”The Moon God wants to be a human to be able to 'raise' the human race the way he has always wanted them to behave. But the Sky God wanted to stop the Moon God. Thus, he sought the help of the Sky God. The Sky God doesn't particularly care for the human race. But he doesn't want to lose his control over the lives of the humans that he wants to 'protect.'”
For a 'human' like Auro, he knew a lot about the affairs of the main gods.
”You already know how complicated the current situation of the gods is,” he said to his younger brother. ”And yet, you still want to be one of them? You even worked with my father.”
”Lord Kyro and I understand each other's greed very well, Brother,” the foolish king said proudly. ”He wants to control the middle world by taking over the human race. On the other hand, I want to ascend the heavens and take over the gods.”
He still didn't understand his brother's goal.
After all, he never cared about power in the first place. He just wanted to live a quiet life. And after meeting Soleil, all he wanted now was to build a happy and complete family with her.
Taking over the human world and the heavens sounded boring to him.
”But Brother, there's one person standing in our way.”
”Don't tell me it's my wife?” he asked sarcastically.
”It's indeed your wife, Brother,” he said while carefully nodding. ”Lady Soleil Rosenberg is the biggest hindrance to our plan.”
”How come my wife is a hindrance when she's not interested in any of this?”
”Exactly, Brother,” Auro said in a frustrated voice. ”It's not fair that Lady Soleil Rosenberg doesn't have greed for power and yet, she's the strongest one among us.”
”What are you saying?” he asked, confused. ”I acknowledge that my wife is as strong as the Beast Gods. But how can she be more powerful than the main gods?”
He was not underestimating Soleil in any way.
But he couldn't really understand why their enemies fear his wife.
”Since we're talking about your wife now, I will offer you a deal, Brother,” Auro said, swiftly changing the topic. When he spoke again, he said something that made him forget about interrogating his brother regarding Soleil. ”Brother, if you want a quiet life with your wife, then give me Lady Soleil Rosenberg's heart.”
That awakened every fiber in his being.
Thus, he was able to break free from the effect of his mother's poison.
Before Auro could even open his mouth, he was already standing in front of his brother while holding an ice dagger against his throat.
”Are you crazy, Auro?” he asked coldly. ”How can I live peacefully with my wife if you're asking me to rip her heart out and give it to you?”
”Calm down, Brother,” Auro said with a confident smile on his face. ”You know that you can't kill me, don't you?”
He still didn't drop his weapon.
”Brother, I won't let Lady Soleil die,” his brother explained. ”You know that I have the ability to bring someone back to life, don't you? I can revive your wife as long as she hasn't been dead for half a day. Since Lady Soleil is a special being, she won't easily die even without a heart. So if you can find a suitable heart for her, I can revive her without a problem.”
”Do you think that's enough for me to rip my wife's heart out?” he snarled at his brother. ”And won't you die if Soleil dies because you tied your soul with hers?”
”As long as Lady Soleil's soul hasn't reached the Plane yet, the spell won't get activated,” Auro said with an annoying smile on his face. ”If I revived Lady Soleil before her soul completely leaves this world, everything is going to be fine.”
He still didn't buy it.
”Why do you need my wife's heart?”
”Lady Soleil's heart is needed to complete my transition into becoming a god,” his brother said. ”Brother, just find a new heart for your wife and then, the spell that ties my soul with her.”
”Do you think I'll easily believe you?”
”You have to, Brother,” he said with a soft laugh. ”While my soul is tied with Lady Soleil's soul, I have absorbed enough Mana from her that I have become stronger now. I don't need to depend on your wife's Mana anymore.”
Of course, he didn't believe that.
But he had a feeling that he wouldn't be able to force Auro to tell him things that he didn't want him to know.
I have to coax him first.
He dropped the ice dagger in his hand and it melted before it even hit the floor.
”Do you swear that you will let me and my wife live peacefully after getting what you want from us?”