85 Azazels Wish (1/2)
”Hmm … that might be it.” I say with a deadpan expression.
”What? Did you figure something out?” Grey asks with an anxious look.
”I may have a theory for why Dues ex machina didn't let you help Irium and Roswaisa, which ended with Aknin killing Roswaisa – something we have assumed so far was bad for her plan.”
”O-okay?” Grey asks hesitantly, ”Why did she do that?”
”Roswaisa most powerful attack was Frost Requiem. Maybe, with that being the case, Roswaisa could not kill the entire Demon race by whatever method Dues had thought of.” I contemplate alongside saying so, ”In that case, if she wanted to, Dues would have wanted to change the past a little and make sure Roswaisa learns Absolute Frost Requiem. She made it so that can happen by Irium and Danny going to change the past.”
”…”
”In fact, Aknin mentioned that Kaylith hypnotized her and made her leave Irium alive, didn't she? So, maybe Dues had tipped him about that and that is why he could arrive at exactly the right time to do that. Maybe, that is why, he could be in the past when he needed to be as well.”
”Mr. Azazel,” Grey says with despair in his eyes, ”Are you suggesting that Kaylith and Dues are working together?”
”I doubt it. But, they maybe stealing each other's information and trying to get to their own goals, which happen to coincide in this case.” I say.
”So they are involuntarily helping each other? That would make sense why everyone kept getting outsmarted by them. Whenever anyone tried to catch one, it was the other's plans that ended up coming in the way.” Grey says, ”And because they weren't actually working together, investigating both of them at the same time wasn't possible because that will lead to two completely different and large knots to untie.”
”Hmm … that's what my thoughts are on the matter.” I say. As soon as I do, I hear sounds of gliding and open the door to the garden, only to see Rain descending from the sky while holding Jessica.
”Dead end?” I question.
”Yes, what about you?” She asks in somewhat of a panic.
”Kinda same. Dues reached here before we did and so now the whole thing is hopeless.” I say
”There still must be something we can do, right?” Rain asks with a troubled expression as she lands on the ground and lets Jessica off.
”I'm sorry but I don't think there is. It's just waiting for our doomsday now.” I reply calmly.
”What the hell is wrong with you, Azazel? How can you be calm at a time like this?” Rain asks, ”It's like you have accepted dying or something?”
”From your expression, it seems like you think that wouldn't be plausible.” I say with a smile, ”But what if you are wrong and that is exactly what has happened?”
”What!?” She finds herself surprised. She looks at Grey and he nods so as to say that I am telling the truth. ”You can't be serious!”
”Hah!” I sigh, and stretch my back all the while the rest of the people there look at me with different expressions of astonishment. In this time, Aknin also comes to the place we are all in.
”What's going on?” She asks as soon as she arrives there.
”Nothing much. We just failed, completely.” I say in a sardonic voice.
”Azazel! Are you actually okay with dying?” Rain asks with a deeply serious expression, one I don't often see on her face.
”Yes, I kinda am.” I say without any dramatic nonsense, ”I don't hold any attachments to life anymore. I mean, why would I?”
”…” All of them stay silent.
”I have lived for thousands of years now.” I say, ”To be honest, I am tired of living at this point.”