Chapter 346 The Colors of Truth (2/2)
”Just look over there. There's many colors to see, but each and every one of them is beautiful.” The old man said with a smile, and slowly, Kirisho turned toward the side as well, before grasping her amulet tightly. ”Thank you.” She said quietly, and then slowly turned to Eisen. ”If you are alright with me, would it be alright if I joined you and the others in conquering the Islands?” She asked, seemingly nervously, and Eisen nodded his head.
”Of course, you will surely be amazing help.” The old man admitted, and then slowly made his way back toward the others in his group again, with the new person that joined them behind him. For some reason, it felt to him like he was talking to himself there as well.
He was feeling like he was going mad or senile, or even worse, that all of those thoughts and subtle memories appearing in his head were actually his own. And slowly, Eisen was realizing that it wouldn't actually be that bad if the latter of those things might be true. Once more, the old man looked around, noticing a certain person again, although she seemed to stopped trying not to be noticed.
If people were able to just ignore what happened yesterday, it didn't matter what she acted like. And she apparently wasn't even trying to hide the fact that she listened to Eisen and Kirisho as well just now, because she was leaning on one of the railings on one of the upper decks in front of the meeting room, just staring at the old man with a smirk.
Slowly, he began to sigh and smiled back at her, before turning around to the others. ”Excuse me, there's someone else I need to talk to for a moment. Can any of you fill Kirisho in on everything?” Eisen asked, before the old man stepped toward the Angel on the other side of the ship, who seemed to have noticed his intention. After all, she listened to him say it.
Rather nervously, considering what happened yesterday, she made her way over toward Eisen as well. ”Anything you need from me?” She asked him, and Eisen just began moving his fingers through his beard.
”Yes, actually. For one, I would like to apologize for yesterday.” The old man said with a smile on his face, and the woman looked at him surprised. ”You… Want to apologize?” She asked, and Eisen nodded his head.
”Of course I do. I was rather angry, you see. It seems like my mind is trying to remember something, but someone is trying to prevent that. I'm not sure if that anger came from me, or the me that's trying to be remembered, but I couldn't control myself. So yes, I apologize for that.” Eisen told her, and the Angel crossed her arms with a wry smile and began to scoff slightly, showing how truly different her actual personality was to what she was pretending it to be.
”Someone's trying to prevent you from remembering something? The hell're you on about?” She asked, but Eisen just raised his eyebrows, before the Angel realized what he was talking about and smiled wrily, ”…Right… Well, Apology accepted, I guess. Anything else?” The Angel inquired next, so Eisen once more nodded.
”Yes, something else. I would like to come to an understanding with you. One that's mutually benefitial, at that.”
”…I'm listening…” The Angel replied, and Eisen smirked and then crossed his arms as well. ”Your God and I have the same goal. We want to figure out what's going on here, and what the truth is. So, my suggestion is that I tell you all that I know, even what I know from the 'Other Side', and you tell me what I want to know. You probably have a few more limits due to being a God's Servant, but we can work around that, surely.” Eisen suggested, and the Angel raised her eyebrows surprised, before looking at the old man suspiciously.
”I can't tell you any divine knowledge, and that's probably the only thing you wanna know… So this seems pretty one-sided, doesn't it?” She asked, and Eisen shook his head.
”Oh no, not at all. You're probably misunderstanding what I'm asking for here. I don't want to know what the gods know. If that was possible, that would make things a lot easier. I want to know everything you can find out down here. When I ask you to find something out for me, you go and try to find out as much as you can.” The old man said with a light smile, and the Angel began to smirk in response to that suggestion.
”Hmm… My Master is quite a curious one, so I highly doubt that he would mind me trying to find out what I can down here anyway. And me accidentally spilling the beans to someone other than him shouldn't be an issue. He's pretty leisurely, after all. And even if he has a problem with it, I should be able to calm him down with the knowledge from the other side… So I'd say you have a deal.” The Angel said with a smirk as she extended her hand, and Eisen returned the gesture as well.
”Then I home we can work together, Angel.” The old man said, but she simply shook her head in response to him.
”Please. Call me Raziel.”