522 The Infernal Queen had long seen through everything (2/2)

”But when you reached the tower, you did not directly kill Gluttony. Instead, you sealed it in the sea. I was initially riddled with questions before realizing—you entered not in pursuit of Gluttony but you came to stop Gluttony. You were stopping it…from finding its king!”

”You were preventing Gluttony from approaching Darling. I saw through that and thus began to feel suspicious of Darling. Later on, Gluttony seemed to be bent on killing Greed that it had cursed as a betrayer without considering the consequences.”

”The contempt it showed Darling nearly made me extinguish this suspicion…but after Gluttony was killed by you, Darling suddenly had a great increase in appetite. Furthermore, he even began treating rocks as a delicacy. Such a characteristic is identical to Gluttony's. With that, the truth is almost out.”

”Why would the Thousand Eye Demon Sovereign recognize Darling as master? Why would Gluttony foolishly infuriate you despite knowing it would die? Why did Darling suddenly have an additional characteristic of 'gluttony' after Gluttony died? An answer could explain away all the questions—that's because Darling is the reincarnator of the Original Sin of Calamity!”

”Gluttony could not resist you and was afraid that Darling's identity as the Original Sin of Calamity's reincarnator would be exposed. Hence, it lambasted Greed for being a traitor and pretended to show contempt for Darling. Furthermore, it angered you in order to die. All of this was to hide Darling's true identity!”

”Did I say anything wrong?”

The Infernal Queen had finished her exposition in one breath, nearly without stopping.

Kali had maintained silence until she said softly at that moment, ”Contradiction.”

The Infernal Queen raised her eyebrows and asked, ”Where's the contradiction?”

Kali calmly said, ”If your assumption is true, it means that Gluttony had sought death in order to conceal the Original Sin of Calamity's reincarnator's identity, then why didn't it realize that when it returned its willpower to its Sire, its characteristics would appear. Instead, it would expose the Original Sin of Calamity reincarnator's identity? There is a contradiction here.”

The Infernal Queen squinted her eyes and said, ”I initially found it contradictory but there was no reason for Darling's 'gluttony' characteristic to appear out of thin air. Other than the return of Gluttony, there is no other explanation.”

”So, I believe that although it's a very tiny possibility, Gluttony might have overlooked this simple level of logic. It was bent on concealing Darling's identity but it never realized that its death would end up exposing Darling's identity due to the return of the characteristics. I believe that this is the only reasonable explanation.”

Kali said calmly, ”This is not the first time a strange ability that appears out of nowhere has appeared on Xiaobai. Although even I am unable to tell how he can suddenly have all of these mysterious abilities, it is not impossible for him to obtain an ability that has the characteristics of 'Gluttony'. Therefore, all of this is only a coincidence.”

”A coincidence?”

The Infernal Queen chuckled and said, ”If you are willing to believe that Gluttony would not make a contradictory error to believe that such a baffling 'correspondence' is a coincidence, then I have nothing to say to that. However, I was, in fact, not hundred percent certain of my inference. That's because there is indeed a huge contradiction in my inference.”

Kali pricked her brows up and asked, ”What's the contradiction?”

The Infernal Queen looked at Kali thoughtfully and chuckled to herself. ”From my inference, you should hate the Original Sin of Calamity and you have shouldered the responsibility of killing the Original Sin of Calamity.”

”However, you did not take any action when Darling revealed characteristics of Gluttony. You even continued to protect him silently. I find it hard to believe that your love is beyond redemption, with you willing to abandon your vendetta and responsibility.”

”Hence, I found it extremely contradictory. If Darling is really the Original Sin of Calamity reincarnator, how do you view him? And why would you continue protecting him up to now? I really couldn't figure it out.”

Kali maintained silence and did not respond.

The Infernal Queen's eyes narrowed as she said, ”This contradiction made it impossible for me to be certain of my guess. The more I probed the matter, the more suspicious I became. Hence, just a moment ago, I had a second guess regarding Darling's identity. The second guess is that he is—the inheritor of the Fate Tree!”