Chapter 166: Revelations (1/2)
The silence between the two was heavy.
”How have you been those two days?”
Camelia awkwardly tried to begin the discussion by asking some small questions.
Looking at her acting like this, while twirling her hair, Sol shook his head while hiding a small smile.
She was really cute. Sol also understood that despite her being older than him, in terms of relationship he was more experienced than her.
Sol really wanted to forgive her, but if he did it too fast, everything would simply go back to what it was. He didn't wish to have to constantly watch his back while wondering what she was up to.
”I have been pretty well, if I must be honest. Not much has happened recently. I am just working on the mirror dimension.”
The mirror dimension had so much potential. But because of the personality inversion function, it was simply impossible to use it with allies.
But even then, if he could reach the level of dimension encroachment and pull people in his dimension without having to touch them it would already be a great step.
Finally, since, at least from what he had seen, his dimension covered the whole world, he should in theory be able to teleport absolutely anywhere in the world or create dimension shift accessories like that angel called Nihil did.
Camelia simply nodded, she also clearly understood the potential of dimensional magic but currently, she had other things to think of.
”You haven't been visiting me recently.”
”I have been busy lately.”
Silence fell once more, but this time it was broken by Sol,
”Camelia, we can discuss our relationship anytime you want. But save that for later. Right now we need to discuss the situation at hand.”
Saying so, Sol asked seriously, ”Firstly, How trustworthy is that supreme daughter? Secondly, even if she is trustworthy, how trustworthy is her information? Finally, once all those conditions are cleared, what do we do about the assassination of the king?”
Three simple questions that showed the heart of the matter.
Camelia of course understood that she shouldn't hide anything from Sol at the moment, or he might very well abandon her this time.
”If I am to be honest, this plan shouldn't be from Kiku herself. Kiku is a very straightforward woman who dislikes schemes and the like. Not to say she is naive.”
”Hum… Describe her more to me.”
”As you know very well, in Wratharis, all the Supreme Daughters were Kitsune while all the Kings were Wolves. Inari Kiku Patientia is a six-tailed Kitsune as well as one of the oldest supreme daughters alive. Just below Demon's supreme daughter, the elves' one, and of course, Echidna. She is also one of the strongest. Hearsay that she is the closest to a demi-god.”
Sol remembered that the Divine beast of Patientia was a nine-tailed Kitsune called Tamamo no Mae. Meanwhile, the divine beast of Ira was the wolf Fenrir.
He really wondered what went through the goddesses' heads when they gave those names.
Hiding his feelings, Sol grunted,
”Hum...Seems like a bigshot.”
”Haha. That she is.” Camelia chuckled while remembering the fox woman with a slovenly appearance who liked more drinking than fighting.
”Should I say that straightforward people become stronger easily? I do not know. What I do know though is that she isn't the genre to scheme. She is more the type to rush headfirst in a fight. If not because she couldn't hurt the wolf king, she would have killed him herself.”
”So, she is being manipulated?”
”Not impossible, but chances are low. I said that Kiku disliked schemes, not that she was bad at it. She is a fox, what's more, a direct descendant of Tamamo no Mae after all. Trickery is in her blood.”
”Wait wait wait. The child of a divine beast was blessed?”
Camelia let out a bitter smile, ”Indeed. Though she is a second generation, her father was a mortal. So she is considered as a third-generation and isn't bound by the same rules.”
The rules bounding divine beasts were rather strict.
All 14 divine beasts were considered as the first generation. First generations could not descend on the mortal world.
Second generations were children of divine beasts created through asexual reproduction by using their half energy part. They could descend on the mortal world but could not leave their territory without permission. The only exception being, if they had a contract.
This was the case for Blaze.
Third generations were bound by no rules. But the chance of them awakening to their full power, such as obtaining a core, was extremely low. This was the case for Sol. What's more, they were fully organic beings, unlike the First and second generations who were half energy.
Kiku's situation was pretty awkward in that sense. From what Camelia knew, her birth caused a veritable uproar.
After all, she was the first child born from the coupling between a divine beast and a mortal. This was even more so since the father was a simple mortal one-tailed kitsune with basically no potential or anything special.
Even to this day, it was a mystery.
”I see. Well, not like it matters currently. Do you have an idea about who gave this idea to her?”
”This is where things are complicated. I have a very good idea, Shuten-Doji. The current leader of the Oni clan. She is a strong woman in the Duke realm. From what I know, she is rather cunning. But this isn't the problem. The problem is her mother...Ibuki-Doji. The previous leader of the Oni-clan and also--A member of the Wings of Freedom.”
There she took a deep breath, ”More than anything--She is the one who betrayed us.”
This time, Sol was pretty shocked. This situation was becoming more complicated.
”Perhaps I will finally know exactly what happened back then?”