Kais: "What exactly do you mean?"Dragon: "Exactly what I said."
Kais: "And that"s what I don"t get."
I grit my teeth in frustration. This is just so messed up, how am I supposed to go from here?
Dragon: "Is it that surprising that the archives are not completely accurate?"
Kais: "It is."
It is. Of course it is. It has to be.
Kais: "These archives are records Ozyllus left so they can be accessed by appropriate parties, right?"
Dragon: "Right."
Kais: "Then why would Ozyllus try to falsify that information?"
Sona: "Wait, falsify? He just said not everything in the archives is correct. That could also mean that the information is incomplete."
It could. Incomplete knowledge about the past can cause misconceptions and so can be called "not correct". So it definitely could mean that. But, it doesn"t.
Dragon: "I don"t think that choice of words was accidental, was it?"
The dragon asks while looking at me as if he"s evaluating me.
Kais: "No, they weren"t. From your aura, I can sense a repulsive hatred towards the name Ozyllus,"
-which is something I never thought I"d sense from you.
Kais: "I could sense your blood boiling with anger when you mentioned that the information is incorrect. You weren"t trying to say it"s incomplete, or that reaction would make no sense."
To be honest, there are situations where my last statement would fail, but I have a feeling that this is the correct answer, and I am not gonna try to explain that my instinct is telling me this.
Dragon: "So you say."
Sona: "Tch!"
With an expression of anger and hatred, she clicks her tongue. I think it"s probably because she has no idea what the dragon means and she doesn"t like him keeping secrets. If that is the case, I can relate.
Sona: "Tell me, is he right?"
Dragon: "Yes, he is."
He says while looking at neither of us, but the golden fish.
Dragon: "This might sound revolting to you but all you have been is a p.a.w.n in his game whose purpose was to mislead people who came to you for help."
From what he"s saying, it looks like the fish didn"t know about any of this.
Fish: "Explain yourself."
A chilling voice rings out in our brains directing itself towards the dragon.
Dragon: "Huh, explain myself. Where do I even start?"
Fish: "Start from where my role in all this comes in."
I find myself surprised on hearing that but it actually makes sense that she would want to know that. After all, the dragon is trying to say that the purpose of her life was not what she thought it would be. Of course she would want clarification on that.
Sona: "Well, why are you not answering?"
Sona looks at him with an angry expression, but the dragon doesn"t say anything. I can sense no change in his emotions as well. It"s like he predicted this situation.
Dragon: "Well,"
And then almost suddenly, he starts.
Dragon: "then to start off,"
Looking at us in our eyes, he says,
Dragon: "Ozyllus was no n.o.ble soul like the legend claims him to be. He was a dirty schemer."
Kais: "Tch!"
I clicking my tongue made their attention turn towards me. There is nothing I have to say though. All I can do is try to control my emotions.
Sona: "What is it?"
She asks in a half-calm half-angry tone. While looking at the dragon, I say,
Kais: "Nothing, please keep going."
That dirty schemer is inside me. That"s all there is to me giving that annoyed reaction.
Dragon: "Well then, it all started with his plan of causing a war between the ghosts … and everyone else."
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Ozyllus: "That d.a.m.ned dragon, he thinks he can betray me and get away with this."
Abyss: "I doubt it."
Ozyllus looks at Abyss with an angry expression asking him "why?"
Abyss: "His time is already up, isn"t it? If I remember correctly, dragon souls don"t turn into ghosts when they die."
Ozyllus: "I see. So he is not really aiming to get away with it."
Abyss: "Yeah, precisely."
Ozyllus: "And he thinks just because he is about to die, he can do whatever the h.e.l.l he wants."
Abyss: "Why can"t he?"
To an angry Ozyllus, Abyss replies in an almost mocking tone.
Abyss: "It"s not like you can do anything to him now that you are trapped here."
Ozyllus: "Tch!"
Frustration at seeing his plans being torn apart because of a simple betrayal keeps building inside Ozyllus, but Abyss feels nothing except joy.
Abyss: "You have lorded yourself over them enough already. It was only about time they would have figured it out anyway."
"It would have been too late for them by that point" is what Ozyllus wanted to say but he stops himself. It wouldn"t be wise to keep saying everything that came to mind, he thinks.
Abyss: "Anyway, looks like your time as a so-called "G.o.d" is at its end."
Ozyllus grits his teeth as he hears Abyss say that. The voice of the dragon spilling his secrets keeps coming to them. Abyss smiles and Ozyllus grits his teeth. The opposite of each other - that"s how it had always been for them – for the two archenemies.
Ozyllus: "Well Abyss, aren"t you happier that your time as a so-called "devil" is coming to an end?"
Abyss: "Huh?"
Abyss asks in a curious tone as Ozyllus regains a bit of smile on his face.
Ozyllus: "Don"t think this is already over. The "end" is just beginning."
Abyss narrows his eyes while staring at Ozyllus.
Ozyllus: "They say when you stare into the "abyss", the "abyss" stares back into you."
Abyss doesn"t respond. While turning to look at him, Ozyllus says with a smile,
Ozyllus: "Well, looks like someone is just about to find the meaning of those words."
Abyss does not know who he is talking about, but uncomfortably enough, he does understand that he is not bluffing.
Abyss: "So there"s still more to it."
Ozyllus: "Of course there is. As I said, the "end" is just beginning."
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