"He's going to be crucial for when we escape?"
My interest was immediately piqued when I heard his words.
In an attempt to quench my curiosity, I asked.
"Who exactly is he?"
But my other self simply shook his head.
"You will find out once you challenge him."
"Haaa..."
Closing my eyes, I let out a long sigh. As usual, he would always leave out the more important details for later.
What a terrible habit.
"...So I won't be fighting against the current emperor?"
"Not yet."
A narrow grin spread across my other self's face as he replied.
"If you were to fight him right now, you would only end up losing."
"Hmm...?"
Involuntarily, my brows furrowed as I tilted my head.
"You serious?"
"...Yeah."
Processing the information, my eyes closed.
'So another one who is stronger than me...'
Honestly, I was quite troubled by his apparent confidence in his prediction of my inevitable defeat against the present emperor.
It just didn't sit tight with me.
Was I just that competitive? Wasn't too sure.
"Huuu..."
With my eyes closed and letting out a short breath, I inquired about the current Emperor.
"For you to say what you said, the Emperor must be incredibly strong."
"...Sort of."
My other self replied.
In a tight brow furrow, I stared.
"Sort of? What do you mean?"
"He may be strong, but that isn't the reason why I am saying that you will lose against him if you two fought."
"...Continue."
Taking in more of what he was saying, my ears perked up. I had a feeling that his next words were going to be extremely important.
"The games are rigged. SilverStar, the current Emperor will be made the next Overlord in the next match."
"What?"
And I wasn't wrong as his follow up made my eyes shoot wide open.
"Hold on, what are you talking about? Doesn't Edward still have over thirty matches left before he gains freedom? Shouldn't he still be fine?"
"You're right."
My other self gave a short nod.
"But there are two main fundamental reasons for this action. The first reason you should already know."
"Yeah."
gained his 'freedom,' but to avoid making it appear rigged, he was purposely
Even then.
"Why this early?"
100, I was fairly
there must be another
I didn't wait for long to know the
not far from breaking through to the
"...Huh?"
other-self. Pricking my ears with my fingers to make sure I didn't hear incorrectly,
you say? Can you
"No."
other self just shook
I shrugged my shoulders.
"...Whatever."
I wasn't sure I had
forehead, I
guess it makes more sense
both Dukes themselves, if Edward broke through, his strength would reach a similar level to theirs. This in itself
of my chin, I pondered out
we wanted to attract the attention of some of
glanced at my other self whose only reply was
But that was enough.
case, it makes more sense for the current
on the fact that the current Duke seemed
Edward's rank up wouldn't have
entire city was now under the watchful eye of only one Duke-ranked demon, the appearance of someone of similar strength would
like this unfold. He was planning on having
pondering, I had a sudden
are so afraid of Edward, why not just kill
need to ask? Have you forgotten which
met with another question. Glancing at him
"Nevermind."
Right...
the pride clan. Of course, their pride wouldn't
'Stupid.'
I clapped
"Alright."
myself from the
idea of what I'm supposed
another glance in my direction, he disappeared from his spot
took out a piece of paper and a pen. Grasping the
by since I already knew what I wanted to write on the
"...and done."
my mouth as I
things in
"This should be enough."
with what I had put in that I looked
god they didn't search
To Tok—!
brief moment of time, I was met with no response. Fortunately, I did not have
by the demon's cold gaze. His croaky, brittle
"What do you want?"
pay respect
"Ha?"
he grumbled in a quiet whisper and nodded after
'This might be fun...'
up the whisper of his voice despite
after hearing him speak, I decided to follow through with my plans anyway. As long as I managed to meet Edward, then everything was
"Follow me."
"Okay."
me, I followed
***
the ceiling of his room,
long has it been
were out of focus, and his
had spent in this
But.
little
his hands into a fist and a powerful aura
was
had to endure before he could regain
a little
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