Chapter 187 – The Kin’s Mission
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“TRANSLATOR: Anargya”
“EDITOR: GhostApe”
There are times when a demon turns around and is enshrined as a God.
And the opposite could also happen. It is not impossible for a God to fall into being a demon.
And as if to affirm Ariante’s guess, the fake kin continued his story steadily.
「God and demons are just like medicine and poison. It’s just a matter of whether or not their existence is convenient for humans. Creating a God to protect the believer’s vanity, even though the difference between a God and demon is paper thin.」
「So with your power over lies, you make your death a “lie”?」
「Yes, that’s the correct answer, female knight. That’s a really good guess.」
Ariante is however, not so gullible to fully trust an enemy’s words.
But if his words about his abilities are true, he would be the most annoying enemy.
If he can overwrite reality with lies and erase inconvenient facts, even if we defeated him with Rēko’s overwhelming power, there is no point if he erased the fact that we “defeated” him.
「wait.」
Right there, Rēko interrupted the conversation while folding her arms.
「What are the two of you talking about from a while ago? What is this Taizan Katari Lizard?」
Ariante is bewildered for a moment.
But she immediately thought about a reasonable excuse.
「In short, it’s a lie-spitting monster created by Raiotto’s Ancestor. You can think that everything he says is crap. Don’t get fooled. He also apparently said something about Rēvendia being just a large lizard, but it’s ridiculous. There aren’t that many dragons that are so powerful and great.」
「What are you talking about, you bastard.」
Erase the credibility of the opponent’s words before they managed to dispel Rēvendia’s identity. Artiante felt that her own words had become quite shameless in the middle, but Rēko, who is easily carried away, got on to it easily.
「Geez. I might be an incarnation of a lie, but it hurt if I was told that much.」
「Shut up. You dare call Evil Dragon-sama a lizard? What are profane thing to say for a person who call himself as his kin.」
「No. It is necessary to not blindly believe in the Lord because as a true kin, it is sometimes necessary to give a strict evaluation. Rēvendia-sama’s true identity is nothing more than a Taizan Katari Lizard that is lifted by a lie.」
In this dispute, Ariante was able to grasp the fake kin’s intention.
「I-I understand. You are trying to indoctrinate something within Rēko in order to shake her trust in Rēvendia aren’t you?」
If Rēvendia were to encourage her, Rēko would probably power up forever. It might be possible to reach an area that surpassed even the 300 million times one.
Or if she were to acquire even more magic power, it might be possible for her to ignore the overwriting ability of the fake kin’s “lie” and erase his existence.
「But it’s useless. This girl’s trust is not so weak to be shaken by such words.」
「Ahh, you know me well, female knight. No matter what anyone says, I’m not someone who will break my loyalty to Evil Dragon-sama.」
Although she has a bit of leeway, Ariante is still feeling impatient. The only reason as to why Rēko’s out of the ordinary magic power didn’t run out of control, is because of her psychological dependence on Rēvendia. In a sense, that is her only weakness.
「No—I’m not planning to do that at all.」
The fake kin stares at Rēko through his mask.
「Rēko-jou, even if I didn’t bother to say it, you should already be aware of it, aren’t you?」
Silence runs throughout the place. But, Rēko doesn’t seem to be agitated even a bit by the fake kin’s words.
And the fake kin similarly doesn’t lose his calm composure.
「A bit ago, you easily put away your blade with just one threat involving the village. Don’t you think that you are too lenient as the kin of the Evil Dragon of Tyranny?」
「Don’t get me wrong. The right to kill and take away the life of all human beings in this world lies with Evil Dragon-sama. Until he decides so, I will not kill at my own discretion.」
「If so, has Rēvendia-sama ever given you a cruel order befitting an Evil Dragon? Don’t you think that there is a big discrepancy between the Evil Dragon in your imagination and the real Rēvendia?」
Fufufu, Rēko fearlessly laughed as if in a good mood.
「Evil Dragon-sama has signed a pact by eating my soul, a pact to defeat the Demon King and save the world. That is why he refrain from useless killing.」
「Geez, you are averting your eyes that much, huh?」
The fake kin still hasn’t diverted his line of sight from Rēko.
「Even if you try to think so, you must have thought about a lot of contradictions in the depth of your heart. But you can never face it. Because if that lizard is truly not the Evil Dragon Rēvendia, there will be no one to support your mighty power.」
「How long are you going to make these useless talks?」
Ariante stopped his talk there. She doesn’t think that Rēko is going to change, but there is simply no benefit to prolonging it too much.
「If you call Rēvendia a lizard, then why do you call yourself his kin? That is a big contradiction.」
「No, there is no contradiction at all. I pledge allegiance to the real Evil Dragon Rēvendia, not that lizard.」
「But as you said, Rēvendia is a fictional existence made up by the first priest here, right?」
「Yes, that’s correct.」
The story is inconsistent. Does he intend to gradually instill suspicion in Rēko’s heart with his question and answer?
In that case, there is no reason to go along with it.
We will retreat here at once and power Rēko up to completely eliminate this guy. For the time being, three more times—we should be able to do it if she powered up to a billion times.
I’m worried about Rēvendia’s stomach, but I will have to accept this much risk to get rid of this mysterious enemy.
At that time, the fake kin continued to speak.
「It’s fictitious right now, but it’s going to be real soon. Because it is my mission to turn that lizard into the real Evil Dragon Rēvendia.」
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