TBATE - Corrupted Blessing

13 : Offer

Grey Vritra

"Nico? what did he mean by that?"
I thought as Agrona's words keeps repeating inside my head.

"I still am not planning to tell you this but it seems that you've realized it by now, and yes he is Nico." Agrona said his voice is still the same as always.

"That means tha-"

"Yes, I am the one responsible of everything." He interrupted me before I can even finish my question.

"Everything?" I said with disbelief trying to confirm if my doubts are right.

"I am the reason why you are here right now, I am the reason why you've been reborn Grey. But a simple miscalculation happened and resulted to you being sent to Dicathen, that's when I lost grasp of you." Agrona said leaning his back on a wall. His eyes are closed and arms are crossed.

I was about to speak again but he beat me opening his mouth to speak once more. "I reincarnated you to help me on the war against the Asuras. And for you to become an anchor, an anchor for the reincarnation of the Legacy."

As he said those words, I lost it. Not only Nico but Cecilia too? He reincarnated us here just to become his weapon against the Asuras? Will Cecilia become a tool for war once again?

I activated realmheart, but this time I let it take control of my body. Sinking deep into its embrace I felt power surging through my body. The world felt like it was below me, and I was above everything. It felt like as if I'm a god.

Preparing to stop Agrona for using us and Cecilia once more, I absorbed almost all the mana in my surrounding and focused it all in my arm.

“Grey! Let him explain first!" Elijah, or Nico shouted from behind the two Scythes who's protecting him from me.

“What the fuck are you blabbering about? He's trying to use Cecilia again!" I shouted back at him venom laced into my voice.

“Just fucking listen to me! It will benefit us in the long run! Grey!" Nico shouted once more which made me stop.

This Nico is much more different when I last saw him. Nico at that time was just full of hatred towards me because I 'killed' Cecilia. But now he seems to be like the same old Nico I know.

I deactivated realmheart and released a deep sigh. After deactivating, I felt like all the energy in my body got drained at once. I fell down in one knee and started coughing blood.
To my surprise, the one who helped me first was Caera who I totally forgot that she's here with me.

“Oho, so this is the girl you keep telling me about." Agrona said, I looked up and saw him not leaning on the wall anymore as he approached Caera who's kneeling besides me helping me out.

“Hello Caera, Grey told me a lot about you." He said while grasping the hands of Caera together.

“What the hell is this old snake saying?" I thought thinking of what schemes Agrona is plotting again.

“He told me about this beautiful lady who managed to charm him just after a few seconds they met." The serious Agrona a few seconds ago disappeared and got replaced by this...uh.. what the fuck even is this?

“I'm so eager to find out who this lady is that my grandson keeps telling me. And behold, my one and only grandson brought you here in ny residence just after a week of meeting you. It brings happiness and tears to my eyes to see my grandchild becoming an adult." He explained pulling Caera's arm up to make her stand as she stood there frozen.

“Just what is this guy? I can't understand him at all. Is he an ally or a foe?" I thought and a few seconds later more blood gushed out of my mouth alarming the frozen Caera and Agrona.