Hollow Knight Fanfic - Honor and Blood

Chap. 28 - Betrayal.

—Nosk... What the hell have you done?

Hachi's voice held an anger that Ghost had not felt before. She wasn't stupid, and all she had to do was weigh him a little to be able to connect the dots. Even unaware of the genocide that Nosk had carried out at the highest levels, his sudden appearance, right at that moment, and that defiant attitude, were sufficient proof of his complicity with the tragedy that Deep Nest was facing.

-I? I'm just fulfilling the natural law of Deep Nest... That's all.

"What are you talking about, bastard?" —The weaver asked angrily.

—Ah... Of course... How would a princess know what I'm talking about? —He spoke with a high tone of irony. —Always in the comfort of the palace, without any worry. Without knowing what it's like to go to sleep with your stomach eating your own sanity. With your limbs contracting in weakness. With your lungs doing the impossible to keep you alive... Of course you don't understand... You can't understand what you don't know.

—Those times ended long ago... My mother was in charge of eliminating the famine in this kingdom, long before I was even born. What you say doesn't make sense.

Nosk doesn't respond. In fact, he remains with an apathetic face as he looks at the princess. More than anger or anger you only see... disappointment. Because?

—I guess in the end "she" was right about you. -she? It was a thought that passed through the minds of both Ghost and Hachi. —And what bothers me the most... is that he was right all this time. I thought you would realize... but you are as wrong as your mothers.

—What point do you want to get to with all this?

—You did not understand my words, princess. I do not hate the dark ages because of the hunger, desperation, and mistreatment I suffered. I do not hate the days of suffering or... those I lost. After all... It was fair. —This statement left the pair completely confused.

-Fair? How can you call something fair like that?

—Because it is... For an abomination like me, it's only fair that something like this happens. Because he was weak. And the weak deserve no mercy. None of them!

Rage overcame the general, as the tip of his scythe struck the ground hard, creating a dull echo that drowned out any other sound in the place. At the same time, hundreds of faces peeked out from the shadows and looked at them with judging eyes. The perfect place to give a speech.

—I was weak and pathetic. An abomination that crawled in the darkest sewers of Deep Nest. But I refused to just give myself up for dead. If others saw me as a monster, then I would become the monster they thought I was. I would be the strongest! The one who would rise above all! The supreme predator! And only the strongest have that right!

—Can you even hear yourself!? You have lost your mind!

-Yeah! I did it! —His response was forceful. "I did it the moment Deep Nest became the laughingstock of Hallownest!" The moment we humble ourselves before that weakling worm and his words of peace and prosperity! Deep Nest should have conquered Hallownest!... And I wanted to be part of that glorious moment... Taken away by... sentimentality and... garbage... False promises... And look at us now... Just We are the shit that crawls at the bottom of these caverns.

—You're crazy. —Affirmed the weaver. —You're just a bastard addicted to war and killing... Your whole life you've lived with that bloodlust in your eyes... Do you really think that you will be a good leader for Deep Nest?

-I? —He asked confused. —Don't say stupid things. I don't have the time or the conviction to do that. For many years, I thought that Herrah had it but... it turned out to be a great disappointment... And I never expected it from you... However... I do know someone who has the nerve to do things the way she does. is due.