Hello everyone, Astaroth here. When you receive a blessing from a goddess, your eyes change colour, and just from looking at someone's eyes, you can tell if that person is blessed or not. Even if you put in golden contact lenses, it's still noticeable that you weren't blessed by Lady Luciel. How does it work? Well, who knows? Even Lady Entropy doesn't know- I've asked her. The only person who might is Lady Luciel, and I am not capable of having a calm conversation with her. I guess it will remain a mystery forevermore.
"My child, if you don't mind, may I know what in the world happened to you while you guide me?", Theliel asked me after we left the city.
"We were... We were adventuring, the three... The three of us. We were heading back to, back to the city, when... When the Dragon came down from, from the sky. It must've been, been toying with us, since it didn't... Didn't use its fire breath at all. It slashed my eye out, as you can... as you can see", I responded, pausing as if out of breath several times. Behind me, Tempest nodded sadly several times, while Charlotte still looked down, faked frustration in her eyes.
"I see, so that's why... But that is a scar, is it not, my child?", she asked in response, not a hint of doubt in her tone or gaze.
"I used a... A healing potion, to... to stop the bleeding", I explained, taking the empty bottle out of my [Storage] to show her. "Ah... Lady Saint, we are almost to where we... where we met the Dragon. Please be... Be careful", I said, putting some concern into my tone.
Pushing through a little more vegetation, we entered into a grassy plain with a Red Dragon at its centre, pridefully stretching her wings out and roaring up into the sky the moment she spotted us. Locking eyes with Theliel, she used her skill [Dragon's Glare], though Theliel only seemed to stiffen slightly.
"As expected of a Dragon... Stay back, my child. I'll handle it from here", she said, directing a glare towards the Red Dragon- Davna.
"Honestly, I'm relieved", I said, losing my desperate tone and grieving tone of voice.
"Relieved...?", Theliel asked, slightly startled at my sudden change in attitude.
"Yes, relieved", I responded. "Relieved that you've changed."
"Changed? I do not believe we have met before?"
"I figured as much, puppet. After all, she has probably removed all memories of me from most of you. Unlocking those should be simple enough... Does the name 'Arthur' ring a bell?"
"Arthur? Arthur...", she repeated, and then, as if a missing puzzle piece fell into place, her mouth hung open for a second and her eyes opened wide, before she started stammering: "Wha-wha-wha bu-but you were and she was and why did I and- Huh?"
"It looks like you've remembered me", I said, gaining my characteristic sneer.
"Arthur, is it really you...? But, you're taller, and you feel so much darker..."
"It is me, Theliel, you are correct. Although, I no longer have the right to call myself Arthur. As for what happened to me... I learned the truth. You know it too, right? Deep inside, you've been aware from the very start. But telling yourself that it's for the sake of helping people, you turn a blind eye to the forcible changes in yourself. Ah, you used to have such potential. Putting yourself first, those precious to you second, and everything else far behind. But now, that potential... You are simply a fool who would give her own life for what? A dictator, pretending to be benevolent? A city full of blind devotees you've never met? Maybe even for a single one of those devotees? You are nothing more than a husk of your former self. A shell for the puppetmistress to lodge an Aspect inside of. You've been reduced to a tool. But rest assured, I will be taking that Aspect and releasing you from your misery. Resist, or don't, it doesn't matter. The life of the First Saint ends here." During this speech, Tempest had released her illusionary magic, revealing her verdant green hair and dark purple eyes, and Charlotte had taken out her contacts, revealing her true colours as a vampire. Lilith and Navillus had emerged from hiding, and the six of us were now positioned so that Theliel was completely surrounded.
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Entropy's Servant
Fantasy"I see. If someone's wronged me, it's fine if I just take revenge, right?" After having presumably died, Arthur is reincarnated into a 'fantasy', almost game-like world by its Goddess of Light with only a few memories on set subjects, and, grateful...
