Eiro stopped in his tracks and stared at Solomon intensely, clenching his wrist as he was trying to figure out why exactly Solomon was asking him about this. In the first place, how did Solomon know that Avalin was the 'Holy Priestess'? There was no way the others told him about it, and considering how much they've been practicing how they should best hide her identity, he definitely didn't see her eyes either.
"How did you figure it out?" The Demon asked, and Solomon turned toward him, simply waiting for a proper answer, "I'll tell you if I can understand your reasons."
Eiro thought about it for a mont, but at this point, he obviously couldn't hide it anymore. He looked Solomon deep into his eyes and let out a long sigh. "I'm not a true Demon." Eiro explained, "At least not a normal one."
"I noticed, considering that you're actually conversing with like this."
"No, that's not what I an." Eiro replied, "I'm not 'normal' in the way that I was artificially created by the Monster King. Sothing went wrong with , and I beca a variant, which led to straying onto a path like this. But nonetheless, the command of the Monster King was, and to an extent still is, part of . Now I can completely suppress it, don't worry, but back then, I couldn't. When I first used the ace of cups, I wandered into the castle in the Empire's capital. was threatening the knights there and wanted to get Avalin himself. Instead, I picked her up, and brought her with to bring her to the Monster King. I was supposed to bring Avalin to the Monster King so that he could turn her into . But, I resisted and instead raised her myself. And I think it was a good choice, because when I then first t a Baron from the Holy Empire a year ago, I found out that she would have already been a complete weapon of war."
Solomon looked back at Eiro with a deep stare, and just for a mont, Eiro could see the King's pupils turning into a black slit while Solomon's whole aura changed rapidly, giving Eiro deep shivers all over his whole body.
Slowly, the corners of the King's mouth curled upward before he nodded his head, "I see. I'm glad. I knew that you were a good guy, but I simply needed to be sure about this. I know I can fully trust you, the man who is raising the one being that is ant to be able to kill him instantly, and was ready to divulge all this to ." Solomon pointed out with a light smile, and then turned back around, "There is a place we could speak about this a bit more privately, is that not right?"
Eiro lightly smirked and nodded his head. He knew there had to be more about Solomon than t the eye. The Demon quickly led him across the hallways of the manor and brought him to the library, before walking up the stairs to the room-internal second floor, before he swiftly opened up the entrance into the secret section of the library.
"Is this what you had in mind?" Eiro asked as he led the way inside, and Solomon quickly started to nod his head, "Of course it is." Solomon looked around the room with curious eyes, although he was anything but surprised.
"You knew about this place?" The Demon figured, and Solomon slowly nodded his head, "I knew there was an extra special place connected to the library, and many other rooms of this manor, but I wasn't directly aware of what was hiding here. Although it certainly is no disappointnt."
Eiro walked over toward the corner of the room, where there was a specific area where people could sit down and spend their ti reading, with comfortable chairs, couches, and tables. He sat down on one of the chairs, and waited for Solomon to do the sa, before he waited for an explanation.
"So..." The King Skyhart started, "It is ti to return the trust you have shown . You already know about the Unique Bloodline skill that both Charles and I possess, but I doubt you know what exactly it is."
"You're right. I was wondering if it was a skill that let you turn special beings into your familiar, considering what you said back then, but that doesn't seem to be the case after all." Eiro pointed out. With a quiet laugh, Solomon shook his head.
"Actually, you're not too far off." He explained, "While it has certainly happened that those without this skill have been able to form Familiar-contracts with these beings, it is quite rare. After all, if you don't have a strong connection with your potential familiar, or the difference in strength is too large, there are heavy repercussions for forming Familiar contracts. With this being in particular, the rules are strict, and failure in forming the contract usually results in death. Amongst other things, the bloodline skill I possess makes it so that most of those rules are simply unnecessary. Of course, a strong connection is still needed, but it is easier for us to form such a connection with them in the first place."
Patiently, Eiro listened, growing more and more curious the more Solomon was speaking. He had so rough ideas of what this 'being' may be, but he wasn't entirely sure if he was correct or not. And then, Solomon continued, "This 'being' is nothing but the noble race of Dragons. Magic Beasts of imnse strength and authority."
"Ah, so that was it, huh? So, you currently have a Dragon as a familiar?" Eiro asked, and Solomon quickly nodded his head, "Yes, in particular it is the Dragon of Truth and Justice, Lognir. As he is currently my familiar, I have gained so of his power. It is greatly weakened through the current distance between us, but I am nonetheless able to see through lies. You saw it just now, didn't you? I noticed that you were telling the truth. I cannot use this ability too often, however, and it's quite weak as well now. Otherwise, I can see through illusions. That is why I truly did not know that you were a Demon, so don't even think that I tricked you." Solomon explained with a slight chuckle.
All of a sudden, everything just made sense to Eiro, "That ans you saw through Avalin's contact-lenses?"
Solomon imdiately nodded his head, "Yes, albeit just recently. The illusions they make use of are incredibly potent, you know? You must tell where exactly you received those special things from." The King laughed slightly, trying to loosen up the sowhat dense atmosphere, "It was actually during the Winter Solstice. Strong emotions of any kind tend to amplify these abilities randomly, and that day I certainly was feeling rather strong emotions."
"...I see. Could I ask why exactly you and that dragon, Lognir, are so far apart right now?" The Demon inquired, and the answer was actually quite simple.
"He left my side for a while in order to breed with a female dragon. He ca back once to inform of how things were going, and it seems like he will have to stay and protect the eggs and the dragoness for a while at the very least until they hatched."
"Both of you are quite dedicated parents then, it seems." Eiro laughed slightly, and Solomon looked at the demon with just a smirk, "You're one to talk."
"I know, I know. Well, I'm glad that you entrusted with this. Then I should probably lay open so further information you don't know about as well. First, I was marked by . A certain situation produced another mark from that one, and ever since then, I've had the tendency to beco angry pretty easily. Sotis it has its benefits, but for the most part, it's just annoying. But you don't need to worry, has no intention of causing any harm right now, and it doesn't seem like he would care about attacking a place like this either. So we'll be fine for now." Eiro explained bluntly, and that was sothing that Solomon really didn't expect to hear about all of a sudden.
"A mark by ? Are you sure you are alright?" Solomon asked with a light frown, before Eiro just imdiately nodded his head, "Of course, I'm totally fine. For now. Don't worry, I'm working on it."
"If you say so, then I will trust that for now... But please, keep explaining this to so more." Solomon asked, and Eiro slowly nodded his head. He figured that was a reasonable request. After all, it was sothing that may as well affect Solomon in the future, and just Eiro saying 'It's fine' would obviously not be enough to relax Solomon after hearing sothing like that.
After hearing the whole story of how the mark has affected Eiro so far, Solomon wasn't entirely sure what he was supposed to think, "Truly, so far, it seed like that mark has beco rather helpful to you. But if it becos harder and harder to suppress, despite you being able to even suppress the Monster King's commands... Then you should try and get rid of it quite soon, is that not right?"
"Of course, I'm trying to look into it. But it's not exactly like this is sothing easy to get rid of..."
"I see... But I trust your judgent. Of course, over the years with Lognir by my side, I have grown to beco capable of judging people pretty well. Although I now obviously know not to trust that judgent completely..." Solomon said, obviously thinking about the incident involving Charles right now.
"Ah, speaking of judgent." Eiro started, trying to change the topic sowhat, and Solomon raised his brows a bit, "Yes?"
"Do you coincidentally know of any trustworthy, good, preferably outlying people of the Humans' Goliath clan?" The Demon inquired, but Solomon wasn't exactly sure if he understood why he wanted to et such a specific type of person, especially in a combination that should be rather hard to find.
He thought about it for a mont and then shook his head, "I don't think I do. If you're trying to find 'outliers' amongst Goliaths, it shouldn't be hard. Most Goliaths that are traveling around alone are outliers in one way or another, and most of those outliers don't belong to a direct tribe. That does not an they act differently as if they were part of a tribe, however. But why are you looking for one? Are you thinking of having him join your party?"
"Hm? Oh, no. Rudy is a Goliath, and after hearing about what they're like, he wasn't feeling too great.. So I wanted to let him et a Goliath that deviated from the 'norm' as much as possible, to make him feel a bit better."
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