Eiro looked at Solomon with a serious expression, before he slowly let his eyes wander down toward the ground. With a bitter expression, he started to speak.
"First, I must ask you to please listen to as closely as you can, and rember everything you hear. Because I might forget about it after saying it once, and I may need you to remind of so of the things I said." The Demon explained, and Solomon slowly nodded his head, ready to hear what Eiro had to say.
And Eiro just let it flow out of his mouth without filter, "First, I need you to know that is currently inside of the Capital's Prison, and I have a key that should let get down there. The one that's currently took over the forr Warden's son's body. The Phylactery is currently locked away in a safe place in the manor you gifted . It's in the Library, behind the third shelf from the back on the lower floor, pull on the book 'Encyclopedia of Mutated Plantlife III', keep your mana inside of it at all tis, and then push it inbetween the books 'Stories of a mad mastermind' and 'The vile history of murder' in the first shelf from the front on the top floor. Then you need to push on the-"
"Listen, where is this going?" Solomon asked with a confused expression, but Eiro simply continued to speak because he didn't want to forget to give Solomon the right instructions.
"... push on the glass display in the center of the room. You will notice a hidden door open, and behind that is an extra safe storage area. Try not to touch anything in there beside the glass cylinder with the clockwork-heart floating in it, I don't rember what exactly all of the things in there did, but I know that most of them are pretty dangerous."
Eiro instructed. The mont he was done explaining all of this, he tried to recall the very sa information that he just gave Solomon, but it was just too hazy and he felt sowhat uncomfortable trying to access it. All the information was lost, and soon, Eiro even forget that he ever knew about it.
"Now... what was I speaking about?" The Demon muttered, and slowly let his eyes wander around the room, before he saw the notification about his current state, the , and rembered what he wanted to tell the man in front of him.
"Ah, right... I used to have a skill called , which gave impeccable mory, I could rember every detail about everything that ever happened in my life without a single mistake in there. Now, while I was fighting so strong enemy... Erm... he was an Undead, I think? He was very, very strong, and he nearly managed to kill using Sacred Flas I tried to use against him, but then ti stopped and I saw four weird guys. One of them gave a black coin, and I grabbed it, and it was a 'Skill Token'. An extra ability I had after my latest evolution fused with it, and I received the Legendary Skill , which enhanced that... erm, that mory ability I think I just ntioned... I managed to kill that enemy, but he used so weird spell that didn't work on , and then my mory ability beca . I will permanently forget every mory I try to recall, so now I need you to rember all that I said just now for ... Because I'm already having trouble rembering again."
Solomon stared deep into Eiro's eyes, and Solomon slowly let himself drop down onto his chair. He looked down at his drink and furrowed his brows, "A Legendary Skill... But how..?" He muttered to himself, before the King raised his head again a few monts later, "I'm going to ask you so questions, and I need you to tell the answer quickly. I just rembered a few instances that I sohow connect to those children, but I don't actually rember how they are linked to those children, or even how I ended up gifting them a whole manor. One... was killed, right? Do you know who it was?"
"It was . He was accidentally unsealed, and I killed him while he was weak. Now I'm a royal candidate." Eiro said. By now, he had determined himself to tell Solomon everything in detail. He knew that he trusted this man, and he knew that he would know Eiro was telling the truth. The Demon was positive that Solomon would hear him out, and that he would help him. Like this, he would be able to practically... 'Save' the information in his mind sohow, so that it wouldn't be lost by him just accidentally thinking of it. Eiro rather wanted to lose this information under his own control rather than have it be lost forever without being able to do anything about it.
Solomon slowly nodded his head as he looked at the Demon in front of him, "During the Solstice, why did the Lady of Winter appear, and who got rid of the attacker?"
"I am blessed by the Lady of Winter as well as the forr Naiad Queen. The Lady of Winter ca to et . I also got rid of the attacker and used him for my own purposes. He's alive, for now at least." The Demon explained bluntly, and Solomon sat down his cup on the desk in front of him.
"...Alright, then the last thing I want to know for now. Who saved my son?" The King asked with a deep stare, with which him and Eiro were locking their eyes with each other without stop. It was actually kind of uncomfortable, but Eiro knew that this was necessary for Solomon to make sure that the Demon was really telling the truth. Or at the very least, it helped with it.
The Demon slowly looked down at the ground as he stared at his arm, "I made your son's prosthetics, if that was your question. I learned from... I learned from Jura..." The Demon mtutered with a deeply bitter expression. Now that it went right onto Jura, Eiro would start forgetting things about him as well. And that wasn't particularly sothing that Eiro wanted. He didn't want to forget anything, of course, but he couldn't help himself but feel especially bitter about a certain few topics.
Solomon rubbed the bridge of his nose as he looked right at Eiro and stood up. He walked up to him and held his hands behind his back, "So, what you are trying to say is that you are one of the most incredible beings that I've ever t? It's kind of risky revealing all this to , you know? Why would you ever reveal this information to in particular?"
"Because... Because I know about the Dragon of Truth and your subsequent abilities..." Eiro pointed out. Solomon slightly frowned as he looked down at him, "You did ntion sothing about a 'truth domain' before... and the Knight of Pentacles? Did you want to teach you about that card sohow? Sorry, but I've never hea-"
"I ca to you because... because you're my friend, I think... I trust you... But you're one of the few that I know will believe what I say..." Eiro explained, and slowly tried to see inside of himself to find the card that he had forgotten about until now. He slowly pulled it out of his treasury and held it forward toward Solomon.
"I don't know what it does anymore... But I trust that you do... I don't know if this is enough to make you trust , but I think you deserve it... I don't even know how to use it anymore." Eiro explained, and Solomon looked at Eiro confusedly. Was he really about to just hand over such a card without any sort of condition? And especially to Solomon, who possessed abilities to see the true form of things, words, and people, this would be sothing of great value for sure. But even then...
"I see... Then thank you, Eiro. I will accept it gratefully. To hand it to , you need to pour your mana into the card first." The King explained, and Eiro slowly nodded his head. Luckily, it didn't seem like he could forget how to control his mana, at least not for now. He let it flow out of his hand and into the card. It lit up in a golden light and then simply disappeared as the light seeped into Eiro's skin.
[You have activated and connected with the Knight of Pentacles. You are now its owner]
[2/14 Cards of the Suit of Pentacles acquired]
[4/56 Cards of the Minor Arcana acquired]
[Aptitude with the Earth Elent increased]
"Huh...? Wait, but... Didn't I just try to give it to you..?" Eiro asked, and Solomon imdiately nodded his head, "Yes, you did. But such a thing is in better hands with you, I think... If you are truly as capable as you sound, then you should have it. Now that I... well, rember is the wrong word, but I at least know about you again. I can fill in the gaps sowhat as well. I knew that I had a candidate for the Tournant this sumr, that's you, right? I knew that I had deep conversations with soone, but I couldn't rember with whom. I felt sothing change in the air a little while ago, and maybe because of my connection with the Dragon of Truth I was not affected as strongly and can still rember such details... But this feels right. It feels right that I am speaking to you like this, that I am trusting you like this. I hear you call your friend, and I know that you are speaking the truth. I hope that this card may help you uncover what exactly is happening to you and around us." Solomon explained quickly, and Eiro just stared down at the ground.
His eyes wandered around and kept sticking to random things. He noticed details that he didn't notice before, or didn't acknowledge at least, and the Demon's mind was racing. It was actually giving him quite a headache. It was a weird sense of new stimulus. He technically didn't perceive new things, he just never thought about a lot of them. As far as Eiro rembered at least...
The Demon's mind imdiately started to race as he tried to figure out what exactly was going on. He ca to one conclusion... That this was a blessing with a curse connected to it. He might be able to figure out what exactly was going on, but he would forget about it imdiately.
And so, Eiro looked straight at the man in front of him, "I'm sorry... I have forgotten your na, but listen to closely... I need you to help figure this out. Repeat information, remind of why I'm here if I forget, and most importantly.... remind of the children should I forget them as well."
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