“I’m impressed you found out…” Legris Demien smiled.
He didn’t seem bothered or worried in the slightest.
Donning the usual optimistic deanor, the Lecturer–now traitor–seed even more relaxed than before. It could be that he had given up, or…
“Don’t be. It’s a sha I didn’t find out sooner.”
If I had taken action quicker, perhaps things wouldn’t have co to this. But, I was done blaming myself and being weighed by unnecessary shackles of guilt.
I promised everyone I would take responsibility for their lives, so I intended to do just that.
‘Killing the culprit should be enough!’
While it was selfish and self-serving, I was going to ease my conscience by ending things right here and now.
“How did you–“
“–Find out your identity? It’s a long story… too long for tonight.”
Unlike the ti with Liliana, there was no need to buy ti, neither was there any cause to explain my rationale.
In essence, it profited nothing to drag on this confrontation.
“You’re going to die here. Before that, though… I have a question. If you answer honestly, I just might reveal my thod to you.” I smiled..
Legris grinned, having a sparkle in his eyes. It seed he had an inking of my incoming inquisition.
‘No matter… I just need to ask.’
“Why? Why are you trying to kill ?”
It had been a question plaguing ever since the first assassin tried to take my life.
Even as an innocent baby, who had never committed a cri, the enemy had set their sights on .
Initially, my paranoia told that it could be a consequence of my reincarnation. However, after adjusting a bit, I surmised that it could be the work of so opposing faction.
Unfortunately, even the latter didn’t seem to be the case the more I delved deeper.
Not only was our family a very powerful one, but we were also so deeply rooted in the aristocratic society that we had no enemies.
While I didn’t an we were perfect, I just ant that no one in their right mind would attack a Leonard.
If they were people of ans, they gained more in cooperating with us, rather than resorting to petty assassination.
Sure, there were so idiots who didn’t know the way of the world and would try assassinating an heir to get rid of the competition, but… at so point, the possibility of that being the case of my opponent seed slim.
The enemy was too smart for that.
It didn’t make any sense for them to attack out of spite or Ill will toward my household.
It almost made revert to my earlier assumption, but I debunked it pretty quickly. If I had reincarnated and they knew of this fact, the enemy wouldn’t have sent such an assassin the first ti.
They would have considered the possibility of soone being more powerful. Their actions after that period told that they simply didn’t have any information concerning .
Which begged the question… why?!
“Why? Hehe, I figured you’d ask that…” Legris chuckled a bit.
My eyes narrowed and my smile slowly faded away.
This was it–the mont of truth.
It was the reason I had painstakingly ensured they sent soone capable to kill this ti around… so I could arrive closer to the truth.
It was risky, but… it was better than having no information and dealing with attacks as they ca.
I needed to know!
“… Why should I tell you, though?”
‘I knew it…’
This was the downside to my plan–Cooperation!
Why would the enemy divulge Intel? Who would spill info to the mber of an opposing party?
“Hm. You have nothing to lose, don’t you? If you kill here and now, you can keep your secret and reason. But… I simply want to know before going to my grave.” I smiled and gave a sarcastic reply.
“Haha, this kid…” Legris laughed.
My eyes never left him throughout
“… I could just kill you and still not say a thing. Besides, you wouldn’t have approached if you didn’t have a ans of killing .”
He knew well, just as I wanted.
“I saw the large crater you made in your fight with that Shadow Demon. You know he was a Demon Lord, right? The fact that you reduced him to that state as a kid is impressive… it’s no wonder they are after your life.”
My ears twitched the mont I heard that last part.
“They?” I repeated.
Of course, I knew Legris didn’t say it by accident. He clearly wanted to get my attention.
In essence, this was bait.
“Why don’t we swap Intel? Tell how you figured out my identity and I’ll tell you what you want. After the exchange, we can duke it out… or whatever.”
Legris Damien seed fairly confident–if not completely assured–of his victory. Unfortunately for him, I didn’t plan on losing this ti.
“Why don’t you begin? Tell the reason behind this whole ga. You’ve been trying this since twelve years ago. Why ?”
I already knew it had nothing to do with my family.
This guy–whoever was behind him as well–was after as a person.
Why?!
“I’m a mber of a certain organization. They want your life because you’re a threat to them.”
‘What?!’
I didn’t understand a single thing.
“I don’t know the details since I’m a lower seat of the twelve major mbers, but…”
What was he talking about?
“… Apparently, you’re a singularity that should be purged.”
What the hell was this?
“Hey… what are you talking about? You guys have been after since I was a baby, and you think it’s gonna cut it that I’m a threat to you? What the hell is that? I never did anything to you people!”
I was supposed to be calm, but my bottled-up frustration began surfacing a little.
“Hey, chill. As I said, I don’t know the details. I’m only the 9th Seat, you know? It’s an incredible group.”
There was a possibility that Legris was lying, but why would he spout sothing this ridiculous and expect to take it as the truth?
Wouldn’t soone like Neron be more of a threat to them? Why didn’t they kill him instead?
“It seems you don’t believe …” Legris interrupted my thoughts.
“It’s hard to trust in those words. They’re too absurd.”
“Fine, then… then, I’ll tell you this–maybe you’ll be able to make sense of it–you are an anomaly in this world. Sothing about your existence isn’t supposed to be.”
That struck a chord within .
Was this what he ant by being a singularity? Then there was only one possible explanation for this…
… My reincarnation!
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