Holding the bridge of his nose, Alahim can’t think straight because of all the nonsense he’s hearing “Wait, wait… so what are you saying? We are just some source of entertainment? For this ‘gods’?” emphasizing the word god, he even moved his fingers to create a quotation mark
Nodding, Igneel feels like they’ll go crazy if they hear more
“Oh, Come on! I also tried to explain this to you in the past! You won’t brush me off now, aren’t you?”
Looking at the major, the man sighs- seeing his face which shows ‘you’re crazy’ expression
Igneel is helpless
“I told you! This is the stage created by the ‘gods’, they need to be entertained for us to live”
Intrigued, Alahim point at the demons “even them? They are also entertainment to the gods?”
The man laugh immediately when he saw Igneel hesitantly nods his head
Don’t want to hear more, the major stand-up to leave
“The Cadells came from ‘that’ tower”
Nathan, who also heard his statement stop nursing Lina and looked at Christian who acted like he heard nothing
“Oh! Do you already know that they aren’t from here? Right?”
Holding his lower lip with a shocked expression, Igneel speak more
“You came from the tower, right kid?”
He took a sideward glance at the child who only give him a slow nod before continuing his business
Igneel laugh
“I took them all in my wing. Do you think I also want some headaches? They are the most chaotic children I have ever encountered!”
Hearing it, Christian tried hard not to tear up… “I even took care of that trash that you have just thrown away”
Now, the child can’t help but burst into tears
Christian knows that the mister treats them as a ‘nuisance’ to his work, but… he never thought it would be this great kind of dislike!
“Why? Don’t tell me you didn’t throw that girl away after using her”
Giving a deathly glare to the men in uniform, Igneel walk towards Lina’s bed “and now… she’s incapable of being a weapon, you will kill her. Am I right?”
Alahim stands up to disagree “STOP THIS NONSENSE!”
Instead of listening to his command, Igneel shamelessly looks at the soldier “tell me, aren’t you questioning those ‘gods’ you’re asking favors for? Aren’t you curious about who and what are they?”
Christian had enough, he cried out loud saying “IT IS TRUE! WE ARE FROM THAT TOWER! THE TOWER IS TRUE AND THOSE GODS ARE THE ONES AT FAULT WHY’S MY SISTER LIKE THIS!”
Laughing, Igneel pushed the child more “That’s it! Talk, child! Talk!”
Pursing his lips, the child looked up to see the mister’s face “but mister… how do you know about the tower?”
Igneel paused a moment ‘shit! I didn’t come here to be interrogated!’ he only planned to push the child, Christian, emotionally so that he won’t have a hard time making these men believe his statements
Noticing the child’s tears- the man can’t help but to pity the little boy… but, he needs him! He needs him to talk!
Shocked by the sudden question, Igneel look at Lina “Oh my, what happened? Why is she in this state again?” trying to divert the topic
The awkward laugh Igneel made a great atmosphere that’s unwieldy
“Mister… I heard that everyone who knows about the tower in this world- they all died”
With a ‘hick!’ Igneel jumped in horror, looking at the child who is also eyeing him with wide pair of eyes
“What in the world are you saying, child? Ha ha ha… I just happened to know about it!”
Not buying his reason, Christian signaled Nathan
The demon immediately took the initiative to read the Werewolf’s mind… noticing the demon will use his power- Igneel closed his eyes tightly
But there’s a great obstacle before reading Igneel’s mind
There’s only a limited person who can’t be affected by Nathan’s abilities and right now… he’s agitated because Igneel was added to that list
“What are you doing?” the werewolf’s mouth opened as he speak
Everyone fell in silence
Christian looked at his uncle demon in question “mister? Is changing one’s voice one of the side effects of your ability?”
Also in great confusion, Nathan looked at the cardinals
But these demons' expressions are saying that they won’t meddle with their master’s business
Everyone is surprised when Igneel opened his eyes
His pair of hazel nut eyes are now golden- lights were now glowing around his gold eyes
“I said, what are you doing?”
His deep voice is now in a high pitch- almost becoming a voice of a woman's “answer”
Swallowing a lump of saliva before answering, Alahim felt scared “NOTHING. We’re doing nothing”
He looked at his subordinates “we are doing nothing, right?”
Did not hear the desired answer, Igneel asked once again “Where are you? Igneel?”
Blinking, the people inside the room look around- wondering if that Igneel can also double himself
“Why am I hearing someone else’s voice?!”
With an intimidating voice, the humans almost fell to their knees- can not accept the heavy pressure
‘It’s just a voice! Dammit!’ and even the demon, Astran can also feel the pressure coming from the words of Igneel
‘He is not this powerful!’
“FINE. You won’t answer?”
Finally ending the long wait, it seems that there’s no more patience for Igneel- if it’s Igneel
The glowing thing around Igneel’s eyes faded as he, once again, fell in silence before opening his eyes again
Witnessing how his golden eye turned into… colorless
His irises are now pure white
Everyone watched as his expression turned into surprise, his mouth was now gaped wide open- gasping for air
Looking around, he saw Lina- lying on the bed, unconscious
His eyes heated up and everyone watched as he cried like it was someone’s funeral
“I… I didn’t know you will be in this situation. Forgive me”
He grabs Lina’s hand, crying in her presence
“Please forgive me”
Alarm by the sudden movement of the man, Christian immediately pushed him back “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”
And now, seeing the child- his teary eyes become a flow of waterfalls
“Christian”
He gasped as if he was running out of air now
Astran gagged “Wow… this is disgusting”
The large Werewolf, who’s crying out heavily is now the center of attention
The cardinals made fun of him while the soldiers are still in wonder- still can’t comprehend what happened earlier with the heavy atmosphere, change of appearance, and even the attitude of the man!
‘What happened earlier?’
Igneel is now helping them, putting on Lina’s clothes
“If only I knew that you will be like this… I won’t agree to this plan!” the man muttered
The child, hearing his voice… “your voice? What happened, mister??”
Finished with the dress up- Igneel now looks at the high generals, who are still figuring out what happened earlier
Minutes have passed but the time was only wasted by Igneel, looking at Lina with great affection. Christian fought the urge to grab his eyes
“Let’s talk” After satisfying himself, the werewolf was now back on business
Surprised by the sudden demand, the soldiers don’t want to talk to him in ‘that’ condition
But they don’t have a choice
Shockingly, they just found themselves- in the office of Major Richardson
“Uh… why am I here?” Nathan asked, noticing that he was the only demon in the room. Wondering why the cardinals agreed to be not on his side
It’s suspicious
Knowing the cardinals, they would risk their life not to be apart from their master
“What’s happening?!”
And it seems that he’s not the only one wondering about the situation, Alahim looked around- asking where he is and why
With one tap on the table, everyone’s attention was now on Igneel
“I’ll start by introducing myself. I’m currently borrowing this man’s body” he stopped when he heard someone snickered at the word ‘borrow’
Lifting an eyebrow, he continued “I didn’t expect that he… will try to explain things to all of you”
Finally decided to sit properly, Alahim cleared his throat to listen attentively
“It’s your choice if you will believe it or not so, I’ll start”
No one can interfere
Alahim wants to speak up but there’s something in Igneel’s presence that says he won’t take any bullshit now
The pressure that’s in his voice from earlier is still there… ‘this is not Igneel, it's someone else’
Raising an eyebrow, whoever possesses the body of Igneel right now noticed that the room is filled with men
Disgusted with their presence, the unknown visitor wants this to end in a short period
“The tower is true. Christian and Sherry came from that tower. I also live there. Our main objective is to create a path of life that you, human’s calling as a ‘faith’. You’re calling their gods because in just a snap they can decide to end your useless life.”
Can’t stop himself, Alahim slowly raised his hand “do you mean by gods… the one who gave me this ability?”
“Yes”
“Anyway, the people who live in the tower will decide what’s this world’s future will be. If they want you to be doomed, rich or even bring the hell here. It’s their choice. And their choice will be based on your performances… bring them a good action, drama or anything funny- if they were interested, It will bring you well”
Once more, Alahim raised the question “does that tower… have something to do with the islands?”
Irked up by the questions, Igneels expression showed irritation “who even told you to call it ‘island’ other planets called it code 9, red area, ruins and more… that ‘island’ is so plain and boring, do you even think before naming it?!”
The men tried to speak and explain it but Igneel did not allow any more questions and concern, shutting their mouths with a great force
They felt that their head would blow up any time soon
“I didn’t allow you to speak. Do you dare open your mouth without consulting me?!
“BUT IGNEEL SAID EARLIER THAT WE’RE JUST ENTERTAINMENT!”
As an impatient person, the soul inside Igneel is now pissed off ‘I hate men’
Adding more pressure on them, the unknown soul is now satisfied with their pain. Nathan finally speaks up “STOP. You might kill them!”
Not listening, she added more pressure
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A/n: It's been a long time... I'm contemplating adding these details and this chapter. Honestly, I felt like this is the downside of this novel. I don't like all these talks and the sudden revelation of this plot... I feel like I can do more. Well, this is the only plot I can do right now hhahaah