Chapter 144: A worrying revelation
Cass was actually quite curious about who this god that Lady Ava was speaking to. He wondered if, during the dungeon clearing, he would be able to speak to her about it. He didn’t want to approach her and put her down, but he was genuinely curious about them. He was wondering if maybe she was speaking to a demon, and thus, began his search on demon related issues.
Cass had found himself spending more time in the regular library then in his own rooms. It was an easy way to get out from under Sam’s hard gaze, and it also allowed him to hear a bit more of the gossip from the horse’s mouth. It also meant that he kept running into Lord Ridgewood more often.
Even Lord Ridgewood had made a comment on seeing Cass more often and Cass’ sudden interest in demons and holy power. Cass had brushed it off, explaining that he was just worried about the future since they were getting closer to being powerful enough to take down the demon king.
Lord Ridgewood had accepted that answer, but even Cass could tell that he hadn’t fully accepted it. Cass had even given him a small smile from where he was sitting down, Byron at his side, ready to flip pages for him. A shiver had gone down Cass’ spine from the calculating look he’d received from those cold, green eyes. Then, Lord Ridgewood had laughed, agreeing with him and offering himself up if he had any serious questions since it appeared that Edgar was quite busy with personal issues. Cass had thanked him before he had disappeared.
It had been a rather nerve wracking interaction, and Cass wasn’t quite sure what to make of it. There was a reason Cass was reading in the library besides the fact that he was just trying to find out the general knowledge that everyone had on demons and holy powers. Cass didn’t want to seem like he was suddenly an expert on demons once he read the demonology book.
That would be a bad look, especially for someone from the Blackburn family that’s family had been accused of working with demons. Whether that was true or not, Cass didn’t want to make Lord Blackburn’s personal image look worse.
Plus, even if Byron couldn’t read, Cass had taken a cursory look over the demonology book when he’d been alone in his bedroom and noticed that there were a lot of illustrations. Even if Byron wasn’t able to read, he would be able to tell that each demon had a detailed description of what they looked like in their transformed, true form and from the books that Cass had been reading in the library, he knew that none of the other books had the same descriptions.
Actually, Cass had noticed that the demonology book looked a lot like how a monster manual was laid out for the game Dungeons and Dragons. He wondered if that was just a coincidence, or if someone else from his world had had a hand in this. Cass didn’t want to think about it too much, but he did appreciate how easy it was to read, even if he had a hard time turning the pages on his own.
From his research, he was able to find out a few things. Obviously, the first thing was that holy powers and demonic powers were highly antagonistic. They could not get along if they were in the same room. If two people who had high levels of holy power and demonic power were in the same room, they would have a hard time catching their breaths. The books referred to it by explaining that there was a reason that those with the highest of holy powers traveled around the Kingdom. Demons were repelled by people who had such high levels of holy power and thus, it explained why someone like Lady Ava was in the hero party.