Chapter 222 (1): The Offense and Defense Reverse
That night, in the dining room of the Lando Estate, the Lando family gathered for the first time after three days of not seeing each other. Auston hadn’t wanted to join the dinner, and Veronica was reluctant, too. However, they could not say no to Silvia, so they attended.
Wayne blushed.
Why are you blushing, you shameless man?! Veronica thought.
You’re pushing it! Auston cursed.
Auston saw his meeting with Wayne this morning as the greatest defeat in his life. Once he calmed down... well, he couldn’t calm down. The more he thought about it, the more furious he became. He didn’t want to see Wayne anytime soon. It would be better if he never even heard his name.
Auston was still subject to the bone-deep pain, which he had to suppress with the silver coin of fortune. After analyzing the facts rationally, he concluded that Wayne wasn’t the Goddess of Darkness’s chosen knight, either, but had gained the power of the knight in a different way.
Or Wayne had stolen the Darkness Knight’s power.
Were Wayne the chosen knight, Auston would’ve personally handed Twilight Despair to Darkness’s chosen. No matter his motive, it was an unequivocal fact. Then, based on the goddess’s promise, his curse would’ve come to an end. Game cleared. He would never feel pain again.
Yet he did!
The facts led Auston to speculate that Wayne had the ability to steal a chosen knight’s power. It happened with Darkness, and it had to have happened with Death, too. He was always a fake knight.
Auston kept his envy to himself. He guessed that Wayne’s ability had something to do with his original bloodline.