Chapter 94: The Plans for Future
Kael was a little surprised hearing Rias’s question, but not too much. She was an anomaly, as Draven had said. It wasn’t surprising for her to sense the changes that flame had brought in him.
Though, even he couldn’t understand what those changes were aside from the fact that he could now know some of the secrets of the world—things he shouldn’t even be aware of.
He scratched his head with a helpless look on his face and said, "Let’s just say that you shouldn’t reveal some information so casually."
"It was intentional," Rias spoke with a subtle smile on her face, her violet eyes shimmering under the lamplight. "I sensed that you were special, so I wanted to see how you would react to this information. It isn’t something too forbidden or something that would give you corruption, so the danger was very low."
’Low my ass! I almost died out there. Or maybe I did... That flame probably brought me back,’ Kael resisted the urge to retort out loud and instead asked, "Yeah, well, can you describe the changes in me?"
"So, even you don’t know about the dangers," Rias muttered under her breath before shaking her head lightly. "And no, I just sensed something different in you, but I don’t know the exact nature of the changes. It was... like something ancient briefly flickered."
Just then, Kiona snapped back to her senses. Her brows furrowed as she whispered to herself, "What was I thinking...?"
"We were discussing the aftereffects of my actions," Kael quickly changed the subject with a forced chuckle, not wanting Kiona to recall anything that might push her too close to truths she wasn’t ready for.
"Oh yes, you were saying something about letting them spread their faith," Kiona’s eyes lit up a little as she remembered, clearly more at ease now.
"Yes. They won’t let go of such an opportunity—especially if they get the help of all the major Beast Tribes in defeating the humans. After all, even if they couldn’t convert the beasts, they will have plenty of humans to convert," Kael smiled faintly, his tone calm but calculated.
Kiona’s smile faded slightly as she thought aloud. "The only problem is, what will the Elves think of us? Aside from a few, most of them are very egocentric... They’re likely to backstab us the moment we lose usefulness. Maybe even to obtain full control over Eldryn."