Chapter 290. I Should Go Back (2)
"Seria, what do you think?" Caron asked.
"...I'd rather not speak about another family's business," Seria replied coolly.
"I'm asking as a professional," Caron said. "Did your god give you any sort of revelation?"
"It's certainly strange," Seria admitted. "Absorbing a Demon King's power shouldn't be possible for an ordinary human."
Summarized, the secret Libre had revealed about the Ducal Family of Leston went something like this.
"Rael Leston's homeland lies within the Demon Realm—beyond the veil itself. He crossed the North Sea by forging a pact with the Blue Dragons of the North."
Caron wondered if that meant Rael had demon blood. It was hard to say because Libre's words were vague, and he had a habit of dancing around the point.
"Do you think only demons live in the Demon Realm?" Libre had said. "Not at all. Demons are merely fragments of the old world. The real truth waits beyond the veil."
According to Libre, his true goal lay beyond the veil. More precisely, he sought the hidden truth of the world that lay concealed there.
Caron didn't believe everything the dark mage said, but some of it made a dangerous kind of sense.
Why has our family fought against demons for generations? he thought.
Rael Leston's will had always been set on the Demon Realm. Holding back the monsters crossing the North Sea was only the beginning—his ultimate goal had always been conquest of that accursed land. The only reason it hadn't happened yet was a lack of strength.