Uncomfortable Truth
Uncomfortable Truth
Hmm?
It was amazing how Winter, still in the body of the Moon Serpent, immediately recognized the man the man talking to "him."
[The Sun God?]
He recognized the old(?) man talking to the Moon Serpent, but not the place.
It looked like a cave in the middle of a forest that he had seen for the first time.
Moreover, he also noticed that the Moon Serpent had shrunk. Compared to its gigantic size, it was now only twice the size of an average anaconda. Even so, the Moon Serpent still stood out.
It was thanks to the Moon Serpent's silver scales that made it look majestic.
"We created you with only one purpose: to eliminate the moons that Kyro made. And you know that," the Sun God said, distracting Winter from his thoughts. "Hence, why did you let the last moon go?"
Winter was wondering if the Moon Serpent could talk.
But he didn't have to wonder for so long.
<"He wants to be a human.">
It was weird to hear his own voice, even though he didn't say those words.
"Is that all?"
<"I also wish to be a human. He said he'll ask the Moon God to turn me into a human if I spared him.">
"If you wanted to be a human, then why didn't you just ask me?"
<"Because I don't have faith in you. After all, you all just see me as a weapon. You call me a divine beast, but you treat me as a tool. There's nothing divine about forcing me to swallow the little moons in the sky without telling me the reason I had to do such a thing.">
Wow.
If Winter had hands, he would have clapped already.
[The Moon Serpent is really me. We're both good at talking back. I'm proud.]
But, at the back of his mind, he was bothered by what the Moon Serpent had been saying from the beginning.
[He makes it sound like the Sun God wasn't the only person who created him.]
Who else was the Sun God working with?
[Perhaps the Sky God? If I remember correctly, the Sun God and the Sky God are the two gods who kept pestering my mommy.]
"We owe you an apology, Moon Serpent," the Sun God said in a surprisingly gentle voice. "We created you because we can't confront Kyro about the little moons that he created. We're also not allowed to touch his "children." Even so, we knew that his "children" would bring catastrophe to the world. Hence, we created you to get rid of them in our stead."
<"I didn't ask before because I didn't know the little moons had human forms. But why do you want them gone?">
"They contain energy that's opposite of divine power."
Winter felt a chill down his spine when he heard the Sun God's response. He may be young, but he understood what it meant.
[The opposite of divine power is… demonic power.]
So, demons?
***
"ARE YOU here to take back your promise?"
Oh?
Winter was surprised when the scenery suddenly changed.
The Sun God had disappeared, and the forest had turned into a dry land where he couldn't detect any sign of other life forms there.
Aku Moonchester, his young version with a strange appearance, sat on top of a boulder.
The Moon Serpent, still in its smaller version, stood in front of the "child."
<"I promised to spare you, but didn't say I'd do that in one condition?">
"You did, but I thought the condition was for me to ask the Moon God to turn you into a human, too."
<"No, you don't have to worry about that. I was already promised that I'll be born a human in my next life.">
Winter was confused.
[The scenery suddenly changed so fast that I didn't get to hear the rest of the Moon Serpent's conversation with the Sun God…]
"Then what do you want in return?"
<"Make an oath with me.">
"An oath?"
<"I already know what you are, child.">
Aku Moonchester froze, then he turned pale as if he was suddenly caught in the middle of committing a crime.
In short, the "child" looked guilty.
"It's not my fault that I was "born" that way."
<"I'm not blaming you for your existence that threatens the divinity.">
"Then tell me what you want with me already."
<"Promise me that you'll live as a decent human being. If you start living like what you're supposed to be, then I'll come back and kill you.">
Oh?
Aku Moonchester smiled and nodded, then he put a hand over his chest. "I promise to live a decent life, Moon Serpent. If I break my promise, then I give you the right to kill me."
Winter gasped when the realization hit him.
[Is this why only I, the Moon Serpent, could kill Aku Moonchester?!]
***
HELLFIRE.
Kiho was shocked when he realized what kind of flame Aku Moonchester had used to melt the thousands of ice swords that he was supposed to use to kill him.
At first, the flame looked similar to Tilly's Black Flame.
However, while looking closely at the huge dark flame that Aku Moonchester had summoned, Kiho noticed that the flame was actually dark violet and not jet-black.
Only one kind of flame had that kind of color.
Moreover, Aku Moonchester's divine power suddenly changed when he summoned his Hellfire.
[This is the opposite of divine power…]
"You bastard," Kiho growled angrily. "Why do you have demonic power in you?"
Aku Moonchester laughed at his question. "Why do you think, Brother?"
Of course, Kiho knew the answer.
But he couldn't properly wrap his mind around the ridiculous idea.
"How can you be a demon when you were created by my father?" Kiiho asked with furrowed brows. "My father is the Moon God…"
He suddenly trailed off when he realized that he just answered his own question.
[No, it can't be…]
"Have you finally realized it, Brother?" Aku Moonchester asked in a taunting voice. "If I was "born" a demon, then what do you think your father was when he was the one who created me?"
"Impossible," Kiho whispered in disbelief. "Kyro is the Moon God!"
"Was," Aku Moonchester corrected Kiho, sneering. "Your father was the Moon God."
***
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