Chapter 372 - 372: My successor (2)

Unknown to Elsa, Derik was greatly moved by their meeting. Memories of their time together from the first day they on the second floor of the dungeon crossed his mind. He could remember, harming her unintentionally back then. He could remember fighting Samael alongside Gerald back then and he could remember her offer to him.

"You asked me to return to the elf empire and have my powers sealed, that way we can be together… Do you think that would have been a good idea?" Derik said with a charming smile on his face.

He waved his hand, quickly conjuring two bone thrones, taking a seat while patiently waiting for Elsa who was still taken aback by his question. The young elf definitely didn't expect that to be the first thing Derik would say to her. Based on his prior expression, she was expecting him to send her away even before she gets the chance to say a thing. 

Thinking back on the question now, Elsa couldn't help but blush in shame. Thinking back on her offer back then she realized how stupid it was, but that didn't mean she still didn't wish Derik agreed. Thoughts of their future together if Derik just agreed and returned to her homeland if Derik accepted her offer kept popping up in her head and at a point she was lost in thought, daydreaming right in front of Derik.

Derik didn't find this disturbing since he could see everything Elsa thought of just by looking at her. All her romantic thoughts flowed into her mind and at a point even Derik couldn't help but smile at these thoughts.

Who would have thought she liked him this much?

Derik allowed Elsa to drift deeper into her thoughts and they just remained silent for close to five minutes until a certain image made its way into her head.

It was Derik who introduced this thought in a bid to see the way she would react.

It was a scene where Derik would lose control of his power and go berserk. Apparently, the seal on his death magic could no longer be contained and his power had consumed him, forcing him to go on a killing spree. Finally, he is confronted by Elsa who will soon die by his hands if nothing is done.

[Now let's see how you deal with this] Derik thought.

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Surrounded by rubbles, Elsa stared down at the man she once loved shrouded in a thick layer of darkish purple aura with blood-red eyes walking towards her. Elsa couldn't stop the tears from flowing down her cheeks as she saw countless slaughtered elves littered the streets of the Alda kingdom. Amongst the dead were her mother and Isabel, her guardian. 

"Dieeeeeeeeee!" the man's voice was like the cries of a thousand souls seeking redemption.

Bang!

Instantly the black figure shot towards Elsa and completely different from Derik's expectations, Elsa didn't flee, instead, she ignored the black claws reaching for her chest and simply reached for Derik's face.

Bam!

The death aura surrounding Derik's body faded and tears rolled down his left eye but the deed was already done, his claws had struck deep into Elsa's chest, there was no redemption for her!

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Elsa yanked her eyes open only to see Derik still seated in the same position but just like in the dream, a tear rolled down his left eye. She was left stunned and confused for a while but after remembering what happened in her dream, she realized Derik had found a way to infiltrate her thoughts and manipulate her dreams.

"Why didn't you run" Derik's voice lacked any form of emotion but his eyes told a different story.

"Because I love you" Elsa replied honestly, putting it into account that if Derik could infiltrate her thoughts that way, it meant he could actually read her mind. So there was no reason for her to lie.

"I see…" Derik looked away and took a deep breath, trying to rearrange his thoughts.

"Then why do you run from me right now?" Derik suddenly asked.

"Because this you, is more terrifying than that person… This you scares me… At least you in the dream even when standing right in front of me I could feel its emotions… pain, rage, depression… I could feel all of it and all I had to do is embrace it because I love you but this you… I can't feel anything… It's impossible to predict what you will do next… One moment you are passionate and the next moment you are a murderous being capable of killing people who call you big brother" Elsa said with her head lowered. She was probably terrified that Derik would lose his calm but to her greatest surprise, Derik remained calm, gazing at her with an emotionless expression on his face.

"You saw that?" Derik instantly knew she was talking about the events that happened recently. She most likely saw him when he suppressed Blake.

"Yea… Yes, I did" Elsa's words were more like a whisper but Derik could still hear her clearly.

"Please tell me…. Why are you like this? Why can't you just be good? I heard you speak to them about leaving soon… is that true? Is it true you can never come back? You are going to leave me in this world all alone" Elsa whispered the last part but once again Derik heard it perfectly but even then his expression didn't change.

"Why am I like this? I tried to express my feelings today… I left my heart exposed to the people I care about and what did it bring? Revolution… They dared to question my decision… why can't I be good? What makes a person good or bad? I don't believe in such sentiments… No matter what decision you take someone must be against it and will label you bad… You all care too much about the public approval and that's why you don't progress… that's why you are weak… you and so many other people may assume I am bad but there a few people who still see me as good" Derik said.