Chapter 157 CH 139: REVELATION

The silence between the two was heavy.

"How have you been those two days?"

Camelia awkwardly tried to begin the discussion by asking some small questions.

Looking at her acting like this, while twirling her hair, Sol shook his head while hiding a small smile.

She was really cute. Sol also understood that despite her being older than him, in terms of relationship he was more experienced than her.

Sol really wanted to forgive her, but if he did it too fast, everything would simply go back to what it was. He didn’t wish to have to constantly watch his back while wondering what she was up to.

“I have been pretty well, if I must be honest. Not much has happened recently. I am just working on the mirror dimension.”

The mirror dimension had so much potential. But because of the personality inversion function, it was simply impossible to use it with allies.

But even then, if he could reach the level of dimension encroachment and pull people in his dimension without having to touch them it would already be a great step.

Finally, since, at least from what he had seen, his dimension covered the whole world, he should in theory be able to teleport absolutely anywhere in the world or create dimension shift accessories like that angel called Nihil did.

Camelia simply nodded, she also clearly understood the potential of dimensional magic but currently, she had other things to think of.

“You haven’t been visiting me recently.”

“I have been busy lately.”

Silence fell once more, but this time it was broken by Sol,

“Camelia, we can discuss our relationship anytime you want. But save that for later. Right now we need to discuss the situation at hand.”

Saying so, Sol asked seriously, “Firstly, How trustworthy is that supreme daughter? Secondly, even if she is trustworthy, how trustworthy is her information? Finally, once all those conditions are cleared, what do we do about the assassination of the king?”

Three simple questions that showed the heart of the matter.

Camelia of course understood that she shouldn’t hide anything from Sol at the moment, or he might very well abandon her this time.

“If I am to be honest, this plan shouldn’t be from Kiku herself. Kiku is a very straightforward woman who dislikes schemes and the like. Not to say she is naive.”

“Hum... Describe her more to me.”

“As you know very well, in Wratharis, all the Supreme Daughters were Kitsune while all the Kings were Wolves. Inari Kiku Patientia is a six-tailed Kitsune as well as one of the oldest supreme daughters alive. Just below Demon’s supreme daughter, the elves’ one, and of course, Echidna. She is also one of the strongest. Hearsay that she is the closest to a demi-god.”

Sol remembered that the Divine beast of Patientia was a nine-tailed Kitsune called Tamamo no Mae. Meanwhile, the divine beast of Ira was the wolf Fenrir.

He really wondered what went through the goddesses’ heads when they gave those names.

Hiding his feelings, Sol grunted,

“Hum...Seems like a bigshot.”

“Haha. That she is.” Camelia chuckled while remembering the fox woman with a slovenly appearance who liked more drinking than fighting.

“Should I say that straightforward people become stronger easily? I do not know. What I do know though is that she isn’t the genre to scheme. She is more the type to rush headfirst in a fight. If not because she couldn’t hurt the wolf king, she would have killed him herself.”

“So, she is being manipulated?”

“Most likely so. Of course, back then, we did not know that it was her main goal.”

“I see...I have always thought that he sacrificed himself and my mother for the sake of peace or the world.”

“Perhaps it was so. I do not know what his last thoughts were.”

Grief was hidden in Camelia’s voice.

Though she had no romantic feeling for Mars, he had always been a good friend. What’s more, her relationship with Blaze was close to that of siblings.

To this day, she had many regrets.

She could have done much more.

If she had tried to control Ibuki with her power she would have found early on that she wasn’t just a Duke.

If she had insisted to not let Ibuki close to the sword, the ritual would not have been perturbed.

If she hadn’t listened to Mars’s opinion and simply acted on her own as she wished, the present situation would have been so much different.

That’s why,

“I know I am derailing from our initial topic. But I want to be clear. I hate traitors and I feel no remorse about the way I used Gerald. Even if I had warned you beforehand, it would have not changed my choices nor subsequent action.”

Sol wanted to discuss more about Wratharis and their plan of action, but it seemed that he had to make things clear for now.

“You are misunderstanding something. The problem isn’t what you did. Your actions allowed the removal of several tumors in the kingdom. The problem lay in the fact that you hide it from me.”

Sol leaned in his chair and continued, “Trust is something that takes years to build but can be destroyed in seconds. By lying to me so many times, you broke a great part of my trust in you.”

“But I would never harm you.”

“Only me, right?”

Camelia’s silence was an answer unto itself. Sol could only pinch his eyebrows.

‘Why are all my women crazy?’

They all seemed to be fully functional but were a little too obsessed with him.

‘Or perhaps I am the crazy one for accepting them?’

Sol laughed at himself. It honestly didn’t matter how crazy they were as long as they didn’t harm him or each other.

The last thing he wanted to see was bloodshed in the harem.

Perhaps he could help them become closer to each other first?

That would be the first step.

“I have decided. Tonight, I will make a visit to the Travers Mansion with Nuwa. Meanwhile, you and the other girls will reunite and discuss and make friends or something.”

The first step toward friendship was discussion.

If each of them becomes closer to each other, the risks of them hurting each other would decrease greatly.

Anyway, it was just a trial test. If it failed he would find another way. What was the worst that could happen?

‘Damn. I had to jinx it.’

(AN: Pandora and Iris were introduced in the special Xmas chapter. The story of the seal was first mentioned in CH 22. The betrayal was first mentioned in CH 7 and 8. Man, time really flies fast. Already been a year since those chapters. Lol, anyway, the first reunion of the harem. Hahaha. So many headstrong personalities. I know many of you wanted to read such a scene. I hope I won’t disappoint. Finally, what happened to Mars is basically what I think should happen to most shonen mc like naruto. Even now I am still reeling from how Naruto convinced people like Nagato and Obito to fight and die for him in just 3 or so minutes of discussion. Imagine plotting for 20 years. Killing your Master and causing a world War but suddenly finding your conscience because of the words of some teen.)