Godfrey was expressionless.
Ema approached Ken, then placed her hand on his shoulder. Then she leaned forward. "You are confused. Let me educate you. You see, you and the rest of every single true human on Earth have been reduced to nothing but chess pieces on a board. This confusion you feel now, it’s the confusion of an inferior before the matters of the superior."
Ken tightened his grip around his katana. Ema noticed his action but did nothing. "Have you not heard of me?"
Ema turned to Godfrey, then back at Ken. She took a step back, as if assessing him with cold, crimson eyes that had this condescending glow.
"I am Cain. Yes, the one you sheep fear. I am the one who altered the course of history, who began the hate between humanoid and beast summoners. I alone split humanity. They try to erase me, yet their actions drive me deeper and deeper into society, and now it whispers my name. I am in every street, every district, every nation."
Her smile slowly grew wider while she maintained eye contact with Ken. As his expression changed, her smile grew wider.
"Shocked?"
The sound of Ken’s katana leaving the sheath resounded in the room, but before it could touch Ema’s neck, Godfrey stopped it.
His hand was covered in a golden gauntlet wrapped around the blade.
Ema sighed.
"Oh, I forgot to present the last part of my résumé. I’m also a master of lies."
"Don’t listen to him."
"Cain is alive?" Ken faced Godfrey.
"He is," Godfrey replied. "But he’s not here. He’s just using this body." While saying that, he lowered the katana.
Ema went back to the wall and folded her arms. "Harvest time is near, Little Frey. I truly wish you could win, but I know how this story plays out." The crimson light died out.
Ema blinked, then touched her neck. Her eyes widened. "What in the world? How did I get injured on my neck?!"
Ken took a step back, then more steps, his eyes widened to the core.
Godfrey, on the other hand, went straight to the window. Just now, Cain had managed to confuse him. Cain had long gotten what he wanted by revealing himself, which was confirming that he and his friends knew Gabriel was working for him.
Cain also wanted to make him believe Gabriel was also a clone in order to hide the fact that he had four bodies. Aside from that, he had spent the other time sowing confusion, so thoroughly that he confused not just Ken but also Godfrey.
All Cain did right after having a conversation with him was sow an existential crisis in Ken, which would force him into distrusting those around him, forcing him into a state where he would be all alone.
Right now, Ken might not even trust him. Ema had a wound with no answer to it, and she might be suspecting Ken.
The team was about to blow up. Ken might not be able to keep it all together and lash out at Ema. Ema might also think something was wrong with Ken and attack.
Whoever survived would aim at him.


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