Chapter 46: Reasons – Known And Unknown (Part 1)

Ro: "What!?"

Ro stood in shock as he raised his voice. He just couldn't help it.

Walter: "Barry is gone. How many times do you want me to repeat it?"

Ro: "Don't mess with me!"

He shouted at the Spectre.

Dyne: "We are not doing anything like that."

Dyne said as he stepped forward and showed Ro his lance.

Dyne: "It was by this lance that I beheaded him. His existence is forever over."

Dyne said in an emotionless voice. Ro stood still in shock as he stared at that lance.

Dragon: "I see. So that's it for him, huh?"

The dragon's voice was melancholic. Neither the Spectre now the former half-psychic knew why. But, Walter Schmidt distinctly understood.

Walter: "It really is unfortunate, but I think he was ready for it."

The dragon nodded. He had seen the same resignation in Barry's eyes that were in his own. He knew Barry was ready for it.

Dragon: "Still, it's kind of sad to hear."

The dragon was leaning from a tree as he stood at the place he was defeated by Walter Schmidt a few moments before.

On the loss of the psychic-ghost known as Barry, all that the dragon felt was a sense of melancholy. Walter understood that melancholy, for he felt it too. Barry had only ever been a victim and he still tried to do all in his power to help Kais find the truth. In the end though, he couldn't even see for himself if his efforts brought any success.

That was why the dragon and Walter felt sad. The dragon was well-aware that the same fate awaited him. Walter, on the other hand, is someone who will be left with the burden to carry out Barry's wishes after his death, or he wouldn't be able to have any peace of mind. Both, for what would become of them, felt melancholic.

Dyne: "Well, we know that Kais has already gone in the tomb, so the only chance we will get of bringing him on our side will be after he comes out."

Walter nodded and the two turned to look in the direction the tomb is. However,

Dragon: "I don't know if you'll be able to do that."

He had no sarcasm or hostility in his voice as he said so. He just stated what he thought.

Dyne: "And why's that?"

Dyne turned to him as he asked.

Dragon: "There's a particular person he may meet there after which, bringing him on either side might not work out so well."

Ro: "And who is that 'particular person'?"

The surprise on Ro's face was also present on Dyne's, but not on Walter's.

Dragon: "I am pretty sure Barry knew the answer to that. And well, Kais will too when comes out so just ask him."

The dragon glances at Ro when he mentioned Barry. Ro's eyes widened for a second and he looked confused, as the dragon expected he would.

Ro: "That doesn't make any sense. Why would Barry let something happen that would end up causing our mission problems?"

Their mission was to bring Kais to the Vampire Kingdom's sides, so why would Barry let Kais go in the tomb when it would sabotage that mission?

Walter: "Maybe he didn't care about your mission all that much."

Ro looked at Walter in anger.

Ro: "And that is exactly what I am saying doesn't make any sense. Why would he not stop something that would sabotage a mission given to him by Valdis herself? I mean, even if you ignore the fact that they are siblings, he was still obliged to serve his queen. Just why would he not care about the mission?"

Walter: "Yeah, he definitely had the obligation to obey, but maybe he didn't care about that obligation all that much."

Ro: "Well, I …"

-don't think that's possible.

The words don't come out of his mouth. How much did he know about Barry anyway? Definitely not enough to give those words much meaning.

Dyne: "I doubt he didn't felt the obligation to fulfill his mission."

Dyne, however, while still staring at the forest, rejects Walter's assumption.

Dyne: "The reason he would have let something like that happen was simply because of who he was."

The other three looked at the Spectre in confusion.

Dyne: "Because of who he was as a person. He was someone who couldn't live with the guilt of having done what he did 12 years ago."

There was no one who could refute Dyne's words, because they were the words of the person who knew Barry, albeit not completely, but better than anyone else on the island.

Dyne: "Because he couldn't live with the guilt, he tried to atone. And since he couldn't have atoned for every life he had taken, he would have tried to find some closure in atoning to Kais, whose life he had destroyed."

So was Dyne's explanation to Barry's mindset. What was really the reason – there was no way to make sure.

Dyne: "Either way,"

Dyne turned around and looked at the three as he said,

Dyne: "he did what he thought he should do. Now, we need to do what we think we should do. There's no reason to fret over anything else."

He said with a strong voice, a voice no one refuted to.

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