79 [Chapter 79] Half Truths is The Way To Go

I look around for the door and open it, just to see a slime jump on my face with a Meow! I get knocked down by the pressure of the jump and am barely able to withstand the pressure. 'This is going to take a bit to get used to till I can get my strength again. I don't plan on overloading like last time though.' I think as I happily rub Winter's head. He juggles happily as his gelatinous purple mass purrs in delight.

I pick him up and begin to walk out of the room and when I do, I turn to the left and walk down just to see the princess, the king, Dreag, and the knight in the room, reading from books that I assume were translated to their language. Me walking in got their attention which prompted the king, princess, and even Dreag to close their books.

"Kurayami, what are you exactly?" The king asks first as he stares at me, a mysterious aura surrounding him.

I walk towards the chair just to be stopped by the knight. "You can not get any closer to the king malevolent being!" He says as a fire burns deep within his eyes.

I sigh as with a wave of my hand, a plain, black chair appears from thin air as I sit down. I pet Winter as I sit and look towards the king, trying not to seem threatening. "Simple, I am a dragonborn, although I suffer from amnesia." I say as I continue to stroke the slime's squishy body.

The king has a perfect poker face but his eyes have shock in them. "When did you become a divine beast?"

I take a moment and shake my head with a shrug, "I don't know when but I gained these abilities at some point and just learned to control them."

The king stares at me for a few seconds before suddenly, Dreag speaks, "So does your family know? Are they even your family?"

I shake my head, "They know I am different, but I consider them as family seeing I have had amnesia since I woke up, although I am 10 years old."

I glance over at the princess as she stares at me, her eyes filled with intrigue but her face emotionless.

'She can poker face extremely well, they must of been teaching her since she was younger.' I think before I am asked one more question.

"Do you have any powers that you are hiding from us?" Dreag asks, his face stern. The air around him seems to freeze as he stares at me, waiting for my response.

"Yes, and I don't plan on revealing them for multiple reasons." I say as I also equip a stern look, trying to show my standing in this information battle.

Suddenly, the princess speaks, "So you are a dragonborn that suffers from amnesia and became a divine beast at some point in your 10 year life?"

I nod and stare at her, before we suddenly hear a knock at the door, the knight continues to glare at me before the king waves his hand, "Could you please get the door, I don't think he is going to attack with Dreag here."

The knight continues to glare at me as he goes over and presses a button on the panel, opening the door, just to see a demi human with white ears and tail. She goes to speak but before she can even say a word, the knight speaks first, "Yes, Kurayami is fine, he just woke up, but you will have to come at a later time because we are talking with him currently." And he suddenly shuts the door, not even giving her a chance to speak. The knight walks back over to me and stands behind me, still glaring.

'This guy just doesn't like me.' I think as I sit there very awkwardly as he stares at me. Dreag suddenly asks another question, the interrogation not over yet.

"Why did you come from a lich? And one that was using a scythe at that?" I sit there for a moment, dumbfounded by what I heard before coming to a realization, they don't know what a reaper is.

I quickly try to regain my composure and think of a good excuse before suddenly remembering my past excuse. "That is a form I have, I will rarely use it because it is very taxing on me."

I say as I wave at my body. Suddenly making them realize that I am a lot smaller than I was before. "And speaking of scythes, where is mine?" I ask as I stare at all of them, a bit of malice in my words. Dreag doesn't miss it and his eyes narrow.

"We confiscated it in case you had bad intentions, and we shall keep it as to make sure you comply." He continues to stare at me, emotionless.

I laugh and continue to pet Winter. Once my laughing stops, an aura of coldness envelopes me. "I could kill every single one of you right now if I wanted to. You confiscating my weapon does nothing but irritate me, but I could get it back eventually."

The King's eyes narrow as he speaks, "Don't look down at us, I became king for a reason."

I whisper to Winter, "Find our scythe." And let him go, he slowly crawls down my leg and down the hall, disappearing from my sight.

I look at the king, "I look down on no one, that is how I have survived this far, besides-" suddenly I hold out my hand and use shadow weapon. Everyone watches as suddenly, shadows flow from my surroundings to slowly fill the empty space, just to create a gauntlet, a pitch black gauntlet.

"-I told you I have multiple abilities, and you guys still take zero precautions, I think you are looking down on me." The knight suddenly raises his blade toward my neck, clearly filled with rage.

"You dare threaten the king in my presence!"

'Finally, I can hurt this bastard while he is still recovering and even claim it as defending the kings honor. I can even take my revenge you scaled ass.' As he swings his blade downward towards my neck, he hits....nothing.

Where I once was is now empty, the chair still there. The knight stands there, confusion on his face. Before suddenly flying into a wall, large scratch marks torn through his helmet as his head bleeds, he looks up at me, fear in his eyes, as I stand there, the talon like gauntlets having blood dripping from their nails.

"I told you I look down on no one, but you are an exception because I especially dislike people like you, ones that act righteous on the surface, but has hate bubbling underneath their fake facade." I say as I sit back down. The knight goes to speak, but realizes he can't move. 'Intimidating glare is very useful.' I think as I stare at the shocked trio that is on the couch.

Suddenly, the gauntlet disappears before their eyes and the blood that was on the gauntlet suddenly drops to the floor in one solid splash.

"As you can see, I could of harmed you all multiple times, not to mention the fact that I could of assassinated the princess and the king while you were fighting that monster Dreag, and then kill you while you were weak." I say as I stare at them, my stand being shown.

The king sits there for a moment, thinking, before nodding. "I understand, you have proved many points. Plus, you could of killed the knight with ease, but you didn't, which shows that you aren't out for blood."

Dreag and Aurora stare at the king in shock, Aurora goes to say something, but stops herself.

The king then speaks again, "I will get your scythe for....you." He trails off as he sees a purple slime slide out of the hall, a folded weapon on its head.

I laugh as I wave him off, "No need, I sent Winter to find it and bring it to me." Winter slowly crawls up my legs and onto my lap, the scythe not moving one bit. I grab it and open my ring, pulling out my box and putting in the folded weapon inside, before putting the box back in my ring.

I get up and as I do, the chair disappears and Winter slowly crawls to the top of my head, purring softly. "Now if you excuse me, I need to go tell Winter I'm alright." As I walk past them, the door opens, and shuts after my figure disappears behind it.

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