Undead Beast Master: Living Solely for My Desires-Chapter 222: Unspoken Truth

"Wait, do you actually think I will tell you anything?" After a minute of silently staring at the man, the Spectral Warden mocked him, as always.

David furrowed, "Yes, what does the Abyss even is? Is what Amara said true? All that bullcrap about you being a sixth sense or whatever."

The Spectral Warden took a moment to respond.

"Are you seriously asking these questions?"

"Didn't she explicitly tell you that you have to make your own conclusions? If you don't, it could impact you negatively."

David stood up from the bed as he shouted, his voice filled with anger. "Do not try to act as a teacher! All up until now, you have done nothing but try to make me go insane! Just answer the goddamn question!"

The Spectral Warden moved its mouth, mimicking a smirk.

"And if I do not? What are you going to do?"

"Accept it, you are powerless and clueless. Do you think you can force me to speak? You cannot."

"Not to mention, did you just say that I am worthless? Then what about your powers? Where do they come from?"

It got closer to David as it spoke again.

"Your sister is sick, soon to die, and yet the emperor is healing her, helping her. That is not because you are unique, it is because of me. I am the thing that gives you access to these powers."

Its next words became even more menacing.

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"So rather than acting like an ungrateful brat, keep your mouth shut!"

David's eyes began to twitch in anger.

It seemed that the Spectral Warden judged that he shouldn't leave David completely in the dark, so it spoke seemingly out of pity…

"To an extent, it is the truth. But that is all I am going to say. If you want to know more, the only way is to find that information on your own."

David's eye continued to twitch for some time, but seeing that the fucker wasn't willing to share more, he sat back on his bed with a sigh.

Left with nothing to do, he began to mumble.

"So this thing called the Abyss is somehow the source of my powers. Not much is known about it, as even Amara didn't seem to know."

Now David was alone in a safe space, so the only thing he could do was to begin hitting his head against the wall as he was trying to decipher what it all meant.

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"I am back," Althea spoke as she bowed to the emperor.

She was back from yet another mission, thankfully it wasn't that dangerous as the last one, so she didn't even need a bodyguard.

The emperor gazed at her for a few moments.

"Did you saw him?" he asked coldly.

Althea furrowed her eyebrows; she didn't know what the emperor was talking about.

The emperor sensed her confusion as he sighed in disappointment.

"Young man, wearing a suit, with purple eyes and black hair. Does that ring a bell?" he asked with a hint of mockery.

"Yes, I did see him on my way here, but only briefly as we didn't even exchange glances," she spoke honestly, there was no need to hide that information.

"Good." The emperor smiled slightly. "His name is David, and after winning the tournament, he would use the wish that he had been granted to ask for Amara's hand in marriage. Think of him as family."

Draconis's voice became even colder than before as he spoke the next words.

"Or in other words, stay away from him. We don't want your curse to spread to him, now do we?"

Althea bowed again. "Understood."

Seemingly satisfied, Draconis waved off his hand.

"That's good. Now leave. You're not needed right now. Until the tournament is over, don't expect any more missions."

Althea silently turned around and exited the room, while at the same time, Amara entered.

The emperor's face brightened as soon as he saw her.

"So how was the date?"

Amara smiled slightly, surprising the emperor a little. She rarely showed emotion… not that he disliked the fact that she often hid them.

"Actually, pretty good," she answered as she took a few steps forward.

"Though I was surprised about something," she admitted.

Draconis raised an eyebrow. "And that is?"

"He didn't know about the Abyss existing at all."

As soon as the words left her mouth, Draconis's expression darkened.

"This might be bad," he muttered as he massaged his forehead.

The emperor knew that David's powers came from the Abyss, which was the reason he wanted him in the family in the first place, as he was the perfect match for Amara.

One of the reasons he had created this tournament was to give himself an excuse as to why he was marrying his most well-known and powerful daughter to a nobody.

Sure, he could do whatever he wished, but doing so could anger the powerful families on which he still relied for the moment.

He was confident everything would go just as he envisioned, but if David didn't know about the Abyss, it meant he wasn't familiar with his own powers…

So, there was a possibility that he was going to lose against Zaroth…

With a grunt, the emperor leaned back in his throne and massaged his forehead.

"Is it not ready yet?" Amara questioned, bringing him out of his train of thoughts.

Draconis gazed at her eyes as he answered. "Almost, it will soon be complete."

"Then, can't we just speed up the process a bit? Let's say David loses in the tournament. After that, the powerful families will try to pressure you into marrying me off, but it won't happen immediately, so we should have enough time. Isn't that right?"

The emperor could only smile at his daughter.

This was it!

His masterpiece!

She knew exactly how he thought and how she should act!

She had learned what perfection truly looked like!

A perfect plan doesn't exist. Instead, a perfect plan is one that can adapt if unforeseen problems arise.

In an instant, she had accounted for the possibility of failure and thought of a way to prepare for it.

"That is true," Draconis chuckled. "Even if David loses, I'd still be able to keep the family's marriage proposals at bay for some time..."

"Well, that takes care of the issue. I'll contact the salesman and tell him to speed up his work. Sure, it might prove devastating for the general population, but once we're ready, their opinion won't matter, as they won't be able to stop me."

Amara smiled a little. "Then everything is good."

After saying that, she turned to her emotionless expression.

Draconis chuckled. His daughter knew that there wasn't a point in showing emotions now, so she simply didn't.

With a sigh, he stood up and walked over to the liquor cabinet.

He took two glasses and filled them with wine.

After he was done, he offered it to her.

In a way, this was a ritual to show his pride in her.

If he had a son, he would have taken him out for beer,

But for his daughter, wine seemed more appropriate.

Amara's eyes widened for a moment when she saw that her father had offered her a glass.

With a bit of hesitation, she took it.

"To world domination!" Draconis exclaimed as he raised the glass a high into the sky.

"To your ascension!" Amara said as she lifted the cup high but not as high as her father.

While this was happening, Zaroth had somehow found himself again in Elysia mansion.

It seemed that she wanted to have a talk with him.