Chapter 116: Chapter 116 : The rules of this world
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But I was quickly regaled with a nod by Ophis- "Yes." -And everything started to make an insane amount of sense as I delved further in the rabbit's hole that Kimiko had thrown me into.
"Hekishoku," Vali called with a tense but confused tone. "What are you talking about?"
Indeed, what am I referring to? What I was doing in that moment?
"While Ophis is considered the 'Infinity Dragon', it would be a lie to say that she is a Dragon by common traits associated with Dragons,"
I reasoned with a nod. "Her very essence, infinity, is given form within the entity in front of us. She is capable of thinking and feeling like a sentient being out of perfect mimicry.
I would even dare to say that she managed to create her own emotions and feeling out of a pure mashup of preferred traits-"
"Boo-oring!" Rizevim interrupted me with a dull voice. "Just answer the damn question, boy- why isn't she the cute Dragon I thought her being?"
I was ready to retort it with a foul word, but my attention swiftly returned on Ophis as I felt her tiny hands reaching from my shirt and grasping quite tightly at it. She missed clawing some of my flesh too just by a bit.
"Why?"
A simple question which forced me to bring forth wagon-load of endless messes. Goddammit, why didn't Azazel pick up the phone for this occasion instead of sending us here?
"Your conception within existence isn't that much different from Dragons," I stated with some nervousness.
"It isn't know when exactly, or where within the gap between dimensions you hail from, but you were born through the concentration of a large quantity of energy. An infinite amount, we can say."
I paused for a moment, thinking a little more about my theory, but I soon got hold of it as a possible truth to the situation.
"You were purely made by infinity itself given form, with no emotions, no soul, and no true material formation," I finally continued.
"But then Great Red was banished within your 'home' and… something much greater stemmed from that event. The rules of this world bleed right into your domain."
"Rules?" Ophis mused with a frown. "What rules?"
"Up until Great Red's arrival, your home was a pure form of controlled anarchy. No logic, no reason- just mere existence," I answered readily.
"When Great Red was banished in there, his mere presence exerted the relentless force that are the rules of this world's nature. And that not only changed your home, but also… you."
"I think I see what you're talking about, boy?" Rizevim quipped with a giddy look. "She wasn't initially a Dragon, but she was slowly turned into one when the Big Red Douche was yeeted at her sleeping nest."
"I think so." I nodded, grimacing at the fact I was meant to agree at the greater moron.
"This would explain why she was able to develop emotions, a proper soul, and be considered a Dragon by a large majority of other individuals.
She… she made the prime elements of what makes a dragon such by 'learning' from Great Red. She has similar abilities, a similar energy pattern…
but she lacks a proper scent to be deemed by dragon focusing their perceptions of beings through smell. Which is why Kimiko was unable to perceive you as one of her kind."
"But I am," Ophis muttered, turning her stare up at me and… I saw her blank look softening to a cutely confused look. "Right?"
"You are a Dragon, but not a textbook one- or a natural one to make things clearer," I replied and she nodded.
"Kid, why was this important to begin with if she's still a Dragon in the end of the day?" Rizevim shouted again, his smile still there as he addressed me.
"Not gonna lie, I sense an A-grade BS with this. I bet it was all for some distraction, but still- kudos for your little familiar for making us all lost time."
"Actually… there is something interesting about this logic," I shot back with a glare, resuming my glance at Ophis.
"It means that whenever or not you end up succeeding in removing Great Red from your home, you would still be unable to find peace.
Your body, differently from your mind, is already accustomed to this world. If you ended up returning to your home without any other intrusions, you would never find the peace you're seeking."
…
"Oh."
Her shoulders sagged a little. Quite the 'strong reaction' considering how restrained she was on a usual basis… but then again, Ophis based her entire life's mission on returning back to her dimensional gap.
What I just told her had to have been worse than any bad news she had expected to hear.
Before I could've continued, and maybe tried to lessen up the sadness growing in her face, I noticed Rizevim standing up from his chair and sighing.
"Ophis, return to base. We need to talk about this-"
The Dragon didn't even question the sudden command, almost teleporting away eagerly after hearing it.
Leaving just the Super-Devil to deal with and… he looked absolutely miffed. I patted at Kimiko's head, whispering her to go for now as I knew things were going to get tense once more.
She complied, leaving me to face the serious ramification of that conversation.
"Ya know, I really didn't want this visit one that would drive me angry but… you ruins things.
Again," The Lucifer stated with an irked tone. "You- You really are as annoying as I remember you being. Even back then you were like this."
Again?
Before I had the chance to inquire, I saw him rush at me and slam a quick but powerful kick on my chest.
I felt my lungs forced to eject all the air within those before I was sent soaring at the small cemented cubicle that led to the flight of stairs to the roof, and by the reinforced door near the entrance.
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