089. The Children of Aether (Part 2)

  "…Same answer as always."

  Gretorvo thought to himself and said:

  "Where exactly are you from? You say we are the same kind, so are you also a revolutionary?"

  "Revolution? That's an irrecible flict within a backward and inferior civilization. In the society I belong to, such a sorrowful and ineffit thing would never occur."

  "Looks like you're not from Tianhuan." Gretorved.

  "This is meaningless, Bck Whale. We are all offspring of the same mother, that noble, kind, aiful mother, who will one day step into the Star Abyss with her hidden radia is only a matter of time. And you, I, all citize to clear the way for her arrival."

  White Shark spoke arrogantly, uttering inprehensible words, making Gretorvo even more frustrated.

  "In that case, tell me." Gretorvo carefully sidered his words and asked, "At least tell me the name of this mother?"

  "You are not yet worthy of knowing Mother's name because you are merely qualified. You haven't truly bee one of us."

  "I don't uand. What is yoal? If you wao fight you, at least get me out of here. I'll take the fight seriously. But you say we are the children of the same mother—whether this refers to a family, a group, or a nation, I don't know. But if you need something from me, at least tell me what kind of group we belong to as siblings."

  Gretorvo pressed for answers.

  However, White Shark deliberately avoided the topic. After a moment of silence, as if seeing through Gretorvo's iions, he sneered disdainfully and said:

  "Aether."

  "What?"

  "’t you feel it? The differeween you and those ordinary beings around you." White Shark tugged at the bronze colr around his neck mogly, "You and those humans aren’t even the same species. They are a bunch of hairless apes evolved from monkeys, while you are nourished by Aether, a transdent race born from the os. From the moment you were born, you were destio be one of us."

  "So you're saying I'm not human?" Gretorvo retorted unhappily. "What my race is, isn't for you to decide."

  "Bck Whale, you don't uand. You don't uand anything."

  White Shark gritted his teeth and suddenly appeared behind Gretorvo, his sharp bde-like fingers resting on his shoulder:

  "e Aether, heed the call, and you will uand everything."

  "Then just expin it to me here, and I'll uand right now."

  "That’s why I say you don’t get it. You don’t get it at all." White Shark tinued his taunts. "This p is already fated to die, and you are pletely unaware. That entity buried deep within the p's core blocks the sun and clouds, obsg your uanding. I 't tell you too much, Bck Whale, but I do value the time I spend unig with you. After all, aside from you, there are very few others on this p suitable to bee citizens of society."

  "You’re bringing up that citizen nonsense again—I’m a citizen of Tianhuan, was, am, and always will be."

  Gretorvo hated this cryptic, vague existence, but he had a feeling that White Shark wasn't doing this out of some malicious enjoyment.

  This arrogant 【White Knight】 seemed to have ulterior motives. He may be mad, but he was certainly not stupid.

  "Society is a living civilization."

  White Shark crossed his arms, speaking loftily:

  "And citizens are the cells of that society. The Jury is society's stem cells, the senators are the an cells, and the Speaker is the brain cell. You and I are the same—at least, we will be the same iure, being the most important stem cells."

  "…Fet it."

  Gretave up to make sense of the versation.

  Though he had mao extract a lot of information today, White Shark’s cryptic way of speaking made it impossible to decipher his words.

  At the very least, it helped pass the time.

  "White Shark, how did you find me?"

  Leaning against the wall, he asked casually.

  White Shark replied coldly, "You should ask your 【Thief】 girlfriend—that woman with a man's soul in her body. Quite odd."

  "You mean Jing?" Gret White Shark in surprise. "Jing never saw herself as a woman. Her parents passed away early, and in order to survive, she had to hide her gender. Over time, she became this way."

  He sighed and added:

  "I hought Jing would reach Gamma-tier before me. Now I’m falling behind—hopefully, they’re all doing well and staying safe."

  "The abilities and potential of a 【Thief】 are far inferior to yours."

  White Shark stated coldly:

  "This p is pitiful. A C3-Luca-type ic humanoid race, and there are only four of us."

  "C3-Luca-type ic humanoid race? Fretorvo was curious to learn of such a thing for the first time.

  "As the 【Bight】, you, that androgynous 【Thief】 named Jing, the 【Bellringer】, and me, a total of four."

  Suddenly, White Shark paused and said:

  "No, maybe there will be a fifth."

  "You're so insistent. Just a moment ago, you mocked me, and now there’s a fifth? At least get your story straight if yoing to lie."

  "I’m not lying to you, Bck Whale. Like you, 【White Knights】 do not stoop to lying."

  White Shark seemed to turn his head, his gaze seemingly passing through the cell as he looked toward the western sky:

  "The 【Bellringer】 seems to have entered an iing child. She will bee a new citizen."

  White Shark stared out, muttering to himself:

  "I feel it—her Aether blood is boiling. Her potential is immense… She might even be a genius of Jury-level potential."

  Gretorvo bowed slightly, sensing something strange.

  White Shark seemed to be unig with someone else.

  "【Bellringer】, tell me, who is she? This powerful Aether blood resonance is enough to stir even someone as powerful as me."

  Gretorvo was fused. Then, he heard White Shark speak again:

  "She’s not part of the Jury? Are you joking? This stirring resonance—how could she not be part of the Jury?"

  "What do you mean 'there’s more to society than just the Jury'—this powerful Aether resonance, what else could it be but the Jury?"

  "—Are you sure?"

  White Shark took two steps back, his tourning serious as he questioned:

  "Are you certain that girl is one of the thirteeors, the 【Seamstress】?"

  "Tell me her name. I'll e to you soon to support."

  "…Yavanna Huskisin, is it? I'll remember that."

  FAL