BXBX NOVEL Chapter 262 Can't Be Right
"I understand you must have a lot of questions you want to ask me".
"yes I do, and I was hoping we can start with how you know my name, where I live. And most of all, my identity as an elemental spirit king. I would also like to know why you are all being so nice to me".
Orun was quick to cut off the Elven queen's word by stating demands of his own, asking for his curiosity to be satisfied.
"why are you looking at me like that".
Dilya the Elven queen refused to answer Orun and gazed her eyes on him like she was observing his face.
Orun also had to keep his face straight and steady with his eyes looking back at her and making sure to not show any signs of getting intimidated by her gaze.
"do you really not know why".
Orun did not understand what Dilya meant by what she just said. How is he supposed to understand anything if he has no source material to draw out from.
He has never seen them before in his life, yet she already expects him to understand? Dilya might have thought too highly of Orun when it comes to understanding people he has never met with.
"i have never met any of you in my entire life, so what exactly do you expect me to understand".
Orun was hoping Dilya would broaden her statement, give him a clue to base his assumptions on and hopefully he will be able to understand what her words indicated.
"that can't be right".
Dilya turned her head away from Orun and straightened it to the front with an expression that conveyed her confusion.
"you are the successor of the Fire Guardian are you not".
She took her time recollecting her thoughts before she turned her head back to Orun to ask him.
Orun was shocked, surprised and speechless but he made sure to not make it physically noticeable.
He still puts on his brave face, a face that shows how unsurprising he is about Dilya finding out his second greatest secret, second only to him being a reincarnator.
He was now certain that Dilya has long since been stalking him since he was in the cage. He never told anyone about him being a successor or ever going into the fire guardian tomb to be a successor.
Yet Dilay managed to somehow find that out, which only assures him that she has been on his tail for a long time now.
What he does not know is exactly how long she has been watching over him, or if she is also aware that he is a reincarnator.
"how do you know about my connection to the Fire Guardian".
She already knows so it was no use denying it before her anymore. The best he can do now is find out more by admitting and asking questions of his own.
"The Fire guardian was originally a member of the Elven race belonging to the council of Elven elders".
She pointed to where the council of elders were sitted, watching over the elves who were in celebration mood with their dance steps.
"that still does not answer my question of how you came to know about my relation to the fire guardian".
"it is simple really. When you inherited the ability of the fire guardian, it was made known to I who rule over the council of elders".
Long long ago, there existed four Elven council of elders like the ones present in the current ages.
The council of those ages were far more powerful than the ones of this current age. And the one who stood out amongst all four of the council, was the elder council representing the fire.
His glory days shined above the three other council of elders, and his form with the fire was magnificent, making him unparalleled when it came to the control of the fire element.
His compatibility with the fire was so high that it was declared that he had reached the pinnacle of fire and has become the embodiment of fire himself.
"do you know why I am telling you this story".
She had her head observing the dancing elves while she was telling Orun the story.
"to link it to how you got to know about my identity".
There was nothing else Orun could think of as to why he would be told of a story that happened years before he even knew he existed.
He wasn't really interested in knowing about the tale of the last fire guardian. Why? Because said fire guardian is no longer here, Orun is, and he has gone beyond the realm of a fire guardian to become an elemental spirit king, a rank greater than the fire guardian rank.
That is not to say that Orun is not the least bit grateful for what the fire guardian had done in his life.
He understood that and appreciates it dearly. Because if it wasn't for him absorbing the energy of the fire guardian, Orun would not have been strong enough to face off against the Goblin kind.
If it wasn't for the energy of the fire guardian, Orun does not know where he would have ended up in by now.
His path to strength started with the fire guardian all the way to become an elemental king, and for that, he is grateful.
That is all he is, grateful, not curious. Dilya telling him tales about the fire guardian is like saying she wants Orun to know of the fire guardian's legacy so he could begin where he ended.
Orun has no such intention of walking down the shadows of another entity. He is not the fire guardian, and he has a path of his own to walk on.
Whatever reasons Dilya might have for telling him the story, it won't be enough to change his mind concerning the path he threads on.
He is who he is, and inheriting the energy of the fire guardian is not going to change that about him.
All he wants to know and is curious about, is how Dilya came to know about him and about his connection to the fire guardian.
Any other thing apart from that is nothing but a fairy tale to him, a tale about the events of the past.