Chapter 307: Chapter 307: Give a Reward to the Hard-working Pet_1
Aiden opened the door to the underground dungeon and immediately met Melifilia’s gaze.
"Congratulations..." Melifilia immediately offered her congrats, "Looking at you, you must have obtained the unique authority."
"...Sigh." Aiden sat down on the chair where he usually played chess and suddenly let out a sigh.
"Oh, what’s wrong? You’ve won the ticket to the divine throne that countless people dream of, shouldn’t you be a bit happier?" Melifilia examined Aiden.
"What’s there to congratulate me on? This ’unique authority’ isn’t something I won, but something ’you’ arranged to be delivered into my hands. In the end, I just completed a task you set up for me," Aiden shrugged, "I don’t feel any real sense of victory."
"Isn’t completing a trial from the gods something to be happy about?" Melifilia said with a smile.
"I’m not one of your followers," Aiden said to Melifilia.
"In that case, you don’t need to sigh as soon as you see me," Melifilia scrutinized Aiden’s face.
"When the pirate gang came in with the unique authority, this cell must have been affected, right?" Aiden asked, looking into her eyes.
The moment he snatched the Wordless Code from Navi, Aiden felt the domain of the Wordless Code extend underground.
At that time, Melifilia’s dungeon should also have been affected by the rule "prohibiting restrictions on personal freedom." The power of the unique authority was surely above these sacred nails that only possessed a hint of divinity.
As long as Melifilia regained control over the body she had descended into, she could use divine words. If she wanted to escape from this prison, it should have been easy.
Aiden had come down to the dungeon this time to check on Melifilia’s containment status—although he guessed that Melifilia was still lingering in the cell.
"Yes, in that instant, I could feel the sacred nails loosen," Melifilia replied nonchalantly, "Although it was just a small part, I definitely felt reconnected with this body."
"At that time, you should have been able to use your power to escape confinement," Aiden said expressionlessly, "But you didn’t do that."
"Are you a little disappointed to see I didn’t escape from the cell? Shouldn’t a jailer be relieved to see their prisoner behaving and staying in the cell?" Melifilia grinned.
"Why exactly do you insist on staying in this prison?" Aiden crossed his arms, "If I’m not mistaken, even without the influence of the Wordless Code, you should be able to escape from this prison."
"What makes you say that?"
"The person who set up this trap was Melissa. It wasn’t just about collecting information on the ’Wordless Code’; she also had the vampire Primogenitor Faction kidnap the Pirate King’s daughter," Aiden said slowly. "How could an ordinary person get the attention of a saintly bloodline ancestor to take action? Even the saints I’ve come into contact with can’t produce information related to authority as effortlessly as Melissa can. To say she knows nothing about the power of authority would be pretty unrealistic, right? Anyway, it would have been a breeze for her to snatch you from this prison, but she didn’t do that."
"Then why is that?" Melifilia asked in the tone of posing a test question.
"I can only guess that this is also your will, since you willingly entered the prison yourself, and Melissa has always claimed to be your devout follower," Aiden shrugged his shoulders. "Though I have a feeling she is definitely not that simple."
"What do you think she actually is then?"
"I..." Aiden hesitated for a moment before handing in his answer. "I actually suspect she might be an incarnation of you. Her way of speaking sometimes really resembles you. This time, the way she set up the trap also gave me the vague feeling of playing chess with you. You can even manipulate the roll of dice. Whenever we play games together, I feel like you deliberately control the win rate and then see if I can win it based on luck and judgment."
Aiden had read in the diary of the nameless witch that the ruler of "Desire" eroded the will of the nameless witch with her own, Abigail speculated it was the power of the "Desire" authority. And the authority of "Wisdom" could easily take over the bodies of others.
Aiden felt that with Melifilia’s abilities, creating an incarnation should not be difficult.
"So you came here this time to confirm this with me?" Melifilia asked.
"I want to know the real reason why you’ve been sticking in this prison. I’ve completed the task you gave me this time; it shouldn’t be too much to ask you to tell me a few truths, right?" Aiden spread his hands.
Melifilia slightly widened her eyes, showing a rare expression of surprise: "How is that not too much? You are clearly the biggest beneficiary of gaining the sole authority of ’Order’; by all accounts, you should be the one paying homage to me."
"From beginning to end, I’ve merely been moving on the chessboard you prepared; this is the outcome you desired," Aiden didn’t back down. "I think that with Melissa’s own abilities, taking the ’Wordless Code’ from the pirates would not be difficult. This authority actually already fell into your hands a long time ago. All Melissa did was throw out the bait and then let me run after it like a pet and snatch it away, and she says all this was to please you..."
"So?"
"Don’t you think the pet who diligently performs to please you deserves some reward?" Aiden held out his hand.
"My, my, when did you become so thick-skinned?" Melifilia laughed, "Isn’t that the same as discarding all self-respect?"
"My self-respect and dignity have already been trampled by you," Aiden shook his head. "I always thought of myself as your jailer, and the Heretics Tribunal firmly believed you were contained. But it wasn’t until I personally delved into the world of authority that I realized the powers of a god are beyond anyone’s imagination; you are not my prisoner at all. We always try hard to control and regulate any gods we come into contact with, but now it seems... In your eyes, it must be quite laughable, isn’t it?"
"That’s not the case; actually, I find your original sin of the gods theory quite intriguing. It’s just that reality is reality. To contain a ruler... It’s not that it’s impossible for mortals to do so, but it’s not that easy," Melifilia showed an amiable smile. "Although you talk about your trampled dignity, other than a few sighs, you don’t seem too upset. You even came to me to confirm your thoughts?"
"When mortals face gods, they shouldn’t expect dignity; that’s the lesson you taught me," Aiden said calmly, then added, "Even though you taught it through strip poker."
