Bab 4: What If

"No need to bow your head, come in," says King Grimorth. Yagami becomes a little agitated upon hearing this and replies, "I wasn't planning to bow...So? What took place? I've heard that I missed quite the show~" Hearing that Yagami wouldn't have bowed either way makes King Grimorth laugh, but he maintains his composure and starts talking. "You are late...However as you heard, the situation is very important." He takes a sip from his wine and continues speaking. "Last time an undead showed up, it was 20 years ago and he caused massive destruction at the time across the world. I was initially going to seal him like how our ancestors did but then, I changed my mind. When I first sent Enfoure to investigate and watch over the Undead, I secretly went there too. This is where you come in, during our meeting 1 week ago, you told me that you believed that "Not every soul is evil." I wanted to put that to the test and it was exactly like how you said. The half dog had no evil intent while he was serving those people. He also did not radiate any dark energy. That led me to come up with two possibilities. Without waiting for King Grimorth to continue, Yagami starts talking. "He either concealed it really well or he was different than the other known Undead." King Grimorth laughs at his response and continues. "You are a sharp one, like always...Correct, therefore I wanted to put that to the test. I told Enfoure to go pick him up and escort him to here. When they arrived, I told the undead that 'He shouldn't exist.' He questioned on why but I went with my ways and commanded Enfoure to behead him. Surprised by this, Yagami asks, "Why is that? If you wanted to confirm that he was an undead, you could've just cut him or something to see if he would heal himself." King Grimorth responds with a grin. "Where is the fun in that? If he was unaware that he was an undead, his body would've instinctively started healing itself. For the other scenario, which was to test your statement...I wanted to see if he would reveal his true identity if it existed." Yagami responds, "My statement regarding on souls was not about Undead. I was generally talking about the souls in itself. On the other hand, what if the half dog was not an undead but just a new race? Did you not think that he would've died right there and there after getting beheaded because of you?" Yagami asks seriously. Getting amused by Yagami's questions, he starts to speak once again. "I'll admit, It was a gamble at the cost of one soul if he died. However, you know very well to not go against that old Seer. Yagami scoffs and speaks in a more annoyed tone. "I hate that old bitch, what I hate more is that she has never failed to foresee the future. Is that why you suddenly took an interest on the undead one month ago?" King Grimorth responds with annoyance as well. "I hate her as well however, she has proved herself to be quite useful time and time again. Even our ancestors always listened to the seers in different times." To not get carried away with the subject, Yagami asks. "What happened after you got him beheaded?"