Chapter 87: Fate

’Hahaha! Did you hear that? I know you did, but I’ll repeat it.’ Dante mocked Greed excitedly: ’The guards of the Holy Kingdom see me suitable for kindness and charity! CHARITY!!’

Dante waited for any response, but he didn’t get any. Greed was completely silent.

’What? Are you embarrassed? I knew that it was a lie. You don’t even have anything to do with the ritual, the greedy nature was merely a lie!’

For a few seconds, Dante felt some relief, but then the centipede appeared in his mind again.

’Tell me, what was your dream again?’

’Hmm?’ Dante frowned: ’Just a happy life. No more, no less.’

Greed shook his head and laughed: ’Wasn’t it a blanket, food, water, and a roof?’

A sudden memory flashed through Dante’s mind. He indeed said that when he was dying of a bullet.

’So, what happened now?’ Greed asked in amusement: ’You have food, water, blanket, and a roof. You have a lot of money, some magical abilities, strong bloodlines, and even the potential to become one of the strongest beings.’

’Still, you kept trying to become stronger, didn’t stop earning money, and even preferred living in a luxurious, expensive room rather than the normal ones. How didn’t you realize that you’re showing your greedy nature that way?’

’You’re never satisfied, and you’ll never be satisfied. The more you get, the more you’ll ask for. Your greed knows no bounds, it’ll only keep growing even if you didn’t have my bloodline.’

“…”

Dante fell silent immediately. Once again, he was defeated in an argument.

But was it his fault? He now had a real chance to live a life that he couldn’t even think about in his past. He couldn’t simply waste this chance and live in a poor room… right?

’Greed… I hate you.’

’You’re welcome. I just hope you start accepting yourself.’

Dante gritted his teeth in anger, but as he was about to insult Greed…

“Hey! Why are you looking angry?! Did a mosquito sting you?!”

All of a sudden, Jin shouted, holding one of his seemingly unlimited alcoholic drinks.

It was the middle of the night. Ruby was sleeping behind Jin while he was supposed to be in the time of his night watch.

As for Dante, his camp was far away from them, ensuring that his misfortune wouldn’t harm them in the slightest.

Although Dante told them many times that he could hear them, Jin still shouted in the middle of the night!

Dante grabbed a small rock and threw it toward Jin: “Lower your voice! If you want to die that much, wait until we see that trash opportunity!”

Jin dodged the rock, but then it hit Ruby’s head.

Bonk!

“Ouch!” Ruby woke up in shock, feeling immense pain on her forehead: “Is something attacking us?!”

“Yes, the blindfold guy.” Jin pointed at Dante.

Ruby squinted her eyes, seeing Dante looking at Jin in anger.

“Oh, I see.” Ruby nodded in understanding as she stood up.

She walked to the other side of the campfire and lay on the ground, sleeping away from Jin.

She realized that sleeping beside Jin would only make her a target of any missed attack, so it was better to sleep further from him.

Dante sighed in frustration as he stared at the moon thoughtfully.

They had spent the entire day walking without finding anything useful.

All that Ruby did was lead them to the direction that the silver arrow in her Wheel led to. If he wasn’t seeing the Wheel, he’d have thought that she was scamming them.

However, Dante was still annoyed by the fact that she couldn’t know how long they had to walk. They might arrive in a few hours, days, or even months.

Of course, Dante couldn’t just waste his time like this, so he told her that if they didn’t arrive in two weeks, he’d ignore the mysterious opportunity and leave.

Because of them, he couldn’t study the chaos magic book freely, so he could now only try to create a spell while he was free.

’How can I see the future exactly? No, how can I use the shadow to see the future?’

As that question echoed through his mind, a centipede appeared and shook its head.

’What now?!’

’You can’t do it.’

The centipede sighed: ’You can’t see the future because of your unique existence.’

’Huh?’ Dante blinked in confusion: ’My unique what?’

Greed explained: ’Seeing the future is supposed to be a part of the Time Aspect, as the future is considered part of the time. But no, it also steps into the field of the Destiny Domain. Or for the kind of the future you want to see, it’s the Fate Aspect.’

Dante frowned, ignoring Jin who was noticing all the changes in Dante’s face.

’How is seeing the future stepping into the Destiny Domain? What do you mean by the kind I want? Are there different types of futures?’

Greed nodded: ’It follows the same logic as the shadow flames and the shadow ray you have. They’re shadow spells, but they stepped into the field of the Sun Domain, specifically the Light Aspect and Fire Aspect. If you had the Time Aspect, you’d have needed to study the Fate Aspect in order to understand how to see the future.’

’It isn’t like how the Shadow Aspect mimics other Aspects, think of it as learning math to solve physics questions.’

’The Shadow Aspect is able to mimic the heat of the Fire Aspect, but what you have to do in order to see the future with the Time Aspect is simply like creating shadow flames without heat. Of course, you don’t have the Time Aspect, so you’ll have to do an extra step of performing your understanding on the Shadow Aspect.’

Dante nodded: ’So, why is the Fate Aspect needed for this? Wait, why are you telling me this?!’

Greed ignored the second question and answered the first: ’Because your future depends on your written fate. Every living being has a written fate of some specific events. Seeing the future means seeing a glimpse of your written fate. So to see it, you have to study the Fate Aspect and slightly understand it.’

’I’m asking why are you telling—!’

’As for the other types…’ Greed continued, ignoring Dante’s question again: ’By using the Fate Aspect as an inspiration for your spell, you’ll see your written fate, but this is only one method of seeing the future. You can use the other Destiny Domain’s aspects to achieve similar feats.’

’Of course, anything related to the Destiny Domain is either hidden or non-existent. After all, the Destiny Domain is considered one of the rarest domains, and you saw that in the library. You can’t study them and will have to use your instincts and take advantage of your high attunement for this.’

Dante’s eyes sparkled for a brief moment. He had the Destiny Domain with Greater Attunement. Understanding Fate might be doable for him, though it might take some time.

’But I don’t think you have to focus on fate.’ Greed laughed in amusement: ’Coincidentally, you are fateless! Even if you understand the Fate Aspect perfectly, you won’t be able to see anything. What the spell will show you is just an alternative future where you don’t exist, which is useless for someone who wants to predict the surprise attacks.’

’Oh…’

Dante felt some disappointment, realizing that his trait had some disadvantages.

’Does it even have any advantages? Other than stopping Greed from possessing my body once, it had no other visible effect.’

’It does have other effects.’ Greed said, his tone flickering between disappointment and frustration: ’I was trying to possess your body by replacing our fates. You were supposed to become the relic while I became the demonic dragon.’

’You son of—’

’You’re unable to perform anything related to fate, but you’re also immune to it.’ Greed interrupted him again: ’Additionally, this trait strengthens your misfortune. Although not many people know this, luck is actually the natural enemy of fate. One of them shows certain events, while the other reflects uncertainty.’

Dante’s heart suddenly skipped a beat.

As if sensing that, Greed laughed: ’Yes, that’s one of the reasons why your misfortune is more harmful in this world. Additionally, being fateless means that you can alter the fate of the others. You can easily cause the death of, let’s say, a blind candidate who was fated to be a saintess with her loyal holy knights.’

“….”

’…I hate you.’ Dante spat inwardly as his guilt returned.

He always hated that Greed said only the logical truth. That centipede knew that using the truth was more painful, as the lies might be exposed later and cause an unwanted result.

’Was that why he told me all that? That bastard is doing it only for enjoyment now!’

Obviously, Greed didn’t have to weaken Dante’s mind anymore. The only explanation for his actions was that he enjoyed seeing Dante like this.

’Wait…’ Dante narrowed his eyes as a sudden realization struck him: ’You talked about replacing our fates, and you also seem to be understanding it so well. Do you have the Fate Aspect? Is that how you were able to know the future, about me, and about Fafnir?’

’Was that why you couldn’t know that I was going to become fateless before my transmigration?’

Greed didn’t answer, but that only made Dante more certain of that theory.

’This means that you at least have both the Destiny Domain and the Abyss Domain…’

These two domains were the only two domains that Dante had. The theory that the ritual was truly not just choosing a random person was almost confirmed now.

Dante was truly a perfect vessel for Greed.

As Dante was feeling the weight of these thoughts, his eyes widened in amusement, seeing something funny through Fafnir’s eyes.

’Pfft, hahaha! Fafnir, what did they do to you?!’

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