Hey I'm back everyone and the twenty-fifth chapter of "Akame no Taizai" is here! I am deeply sorry for the long delay again because of college again as usual and the busy schedule lately, but hey, I've returned right? :D Thank you once again for your reviews and support of this Akame ga Kill x Nanatsu no Taizai story.
After reading much of the ongoing Taizai chapters about the Ten Commandments, it seems there might be some... changes I have had in mind for this story. Better start deviating much of the canon then, it sometimes tires me to follow everything. So yeah, I'm gonna screw canon.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Akame ga Kill! or Nanatsu no Taizai. They belong to their respective owners and that includes the animation studios behind the anime adaptation of the two awesome manga series. The OCs are mine by the way. XD
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Chapter 25
As much as Akame could not believe it herself, hallucinating from Murasame's poison or even mentally stable from being a butt of her captain's perverted jokes as of this moment, the one whom she perceived him to be the Goat's Sin of Lust, Gowther had charged at her in an incredibly hostile manner with full intent to smash her to a bloody mess on the wall.
"Rrrroooghhhh!" The armored berserker had almost smashed the young woman in the head that created a fist-sized crater on the ground, causing her to jump out of the way and landed in a safe distance from him.
Akame was confused at this unexpected turn of events. One minute, she was glad to see Gowther again and then the next minute, he was trying to kill her!
"Gowther! What are you doing?! It's me! Akame!", the Owl's Sin of Vanity tried to reach out to the Armored Giant whilst attempting to dodge and evade the wild but very strong smashing from her supposed fellow Sin but 'Gowther' ignored her and continued to attack her again.
Being around with the Seven Deadly Sins gave the former Imperial Assassin an insight of their unique personalities and traits in order to tell themselves apart from each other when she bonded with them. Notably, the Gowther she knew was an echoing but soft-spoken and analytical due to his armor he always wear 24/7, and not the type to be engaging in direct conflicts unless he's ordered to as the Goat's Sin of Lust served as combat support for Merlin and an incredibly dangerous expert in psychological warfare.
Apparently the sudden aggressiveness and massive killing intent are not one of those traits from 'Gowther' at all!
What has happened to him?!... This is not like him at all!, she thought as she acrobatically moved out of every blow the hulking armored figure had tried to assault her. The Owl's Sin of Vanity could not accept the sudden behavior that the violet-themed armored person of great intellect and mannerisms would become belligerent and feral after ten years of separation and isolation because the Gowther she knew was too damn smart for his own good and a devoted reader of books to keep company with his mind.
'Gowther' punched and smashed on every direction wildly at the still-dodging Akame, causing the mountain near Byzel to shake dangerously and risk of a cave-in if this continues. Unfortunately her luck had run out when she got caught after evading the last smashing with a jump that prompted the aggressive giant man to quickly grab hold of her in his massive arm, indicating a hint of intelligence within his bestial rage.
"WHO... ARE... YOU?!" The Armored Giant loudly bellowed at Akame again that shook the mountain caverns after he quickly grabbed her mid-air and started to slowly crushing the young woman in his grip.
Struggling to resist the Armored Giant's crushing grip that threatened to break every single bone in her body and started to lose her breath due to her lungs being and internal organs pressured into bursting apart, Akame desperately pleaded one last time that she could reach into him somewhere. "P-please... G-g-gowther... S-st-stop... I-it.. It hurts... You're... urk! K-killing... me... Please... Stop..."
But her assailant would have none of it as anyone who trespasses in his territory and not a certain friend whom he knew only, will die by his hand as 'Gowther' continued and she tried her hardest not to scream in crushing pain and agony which is a losing battle. However, a divine grace had intervened and saved Akame's life before she was squished to death.
'D-d-dad! P-please... S-st-stop... I-it.. It hurts... You're... urk! K-killing... me... Please... Stop...' An image of Guila in pain appeared in place of the Owl's Sin of Vanity that he held in his hand and the Armored Giant realized who she is despite retaining what's left of his humanity within the armor.
"G-...g-...gu-... Guilaaa...", 'Gowther' muttered in a horrifying realization of what he had done.
Immediately, he let go of her from his grasp and stepped a few inches away in shame of what he had done as Akame coughed out a little blood from an organ rupture she had almost experienced and breathed heavily for relief.
Oh my God! That was a close one! I thought I was going to die from Gowther's crushing grip! Ohhh... My back hurts and I sound like a granny now... Haha... Wait a minute... Did... did he just call me Guila?... Something isn't right here., the former Imperial Assassin thought before realizing something she picked up from the Armored Giant's line.
The behemoth can only stand there as if he was punched in the gut hard.
"Who are you?... Are you really Gowther?...", she asked at the large armored man who is still shocked of what he had done.
"Leave... me... alone... Gowther... hurt... Guila... Gowther... Sorry...", her supposedly fellow Sin spoke in a broken reply as if he was about to cry before the Armored Giant then slowly fled deeper into the depths of the mountain cave away from the one whom he perceived as his daughter.
"Gowther, wait! Come back! Captain and everyone are looking for you! Come back please...", Akame pleaded to no avail and then decided to follow him for the sake of bringing back to the Seven Deadly Sins. "What has happened to you?..."
In the marketplace of Byzel
Meanwhile among the stores nearby the Great Byzel Rock that is almost empty of customers due to people watching the ongoing fighting festival there, a bored shopkeeper impatiently asked the green-haired young man still looking at the book that he had picked up at his store, "Could you decide already Mister Alan? The semi-finals are starting as I speak."
"The Crime of Sleeping Forest. I have read this before. A Dangerous Man is an interesting title too...", his customer spoke in a soft yet a bit emotionless tone much to the older man's exasperation. Suddenly, he sensed something from a distance and it came from the Armored Giant that he had left there for safety reasons. "This is... I apologize. I must go."
Watching the person politely bow and leave his store, the shopkeeper can only sigh in relief. "Good grief..."
While running towards the Byzel mountains nearby the fighting festival, Alan muttered to himself. "This is strange... I had specifically instructed him to stay put in the cave and avoid trouble until I return with the books... Yet, he was stirring somehow and acted violently from the tremors I've felt on the ground. Did someone disturb the Armored Giant? No matter, it will be investigated."
As he raced back to the mountain's tunnels, little did the young man notice Second Princess Veronica and Holy Knight Griamore clad back in his gladiator-esque armor who were still searching for Elizabeth around the marketplace since they couldn't even notice a trail of her unmistakable silver-hair.
Back at the Byzel Fighting Festival arena
On the other hand, the apparent long break time is over and everyone among the audience is more than ready for the continuation of the Byzel Fight Festival as it's now or never, Love Helm enthusiastically announced the next match. "Now, semi-final, second match! Meliodaz and Cain!"
An excited Diane cheered for the blond boy while a shrunken Elizabeth tells him to be careful. "Captain, do your best!"
The Dragon's Sin of Wrath reassured the two girls. "Leave it to me!"
"Avenge my loss too!", King pleaded but Meliodas shot it down and told him to do it himself before he stepped up to the ring and meet his opposing combatant.
This made the Grizzly's Sin of Sloth feel downtrodden for that which got a pat on the back that everything is alright by Alyssa and Najenda who both felt sorry for him as they knew his real strength lies on his magic and Chastiefol.
As soon as Meliodas stand tall in the ring with Cain still in his drunken mood doing the same, various men had cheered for him and will be expecting another epic fight from all the matches except for King unfortunately.
"We're counting on you, shorty!"
"Show us something amazing again!"
"Don't lose gramps!"
"You gotta beat the kid like him!"
"Do your best, both of you!"
Walking towards each other in the still-cracked ring of the Byzel fighting ring for the fight to officially begin, Meliodas and Cain began their interaction while the time allows them to have the luxury until the match starts.
"You sure do resemble him... When I first saw your face, I thought it was possible, but once I heard your name, Meliodaz, I knew for sure.", the old man spoke which earned the blond boy's attention. "You're Meliodas' son, are you not?"
"Nope. I'm Meliodas.", the captain of the Seven Deadly Sins replied much to Cain's huge shock and surprise as if the wham bomb had been dropped on his senile mind when his eyes bulged out of his sockets. "Wh-wh-wh-what?!"
"Yeah, right! How could a little midget like you be Meliodas?!", the elderly man protested at such a ridiculous claim but his opposing combatant told him to keep it down and explained to him that he's trying to lay low right now for various reasons in the middle of the fighting festival.
Cain protested again, "Even if he was alive, he'd be in his thirties by now!"
Meliodas can only sigh and remind him that he and his comrades were laying low in the midst of the tournament full of people while still insisting that he himself is the real deal up close and personal.
Suddenly in his out-of-character moment from his drunken persona, the old man's face darkened as he said in a serious stern tone. "If you really are the Meliodas that I know..."
After that, Meliodas quickly blocked and parried a series of small quick kick assaults from Cain who had jumped to attack him and started the match immediately. Backing a few steps away from the blond boy, Cain took off his cloak and revealed a long shirt he wore on his clothes that bears the crest of the country both combatants knew of. "Then, I won't forgive you!", he angrily declared.
"That crest...That's Danafor's...", the blonde boy recognized the symbol as he assumed a fighting stance.
The other men and women among the audience had recognized it too and were actually surprised to see one of the few survivors of the 'great calamity' that befell the late kingdom 16 years ago from a drunken man of all people and did not see that coming at all.
King, Diane and Alyssa had blinked in surprise that the supposedly drunken old man had revealed himself to be denizen of the kingdom that was said to be destroyed by a great calamity there.
"Danafor? What's that?", Najenda asked in curiosity since she haven't explored much of the country during her retirement.
Whilst remained hidden from plain sight underneath Diane's boobs, Princess Elizabeth explained. "It is a kingdom that used to be a rival of Liones in terms of power before it was destroyed, Lady Najenda. Father told me about it once before. The kingdom where I was born."
"I don't really know much about what goes on in the human world but he's talking like he knows Captain.", King wondered to himself before Ban had butted in when he had fully recovered from the side effects of using his Snatch power.
"Hey you twoooo. Don't you start prying into his business. Law #3 remember?", the immortal reminded them.
"Law #3? What is that, Ban?", the former Imperial General questioned which the Fox's Sin of Greed explained in an informal manner. "The Seven Laws of the Seven Deadly Sins Law #3: A Sin shall ask no questions of another member's sin, Daenaerysss. It was often invoked with Akame whenever her past is questioned and now Cap'n is in too."
Slightly irked of the nickname reference with a tick on her forehead, Najenda commented. "I see... Sounds like a bad idea in my book. I still wonder how a ragtag bunch of criminal misfits like you managed to get along and trust each other without knowing each other's background. Back in Night Raid, we do that to ensure that there is nothing suspicious among members."
"Ask the Cap'n, not meeee! Besides we don't give a shit of our past at all. Even Akame doesn't mind at all. Sounds like a waste of time and cheesy dramaaaa!", Ban sing-song shrugged which further irritated Najenda.
Shocked of the sudden reveal to be another kingdom's Holy Knight from the apparent drunken old man of all people, Howser questioned. "Who is that old man?"
"If I remember correctly, that's the traditional armor of the Danafor Kingdom's Holy Knights.", Taizoo replied which surprises the Liones Holy Knight of the former mountain bandit's knowledge as he claims that they have the faces of real men.
"Old man, you...", Meliodas muttered as Cain then manifested a fireball at his fingertips and yelled at him. "If you have the audacity to call yourself Meliodas before me, then you must be prepared to face the consequences! Why did you destroy the kingdom?!"
Hurling his fireball attack, the old man assaulted the Dragon's Sin of Wrath in a direct hit much to the Sins and their allies' shock. "Why did you kill the people?!", he yelled again and fired another attack on Meliodas once more who was seemingly affected when it hit him.
"Whoa! Meliodaz can't do anything against Cain's mysterious power!", Love Helm commented at the sight of the battle between the old man hailing from Danafor and the Seven Deadly Sins captain.
"What are you doing, Captain?! Fight back properly!", Diane yelled at Meliodas for not fighting back after taking hits from his opponent.
King tried to deduce what's going on in the match as he said, "He's still injured in his fight with Ban."
"That's not it.", the Fox's Sin of Greed interjected immediately. "He's taking it on purpose. Doing something so lame."
That earned a harsh cheek grabbing from the Serpent's Sin of Envy. "Wh-what does that mean?!", she demanded which the immortal stated that how should he know in a gibberish language due to his cheeks pulled and stretched.
"The old man Cain must be from Danafor, a country destroyed in the past where Princess Elizabeth once hailed from and now he seeks revenge on Meliodas for supposedly being the one behind it. It seems your captain have more skeletons in his closet than I thought.", the former Imperial General commented with Alyssa agreeing alongside her.
"Law #3. Don't ask meeee!", Ban simply told the two women off before they could even ask.
Continuing his barrage of fire blasts with his power on the blonde boy who took on them purposely, Cain demanded with his tears forming in his eyes. "Why did you kill the ones who cares for you?!...Why did you kill your comrades?! Why did you kill Liz?!... The person most important to you?!"
Conjuring a huge fireball with all of his strength, the old man yelled again before hurling it with two hands at Meliodas. "Why did you betray everyone...?! Why did you betray everything you stood for?!"
Diane and King were both shocked of the attack's power and tried to call to their captain to dodge it or even use Full Counter this time.
"I did everything that I could to protect them all... I want to protect everything. But... I couldn't.", the blond boy solemnly spoke as he remembered the loss of Danafor and his lover before raising his hand in front of the huge fireball in front of him. "That's my sin..."
With his palm open, Meliodas folds his thumb and little finger which then rather than reflecting "magic" attacks right back at his elderly opponent, completely disperses the fireball at him. This surprised and awed everyone witnessing his Full Counter technique in display.
"Wh... What? What happened to the huge ball of fire that was flying towards Meliodaz?...", a middle-aged man wondered out loud.
"It disappeared.", his friend commented.
"Counter Vanish. A technique that disperses any special power attack directed at you. There's no mistaking it. You're the Meliodas I know.", Cain deduced the reason why his huge fireball attack vanished before it even hit the Dragon's Sin of Wrath.
"I remember you now. You're Cain Barzard.", Meliodas deduced too as well which impresses the old man that he finally recognized him. "Back when you were a Holy Knight, you always called yourself 'the Flame Barzard' because of your power Blaze. You always used to wear armor too."
With an image of a fully armored Cain with a whip back in his day as a Holy Knight of Danafor appearing behind Meliodas, Cain mused. "Oh, is that so?"
Facepalming herself, Alyssa remarked. "Damn, I should've recognized him the moment he entered here! I blame the armor though to be fair... Cain Barzard was one of the strongest Holy Knights of Danafor at that time before he vanished without a trace when the country was wiped off the map. Most people believed that he had died when the kingdom fell in tragedy but I guess the reports of his death are greatly exaggerated. Lady Great Holy Knight Esdeath would love to have him on her side if he came into service."
"A potential ally then?", Najenda entertained the idea of recruiting the infamous Flame Barzard into the cause for Liones' liberation from the Holy Knights.
"Yup! Teehee!", the redhead woman agreed with a playful wink.
Approaching the Dragon's Sin of Wrath, Cain asked with a serious face as if assessing the weight of his words. "Meliodas, can I believe in the words you just spoke? That you did not betray Danafor or the people?"
"Yeah.", Meliodas replied in a serious manner behind his answer that prompted the former Danafor Holy Knight cry in relief and hugged his old comrade.
"Uwooohn! I'm zo habby! I've always wanted to hear those words from yoouuu!", the old man exclaimed with full-blown tears of joy and relief much to the blonde boy's surprise before he continued. "When I returned from my mission, everything was completely gone... and there was no way of knowing what happened... I heard dreadful rumors that you destroyed the kingdom. Even so, I wanted them to be lies!"
Utterly confused of what's going on with the match between Meliodaz and Cain, Diane asked. "What's going on?"
"Beats me.", King answered as he was confused too as well.
"Looks like a reunion between old comrades to me.", the ex-Night Raid commander replied with a small smile that it is almost somewhat similar to the reunion she and Akame had in their previous match. However in her mind, she thought, Where's Akame?... She should be back by now. This is getting suspicious. Too suspicious. Where the hell are you?...
Letting go of his old friend, Cain continued. "I really am glad. To be alive and meet a comrade-in-arms from the past like this."
Completely bewildered and surprised of the sudden mood whiplash between the blond boy and the old man that seemed to be intense at first before that, Love Helm asked with a sweat-drop on his helmet. "Hey... um... about the fight?..."
Turning to the impish referee, Cain declared that this is his loss now and the match has been concluded in Meliodas' victory which leaves him as the winner of the second round in the semi-finals that was entirely accepted by everyone since they've witnessed another reunion between old friends.
"Are you sure?", the Dragon's Sin of Wrath questioned his fellow former Danafor Holy Knight's admittance of loss.
"Of course. But you're still soft and naive as always. You could've reflected all of my attacks.", Cain playfully jabbed at Meliodas' pacifism and unwilling to use Full Counter on his Blaze power back in the match.
The blonde boy quickly interjected the consequence, "But then if you died, it won't be fine or anything."
Walking away from the ring and stepping down, the elderly man mildly scoffed and said while waving goodbye to him for now. "I'm not that old yet. Well then, I'll just sit back and watch the finals."
Meliodas can only smile that Cain still got the energy and spirit back in the old days of Danafor before everything went to hell and lost everything. He then stepped down on the ring and cheerfully greeted his fellow Sins. Diane then tried to ask him about Cain only for King to remind her this instant about Law #3 that they're supposed to uphold.
As the former Danafor Holy Knight exited the ring, he gazed at Taizoo and Howser who are both surprised of how the match ended in a peaceful way with the blond boy as the winner of the semi-finals match. "Yo!", he cheerfully greeted them.
"Y... Yo...", they both said in an awkward manner.
"What's wrong with you youngsters? Have more energy!", Cain chided them before sensing there were another two people standing behind him and it was Holy Knight Alyssa and former Night Raid commander Najenda with her arms folded.
The young redhead cheerfully greeted him, "Yo! What's up? We have an interesting business proposition for you Sir Cain! Something you can't refuse. Great reunion there by the way Teehee!"
Are they related?..., both men wondered in a deadpanned manner.
Lifting one eyebrow curiously, the elderly ex-Danafor Holy Knight politely asked in wonder. "And what is this 'interesting business proposition' for me? Care to explain, young lady?"
Alyssa can only smirk mischievously at his answer which Najenda can notice the similarity between her and the late Chelsea.
"Now the final fight that you've all been waiting for... Meliodaz vs. Matrona!", Love Helm announced the final match of the Fight Festival as the Sins of Wrath and Envy stepped up into the ring as they are more than ready to begin the fight while the audience cheered for them.
However among the crowd next to the pretty ladies he stood beside them, Ban slyly smirked mischievously as he held the heavy bag of silver coins with full intention to turn up the final match up to eleven.
Within the tunnels of Byzel Mountain
As the Fight Festival begins to shift to the final round with Meliodas and Diane, the Owl's Sin of Vanity chased after the Armored Giant within the tunnels in her attempts to reach out to him after sensing something very off when they first met in the mountains.
"Gowther, wait!", Akame persistently chased after him in the tunnels. "Please, Gowther! Let me help you!"
"Leave... me... alone! Gowther... hurt... Guila...", the Armored Giant shouted back as he kept moving further away from the Owl's Sin of Vanity.
She never understood why the Goat's Sin of Lust was acting like this or why he addressed her as Guila, the enemy of her team and member of the New Generation Holy Knights. While Akame knew Gowther was a really good roleplayer due to the books he often read in past times, his behavior was so unlike him and as if he had became a former shell of himself after 10 years of hiding from the Holy Knights.
However it was too far-fetched because the Armored Giant was a formidable teammate and won't go down that easily without a fight. Not to mention to the fact that he's the master of psychological warfare due to his power Invasion! There's no freaking way he might have been constantly tortured to insanity and acted like a mindless beast... because that was his specialty if he wanted to.
And not to mention, Gowther always speaks sophisticated sentences and not broken words at all.
Blitzing in front of him, she had her arms spread and wide in her attempt to stop him from running away. "Stop! You've never been like this! The Gowther I know is emotionless and soft-spoken, a ridiculously good roleplayer and always the bookworm! N-not like this... Please... Come back to us... Back to the Seven Deadly Sins... Captain can help you...", Akame pleaded with her tears flowing from her red eyes.
"No... one... can... help... Gowther... Gowther... a monster... Gowther... hurt Guila... Now... Gowther... afraid...", the Armored Giant can only say to her in great shame of what he is. He still believed her to be his daughter despite the obvious differences between them.
Why does he keep calling me Guila? I'm Akame, dammit! That's my name, Gowther!, the Red-Eyed Killer Knight grits her teeth in mild annoyance. It's not like I'm his daughter. Only Guila is Dale's daughter.
Then a revelation had clicked into her head and realized in utter shock, she thought. No way... It can't be... It can't be!
The poisoned blood from Murasame kicked in towards her head, sensing that this is not Gowther at all just like the time when she sensed her captain's malevolent power such as his mysterious black mark and eyes, and also his shadow. Akame sensed two powers within the Armored Giant. One is the same malevolent power and the other... is that of a Holy Knight.
The unmistakable aura of a certain man the Sins once knew and acquainted with him well back ten years ago.
It all came together in her head as this was an out-of-character moment for the purple armored berserker. The way he behaved around is her that of a father ashamed of harming his own child unintentionally. Only a certain man who has a daughter named Guila and it was probably her hair that made him mistook her for his daughter all grown up.
"Dale?... Is... that... you?...", the Red-Eyed Killer Knight realized in shock that the one she perceived to be Gowther turned out to be the man who used to look up to the Seven Deadly Sins and wanted to be like them in the past. Due to being a good and loving father to the young New Generation Holy Knight in her childhood, he was affectionately called 'Doting Dale'.
None of her comrades had heard of him lately when they went into hiding from the kingdom 10 years ago since he is still a dutiful member of the Liones Holy Knights but never took part of the assault on them since he was out on a mission at that time... until she found him in Byzel now. Apparently he was no longer the same person he once before as the Armored Giant stood in front of her.
"Guila... remember... Gowther... Gowther... happy... but... sad...", the 'Goat's Sin of Lust' muttered with a hint of happiness the young woman whom he perceived to be his daughter recognized him that but still ashamed of what he had become. Reaching out his large hand, the violet armored behemoth pat Akame's head affectionately slowly and gently out of fear he might accidentally squish her if he's not careful.
What happened to you?... This is wrong! What would Guila think if she saw her father like this?!, she thought in a horrified manner that he is now monster than man whose two auras she had sensed and was encased in the large suit of armor for his own protection. There are mysteries and questions that are needed to solved behind Dale's current issue and circumstances which has made him into a monster still retaining what's left of his humanity.
But if Dale is inside that armor and that means the real one must have been out of it all this time.
The question is... where is the real Gowther?...
Suddenly, a male voice with a hint of emotionless tone was heard as if commenting on the scene he had witnessed. "I see. You've discovered the true identity of the Armored Giant with only few hints of his broken words. Impressive, Owl's Sin of Vanity, Akame. To be fair, his love for his daughter Guila had stopped him from trying to kill you. It is all of what is left of his humanity to hold on to. Because of your shoulder-length raven hair and your closed eyes when you struggle to breathe as well as Guila's age of an adult. Only Dale has his eyes closed all the time and that trait is indeed inherited by his daughter."
She turned around to see a young man with green hair and glasses on like he was watching them all the time.
The former Imperial Assassin was shocked as no one among the people in Byzel can tell who she or her fellow Sins were thanks to the inaccurate wanted posters (and the ridiculous aliases in the Byzel Fight Festival) and yet someone had deduced in a Sherlock manner. Because of that, the raven-haired woman feared that he was some sort of spy working for the Holy Knights for money.
"Who... are you?...", Akame asked of the green-haired man's identity while she was bewildered and cautious at the same time as she readied her Murasame just in case if he's turns out to be an enemy.
Alan's glasses can only shine ominously as he stared stoically at the Owl's Sin of Vanity and the armored behemoth who was revealed to be Dale himself. "It has been 10 years, hasn't it?...", he simply said.
Author's Note: The twenty fifth chapter of "Akame no Taizai" is finished and the next update will come around soon after I deal with my other stories again. Akame encountered Dale and soon the real Gowther had appeared before them while Meliodas and Cain have a reunion at the match. Alyssa and Najenda know seeks to recruit the former Danafor Holy Knight into aiding the Seven Deadly Sins out of his friendship with the Dragon's Sin of Wrath. Besides, he's been on the sidelines for too long I guess. Haven't seen of him in the current chapters of the manga lately. Hope he comes back.
I told you I might have some feels on this chapter. :'( Dale mistook Akame for Guila as his daughter grown-up (probably the hair and the closed eyes Akame subconsciously closed for a moment) and terribly regretted in hurting and almost killing the one he thought was his child. Because that was his fear and the reason why he ran away into hiding after inadvertently drinking the Demon blood from Hendrickson as part of the Old Generation: He didn't want to harm Guila and Zeal by his own hand out of his control and left for their safety.
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