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Chapter 8: A seed of Truth

The red-haired exorcist got dragged into the room by the general and was simply thrown down on the floor. He got up to his feet as Cross closed the door behind him."You shouldn't be eavesdropping, kid...", Cross muttered.

"What were you doing?", Lavi asked, there a bit suspicion in his tone as he glanced at the blue haired finder who was now sitting on the bed.

"I was helping him", Nea simply answered, smiling at the Bookman apprentice.

"How?"

"... By easing the pain?", the young finder said with a light giggle.

"You should just tell him the truth", Cross suggested.

Nea swayed her feet alternately and thought about it then glanced at the general."But can we trust him ne?", she asked.

"He's a Bookman"

"Hmm... But I don't like Bookmen", Nea said,"They made a lot of mistakes"

"Nea..."

"Fine", Nea pouted. She closed her eyes and started to change her appearance. Lavi was surprised but didn't show it much on his face."You're the fifteenth?"

Nea merely nodded."My real name is Clea Walker, the fifteenth Noah of the Clan. I represent the Veracity of Noah. I'm the adopted daughter of Neah Walker, the Musician; adopted niece of Mana Walker and Cross Marian... And the adopted cousin of Tadeo Reins, the thirteenth Noah representing Illusions, the one that recently attacked the headquarters", she paused for a while and shifted to her Noah form, opening her golden eyes that suddenly changed into bloodred in color. The center stigmata turned into a four pointed star and the rest turned bloodred as well. She still have the same ashen skin."I managed to reach the maturity phase thirty-four years ago. And I'm the current overseer of the Musician's plan..."

"An overseer?..."

"I need to make sure everything goes according to plan...", Clea answered.

"What exactly is your plan?"

Clea glanced at the General who just nodded,"Our plan is to eliminate the sole source of sin..."

"The source of sin?..."

"The Millenium Earl himself", Clea answered.

"It really has gotten dull here, huh?", Tadeo said, glancing at Tyki who was now awake. The Noah of Pleasure was still lying on the bed.

"Yeah", Tyki answered as he slowly sat up,"Where are the others?"

"I think Road went out for a while. I don't know about the others though...", Tadeo answered.

"Oh..."

"...", Tadeo just sat down in silence. Tyki glanced out of the window then moved his gaze back at the Noah of Illusion.

"When the boy stabbed me... with the sword", Tyki began,"It was painful but there was still that weird warm, welcoming feeling"

"Really?"

Tyki nodded,"... I wonder why he didn't want to return back", he said, glancing at the other noah.

Tadeo just shrugged and avoided his gaze,"... Tyki", he suddenly voiced out after another moment of silence."If you're going to choose between the Duke and the rest of the Clan, who would you choose?"

"Why are you asking that?", Tyki asked.

Tadeo made a faint smile," I just wanted to know", he said.

Tyki thought about this for a moment,"I think I'll go with the rest of the family", he said, waiting for what the Noah of Illusions would say.

"I'm glad to know that", he smiled.

~Truth beneath the Illusion~

'Our plan is to eliminate the sole source of sin'

'The source of sin?'

'The Millenium Earl...', she answered.

'The Millenium Earl?', Lavi repeated in disbelief.

'Yeah', Cross said,'If those certain record hadn't been burned, you would have known the Noah's real situation here'

'What records?', the redhead asked.

Clea just smiled at him, saying,'Those records that we're made by Bookmen was destroyed by 'him' in attempt to erase all traces of his sin...'

Lavi shook his head lightly as he remembered what had happened last night. It didn't make sense. If those records we're burned then the Bookmen could have just made another one. Why didn't they? That was the question left in his mind.

He snapped out of his thoughts as he heard his name being called, he turned and saw the olive haired exorcist waving at him. The redhead Bookman apprentice waved back at her with a smile,"Yo, Lena-chan"

Lenalee smiled back,"Want to come with me to the infrimary?", he asked.

"What are you going to do there?", Lavi asked.

"Nii-san asked me to go check on Allen-kun", she said.

".. Oh, sure, I'll come with you", Lavi said, following the chinese exorcist. When they got there, the snow-white haired teen was already awake.

Somehow, Lavi noticed something different in the teen's eyes, he just can't figure out what it is. He also was less defiant than before. Wait.. Is it possible?.. That, maybe he recovered all of the Fourteenth's memories overnight?.. No, that can't be. Clea said she slowed down the release of the Musician's memories. So why is that the person in front of him seemed different? Someone that held a lot of guilt.. Regrets. Lavi snapped out of his thoughts as Allen spoke in a rather soft yet melodious tone, staring straight at them,"I've decided... To join the Order", he said.