Chapter 51: Krussi II

"Krussi..." Desire muttered as he gazed in amazement at the necklace.

He was astonished by it, but he didn't know exactly why. After all, he didn't have any sense of love for arts or pieces like this Krussi.

Desire also doesn't greed for worldly things such as gold, fame, wealth, fashion, property, or whatever you call it.

That was why it was weird for Desire to feel like this, and he himself knows this too.

That was until Jarina spoke.

"Fufu, it seems that you have been charmed." Jarina's playful voice resounded out as she covered her mouth with her hand.

Desire looked up at her with an expression that seems to ask, 'what do you mean?'

Of course, Jarina noticed it, and she spoke as she walked towards the door.

After all, they already got what they came in here for; the thing or device that Desire wished to have.

"Krussi is a treasure because of only one thing. It is because of what it symbolizes."

Jarina then turned around to the dazedly looking Desire. Her dress fluttered in the wind as her smile could even captivate Desire.

Her eyes even showed longness as she continued speaking.

"It symbolizes The Unknown."

It was then.

Desire, who was captivated by Jarina and astonished with the Krussi, finally said something.

His hands as he moved the Krussi were very careful.

"What? Unknown?"

Unknown.

This was something Desire knew and, at the same time, didn't know.

It was the Unknown that the system and some other thing that has become after combining. He knew it, but he also doesn't know anything about it.

However, it's not like The Unknown that the Krussi symbolizes is the same as the Unknown Desire has.

It's just that Desire found them having the same 'name' somewhat intriguing.

"Why does it symbolize The Unknown?"

Desire asked, but that was not all the questions that he has about the Krussi.

"If it's The Unknown, why is it known then?"

The fact that they know about The Unknown doesn't make it unknown anymore. After all, they already know.

And that caught Desire's attention as he looked at the Krussi with prying eyes.

"You have too many questions about it." Jarina said as she walked towards the door once more.

"I'll answer your second question first: you're just playing with words right there."

Jarina then gestured for Desire to follow her when she saw Desire now had his eyes on her.

Desire nodded his head and walked towards Jarina. When he reached the door, Jarina spoke as she did something to lock the room.

"Krussi symbolizes The Unknown because it is literally unknown. No one in the world knows the real purpose of the Krussi."

Clang! The doors closed shut with a loud bang, and the mighty scene of a lion roaring to the sky could be seen.

However, Desire wasn't looking at it as he asked Jarina again.

"But it's not like Krussi is the only thing that no one knows the purpose of, right?"

Desire was confident and sure of what he asked as he knew there were many things in the land, sea, and even in the air that people don't know of their use.

That was why it was quite weird if Krussi is a treasure because it symbolizes The Unknown. After all, there were many other things that were unknown, not just the Krussi.

Jarina agreed with Desire as she explained.

"Yes, you're right. However, the materials that Krussi is composed of is Aurus Gold."

She continued walking towards the hallway, and Desire followed after her.

Although he didn't know where they were going to go, he didn't really mind it.

After all, where could they possibly go in this mansion?

"That is also the reason why it makes you feel that it is extremely astonishing. Although Krussi is indeed astonishing, Aurus Gold makes you feel it in an entirely different way."

Jarina kept mentioned the Aurus Gold, which Desire didn't know anything about it.

"What is the Aurus Gold anyway?" Desire asked, his interest finally piqued.

Aurus Gold.

It is one of the metals that are considered made by the Gods. Metals made by Gods are incredibly great and powerful.

The metals made by Gods are called the Holy Ore. Holy Ore is also classified with different grades according to effectiveness, and Aurus Gold is a metal standing at the top.

"That's what it is. Now, do you find anything strange?" Jarina asked as she took a glance towards Desire, who was walking beside her.

Desire didn't answer as he continued thinking about it. After all, there wasn't anything strange in the story.

Krussi is made of Aurus Gold, which was a metal made by the Gods. If anything, the fact that a God created the Aurus Gold is something even more impressive than what Krussi is.

As Desire rummaged through his mind, he thought there was nothing strange about the story at all.

That was until he finally found out when he remembered what Krussi does.

"Krussi records things to let me know what I want to do." Desire spoke as he looked at Jarina with intense eyes.

"But Krussi is made of a special metal that was created by a God. Is that what you mean?"

Jarina nodded her head with a smile.

"That's right. Even though Aurus Gold is a special metal, Krussi doesn't do anything useful. Well, it may be useful in reminding forgetful people, but that's it."

What was strange in Krussi is that it doesn't do anything despite being made with a powerful metal. It wasn't even your everyday metal, so there's no way that it would be something so ordinary.

'Hmmm.' Desire thought as the gears in his head turned to the right answer.

He spoke as he finished thinking.

"So that is why it symbolizes The Unknown."

Desire thought it was reasonable for Krussi to symbolize or have a meaning like The Unknown when it has a backstory like that.

Well, even if he doesn't, he can't do anything about it.

"So, where are we going?" Desire finally asked Jarina about their destination.

Although it may seem as if the time they walked was short, it was actually not.

They were walking for almost 30 minutes now, and they hadn't stopped even once.

That was how absorbed Desire was in the conversation about the Krussi that he holds in his right hand.

Meanwhile, Jarina was thinking about something as she looked at Desire.

'It's...unusual. Really, it is weird.'

Her eyes that were looking at Desire gleamed as she thought once more about how weird it was.

However, it seems her stare was too intense because Desire called her out with a 'Jarina?'

Although her face didn't show any of her thoughts, Desire could still pick some of it up.

"It's nothing. It was just refreshing to see you take an interest in something that is not a monster."

"Really? It's not that unusual, though. Anyway, where are we?"

Desire asked as he took in the surroundings. Although they were still in the mansion, it was vastly different in that it was simple.

However, the answer that came from Jarina shocked Desire.

"We're going to have you battle some monsters."

It was so sudden that Desire widened his eyes to the brim.

"R-right now?"

Without noticing it, a huge door was before the monster and a child.

Jarina ignored Desire's fluttered question as she shouted the magic word.

"Kuhrada!"

It was the first time that Desire's going to fight something personally.

***

As the duo of Jarina and Desire walked out of the mansion, there was a pair of slit eyes observing them from afar.

The owner of the slit eyes was Lionel.

There were many things going on in his mind right now, but the center of that all was Jarina and his disciple, Desire.

"I'm definitely getting older." He spoke firmly and powerful, but strangely enough, it wasn't loud.

His eyes closed for a moment as he opened them again.

He then looked up at the sky, and his mane-like hair was fluttering in the air.

The pressure and presence that he gave off were utterly different from what he had last night.

If before he was like a fire that was about to go out, Lionel's demeanor right now was exactly like that of a firework.

No, it wasn't the type of fireworks that goes off in a single boom. It's the type that explodes and stays alive as a fire in your house that destroys the city!

It was easy to tell as the hesitation on his face could no longer be observed.

"Desire...."

His voice was backed with his conviction, and his eyes lit up as if some fire were burning inside him.

"I will make you known to the world!"

He proudly declared as he crossed his arms and lifted his head up arrogantly.

"Kuhahahaha!"

He laughed as he imagined his enemies trying to go after his Achilles' heel.

And he also imagined how he would crush every single ant that comes after his disciple.

"I'll destroy them all!"