The Snow Leopard Baby of the Black Leopard Family - Chapter 212

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Episode 212
“The work has already begun?”
The man asked in astonishment. He seemed to be calculating something, then tilted his head and muttered under his breath.
“But why? There’s still time before that day.”
“I’m not certain myself.”
“Did Rowen’s power rampage first? Or perhaps…….”
The man emerged from the darkness. It was Je. Je appeared to calculate something again, then pulled on an outer robe.
“I need to go. The work can’t be allowed to fall apart. Of course, Orpheo must have had a plan…….”
[It is not my plan.]
…….
A grand voice echoed from the darkness. That voice was far greater and clearer than before.
It was so distinct and sinister that the man conversing with Je actually shrank back. The man lowered his head deeply. Je signaled with a nod for him to leave.
The man bowed his head and fled that place as if in escape.
“Orpheo?”
[That was not my command. The materials were wrong. The Princess defied my will and began the work herself.]
“The Princess, you say? That can’t be…… Wasn’t she essentially your puppet at this point?”
[It seems her condition has grown unstable from going back and forth through Iandros’s Subspace. I’ve suspected as much since then—her state has been strange ever since she last visited that place.]
“Could it be due to contact with Tiel?”
[Perhaps. In any case, the plan has begun ahead of schedule. And because of that, it’s incomplete—Rowen’s power is still far too weak. She was never a sufficient vessel to accept my strength in the first place.]
“But Rowen’s power is still necessary. There must be light for darkness to exist as darkness…… Rowen is the finest ‘light’ I have ever created.”
Je spoke. Darkness fell silent for a moment. Je waited calmly for the next words. Soon Darkness spoke again.
[What you say is also true. I will not discard Rowen. I will place her in the Princess’s Subspace as planned…… but there is a problem. Rowen is currently imprisoned.]
“I suspected as much. But with Rowen’s power, such a prison should…….”
[It is no ordinary prison. Rowen is locked away in the Temple of Lucette—where the brightest light gathers. I cannot approach it, and Tiel Asterian, that cunning creature, is protecting Rowen using her Ability.]
“Then I shall take action myself…….”
Je spoke. Despite receiving no reply from Darkness, he continued.
“I will go and rescue Rowen. Once rescued, I’ll place her directly in the Princess’s Subspace. Rowen will exist as the sole light preserved within that Subspace.”
Je spoke.
[Yes, do so. The Princess is now at the highest point in Arcadia. Everything will begin there. Once you’ve rescued Rowen, bring her to that place. Command the Princess to open the Subspace.]
Darkness spoke in a clear, resonant voice. Each time Darkness spoke with such clarity and presence, Je felt a thrill course through him.
When he had first discovered Darkness centuries ago, it had been very small and faint, its voice scarcely audible.
Yet even then, it had been confining the Princess’s soul within its own form, and possessed the strength to prevent the birth of a Child of Light time and again.
Though this generation Darkness had weakened enough for Tiel Asterian to be born, he believed such a mistake could easily be corrected.
‘And I was right.’
Orpheo recovered his strength rapidly. The voice that had once been so small and faint was nowhere to be heard now; only a clear, distinct resonance filled the void.
Moreover, Darkness’s power grew stronger with each passing day, so now the night granted by Orpheo was longer than the day of the Lucette God…….
Yet even that was not enough for either Orpheo or Je. Though the night had grown longer, they could not erase the day entirely. For light must exist for darkness to exist as darkness.
And even if the Lucette God’s power had weakened, Lucette was still Lucette. The Lucette God would never allow Orpheo to shroud the world in darkness.
‘But there is one thing we made to prevent that…….’
Je thought of Tiel Asterian. Tiel Asterian—that tiny, impossibly small seal of Asterian.
So diminished was she that she seemed as if she would simply suffocate and die beneath the weight of Darkness.
Yet contrary to Orpheo and Je’s expectations, she had repeatedly overcome Darkness, stubbornly found her own path, and even gone so far as to eliminate the ‘Seeds’ that Orpheo had scattered across these lands…….
She was far more troublesome than they had anticipated. One could indeed say she was a being born from the purest light that Lucette had gathered.
‘But in the end, she is only a small light.’
Compared to the Darkness they had accumulated thus far, Tiel’s light was merely a handful. It would soon be obscured by Darkness and vanish from sight.
Moreover, Orpheo’s Grand Plan did not end with shrouding this land in Darkness.
The Princess of Crasion who died long ago.
She who had possessed the strongest Ability in all the history of this land…….
Yet the tragic blade who had been most cruelly betrayed by the one she trusted most, her dream shattered before it could ever be realized.
Orpheo intended to use that Princess’s yearning to fulfill his own.
[Within the Princess’s Subspace will become the new world.]
A terrible voice boomed through the Darkness. Je smirked. White fangs showed.
“Yes, within the Princess’s Subspace, everything will be perfected.”
Orpheo had been weakened since his defeat in the war with Lucette centuries ago, unable even to maintain his existence.
So he persisted by passing from Darkness to Darkness, from shadow to shadow.
Yet there existed one space where Orpheo could maintain his form.
‘The Princess’s Subspace.’
A Subspace is the most perfect realm, shaped entirely by its master’s will. Within it, the Princess was herself akin to a god, and could create anything she desired.
So within that space, Orpheo could sustain his body. And Lucette would have no existence there.
Because the Princess would not allow it!
The Subspace First Rule: whatever the master does not desire is completely erased.
They had devised a Grand Plan to place this world within the Princess’s Subspace using this principle.
They would create light within the Subspace and create Darkness. They would make mountains and running water. They would build villages and cities.
And they would transfer all living creatures into the Subspace…… it would be no different than creating an entirely new world.
The massive Rift that had now appeared in the sky of Arcadia was the beginning.
That Rift was a passage connecting to the Princess’s Subspace, and it would continue to expand, consuming the entire sky.
The passage would become the heavens themselves, and a vast Subspace would be laid over this world. Their plan was flawless. They had waited very long for this moment.
But to execute this plan, they needed ‘light.’ The Princess could create all things within her Subspace, but she could not create light, Darkness, nor living beings.
That is why they had created ‘light’—Rowen. They had selected Tiel’s bloodline, one most similar to Tiel, and granted her a power like Tiel’s own.
Rowen would exist as a light within the Subspace that could be erased at any moment. Thus for their plan to succeed, Rowen was absolutely necessary.
‘Tiel cannot be used for this.’
Tiel was nearly the embodiment of Lucette himself. The moment Tiel set foot in the Subspace, they would be granting Lucette a very small corner of that realm.
[And so, ****…….]
Orpheo called Je’s name. Je stared into the Darkness.
A voice came again from the shadows.
[Before the plan is complete, you must kill Tiel Asterian. By any means necessary.]
That voice was so clear and distinct it seemed it would never fade again.
Je smirked.

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