After the Lord of the Abyss Awakens - Chapter 136.2

He really didn’t know what was going through His mind. But at least it hadn’t turned into seven little Calabash Brothers – if there had been a civil war, His power would have been truly troublesome.

“Forget it, there’s no use talking to you since you won’t listen anyway.”

Aelioge had almost given up.

While Sitri continued. “I see the Creator God is being reckless, actually sending Death and Silence to assassinate Agares, hehe, if He dares to do it, why can’t I?”

“That’s the real trigger for why you went to the Divine Kingdom of Creation, right?”

Beelzebub suddenly said.

“I was going there anyway.”

“But how did you get in contact with Him? And even become an honored guest?”

Bachin was more concerned about this point.

Sitri said with an unchanged expression. “Very easily, just saying I wanted to go there was enough.”

“What?”

“He believed you just like that?”

They were incredulous, thinking Sitri must have used some method to infiltrate, but it was just this? Just a matter of one sentence?

Sitri raised an eyebrow, swept a glance over Them, and said arrogantly. “It’s not a matter of believing or not believing. If He had believed me, He wouldn’t have just personally questioned me.”

Aelioge was choked up, “So many gods and demons in the universe pledge allegiance to Him, He ignores them all, yet He came out just to meet you.”

Sitri gave a cold laugh, “Because I am Father’s child, and having the enemy’s child submit would give Him a great sense of achievement.”

Beelzebub nodded, “He thinks He monopolizes the universe’s power, is omnipotent, and everything should naturally follow His will and obey Him, right?”

“This fellow really isn’t anything good.”

“And has nothing to do with wisdom either.”

The [Wisdom] of Primordial Gods was often determined at birth, and the Creator God was probably lacking from the start, but remaining unchanged after so many years – wasn’t this also a way of maintaining one’s “original heart”?

Seeing Their various doubts, Sitri suddenly said, “Hehe, this is why you all don’t understand living beings.”

Aelioge frowned, “You do?”

“Of course,” Sitri lowered His gaze and said. “Emotions are everywhere, all beings – gods and demons alike – exist within emotions. Even a stone has perception and emotions.”

As He spoke, He suddenly raised His hand, conjuring a cup, shook it and said, “If I shake water, it moves; if I torment a person, they cry. As long as you disrupt a state of existence, that existence will produce ripples, regardless of whether the existence itself has perceptive abilities.”

“Having emotions is what makes existence truly exist. The soul is a vessel for emotions. Besides emotions and consciousness, there are no other contents.”

Sitri’s serious statements were outrageous sentence after sentence, spoken with profound mystery as if lecturing on truth.

The four demons present each had their own thoughts.

Bachin wanted to retort to every sentence but still let Him finish speaking.

Seeing Sitri was done, Aelioge couldn’t help saying, “Aren’t you overthinking this?”

“Isn’t it the truth? Without emotions, living beings are just boring equations.”

Sitri said in a deep voice.

“Think whatever you want, you have your truth, the universe has its truth, as long as you’re happy.”

“What if these two truths overlap? If I use my power here, half of His gods and demons would be under my control – anger, hatred, rebellion – then they would raise the flag of revolt against the Creator God. Although it would be suppressed within half an hour, why not do something that can cause Him trouble?”

Sitri’s tone was somewhat like Amon’s, both having a sense of playing with the world, but Amon did it purely for fun, for his own amusement.

While Sitri purely vented malice.

Aelioge realized this fellow was genuinely dark-hearted, with who knows how much darkness accumulated within. In some sense, Sitri might be the darkest demon in the family, although He maintained an ascetic and restrained appearance.

“That’s the real reason you dare not see Father, isn’t it.”

Aelioge suddenly said.

“What.” Sitri’s brows furrowed tightly.

Aelioge hesitated for a second, then continued revealing, “The darkness in your heart… has spread to an irreparable extent, right? You’re afraid to see Father, afraid He’ll see through you, causing Him disappointment, so you hesitate to come home and instead went to the Creator God to vent.”

“……”

The other three demons wore shocked expressions.

Was it really like this?

“Aelioge, stop talking nonsense.”

Sitri’s face had completely darkened.

“If I were talking nonsense, you wouldn’t even bother responding to me, isn’t that right, Brother Sitri.”

“……”

The two demons faced off in confrontation, remaining silent for a full minute.

In the end, it was Sitri who broke the silence.

Sitri stared at Aelioge. “How could you possibly understand me?”

“I can’t understand you. Each demon in our family has their own obsession, you have yours, I have mine, we don’t interfere with each other.”

Aelioge’s tone became gentle, “Let’s not talk about it anymore. Are you going back to see Father?”

“……Father is still in the dream.”

As soon as Father was mentioned, Sitri’s gaze clearly changed.

Aelioge said, “I just asked Marbas, He said Father is about to wake up. Are you going back or not?”

“……”

Sitri stared at Aelioge.

Beelzebub suddenly said, “Since there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first.”

These family demons were each so awkward, He didn’t feel like talking anymore.

As soon as the words fell, Beelzebub really left.

Barbatos watched Beelzebub’s retreating figure, then looked at Bachin.

Bachin wore an indifferent expression.

Aelioge turned around, glancing sideways at Sitri, “It’s up to you.”

After speaking, He left too.

Sitri lowered His gaze, not saying a word.

Bachin looked at Sitri as if wanting to say something, then left as well.

Barbatos stayed until the end and smiled, saying. “Sitri, no matter what, Father hopes to see us safe and happy.”

Hearing this, Sitri’s whole body trembled, His eyes filled with wavering.

****

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

In the bookstore, the golden chinchilla cat elegantly lifted a cup of tea with its paw and took a gentle sip.

Those stupid younger siblings were causing trouble again. He shook His head and took another bite of dessert.

“But it’s good that Sitri was just having an episode, not some little Calabash Brothers script.”

“But this fellow actually didn’t discuss with His brothers and sisters beforehand before deciding to go to the enemy camp… Although He’s grown up and independent now, some things should still be discussed together, right?”

The golden chinchilla cat sighed. But perhaps, as an older brother, He also lacked confidence in Sitri. Compared to Him, Samikina understood Sitri better, and might have somewhat guessed what Sitri was going to do.

“Can’t be helped, elder brother’s ability to understand demon hearts isn’t that strong.”

Just then, the golden chinchilla cat felt a chill down His spine, as if sensing a cold gaze.

He turned His head to look outside the window, and actually discovered a Selkirk Rex cat at the window!

Blue-purple-white fur, a three-color gradient, like walking out of a fairy tale, naturally carrying a dreamy aura, as if about to walk into Barbie’s world!

The golden chinchilla cat was shocked and looked up and down, saying, “Sitri, you came home?”

“……”

The blue cat looked at the golden chinchilla cat, seemingly not liking the magnificent gold color, slightly frowning, paused, then responded. “Mm.”

The blue cat’s gaze shifted to look at the Devon Rex cat resting in the cat bed.

The Devon Rex cat opened its eyes and slightly raised its head.

The two cats stared at each other.

The blue cat looked at itself, curly-haired, then looked at the Devon Rex cat, also curly-haired. They were the only two curly-haired cats in the family.

“Meow?”

The Devon Rex cat tilted its head.

The blue cat walked into the room and casually said, “Have your memories recovered?”

The Devon Rex cat shook its head, “Not completely recovered meow.”

“It needs to be soon.”

The blue cat walked to the cat bed, “The more emotional the enemy gods become, the greater our advantage.”

Seeing the blue cat acting as if nothing had happened, the golden chinchilla cat took another sip of tea and calmly asked, “So then, Brother Sitri, His trump cards are mainly the Twelve Zodiac Gods, plus two other series of gods, right?”

“Yes.”

The blue cat didn’t waste words, but the golden chinchilla cat liked casual chat.

“You also went there to investigate information, right?”

“One action can have multiple reasons, that’s what’s realistic.”

“Indeed.”

The golden chinchilla cat smiled faintly and counted on His paws, saying, “By the way, are we now considered a grand reunion of twenty-four demons?”

The Devon Rex cat shook its head and said, “Not yet, still missing Second Brother meow.”

The golden chinchilla cat paused, sighing, “The first one to see Father ends up being the last one to come home?”

The blue cat’s gaze fixed on the headboard, casually reminding, “Not really, Zepar and Paimon went in without coming back.”

“That’s true.”

The golden chinchilla cat nodded, “But those two don’t matter, Agares is the most important.”

“What did Vassago say?”

The blue cat had moved to the headboard in a flash, its paws soft and elegant, its white-blue-purple fur gleaming with beautiful and dreamy light.

The golden chinchilla cat answered. “Vassago also can’t contact Agares.”

The blue cat nodded, stating directly. “It’s because of the power, right?”

“Hm?”

“Second Brother is suppressing the awakening of His power.”

“What?”

“Omniscience and omnipotence, sounds like knowing everything and being able to do anything, which is good. But being able to realize anything is also a terrible thing. It’s easy to lose track of one’s own boundaries.”

The blue cat seemed to empathize, His eyes somewhat dark as He spoke. Great power was always accompanied by trials of equal measure.

The golden chinchilla cat paused, then said, “Sami mentioned before that Agares was worried His thoughts would affect Father.”

“Second Brother is the being most skilled at cognitive manipulation in the entire universe, it’s natural for Him to have this concern. So, the reason Second Brother isn’t responding to us isn’t because the Creator God did something, but because the power He’s been suppressing is awakening.” The blue cat stated directly.

“What can we do?”

“We can’t do anything. The only one who can do anything is Father, because Father is the most important existence to Second Brother.”

Only Father could influence Second Brother. They couldn’t.

The golden chinchilla cat fell silent.

Looking back, if anyone asked what they had done since Father’s return, their answer might be that they hadn’t done much – Second Brother had already taken care of everything.

“Having too capable a brother is also troublesome.”

The golden chinchilla cat’s tone was complex. Second Brother could always rescue Them from various dangers and perils, but what about Them? Could They save Second Brother?

The blue cat raised His gaze and said, “I can help Agares, but that wouldn’t be what Agares wants.”

“What do you mean?”

“Emotions. It’s not something complicated, I can use emotions to awaken Him.”

He extended His paw, holding it in mid-air, “In three seconds, this cup will fall in love with me.”

As soon as the words fell, the cup in the golden chinchilla cat’s paw flew to His paw.

The golden chinchilla cat was stunned, His mouth hanging open. Wait, Sitri’s ability even worked on cups?

The blue cat continued. “I understand Agares, because I also have to control my ability in front of Father, otherwise with just a thought, Father would be enchanted by me.”

Couldn’t even reveal true thoughts.

Sitri sometimes quite envied demons like Zepar and Morax who were simple, consistent inside and out – how nice. And ones like Ayni who could be as coquettish as possible with Father.

Not just envy, He had even acted out such personalities. But in the end, He gave up. He was different from Them – when He saw existences He didn’t like, His first thought was to make them disappear.

The golden chinchilla cat understood yet didn’t understand, could only say our twelfth brother is a complicated demon.

“Let’s wait and see, hope Agares will be alright, and then successfully complete His universe-level magic.”

“Mm.”

“Speaking of which, your power……”

The golden chinchilla cat finally noticed the key point. Goodness, how did He become so strong?

The blue cat turned His head, chuckling. “Simply trained more.”

The golden chinchilla cat: “……”

Don’t imitate Big Brother in this kind of situation!

However, in the next second, under everyone’s watchful eyes, the blue cat actually tried to burrow under the covers!