When Kent first laid eyes on Princess Pandora, he sensed sothing unusual about her. It was the kind of feeling one gets when standing before soone in disguise. He said nothing at first because that would just be rude. Now, however, he can tell his feelings are being validated.
In fact, her hair colour was the main sign that should have told him she was different.
He, however, didn't expect her first words after they settled down to regard his past self as the Ruthless Bandit. In fact, he didn't even expect her to ask sothing like that.
From what he had observed so far, he could tell the Velkharians truly believed in the Evil King, and as such, they wouldn't joke about things like this.
They wouldn't casually ss around knowing that would be the worst kind of offence. As Kent looked at the smile on Princess Pandora's face, he could tell she wasn't joking.
"Your Evil King," Kent muttered, his expression turning a bit lost. "You make it sound like you and I are close. Sorry to say, but I don't know you, Princess."
Her expression didn't falter. Rather, she stood up and walked toward Kent. When she was right in front of him, she climbed onto his lap and placed her hands on his shoulders, bringing her bountiful chest to his face.
Kent had to lift his head just to look at her.
"Isn't it a bit inappropriate to do this to the hero chosen by the Evil King?" Kent tried to pull away, but he found himself unable to move.
"Rude, Lex." Princess Pandora pouted. "Just because you don't have your mories doesn't an you should deny my existence. I am a bit hurt."
Kent had already co to the conclusion that he was bound to et people who would recognise his past selves without him having the faintest idea of who they were.
So Princess Pandora didn't co as a surprise to him.
What puzzled him, however, was the fact that soone like the Ruthless Bandit had a beloved.
'It is impossible. I may not have his mories, but I know it is impossible for that bastard to have soone he loved or soone who loves him. It is just impossible.'
He had t the Ruthless Bandit, and from what he had experienced, he could tell he wasn't soone to even consider normal. Such an evil existence shouldn't have soone who loves them.
But from what he could tell, Princess Pandora seed to like him. This then made him wonder just what kind of person she really is at heart.
"It will be best if we take a step back and analyze things from a much wider perspective," Kent suggested, and for a mont, Princess Pandora held a pout. However, she nodded and walked back to her chair.
After she sat down, she gave Kent a curious scan before asking:
"Are you at least going to tell if you are indeed the Ruthless Bandit or an imitator of him? I have spent millions of years with him, but I can't tell which of him is the real deal."
Kent furrowed his brow, a bit taken aback by what Princess Pandora had said.
"Don't get wrong. I know you are the Ruthless Bandit because I can call you by that na. That is only possible because, from the mont I set my sights on you, the hold you have on the others was lifted off .
You told that would happen when we et again. So don't even try to lie to ."
Kent sighed, his expression softening.
"I am indeed the Ruthless Bandit. However, I have no mories of his life when you entered it. Though I have to ask, what was your relationship with back when I was the Ruthless Bandit?"
"Master and disciple," Princess Pandora replied.
Kent nodded and smiled. Then he asked with a smug expression, "I suppose I was the master, right?"
To his dismay, Princess Pandora let out a resounding laugh, one that caused Kent to wonder if he had said anything funny.
It was perfectly logical for him to assu he was the master since he was the Evil King. However, from her laughter, it was clear that he wasn't the master.
This, however, made him wonder just what Princess Pandora was like in her past life. He waited for her to give him an answer.
Thirty minutes later, she managed to calm down.
"You crack up like always, Lex. When we t, you were but a demigod fleeing from twelve Chaos Gods. The sight of you hurling profanities at them while also at risk of dying piqued my interest. I couldn't hold back my laughter back then."
She smiled, a beautiful expression on her face. "My little Evil King, you really need to recover your mories before you make your sweet master angry."
Kent kept his expression calm, but deep down, his heart was beating like a drum.
If others saw the smile on Princess Pandora's face, they would beco chard, for it was very beautiful. She is extrely beautiful.
However, to soone like Kent, her beautiful smile was rely a mask hiding the darkest evil. Perhaps because his evil heart was slowly awakening, he could see past her mask, and what he saw was truly horrible.
The beauty before him is the worst kind of evil he had set his sights on, and he had seen his fair share of evil in his life as Jest (Lord Genesis).
"Just who are you, and why am I afraid of you even though you an no harm?"
Princess Pandora smiled and answered:
"It would be hard to explain it to you unless you recover your mories. Thankfully, I can sense evil in your heart, aning you have already taken a step but stopped.
My advice is to continue, because if you want to survive the trip to the Tornted Chaos Abyss, you'll need those mories.
In fact, your mission to kill the four demigods and the portal guardian is secondary. Your reason for coming here is to co see , for I am the only person who can ensure you don't beco the worst version of yourself after recovering your mories."
She paused and gazed at Kent with a narrowed gaze. "If I am not mistaken, when you recovered your first set of mories, you lost control."
Kent didn't know how she knew, but he nodded.
"That was because what is buried in you is so much darker that the current you is not strong enough to contain it. That said, I can help keep it at bay until you reach the stage where you can handle it."
"Then why don't I keep it buried for now until I reach the stage where I can handle it?" Kent asked, but Princess Pandora shook her head.
"Keeping it buried is the most dangerous thing you can do. If—and this is a big if—but if one day you lose control and it awakens, how confident are you that you can contain it?"
Kent couldn't answer her question.
Indeed, he was a bit short-sighted to assu that. If the unknown erupts one day, how then can he contain it if he has no prior experience?
"You know, I have lived for many billion years before I t you, Lex. I have seen all kinds of evil, but when I saw you, I saw the worst kind of evil that even I, the Evil Queen, was impressed by.
You have in you a True Evil, the kind that had never appeared after , and so I would be damned if I let you waste it away."
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