Evgeni and Lord Akagi were childhood friends, brought together by origin and separated by lies. Till now I believed that Evgeni was evil because he wanted to bring Lord Akagi back to the dungeon, but I was wrong. He was misled by lies.

Siah told him that they were keeping Akagi in the dungeons because his Sila was dangerous to mankind. That was a lie--Skorost couldn't harm anyone. And even if it could, what right does she have to take away his freedom? She is nothing but a mere mortal. The thoughts of her controlling a demigod infuriated me.

I took it upon myself to unveil the curtains of Lord...