***
{Outside The Projection}
...Huh.
They were right to feel suspicious then.
They were right to call him a cursed snake.
Malik knew him to be a bastard from the beginning.
More importantly, why was this not written in their history books?
Did everyone decide to just ignore this entire event to make Malik look worse or something?
And MOST importantly—most very fucking importantly—the bastard knew Malik through the Former Sultan?!
Of course he did.
Of course, he was the damned reason.
That man was obsessed with Malik, choosing him as his successor despite not telling him, grooming him in secret, or at least trying to. He likely watched his every move, studied him even back there, when he dropped the hammer on the snake.
It was obvious why he gave the snake such information.
Cyrus was training Malik, or perhaps testing him, taking over Fate's job.
They all hated how logical it sounded and how deeply it made sense.
The man was annoying, honestly.
