I Became the Demon King of Lust

When I stepped through the portal and appeared in the room, the first thing that I did was head to the edge of the room.

Once I was there, I turned back to the blue phoenix and said, "Should I start running then? Will you count the laps that I did before or do I have to start all over again?"

The blue phoenix revealed what seemed to be a smile before shaking her head and saying, "Child, there's no need for that anymore."

I couldn't help revealing an ugly look when I heard this.

It seemed like the blue phoenix's personality had completely changed…

Did that mean that it was going back on its words?

If that was the case, then this really would have all been a waste of time for me, so I couldn't let that happen.

Taking a deep breath, I said, "No, it's fine, I can keep running. You don't need to worry about me, I can do this just fine."

The blue phoenix shook her head and gave a chuckle before saying, "Child, you're misunderstanding. I'm saying that you've already passed, so there's no need for you to keep running."

I had been about to start running when I heard this.

For a moment, it was as if time stopped.

I froze there as if I was making sure that I had heard the correct thing before turning to look at the blue phoenix and asking, "Can you say that again? I don't think I heard the right thing."

The blue phoenix gave a nod before saying, "I said that you've already passed, so there's no reason for you to keep running anymore."

She created a chair out of thin air and said, "Alright, come and sit so we can have a chat before you leave."

I looked at the blue phoenix with a very strange look, but eventually I came over to sit down in front of her.

Then before I could react, the blue phoenix suddenly started to shrink.

She continued to shrink until she was the same size as the small dragon from before.

She also created a chair for herself to sit in before creating a table in between us that had some tea and cookies on it. Without a care, she just poured herself some tea and ate the cookies that were there before saying, "Go on, have some tea and cookies. I'm sure that you're parched and tired after all of that."

I didn't have anything on the table as I just looked at her with a strange look.

The blue phoenix could see the way that I looked at her, so she said, "Don't worry, this isn't a trick or anything. I just want to spend some time talking to you before you pass. Though it has been a long time since someone has passed this entire Tower of Trials, so I'm sure that you'll create a large stir when you go out."

Hearing this, I couldn't help revealing a bitter smile since I knew that she was right.

Though I didn't know how far the others got, I was sure that it wouldn't have been as far as me.

As well, there were some things that shouldn't be known to others that would be broadcasted…Those were things that I wanted to hide if possible, but it didn't seem like it was possible.

However, as I was thinking this, the blue phoenix suddenly said, "There are things that the tower itself will censor, so you don't need to worry about our conversation being leaked. In fact, your other conversations with certain individuals should have also been censored by the tower, so you don't need to worry about that."

I couldn't help knitting my brows when I heard this before asking, "Isn't this tower controlled by the large guilds, why would they do that?"

The blue phoenix gave a chuckle when she was asked this before saying, "While I don't know what these 'large guilds' are, it seems like you're mistaking something. You think that those people might control this Tower of Trials, but that is not the case. The Tower of Trials…is far greater than you think."n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

There was a part of me that had already suspected this, but I never thought that this would actually be the case.

But I knew better than to keep asking.

The look on the face of the blue phoenix made it very clear.

Even if I wanted to keep asking, there was no chance that she would even answer my questions.

So I didn't bother asking them.

At the very least, I had confirmed what I wanted to confirm.

There was something greater than all of this about this tower and that there were other worlds out there. While I didn't know what kind of worlds were out there, this confirmation was more than enough for me for now.

After all, I still had trouble in my own world, so I didn't want to get involved in other worlds.

The blue phoenix saw the changes in my expression and she said with an appreciative nod, "Smart child, as expected of the one that I chose."

I knitted my brows again when I heard this before asking, "Why did you suddenly decide to let me pass?"

The blue phoenix had been in the middle of sipping her tea when I asked this, so instead of sipping her tea, she just looked at me with a smile as she said, "Why do you think that I chose to do this suddenly?"

I was surprised to hear this before asking, "What do you mean by that?"

The blue phoenix's smile became wider as she said, "Well, it's simply because this whole process has been a trial for you. If you had made even a single wrong decision, we wouldn't be here right now."

I was even more surprised after hearing this, but after thinking about it, I realized that…she was right.

It finally explained the strange way that she had been acting.