Silva had long outgrown Argon, though this fact was hidden. Ophelia hid it. Long ago, when the seventh continent was about to fall to the same fate that the others had fallen to, Ophelia had a plan.
She wanted to craft something different—yes, not entirely different—in order to trick Order. She decided to make something that would seem the same yet vastly different.
The first phase of her plan was the SSS legacy. Only she and Silva knew about that legacy, but in reality, that legacy was not the power of the first dark dragon like she had given to the others that had come before Silva. No, she changed something.
The legacy Silva gained was one modified in secret. Ophelia changed the structure. It carried not just the power of the first dark dragon, but she also took his essence, his memories, and everything that was him.
She took a part of his soul that she had—a small sliver he gave her once upon a time. She infused all this into the creation of Silva’s legacy, but that was not all she did.
Wanting something far more powerful, because she wanted to change the game this time, she broke off a part of her own soul.
A small fragment of divinity—small, but it would grow with him. She infused this into Silva’s soul when he arrived.
The truth of the issue was that Silva would always pick the SSS legacy that she had prepared. No matter what he did, it was always going to end up in his hands.
And when he agreed to her task, she would have the opportunity to create the perfect body—the replica of the first dragon.
Silva had become the first dark dragon all over again. He had the soul and being of the first dark dragon, with the soul of Ophelia hidden deep inside him.
This was the reason that Silva pulled more attention than all the other variants before him—because he was the spitting image of the first dark dragon, the recreation.
Sure, all the variants looked the same, but their souls were vastly different. But Silva had almost the same soul as the first.
It was this that pulled the attention of the person that bred to assassinate him. It was this that caused Ragna to want to destroy Argon.
The first dark dragon had become a very powerful and mighty being that made thousands of powerful enemies along the way.
Ragna was one of them, and so when he sensed Silva, he came to this world. Ophelia didn’t want Silva to know this, as it would lead to her having to explain all the truth to him, so she told him that Ragna had been asleep, when that was a blatant lie.
This was also the reason why Order sought out any way to get rid of Silva. It was hard for Order to do something like that, though, because he was bound by his own order, which meant an offense must be committed before he could act.
He immediately attacked Silva when he was returned to Earth—a breach on order, an opportunity to take him out. And when the weeping angels had moved as well…
When it was the former variants, Order had never been so active to rid the world of them. But now he was proactive in doing it.
Ophelia understood this, and she had been playing along that line all this time, with the secret she had as well.
Ophelia already knew how Silva’s story would play out. Even if she gave him all the power, the demons and celestials would come. And when they came, they would kill all those dear to Silva, and Silva would become a vengeful variant like the rest.
This was one of the reasons she placed a part of her soul in him. That fragment was what kept Silva obedient to her. And even when he found out about what she had done, he despised her, but didn’t hate her.
All that was the fragment that she had planted in him. She also altered the true reality of Silva’s storyline. She didn’t want him ending like the other variants.
For the other variants, all the visions that Lily saw came to pass. The terrifying wars and battles, the loss of lives, and more all came to pass.
Even the future she saw of Silva being betrayed by someone dear—that would all happen, and that person would attempt to kill Silva.
And that person was Quin. Quin was a plant created by the evil god that helped Ophelia. He was the final key set by the evil god to nudge Silva over the edge of insanity at the last moment.
All the dreams and sudden awakening of a legacy—all that was the preparation of Quin to turn into a…
[Ophelia,] Order called to her, snapping her out of her thoughts and reminiscing. Her eyes darted to the light. She let out a tired sigh.
“Why are you calling me? Aren’t we done here?” she asked.
[You can’t save Argon anymore. Your actions have completely changed everything, and the spell Silva has used is beyond the range of what is allowed in Argon.
To restore Order, I will give a task to Ragna—to begin the destruction of your world. It will serve him as a little vengeance for what your first dark dragon did to him.
But I will look the other way for the first time if you give me the secret you used to give the dark dragons unlimited potential,] Order said.
“As much as it pains me to let Argon go, I have come so, so close to finishing my plan. And giving you the secret will surely be the end of me—and the end of my plan.
I have come too far to back down, and Argon has done its best to stay alive. It is time it goes,” Ophelia said. She turned around and walked away from Order without looking back. A tear ran down her cheek as she walked.