Legacy of Forgotten Times 61 You Are Nothing More Than a Conman

Seeing his confused expression corner of Jaime's rosy lips lifted upwards a little. She seemed to be enjoying this?

"Finally lost for words aren't you? The great Kasaix cannot find an appropriate answer for the first time. Such a rare situation, almost as rare as seeing the Big Foot." Getting irritated by her taunts Linri could not help but answer to her.

"Rare? I don't think so, I am human after all, I don't know the answer to everything in the world. I was just caught off guard because of how out of the blue that was. Don't think that its gonna happen again." Linri sounded irritated, he could not help it. He always expected something to go wrong with his 'plans' but this was so random that he could not react in time. That was why he was irritated, even if this was unexpected he should have at least said something. This was simply unlike him.

"Oh, I believe it's gonna happen in the future too. Because you see, I finally figured you out." Again he was confused by her words. He never really hid his personality from her so what did she mean by that? So he had to ask this.

"What do you mean? I don't think I acted like someone else, I am always me, you should have figured me out day one. Also, what's with me being unfair? Still waiting for an explanation on that part." Jaime's smile became more apparent. She was in control of the flow of conversation. This left a bitter taste in his mouth. Normally he was always the one leading conversations unless he allowed the other person to do so; but this time, it was forcefully snatched away from him.

"*Snicker* Do 'you' really believe that? Don't you think you have been unfair to me before? Not even a little?" Her gaze was as cold as the winter sun, it was uncomfortable. He felt a premonition that he might not want to hear the answer, but some part of him was excited. It was such a weird feeling that it was hard to describe.

"Yes. When have I been unfair to you?"

"You see when I figured out your personality I was disgruntled. You are an extremely egotistical, selfish and prideful person. You are also meticulous and smart. You have a way with your words, making it so that the other party has no option but to believe you. You are also kind of smart, this is still a big if, and have an almost obsessive fixation on your plans being 'perfect'.

Once I noticed these defects it wasn't hard to figure out your thought process. Do you remember the last time we were in a park like this and what you said to me? That was a rhetorical question, I am sure you do.

You said that we can't be allies because I was extremely selfish and only wanted to use people for my own sake. Most importantly you actually made me believe that I actually felt like a human waste and cried myself to sleep. Despite making me feel like that you consoled me and called us friends, giving the feeling that we were getting closer. It was actually the opposite, wasn't it? I was actually falling into your grasp, becoming someone you could control by your words. We were becoming even more distant.

You don't really care much about me, do you? If you had cared you wouldn't have waited this long to talk to me. You would have asked me about what happened inside the temple, whether I was fine or not; but you did not.

I can even imagine what you wanted to talk to me. Probably our conversation played out like this in your mind. I would have lashed out at you for being lucky that you had a similar personality with your character. Then 'you' would get angry with me, talking about your hardships, how you die every night, how hard it was to get your powers and how you almost died at the temple. You would have made me believe that I had it easy because only my personality slightly changed. You would have made me believe that I was selfish, self-centred and get angry at me, making me feel bad. Then apologize to me, leading me to believe that we got closer once again. Making me even more reliant on you.

Actually, I should have noticed this way before. You were able to outsmart gods, you outsmarted your parents when you helped. People who were could escape from the hunt of two biggest clans in the world. Lyra is even supposed to be the strongest Kitsune there is according to your words and you were able to outsmart them quite easily. They didn't even doubt anything. You are an expert manipulator, one way or another you can actually get inside the head of your victim and make them think the way you want them to.

You are nothing more than a Conman. Let me quote something you said to me before when we last met. 'You probably wanted to believe that I was a guy with a tragic past and you would be the girl who would fix me. Sorry but I'm not broken so I can't be fixed.' or something along those lines. Then let me return it back to you Max, though it won't sound as cool as yours. I am not some kind of princess in a story you have to save. I wasn't in trouble in the first place so you can't save me.

Now tell me, Max, have you ever been unfair to me?" At some point during her talk Jaime had got up from the bench and now she was standing in front of him, looking directly into his eyes.

He wanted to avert them but that would be admitting it. His back was covered in cold sweat, thinking of an answer He was feeling complicated, there were a lot of incorrect parts but overall she had figured him out. He was nothing more than a Conman good at getting inside people's head.

Chapter end