When Chang-Sun called the shadow Xerxes, his old colleague, the shadow faintly trembled.

[The Celestial ‘A Good Season to Hunt’ wonders what you two are talking about.]

[The Celestial ‘World-Encircling Serpent’ shakes his head, calls you a sly snake, and says that you’re hiding something again.]

[The Celestial ‘Calamity Tiger’ is watching you silently.]

…

While the Celestials were wondering what Chang-Sun was saying using telepathy, his eyes were turning cold.『No, should I call you Xerxes’ hidden side?』

Xerxes was a false deity who settled in various shadows as he wandered around. Influenced by many beings, he naturally ended up with multiple personalities. Xerxes’ humble and gentle personality had been his main personality, but his other personalities used to show up and take charge every now and then back then. Chang-Sun called these other personalities Xerxes’ hidden sides. One of them was right in front of him.

It seemed this hidden side behaved the same way in Baek Gyeo-Ul’s subconsciousness as he did in Xerxes’. Since he always tried to become Xerses’ main personality, Chang-Sun had named this hidden side Bardiya, which meant ‘usurper.’

『It has been a long time since I heard that name.』 Bardiya, the shadow personality, quietly chuckled. 『But Xerxes isn’t around right now. He’s dead. Meanwhile, I’m still here, so I would prefer a different na...