From what Mist Angel meant, Vortigern seemed to be the Silver Crowned Dragon's true name.
But wasn't the Silver Crowned Dragon called Arthur?
Iver remembered that even Bear Angel addressed the Silver Crowned Dragon as "Arthur." Or was Vortigern the Silver Crowned Dragon's name before he became a Crowned Angel?
Calling someone of that stature by his true name... Was that really all right? "That is the Crown Lord's true name."
Mist Angel showed no fear. If anything, there was even some dissatisfaction in her words. "The split between Arthur and Vortigern was one of the reasons Cain became obsessed with the Path of the Perfect Being.
"The Crowned Angel was once a believer and apostle of Ring Angel... Have you ever wondered why Ring Angel, an angel of the Path of Transcendence, had the Crowned Angel of the Path of Strength and the Pillar God of the Path of Authority, the Silver Crowned Dragon, as his apostles?"
"...I have wondered about that."
Iver nodded and admitted, "But I only wondered about it."
It was just that Ring Angel had so many schemes that Iver had automatically filled in the gaps in his mind—using "it might be Ring Angel's scheme" as a universal explanation.
After all, Ring Angel's position and motives were unlike those of most people. There was nothing strange about what he could do or what he might do. Perhaps he had somehow taken an apostle from another path? "That doesn't seem like something Ring Angel absolutely couldn't do, either," Iver said.
"Because the Crowned Angel actually killed two dragons back then."
Mist Angel replied, "One was a red dragon, and the other was a white dragon. This was indeed Ring Angel's experiment... He was constructing the 'subtraction of paths.'"
"Subtraction?"
"That's right. If one walked through two