Was this what they meant by secretly conceiving a child? Impulsive young people really did bring shocking surprises when you least expected them.
To be fair, Lord Ariel still looked remarkably well-preserved. He hadn't grown any of the bizarre things sprouting from people outside.
But that only made the contrast with his bulging belly all the more striking.
At last, the earlier question had an answer: why hadn't anyone tried to support the Stand User, instead letting him collapse?
Clearly, during all this, the classic trick of secretly crossing the sea under cover of night had been played. Ariel had used the precious time he'd gained to hurry along his development, ultimately securing the "Lone King orthodoxy."
The battle over whose body would host the descent was over.
The person sitting before him was the true Lone King, and was even about to give birth to an heir.
Fu Qian was absolutely certain of this. The evidence was simple: the eyes of disaster had faintly shifted upward and overlapped.
It was clear that while the Lone King's descent into him had nearly come to a halt, the Native Council had a special way to soothe Him, dispelling His fear on the other side.
No surprise there. As he'd said earlier, the Native Council might have been operating here for a long time.
They'd planned ahead while he'd been caught off guard. It was understandable that his logistical support, the Night Watcher, hadn't kept up—not to mention that the latter might not have been planning to keep up at all.
He'd likely come here in the first place to confirm the anomaly. It was enough for the Lone King to descend; He didn't necessarily have to descend into anyone in particular.
Either the real Ariel or the fake one would do.