Dark said, "The first method is naturally to use a god to control a god. As the saying goes, 'Brilliant as a snake, ever-changing as a dragon.' Athena, the 'God of War and Wisdom,' is also known as the 'Snake Goddess.' Snakes are Athena's symbol and incarnation. If Ergane's true form really is Athena, then there is a very high chance that her authority includes the ability to control snakes. Of course, that is also where the organization's name, 'Snake of Wisdom,' comes from. If Athena successfully takes the Oil Snake in as a subordinate god, then the Oil Snake will become our Snake of Wisdom."
"What about the second method?" Rose asked.
Dark said, "The second method is to control it in the name of its master. Though Diana and Rose may not know it, before that Oil Snake became what it is now, it actually had a master."
At this point, Dark looked toward Aurora. Aurora pursed her lips and said, "Spira." Dark nodded. "The snake charmer, Spira."
Spira was a brown-skinned girl. She could not speak and was mute, but she could play beautiful melodies on the flute.
She kept a snake in a cage. Whenever she played her flute, the snake in the cage would slither out and sway its body to the music.
And that snake was none other than the Oil Snake of today!
Dark said, "I've always felt that the lucid dream we had in the Sun-Moon Temple might not have been as simple as we imagined. Dreams reflect reality. Having lived through the life of the person in the dream, we inherited their will. In the Oil Snake's eyes, Aurora is Spira."
The Oil Snake had shown affection toward Aurora, and had even obeyed her.
For most of its growth, it had