Gray looks at the lion spirit unimpressed.
"Who?"
The lion spirit looks at Gray surprised as beads of sweat form on his face.
"Huh! You don't know of me?"
"I have heard the name Mufasa before but…..I thought you were a golden lion."
The lion looks confused but also enraged.
"They call you the king of all lions, the lion of the midday sun, the…."
All of a sudden a great pressure can be felt with intense murderous intent.
"How dare they compare me to that weakling of a lion!"
Gray is surprised and is in fear as the great lion spirit exerts immense pressure and killing intent.
"How dare they call that bastard the king of lions! I Mufasa am the one and only true king of lions!"
Mufasa roars in the void space. His gaze then shifts from the starry void above him to Gray.
"Tell me boy, who are those that are making such claims?"
The way Mufasa says those words make Gray shiver with fear.
"Th-the whole clan and all the families that are allied to us or have a deep connection to the family."
The face of the lion seem to twitch in rage.
"How dare they worship that weakling like a king! I am the only king of lions!"
Flames seem to come out of his mouth as he yells in rage.
"Wait, you are not the lion of the midday sun. Then who are you?"
The lion hearing lifts his head high as he prepares to proud fully answer Gray.
"I am Mufasa, the first lion and the king of lions…"
Gray interrupts him.
"Yeah yeah. First lion and king of lions I get that but which lion are you?"
The lion smiles wickedly.
"So you wish to know of my other titles…"
"Very well boy, but be warned…."
The lion spirit looks at Gray before continuing and smiles.
"I have several names, there are those that call me the king of lions other the first lion but my true names…the names I was given by two dear friends of mine are…"
Memories of the lions past start to emerge. And in those memories there is a girls in a flower garden at night with a starry sky, the sky looks similar to the void filled with stars. The girl is wearing a black starry dress.
"…the lion of the moonless night."
Grays eyes widen in shock.
"The lion of the moonless night...but that's impossible."
"So you do know of me."
"Yes, I read about you in one of my fathers' dairies."
Mufasa looks amused on hearing that Gray despite being young, he is able to read.
"It was written that "…despite our family beliefs that the king of lions has a bright golden mane and skin, I found otherwise…in one of the records found within the great library in Noathara there are many text and especially those on the ancient divine families such as the Leonhard family…after reading about the families and our relation to the divine race I couldn't stop reading…it was during that time that I found out about the true king of lions, the lion of the moonless night…with its dark skin, midnight black mane and its golden eyes despite it contradicting the dark skin and mane it still invoked supremacy and its legitimacy as one of the children of the great beast monarch, one of the children of darkness…when I returned back to home I went straight to father but when I told him on what I learned he only smiled…" when you continue to read it is written that you after the change in religious perspective and the death of the king of pride…"
Mufasa squints his eyes on hearing the name king of pride.
"…the clan started to admire the patriarchs who came afterwards who had golden hair and thus the family started believing that the king of lions has a golden mane."
The lion looks up and closes his eyes after hearing out grays explanation.
"Now I get it…it was his doing after all."
The lion opens his eyes and the urge to can clear be seen in his eyes. His gaze soon falls back to Gray.
"Let me tell you about this place and why you are here."
Gray on hearing this looks more attentive.
"This is the night realm, well a fragment of it…"
"A fragment?"
"Yes, there are two other realms that were split from this realm. These realms are the shadow realm and the void realm."
"All three realms are dimensional realms that don't belong to this world and can only be accessed by a true successor…"
Gray is confused.
"A true successor?"
"…and I, the king of lions will be your first contracted beast spirit! Be honored to be the fast in hundreds of years to be contracted with me! Among the great patriarchs of the past only seven have ever been contracted to me, the first patriarch being included!"
The great lion proclaims loudly making the space around them to shake. Gray looks surprised and confused.
Then all of a sudden the lion becomes serious.
"It's about time you returned to the human realm. You can enter here as you wish but as of now you must return to your realm"
Gray starts glowing as he disintegrates into starry dust.
"Wait there I wanted to ask you…!!"
"There will always be a next time child."
Gray vanishes from the void and the lion is left there all alone.
"How long have you been there?"
The lions gaze shift to his side. There is silence until a tear is formed on the space and a woman in in a black starry dress appears and walks up to the great lion who is much larger than the woman.
"Tell what do you think of him?"
"The boy is quite interesting. He never even sensed my presence which made me feel hurt."
"But…"
"But a promise is a promise and I will make sure it is full filled. I will…no I must claim what is rightfully mine."
The woman seems like she is petting the side of Mufasa.
"I wonder what mother and sister would say about this."
Mufasa stays silent looking uncomfortable.
"Don't worry of course they won't do anything rash…..I hope…"
Mufasa sighs and gazes upwards.