The Idea of Evil said:
The King has only inklings of the truth. The great witch has fallen, and her protegé has no concept of my existence. As for the previous Commander of that Army of sheep, well, let's just say I'm not exactly shaking in my ventricles. I commonly use the Interstice as a placeholder for agents of mine to work outside the bounds of the Human world. Do you think your "special" humans are any different? Can you truly identify who is and who is not acting for the Will? Besides, these "specials" have already facilitated Causality several times over. The King brought the fleshly body of my Child the Hawk out of the The Eclipse Ceremony. The crazed, Branded Woman was the catalyst for the Reincarnation Ceremony. Yet still you maintain that they are "special" and outside of my influence.
You don't know that. You don't know where exactly Flora has been (as you said wizards can avoid the vortex of souls and it's known that they can travel and exist not only in the human plane but also in the astral one: Flora is not in the corporeal plane any more but this doesn't mean she ceased to exist) and you seem to be wrong about Skullknight. Skullknight knows what he is doing.
He is preparing the two human in the interstice for their turn against hate to grow fatal the severage of your ties to the corporeal world that Wizards are going to do (Thus it could be possible to destroy you in a plan that takes the time of less than more generations).
Skullknight knows he can't fight you by destroying your plan as it is founded on causality thus he is creating his own plan. This could work because your plan is a passive one with the flow of the world or Karma. You are bound on it, you are bound on it's causality. You are a function of human will: not an active force of your own.
Skullknight has understood that and he has passed on the outside of this "tale" acting activelly against it. Thus he can influence the universal "tale" by creating his own "tale". You don't know that because you are inside your "tale". But you are aware of it. Causality is aware of everything. Thus your "tale" has tried to ban magic and fights wizards but maybe you won't have luck at stoping it. Hehe, my bet is on Skullknight: not you.
Skullknight is so clever to let your plan work while he is creating his. He is not stupid to try to stop your plan. He didn't kill Caska but he saved her. He helped you but you don't know what his final plans are of her.
Hint: I told you above that Guts and Caska are gona seal with their love the beating of your heart, propably making a new baby, creating a new human life in the interstice. It could be something like Griffith's dream (the one with Caska and baby Guts) only it won't be with Griffith (remember your plan chose Griffith) but Guts (as Guts is chosen by Skullknight in his plan or "tale").
Yes, you are aware of it (the proof is that even Griffith dreamt about it) bur don't underestimate Skullknight.
Even in the case you insist the Knight is dump know this: Skullknight knows the Elfking and this means that maybe the Elfking might be his counselor or the voice behind Skullknight. Hehe, anything to say now?
P.S. ch 237: words about the tale:
Skully - It is like in a tale where the people would challenge those who bind them
Skully - to challenge and to touch the Hawk
Skully - You too must be one who resides outside of the tale
Scherkei - And that's why they attacked my mentor...!?