Ikabard looked back at him, and there was a strange light in his eyes, like surprise, like ecstasy.

“...... What do you say?" he asked, his tone slow, but unable to hide the ...... His eyes were surprisingly bright, giving that ordinary face an indescribable brilliance, as if he had been just a statue before, and this moment had really come to life.

Ed almost took a step back. He threw out that little flame, indeed with the intention of arson, but he didn't expect it to burn like this...... He felt that he had finally seen a little bit of the real Icabold Beria, and that the frenzy in his heart was like magma rushing deep beneath the cold, hard rock. Such an Icabold is more like a person, but it is obviously just as difficult to deal with.

I thought about it in my heart, but when I opened my lips, I was blocked by Icabodd's wave.

"Let's change places. He said.

Ed looked up at the sky—discussing such an ungodly issue in a temple in broad daylight...... Don't you have to change places?

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The first time he stepped into the realm that belonged to Ikabird, Ed had to try to control himself in order not to look around curiously, as soon as this "realm" was nothing more than a study, and it didn't look as big as Brooke Thuan's.

With Ed's current acumen, he couldn't detect any magic in the room, but he instinctively felt that this place must not be as simple as it seemed.

Perhaps because there were never guests, there was only one chair here, and the two had to stand and talk.

Ed was a little apprehensive, after all, all he had was speculation, but he slyly started talking about the stack of manuscripts of the mad mage Romuen West that the crow had taken out in the Valley of Enwill, and Icabold listened attentively.

The sight of Hell, that evil place, began to grow clearer and clearer in Ed's mind, as if he had been there, as if he had seen with his own eyes the boundless wall of countless broken souls......

He shuddered, and broke free from the illusion at the sight of Icabird's overly focused eyes.

He stared at him...... It was as if it was not him who he was looking at, but something in his body or soul. It was a look that made Ed creep out, as if he was being sliced open layer by layer, revealing the deepest secrets that even he didn't know about. Once, when he was lying on the stone platform of the underground chamber of the forest hut in Rio Ilan in the Kasdan Forest, he had the same fear...... But Oylan's eyes were cold, sarcastic and inquiring, while Icabard's eyes were so eager, as if he were looking at the love of his life.

Ed felt every hair he stood up shiver wither.

"...... 'Hell is dying.'" ”

After a few moments, Icabard's body leaned forward slightly and returned to his normal posture, but the words he said made Ed scratch his head.

That was the only sentence Brooke sent back. The pastor finished slowly, "Maybe something is missing in between...... That's the only part we can understand. ”

- Where do you understand?

Ed smiled bitterly, but also knew that there was probably only so much he could get today. Icabold didn't even make any comments on what he said, only gave him this little bit of information in exchange.

But he said "we", so Sean should also know about it.

"Your little friend from hell probably knows better. There's something indescribable hidden in Ikabard's low voice, and one can't help but listen attentively," of course, he won't say it easily...... He may not be able to say at all, but a person's purpose can always be judged from his actions, and the reason can always be deduced from his purpose...... It's just that he's very good at hiding his whereabouts, if we can know ......"

Ed restrained himself before nodding, shigging at the realization that even that "we" was most likely just some kind of temptation that made him unconsciously let his guard down.

He wants to "use" Icabird, and the other party doesn't want to use him.

He is willing to give trust...... But not in such cases.

"As you say, Niah, is my friend. He made it clear word by word, "I will do unto you as you would have treated him." ”

Icabard's eyes narrowed - it wasn't that he didn't understand, it looked like a threat...... But it's also a kind of expectation.

“...... As you wish. He replied.

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"Cunning and cunning. Naria commented. She would never have had the slightest affection for the priest who had hurt Is.

"But I can probably catch a little bit of his ......" Ed rubbed his fingers, unable to find the right words to describe it for a moment.

"Tickle?" said Naria casually.

Ed snorted and nodded vigorously, "He's the kind of person who can't find a real answer and can't be satisfied—more like a mage." ”

"Just don't be a madman like Romuan. Naria thought for a moment and added, "I think the crazy Romuen is cuter than him!"

Ed nodded again. Seeking the truth is not a bad thing...... But if you lose the bottom line, it becomes very scary.

But Icabard's carefully hidden fanaticism didn't seem to have reached the point of madness, as if something was restraining him from losing his way and doing anything for an answer...... And what binds him is probably not faith.

Ed scratched his chin in annoyance, scratching at a few sparse stubbles. He figured it had something to do with Sean. Icabard's allegiance belongs to Sean Freicfe, and even Felicity seems to have to be in the back row. But the old priest and paladin, who knew some of the past, were either dead or nowhere to be found, and he didn't even have a place to ask.

- Maybe it's not that no one is completely lost.

He thought of Orin Balk, the gray-haired, simple-looking farmer who held the spy of the whole of Stonebucci. In his eyes, he could not see the "sacrosanctity" of the priest. Considering the power of the Temple of Water and Ante Bofford's wariness of the Temple, if anyone knew the secrets about everyone there, it would be Balk.

It's just that if he really goes to Balk to spy on Icabird and Sean's secrets, he is likely to anger those two people...... When he tried to win the trust of the other party, it seemed that the gains outweighed the losses.

"It's hard to take advantage of other people. His lament was a little reassuring to him, "It's much harder than doing business." ”

“...... Shrewd. Naria grinned and touched his head.

Ed's smile froze on his face.

"Ai ...... Allan. He shuddered.

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