“...... Are you alright?"

Ed was stunned for a moment before he spoke, "I thought you couldn't cast spells. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"No, you can't. Scott half-sat up, looking down at his right hand, "but had to." ”

Patches of dried blood had congealed on his right hand, but there were no burns either.

"Although half of the temple has been destroyed, it can at least be proven...... Spells weren't of much use to Sean. ”

They weren't talking about the same thing at all - Ed suddenly realized that he thought Scott had healed his wounds, but what Scott was talking about was that he had used magic in the battle with Sean.

Of course...... They were only human beings after all, and the wreckage that had been struck by a dragon outside was not something they could do with brute force alone.

“...... Don't tell me you're fighting Shaun to the death, just to figure out if the spell works for him. Ed couldn't help but smile wryly. Even he could come up with a dozen or twenty gentler ways without having to make it so uncontrollable, unless...... That's exactly what Scott wants.

"I need to give him a push. ”

Scott frankly admitted. Half of his face was hidden in the darkness, making it impossible for Ed to see his expression, "He's hesitating...... Or not ready. But I can't wait any longer. ”

His gaze subconsciously fell to his right hand: "I used to think this was some kind of punishment...... Or as a reminder, it seems now, most likely not. This body could no longer withstand his strength—whatever I had in my blood that he wanted, it was only a human body, and even the blood had been almost drained. ”

He spoke so calmly, but Ed shuddered unconsciously.

“...... Ed?"

There was a sudden knock on the door, and Filly's palpable anger rushed up in a rage with each syllable, "Is he awake?!"

He probably heard them talking, and it was very polite that he didn't break down the door immediately...... It's even mostly because of Xiaobai.

Xiaobai had already jumped on the bed and lay at Scott's feet when he woke up, and at the moment he just flicked his tail leisurely. Ed stumbled over and opened the door, quickly fleeing to the side as Phyzza slammed it in his face - but, of course, he couldn't escape Naria's solid slap.

"You told me with such a serious face, 'You can't leave Lockburg no matter what happens today!'" Filly almost growled, "just to do this?!"

“...... You didn't listen to me. Scott replied nonchalantly, "I'm sorry, it's a must...... I can't let you stop me. ”

"So that's your 'plan'?" Fili gritted his teeth, his eyes were more worried, "What's the use of letting him get out of control?!"

He still vividly remembers the time when Sean almost killed him by mistake, and he still shuddered when he thought about it occasionally.

"It's not 'out of control'. Scott replied, "He didn't realize it last time...... This time he knew exactly what he was doing. ”

“...... Are you trying to convince me that he really wants your life?" Filly raised an eyebrow gloomily, "No matter how many conflicts there are between you, he has always loved you as much as his own son...... What the hell did you do?"

Ed immediately pricked up his ears, but Scott was silent for a long time before answering, his voice as soft as a sigh:

"It's just...... Just asked him a question. ”

Felicity.

Sean stood in the middle of the dark courtyard. There were not many people in the temple of the water god that had returned to their hands in Ston Buqi, and there was silence all around...... His head was filled with countless voices.

Countless people are calling out the same name - Felicity, Felicity......

Piety is like blessing the name of the gods.

How disrespectful is it to call the Holy One by his name...... But Felicity liked it. She hated being called "Lord Sage" in awe, and she didn't like to be respectfully called "Lady Amber".

"I'm not even married!"

She had joked, "At least you should have called me 'Miss Amber,' shouldn't you?"

At her insistence, only a handful of people—a handful of stubborn fellows like him—would call her a "Sage" in front of her.

He never ...... Nor would he ever tell her what a beautiful and sacred name "Felicity" was in his heart.

When he first met Felicity, she was over a hundred years old, but she still looked like a young woman in her twenties, her blue eyes like the sparkling waters of Lake Starnestle, clear and bright, and full of life.

For a long time he thought she would remain like this forever, like a god, not aging, not dying...... The only Holy One, the eternal light.

But suddenly, like him, she gradually developed wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, and inevitably grew old day by day.

She accepted all of this and the fact that she too would die like a mortal...... But he couldn't.

He looked up at the ancient statue of Goddess Nyeo, whose vague face was more gentle in the moonlight, but with a mysterious sadness.

Maybe one day she will be forgotten by the fickle humans too, like the other gods they have forgotten......

But human beings, after all, need God.

“...... Fletche. ”

In the silence, an old voice sounded behind him, "I have received your orders. ”

Sean listened in silence and didn't look back.

“...... I have never questioned your decision......" There was irrepressible anxiety in Brooke Xiu'an's voice, making the usually calm old man speak much faster than usual, "but are you really sure you want to do it?—— no, is this really what you want to do?"

Sean's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Are you suspecting that I'm insane?" he said coldly, "and we both know it's just a cover-up. ”

“...... Yes. "When you told me that, I'm sure you never lost yourself...... But there's something about Lydia Bell's power that we still can't understand, maybe ...... Maybe she did more damage than you remember. ”

Sean looked back.

He could not accept such doubts...... But Brooke stood straight, meeting his piercing gaze, calm and determined.

"I know what a sacrifice is a last resort. "I know that there is a price for everything...... However, Sean ...... There are always things that we can't do for any reason. ”

- Yes. But in this world, there are things that must be done at any cost.

Shaun slowly reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword, and let it go—it was a sword given to him by Felicity, unnamed, and very ordinary-looking, but more indestructible than many legendary blades.

"It wasn't my decision. ”

He said.

. (To be continued.) )