Finally arrived at the agreed meeting place, Maria and the men had been waiting there for a long time, she and Ellie had not been alive before, so at first I was a little surprised to see her with us, but then I heard us tell us about the whole thing, especially when I heard that I was going to Madoso, the Frost Reaper's brow immediately furrowed.

"No, it's too dangerous."

"Of course I know that, Lovely is our friend, and now her most important person may be in danger, I can't sit idly by, right?"

"You've got it, it's just a possibility, what if not? What if it's just a trap that lures you? Don't forget that if there are many forces in the Three Realms of Man staring at you today, we can't take this risk!"

"Well, it's not like I haven't taken such a risk—" I muttered to myself, and Maria glared at it.

"Actually, she's right..."At this moment, Ellie's voice came from behind me, and I hurriedly turned my head to look, only to see that the little girl had come to our side at some point.

"Ellie, when did you come over?"

"It's been a long time..."

"And you heard it all?" I can't help but feel a little embarrassed.

Ellie nodded slightly: "I heard it, in fact, what this sister Maria said is not wrong at all, your going is undoubtedly dangerous, even if it were me, you would definitely do that, so if you change your mind now, I will never complain."

"Is this what is in your heart?" I hesitated for a moment and asked.

"Of course, after all, everyone knows each other, and I don't want to watch you die."

"Since it's an acquaintance, you should also know that the more you say this, the more I have to care about it."

"Don't get me wrong, Kane, I don't mean anything else..."

"You don't have to explain, I know, although I don't know how much of what you said before, little girl, is true, but one thing is certain, we have been born and died together, and you have not betrayed everyone in the face of life and death several times, no matter what the purpose of your doing this is, as far as I am concerned, I can't help but be grateful, so now that your most important person is facing danger, I must not abandon it, I know that I am somewhat naïve and even a little stupid in doing this, but if I can't even believe my partner who once lived and died together, Then I'm afraid it doesn't make much sense for me to live, even if it's really a trap this time, then when I repay the favor I owe you before, anyway, you've saved me more than once..."

"Kane, you—" I still remember the way the little girl looked at me, but every human emotion you can think of seems to be reflected in those big beautiful eyes.

"Anyway, my attitude is already very clear, either you will help me, or I will go to Madoso alone, you decide for yourself, right?" At that time, I didn't pay much attention to Ellie, but turned to Maria and said, the latter's expression when he looked at me can only be described as anger, at that moment I deeply realized why Maria was called "Frost Death" by the world, that kind of oppression even in a state of fusion I felt a little frightened, and it took a long time for Maria to finally sigh.

"You're just a madman..."

"Perhaps, but how many people in this world are not crazy now?" I smiled.

"I can't do such a big thing alone, and I must inform my superiors."

"That's your business, anyway, my goal is just to get to Madoso before the deadline, and that's non-negotiable."

"As for that thing... Maria couldn't help but glance at Ellie behind me, and seemed to be speechless, I understood what she was taboo about.

"It's okay, Ellie knows about the Horcruxes, but it doesn't hurt you to talk about it. “

Maria gave me a blank look, as if to say that I had revealed all my secrets to others, and I didn't bother to explain it to me at the time, so I just pretended not to see it.

"Is the Horcrux really in hand?"

"Of course, right here." I patted the Horcrux on my waist.

"What are you going to do?"

"I haven't figured it out yet, so I'll have to wait until I've been to Madoso, right?"

"You're going to bring this thing to Madoso? It's too risky. When Maria heard this, she couldn't help but get anxious again.

"Isn't it dangerous to hand it over to the Holy See?"

"That's not what I meant...

"Don't get excited, in fact, I understand what you mean, but in this situation, the Horcrux is the safest only if it stays by my side, if even I can't protect this thing, who else can take on this heavy responsibility?"

"I have no doubt about your strength, but the problem is that you are too gullible to trust others, and I am afraid that people with ulterior motives will take advantage of it."

"Isn't there still you?"

Maria gave me a blank look, and her face was full of helplessness: "If you really can't do anything, I'll go and contact the above, but I can't guarantee whether they can agree to me."

"Yes, I'm here for good news."

Maria gave me another blank look, turned around and went to contact the line, leaving me and the little girl standing in place, and suddenly Ellie looked up and asked me coldly, "Why did you do this?"

"What?" I couldn't help but be a little confused.

"Why do you trust me so much? Obviously, I've only abandoned everyone once before. Ellie said excitedly, her voice even choked up.

"Didn't I already tell you why?"

"It's that simple?"

"It's as simple as that..."

Ellie was staring straight at me, as if we had just met for the first time today...

"That man was wrong, you're not only a madman, you're a fool."

"It doesn't matter, it's better than being a cold and heartless person."

"I'm afraid you'll die in the future."

"That might be a relief for me."

Ellie was stunned when I said this, stared at me for a long time, and then turned away without saying a word, and in retrospect there may have been something she had made up her mind then.

Later, after Maria's mediation, the Holy See agreed that we should go to Madoso, it is estimated that Malthus was also busy with the aftermath and had no time to ask about the matter, last time we destroyed half of Valdés City, razed a church outside New York, and after so many things happened, Malthus announced that several of us were dead, and the hunt was successfully over, which was unacceptable to both the warring countries and the Holy See, although after Malthus I used several corpses similar to us as prevarication, But the public is still skeptical, and it is a great test of Malthus's ability to govern to deal with these things.

Thanks to the power of the Holy See, our trip this way is much easier than before, although we still can't show up in public, but we can sit in a good horse luxury car, live in a high-rise building, as for the food, needless to say, God knows how long we haven't had a decent meal, recalling that we could only sleep in the wild before, and everything was like a world away.