It was the bottom of deep darkness .
Darker, deeper than that darkness . . . a greater malice spoke .
"You advance forward only on the correct path . You're strong enough to even be able to trample over everything important to you, if you deemed it necessary . Friends . Loved ones . Everything . That is your nature alone . Now then, show me . The correct path . . . "
The malice continued to speak .
"Show me the path you will walk . "
" . . . . . . "
At that, Sion let out a light breath .
And again he tried to breathe in, but air wouldn't enter .
His breathing .
The air . . .
Instead, the only thing that entered was darkness .
" . . . . . . "
AdvertisementSion directed his gaze to the scattered documents on the floor .
Those were all the documents yielded by Luke Stokkart .
In those documents, matters regarding Ryner were written .
Ryner had made contact with a spy from Gastark .
However, rather than go there, it seemed he was returning to Roland .
It appeared that other Cursed Eye bearers were gathering together as a force, in which case Ryner could potentially become a mediator between them and Roland—that was the proposal Luke was establishing .
If they were able to join hands with the Cursed Eye bearers' force, they would have an advantage if they went to war with Gastark, etc .
" . . . . . . "
But such things had no meaning .
Whether Ryner could be of use or whether he couldn't .
None of those had any meaning .
" . . . . . . "
If there was a meaning, it was only in his eyes .
His . . .
Only in the Solver of All Equations .
That, Sion knew .
That, Sion . . .
" . . . I—"
That was why he gave out the orders to kill him .
Because it was necessary .
But,
" . . . I . . . I won't kill Ryner . "
Then, before him .
Sinking in the bottom of the darkness, a figure appeared .
Golden hair . Closed eyes . And unbelievable beauty .
Lucile Eris .
He gazed this way, and,
" . . . That is your chosen path?"
"It is . "
"You will not kill Ryner Lute?"
"Correct . "
Sion nodded .
However, in response, Lucile unsurprisingly laughed .
" . . . Fu, fufufu . . . as expected, Sion, you're magnificent . . . I see . Then, you've chosen an even crueler path . "
" . . . . . . "
Sion didn't respond .
But Lucile's voice continued .
" . . . As Ryner is an important friend to you, I thought it would've been kinder for him to be killed as soon as possible . . . but it seems you've decided to walk down a thorny path . "
" . . . . . . "
Sion didn't respond .
"But are you truly all right with this? If you kill that, a replacement will immediately be born . Together with you . The same cogwheels of this world . Rather than sacrifice a friend . . . "
" . . . . . . "
Sion didn't respond .
At that, Lucile seemed satisfied, and smiled faintly .
" . . . Fu, fufu, well, it's fine . I pray that you don't regret it, my . . . my hero . "
And he vanished .
Darkness returned to the world once more .
Sion stared into that darkness . . .
" . . . . . . "
But unsurprisingly, he said nothing .
Chapter end
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