"But..."
Ash looked into iwa’s large, tearful eyes, and couldn’t bring himself to say the words of refusal stuck in his throat. He couldn’t help but glance sideways at the Sword Witch nearby, but she was busy chatting and not looking at him at all.
After a mont’s thought, he nodded suddenly, "Alright, I accept, but I also have a gift for you."
"Ah?" Freyja was taken aback.
Ash incorporated all the Technique Spirits from the ring into his soul and then transferred a Two-winged Technique Spirit into the ring. To be honest, this Two-winged Technique Spirit was one of the cores of his Technique Spirit system, and it was a rare gem drawn from the "Aurora’s Mage Manual," but the Technique Spirit Freyja gifted happened to be a decent substitute, so he didn’t really mind parting with it.
"I only have one Technique Spirit related to the Spirit Faction, but it’s infused with the divinity of the Holy Grail, so it should be suitable." Ash returned the ring to iwa, "Take it."
Freyja waved her hand, "No, I wasn’t expecting a return gift, and I’ve got enough Technique Spirits; you should keep it for yourself, Ash—"
"Take it!" Ash directly grabbed iwa’s hand and slipped the ring onto her finger. iwa, who was about to resist, was stunned when Ash let go, and she looked at the ring on her finger, feeling weak all over.
"Speaking of gifts," Tamasi suddenly said, "I’m sorry, Ash, but we can’t return the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes to you just yet."
"Oh?" Ash didn’t respond imdiately. The Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes was their team’s communal property. "Why not?"
"Because I didn’t bring the Desire Heart Technique Spirit with ." Tamasi said helplessly, "There’s only one Desire Heart that can freely open the passage to the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes, and I usually leave it in the Wish Pool. I didn’t dare bring it into the Void Realm— I didn’t expect to et you here."
"But we are already developing the Sky Gate, and when we return to reality, we’ll return the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes to you."
"I might not be able to get back to reality right away. You can go to Dazzling Star and return the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes to the Sword Witch." Ash looked at Sonia and Diya, "What do you guys think?"
"Or you could go to Gospel and give it to Hanna." Diya said, "Aren’t there still Senluo remnants in the Heavenly Kingdom? Gospel can also handle the resettlent."
"Alright." Tamasi said, "After handing over the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes to Gospel, where should we et, Ash?"
"Hmm?" Ash said, "Why do we need to et?"
"Because I’m going to follow you." Tamasi said as if it were a matter of course, "Wherever you go, I’ll go."
"There’s no need, Black Crow, don’t you have a place you want to go?"
"No, I just want to follow you, and didn’t you promise to always take care of ?" Tamasi tilted her head, "You always say I can’t take care of myself."
"But that’s because you couldn’t read and weren’t a mage before, and I was afraid you wouldn’t survive in civilized society. But now you’re a Holy Sanctuary Mage, you’re better at surviving than I am." Ash laughed, "You no longer need to take care of you, and you can even take care of the many people in the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes."
Tamasi blinked.
Only then did she realize, oh, she could read now, use Technique Spirits, and even manage the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes well.
She no longer had a reason to ask for Ash’s care.
But these thoughts vanished from Tamasi’s mind quickly, and she said firmly, "No, I need your care, I want to be cared for by you!"
Ash: "But it doesn’t necessarily have to be . You know Freyja and the others, and there’s also Igula and Harvey—"
"No, it can only be you!" Tamasi’s expression was very conflicted; the simple, straightforward structure of the Black Crow’s mind couldn’t handle such complex issues: "I don’t know why, but I know it can only be you!"
"I could die for them, but the only person I want to live with is you!"
She held Ash’s sleeve, angrily staring at him, her face openly showing grievance, "You promised !"
Silence fell around them.
Vishi and Siflin simultaneously took a step back, and Filly pulled Nia into a corner.
In Ash’s heart, a sense of foreboding arose, and he vaguely felt the course had changed.
"Ash." Hanna wrapped her arm around his, smiling, "According to what you said, we should start over too."
Freyja softly said, "Ash, you promised to co back to the Blood Moon to see ..."
"Ash." Diya pitifully tugged at his sleeve, "You just said the wandering knight doesn’t want to let go."
"Ash."
Hearing this voice, Ash’s soul trembled. He turned his head stiffly and saw the Sword Maiden smiling gently at him.
"Since you made a pro-mise, you must keep it well." Sonia tilted her head, "So then..."
"Whose promise do you intend to fulfill?"
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