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On the second day of the Council, after the meeting adjourned, Eleris and I were standing side by side in a secluded corridor while the sound of the howling wind echoed from outside.
I leaned against the wall, while Eleris stared ahead with a stern expression.
“Is this… the right thing to do?” she asked.
“We have to hope it is,” I replied.
“Your Highness, I have lived a long time, but I have never even heard of an artifact called Akasha. I am… afraid that if it exists, it might be dangerous, and if it doesn’t, I fear what Antirianus’s true intentions are.”
I understood Eleris’s fear.
Honestly, I was just as afraid.
There was a nagging fear that something worse than the Gate Incident might happen.
‘Would it be better to do nothing and just face the scheduled Gate Incident?’
Getting involved with an ancient, mysterious artifact like Akasha could lead to entirely unforeseen consequences.
The future was uncertain. That was obvious, but it was the first time I felt this kind of fear.
When I remained silent, Eleris gently took my hand.
“… I misspoke,” Eleris said.
I could feel how cold her hand was.
“Your Highness must be more afraid than anyone, yet here I am, being fearful...”
“…”
‘Did she sense the fear I was feeling without me saying anything?’
Eleris seemed to have confirmed through my demeanor that I had no intention of destroying the world.
Not everything would go well, but we had to believe it would.
If we weren’t going to do anything, we shouldn’t have started anything at all.
“Everything will be fine.”
I borrowed the power of Incantation to say that, but my voice echoed hollowly along the corridor.
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After the meeting was reconvened, I asked Antirianus a few...
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