Amid the incessant ring in his head, the boy finding joy in his misery spoke again.

—Haha, see. You made mistakes again hahaha.

It…it shouldn’t turn out like this.

I considered everything… The plan should’ve been foolproof…

—Hahahaha stop making me laugh! Qing Ling died! She died! You called this foolproof? You failed! Completely!

I didn’t know Qilin could do that. We could’ve run away safely…

—Say, you did this on purpose, didn’t you? You wanted to get everyone killed, didn’t you?

I didn’t.

—Everyone’s dead, and you’re alive. Then you’ll become God. Isn’t that nice?

I’ve never wanted that!

—You’re the Divine Scion,...

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