Vizet repeated what Hermes Trismegistus had said. "There's actually no difference at all between a bit of ember and a mass of flame?"
"Exactly!" Hermes Trismegistus nodded. "It was merely a small thing of enlightenment, but the rock regarded it as a privilege."
"The rock believed that even sharing a single ember would destroy its uniqueness and dilute its own value... though in truth, it really wasn't worth much."
"Of course, at least in our view, spreading it was where its value lay. But the rock strongly opposed this, so after the conflict ended, the remaining rock used it to whitewash..."
Hermes Trismegistus did not finish. He seemed to have seen something, and his expression grew solemn.
Seeing Hermes Trismegistus's grave expression, Vizet immediately thought of one possibility—the Skeleton Figure had appeared again!
Although in his recent visits to the Otherworld, he had not encountered that Skeleton Figure again, he knew very well that it had been drifting through the Otherworld all along.
Whenever he shared his experiences in the Otherworld with Luna, Luna could sense the subtle changes in the Otherworld each time;
At least for Luna, the feeling of a "shadow hanging over" the Otherworld had become increasingly distinct;
And on this point, Vizet had not the slightest doubt.
Hermes Trismegistus's staff vanished, and Vizet could clearly feel that, the instant it disappeared, he was also enveloped by a layer of magic;
Hermes Trismegistus must have used the staff as the price to cast a kind of Protective Magic on him.
At the same time, the Skeleton Figure passed by Vizet and Hermes Trismegistus, like an anglerfish drifting through the deep sea.
Though Vizet and the others were very close to the Skeleton Figure, thanks to the protection of the Protective Magic, the Skeleton Figure did not