"Whoa...!"
The moment Shien stepped out of his room, he could not help but cry out.
A small figure came charging over and plunged straight into his arms, dealing his chest a heavy blow and startling him badly.
"Lilith?"
Only then did Shien realize who the small figure in his arms was.
It was Lilith.
Lilith clung tightly to Shien, her large eyes fixed on him, filled with relief, worry, and self-reproach.
Seeing this, Shien more or less understood what was going on.
"It's all right. It wasn't your fault."
Shien stroked the little girl's head and comforted her softly.
Just as Lasha had said, this little Goddess seemed to blame herself for being unable to help him that day, for failing to protect Shien.
But from Shien's perspective, Lilith being safe and sound was worth more than anything.
That day, when he saw Lilith being swallowed by his own evil energy, Shien had been so terrified that his blood had nearly stopped flowing.
This little Goddess had already become incomparably important to him.
That was why Shien had lost control that day, directly unsealing the Holy Sword, fully activating the power of the Cycle of Fate, and bringing out every means at his disposal.
Looking back now, even Shien felt that he had been too impulsive then.
After all, if he thought about it carefully, Moro might have used some method to restrain Lilith, but she could only restrain her. It was basically impossible for her to harm Lilith.
And that was indeed the case.
Moro had sacrificed a replica of Lilith's former half-body, temporarily exercised Lilith's Authority, and controlled Lilith's evil energy, but she could not use Lilith's own power to harm Lilith herself.
Her intention had merely been to make Lilith's power go out of control and