"Queen of Mystery" Bernadette gave a slight nod.
"Then I can let him suffer the corresponding corruption, but in that case, this marionette of yours will basically be ruined. It can still be used normally at first, but as time passes and the corruption deepens, he will gradually fall asleep and never awaken again."
Klein paused slightly and turned to look at Alice.
Alice understood what he meant. She had originally wanted to say that she could do it, but then remembered that the Goddess might intervene. She shook her head and said:
"I can't guarantee it. You'd better proceed as if you'll lose the marionette."
Can't guarantee it...? Klein glanced at Alice. He was unfamiliar with an Angel's authorities, and Alice was the only readily available example around him. Though he felt something was off, he could not think of what it was.
Suppressing his heartache, he asked, "Can you delay the time before complete corruption as much as possible?"
"Admiral of Blood" Sennior was among the most valuable of all his possessions!
Bernadette said calmly, "At most, two months."
Klein struggled internally for two seconds before replying without much expression:
"Alright."
He immediately placed a hand over his chest and bowed. "Thank you for your help."
"Why don't you bow to me like that?" Alice sat on a vine-woven chair and picked a fight.
Bernadette paused slightly. Klein had long since gotten used to this and immediately had an answer prepared:
"Because I can never repay the immense kindness you've shown me. I can only repay you in my next life."
Alice fell silent for two seconds, then asked Bernadette beside her with a sincere expression, "Do you think being resurrected after death counts as a next life?"
Bernadette said nothing. She looked at Alice, then at Gehrman