"Hmm..." Alice stopped what she was doing. "Actually, it's not that bad, right? The Deification Ritual involves... Oh, I know what you want to ask!"
Alice looked at Klein, her tone turning serious:
"Adam doesn't care whether George III can become a god, but on the other side... don't even think about stopping it."
"...That's not something I could stop anyway, is it?" Klein cried out in protest. "So, you mean the other side is the main thing?"
"You really can't stop it," Alice said, avoiding the question. "After all, the future has already been decided. One of the Seven Deities is bound to fall, and Adam is destined to become a god. That's why you absolutely can't try to stop it. Otherwise..."
She did not say what would follow. She merely glanced at Klein, making his heart skip a beat. He hurriedly said, "I understand."
Alice said no more and left Klein behind as she returned to the real world. That night, Klein prayed to the Goddess of the Night and indeed received a boon. The next day, Alice entered the Spirit World with Klein.
At the highest point, seven streams of pure light in different colors spread overhead. Alice looked up, knowing that they were the Seven Lights.
Klein released his marionette, took out a box, and removed the Wall of Spirituality on its surface, allowing the aura of a Mist Demon Wolf's Flocculated Heart to leak out.
Then, he dragged his two marionettes onward. Alice followed him, and after passing many bizarre Spirit World creatures, she suddenly stopped. Klein stopped as well, and together, they faced a certain direction.
Klein released the two marionettes, and a slender figure emerged in the direction they were watching.
It resembled a hunting hound, its entire body covered in short black