Nightmare's Promise

Fexilo looked deeply conflicted, his expression struggling as he let out a heavy sigh.

"This..."

"Pridhan, although Long Night never told me not to come see you, They probably didn't want me to do this. Yet I still came. I already feel somewhat sorry toward Them."

"But... regarding the Dusk Giant, I promised Them I wouldn't tell you, so..."

Upon hearing that,

Pridhan looked somewhat disappointed. "So this is what you meant by being able to agree to any request?"

Fexilo did not know what to say... He had just readily agreed, only to turn around and say he could not do it. That really was rather embarrassing.

"I..."

Fexilo gritted his teeth and made up his mind.

"How about this! Pridhan, what They said back then was, 'It would be best if I didn't know you told him about this'... Then after Long Night's era ends, when I ascend the Eternal Altar, I'll tell you. That wouldn't count as breaking my promise, would it?"

He was still unwilling to break his promise, but he had found a roundabout way around it.

This left Pridhan silent for a while.

Seeing that, Fexilo grew anxious again. "How about you ask me something else? Or anything else at all?"

Pridhan suddenly smiled. "...Heh heh, Fexilo, this is the first time I've ever seen you this anxious."

As he spoke, he stroked his chin.

"Hmm... Even so, you still chose to keep your promise?"

"In that case, I no longer need to worry whether you can become a good Kindling."

"Fine. I agree to your request."

Fexilo froze.

Only then did he realize that Pridhan did not seem to care that much about what the Dusk Giant had actually done.

From beginning to end, what he had worried about was whether Fexilo could