"You're okay?" Seeing Tianji return to normal, Hard Knuckles immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "That's great."
Having the external brain he had been relying on suddenly turn into an idiot really was hard to adjust to.
Though embarrassed by his earlier foolishness, Tianji quickly composed himself and sorted through the information. He understood that his change had likely been caused by the Kindling Flame of the Chaos Era.
"Can you remove the effects of the Kindling Flame?" Tianji could not help asking.
The Shepherd replied, "As a Touching Kindling, I am indeed unaffected by the Kindling Flame. I merely suppressed its effects on you for the time being."
"Once you leave this place, its effects will resurface."
Tianji's expression stiffened at those words. Did that not mean he would still turn into an idiot?
However—since the Shepherd, as a Touching Kindling, could ignore this effect, then if he could help the Rekindlers—
Judging by his words, actions, and the personality he had displayed so far, it was not impossible to win him over.
After those thoughts flashed through Tianji's mind, he promptly acted on them. "Shepherd, since you know the world is now in grave danger, could you join us in stopping the Extinguishers?"
After hearing Tianji's words,
the Shepherd did not answer directly, instead bringing up another subject.
"Look at these flowers."
"They are not ordinary flowers. Every blossom is a trace of the will left behind by one who upheld the law throughout their life."
"They bloom in the daytime and sleep at night."
"Under the laws of the Shepherd's Kingdom, no one who is not near death may enter, for the chaotic thoughts of the living would disturb them."
"Yet I can enter."
"From the perspective of why the law was created, I can do so