Chapter 269: Fire Keeper?
Mobius had admired Eden when she had willingly chosen to be buried alongside civilization. It was even the first time Mobius had felt genuine respect for Eden from the depths of her heart.
But if Eden sought death again now, Mobius would only find it laughable.
"No, Dr. Mobius."
Shaking her head lightly, Eden did not look at the ill-faced Mobius behind her. Instead, she raised her head toward the flames that had already burned through the roof of Firelink Shrine, blazing in harmony with the stars in the sky.
"I'm not leaving because there is something even more important waiting for me to do."
With that, Eden stepped forward.
Hila and Mobius, who had wanted to stop Eden, were surprised to find that some invisible force seemed to surround Eden, preventing them from moving.
"..."
Frowning at Eden's back, Mobius quickly shifted her gaze to the flames within Firelink Shrine, which would surely burn through the shrine's hastily reinforced spellwork in moments.
Could it be...
Though she had no basis for it, several utterly absurd thoughts arose in Mobius's mind...
"Eden, she..."
Phylannor, likewise unable to stop Eden from walking toward the flames, recalled some information she had heard from her elder sister when they had last met. Uncertainty appeared on her face.
As Eden drew closer, the flames, which had been burning ever more fiercely as though they would consume the entire world, quietly began to change—
Though they had not stopped growing stronger, the dancing flames gradually took on a certain rhythm and cadence.
And that rhythm matched Eden's approaching footsteps exactly.
"What is this?"
Following her excellent habit of asking when she did not understand, Mobius turned to Phylannor, who clearly knew something.
"Eden may have become..."
Though it differed greatly from