"Indeed, there was no particular sensation..."
As she spoke, Eden paused. Meeting Gwen's concerned gaze, her smile deepened a little.
"However...
I could still feel your warmth flowing through my body..."
"Then may that warmth protect you from the cold."
Taking Eden's words as an artistic expression, Gwen replied with a smile.
Meanwhile, Mysterious, who had been quietly watching the two interact, discreetly injected herself with the syringe she had received from Gwen.
After sensing it for a moment, Mysterious opened her eyes and unconsciously raised an eyebrow. She looked at Gwen in surprise, only to meet Eden's gaze...
Lord Souls?
"Hmm?"
Gwen, who had been about to put away the reagent kit beside him, suddenly paused. The smile on his face turned uncertain and alarmed.
"What is it?
What happened?"
Seeing this, Eden set aside the playful thoughts that had just arisen and asked softly.
"Some unexpected changes have occurred—"
Carefully sensing the changes within his body, Gwen did not explain immediately. Instead, he grasped Eden's fair wrist with one hand and Mysterious's palm with the other.
The next moment, ripples spread through space, and the three vanished from the rooftop.
After Gwen had completely resolved his Inner Demon and his transformed form had evolved into Wingless Noah, the First Flame, which had advanced alongside Gwen's further evolution, had caused Anor Londo—the unfinished World Bubble sustained by Gwen and that flame—to become a true miniature world. As time passed, it gradually expanded and grew ever more complete.
Yet the reason Gwen had suddenly sensed something and immediately brought Eden and Mysterious here was not because anything had gone wrong during the world's expansion—
With the protection of the Cosmo physically positioned above it, the minor issues arising during the small world's expansion had all been easily resolved. Gwen did