After hearing that answer, Tiona pouted unhappily.
Fine, if he did not want to tell her, then forget it. But there was no point in fobbing her off like that.
What kind of faction could casually send anyone to easily wipe out her Familia?
If he wanted to fool her, he should at least not make it so exaggerated. Not even a toddler who had just learned to walk would believe it.
Suddenly, Ais took a few steps over to him and cautiously grabbed his hand, gently swinging it.
"Your body..."
Ais noticed that his body was somewhat stiff, and the way he walked was gradually starting to resemble an elderly man.
So after personally taking hold of his hand and moving it, she discovered that it felt unnatural.
Especially around his elbow. The joint bent with creaking stiffness, like rusted metal gears that no longer turned smoothly.
When she checked his fingers again, they were in the same condition.
"Don't worry. It wasn't caused by Miss Ais's final, beautiful attack. It's a curse that has made my body rust like a weapon. My Main God has something that can suppress the curse. Once I return and ask her for it, I'll recover normally."
So what kind of curse had caused him to become like this?
"If Miss Ais and the others are worried that I can't keep up..."
He was about to tell them to go on ahead and not deliberately slow down for him, right?
"...could I trouble Miss Ais to carry me?"
"Uh!"
Tione's mouth twitched. What he said was the complete opposite of what she had expected.
And after Mr. Bai Yue said that, Ais agreed without hesitation and really did crouch down in front of him.
Uh, and this guy really did climb onto her