"Watch out!"
Mydei and Phainon hurried forward, stepping in front of Stelle and Mimi.
"Such a violent roar... Rather than a Titan, it sounded more like a beast..."
"It was time to put an end to this farce. I needed everyone to do me a favor."
"Courage, glory, perseverance, sacrifice... and me, who represented reason."
"My true identity was Nicadori's final fragment, the Fragment of Reason."
"Only by merging into Nicadori's body could Nicadori become whole. I could also dismantle this ridiculous immortal body and welcome my own finale..."
Gnaeus's words left everyone stunned. What he had said was simply too shocking, and they stared at him in disbelief.
"Were you really a part of Nicadori?"
Mydei looked at Gnaeus's back in surprise and called out.
"I never lied. Without the guidance of my fragment of reason, that body was merely a beast acting on instinct."
"And I had already formed a hypothesis regarding this immortal body."
"Nicadori could not truly die because Nicadori's soul had never been whole."
"As a part of reason, a fragment of the soul had been severed."
"Then, through some twist of fate, that fragment of the soul took the form I had now."
"So long as I merged into Nicadori's body and restored Nicadori to wholeness, the protection of immortality would naturally be lost."
"After all, the Styx River did not accept incomplete souls. That was why Nicadori possessed an immortal body."
Gnaeus's words immediately sent Mydei into deep thought. His own immortality had certain similarities, but unlike Nicadori, he had run back from the underworld.
{Long-Distance Runner Mydei~}
Phainon noticed Mydei spacing out and smiled as he patted him on the shoulder.
"Phew... We could talk about my affairs later..."
"The most urgent matter right now was helping you return to Nicadori's body,