If it was dangerous, then she should send him away... That was what she told herself.
There was actually a more thorough solution—destroy the source of the threat... That was what she should have chosen, if it had been before today.
What exactly was disturbing her?
She had no idea... The road leading to the door controlled by the High Priest was long. As the two of them walked side by side, she suddenly had the absurd wish that this road could continue forever.
That way, she would never learn the truth. She would not have to know the truth... She did not want to know the truth.
She was not frightened by this thought of hers.
"I am a despicable person." She said this while looking at the young guard before her.
The Boss had said that he had never met anyone who was entirely free of despicability, himself included in the past.
Yamalana thought for a moment before saying, "Perhaps that is what makes a complete person."
She hoped she could become a complete person. At that moment, the light of her soul flickered in the Boss's vision like a candle guttering in the wind.
Then they reached their final destination—the door.
The High Priest was right here, holding the Scales of Good and Evil in both hands, as if he had long been certain that Yamalana would come to his side.
"Yamalana, you have not disappointed me." The High Priest's voice was filled with relief.
Yamalana confirmed one thing: the High Priest could not see the young guard Ibn. Even she could not see his presence at that moment.
They had clearly accompanied each other all the way here, and it had not been an illusion... Why did he always suddenly disappear when she needed