After a brief silence.
The lively Perona was the first to break it.
She waved enthusiastically, her eyes sparkling with excitement. "Star King, long time no see!"
Natsuki Subaru also bowed deeply and respectfully. "My respects to you, Lord of Stars!"
Seeing this, Joseph, who was standing to the side, hurriedly put away his usual flippancy and introduced himself solemnly. "Hello, this is our first meeting. I'm Joseph Joestar. It's an honor to meet you!"
Imu's entire body was shrouded in starlight and thin mist. Though his features were blurred and indistinct, his bearing carried an indescribable majesty.
He nodded in response to them one by one, showing all the composure of someone in a position above others.
Then, in an even tone, Aizen slowly explained Zeref's general situation.
As a transmigrator, Imu naturally knew all of this perfectly well.
But he did not interrupt. He patiently listened to the end of his account, creating an air of inscrutable depth.
As soon as Aizen finished speaking, Zeref immediately opened his mouth, his voice filled with urgency.
"Great Lord of Stars, I beg you to help me."
Imu raised an arm wreathed in starlight, and his hoarse voice echoed through the council hall:
"I can indeed lift your curse."
Those words were like music from the heavens, filling Zeref's heart with surprise and excitement.
Immediately afterward, they saw the Lord of Stars casually open his right palm.
[Bzzzz——]
Ripples spread through the void, and a mass of Black Mist energy wrapped in starlight, rotating clockwise, appeared out of thin air above his palm.
Zeref froze in a daze.
Because in that very instant, he clearly felt that the curse that had entangled him for four hundred years and seeped deep into his soul had truly vanished without a trace.
Beside him,