After a long while, Aleister's somewhat boiling brain finally cooled down.
She covered her feverishly hot cheeks with her hands. Only after feeling the restless blood of the Child of the Moon gradually settle did she realize that she had lost control.
Normally, the Child of the Moon's body temperature would not be this high. Their body temperature should actually be lower than that of ordinary people.
--This was a genuine sign of losing control.
The body of the "Child of the Moon," which had originally been nothing more than an illusory image, had now become a truly existing race. In other words, Aleister had inexplicably gained the Love Path at a fairly high level. This belonged to the body's instincts rather than the soul's traits, so it was somewhat difficult to suppress.
Previously, Aleister's Child of the Moon trait had not been activated, so it had not been particularly obvious.
But now, when Aleister touched Sister Sasha's corpse, this trait had finally been completely activated--
This also meant that Aleister had officially become a transcendent who cultivated both the Path of Transcendence and the Path of Love.
She was different from Iver, who was the original body... because Aleister also retained a trace of the Dedication Path.
One of the characteristics of the Path of Love was "for oneself," while the Dedication Path was "for others." Normally, the traits of these two paths would conflict... but in Aleister, they had formed an exceptionally perfect harmony.
Because to Aleister, Iver was both "herself" and "another person." At the same time, Iver's intense desire for dedication had caused him to want to sacrifice himself so that Aleister could live on... while Aleister's desire for transcendence made her want to rebel against that expectation and future--ultimately causing her to want to sacrifice