"...Uh."
Iver hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself.
He stared at the "final payment" Lord of Scales and Feathers had given him and fell silent.
Under any circumstances, and in any worldview, unconditional resurrection could be considered a top-tier trait.
After all, it was a genuine second life.
In a real world, who would ever complain about having too much Resurrection Armor?
Even Bear, surely, would want the Resurrection Armor that dropped from his own corpse to help him win the resurrection match.
Of course, if Iver had obtained this trait from anywhere else, he would have been overjoyed... All those plans he had shelved because they were too dangerous would become worth trying now that he had a second life.
It was like saying, "You can't play unless your health is low." Put another way, having plenty of health and extra lives gave cowards courage.
...But the problem was that this was something Lord of Scales and Feathers had given him.
Lord of Scales and Feathers's primary domain was prophecy and foresight, and its accuracy was astonishingly high. Judging by the results, it seemed that even the future where a Pillar God fell was within its sight, along with the developments of different world lines.
And now, such a powerful and mysterious prophet had quietly handed Iver a Resurrection Armor without saying a word.
Especially after Iver had mastered Advanced Divine Arts, signed a contract with Lord of Scales and Feathers, and completed the ritual.
The implication was clear: Even if you let me substitute for you, it won't help.
A Crying Cat Head meme involuntarily surfaced in Iver's mind:
—Am I about to die?
"...Still, looking on the bright side, this does count as Lord of Scales and Feathers declaring its intention to interfere with the future."