"..."
With Number Six's disappearance, the surroundings fell silent once more.
"Ugh... sob..."
After learning Number Six's true feelings, Aurora could not stop crying, tears streaming down her face.
Luo Zhen gently squeezed the hand Number Six had been holding, then placed that hand atop Aurora's head and softly stroked it.
"Don't cry." Luo Zhen spoke to Aurora. "She isn't really dead. You should be able to understand that."
At those words, Aurora raised her eyes and looked at Luo Zhen.
That was right.
Number Six wasn't really dead.
Just like the original bodies before her, she had become part of a Beast Vassal, entered Luo Zhen's body, and survived within his blood.
So...
"She's inside my body, staying with me and keeping you company."
Luo Zhen smiled faintly at Aurora. This only made her cry harder, but she kept nodding until, in the end, she threw herself into his arms.
Luo Zhen held Aurora and clearly felt that another Beast Vassal had appeared in his blood.
It was the Number Six Beast Vassal, "Minelauva Iris," which governed the authority of severing and could cut apart any physical form and even its causal laws.
This Beast Vassal's power was unquestionably among the foremost of the Fourth True Ancestor's twelve Beast Vassals.
Obtaining its power would be an enormous help to Luo Zhen.
No, Number Six's submission brought more than just a boost in strength. It was also a catalyst.
Luo Zhen could feel the "Miracle" worn on his right hand trembling faintly.
What did that mean?
It meant that Number Six had indeed entrusted her complete loyalty to Luo Zhen, just as she had said.
The original body was both the vessel of the Beast Vassal and the Beast Vassal itself. Number Six's allegiance therefore meant the complete allegiance of