"I have laid my will bare before you. Does this candor meet the sincerity you spoke of?"
It certainly did, though many questions remained unanswered. Even so, Hope's Flame was the first god to openly declare its will before Cheng Shi.
Combined with the added weight of its dual identities as an ally of Deception and a Fire Keeper, Cheng Shi had already begun treating Hope's Flame as a new ally of the Fear Faction.
It was, of course, part of the Fear Faction. To a certain extent, fearing the inevitable was the same as fearing the source of all things.
So Cheng Shi smiled again and asked, "Then what are you planning to do?"
The Candlelight Person shook its head and waved its hands, chuckling softly.
"No, no, no. This isn't a question-and-answer session.
I've told you my purpose. You should be sincere as well and tell me why you came.
Otherwise, I can't confirm whether my choice was correct."
Though those words sounded somewhat probing, the bright light in the Candlelight Person's eye sockets told Cheng Shi that it had already confirmed its own choice.
The question had genuinely stumped Cheng Shi, however, because he had not come here entirely of his own accord.
At first, God of Merriment had inexplicably used him to exchange the Dragon King out of My Nightmare, Your Dream. Then, while speculating about God of Merriment's intentions and trying not to come away empty-handed, he had explored deeper and deeper into the maze until he found that garbage dump of memories, only to be discovered by Hope's Flame and carried away from the Dreamless Mirror.
If he absolutely had to find a reason, then aside from the outside force provided by Deception, the rest of this arduous journey had probably been driven by