Beneath the night sky, the dazzling Sun finally merged with the gentle Silver Moon. Amid the interwoven gold and silver light, Shade appeared once more. His appearance had not changed much, except that his clothes had become a golden robe.
Two seven-ring Destiny Rings emerged automatically, standing vertically and intersecting behind him. The Sun's gold and the Moon's silver ran across the surfaces of both Destiny Rings, and the rapidly spinning vertical rings formed a magnificent gold-and-silver sphere behind him.
Shade, who had instinctively closed his eyes, heard "her" smiling by his ear:
The Sun and the Moon.
"She" seemed to be reminiscing about something, yet also simply delighted by this moment:
Outlander, you have learned the Mystic Lock, Clock Tower Lovers. A Mystic Lock must be used alongside the Thaumaturgy God of Love's Thorn, turning hearts willing to open themselves to you into your strength.
Without "her" needing to remind him, Shade, now fused with Iluna, already understood what kind of power this was. He had originally believed that in Two-in-One, two souls jointly controlled a body bearing both their traits. But now that he had truly unfolded the Mystic Lock, truly completed the Mystic Lock he had only obtained through Desire, the God of Wealth's guidance, he realized that it seemed as though Iluna had merely become his power.
He could feel that his body had not changed at all. Iluna's melting body had merely turned into a searing current rushing through him. Iluna's soul was tightly entwined with his own like a long snake. It was difficult to describe the sensation, but at this moment, he was both Shade Hamilton and Iluna Bayes.
Even though the two Mystic Locks now crossed and fused with one another, "Edwards" atop the giant tree could still see everything on the