Joey Barton did not finish his sentence, so Shade asked another question:
"Luvia already told me that she specifically brought the two of you to Moon Bay so that, if I truly died, she could ask you to pull me back from death. I'm curious—can you really do something like that?"
"Yes."
Joey Barton clasped his hands together on the tabletop and nodded honestly.
"With the help of that nun and that old priest, bringing you back from the depths of death would not be difficult."
"But I don't understand."
Shade raised his question. The illusions cast by the three Ring Arcanists concealed their voices, so he was not worried about the innkeeper or the other guests overhearing him:
"The dead of Moon Bay can be resurrected because they have not yet reached Final Death, and their souls are still wandering the Moon Bay Area because of those mists. But when it comes to truly calling a soul back from death and termination, even bringing it back into the world of the living, I currently know of only two examples:
"One was you. You traded your own life and soul to bring back Ms. Handel. That was love. The other was Sloth Edwards. He traded his mutated soul for his elder sister, Lust Edwardz. That was familial love. Resurrection requires maintaining the Balance of Life and Death, so one for one is the proper way.
"Mr. Barton, if you had been confident that you could work with the nun and priest to pull me back from death, then what did you intend to exchange for me?"
Having said that, he stopped the Purple-Eyed Girl from speaking:
"Luvia, don't say anything. I won't let you trade yourself for me."
The diviner smiled as she raised her wineglass, while Joey Barton's nearly