And within that Blood Sea, Shade tossed the oar into the little boat, raised his head to look at Ellie and Sivie rapidly flying toward him, and smiled as he reached toward the sky.
The red sky dyed him red as well, and beneath that blood-red sky, Wei Ge and those outside the Mystic Lock clearly saw a blood-red Moon.
The unceasing bells rang out again, but this time not because the Thirteenth Order Great Witch had summoned her Destiny Ring. Rather, the little boat struck a small patch of reef in the "Blood Sea." On that small island, which had somehow risen from the Blood Sea and was covered in jagged rocks, the three hands within the crooked clock face of the bell tower were all turning toward the top at once.
Under Wei Ge's shocked gaze, her colleague, who had just advanced to the Thirteenth Order, leaped directly from the Unicorn's back and threw herself toward Shade, who stood directly before the bell tower.
"Mystic Lock Tower Lovers!"
Red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue, and violet—the seven-colored radiance blossomed as Shade opened his arms to embrace Sivie falling from the sky, while a pink crystal dagger pierced them both.
The enormous Blood Moon hanging above the Mystic Lock World began to change from its blood-red hue. As moonlight of different colors shone over the Mystic Lock, the radiance even broke through its boundaries. From the Moon's shifting colors, Wei Ge sensed an extraordinarily complex yet resolute will.
"Mind's Light?"
The Moon eventually returned to blood-red. The Unicorn charged toward that Blood Moon and joyfully neighed as it caught the drop of blood falling from it. But when Wei Ge looked closely, she could clearly see that it was Shade.
The distance was too great for her to see