Gina covered her mouth with her hand to keep herself from crying. Miss Feliana floated above her head, seemingly expressionless, but her fingernail-sized eyes were filled with worry. Madam Gustav had already begun praying for Shade, while the Halfling Young Lady pressed her lips together and nervously clasped her hands.
By his ear, "her" voice was very gentle:
[You are always like this, facing dangers that were never yours to face for one pretty girl or another.]
"If I protect no one, if I only do things that seemingly concern me, then how would the ending I am headed toward differ from the six endings Luvia once reached?"
"Her" laughter was as gentle as the warm breeze through a window during an afternoon nap in spring:
[This Old God has not shown you any mercy. So, what will you do now?]
"Life Fire Form!"
Life Fire ignited within the aberrant flesh, and then that mass of flesh seemed to catch fire. The flames burned away the excess, and when all the flesh vanished, only a humanoid form composed of the purest Life Fire Seed remained standing in the Blood Mist.
Without flesh, Flesh Aberration naturally should not have appeared again. Yet the god's gaze still watched Shade, and tumors representing aberration actually began to slowly emerge upon the body formed from Life Fire Seed.
According to legend, the power of the Lord of Flesh Aberration could even make pure Metal Creations grow aberrant torsos. Naturally, a god's gaze could affect Life Fire Seed as well.
Shade did not give up struggling. Having long considered what he should do, after successfully casting "Life Fire Form," he began meditating in his heart upon that Red Moon. He had previously tried granting Life Fire Seed to Red Moon Miracle Techniques. Now, he wanted