The minister said excitedly:
"Once the people of my Guangming Kingdom grow stronger in body, they'll be able to expel that Malice!"
Tears welled in someone's eyes.
"How many years has it been? How many years? The tables have turned—we're the ones attacking the Ancient God Beasts now!"
Still unable to believe it, he went to see the experiment for himself.
He watched with his own eyes as the people's bodies grew stronger after they ate the flesh and blood of the Ancient God Beasts.
Even he was left dazed.
"This can't be. This can't be..."
He shook his head.
"The Ancient God Beasts have grown weaker."
"No, Your Majesty!"
The minister was filled with reverence.
"It's under your leadership that our Human Race has grown stronger!"
People came to him as if on a pilgrimage.
His breath caught, and tears welled in his eyes.
He thought back to that scene from long ago.
He and his little sister had lain on the grass. His little sister had stretched out her slender, fair fingers, savoring the warmth of the light as it lingered on her face.
"Big Brother, I had a dream last night. I dreamed there was a tree.
"It bore two fruits that could change the future."
Tears welled in his eyes.
He was old. He missed his little sister.
But in the next instant,
he shook his head sharply.
In his memory, his little sister's figure turned into Gillette.
It was Gillette who had said those words.
That was Gillette's dream.
He was so old that even his memories had become jumbled.
He gave a bitter smile.
Gillette's dream had come true.
But those two fruits were nowhere to be found.
It didn't matter.
The Human Race had become what he wanted it to be.
"But I