Bai Kou gently caressed the star ring, her thoughts drifting far away.
She couldn't help murmuring softly, "The star ring carried the hopes of millions, yet who could have imagined it would end so abruptly?"
"The frozen earth buried the fervor of the past. People no longer even remember your name, Oracle God. They've forgotten what you once did for this era..."
"The name Oracle God once resounded throughout this era, yet in the end, it couldn't withstand the passage of time. They've forgotten, but I still remember!"
At that moment, Bai Kou raised her head and gazed at the sky, looking through the window at the bright moon in the night sky.
The moonlight seemed a little dimmer than it had been in years past.
"I just don't know how this era will end. Will it end the way you hoped?"
"Will it?"
Bai Kou seemed to be asking herself, but no one would ever answer.
"Wait for me! I'm coming to find you! I'll never let your tears, Oracle God, have been shed in vain!"
In the quiet attic, only the sound of the Ice Bell rang out.
Far away in the Snow Kingdom, Bell had just wrapped up a major deal with Toru of Blue Ice.
After selling off the batch of weapons they'd stolen, she was lying on her bed, making a phone call while getting a spa treatment.
"Tsk~ Has the Signal Gun been sold? That woman really did come sniffing around!"
"You two hold the fort for now. I'll come back once I've dealt with things here! Something as important as the star ring has to be in my hands, Aka's!"
"Heh~ You think I don't know what they're scheming up there? They're underestimating me, Bell!"
Bell let out a cold laugh. She'd