Loki felt as though his heart had shattered.
The love that had not even begun seemed to have already ended.
Tirei Ragnir turned back into the ice squirrel Ratatoskr and patted Loki on the shoulder as if to comfort him.
A few snowflakes drifted down from the sky.
"How could this be?!"
"No!"
Snowflakes fluttered as the north wind howled.
The meat Loki had been holding fell to the ground. Looking at Lily's retreating figure, he felt as though his whole life had turned bleak.
He had even picked a little flower, intending to give it to the woman who had made his heart flutter.
At this rate, Rocks really will laugh at you for decades!
Houka's voice rang out again.
Loki silently froze and crushed the little flower, tossed the food to the ice squirrel Ratatoskr, then slowly wrapped his eyes in white bandages again and put on his Aizen reflective glasses.
First, he could not let anyone discover his sorrow. Second, he could not let that bastard Rocks laugh at him.
Loki efficiently cemented his heart shut and walked toward Houka and Rocks with a cold expression.
"Wororororo! Loki, were you just about to feed Lily?"
"But you can't be blamed for that. After all, Lily's current appearance is that of Queen Lily, the woman even Imu loved but could not have!"
Seeing Loki still putting on an act after coming over, Rocks slapped his thigh and burst into laughter.
"Rocks, do you want to test whether my hammer is hard enough?"
Unable to keep a straight face, Loki spoke coldly, looking ready to fight at the slightest disagreement.
After all, they had fought plenty of times over the past two years.
"Hehe, my sword isn't soft either!"
Rocks slapped Eclipse: Erosion, which Houka had carefully reforged for