At the sight, Roland shook his head. "If this is your final struggle, then I'm disappointed, Knight of Boreas!
"Resolve and wishes cannot buy miracles. This world has never been that merciful."
Yet no sooner had Roland finished speaking than Andrius actually responded.
"Return... return to... the Ley Lines... Is this my choice, my memory, the answer I found at the end of my journey?"
"Andrius, I delivered your letter safely back into your heart."
"Heh, the Knight of Boreas, eh? Watch closely. This is the only thing a wolf can do for humans."
Varka lowered the two swords in his hands and offered Andrius a formal salute.
"On behalf of humanity above ground, I thank you, Lord of the Wolfpack."
Roland was astonished, though he remained perfectly composed.
"Boreas is returning to the Ley Lines. Why?
"Your sword has shattered. You should have no means left to house a soul.
"No, could it be..."
Roland finally realized what was happening.
"Resolve and wishes cannot buy miracles. Of course I know that. But from the very beginning, a sword was never the only means of housing a soul."
Varka placed his hand over his heart, and Venti's figure appeared in his memories.
"The Lord of the Roving Wolves once bestowed the power of his soul upon the wolves under his command, strengthening their hearts and sharpening their claws and fangs."
Boreas's figure appeared next.
"Even if I have no intention of doing so, the Wolf King's soul will gnaw at a mortal's heart, devouring and assimilating it, just like humans and wolves forcibly brought together."
The next figure to appear was unexpected: Captain Capitano.
"To bear a god's soul within a mortal heart is to take a road from which there is no return. But I will not dissuade a