Li looked into the pair of eyes set in the Stitch Monster's gigantic face and suddenly said slowly, "Celia, it's time for you to come out, isn't it?"
At the sound of Li's voice, an ethereal little girl appeared beside him as though she had been created out of thin air. She stared at the Stitch Monster with naked greed on her face, as if she had spotted some delicious candy.
Li looked at the Stitch Monster, then at Celia. "I didn't expect you to be this capable—to possess an ability like this."
Celia looked at Li before letting out a soft sigh. She raised a hand toward the enormous Stitch Monster. "Brother."
At Celia's call, Li lightly lifted his foot. The gigantic Stitch Monster abruptly contracted, its entire body beginning to collapse as it crazily compressed into a single point. It shrank until it was roughly the size of a person, and then a tall, human-shaped man rose to his feet.
Looking at the tall, heroic-looking man before him, a name flashed through Li's mind: Serena, one of Ishgar's Four Heavenly Kings.
He flexed his wrists slightly. "Well, well. Didn't expect you to find me so quickly."
Li said nothing, merely watching him stretch his body on his own. In truth, Li had no interest in his body either. Li was a normal man, and the person before him looked like nothing more than a strong, well-built man.
Yet after taking human form, the aura he gave off was even more terrifying than when he had been a gigantic Stitch Monster.
Having apparently finally gotten used to his body, he suddenly looked at Li. "Hey, kid, were you the one who stepped on me just now? Let me smell your aura... So you were the one who cast those