Void Archives looked like a miserable man who had been cheated out of his entire fortune, leaving everyone present baffled and the people in the real world even more confused.
Those present could still suspiciously wonder, Could Fujimaru Ritsuka have deceived him?
But the people in the real world knew that Fujimaru Tachibana had never deceived Void Archives. She did not even know the specifics of Void Archives' circumstances, so they truly could not understand what he was thinking with that cheated expression.
In response to everyone's confusion, Void Archives did not keep silent like some cryptic honest man. Instead, he spoke in a cold tone, "There is no need for misunderstanding. While I was indeed deceived, it was not Lady Ritsuka who deceived me. Rather, someone told me that Lady Ritsuka possessed the conditions to defeat the Honkai, as well as the foundation for such a miracle."
"I believed it and made an agreement with them: if Lady Ritsuka truly had the potential to defeat the Honkai, then I would assist her with all my strength."
"Because as a Divine Key created specifically to fight the Honkai, my fundamental logic contains the will to defeat and eliminate it."
"Therefore, in order to accomplish that goal, I can do anything, including allowing myself to be wielded and used by Lady Ritsuka, who possesses no great power."
"But the prerequisite is that Lady Ritsuka has the potential to defeat the Honkai."
"Yet Lady Ritsuka now lacks even resistance to Honkai disease. I cannot help but feel the anger of having been deceived."
"Do not misunderstand. This is not because I look down on Lady Ritsuka. But when facing an enemy like the Honkai, the most basic reality is what we are seeing now: in an environment with a high concentration of