"That's right." Laigushi's voice confirmed his guess.
"He had resisted the fated Destruction with his supreme will."
"But the kindling that would become the final [Iron Tomb] was the inescapable fate of him... and this world."
Just then, the young Siren on the left seemed to sense something. She raised her head and listened closely, delight appearing on her face.
"Listen! I can hear Hysilens's song. She's calling to us!"
The older Siren smiled as well.
"Let's go. Her song is equivalent to the Queen's decree."
The two Sirens set off together, moving lightly toward the largest plaza in the center of the city.
As they walked, they spoke in low voices, their words filled with reverence for the Queen and trust in Hysilens.
"To keep the Black Tide from threatening the Ocean we love, the Queen has devoted all her heart and strength."
"And Hysilens, born from the Queen's holy grail, received the deepest blessing and inherited supreme divine power... She is the hope of our future..."
On the platform before the plaza, a familiar yet somewhat youthful figure had long been waiting.
—That was Hysilens in her younger days, or rather, Hysilens.
Her features resembled the person Yan Huan knew, but she possessed more of the innocence and vitality of one untouched by the world.
When she saw the Siren sisters arriving one after another, she spoke, her voice like the clearest waves breaking upon the shore.
"My sisters, you have finally swum here."
A Siren representative standing at the front nodded in response, her tone full of trust.
"Of course, Hysilens. We were all drawn here by your beautiful music."
Standing beside Yan Huan, Laigushi continued with a cold annotation.
"The true name of Hysilens, Demigod of the [Ocean], was Hysilens.
"—What you see is merely a