Shar's eyes glanced over as well, and she gave a soft laugh. "Is that your Magic Book blessed by Selûne?"
Hill nodded listlessly... The more he realized how thoroughly he had prepared, the deeper his regret became.
Not for any other reason, but because of the Killing Vine that had sacrificed part of her power, and the Magic Book that had torn herself into pieces.
He could make up for all of it later, but the pain they had suffered at the time would not simply disappear.
All of this had happened because Hill had overthought things too much, making even the friends linked to him in spirit worry alongside him.
If Hill had known then that coming down here would only mean suffering a little... then...
"This is also a good thing." Shar gazed at him and spoke gently.
Hill looked at her in surprise.
"Your Killing Vine need not even be mentioned," Shar said unhurriedly. "For a creature like her to grow to this stage, she should normally have taken the evil path of slaughter.
Her future should have been in the Bottomless Abyss.
But because of you, she did not need to rely on flesh and blood to sustain herself.
And as for evolution... although she did not devour an entire world, she ate quite a bit of divine blood and flesh. Some of it even had traces of the Natural Elemental Law... Malar, didn't you kill one of him before?
Oh, it was not Malar, but it was somewhat similar.
That Faerunriel?
She truly was fortunate. She got through every crucial evolution this way.
That is better than anything else.
But Hill, if she wanted to follow the path of nature by your side in a body made for slaughter, she would always have to pay