"I won this game..."
After delivering that line with cool composure, Achill vanished with a Flash Step, without the slightest hesitation. By the time anyone reacted, he was already gone.
Yes, even though his identity had been completely exposed, Achill still refused to acknowledge Erza! He had not said much to Le Qi, either. As far as he was concerned, once he settled the Tower of Paradise matter, he would have all the time in the world to deal with everything else! So he decided to leave those problems for later...
"He disappeared again, just like before..." Erza stared blankly after him, murmuring to herself in bitter sorrow. But in the next instant, that sorrow and bitterness gave way to joyful anticipation! Now she knew beyond any doubt that her big brother Nameless really had been silently watching over her from the shadows all along...
Meanwhile, Mira was awash with conflicting emotions, both thrilled and disappointed. She was thrilled that Achill had actually appeared at such a critical moment and saved their guild from disaster! She had never truly expected it! Although she had held a little hope before, she had mostly regarded that hope as wishful thinking, a wish almost impossible to fulfill.
What disappointed her was that, from the moment he appeared until the moment he left, he had not greeted her even once! He had simply flown away without a word, without so much as giving her another glance...
Am I really that unimportant to him? Mira thought, feeling rather dejected. But a moment later, she pushed that disappointment aside! If that were really true, she reasoned, Achill would never have appeared at such a critical moment! Nor would he have resolved the terrible crisis facing her guild as soon as he arrived!
Of course, what she