Called "Ari" by Leon, if Arishem's helmet could show expressions, the corner of his mouth would definitely have twitched right then.
He had no idea what Leon was trying to say.
He could only reply blandly, "I know of the TVA, but the Celestials don't have much interaction with them."
"Then you should know about Anchor Beings too, right?" Leon asked again.
"...Anchor Beings?" Arishem paused.
His understanding of the term amounted to having heard of it but not caring about it.
After all, setting aside God Loki—
In the eyes of the Celestials, even the entire TVA combined barely qualified as anything noteworthy.
Not to mention a concept proposed by the TVA like "Anchor Being."
Leon saw right through that.
He explained proactively, "An Anchor Being is the core of a world. When that core dies or is destroyed, the entire universe will be destroyed along with it."
"By then, even if you Celestials created ten thousand or a hundred million suns every day, it would be useless."
Arishem and Tiamut froze together. "An Anchor Being's death destroys a universe too? How is that possible?"
One person was tied to an entire universe.
What was this person, Eternity's biological child?
If they died, did everyone in the universe, along with all those Celestial seeds, have to be buried with them?
Even Eternity—even if Eternity died today, the universe could not possibly be destroyed, right?
Arishem could not help confirming it again. "Sir, are you making a joke?"
"Of course I'm not joking. Isn't our topic serious enough already?"
The brightness of Leon's two large eyes increased slightly. Combined with Legend's appearance, he radiated an overwhelming sense of justice and persuasion.
Arishem immediately believed him. There was no reason for a conceptual entity to deceive him.
He said blankly, "No