Upgraded Talent of Listening to the Dead's Last Words

"So that's how it is!"

Liuyin did not press Griseo further. Instead, she looked toward the girl crying against Yuzuha's shoulder.

Just as her own ability could only be used within Hollows, perhaps Griseo's special abilities could only be used within Hollows as well.

"Liuyin, what are you thinking about?"

Seeing Liuyin lost in thought, Griseo asked.

"I'm thinking about what you said to me—the 'Reconstruction of the Meaning of Life.'"

Liuyin withdrew her gaze. Back when she had been with the Black Branch, she had used that power to communicate with the world and seek the truth.

But Griseo had told her, "Do you want to come with me? I can help you..."

"Griseo, that girl's father will not be coming back, because this is the loss of a life.

"Everyone who comes to help will slowly die someday too. That is also an unchangeable fact. But if that's the case, what is the use of the 'Reconstruction of the Meaning of Life'?"

"I don't know. Everyone has a different answer."

Griseo replied, "For me, the colors radiated by life tell me the colors of the world."

"..."

Liuyin was slightly stunned.

She had known Griseo for some time now and had gained some understanding of her Signets of The Stars.

But not everyone possessed such a unique way of perception!

She—or perhaps Yidhari—could be said to possess a similar kind of perception.

But compared to Griseo... forget it. There was no need to humiliate herself—showing off an axe before a master carpenter.

"Huh? Why are there so many lights?"

Only then did Liuyin realize that the courtyard where they stood had somehow become enveloped in specks of starlight while she had been thinking.

Looking closely, the starlight came in different colors.

Their sources were naturally the people in