Whoosh—
"Baa—"
Beyond the battlefield where Rover and Mo Bai fought, Mo Hei summoned his Capricorn Shikigami and rode it with Dania to the Dark Plains.
He was following Mo Bai's earlier instructions, taking Dania toward the birthplace she had described.
"..."
After Dania told Mo Hei what she hoped to accomplish on this trip, the two fell silent.
At length, Dania looked at Mo Hei, who sat in front of her, and asked, "Aren't you going to help Mo Bai?"
Anyone could see how much Mo Hei and Mo Bai meant to each other.
"Because we just made an agreement. He'd deal with Rover, and I'd follow his instructions and escort you."
Mo Hei didn't beat around the bush. He was escorting her because Mo Bai had asked him to.
"Aren't you worried about him? He's facing Rover," Dania asked.
In Lahai Luo, anyone who didn't spend all their time shut away in a laboratory had heard of Rover's exploits.
After all, saving Jinzhou and Rinascita, and being able to awaken Tunneler, were extraordinary achievements.
And unlike certain people who embellished their stories out of vanity, Rover had earned every one of those feats.
Every one was the real thing.
So no one doubted Rover's strength.
"Of course I'm worried. He's the person I care about most," Mo Hei answered.
Mo Bai considered Mo Hei important too, but what Mo Hei felt for Mo Bai was something else entirely.
For the first half of Mo Bai's life, Mo Hei had stayed beside him like a ghost. Mo Hei had very little to call his own.
Even before coming to Solaris, Mo Bai had carried a hidden knot of hatred and conflicted feelings toward his family from the past.
Mo Hei had nothing like that. His world held only Mo