"After all, the gods have already vanished, and you were only just born."
"Uh..."
Otherworldly Flower's words left Kuta somewhat embarrassed, though there was nothing wrong with what he had said.
To a being like Otherworldly Flower, Kuta's few short decades really were no different from being newly born.
Well... by Otherworldly Flower's reckoning, he ought to still be in the womb, not even born yet.
Beside Kuta, Kuina covered her mouth at Otherworldly Flower's words, almost laughing aloud.
Kuta gave Kuina a helpless look and tapped her on the head, earning a deliberately tearful, wide-eyed look in return.
That made the corner of his mouth
twitch, and he reached out to gently rub Kuina's head.
At Kuta's tenderness, the tears in Kuina's eyes instantly vanished, and a look of contentment spread across her face.
She did not care about gods. All she cared about was whether Kuta was by her side.
After all, gods were only legends to her, far too distant, while Kuta was right beside her. Her dream was simple: "Stay with Kuta forever, and pursue my own way of the sword."
Looking up at Otherworldly Flower, Kuta asked, "Is your illness caused by that Devil's power?"
"Yes!" Otherworldly Flower nodded. Then, before him, the Temple floor suddenly rippled like water, and a passage leading downward gradually opened.
"You'll understand once you go inside. Originally, I only had a little hope in you, but after meeting you in person, especially after learning that you actually command the power of space, which only gods who have undergone reincarnation can master, my hopes have grown."
Even a god would show joy upon seeing hope.
Affected by Otherworldly Flower, everyone there except Kuta looked delighted.
"Now, my request is for you to help free me from the demonic power clinging