Will-Bukelin had once been the greatest good Samaritan in the Desert.
Even in An Kai's eyes, he had been a stubborn do-gooder.
He was the sort who resolutely chose to sacrifice himself to save strangers.
An Kai had called him foolish more than once.
Each time, Will-Bukelin had listened and smiled softly, neither arguing nor taking those words to heart and changing himself.
As someone with the [Wanderer] Heaven-Bestowed Profession, Will-Bukelin had held fast to his convictions from beginning to end.
Until his death.
An Kai considered him the Desert's greatest fool. Had he survived, his place in An Kai's heart would definitely have surpassed Wayne's by now.
Though An Kai and Will-Bukelin had not formally been master and disciple, they had been both friends and mentors to each other.
It was Will-Bukelin's foolish steadfastness that had influenced An Kai in those early days, keeping him from falling completely into the abyss.
Even now, An Kai clearly remembered the scene of Will-Bukelin's death.
Using his [Wanderer: Seven-Colored Heart] as a catalyst, he had given up his chance to reach Tier Six and chosen instead to save countless lost skeleton beings.
In the end, he had stood in the sky beside his sister and smiled at An Kai. "Don't forget me. You said it yourself: being forgotten is the only true death."
And An Kai had kept his promise. He had not forgotten Will-Bukelin or Sally Bukelin.
Later, after growing stronger, An Kai had summoned Sally Bukelin's true spirit. But when he tried to find Will-Bukelin's true spirit as well, he could not locate it, no matter what he did.
That had always been a regret weighing on An Kai's heart.
He regretted not forcibly stopping Will-Bukelin back then.
Having come this far, An Kai had long since understood. Saving all