Interlude of Longing (Part One)
Let the White Cattle of Heaven take a few steps back.
While the Supreme Authority was being divided between two artificers, the Dream Ladder also ushered in an advancement ritual destined to become the beginning of history. In the chaotic, disordered Void Realm Third Layer, four female artificers were about to begin a new legend of Secret Poison.
The ritual in which Ash and Starry Sky shared the Supreme Holy Grail was being broadcast across the entire Void Realm, so Freya and the others on the Dream Ladder could naturally see it too.
In fact, because Ruby Mountain stood at the very top of the Dream Ladder, they could be said to have the best seats in the house. They witnessed with their own eyes as Ash, with Rose and Silver Lamp's help, forcibly seized back half of the Supreme Holy Grail from Starry Sky's hands, a mortal body fighting a Divine Lord for food.
Seeing this, the four of them wore different expressions.
The one most worried was Freya. It was as if she could sense Ash's feelings through a layer of the Void Realm, and her eyes misted over with sorrow.
Annan was so excited she rose onto her tiptoes, her gaze toward Ash's back filled with worship.
Tama Hill gripped her shield tightly, looking deeply displeased, secretly hating herself for not being on the battlefield.
Siffrin calmly looked up at Ash's coronation and gently clapped her hands.
When this unprecedented festival ended and everything returned to normal, Freya let out a long breath. Her tense mood relaxed all at once, and her whole body went limp as she slumped onto the ground. "Ash is fine. Thank goodness..."
"Artifice Supremacy beyond a Divine Lord's limits... Right now, the only artificers qualified to step