Lynn raised his head and said.
"I don't want to lie to you anymore... I want to tell you the truth, too. I'm not sure what kind of ending awaits us, and it's hard for me to tell you whether we can really achieve any sort of victory. Before, all I wanted was to take everyone out of Hell and bring you back to your homes. But now..."
A trace of uncertainty appeared in his eyes.
"I can't give you all a definite answer anymore."
Because returning to the Main Universe was no longer possible. The cage they inhabited had become their last Ark of escape in this apocalypse.
Staying here meant merely surviving, while returning to the Main Universe meant even deeper despair.
Everyone looked at Lynn.
In the silence.
A hand reached over.
And then...
Bang-
It grabbed the back of Lynn's head and slammed his forehead onto the table with a bang.
"Who?! What are you doing?!"
Lynn instantly bared his teeth with a (▼皿▼#) expression, sat bolt upright, and looked around.
The Self-Binding Angel kept her eyes closed as she grabbed the back of Lynn's head and said:
"It was me. Got a problem?"
Lynn's eyes widened. He immediately adjusted the Monocle and said:
"No problem. I was just saying..."
The Self-Binding Angel hooked her arm around Lynn's neck and pulled him straight toward her, choking him until he flailed with a (ヾﾉ꒪ཫ꒪) expression. With her eyes closed, she said:
"So this is why you've locked yourself in your room for the past month, telling everyone who came looking for you that you were cultivating in seclusion?? Seeing no one, talking to no one, as if you were dead-all just because of this?"
Lynn flailed with a (ヾﾉ꒪ཫ꒪) expression and said:
"No... Matriarch, you're squeezing too