And Lin En immediately understood.
Why she had been so anxious, even going so far as to descend in person to negotiate with him after learning that Hana Ye was in his hands.
And if that was the case...
Then, as time passed, she might truly grow desperate enough to stop at nothing to take Hana Ye from him.
"But you still haven't answered my question."
Lin En turned his gaze toward him.
"If that's the case, why didn't you keep Hana Ye with you? Why send her back instead?"
Keeping such a perfect vessel in their own hands...
No matter how he looked at it...
Would surely be safer than leaving her in the real world.
Tyrael shook his head and said with a frown:
"If we could, we certainly would have wanted to. In fact, we did try, but... it was complicated."
"Because she's too perfect. Even a single intense emotional fluctuation might cause her to unconsciously summon the Red Moon. Under those circumstances, once we brought her into the Spirit Realm, even the slightest oversight could trigger an enormous catastrophe."
The Red Moon's influence on the Weird was terrifying.
It did more than strengthen every aspect of their abilities. Beneath the light of the Red Moon she summoned, many Weird in the Spirit Realm would even lose their reason and descend into madness.
That was absolutely not something they wanted to see.
And more importantly...
Tyrael furrowed his brow deeply and said:
"Perhaps because of the trauma she suffered ten years ago, she became extremely timid and deeply insecure. If someone she can depend on is nearby, she's fine. But if there isn't anyone, or if she feels she's been cornered... her subconscious will protect her in another way. And once that's triggered..."
His gaze flickered.
"My