"As I just said, this is simply a unilateral gift."
Arianna's lips shifted, as though she wanted to smile, but in the end, she maintained her calm expression:
"In that case, I won't trouble you any further."
She had brought the Evernight Goddess's goodwill. After all, the death of a vessel meant nothing to the spirit of a Great Old One and might even provoke him-even if the Celestial Worthy failed to revive his will within this vessel, he would inevitably return after an incalculable span of time.
Just look at the Genie over there, folks. The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth for Blessings was absolutely the pettiest Great Old One in this universe.
Thus, even as the Evernight Goddess increased her investment in Klein, she did not wish to antagonize the Celestial Worthy too much. Even in his weakened state, he was not an enemy who could be "erased."
Nimrod paused, then said to Arianna:
"I have no intention of reclaiming the River of Eternal Darkness. I've already experienced the consequences of accommodating multiple Sefirah once. My only demand of the Evernight Goddess concerns God Almighty-pass those words on to her. She knows what I mean."
"As for the True Creator..."
Nimrod smiled. "I think he's better suited than Storm, Wisdom, or Sun to suppressing God Almighty's will. That should be a good thing for all of you as well."
Arianna did not answer Nimrod. She merely bowed elegantly, then vanished before him as though she had been rubbed out with an eraser.
"...She's gone?" Nimrod raised an eyebrow and lifted his hand, glancing at the nearly depleted countdown on its back. "Why didn't you say a word just now?"
[You said everything I wanted to say. What else could I have said?] The Celestial Worthy sounded rather