...Why did I say "again"?
Wait, could it be... that I wasn't actually dead yet?
Klein desperately tried to open his eyes. He wanted to respond to Edward's prayer, but his barely awakened consciousness was soon engulfed by darkness from all directions, sinking back into chaos.
All this amounted to in his physical body was a slight flutter of his eyelids, followed by no further response.
Confusion appeared on all four of Reinette's heads as they spoke in turn. "This time... he seems... to really... have... died."
"But why... can I sense... hope... of resurrection... in him?"
She rose to her feet. "He should... survive... on his own... first."
The Forsaken Land of the Gods.
Edward's prayer vanished like a clay ox sinking into the sea, receiving no response for a long time.
He could not help muttering inwardly, Surely not? Didn't Klein just escape danger? There's no reason for something to have gone wrong again so soon, is there?
Something must have held him up.
Mr. Fool did, after all, have a life of his own. He couldn't possibly respond at any moment.
With that thought, he canceled [Painting World] and used Apparition again to return to Bernadette and Lilith.
As soon as he landed, Lilith eagerly leaped into his arms and pointed a little paw at Bernadette. "Edward, she was trying to get information out of me!"
Bernadette: "..."
Edward asked in confusion, "What information?"
"She was trying to ask me in a roundabout way who you were praying to."
Lilith lifted her chin and huffed. "Miss Lilith isn't stupid! I wouldn't fall for that. I didn't tell her!"
Bernadette wore a somewhat complicated expression. After their several interactions, she had thought Lilith was just a silly little cat spoiled rotten by Edward. She had not expected