Mr. Door said calmly, "Do you think having one more or one less Key of Stars Beyonder characteristic makes any difference to me?"
Edward narrowed his eyes. Regardless of whether Mr. Door could see him, he held out his hand and said, "Sure, then give it to me."
"My condition remains unchanged. Let me return."
"You know that's impossible. Even if I agreed, the Seven Deities would never allow it!"
Mr. Door said, "The Seven Deities don't want me to return because I would advance to Sequence 0 as soon as I did. But if I handed over one Key of Stars Beyonder characteristic beforehand, what they fear would not happen-no, they would actually be delighted with that outcome."
"I can sign a contract with you. I will give you a Key of Stars Beyonder characteristic first, and then you will let me return. You can even ask the Seven Deities for their opinion before deciding whether to accept my offer."
Mr. Door's words sent Edward's thoughts in circles for quite some time. In the end, he inexplicably began to think they made some sense. Fuck, have I been hit with some kind of intelligence-lowering aura?
But the thing was, he had specifically reminded him that he could ask the Seven Deities first.
As Edward frowned in thought, he suddenly felt a cold, sinister presence encroaching on him. He snapped to attention and discovered that the scattered crimson moonlight around him had turned blood-red at some point.
When he looked again at the full moon hanging in the sky, it was already as red as blood!
"Fuck, there really was something wrong!"
He immediately ended the summoning, trying to force his return to Sefirah Castle.
Three seconds later, Edward was still standing in place. The bloody moonlight spilled down, seemingly