Medici wore a stony expression, as though someone owed him money.
Little Snake, on the other hand, was the most relaxed, eating ice cream as he played cards.
Lilith happily walked over. "Wow! Deal Miss Lilith in."
Leonard immediately stood up. "Please, take my seat."
Medici tossed down his cards, looked over, and snorted. "Those two are back. What the hell are we still playing Fight Evil for?"
Audrey rushed over and hugged Edward anxiously. "Edward, how did it go?" Her Sequence was too low, and she had no "cheat," so even now, she actually knew very little. All she knew was that the matter Edward had gone to deal with was related to the apocalypse.
Edward took her hand and said gently, "It's all over."
"So, so there won't be an apocalypse anymore?"
"There won't."
Medici raised an eyebrow. "You drove away all the Outer Deities?"
"More or less."
"What about Adam?"
"He's fallen asleep. He'll need about a thousand years to wake up."
Medici fell silent for a few seconds. "All right. Got it." He turned toward the door, then suddenly looked back at Lilith. "Cheek's Beyonder Characteristics and Uniqueness are all in your hands now?"
Lilith held out a hand, and three Sequence 1 Beyonder Characteristics and a Uniqueness floated in the air. "Want them?"
"..."
"Hmph!"
With a snort, Medici vanished.
Edward then turned his gaze to Leonard. "You came here because..."
"Ahem, the old man said it was safer to stay here. Since the danger's over now, I'll be off. See you later."
With that, he waved and left as though fleeing.
Little Snake Will licked his ice cream carton and stood up. "Now that you're back, my job's done too. You won't go back on what you promised me, will you?"
Edward instinctively glanced