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Night fell. Edward quietly watched the last ray of sunlight disappear as darkness spread across the sky like bleeding ink.
Night had arrived. This was when mystical connections were closest and the power of night was strongest. If the Evernight Goddess intended to act, she would certainly wait until night.
Well, as long as he remained beneath this false sky, as long as the red moon hung overhead, there was nowhere he could run to escape the Evernight Goddess's gaze. So there was no need to run at all. He only needed to stay in this frighteningly densely populated city, in Backlund, where there was a Grand Cathedral within a kilometer, in a neighborhood inhabited by the wealthy and the nobility.
Moonlight gradually brightened inside the house.
Just then, a soft tap suddenly came from the direction of the door near the carpet, as though someone had crossed the carpet and lightly set one foot on the floor.
Should I act nervous?
Edward's pupils abruptly narrowed into vertical slits. He whipped his head toward the space diagonally ahead, where red moonlight had illuminated the area without him noticing. A hooded figure in black robes stood there quietly, her face beautiful and serene, her dark, fathomless eyes watching him.
I know you. You're the "Mother of Heaven," 0-17, the daughter of the Annihilation Demonic Wolf, the Evernight Goddess's sister, the loser in the struggle for the authority of darkness, and a Divine Descent Vessel. But I don't know you.
In the gods' eyes, I'm more cunning than Farbauti.
I can act a little more arrogant.
"An angel of the Church of Evernight? I knew she wouldn't let me off so easily..."
Hissing sounds came from Edward's throat, one high and one low alongside his own speaking voice, as though he