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Antigonus had set his heart on dying. After receiving a promise from the one he believed to be the Lord of the Mysteries, he had nothing more to say. Klein, however, was somewhat affected by his emotions and recalled his own circumstances.
"Would your sister want you to do this?" Klein still could not help asking tactfully.
Antigonus smiled and shook his head.
"No one knows what my sister would want anymore."
After those words, an indescribable silence settled over Sefirah Castle.
"To long for death, to long for sleep, to long to return... to long to truly become a part of history..."
When Klein heard those words, he actually felt somewhat numb.
Although comparing who suffered more was foolish and disrespectful, hearing those words suddenly made Klein feel that Antigonus was rather similar to him-they both lived in the past, their families and histories had utterly vanished, and they had both pursued power to protect those important to them. The difference was that Antigonus had been stripped of everything, until only vengeance and a desire for death remained, while Klein had personally said goodbye to those important to him for the sake of power. Now he had no loved ones left around him, yet he still had to keep moving forward.
At that thought, Klein could not help softening his voice as he asked:
"What sort of death do you want?"
Noticing the emotions he had revealed, he quickly added in an unconcerned manner, "This is also part of an equivalent exchange. Your death and offering satisfy me, so I will do my best to make your death satisfactory to you as well."
Antigonus was not particularly surprised by this.
Rather than wait for death without knowing anything, he was quite willing to discuss how he would die,