After Crom Cruach and Xerxes had gone into hibernation, the Heavenly Dragon Emperor became able to use their abilities.0

“Hibernation? That’s very sudden.”0

―Yeah, it just happened. I must have overworked myself a little without realizing it.0

Crom had been staying in her [Dream Realm] as a soul, but she could meet the Heavenly Dragon Emperor in the real world by projecting her energy. Of course, it consumed quite a lot of her willpower to transform her energy into an avatar and control it. Her condition was already precarious, so she had likely reached her limit.0

“…Is that related to why I can’t meet Xerxes nowadays?” the Heavenly Dragon Emperor asked.0

The Heavenly Dragon Emperor could not possibly feel more helpless right now, because the seal that Antares the ‘Scorpio’ had cast on the two was too strong.0

―Whoa, you’re quite sharp.0

“Don’t try to gloss it over by joking,” the Heavenly Dragon Emperor said with a frown.0

―Seriously, you’re just like him.0

‘Him’. The Heavenly Dragon Emperor did not know who ‘he’ was, but hated him very much. It felt as if the two were invalidating his own existence from time to time, and he could not help but think that such good people had sacrificed too much for him.0

―Well, it’s something...1