“H-How…How could that ridiculous-looking magic circle be real!”

“Yeah, but it’s a bit different. Didn’t I tell you that the magic circle drops the ritual’s power, extends its time, and returns the life force it takes? But only the part about returning the life force is true. Through the magic circle, Karuna’s holy power goes into the groundwater, and when the ritual gets activated, it scatters the life force mixed in the water. Most of them get released, but if the owner of the life force is still alive, it returns to the owner.”

Lubella recalled Timmy’s brother; Zich had promised to heal him.

‘He was telling the truth!’

If what Zich said was right, Timmy’s brother would become healthy again.

Since he didn’t know the whole story, Weig murmured, “…A ridiculous-looking magic circle? What’s that?” 

Lubella explained it to him.

“Something like that happened?”

Weig could now understand why Grotim had gotten so angry at Zich. If Grotim was a normal person, Weig might have felt a bit bad for how much he got played by Zich. But having sympathy for those Bellid bastards was way too grand for what they deserved. Besides, Weig was much more interested in something else.

He stared at Zich who was crouching next to Grotim. Weig first met Zich when Zich asked Lubella a silly question about how to live a kind life.

‘I never thought that we would meet again like this.’

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