rdo suddenly said he would

long time, so long that my leg

ath turned into mist

dy started, yet he

my coat and drov

together. After all, no one w

wanted to se

eth City was well-known, and Bryan's

last shred of hope, the place

for Bryan's birthday

ted Eduardo standi

black suit, his

articularly stern unde

beside him

her pale face. She had been frail since childhoo

of the Moon Goddess at the blessing ceremon

ucial for h

t Eduardo, smiling softly, as if

oolish. I should have anticipated th

e it was weighed

e important on

t a bitt

within me wa

pped the birthday gift tightly in m

many steps when P

cent-like eyes and w

urned to l

nly wore a cold expression, as if I

usly frowned, show

y, I walk

n the banquet hall dimmed, a

n Goddess to bless forme

s the dome above the

and the Moon Goddess, holding

ight wave of her staff, a pale blue light fell upon

ly, and the room e

ipation, her hands clasped at her

oon Goddess bypassed

le blue light floated towards

of truth alwa

t, she vanished

lent, and Paulin

s tightening, her eyes reddening quic

had longed for, the only h

t had fall

rted Paulina, his gaze tu

efore I could react, slappe

sing me to stagger back, a trace of blo

you com

ith intense anger, his eyes

idn't you know? Why did you take away what she wanted t

ek, watching him accuse

ys the unscrupulous woman, ev

ing squeezed mercilessly, so p

round me, their sympathetic or disdainf

the Moon Goddess

ddess's blessing, they were ofte

Moon Goddess's blessing,

like me, no one wou

er the Moon Goddess's blessing, my

ing that seemed to hav