"Yeah. Just like that Spirit wants to do. If you could change sothing about your past, would you do it?" Azekiel asked, even though he already knew the answer to the question. Or at least he thought he did.
"If I could change a thing in my past, I don't see any reason not to do it."
Raphael had many regrets in his life, which he would've loved to change if he could, just like anyone else in this world. Unfortunately, he didn't believe it was possible at all.
"I guess I know what you would change," Azekiel pointed out. "You won't pluck the apple from the Garden of Eden if I'm not wrong."
"That's not it," Raphael replied, shaking his head. "If I could have an opportunity to change one thing about my past, that won't be the one thing."
"Then what will be?" Azekiel grew slightly surprised. He thought that was going to be Raphael's demand. What did he an by 'not it'?
Even though Azekiel appeared to be imrsed in talking with Raphael, he was still wary of his surroundings. His hands remained wrapped around his stomach, holding onto the two books as he treaded through the water with care.
He moved slowly yet steadily, avoiding any troubleso areas.
Raphael didn't answer right away to Azekiel's questions, seemingly sowhat hesitant.
Generally, Azekiel would've said that he didn't need to tell if he didn't want to, but not this ti. He really wanted to know what Raphael wished to change about his past. In case he had the opportunity, he was going to help Raphael achieve it in the future since Raphael had supported him a lot.
"You don't have to tell if you're uncomfortable. I'm sure it must be sothing personal if you're hesitating."
Unfortunately, it was Lia who chid in, speaking the words that Azekiel avoided. She could feel that Raphael was sowhat uncomfortable with the question.
"It's fine. It's in the past, so it doesn't matter," Raphael admitted without showing much emotion.
The only emotions he showed were briefly when he thought about this question.
"If I could change any one thing about my past, it would be leaving my brother alive..."
Azekiel frowned, wondering if he heard right. Even Lia was surprised. Raphael's biggest regret was not killing his brother?
So instead of changing his past and protecting himself from the curse of hunger, he would rather kill his brother?
"Why?" That was the only word Azekiel could let out in his surprise.
"Because not killing him is the biggest regret of my life. If I could go back in ti to do one thing, the only thing I would do differently is killing him right there with my own hands before he could..."
Raphael went silent abruptly, not even finishing his sentence.
He took a deep breath as he realized he was on the verge of being swayed by his tornting emotions.
"That aside, what about you, Lia? What would you do?" He swiftly changed the topic.
It wasn't as if no one ca to see Raphael's attempt to change the topic. In fact, it was as evident as the bright sun on a clear day. However, none pointed it out.
Even Azekiel didn't ask despite being curious since he was worried that Raphael might return to the sa state as before. He didn't want to go through that again since, this ti, he couldn't even summon Raphael to the material world to calm him.
"One thing I would change? I don't think I even need to think about it." The water droplets kept passing through Lia's body as a lancholic smile graced her lips.
"I would kill those bastards who killed my sister and my father. I would give them the most brutal death the world has ever seen! In fact, I would make them beg for their death."
Most of the ti, Lia's face looked so serene, as if she was a wingless angel who walked this earth, but as she talked about what she would do differently, her expression beca darker. Her angelic allure swiftly changed to a demonic charm as she imagined how she would take her revenge. Still, it wasn't odd.
Azekiel already expected that answer from Lia. He knew she was going to select her revenge. The only answer which stunned him here was the answer of Raphael. Unfortunately, he couldn't ask him more about that at the mont.
He kept his focus on the path ahead, walking through the rain.
*****
The Third Floor... Almost all the Lords of Sins and Kings passed through this floor to get to the next floor, but there were only two Kings who had ever managed to discover the Temple of Gods, which lay on the outskirts of the third floor.
The Temple appeared to be beautiful from the outside. Looking at the Temple, no one could've guessed that there was an entirely different world inside the Temple. However, the sa could be said about the Tower of Sins itself.
At the mont, the rubble of two broken statues was lying before the entrance of the Temple of Gods. The Statues that appeared to possess imnse strength were not only defeated but also destroyed, which wasn't sothing that could be overlooked.
At the mont, a young man stood before the Temple of Gods, gazing at the rubble.
The man was dressed in beautiful white attire, donning a white robe on his back as if he was a royal. There appeared to be a princely aura around the young man.
There was sothing really strange about that person though. His body... It appeared to be illusory. It was a semi-transparent body which was see-through to so extent. It was as if the man wasn't actually here, but a projection of his was.
The man had a white dragon tattoo carved on the back of his hand, which appeared to have a life of its own, moving around.
"The guardians of the Temple are destroyed." The man rubbed his chin, lost in thought. "There's also an aura here which shouldn't be present. Fascinating."
"First, those two ca down to the third floor, flouting all rules, and now this strange phenonon. Third Floor is certainly going through so interesting things, it seems."
The silver-haired man clapped his hands gracefully. Following the clap, a small portal opened before him, which was only a ter wide at best.
A small mirror floated out of the portal and stopped before the young man, who barely looked to be in his mid-twenties.
"Let's see who decided to ss with the Temple Guardians..."
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