Once again, the door between the rituals slowly closed behind Pannis. For Pannis, the ceremony in the Palace of the Dead was as familiar as the garden of a foreign museum. The number of times it had been watched inside the rituals was more than three times. However, the feeling of this time was completely different from the previous few times. Because, between the two doors with a shorter distance, several eager gazes mixed with expectant gazes passed through the gap between the doors and projected on Pannis, from the girls' eyes, with deep reluctance and worry, followed Pannis until the door finally closed, separating the inside and outside of the door into two different worlds.

This time, the door was closed by Panis himself. The girls' eyes slowed down Penis's closing movements slightly, but it still closed without pause. Until the girls' sights were completely gone, Panis pressed his hand on the closed door and lowered his head and sighed softly. The previous few times when the door was closed, it meant that there was no turning back. All Panis faced was to keep moving forward and finally defeat the enemy. Otherwise, the door would not be opened again.

This time, Panis could turn back at any time. With a gentle pull, the two doors would be easily opened. Panis could leave without any obstacles. Unfortunately, this only opportunity was destined to be wasted. Compared to being unable to look back, it was even more helpless to be unable to look back. Panis had to force himself and take the initiative to cut off the soft gazes of the girls as soft as the waves, allowing the cold door to separate the girls' hearts and love from the other side of the world, and face the painful future alone.

"He finally... has left." It was not until the gate was closed tightly that the girls took back their gazes that watched Panis leave. Catherine sighed softly, leaned against the stone wall of the passage, and said weakly: "Everything afterwards can only be left to him to deal with. I hope everything will go smoothly, and the most critical problem will be easily solved by him, so that he can go from the past to the present, and then go to the future with us."

"Do you think it's possible, sister?" Freya leaned against the wall opposite Catherine and asked jokingly: "Ideals are beautiful, but he faces Danacus. Although he always says that he is very sure, we all know that if Danacus is really so easy to solve, then more than a hundred years ago, the heroes who had expeditioned this world would not rely on sacrifice in exchange for temporary victory."

"I also know that Danacus is not an easy enemy to deal with, not to mention that what he occupies is Lord Neli's body." Catherine smiled bitterly and shook her head, "Lord Neli is his favorite person. Can he really attack the person he loves the most without hesitation?"

"The problem is here." Freya sighed and said helplessly: "Their level of battle, perhaps one-percent hesitation, can change the end of a war. I am very worried whether he will have this one-percent hesitation, which will eventually lead to his defeat to an enemy who is obviously sure to deal with. If this is the case, it will be a disaster."

"I believe him, he will not let us down." Lina said with certainty: "The powerful Kyle never lets friends down. Isn't this the truth for many years?"

"But he has been tortured by the guilt towards Lord Neli again." Catherine smiled bitterly, "Did you forget what he said just now? If it weren't for that, I believe he could do it, but after that happened, everything became different."

The situation mentioned by the Knight Girl actually happened a few minutes ago. After hearing the old shaman announce that the door was opened, Panis did not immediately rush over, but made a wait-and-see move to the two people who got away from home, and turned to the girls and said, "Maybe, this is the last chance. The bedtime story I had not finished last night, you must be very curious."

"Of course, we are very curious and want to know the last thing." The affirmative answer blurted out from Lina's mouth, but surprisingly, the priest girl actually went against her curiosity and added: "But if you don't want to say it, forget it, the end of a story can't change anything."

"Ha, thank you." Panis looked at Lina with a little surprise, and said with a grateful smile: "I wanted to buried this story forever in my heart and not let anyone know it, not because I was afraid of the impact it had on me, but because... I was unwilling to face that memory. But now, my thoughts have changed. I think you are qualified to know all this, so that you will understand the real me. After knowing everything, I think you can re-examine your previous thoughts and determine whether a person like me is really worthy of your expectations. If I still have the chance to come out alive, I hope you can hear your answer to this question after everything is over."

"Since that's the case, we will certainly listen happily." Catherine nodded and said softly: "However, it's just that Finch and Lucia need to wait a little longer."

"It won't be long, because that's just the end of the story." Panis shook his head and said, "Although this ending is not that pleasant, no matter how complicated the ending is, it can be finished in a few minutes."

"Okay, then you can just say it." Catherine thought for a while, tilted her head and said, "Tell me about the ending hidden in the shadow of the past, what happened in the end?"

"At that time, Danacus suddenly started and rushed towards us, to be precise, towards me." Panis said with a wry smile: "At that time, I had just recovered a little from my self-denial state. Relying on Neri's encouragement, I had the idea of ​​re-examining myself. Just as she said, maybe I was not perfect, but I still have the courage and belief that I can still proudly think that I am a hero, a well-deserved hero."

"Of course, you are." Catherine nodded and said with certainty: "You are definitely a hero not only in our hearts, but also in the hearts of everyone in the world. I think even your enemies cannot deny this."

"Hero? Haha." Panis said with a self-deprecating sneer: "That's because you don't know what I did. If you know, I'm afraid I won't think so again."

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Chapter completed!