'I see. You know Lucius, right?
''........Demonic communications are also circulated in the Demon Kingdom,'' Lucius speaks while maintaining his composure. The organization that killed those two octogenarians. It's not something you would not know about. The unrest in various locations is also disturbing to the extent that the bloodline of the charity is now internationally wanted.
'It seems. I hadn't read it for a while, but now I know.

　Lucius didn't understand the meaning of the word so much. He didn't understand and his expression changed.

''We can only share information through verbal communication. Except if it goes back to normal like this, though. Apparently there's a lot going on.......but in any case, I'm pretty sure it's my decision.

　Masamune's words seemed to say to himself.

　When Masamune killed Tachibana Takeshi while he was in Heilkwaite, he obtained the sorcery, Coupling, which he reversed and later learned to use.
　He reversed this and later learned the magic technique 《Separating Incarnation (Doppelink)》.

Do you remember the first day we met? I saw anger and darkness in you. I saw anger and darkness in you. You can't stagnate in the depths. You can't look deep into another man's soul. Not with your emotional sensors. So I probed. But your surface is unperturbed.... And yet, there was one thing I saw. Massive creature death. Emotional sensing sometimes finds a shared quality. There are times. What I sensed was a smell, the smell of human blood. I'm not sure what happened to you, what you did. I don't know what you did, but it felt like a human was killing you. And there are so many of them that it seeps into the depths of my being. That's why I said ... that the Toa would find out eventually.
''....Yes it was. Come to think of it, you said something like that.
'Now that you've removed it, it's no longer in the Toa, but I'm sure the personality of the Domination was already aware of it. That one is sensitive to those emotions.
Wait ... that's
'Yes. When the personality is out in the open, the main body personality retracted into our home shares vision and senses. One way or another, the Toa will eventually find out.

　Masamune's emotions were evident. Not anger, but impatience. It was impatience.
　To Masamune, Ankh Amadeus was something he did not want to be known for.

'I see. You wanted to keep Toa in the dark.
It's too late.
Of course I thought so. Ever since. You probably don't want me to know. I told you.
I'm....
'You're trying to keep as little emotional sensing on the Toa as possible, right?
Yes.
'I was the same way. I try not to use magic or skills on my wife and daughter. So I can understand some of those fragile values of yours.
Is Toa aware of this now?
I haven't seen it. That's a given, of course, isn't it?　I don't know about Toa. He just sort of notices. Domination doesn't make me feel guilty. That's why I was so positive about your darkness. So I was quick to notice it. But not the Toa. I believe you are a good man. So when I see the darkness, I don't believe it right away. I feel guilty about myself for thinking that way.
What do I do?
"Don't abuse the abyss any longer. The abyss breeds betrayal. I wonder why. You see, you've already betrayed the Toa. The Toa still believes in you. But "betrayal" as defined in the literature must mean something more than that. Lest that happen, don't use the abyss again.
'Lucius, you don't know the abyss, so you can say that.
...Yeah. I don't know.
You can't not use it. It is a denial of one's own will. Disobeying the abyss, that means an abyss. I will be swallowed by the abyss. I will lose control of my magic. If that's all, that's okay. Even my personality will be distorted.
'You said it could be more distorted than it is now.
I'm not going to be me.
...I see.

　So Masamune produced a vel.
　He traced the description in his mind, "A talking wand?" to the large black cane.

'Vell, speak.'
Those who are swallowed by the abyss will not be able to distinguish between friend and foe, and will not be able to see into the abyss. Unintentionally, the abyss will attack others and the master will not even notice it. Because we lose the vessel of a king. We halflings call it the Fool of the Abyss.'
'It sounds like a description I saw sometime ago,' said Lucius.
'It seems that Adams Rad Polyphelia is also an abyssal user.
What?
'It's a rumor. It's just a rumor. Just listen to the story.

　Lucius nodded.

'Adams must have quoted half a body. He says that half bodies share some memories.
"Share?
'Yes. There are bits and pieces of information about past abyssal users mixed in with Vel, though only a small amount. I don't know the theory, but that's why I'm familiar with the Abyss. Vel, if I restrain myself from using the abyss, then what happens?
'You'll be swallowed up!' said Vel, jokingly scaring her.
'I'm making fun of you, but Vel isn't lying.
'I don't believe it's a lie,' Lucius said, sounding serious.
''So to not use the Abyss is--''
'Masamne-kun,' Lucius interrupted. 'It's not that I have any deep knowledge of it,' said Lucius. That's your problem. If knowing can help you, I will help you. If you want to know, I can help you, but you can't do anything about the abyss. I only told you this one thing. I will not allow you to give the Toa grief.
''.....'' stared Masamune with a straight face.
'There's a great deal of potential for that now,' said Masamune. You lost your sister and killed Cassandra in a misunderstanding, plus you're a mass murderer. It's like I'm going to find out. Eventually the humans will learn that Nith is Amadeus. It's just a matter of time. When this happens, you will be hunted, but you will not be the one to mourn. It's the Toa.
How can you say that?
'I'm just thinking about my daughter. I'm sorry if I hurt you.
It won't hurt you.
Then why are you suffering?
"Ha.
'You're out of breath the whole time. I can feel it. I suspect you're still hiding something from me. I don't see the point of killing a human in the first place. What do you want, Masamune? What do you want?

　Masamune did not answer immediately. He paused for a while, occasionally taking a deep breath and thinking.

''The Toa........'' cut in Masamune.
''What.... ''What about Toa?''

　Lucius found even those interrupted words disturbing. It wasn't emotional perception, but intuition.

'The Toa is dying.'
...What...?

　Lucius was more upset than ever before.
　His eyes widened, and there was a mixture of anger in them. Behind it, he could also see sadness.