Chapter 643 : I Want to Give My All to Illuminate Their Night Sky

The group did not stay put; they had not given up yet.

A mushroom cloud rose into the air.

Felyn and Viloti panted; they had just unleashed the super-powered double "Final Praise" they had used against Sylvain.

But amidst the wind and sand, Flos was completely unharmed.

The few spiritual bodies around her turned to ash under the "Final Praise," but they had also blocked the vast majority of the attack for her.

Without the protection of the spiritual bodies, a wound did appear on Flos's face, proving that her body was not indestructible.

The sacrificial ritual formation had forcibly turned Flos into a figure like a Child of God, but her body had not received the blessing of the Child of God ceremony, so it was still like that of an ordinary person.

The appearance of a wound, the sight of a health bar, meant that it was still possible to defeat Flos.

But who would defeat her?

Bernice lay on Daiyi's lap, her expression pained.

Veronica had already lost consciousness and was lying in Dorothy's arms.

Adelina was still injured, and Viloti was not skilled in close combat.

After Felyn and the others' ranged attrition, several new spiritual bodies began to gather around Flos again.

The number of heroic spirits accumulated by the Church of Samsara over thousands of years was enormous.

"Felyn, you guys do it one more time. Let me go." Adelina drew the saber from her waist and aimed it at Flos not far away. "Miss Veronica was so close just now. My divine art can block Flos's attacks. The sword won't break. Let me go."

"You're still injured, and even if you weren't, I couldn't bear to let you go."

"C-Couldn't bear..."

"Adelina!" Zervanie huffed. "Do you have to blush at a time like this? Felyn couldn't bear to let me go either."

Adelina tucked her hair back, smiling embarrassedly at Zervanie, the blush on her face a tender pink.

She walked to Felyn's side, wrapped her arms around his waist, and rested her forehead on his chest.

"I'm the only one skilled in close combat, and my divine art is a perfect match. Felyn, I'll be fine. Don't worry about me."

But Adelina knew that if she went, her chances were slim. She didn't have Veronica's defensive divine art and could only rely on the blade in her hand to block the spiritual bodies' attacks and then charge to Flos.

The path was perilous; she didn't know if she could make it back.

Her hand unconsciously drew circles on Felyn's chest. Adelina bit her lip tightly.

Her legs were trembling slightly. The words she was about to say to Felyn made her more nervous than facing Flos.

"Felyn, back at the manor, what you said to me... it made me really happy. I... I've actually liked you for a long time. I just wanted to get your acknowledgment."

"But... but I still don't know your feelings. I... I want to know the answer..."

Adelina took a deep breath, leaned close to Felyn's ear, and prepared to whisper her confession, "I like you very much. Can you be my boyfr—"

"BOOM—!"

But Flos did not give Adelina the chance.

Time was short. Flos had to end the battle quickly and then join the fight for the Hero's Sword.

The violent explosion of divine art sent the young ladies' long hair flying wildly. Daiyi squinted, watching the approaching Flos, and took out a super-class art seal from her hand.

Dorothy, Viloti, and Zervanie were also unwilling to give up just like that. They all activated their divine arts and magic, preparing for a final stand.

Adelina shielded Felyn, her brow trembling from the pain in her back, her school uniform torn by the recent explosion's impact.

But under Adelina's protection, Felyn was completely unharmed.

Is it... like this again?

Felyn looked at all the young ladies standing in front of him, then looked down at Adelina, who was enduring the pain, afraid of making him worry.

What a useless man I am.

Always standing behind the young ladies, always being protected by them.

In the past, to put it nicely, he was providing emotional value to the young ladies. To put it bluntly, he was a freeloader.

And now, it seemed nothing had changed. He was still freeloading off the young ladies, completely unable to help.

Felyn leaned on Adelina's shoulder, looking at Daiyi, Viloti, Zervanie, Dorothy, and Bernice behind her.

Sometimes, Felyn felt... inferior in front of them.

This was an emotion he often felt after getting together with Viloti, after he began to accept the young ladies' feelings.

No matter how hard he tried, he could never catch up to these genius young ladies.

He gave his all, but his acting skills were still no match for Zervanie's, his grades were still not as good as Adelina's, and his understanding of divine arts was even less than Daiyi's.

Even though he had mastered a divine art, was his divine art really useful?

Could he truly go from being the one protected by the young ladies to the one who protects them?

Adelina desperately wanted to awaken her divine art, desperately practiced to protect him. Hadn't he thought the same way?

He wanted to always see Viloti happily following by his side. He wanted to see Adelina and Zervanie bicker.

He wanted to see these things forever, to live the so-called peaceful life forever.

Daiyi was right. Sooner or later, he would accept Eitani's contract. Sooner or later, he would have to face the problems he never faced in Seiwa.

"Adelina, do you think I'm useless?" Felyn whispered beside Adelina.

"How could you be?!" Adelina closed her eyes, her hands wrapped around Felyn's neck. "Felyn is the best person in the world to me. I know you're anxious right now, feeling like you can't do anything, but I believe in you. I believe you can definitely achieve what you want, that you can definitely become the person you want to be. Even if no one else believes in you, I am willing to believe in you."

See, even in perceiving others' feelings, Adelina does it better than I do.

But it was precisely because of this that he couldn't give up.

Around me is a group of exceptionally talented young ladies.

They are always comforting me, protecting me. I must bear the responsibility I ought to bear.

Since I'm just an ordinary person, since I have no talent, I can still choose to burn myself completely once, just to illuminate their night sky, even if only for a moment.

"Don't be so gentle, Adelina," Felyn rubbed Adelina's head. "At a time like this, you should scold me and then stimulate my potential."

"Are you a masochist?"

"Maybe." Felyn scraped Adelina's nose in his embrace, then his gaze left the beautiful girl in his arms.

I'm tired of hiding behind the young ladies.

Felyn patted Adelina's back. "Adelina, I might be in a bit of pain in a moment. Could you please hold me tight?"

"Okay." Adelina hugged Felyn tightly, her warm body enveloping him. "But what are you going to do?"

"I've always been a freeloader. Paying off debts, treating Olivia's illness, paying tuition, living... that's how I've gotten by," Felyn nuzzled his face against Adelina, smelling her pleasant rose fragrance.

"I'm still a freeloader now, but I don't want to freeload off you all anymore."

Felyn slowly raised his hand. Fiery red patterns began to surge from his heart throughout his body.

Adelina felt Felyn's body temperature in her arms become very high. She quickly held him tighter, pressing her forehead against his neck.

Felyn glanced at the young ladies standing before him and smiled faintly.

"I want to freeload off someone else, and then come protect you all."

The "Heromir Divine Art" activated.

Since there was a dazzling divine chain above Flos's head, her current abnormal state was the result of a divine art.

As long as it was a divine art, Felyn could copy it.

He had never tried to copy someone else's divine art; even his own was still only Tier 1.

But on his arm was Sylvain's magic crystal, the armguard Daiyi had made for him.

In his arms was the Light of Claude, Adelina, and on his body was the buff from Zervanie's "Moonlit Sanctum."

Heromir had said that once his divine affinity accumulated to a certain level, he could copy others' divine arts.

Now was the time.

(End of Chapter)