Rain stared at him in shock.
"You're lying."
That was the first thing that came to her mind, so she blurted it out. She was the only human to have achieved natural Awakening, after all — the only Awakened who had never carried the Spell.
But deep down, she did not believe that the prisoner of the mirror was trying to deceive her.
She felt… dismayed.
No, actually, she felt… happy?
If there were others like her, then she didn't have to carry the crushing weight of responsibility alone anymore. Someone else — someone older and more experienced, no less — would be able to help her, or maybe even do it for her.
That was great, wasn't it?
'Yeah.'
Rain cleared her throat.
But why did she feel so dismayed, then?
Mordret chuckled.
"I wish I were lying, but sadly, I am telling the truth."
He fell silent for a moment, then offered in an apologetic tone:
