"Sitri stop!"
Hubris, who unconditionally yelled at Sitri to halt him from healing Latrice, quickly mend Ruru. When Sitri saw what's happening to the ghost, he stopped doing so.
Latrice ran towards Ruru and hugged him tightly.
"What's wrong? Why are you getting hurt?" She whispered at him as she glanced once at Ruru's pondering face.
"I-I don't know… but I feel so much pain…" He replied weakly.
"This is… don't tell me they are connected?" Condemned Hubris observed the two of them, he then realized that their marks were glowing harshly.
"What do you mean, Hubris?" Sitri cluelessly asked.
"I've heard this before. But I'm not really certain if it is true. If we try to erase the other one's mark, the existence of the other one will disappear."
"But if that's the case, then the two of them will get summoned in the abyss. That will cause the girl's life…—"