Fay's emotions exploded, spilling out of her soul… and attracting the world's mana to fall in line and then infuse itself into her flesh, providing her with ample fuel to support the newly established domain.
*Slau… ghter…*
Fay's voice echoed for a moment before disappearing into the silence of the morning.
"I see…" Loraz sighed heavily before shaking his shoulders and then his head. And by the time he raised his eyes and looked at Fay again…
All the hints of familiar love, respect, and desire to protect were gone without a trace, replaced by nothing but the look of a perfect resolve.
Whatever this man settled on in his mind before, he has now reaffirmed his goals, after facing the opposition from an angle he hoped to avoid.
'What a father he is,' I thought when the man made his first step.
Yet, rather than focusing on his advance or getting amazed over how finely Fay controlled the mana that surged towards her…