Shinjiteita Nakama Tachi Ni Dan John Okuchi De Korosarekaketaga Gift File

“What did you do?” Marduk whispered, his spell unraveling in his fingers.

The Vault of Gifts did not destroy. It gave each person exactly what they had truly chosen all along. “What did you do

The floor beneath his former companions dissolved into light. Not killing them. Not punishing them. Just… choosing them. The light wrapped around Lyra’s shield and made it a cage. It wove through Torvin’s fingers and turned every blade he touched against his own shadow. It entered Marduk’s mind and showed him every future where his greed consumed him—and then made him live in all of them at once. The floor beneath his former companions dissolved into light

He turned his back on the three frozen figures, walked to the far wall, and placed his bare hand against the stone. The wall opened onto a sunlit hillside he had never seen before. The air smelled of grass and rain. Just… choosing them