embered what Head Priestess Holme told him when he was in Bright Moon Goddess Temple,

’"But one day, you might have to make an important decision again, one that you could even say will be critical... perhaps you will come to remember what I said today...

’"Be careful with your choices."’

"Hurry up and make your choice. I will not be able to wait for you for long." That voice urged him softly by his ear. "The legendary anti-mystic equipment is near me."

Thales struggled to raise his head and, with an incredibly grave expression, he stared at the five archdukes before him.

’Kill them all? Leave with him? How should I choose...?’

"So, Thales Jadestar?"

In the air no one noticed the Air Mystic’s return, Asda Sakern said airily, "Are you going to accept your fate as a Mystic or end your own future?"