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The corridor fell silent. No one knew what to say now. The note Sean held in his hand also went unchecked since no one dared to open it.

The party remained like that until Yoko stumbled across them. She had decided to visit Charlie first since Charlie was not picking up her phone. But the current situation looked grim.

"What is going on here? Why are all of you sitting on the ground like this? You need to get up now. Would someone like to tell me what happened here?"

Amane asked, but she was already beginning to conclude in her heart. And the conclusions she reached were not a satisfying one for her.

But since no one uttered a single word to her, Amane had to take matters into her own hands and rip the note out of Helio’s.

One of the notes was addressed to her, and Amane felt safe opening up that note. As soon as she did that, she wanted to close that note and pretend she never saw it.

[My dear,

We shared a lot of relationships with each other. I cannot begin to think what you were to me, and now, I will never be able to.

I just want you to know that I did what I had to as the divine leader as well as a mother. And I am not ashamed of my choice.

You might want to criticise my choices, but you don’t have any right to do that. Not after all you put me and the others through.

But this is not why I am leading this note to you. I wanted one last favour from you. Please, take care of my kids for me.

With my death or even disappearance, the divine guild is a sitting duck waiting for enemies to attack it from all sides. I taught my kids to be strong and independent, but they still relied on me.

In the end, I might be a failure of a parent, but I do not want to leave my kids like this. And I especially do not want to leave the divine guild to fall into ruins.

So please select the next divine leader and hand them the seal. Take them to the secret room in the chamber of the divine leader. I think you know which one I am talking about.

There, I left a last gift for my successor. I hope this shall be enough preparation from my side.

Your beloved

Charlie Suzuki.]

Amane’s cheeks were wet, and she could not wipe the tears off. She wanted to check on her emotions, but getting these kids to move was more important. Staying in such a crampy place would cause them to get sick.

’What a crafty move Charlie made right before she died. She ended up giving me more of a burden to carry.’

Amane’s thoughts were a little bitter, but she passed through them. She would get time to sort her feelings later.

She had work and people to get back into shape for now.

"You all stand straight. Just because the divine leader perished does not mean you get to moan around without doing anything. First, you must straighten your backs and return to work."

Amane clapped her hands, and a loud noise echoed through the hallway. All those who had collapsed in sadness looked at Amane.

The habit she used to gain everyone’s attention was like Charlie Suzuki’s. It made them all hope for a miracle.

But they were disappointed to see Yoko Tsurugi’s face instead of their mother’s.

"Let us all mourn. Our mother just died, and we have not come to terms with it yet. Please, give us a lot of time."

Helios begged while trying his hardest not to cry. Amane understood what was happening with Helios.

He had the right to cry if he wanted to. But he did not have the time to be weak, especially when the whole world would be looking at him and his siblings.

’I wanted to go and help Sakura first. She was in so much pain when I left her. But I cannot ignore Charlie’s last request for me.’

Well, one thing Amane needed to do was to head to the hospital. These kids had been in the rift, so they needed to be looked at again by the doctor.

"You all! Mourn later. For now, stand up and head toward the cars outside. We will get you to the hospital and get you all checked out. Then, we will discuss what to do next. Do you understand me?"

Amane asked, but no one moved.

She tried hard not to get pissed, but Amane could not maintain her temper. She ended up using her powers and binding the other people together.

Everyone looked shocked when chains suddenly appeared around them and began to carry them out of the hallway.

"N-No! What are you doing? What if the rift opened again, and Mother needed our help? We need to stay here and hope for the best—"

Helios complained, but he was the first one to be dragged out. The only one Amane did not touch was Sean. But he seemed the one most in control of himself.

"Sean, since you have a good head on your shoulder, I will ask you to stay here and take care of the aftermath. Once you are done, come and meet me. I need you to take over the mantle of the next divine leader."

Amane informed Sean, and he jolted awake in his position. He looked miserable and pathetic, with tears streaking down his cheeks.

"I…is this some kind of joke? Don’t you know what I did? I guess you won’t since you were out of the loop until now. But I am the reason all this happened. I pushed Mother toward this sacrifice and opened this rift and also-"

"I know what you did. I was the one who asked Charlie to keep an eye on you. I can guess what happened better than you expect me to."

Sean fell quiet once he heard Amane’s words. The guild and burden that he carried made his shoulders tense, and his eyes looked daunting.

"If you know all that, then why? Why are you offering this opportunity to me? There are far better candidates out there. Heck, even Helios would be a better candidate-"

"Would Helios be a better candidate? Sean, a lot of responsibility is involved with a position as high as the divine leader. A lot of people become your enemies and want to kill you. Do you want others to suffer this fate?"

Sean almost bit his lip in frustration as he held his answer back. He already knew what he wanted to say. And it would not benefit him in any way.

Amane took Sean’s silence as his agreement. And even if Sean did not want to agree, Amane had ways to make him agree with her. He would do what he was destined to do.

Until Sean decided that he wanted Amane was going to wait. She got into the last car that drove off toward the hospital.

The detention center was deadly quiet. The warden had been holding his mouth until now. He did not want to make a sound and get into trouble.

But he could no longer hold himself back. He needed to ask all the important questions before the prisoners got the truth.

"Sir, what is going to happen now? What should we tell the prisoners about the rift and the divine leader?"

The warden asked, and Sean immediately took charge. His body and brain worked in overdrive, causing him to propose a solution.

"Look, whatever happened here will not leave this hallway until I tell you it’s ok to tell the others. And that goes for you two who are hiding as well. I do not want you spreading this news around."

Sean warned everyone, and Loki walked out from behind the corridor. He looked sheepish but guilty at the same time.

Standing adjacent to Loki, Anya bowed and apologised for what happened. She could not help but feel as if this was her fault.

"I am so sorry for what happened. I will find a way to make it up to you. I promise you this much."

Anya promised, but she needed to figure out how to help. Sean knew this as well, and it was not Anya’s fault that this happened in the first place.

She was as much a victim as anyone else was in this situation.

"Don’t worry about it. You are not at fault here; the goddess who tried to use you is. We will check your situation soon once we have the time."

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"But are you sure you can resolve the situation soon? You don’t have a divine leader. Your enemies will quickly start to target your businesses and other assets. What are your plans for dealing with that?"

The warden asked, and Sean was stumped. He wanted to say that he had a plan. But it would only be rendered functional if their divine leader was strong.

’I need to put someone else on the throne of the divine leader—someone who is well-liked and would not receive much criticism. I am far too tainted to hold such a position anymore.’

Sean had a few ideas about the kind of person he could use. What Sean did not have in his hand was time. He needed time to make things work.

"I will contact you once I have enough time on my hand. Until then, take care of this place."