"Clarissa, what are you doing?"
"Fufufufu… are you having trouble hearing? You're getting old, my darling."
"No. That's not what I'm talking about." My expression hardened. "I'm asking if you know what you're doing. This isn't a game, Clarissa."
"I know, Dante, but who better to do it? Me, or some glorified tree you aren't even sure will cooperate?"
"This…" She was right.
The process of bringing back Mom and Dad involved getting the Lifetree to actually willingly help out. Forceful coercion wasn't going to work, since the thing could just alert the true Lifetree and everything gets botched.
And considering the fact that I'd just wiped out its entire race of servants…
My face soured even further. Still…
"I can't let you do that. It's too dangerous. The whole point of me not forcing the issue is exactly because it's too dangerous. I can't let you do that. Hell, can you even do it?" I had to ask. With the way she was acting, the confidence in her voice…
