[Aestrea's POV]
"...Another dragon heart, huh?"
I stared at the crystallized lump of crimson pulsing faintly in my palm. This was the second dragon heart I had ever seen.
"…Agh… at this point, I might as well become a dragon."
I didn't overthink it much.
It was strange to think that I decided to ally myself with ones who made me fall in this situation, but honestly...
I need their help, because Kagetaro... well, Yumi had told me about a way to ascend, and become a God.
But to do that... I would need to sacrifice Yggdrasil, so in a way, I would become the enemy of the world, nonetheless.
That aside... I finally pressed the dragon heart against the place where my Lich Heart throbbed inside my chest.
CRACK—CRACK!
The moment it entered, shards of crystallized blood scattered like burning embers, and veins of red light surged into me, stabbing straight into my rotten veins and blackened marrow.
B-BUUM! BUUUM!
My Lich Heart reacted instantly, pounding like it wanted to burst.
