What gave her comfort was that the other's movements had paused.
She breathed a sigh of relief.
Indeed, the desire for immortality is innate in humans.
Whether you're a stunning prodigy admired by the world or an ordinary person struggling in the mire, you yearn for a longer life.
Gauss looked down at the shattered, head almost void of the dark aura in his claw.
The other's gaze mixed fear of death with a glimmer of post-crisis hope, as if clinging to the last straw, trying to sell him the so-called "method of immortality."
Gauss was silent, his grip seemed to loosen slightly.
He stared into the witch's eyes, as if scrutinizing the truth of her words, weighing the pros and cons.
Megan, the witch, was overjoyed inside.
The will to survive made her endure the pain, using the fastest pace of speech in her life to persuade desperately.
"It's true! I've studied for hundreds of years!"
