Alex then rushed forward and instantly appeared before Dexter. "I will use the immortality arts to dissolve the resentment in your heart..."

His voice echoed gently, as soft as a spring breeze, touching something deep within Dexter's heart. Dexter felt as though he had traversed through endless time and returned to the distant past, to when they were still innocent youths.

Many years ago, they had gazed at the celestial beings flying across the sky together every day, filled with envy. A deep-