No one could help but take a deep breath after hearing all these words. Cassandra took Atlas's hand and gently asked, "After all the pain you've endured... you're trying to be a hero once again. How can you bear it all?"
Even Talon, perhaps the harshest of the Sages, had a broken heart. Though Atlas had lived until the age of 37, in their eyes he was still just a child. Even the youngest among them, Juliet, was thousands of years old, so it was unimaginable that an ordinary human could endure such things at this age.
"I…" Atlas had said suddenly and fallen silent. He hadn't expected such a question to be asked of him.
