Chapter 85: Four and a Half Stars
Regulus wanted to protect his path of exploration from interference. He wanted to protect the family's businesses from being plundered.
He wanted to protect the clear understanding of this world he had maintained since crossing over, to keep it from being tainted by fanaticism and ignorance.
He wanted to protect the purity inside his own heart.
But this was not the power of the soul. It was not an emotional vow of protection.
It was rational.
He was protecting his own space to survive and grow.
The next instant, resonance formed.
In his awareness, the position of Bellatrix glowed faintly.
Unlike the other four fully ignited stars, this was only a preparatory state, like a newly lit hearth that still needed more fuel before it could blaze.