"It is, I'm sorry. Nothing about the past few days has been easy to digest, believe me." Luka thinks back to the Protector's words at the hospital, trying to remember what little specifications there were. "I... don't know how the magic works. He said it would be enough power that you alone could defeat the next few monsters. You'd be the most powerful Knight. But he didn't give many other details."

Luka knows how it sounds. He'd be hesitant if not outright suspicious of a deal like this, himself. But Garrot was the only clear option that he and Olivia could decide on. It had to be him!

"It might make you a target. I'm a target, too. It's not so bad." Luka laughs dryly. "I wouldn't worry about things like that, though. The strength you'd get would make up for any ire you would attract. And I trust the Protector's word on this. Everything he's given me has been a net positive."