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The Black Knight said to the other knights in the room "Go. I need to be alone." the other knights followed the black knight's orders, and left the top of the tower that belonged to Neo.

Neo turned back to his normal self but still with the cross over his neck, and his white shirt, as he looked at Mikka and the Black knight talking. After the other knights left, the Black Knight answered "Oh, you're not her.... Yes, she was something to me" he answered back as he didn't take his helmet off that covered his face, but this was a very serious moment that Neo needed to remain calm, and watched them both.

The angels also left the place with a bright light that faded unto the room, hoping that this wouldn't go too rough on Neo and Mikka. They already knew the answer to the question, and it wouldn't be a pretty one at all.

The black knight kept his head up, kneeling, and looking at Mikka. He answered back to her as his voice started to crumble even more and said "She was... my ... daughter...." he finally broke into tears under his helmet full of pain and sorrow. This man had killed his own daughter, but what was the reason?

Neo opened his eyes greatly, as this angered him. He did not know that the man responsible for her death was her own father. Such a heartless man to do so.

Neo to control his anger, which he now had more control over, sat down nearby inside the room facing them both, and he tried to relax before what the black knight just said. He watched them carefully but not thinking much, since thinking would only turn up bad for the situation at hand.

The black knight answered back to Mika, as he controlled his eyes, and threw the tissue aside without even using it "I was afraid. A demon and my daughter being together.... Only evil could come out of such a thing.... Please, take my life!" the black knight said as he hit the floor, and begged them to take his life. He was miserable ever since he was mentally forced to kill his own daughter.

The Black Knight's jet black hair showed, as she took off his helmet and slapped him. He was speechless, and ashamed of what he had done, and was about to do yet again out of pure fear, until he noticed that Ysuka had now turned into an angel somehow. He answered back, as he grabbed his cheek in pain "I did talk to her. I didn't want her to see him again, but she wouldn't listen.... So I resorted to what came into my mind."

Neo now walked over to the black knight, as he knew her anger would also get her nowhere, and moved Mikka from his front with just a gentle push, as he kissed her forehead. He put his hand over the Black Knight's head and said "The angels know your pain, and wish to take it away. You have sinned one of the most painful sins of all, and you have broken the divine law of God. You are a broken sinner. You drown in every drink you take, and every cut you take exposes your pain. You will suffer no longer. May God have mercy on your soul." Neo said as suddenly the black knight raised his head and the life went right out of his body with a bright light. The knight's dead body fell to the ground, as the last thing that could be heard from the soul leaving his body would be "Thank you." and he hugged Mikka which seemed like she was about to cry and put his hand behind the back of her head for her to not look at the dead body for now.

Neo kissed her forehead after listening to her, and said "We will. I must first take this body to the other knights, so they can give him a proper burial. " he let go of her hug, as he approached the dead, heavy body in the middle of the experimentation room, and picked it up from his shoulder with the angel's divine strength. He walked his way to the wooden door to the inside of Neo's part of the castle, and opened it.

Once he opened it, the other knights where just outside the door waiting for the black knight and the white knight, which was the second strongest next to the black knights appraoched Neo that had the dead body over his shoulder and said "That's why I never took part of what he wanted to do with his daughter. He ended up in misery after he did such a thing and turned into a monster. I'm glad you put him to rest and out of his misery. We will give him a proper burial. You may visit us in the castle city whenever you want to, and no one will attack you anymore, but we will not bother you unless you want us here." as he picked up the dead body over Neo's shoulder even though the white knight also had a vast amount of armor but was immensely strong. The other knights simply followed the white knight's orders and left the top of the castle never to return again.

Neo then approached Mikka, as he asked "We can go now. It's not going to take long right? We need to get ready for the next trip to the Tower of Hatred and get the last stone." he asked with a vague smile over his lips. and tried to comfort Mikka by petting her hair softly.

(Sorry for the placement error in the past post)

Neo took her hand gently, as he nodded toward her sweetly with a vague smile and said "Yes, I'm ready to leave. We will get through this together." then he let her go, after remembering that they might need something, though they might return for the map and provisions for their next trip, and used alchemy to take out the scalpels from the Eternal Engine. He then walked up to Mikka, after putting them in his right pocket, and grabbed her hand yet again.

Neo did not step closer to them, instead he remained behind as she hugged him and they bonded while he answered looking down "Because I love her. I am a changed man. I'm sorry for my past behavior, and I'm sorry for giving you such a blunt image of myself. I love her, and I'm willing to give my soul for her. I would sell my soul to the devil for her and never look back." he answered back passionately. He had never said such words even to Angela. Maybe his new love for Mikka was also doubled by Angela's image.

Neo looked back at Mikka's father seriously as he answered "And what is that?" a question out of curiousity. Of course, he was willing to do anything to prove his worth to Zetsumi and his acceptance, but what would it be? Would it involve risking his own life, or was Zetsumi actually more thoughtful then that?