>>5256321>>5256370>>5256384>>5256435"I'm going to be honest with you, Benny. The last time I went somewhere, it was with incredibly tough and well-trained people at my side. I had my ass handed to me on a platter, and walked out of the incarnation ceremony looking like I was the chew-toy of Cerberus himself, both physically and spiritually. Which is why... I'm in need people who can fend off for themselves. I'm sorry Benny, you just don't fit into that criteria."
"I-i-I knew it from the start... The world is not ready to accept us l-l-little people... The only thing I have to look forward to is to see C-C-Cindy get worse as time goes on."
"I would help you in her condition if I knew of some sort of cure, but if he didn't find one, I'm not sure I have much to offer for treatment..." You think back to Guts, who finally reunited with Casca, but still had no clue on what to do, or even if it was possible to restore her memory.
"I-I- didn-didn't ask f-f-for much... I-I-I just wanted her to b-b-be safe! Wh-Why I-Is this the clo-closest resemblance of p-peace I've ever h-h-ad? It's e-empty! An empty promise! Th-There's nothing here for m-me to feel happy about!" Benny bawls and shoves you away after hearing he wouldn't be invited. Even if he didn't want to fight, he did wish to be part of something grander than himself, something that would maybe give him hope towards a good cause. After seeing all the magic you are able to do, maybe he thought fixing Cindy would be something you could wish a snap of your fingers.
Why do you feel so bad for him, even if there's nothing you could do to him?
"Benny, I-"
"N-No!" The dejected pupil runs off, asking you to let him cope with the news. Perhaps it's best to leave him alone for a bit. Ilos is safe enough for him to walk around without fear now. It's the most you can do for him. In a world where fighting is mandatory, the one who just wants to spread his art across the world feels truly useless in ever seeing his dream come to fruition.
"The King is coming... Benny will stop crying when he shows up!" Cindy mumbles to herself in bed. Her delusions of the king coming to Ilos to help her were always very weird and nonsensical, surely she knows that the king is dead by now, right?
...Or maybe the king she mentions is the one who sill suceed Princess Charlotte's Father.
Was that the reason Griffith was seen flying his way here?
>Go after Benny.>Look for his father.>Check back on Farnese and Michelle. 