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"Save... me...?"

Hearing Rama's words, Sita widened her eyes. This must be quite a stirring moment for her, right? After all, in his past life, Rama spent fourteen years fighting against the Demon King to rescue her. Rama, despite his battered body, approached Sita step by step.

"No! You caused me harm! It's your fault, Rama!"

Sita shouted, resisting something, refusing something, unwilling to admit something. But seeing Sita like this, Rama became calm.

"I... I know, Sita. You've suffered a lot of grievances and unfairness, all because of me."

Supporting his heavily wounded body, Rama approached Sita, speaking firmly.

"I'm not asking for your forgiveness or understanding, but it's the only thing I can do."

Rama declared, continuing to approach Sita.

"I swear, Sita, no matter what difficulties or challenges lie ahead, I will come to save you."

After saying this, Rama started running.

"Don't come any closer!"

Sita immediately raised her bow and released a torrent of arrows, unlike the controlled shots before. It was an unrestrained barrage aimed at tormenting him. Despite being showered by the arrow rain, Rama didn't stop, running steadfastly toward his goal.

In his hand, he held a ring.

A finely crafted ring.

Holding this ring, Rama couldn't help but recall the events on the Argo.

...

"What is this?"

Looking at the ring presented to him, Rama couldn't help but show a solemn expression. Because from this ring, Rama sensed a noble aura. This was undoubtedly a treasure closely related to the divine.

As the seventh incarnation of Vishnu and a hero with numerous connections to the gods, Rama confirmed this. In fact, this wasn't just a treasure related to the divine; it was something incarnated from a deity.

Therefore...

"I intend to give it to you."

Rozen handed the ring he had taken off his finger to Rama, looking directly at him as he spoke.

"This is a protective treasure of mine. With its power, even divine curses can be countered. Although your curse has become an inherent skill, theoretically impossible to eliminate, this item is specially made for me. Given to you, even with my control, it can only exert some effects. However, its power is undeniable. It should be able to control the curse on you to some extent."

In this way, even if the curse is not completely eliminated, Rama can at least see Sita while wearing this ring. This surprised and solemnized Rama.

"Since it's such a precious treasure, can you really give it to me?"

Rama asked this question with utmost seriousness, looking at Rozen.

Rozen sighed helplessly.

"To be honest, without it, my power will drop by at least half."

Rozen spoke the truth. Not to mention sensing ability, mental interference, spiritual body protection, curse resistance, and autonomous rebound of illusions, even reducing magic consumption, accelerating recovery, and enhancing skills like Spirit Vision, Heaven's Eye, and Mind's Eye—these were all functions that the Jade Rabbit Ring had silently been performing.

In addition, Gyokuto had a warning function. When facing the ambush by Cú Chulainn in the basin, the sharpness of Rozen's Mind's Eye was essential, but before that, Gyokuto also gave a warning, allowing Rozen to react in time and evade.

Gyokuto was like this, acting as a magical tool with internal effects, not as conspicuous as Kinu, but its effects were no less than Kinu's. It had been silently performing its mission all along.

If Rozen lost Gyokuto, his strength would drop not only by half, but even a decrease of twenty or thirty percent would be normal.

Even so, Rozen still took it out.

"Since I've decided to help you, I can't hold back. Moreover, this is the only way I can suppress the curse that has become your inherent skill."

Without a miraculous intervention at the level of a deity, it's impossible to suppress the curse that had become an inherent skill for Rama. It had already become a record elevated to the "Throne" along with Rama's existence.

Wanting to tamper with it was as difficult as tampering with the records in the "Throne of Heroes." Without the power of a deity, how could there be an opportunity to intervene?

"But by doing this..."

Rama wanted to say more but was interrupted by Rozen.

"Do you know, Rama?" Rozen smiled at Rama and said, "In our era, putting a ring on your wife is a true expression of love."

Upon hearing this, Rama was momentarily stunned. In this situation, Rozen handed the Gyokuto Ring to Rama.

"If you get the chance, put this ring on Sita's finger."

Rozen spoke playfully.

"Of course, it's just lending it to you. You better come back and return it with your Sita, okay?"

This statement deeply engraved itself in Rama's mind, a memory to be cherished.

...

Recalling that moment, Rama smiled as if reminiscing.

"Thank you, Master."

Rama tightly grasped the ring in his hand.

"Thanks to you, there's a chance to save Sita."

Although he didn't know what Sita had endured, her condition was certainly abnormal, perhaps manipulated by the power of the Holy Grail, among other possibilities.

If that were the case, this ring, capable of suppressing the curse that had become an inherent skill, could also control the power manipulating Sita.

"Now is the opportunity to put this ring on Sita!"

Despite the arrow rain and disregarding the numerous wounds from the arrows all over his body, Rama shouted towards Sita.

"Sita!"

With his most powerful shout, Rama reached out and touched Sita.

"Rama!"

Sita also shouted, aiming the bow at Rama's heart.

The ring and the arrows were released simultaneously from their extended hands.

Immediately, they made contact with each other.