page 2 of this chapter literally says that Val would rather be buried (and probably killed) by the rubble than not be able to even try to save Kemet. Had it not been for Gil's prediction and Kemet's hidden ability, they were both 100% dead there.
Pride left them behind because Val would prefer...
In the events of the previous chapter, Pride makes the decision to let Val stay under the rubble to try to save the kid, Kemet. (Pride says this herself in this chapter, on page 2).
However, Gil / The Prime Minister brings up a speculation about Kemet and Sefekh, and after the shared...
pretty sure this is correct. the reason he wanted to die so badly would be because of the results from the shenanigans as well i think.
wanted to be accurate so:
in chapter 39.2, Latifa, who we know is actually "Tiana" from Shizuku's time, states directly that the great sage's two students were...
Blondie has always seemed spoiled & arrogant but not outright malicious to me. not necessarily bad but he's got some things to unlearn.
^^ this sounds like the exact same way I would want them to be written, I'm very excited to be able to see it!
I was going to say that this chapter feels way less polished compared to other scans i've seen from this group. I'm not sure what happened? the cleaning is rough and so is the ts :/