Compensation as in the sword he's forging? 😋
Would fit well. Jing De thinks it'll never be finished forging, but Dao Ma seems the kind of guy to accept it anyway - it'd work thematically too.
It really sucks; but honestly, if I had to guess why this did end up being axed, either just go with the guess that Japan's audience didn't like it, or the flashback with Rosalie was simply too long.
Im gonna be honest guys - about a third of the time now i have no idea what the fuck happened and how event a leads to event b. This is turning into a mess.
@Jugo-kun if that knowledge of yours comes from reading the light novel, thanks for spoiling it for both me and others that wanted to explore and experience Radiant in its manga form especially when speculation is part of that experience