Mythic-grade

When Lucy asked this question, Derek calmly let out a light laugh, his face full of undisguisable pride.

Even by the standards of this world, this result was indeed somewhat strange, but this was what he had been seeking all along, so he had no reason to pretend to be surprised.

Back then, he took the risk with the Unkindly Altar because he wanted to obtain something that could allow Mordred to evolve and evolve more. Now that he had his results, it just proved that he won the gamble. However, Derek suppressed his excitement, because he thought that the altar might give greater results, hidden.

Seeing that he refused to answer and continued to wear that smug and satisfied expression, Lucy stared at him for a while, and accepted that hIs silence itself was the answer.

He was proud of what he had done, and whatever had happened to Mordred was the reason he was pleased with himself.