"Hah! After living for hundreds of years, you're playing innocent with me here?!"
"..."
Su Bei looked bitter. How am I supposed to answer?
And Key Smoke hadn't screamed as he'd expected. It had been the same last time he saw the white... Empress.
Back then, he'd had a clear view. This time, looking through the rocks, it was like watching something pixelated—bland and flavorless.
I'm a warrior of ultra-HD, pixel-free viewing, after all.
Seeing Key Smoke's reaction, could it be that this woman's heart still harbored a yearning for love? An unfulfilled spinster, perhaps?
When she was alone, nursing her wounds, did my accidental appearance ignite a fierce flame in her heart?
Perhaps because he had been sitting still for so long, Su Bei felt as if his legs had lost all sensation.
"Uh, Saintess... my legs seem to have gone numb. I don't think I can feel them."
"..."
"Hm?"
...
「At the Sword Sect's encampment.」
Inside the council chamber.
