"Let's go, Jue, let's head into the mountains together."
Jue, who had originally retired and was peacefully enjoying her later years, was being harassed by Levi to the point her head felt like two.
For the past two days, this guy kept sticking around her whenever he had time. Didn't he see that the Arbiter was already looking at her with a green glow in her eyes?
If this kept going, forget retirement, whether she could even live out her later years peacefully would become a problem.
The little girl irritably shook the two small buns on her head, puffed up her cheeks, and said angrily, "I'm telling you, don't you just want to learn how to use the power of time sequence? Go find Jinhsi, she can do it too."
Her guess hitting the mark, Levi's expression didn't change at all. Instead, he wrapped an arm around the little girl's slender shoulders and started getting friendly.
"Sister Jinhsi is busy with work right now, she doesn't have time for me. Right now, you're my only good little sister."
Jue snorted upon hearing this. Her dissatisfaction from earlier disappeared as her big eyes blinked, teasing Levi.
"So that means you're basically a left-behind child?"
As one of Jinzhou's top good people, faced with a little girl's face-to-face mockery, Levi naturally didn't let it slide and immediately jumped up.
"If I'm a left-behind child, then you're a lonely old dragon!"
"Left-behind child!"
"Lonely old dragon!"
"Left-behind child!!"
"Lonely old dragon!!"
———
Of course, in the end, Jue was still hoisted onto Levi's shoulder as he excitedly ran toward Mt. Firmament.
Although Jue was the Sentinel, she couldn't just attack Levi. After all, if she really did that, not only would Levi's ability to dismantle her seal object, even the Arbiter wouldn't let it pass.
Besides, after just going through a major battle and transferring the power of time sequence, her current strength was about the same as a little girl.
In the truest sense, soft and delicate, easy to push over.
Forced into overtime work, Jue couldn't resist Levi. She could only vent her anger by biting down hard on his shoulder, leaving a neat row of small teeth marks.
"Hiss…" The pain on his shoulder made Levi suck in a cold breath.
He originally wanted to use the to punish this little girl who didn't know her limits, but after thinking about it, he worried she might refuse to teach him time stop afterward.
At that moment, a flash of inspiration struck Levi. He explained to the struggling girl on his shoulder, "Well… Jue, treating you like this is my fault, but I'm doing it for Rover, right?"
"Hm?"
Hearing Levi mention Rover, Jue immediately stopped struggling and quietly lay on his shoulder, saying nothing as she waited for his explanation.
At the same time, seeing that his persuasion… coaxing had worked, Levi let out a small sigh of relief and tried to make his tone gentler.
"Think about it, Rover will go to more places in the future, right? She'll face more and stronger enemies, right? If she can't win, won't she have to retreat? At that time, wouldn't the power of time sequence be useful?"
"Jue, you wouldn't want to see your Arbiter in danger, right?"
Levi felt like he was some creepy uncle luring a little girl at this moment.
But that didn't matter.
Once he learned how to use the power of time sequence, he could become a real creepy uncle.
Noticing the little girl on his shoulder had fallen into thought, Levi was overjoyed. Not rejecting meant agreeing. His steps became lighter, and soon he arrived at a quiet place.
"Alright, hurry up, tell me how to use the power of time sequence?"
The moment Jue's feet, wrapped in small black boots, touched the ground, she saw Levi already rushing over impatiently.
"Don't rush." Jue frowned, her small face showing faint disgust as she pushed Levi's face away when he leaned in, puffing her lips in dissatisfaction.
This blockhead, with her here, why did he even need to learn time sequence power?
Of course, she would never say that out loud.
The little girl placed her hands behind her back, pacing around, pretending to be mature.
"Learning the power of time sequence isn't something you can master in a short time."
But Levi waved his hand carelessly, indicating he didn't mind how long it took.
Since Levi was determined, Jue didn't say more. Her small body slowly floated up, her fair little hand forming a sword finger gesture (Jinhsi did it like this), and a pair of tiny dragon horns appeared on her forehead.
"Heavenly Court Light!"
A pale-colored giant dragon appeared behind her. The next second, vast time sequence power surged out from the dragon's throat…
And then that was it.
Jue hadn't recovered her combat ability, but putting on a show was still possible.
"This is fraud! You're stealing Sister Jinhsi's skill!"
Facing Levi's accusation, Jue lightly tapped the ground with her toes and slowly descended, shrugging, her small face full of innocence.
"But I don't know how humans use time sequence power. Originally, I just need a thought to use it. There's no need for all this trouble."
Levi thought about it and realized it made sense. It was like asking an experienced client to teach a newbie how to pleasure himself, the more he thought about it, the stranger it felt.
"Forget it, I'll try it myself."
Levi shook his head helplessly. It seemed Jue was completely unreliable.
But for his grand plan, he couldn't skip unlocking the time stop skill tree.
Thinking carefully, the power of time sequence seemed to currently be concentrated entirely in his right hand. Then his inability to use it on a large scale might also be related to this.
As Levi pondered, he unconsciously started pacing, gradually walking in a certain direction.
Jue, who had come along, obviously couldn't just let Levi wander around by himself. Who knew what trouble this guy might cause again.
Thinking that she, a dignified Sentinel, such a big… little girl, actually had to babysit someone.
At that thought, Jue couldn't help but sigh quietly.
'Life is hard!'
Levi naturally didn't know her frustration and continued thinking.
Jue, walking beside him, slightly raised her head and looked at his thoughtful side profile. Even from a Sentinel's perspective, she had to admit that Levi looked quite pleasing when he was quietly thinking.
Just as she was staring at him in a daze, Levi suddenly raised his right hand high, "Please, my King's Power!"
"..."
Jue decided to take back what she just said.
"..."
"Transform!"
...
"Star Platinum!"
...
After trying several times, his right hand still showed no reaction. Levi couldn't help but feel a bit discouraged.
"Jue, are you sure there's time sequence power in my right hand?"
Seeing Levi like this, Jue felt a bit uncomfortable inside and immediately said firmly, "My power is definitely stored in your right hand. It's just that you don't know how to use resonance abilities yet, so you can't activate it."
"You have to believe in yourself, you can definitely control it."
Encouraged by the little girl, Levi regained some spirit. Moved, he hugged Jue's soft body.
"Hehe, I didn't expect that as the Sentinel, you'd actually comfort people."
Feeling the male presence so close, Jue's face turned red again and again, a hint of panic in her eyes as she quickly turned her head away.
"Hmph, who's comforting you? I… right, I'm just saying this because I don't want the Arbiter to worry."
As Jue's words fell, another familiar voice sounded, carrying three parts coldness, three parts playfulness, and four parts mockery:
"Oh? What am I worried about? What did you say?"
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