On Yalilo VI, the blizzard continues to erode the planet. The star core tries to bewitch Cocolia, but discovers that Cocolia is impossible to communicate with—literally.

Since Cocolia met the "Black Kite Sage," the voice in her head had stopped ringing, and her spirits had improved considerably. However, every night she would inexplicably dream about things from her university days, some of which weren't even her memories...

Seele, on the other hand, was locked in the study to learn the history of Beloberg. Ever since Fu Shi had directly instilled one-tenth of Beloberg's history into Seele's head last time, Cocolia had doubled the amount of study Seele had to do.

Without the help of the talisman, Xi'er felt overwhelmed just looking at the words, let alone memorizing them. However, she could never forget the knowledge that the talisman had instilled in her.

"Sister Seele!"

Bronya quietly opened the door and came in. Originally, Bronya had a lot of studying to do, but since Seele came, Cocolia hadn't made her study much and instead gave her a lot of free time. However, Bronya didn't know what to do with her free time.

"Little sister Xi'er, let's sneak out to play. Mother is still handling state affairs."

“But Sister Bronya, there are soldiers everywhere in Kripper Fortress, and there’s one right behind you.”

Bronya turned around upon hearing this and found a soldier watching her. Bronya was then taken back to her room. Before leaving, the soldier gestured to Seele, indicating that he would not tell Cocolia.

"It's truly agonizing... but the environment is so much better than the lower district. Once I become the Grand Guardian, I'll definitely make the lower district just like the upper district..."

As she spoke, Seele buried her head in her book...

Meanwhile, in the lower realms, Seele's disappearance went unnoticed. People were vanishing every day; some died in the mines, others starved to death in the wild, and still others were swallowed by the Rift and turned into Rift monsters. In short, the probability of death was high, the methods of death were numerous, and the number of cases where no body was ever found was countless.

People are used to this kind of thing, so when a homeless child like Seele disappears, even fewer people care... Perhaps only the homeless man who used to steal her water remembers her...

After Bronya was brought back to the room, she was immediately watched by the soldiers. As soon as she opened the door, she could make eye contact with them. The soldiers did not seem to want to restrict Bronya; they simply followed her around.

Inside Crepper Keep, Bronya could go anywhere except Seele's study, but right now all Bronya wanted to do was go to Seele.

Although Cocolia focused her attention on Seele after she arrived, Bronya wasn't neglected. On the contrary, Cocolia would use her evening study time to tell Bronya bedtime stories.

Bronya felt much less stressed, but this also made her feel guilty, as she felt that Seele should receive the same care from Cocolia as she did.

"Mother..."

Bronya pushed open Cocolia's office door and walked to Cocolia's desk, at which point Cocolia stopped what she was doing.

"What's wrong, Bronya?"

"Mother, isn't Xi'er's workload too heavy? I think we should reduce it, or perhaps let Xi'er listen to bedtime stories with me..."

Bronya's voice grew softer and softer until she couldn't even hear herself saying anything. However, Cocolia wasn't angry at Bronya's words; instead, she walked over and knelt down in front of her.

"I will think about it."

Cocolia only said this one sentence, but even she herself couldn't believe that she had actually conceded on the issue of training the next Great Guardian, and it was all because of a child.

She knew this was no small matter, and in the past she would never have backed down no matter what, but today she gave in without hesitation.

Even she herself couldn't believe it, and she even wanted to back out, but at that moment, a pair of eyes appeared in her mind—the eyes of Fu Shi. Perhaps when Kekelia first saw Fu Shi, she was already drawn to him, and Fu Shi had left something in her subconscious...

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