Inside the Tidal Great Hall, the Blue-haired Woman stroked the shell in her hand, a gentle smile and a trace of reminiscence appearing on her face.
More than two thousand years ago, before leaving the Main World for the Astral Realm, she had told Darcy that when she returned to the Hainas Mermaid Kingdom, she hoped to see his child.
As for whom he married, she did not care.
Yet when she returned to the Hainas Mermaid Kingdom eight hundred years later, she discovered that the child she loved had already been missing for over six hundred years.
She spent hundreds of years searching, but found nothing.
However, when she returned to Eternal Night Manor after her final search, she found that letter.
Stroking the shell, the Blue-haired Woman murmured softly, "What a pity. It was written for Sheryl."
From then on, she had become certain that her child might not be dead and would surely return someday.
To wait for his return, she remained in the Hainas Mermaid Kingdom for a thousand years.
During that time, the companions who had once traveled back with her invited her to the Astral Realm again, but she refused them all, only wishing to wait for her child to return and see him once more.
Perhaps the Goddess of Fate had favored them, allowing fate to give them another chance to meet.
As for why Darcy had not returned to the Hainas Mermaid Kingdom to see her all these years, she did not care. It was enough that he had returned now.
However, since that rebellious daughter Sheryl already knew Darcy had returned yet had not informed her mother, it seemed she needed a proper lesson.
Sensing that faint aura drawing closer and closer, the Blue-haired Woman stood up, waved open a Demiplane