-"You were indeed in Lighthouse's sighs. They were very worried about you, because you were still so young when you led the Fragrant Branches away from Lighthouse."
At that unexpected answer, Dawn Cicada lost all expression in an instant.
Moved or scornful? Surprised or guilty? Calm or relieved? No, none of those.
After hearing that answer, Dawn Cicada put on a false mask, so stingy that she refused to let an outsider see even a trace of emotion. She nodded to Zai Jiu Xunge in thanks. "I owe you a favor. When Dawn tramples Zai Jiu, I'll repay you."
Yu Xunge nearly choked, unable even to maintain the cold look on her face.
Someone more deserving of being poisoned mute than Little Seahorse had appeared!
Even an elf like Zhuri, whose emotional intelligence was perpetually below the minimum usable standard, gave Dawn Cicada a puzzled look at that answer.
Only when Yu Xunge swept her gaze over Dawn Cicada's retreating back and saw no new Flower Branch on her did she feel a little better.
Yu Xunge waited a while longer, but no second person asked whether they were in the sighs.
For questions like that, she was willing to offer some simple answers free of charge.
But information that could develop an entire race, such as the Sky Crab undersea restaurant recipes, the Firecolor Race's jewelry recipes, or secret methods for changing a Flower Branch's attributes or color, required something in exchange. Ultimately, her relationship with the World Sighs was purely transactional.
She gave Zhuri and Huang Jin a reassuring smile, something she was very good at, then hung up after making sure they had nothing to tell her.
The boat had stopped. She was about to welcome a new World Sigh.
The jar shaped like a Soul Fire