050 Good Brothers Dropping Gold Coins Is So Satisfying-Everyone Should Make More Friends

"That's enough, Lioz." Hobbes nodded. "Actually, the more impartially you carry out your duties, the easier it is for me."

"A bottom line is a bottom line. It shouldn't bend for personal connections."

Li Aoz shook Hobbes's hand. "As for the exact verdict, that will depend on the court—Lucite, I'm preparing to leave. Are you coming with me, or staying behind to catch up with Hobbes?"

"I'll see you off, Li Aoz. It's been too long since I last saw Hobbes."

Lucite rose to his feet. He was still far shorter than Li Aoz. Li Aoz pressed a hand to his shoulder, then leaped through the Timeline and arrived outside the Starport.

"...You've grown stronger. And more efficient."

Lucite watched flights pass before them, communicating through magic in the vacuum.

"Lioz, you're tall now, you're making money, and you're beautiful. I don't even know how to put it. The distance between us has already..."

"Grown distant?" Li Aoz asked.

"You're different from us now, brother."

Lucite smiled, looking Li Aoz up and down at his porcelain skin and exquisite armor steeped in snow and moonlight. That profound shock lingered in his heart for a long while.

Yeah, Lioz was no longer in the same class as them. It was even hard to call him 'human' anymore.

Only after a long silence did Lucite say:

"I hope we can be brothers for life."

"We'll be friends," Li Aoz said. "That's all."

"You're exceptional, Lioz. Being your companion once was a blessing across three lifetimes, but I think the companions you need shouldn't be ordinary people like us, without any lofty ambitions."

Lucite raised a hand, intending to pat Li Aoz's shoulder, but even on tiptoe, he could barely reach Li Aoz's ribs.

This Catfish Clan honor student, once famous for being