No feast lasts forever. It was only a matter of time before Fang Yi left Earth Star.
Especially now that Earth Star had stabilized and was under the protection of the Light God Civilization, this was the best possible time.
If he missed it, no one knew when the next opportunity would come.
Fang Yi temporarily bade the Light-Shadow Humanoid farewell, then returned to Tai City and went home.
When he pushed open the door, his cousin Lin Yiyi was standing there. Her bright, watery eyes hid a trace of reluctance. Though Fang Yi had not said anything yet, she seemed to already know.
"Cousin, go!"
Lin Yiyi suppressed the reluctance at the corners of her eyes.
"I heard it from the Spirit Association. You're going to a broader world, into the depths of the universe!"
"...You already knew?"
Fang Yi shook his head with a bitter smile. He had been wondering how to say goodbye after returning, but he had not expected Lin Yiyi to find out in advance and mentally prepare herself.
"Where's Aunt?"
As he spoke, he suddenly saw the graceful figure of a young woman emerge from the kitchen. It was his aunt, Fang Yulan.
"Come. Before you leave, have one last taste of my cooking." Fang Yulan smiled, though her eyes were still filled with undisguised reluctance.
After spending so much time together, they had long regarded one another as their most important family. How could they truly feel no reluctance at all?
But just as Lin Yiyi had said,
Fang Yi should go to a broader world. They could not use familial love as shackles to bind the brilliant future that should have been his.
Before long, Fang Yulan brought out the dinner she had prepared, as colorful, fragrant, and delicious as ever.
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