Mydei ran briskly through Okhema City, embarrassed and annoyed. He knew where Castorice lived.
After winding through several streets, he stopped in front of a small courtyard. A gentle breeze brushed his cheeks, carrying waves of strange floral fragrance.
Lush, beautiful purple flowers bloomed within the courtyard. They were peculiar flowers born from the authority of death within Castorice, and no mosquitoes or insects dared approach them.
On the contrary, any insect that touched these Underworld Flowers would immediately die, becoming nourishment for the blooms.
Mydei followed the path around the Underworld Flowers, then knocked on Castorice's front door.
Knock, knock, knock!
"Castorice, get up!"
Mydei knocked on the door and shouted, but faint sounds of sleep came from within, leaving him momentarily stunned.
She was asleep this early? Don't tell him she had pulled an all-nighter writing that cursed CP fanfiction?
As someone who knew Castorice, Mydei hesitated for a while before sighing and deciding to take a walk to clear his head. He would come back in the afternoon to confront Castorice.
Meanwhile, an adorable unexpected visitor arrived in Okhema from the Cloud Marble Heavenly Palace.
She was the chief nurse of the Dim Light Courtyard, a Chrysos Heir of the Core Flame clan that watched over the skies. Her pink hair faded into cyan-blue, and a little white horse doll hung at her waist.
That was her closest companion, Little Ika, a memosprite players had jokingly dubbed the Sunny Rainbow Little White Horse.
The reason Little Ika had become so tiny was said to date back long ago, when she had still been the Pegasus of the Sky Titan. After expending all her strength to save a city-state, Pegasus shrank and regressed into Little Ika, whereupon Feng Jin found her. From then on, they had depended on