"Youzi... are you crying?"
Auroria looked at Su Youzi beside her.
She understood that although the world was noisy, it no longer had much to do with her and Su Youzi.
Watching their loved ones depart was something they, as the Forgotten Ones, had to go through.
Seven hundred years ago, Auroria had gone through the same thing.
"No—"
"I'm just... feeling a little sentimental."
She gazed deeply at Soga Tuyura.
Soga Tuyura wore a holy-white strapless dress. Under the dazzling sunlight, the slender, exquisite lines of the girl's collarbones seemed almost translucent, glimmering faintly.
Su Youzi turned around without another hesitation, pulling Auroria toward the sanctuary of the Holy Royal Court.
After Su Youzi and Auroria left, Soga Tuyura suddenly stared blankly toward the direction behind Xinas.
"Elder Sister Toyura!!!" The obedient girl's legs had gone weak, and her body was exhausted. She could only shuffle over to Soga Tuyura in tiny steps before gently wrapping her arms around Soga Tuyura's waist.
For some reason—
Although she had barely met Elder Sister Toyura a few times, Soga Tuyura always gave Xinas a sense of safety and comfort.
It was... because she could smell the fresh, citron-like fragrance on Elder Sister Toyura.
Xinas always felt as though something had fallen into her heart.
Soga Tuyura felt the same way.
She held Xinas while gazing toward the direction Xinas had come from. She always felt empty inside, as if a piece of her had been lost.
Behind Soga Tuyura, Soga Lie wore a "fierce and terrifying" expression while forcing himself to look like a "kind" old father.
The more he tried, the more frightening he became. Xinas merely glanced up at Soga Lie from Soga Tuyura's arms before immediately shrinking back into them.
He looked at the disappointed expression on his