"You don't need to worry about me right now. Whatever happens, perhaps the future has its own destiny. Some people will stay by your side. For now, all that matters is that we get out of this desert safely."
After hearing those words, Uchiha Hiko felt much more at ease. Tears that had been welling in his eyes spilled out uncontrollably. What he had not expected was that the moment his tears fell onto the desert, a tiny blade of grass sprouted.
"What's going on? Why did my tears make a plant grow in this barren desert?" Uchiha Hiko looked at the boy with his large, tear-filled eyes.
"Only the tears of someone truly kind can make beautiful plants grow when they fall upon this desert. Doesn't that prove that you're a very kind person? Shouldn't you be happy?"
The boy was also delighted by this sight. His own tears had never produced anything like this before, yet Uchiha Hiko's tears had caused such a miraculous phenomenon in this uninhabited desert.
"It seems you really are as that woman said—not an ordinary person. Then I was right to seek you out. Just as you said, if we can safely leave this desert, I won't do anything else. I'll definitely follow you for the rest of my life."
Seeing such a wondrous sight, the boy made up his mind. After all, he had no family to care for.
Nor had he been trapped in this desert for very long. His body was free, and so was his soul. He could hand both his body and soul over to Uchiha Hiko at any time.
They had already passed through the hardest moment. From here on, things would gradually become much easier. As long as they continued forward and left this desert, there