Huo Yushen said somewhat awkwardly, "...I was only twelve then. I wasn't an adult yet."
"My mother and the school both forbade me from taking part in that kind of activity."
Xia Chujian frowned. "...Is that so? Then what about the credits? Isn't it a Major Required Course?"
Huo Yushen lowered his gaze. "Actually, what this Major Required Course should teach is the principles of operating and maintaining Starry Sky Exploration Ships, not actual participation in the Starry Sky Exploration Activity."
"I studied Starry Sky Exploration Ship operation and maintenance by myself at school."
Xia Chujian caught the frustration in his tone and could not help curling her lips.
Of course, she held it in and did not laugh aloud.
Noticing the shift in her mood, Huo Yushen said mildly, "Laugh if you want. There's no need to hold yourself back."
Xia Chujian said, "I don't mean to make fun of you. I just think... your luck wasn't very good..."
Such an exciting course, yet he had been unable to join it and could only study the dull operation and maintenance of Starry Sky Exploration Ships alone at school...
Just thinking about it made Xia Chujian want to laugh.
Though she said she was not making fun of him, a hint of laughter still glimmered in her lively eyes, as if stars had shattered within them, rippling into brilliant starlight across her gaze.
It took Huo Yushen considerable effort to pull his eyes away. Looking ahead, he said calmly, "It wasn't bad luck. There were risks involved to begin with. Besides, Starry Sky Exploration is hardly simple."
"Every place they went was an unknown star domain in the universe."
"Unknown means we don't know what dangers are there. Every step forward could be a fatal trap."
"Although advances in science