Imperial Capital City, Star Advent Courtyard, inside Two Tails' Calamity Shadow Ruins.
At two in the morning, when everyone should have been fast asleep, Two Tails, lying on the lower bunk, had her eyes open as she stared at the bedboard above.
The little fellow on the upper bunk sometimes breathed unevenly and sometimes tossed and turned, clearly unable to sleep.
At last, Two Tails could not stand it anymore. To sleep beside her, one had to remain quiet enough—and with the bunks so close together, all the more so.
She spoke. "Can't sleep?"
"Mm." On the upper bunk, Lure Jiang Xiao rested his head on the soft pillow and gazed up at the dim, profound sky. His expression shifted again and again. After thinking it over, he finally said, "I have something to tell you, but you have to promise me you won't act rashly."
Hopkins' intrusion into Dragon Cave clearly could not be hidden from Two Tails.
Among the Star Advent Army, Jiang Xiao could refrain from telling anyone to spare his companions their worry. But trying to deceive Two Tails was obviously unrealistic. He might as well tell her now and avoid conflict later.
"Hmm?" Two Tails silently stared at the bedboard. She had thought she had brought too much midnight food and Jiang Xiao had eaten until he was stuffed, which was why he had been grunting and fussing. It seemed he had encountered some problems in Dragon Cave? No way. Where in this world could there still be a place capable of endangering Jiang Xiao?
Jiang Xiao rolled over and lay on his stomach. Clutching the edge of the bed with one hand, he poked his head out and looked at Two Tails below. "It might be a while before I can come back."
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