"Getting benefits for free is certainly nice."
"I have to say, both sides of your Heavenly Water City are incredibly hospitable."
"I really did make the right choice coming here."
"But isn't this situation the fault of you two city lords?"
"If you hadn't fallen out, the two cities probably wouldn't be competing like this, would they?"
"Though it isn't actual fighting, this rivalry really is down to you people at the top, isn't it?"
Seeing that Chen Changan showed not the slightest guilt, but instead openly admitted what he had done and even said all this, the lord of the City in the Sky was somewhat surprised.
"You certainly are candid."
"Aren't you afraid of offending me?" the city lord asked with a smile.
"If I'm going to offend you, I'll do it whether I say anything or not. But since you summoned me here and got straight to the point, you probably aren't petty-minded."
"You're a city lord, after all. Would you really care about such trifles?"
"I imagine you called me here for something else?" Chen Changan asked with a smile.
"You're very clever. I like dealing with clever people."
"As you've seen, the feud between our cities has lasted a long time. If I wanted to put an end to all this, what do you think I should do?"
"Nothing much. Swallow your pride and talk it out. That's all."
"There wasn't much of a conflict between you to begin with. Otherwise, things wouldn't merely be as they are now."
"If you truly wouldn't rest until the other was dead, only one of you would have survived this long."
"But speaking of which, did things between you really end up this way just because a romantic confession failed?"
"That's... a little inappropriate, isn't it?"
Hearing Chen