There, Lord Mi stared at the empty space across from him. Steam still curled from the teacup.
Was that the only right path?
Mi Ya gritted her teeth. "Old geezer? You're the old geezer."
She stepped forward. "Master, don't pay any attention to him. I think he just wants to drag everyone down with him. He's fallen from the heights of power to become an ordinary person. He's lost his reason."
Lord Mi said nothing, recalling the moment just before Lu Yin left.
"Master, everything we have now is going well. Give me time. You don't need to act; I can put an end to all of this. Let's just consider that old geezer dead. Or, if you prefer, I'll gladly do you this favor. Let me bear the name of a traitor. I'll go take care of him right now." Mi Ya spoke again.
Lord Mi looked at her. "When did you change?"
Mi Ya was confused. "What do you mean, Master?"
Lord Mi's gaze grew complicated. "When you were little, you used to admire him so much."
Mi Ya's body trembled, and her gaze dimmed.
"Was it when you learned that your master had betrayed him and attacked him?"
Mi Ya lowered her head and crouched in front of Lord Mi.
Lord Mi sighed. "Girl, I did what I did. Right or wrong, it has nothing to do with you and shouldn't affect you. For all these years, you've hypnotized yourself countless times into accepting what I did. But do you truly accept it?"
Mi Ya looked up. "Master, I—"
Lord Mi waved a hand. "No one can influence your nature. You were born in response to this era, much like he was in the previous one. You should have sensed it from the first moment you met