"Mother, please don't misunderstand. I'm not trying to stop you by force. I just hope we can find a safer way."
Linley quickly made his position clear. He knew how deeply his mother loved his father.
He couldn't imprison Linna to keep her from going to the Underworld, either.
Besides, he didn't have the strength to do that—unless he asked Beirut to step in.
"Mother, it's incredibly difficult to get a Chief Sovereign of the Underworld to help. But Lord Huosi of the Federation is a Paragon High-God and an emissary of the Death Sovereign of the Underworld. It would actually be easier to ask him for help with this."
"Lord Huosi?"
Linna was taken aback by Linley's words. She had already been wondering how to convince Linley, only to discover he wasn't trying to stop her.
"Linley, how did you find all this out?"
Linna asked.
"Well..."
Linley hesitated for a moment and glanced at Beibei on his shoulder.
"Is it because of Beibei?"
This time, Linna was genuinely surprised. She had long suspected that Beibei was no ordinary creature.
But knowing about Lord Huosi was far beyond simply being unusual.
"Mother, I can't tell you about Beibei, but..."
Linley was still hesitating, unsure how to explain, when a figure appeared behind him.
"L-Lord Beirut?"
Linna saw Beirut behind Linley and immediately stood up.
She had watched videos of Beirut more than once, so she recognized him at a glance.
"Lord Beirut?"
"Grandpa Beirut?"
Linley and Beibei turned around together and spoke at the same time.
"Haha, Beibei, did you miss your grandpa?"
Beirut scooped Beibei into his arms and rubbed his head.
"Grandpa, you can't say that! How long has it been since you last came to see me?"
Beibei immediately put on an indignant face.
Beirut could