"Adeline, we promised Helen we wouldn't tell..." the little Black Dragon girl immediately cried out.
"I still can't do it." Adeline gave a bitter smile. "I can't just stand by and watch her give so much for Chen Rui. At the very least, Chen Rui should know the truth."
"What do you mean? Helen gave something?" Chen Rui frowned. "What exactly happened?"
"I, uh... I'll tell him. Since it's already out in the open anyway." Lalalia spread her hands. "Back then, on that icy island, you were unconscious. Your soul was on the verge of collapse, and your condition was extremely dangerous. Helen used some kind of innate talent to save you."
"Helen?" Understanding dawned on Chen Rui. At last, he understood why his soul had recovered and even grown stronger.
"Helen..." Adeline sighed. "She gave you the Siren's Heart."
The Siren's Heart! Chen Rui shuddered. The first time he had heard that term was when the corpse mage Guladam needed a Siren's Heart to advance. The Siren's Heart was a Siren's most precious life-bound crystal, something extraordinarily special. Unless it was given willingly, no one could obtain a Siren's Heart by force.
Later, when he had gone to the Sea of Death to seek the Dark Elemental King's help in treating Isabella's Light Annihilation Mark, he had passed through the Soul Song Sea with the Earth Elemental King and happened upon an attack by sea demons. That had been his first meeting with Helen. Compared to her beauty, what had left the deepest impression on him was Helen's stubbornness and unyielding spirit. Later, he had returned to the Sea of Death with his Dragon Emperor father-in-law Augulas, defeated the Holy Dragon Rodriguez, and saved every sea clan in those waters, including the Sirens. In the end, the Dragon Emperor