Debts Must Be Repaid

Before Moonlit Tower, Red Luan stood quietly, seeing off the honored guest. A thin veil covered her beautiful face, yet it could not conceal her tranquil, gentle bearing.

Once the shadow of the Red Luan Princess, she had now been fortunate enough to leave the Royal Territory. Red Luan treasured this dearly and sincerely felt grateful to everyone who had helped her—the Tower Master, and the young man walking away in the distance.

On the second floor, in the Room of Brightness, the Moonlit Tower Master carefully wiped the silver strings coiled within his sleeve, inch by inch.

All guests who had visited Moonlit Tower knew that Red Luan excelled at the zither. What they did not know was that Red Luan's skill with the zither had been taught by the Moonlit Tower Master himself.

The Moonlit Tower Master was not skilled at the zither, but at strings. Among all stringed instruments beneath heaven, he had reached great mastery.

Having suppressed the present Red Luan Realm King for centuries, the Moonlit Tower Master, as the original body, was the truly most dazzling and gifted heir to royal authority in the Red Luan Royal Territory. He had merely relinquished it for certain reasons.

"Red Luan."

"Here."

Before Moonlit Tower, Red Luan heard the Tower Master's voice. She came back to herself, turned, and headed toward the second floor.

In the Royal Territory, the days passed one after another. Fewer than ten days remained until the Red Luan Princess's wedding. Most of the invited guests had already arrived; only several of the most exalted titans had yet to show themselves.

The Ink Lord was among them. However, everyone knew that these people should be arriving soon as well.

Sure enough, just as nearly all the guests had gathered, golden light blazed brilliantly