Black Whale's expression stiffened. He felt there was no way to salvage the situation.
He had originally been certain that Octopus Lady was merely pretending to be indifferent, that she still harbored deep feelings for him.
But now, it seemed that was completely not the case!
Could it be that he had overdone the act back then?
Had he made Matilda believe that he had truly defected to Azure Wave?
That shouldn't be possible!
If that were really the case, Matilda could not have received divine favor and obtained the authority of "Justice."
Nor would she have given herself the honorific title "Octopus Lady" after becoming an overlord of the Star Domains.
Then why could she still be so resolute?
Could more than three hundred years truly dilute everything?
Had the current Matilda truly become indifferent to him, Black Whale?
Impossible!
His "sacrifice" back then had been flawless!
Even if Matilda had a heart of stone, she would have been moved by it!
It had only been a little over three hundred years. How could she have forgotten so easily?!
Even if she had developed a fondness for keeping male concubines during that time, that should only have been a way to ease her loneliness and dispel her longing!
Matilda should still be deeply in love with Black Whale!
This could also be proven by Matilda's attitude toward his Black Whale illusion on the Final Stage back then.
If Matilda had truly become indifferent, how could she have gone through it again and again during the trial's cycles?
But why had her attitude suddenly become so ice-cold now?
Could it be because she had obtained that epic-quality item, [Undying Cicada Shell], on the Final Stage?
After he, Black Whale, had forcibly escaped the God Realm to prevent that mysterious existence