The Rimewind King held an already empty teacup, his lips pressed into a straight line, his slightly aged face full of helplessness.
He stared at Octopus Lady's blank yet deliberately serious gaze for a long while before speaking somewhat unhappily.
"You really weren't listening at all."
"What have you been thinking about? It feels like you've been absent-minded lately..."
"Uh, hehe, it's nothing..." Octopus Lady instinctively tried to hide it again.
But when her crescent-shaped pupils refocused and she saw the expression on the Rimewind King's face, she abandoned the idea and sighed teasingly.
"Your powers of observation have improved, Rimewind. You actually saw through me..."
The Rimewind King: "..."
"Big sis, you've practically got 'burdened with worries' written all over your face, okay?!"
As he spoke, Rimewind got to his feet, picked up the teapot from the coffee table, and casually poured himself another cup.
"Go on, tell me all your troubles. Let this 'psychologist' counsel you."
"I'll give you a twenty percent discount on the consultation fee. Five hundred kilograms of Adamantine per cosmic hour..."
"You're the big sis! Your whole family is big sis!" Octopus Lady rolled her eyes irritably and took a sip from the teacup before her. "Five hundred kilograms of Adamantine per cosmic hour? You might as well rob me!"
"Then I won't charge you. One cosmic hour free, limited-time offer!" The Rimewind King chuckled, holding his freshly filled teacup as he sat back down. "Hurry up!"
"It's actually nothing..." Octopus Lady frowned slightly and told him honestly. "I was just thinking about the Slaughter of the Kero Clan... This is already the third planet, yet neither the Kero Clan nor the Eternal Star Clan has managed to identify the culprit."
"That's all?" The Rimewind King's eyes widened, his expression quite surprised. "Others might