Until they were nearly at the end of the flower-lined corridor, Lin Yue saw that the two were still happily fooling around and finally spoke up to remind them.
"We're almost at the end of the corridor. The exit to the back garden is just ahead, and they'll be able to see us as soon as we go out. Stop messing around."
Only after her reminder did Chen Xi and Gu Yu put aside their playful antics and return to their places.
The three walked side by side, and Gu Yu could only feel that the garden corridor was incredibly long.
Perhaps for some special reason, this fragrant corridor had been designed to stretch on and on, letting visitors take in the scent of every flower along the way.
In the silence, Chen Xi couldn't help asking, "So, is the Black Moon Pope a man or a woman?"
Hearing the question, Gu Yu let out a puzzled "Huh?" "What? Of course he's a man. What else could he be?"
"Besides, even if you just ask around, you can find out something like that, can't you?"
Gu Yu shook her head in disappointment. "Boss, you're not very good at gathering information."
Chen Xi grinned. "It's not that I don't know what the rumors say. They all say he's a man. The question is, has anyone actually seen his real face?"
She wasn't particularly interested in the Pope's gender. What she was more curious about was his true identity.
There was no barrier in the Black Night Empire that clearly separated legends from the human world, like the one surrounding the Dragon Girl.
As the Church's supreme leader, and the Black Moon Empire's greatest combatant and spiritual pillar, he had no reason not to show himself.
Thinking of this, Chen Xi continued,