"Only now are you realizing that?" Chen Xi teased without thinking. "Just settle down and be a pretty Saintess..."
She was about to continue when Lin Yue kicked her from beside her. Only then did Chen Xi realize that Gu Yu wasn't in her usual joking mood.
After thinking it over, Chen Xi still tried to comfort her gently. "What's wrong with you? Is it really just because you can't keep up in strength?"
"A little." Gu Yu rested her whole face on the stone table.
"I'd only just managed to catch up with you, and now I've fallen behind again."
"Can't be helped. That's how fast the numbers inflate." Chen Xi spread her hands helplessly.
Rather than mere power creep, the truth was that the two of them had risen to heights of strength and status that were almost unimaginable.
If Gu Yu hadn't gotten involved in the Lamenter's affairs, with her strength, she could still have lived like a little empress in the Black Moon Empire.
"When the sky falls, the tall ones hold it up. Don't worry." Chen Xi patted her shoulder reassuringly.
"That's exactly the problem. The tall ones aren't tall enough. I'm afraid you'll all get crushed." Gu Yu sighed deeply.
"I'm not dealing with you." Chen Xi rolled her eyes and, at a loss, pulled out her phone to browse the news from the Black Moon Western Kingdom.
The phone was a gift Casper had given the three of them, though he'd cautioned them not to use it in front of ordinary people.
Seeing that Chen Xi had given up, Lin Yue had no choice but to take on the task of comforting Gu Yu.
"Actually, you've helped a lot, too."
At that, Gu Yu's eyes lit up. "Like what?"
"For example..." Lin Yue