At Zhu Li's concerned gaze, the tears Lin Yue had barely managed to hold back all day welled up in her eyes again.
She pressed both hands to her forehead, doing her best to keep her emotions in check.
"N-no, it's nothing. I just had a fight with the Priest of Evil Flower."
[I just thought you seemed really sad. You were completely different from how you were in the dream.]
Zhu Li's gaze was earnest.
Lin Yue looked away. "I'm not. You're imagining things."
After a moment of silence, she asked, "So the Rain Lord really didn't appear?"
At that, Zhu Li only shook her head slightly.
"I see..." Lin Yue lowered her eyes.
"I remember encountering another Rain Lord in the dream, over in the East Lake Suburbs. You could try looking there. I have something urgent to take care of, so I can't stay with you."
Zhu Li's eyes lit up at the information she'd provided.
[Thank you.]
Lin Yue picked up her coffee and replied softly, "You're welcome."
After thanking her, Zhu Li asked:
[By the way, what about Chen Xi? You must have looked for her, right? Was it because of the Prophetic Dream that she hunted the Rain Lord early, causing it to disappear?]
"She's gone, just like the Rain Lord in the dream." Lin Yue's voice sank.
"There's no trace of Chen Xi's existence anywhere outside the dream."
Lin Yue hesitated, then drained her coffee in one gulp and stood up. "I... I should get going. Goodbye."
After saying that, the blonde girl fled in a wretched state.
With Chen Xi gone, everything had become a complete mess. Zhu Li couldn't even be sure whether she could end her own life.
All she could do was suffer as the Flame Ghost she hated