Hua Ci was comforting the unaware Nine Radiance and Su Yuqing, but she knew things would not be so simple.
If Lu Ye truly faced no danger, he would never have asked Old Tree to pass along those words.
But Lu Ye had always been like this. No matter how dangerous it was, he would face the difficulties head-on.
Only the final step remained to repair the Star Abyss Gate. Would he be willing to withdraw at such a moment?
Obviously not. He had saved the starry sky through catastrophe after catastrophe and guided its future. Hua Ci knew that no one could make him abandon what he was doing now.
For what he wished to protect was not merely the starry sky, but also his family.
Hua Ci had never felt such torment before. She pressed her lips together, her teeth biting them until they bled. She had always lived peacefully beneath Lu Ye's protection, taking it for granted, because she was his woman. A man protecting his woman was both responsibility and instinct, and even a kind of achievement.
Hua Ci had been willing to live beneath his broad wings, allowing him to enjoy that sense of accomplishment that belonged to a man.
But now, she hated her own weakness, hated that she could not step forward and lend Lu Ye a hand at such a time.
Ten days was not long, yet to Hua Ci, each day felt like a year.
Nine Radiance and Su Yuqing had clearly sensed something as well. Their pretty faces were solemn, but they did not dare ask further.
Before the Star Abyss Gate, Lu Ye, clad in special Artificer Armor, was exceptionally calm.
Because he had roughly realized what he would encounter, which was why he had specifically asked Old Tree