Sui Xiong had not suddenly brought this up for no reason.
Just moments ago, he had received a prayer from Kalisha.
Generally speaking, when believers prayed to Sui Xiong, most did so to sing his praises, while the rest mostly prayed for protection—everyone knew that His Majesty Void Mask was powerful and fiercely protective of his own, so praying to him for protection was the most practical choice. Of the remaining few, most prayed for wisdom or wealth. After all, His Majesty Void Mask was a renowned sage and was regarded as the great god of wealth whose money-making ability ranked second only to the Goddess of Wealth among all gods.
Yet Kalisha's prayer to Sui Xiong was different. She hoped Leon would have less work and more time to spend with her.
That wish was entirely reasonable. As Leon's girlfriend, she had every right to ask for that.
Sui Xiong had originally planned to grant it outright, but then another matter suddenly occurred to him.
Leon and Kalisha had been in an established relationship for over twenty years already, yet the two still had not gotten married!
At that thought, he cursed inwardly, feeling as though he ought to break out in a fist-sized drop of cold sweat.
How had he overlooked something this important?!
Thinking back carefully, Leon had followed him for more than fifty years. Back then, Leon had only been a little over thirty; now, he was past eighty. Kalisha was roughly fourteen or fifteen years younger than him, and she too was now well into her sixties. They had known each other for over fifty years. Though both possessed lifespans as long as those of dragons and other long-lived races, and fifty short years meant little to them, making Kalisha wait for a full half-century