A Smile

Hearing Kaguya's words, Xiao Li froze for a moment before covering her mouth and saying softly.

"I nearly forgot. You once mentioned that you and Lord Aizen were both visitors from another world."

As she said this, her eyes gleamed with lively radiance, and she spoke with some admiration.

"With extraordinary people like you and Lord Aizen, the world you came from must have been very fascinating too, right?"

Hearing her words, Kaguya glanced lightly at her, lowering her gaze for a moment before looking back up at the deep starry sky and saying quietly.

"That world was no different from this one. Perhaps... it was even worse..."

Xiao Li's expression froze at that, and she realized she had said the wrong thing.

She could sense the melancholy mixed into Lord Kaguya's voice as she spoke, and she felt a little saddened as well. She hurriedly consoled her.

"It... it's all right. You and Lord Aizen have already come here now, haven't you?"

"In Xiao Li's eyes, you and Lord Aizen are both truly, truly remarkable people. You saved the people of the Land of That. Everyone is praising the accomplishments of you two now."

Kaguya lowered her eyes and looked softly at Xiao Li, who was hurriedly waving her hands and eagerly trying to explain everything to her. She asked quietly.

"Xiao Li, don't you think that we, the ones who brought war to this country, are more like sinners...?"

Hearing that, Xiao Li's pupils shrank, and she hurriedly explained.

"How could that be?!"

"Lord Kaguya, how could you possibly think that!?"

Kaguya slowly lowered her head, staring blankly at the floor before her. Her long silver-white hair spilled across the ground beneath the starlight, while her pale, slender hands gently folded over her lap. She spoke softly.

"I