Fairy? [First Release]

"King of Qin... is dead?" Upon suddenly hearing the news, Ye Ting's handsome brows furrowed slightly.

But that was all.

He was merely the King of Qin. Though he was the ruler of a state, he meant nothing to Ye Ting—just someone temporarily holding the throne. Even his death was not worth grieving over.

As for Dantalian, she merely snorted and offered no comment.

The fangshi was entirely unfazed by Ye Ting's indifference—or rather, he had grown accustomed to it. Aside from the little girl in his arms, he had never seen this lord smile at anyone, as though nothing in the world was ever held in his heart.

Though he personally found such a cold person terrifying, as the former overseer of all the Qin fangshi, he instead believed that only someone with such a temperament was fit to become king.

After all, a king stood above ten thousand people, and every decision he made could affect the fate of an entire nation. Such a person should not possess too many emotions. Only then would his judgment remain free from the interference of trivial matters, allowing him to always make the right choices and lead the country down the proper path.

Still, he himself was deeply saddened by the ruler's death. This was already the third king to die in three years.

It was as if the throne itself had been cursed.

He hoped the man before him could put an end to this tragic fate.

With that thought, he bent even lower at the waist.

"Yes," he replied. "At the first quarter of the Monkey hour, His Majesty passed away in the palace. Funeral arrangements are being prepared, but a nation cannot go a day without a ruler. The ministers respectfully implore you to return to court and