"What is the meaning of this?"
The Matchmaker God shook his head with a chuckle.
"I am merely going on a journey. Fearing that Red Luan Star Manor would be left without anyone in charge, I asked you two to handle its affairs in my stead. Seeing you like this, could it be that you think your master is heading off to die?"
Yet rather than comforting them, those words only made the two cry even harder.
"Master, do not hide it from us! We know full well who this old bond you speak of is!"
"That is right, Master! Without His Majesty's approval, if you privately arrange and plot this out, you will surely violate the heavenly laws. The Northern Pole Exorcism Office will definitely throw you into the heavenly prison! Making these arrangements now clearly means you have long prepared yourself to be punished!"
"You two foolish children—when you ought to see things clearly, you do not; when you should not, you become clever instead."
Seeing his thoughts exposed in a single remark, the Matchmaker God stroked his beard and smiled, no longer concealing anything.
"Very well. Since you have seen through me, I will not hide it any longer.
"That is correct. This time, I have indeed prepared myself to be punished.
"But so what?
"So long as I can fulfill this wish, even if I must sit in the heavenly prison for a hundred years, I will do so willingly.
"After all, in my long years of immortality, a hundred years are no more than the flick of a finger.
"That is precisely why I need you to guard Red Luan Star Manor well, without the slightest slackness.
"When the day comes for me to leave prison, do not turn your backs on me and forget