The solemn oath made Bai Ye's hand freeze on the door handle.
"Big brother..." Little Tangerine rubbed her reddened forehead in pain. His sudden stop had made her bump her head against his back.
Fu Yao paused, then calmly explained Night Owl's principles. "We never pay lip service to grand ideals, nor do we parade high-sounding justice!
"Night Owl's purpose is simple. If peace ceases to exist, we will personally carve the epitaph of every person who died for it. Night Owl will take over the paths they never finished walking and the wishes they never fulfilled!
"Sacrifice and legacy... that is Night Owl!"
Bai Ye lowered his gaze to the White Dove Ring on his hand, something stirring in his eyes.
He murmured, "When the white dove no longer symbolizes peace... Night Owl will carve every epitaph.
"Is that you, Xiao Tong...?"
For a fleeting moment, he seemed to see An Xiaotong standing silently before a field of graves, personally burying the family and friends she had once known, then carving each person's epitaph into their headstone... word by word.
The Silent Court had used a white dove as its emblem because it symbolized peace. But when its leader, the Chief Judge, betrayed the organization, the Silent Court ceased to exist.
Sacrifice, unfulfilled wishes, hatred... the moment she carved those epitaphs, she would shoulder it all... herself.
For some reason, upon hearing those words, Bai Ye was almost certain that this... was An Xiaotong!
Only she, after enduring so much betrayal and pain, would remain strong, almost stubbornly so, burying everything with her own hands and resolutely taking every burden upon herself.
Her master's betrayal, her friends stabbing her in the back, her lover's disappearance, the West Continent's invasion... none of it could break her will.
Even with no