"This isn't the time to talk about this."
He wanted to change the subject, but I had no intention of letting her go.
"What shouldn't we talk about? Is it really that suspicious to chat about our families before a moon landing? Besides, shouldn't I be calling you a father-in-law?"
"I remember, but I didn't know much to begin with."
She completely ignored my malicious teasing and answered with utter seriousness.
"Inside the Dark Seal, one isn't affected by the Earth Crystal, so my memories of her weren't erased."
...That's not knowing much?
"I wasn't a qualified father. Ever since the accident with Yuehan, I rarely cared about A-Yao's life. Even without having my memories erased, our father-son relationship lacked the communication it should have had. I gave him a cold and solitary childhood, and it's thanks to you that he was able to fill his spiritual needs... and become a kind, empathetic person."
Did he want to repent?
Please, even with a halo, I'm certainly no nun or angel.
"I don't want to hear any of this. You know you're hated by me, right? Even if the public treats Enheria as a hero who reversed fate and attained the Dao, in my eyes, you're still a traitor to humanity."
"I will bear everything."
"You always say that."
It always stayed in words and was never put into action; it was like the story of the boy who cried wolf.
I stopped paying attention to her, fished out my phone, and began intensely searching for myself...
No, I didn't even need to search.
The name Miluno and terms like "Bewitching Thighs" were constantly hanging on the trending search lists of search engines. Clicking into them, one could see people's comments, though the content was more monotonous than expected—mostly the adulation