Mo Yi: When the City Is in Bloom and the Sky Ablaze with Sunset Colors, I'll Return (Continued)

"Okay."

The two of them walked over and sat down. Cecilia turned her face toward Mo Yi and asked, "It seems that in your world, I'm already an auntie? Otherwise, you wouldn't have failed to recognize me."

That was Cecilia's thought as well. People from parallel worlds could not be too different unless Mo Yi was deliberately playing dumb... But she was willing to trust him, so she laid the matter bare and gave him a chance to explain.

"In my world, Little Ai Mi, during the Second Honkai War, you used the Holy Blood Release to offset the Honkai Energy that had spread throughout Siberia. You were on the verge of death, and in the end, you died alongside Sirin, the Second Herrscher, beneath Otto's Honkai Energy Fission Bomb—"

Mo Yi met Cecilia's gaze and explained:

"So I had never seen you before."

"I see—"

Cecilia turned to look at the stars overhead and smiled.

"That really was Bishop Otto's way of doing things."

"Hey—"

Still gazing up at the starry sky, Cecilia turned back toward Mo Yi. From his perspective, her snow-white neck appeared even more slender, smooth, and round, while her eyes reflected the stars and sparkled brightly. She first gave a cute little "hey," then asked with a smile, "Do you think there might be a parallel world where we met very early on?"

Mo Yi naturally heard the unspoken meaning behind those words...

When you were born, I had yet to be born. When I was born, you had already grown old.

One of the most beautiful things in life was meeting the right person at the right time, when everything was just right—not a moment too early, not an instant too late.

"I think there is—"

Mo Yi imitated Cecilia and looked up at