Ghislaine stood there, expressionless.
Roxy looked at Cui Ciyou with concern, then glanced at Philip and Sauros, whose faces were ashen.
Her blue eyes were filled with conflicting emotions.
To Philip, it felt as though an entire century had passed.
Only then did he manage to force out his words.
Philip's lips were dry, and his voice was hoarse.
But his gaze had regained its sharpness, full of scrutiny and probing curiosity:
"If, hypothetically, everything you said is true."
"That 'Displacement Incident,' our 'future'!"
"Then, Ciyou, why are you telling us all this?"
"Why tell us about our own... such tragic ends?"
Unlike Sauros, who was still trapped in overwhelming shock and fear.
Philip proved himself the more politically astute of the two, quickly seizing on the crux of the matter-Cui Ciyou's motives.
"Why?"
A figure involuntarily surfaced in Cui Ciyou's mind:
-Eris Boreas Greyrat.
That girl with fiery red hair, awkward, hot-tempered, and easily angered, yet utterly sincere and straightforward.
He raised his head, meeting Philip's and Sauros's turbulent gazes, brimming with complicated emotions.
He spoke with unmistakable clarity, enunciating every word:
"Because of Alice."
"I don't want to see that future where she loses everything!"
"I don't want to see her lose her beloved grandfather and the parents who love her."
"And end up a child who is truly all alone in this cruel world."
"I think she deserves a better future."
"She deserves to have her family by her side."
"So I want to save you."
"Not because you're the lord and the mayor, but because you're the family she cherishes."
Then Cui Ciyou added a few crucial words.
Cui Ciyou told Philip:
"And I want to use this incident to help you reclaim your sons, to bring back Alice's older and younger brothers!"
"That's what I