Luo Qian had heard of "weekend couples" in the Lower Realm: they lived apart during the five-day workweek and could only be together on weekends. He had never expected Strathas and His Majesty the Dragon Emperor to follow that little trend. They had no choice. Strathas was the Lord of Boundaries, while the Dragon Emperor was the Heavenly River Water Emperor. After their honeymoon, Strathas had been reluctant to part from her new husband, but the cousin standing watch for her in the Broken Range had already sent word. The Magic Beasts in the mountains had noticed her absence and were growing difficult to control. Adventurers from the Divine Realm and Demon Realm were also pushing ever deeper into the range.
Strathas was an independent dragon, after all. She bade the Dragon Emperor a reluctant farewell and returned to the Broken Range. Perhaps it was just as well that she left. Though His Majesty had dismissed his harem, he still had a few close female friends. With no one watching, he could do things that both he and those friends enjoyed. Besides, a brief parting made each reunion sweeter than a honeymoon. Whenever they met again, things grew so heated that even His Majesty's Soundproof Barrier trembled at the noise.
Luo Qian had barely reached the outskirts of the Broken Range when Strathas sensed him. A surge of power brought him straight before Her Majesty the Empress. Luo Qian found the dragon race's taste hard to understand. Strathas apparently thought that now she was married, she ought to dress up to please her husband. But... suppressing the urge to vomit, Luo Qian forced a smile. "Hi, Your Majesty. It's been ages. How have you been?"
Strathas had been doing wonderfully. The old, frustrated restlessness was plainly gone from her face.