With Ye Guyi's agreement, Lu Yi rose and solemnly offered his hand. She shook it.
"Once things here are settled, I'll hold a proper welcome ceremony for you when we return."
Ye Guyi's decision to join them thrilled Lu Yi.
A gifted genius with such a pure heart was bound to take the Ministry of Magic's strength to another level.
And her reason for joining was just as pure. She had not come for the Ministry of Magic's generous benefits or resources. Rather, something in what he had just said seemed to have lit a fire in her heart.
She had to grow stronger!
Only by becoming stronger and striking fear into the hearts of those Evil Soul Masters could she prevent what had happened to her, and to the children around them, from ever happening again.
For such a righteous goal, Lu Yi ought to give her the highest welcome.
As they spoke, the children imprisoned by the Evil Soul Masters finally began to wake, one after another.
When they came fully to their senses and saw the iron cell door standing open, they recoiled into the corners, badly shaken, their mouths repeating desperate pleas.
Clearly, they had witnessed too many horrors. Their young minds had suffered terrible wounds.
Ye Guyi tried to comfort them, but her approach only frightened the children in that cell more.
"Please don't take me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"
Ye Guyi was at a loss.
Like Lu Yi, she was no good at caring for or comforting people, especially children this young.
After all, when she had been their age, she had already needed to fend for herself.
But she soon realized her black outfit might be frightening them. She quickly pulled down her hood and mask, revealing