Lilith: "..."
She suddenly felt that...
The Holy Blood Family's reputation, built over tens of thousands of years...
Might all be ruined by this guy today.
Meanwhile, in the center of the square...
The elder showed not the slightest anger.
Instead, he slowly raised his head and looked at Qi Wu.
His eyes, which had seen centuries pass, held emotions of extraordinary complexity.
Reverence.
Expectation.
And, finally...
Worry.
Qi Wu noticed it too.
So he set down Lilith, who had been struggling nonstop under his arm.
Then he pointed at himself.
He put on an exceedingly sincere expression.
"Um."
"There's something I've always been curious about."
The elder paused slightly.
"Please, go ahead."
Qi Wu spread his hands.
"Why does every one of you call me the Child of Destiny?"
"I'm Great Xia's Child of Destiny."
"Strictly speaking..."
"I shouldn't be your Europa version, right?"
"Does it work across servers too?"
Everyone: "..."
Jiang Qingyue covered her forehead.
Here it comes.
He's at it again.
The corners of several Holy Blood Family elders' mouths twitched.
A question like that...
Probably only Qi Wu could ask it with a straight face.
And yet...
The elder did not laugh.
Instead, he fell silent for a long time.
So long that the square gradually quieted down.
Then...
He slowly sighed.
His voice was aged and heavy.
"Because now..."
"You're no longer just Great Xia's Child of Destiny."
Qi Wu froze.
The elder raised his head.
He gazed at the distant sky.
Countless invisible shadows seemed to lurk there.
"Do you know?"
"The Holy Blood Family preserves many texts left behind from ancient times."
"We know more about the origins of the Demons than the vast majority of other powers."
His voice grew quieter and quieter.
Yet it silenced the entire square.
"Di Tian."