After Hades fell.
Great Xia finally knew true peace.
No Demons.
No war.
And no alarms blaring every day.
The Imperial Capital.
Northern Expedition Army Headquarters.
Something very strange had even begun to happen.
Everyone.
Had started slacking off.
"Captain."
Jiang Qingyue held a stack of documents.
She gently set them down in front of Qi Wu.
"This is the report on the postwar reconstruction."
"And a few things that need your approval."
Qi Wu lounged in his chair.
He held an ice pop.
"Oh."
"Just leave them there."
Jiang Qingyue looked at him.
Then at the mountain of documents on his desk.
"Aren't you going to read them?"
"In a bit."
"How long is a bit?"
Qi Wu gave it serious thought.
"Until I finish my ice pop."
Jiang Qingyue smiled helplessly.
"Then make sure you read them once you're done."
"Don't worry."
Qi Wu patted his chest.
"I'm the hero who saved the world."
Beside him.
Gale scoffed.
"The hero who saved the world?"
"Didn't you, the great world-saving hero, shove a reconstruction report at me yesterday and make me read it for you?"
Qi Wu turned his head.
"Did that happen?"
"Yes."
"You're remembering wrong."
"I saw it with my own eyes."
"Then you must have imagined it."
Gale: "..."
"Qi Wu."
"Hmm?"
"Could you have a little shame?"
Qi Wu took a bite of his ice pop.
"No."
"..."
Gale nearly laughed in exasperation.
Jiang Qingyue sat beside them.
But she only smiled softly.
Watching those two bicker.
Days like these.
Were actually wonderful.
At least.
They no longer had to face endless hordes of Demons.
They no longer had to worry about someone suddenly dying on the battlefield.
Everyone was still alive.
That was enough.
Besides.
Qi Wu no longer had to lead everyone charging