Being kindhearted was one thing,
but Yuya was where she drew the line!
"No need, Sis. I can handle this myself."
Otsutsuki Yuya smiled faintly. Having someone older backing him up really did feel good.
Then Yuya raised an eyebrow and looked at the troublemaker in the distance.
"You. Come here."
Yuya pointed a slender, pale finger at the boy,
and a group of fangirls immediately squealed and set the boy down.
"Hmph."
The boy shook out his sleeves and straightened his clothes.
Only then did he step forward and approach Yuya.
"May I ask, Your Highness, the Divine Child, was anything I said wrong?"
The boy spoke without servility or arrogance.
"You think I'm unworthy of being the Divine Child?"
Yuya asked, somewhat amused.
"Whether you're worthy is for the people to decide!"
"Hahaha! For the people to decide, is it?"
Yuya laughed freely, his features exquisite.
"Qingyi, explain it to him."
Then Yuya raised his eyebrows at the pretty maid, giving her the signal.
"Utter nonsense!"
At Yuya's signal, Qingyi stepped forward!
Her face was filled with anger!
"How could you possibly know what the young master has done?"
"Oh? As far as I know, aside from sightseeing, enjoying song and dance, and living in drunken pleasure, what else has His Highness the Crown Prince done? Forgive this humble commoner's ignorance, but I've truly never heard of anything."
"Let me ask you: where did the clothes you're wearing come from?"
Qingyi raised an eyebrow and pointed.
"Purchased from the Starlight Pavilion, of course."
The boy answered without thinking.
"When was the Starlight Pavilion established?"
"Three years ago."
"Was there ever a precedent for selling fine silk to commoners at affordable prices?"
"Well... no, there wasn't."
"Now silk is available throughout the Land of Ancestors, giving everyone fine clothes to wear so they no longer have to suffer the bitter cold. Is that a good deed?"
"A great one!"
The boy lifted his head and answered without hesitation.
"Anyone who has lost a father, a child, or another family member, anyone with a disability, and anyone of lowborn status or working as a servant can receive a garment from the Starlight Pavilion for free. Is that true or not?"
Qingyi continued questioning him.
This time, however, the boy fell silent.
He had lost both his father and his mother... and bore the brand of lowborn status... the clothes he was wearing had actually been collected from the Starlight Pavilion for free.
"Yes... that hits a sore spot! Thank goodness for the Starlight Pavilion. Otherwise, I still wouldn't have clothes to wear."
"I got these clothes from the Starlight Pavilion after hurting my leg last year. The fabric-good heavens, it's incredible!"
"The master of the Starlight Pavilion is a wonderful person. Someone who cares about common folk like us!"
"I really want to meet the master of the Starlight Pavilion. Such kindness must have taken ten lifetimes of cultivation!"
"Me too, me too..."
As Qingyi asked one question after another, discussion rippled through the crowd.
Clearly, her words had struck a chord,
showing just how respected the master of the Starlight Pavilion was among the people, and how deeply that person had touched their hearts.
"Let me ask you another question. During last year's severe drought, barren wetlands stretched for miles. The people should have been left destitute, with corpses littering the land. What resolved that disaster?"
Qingyi continued.
"The potatoes tasted sweet. I still remember them vividly."
"Do you know which organization donated them?"
"The Sky Feather Pavilion!"
The boy answered again, a hint of admiration rising in his eyes!
"They were a divine gift from heaven, yet that great person at the Sky Feather Pavilion willingly shared them with everyone, saving our nation in its hour of crisis! We must remember this immense kindness forever."
The boy bowed toward the distant sky and declared in a clear voice.
"Yes, last year's drought was terrifying. Thank goodness the Sky Feather Pavilion distributed food."
"I've enshrined a plaque bearing the Sky Feather Pavilion's name. Without the Sky Feather Pavilion, I wouldn't be here today!"
"Oh, and have you noticed? Food at the Sky Feather Pavilion is cheaper than anywhere else."
"Yes, and the Sky Feather Pavilion even gives out potato seeds for free and teaches us how to grow them!"
"Right, right! I got some too!"
"Me too..."
The crowd erupted into discussion again.
This time, every face was fervent, with even traces of devotion showing.
"What do you usually do at home?"
Qingyi's expression had softened considerably, and she asked again with a smile.
"Listen to songs and play board games."
"What songs? What game?"
"'That Night We Descended from the Sky,' 'Last Night's Stars Were Just Like You,' and Go."
"Are the songs good? Is the game fun?"
"Those divine songs cleanse the soul and sweep away fatigue. They're a blessing for the people. Go sharpens the mind, and matching wits with others is endlessly enjoyable. It's marvelous beyond words."
"And who created those songs and that game?"
"Lord Su Ye, of course! What exactly are you trying to say? You keep asking about things even a three-year-old knows."
The boy frowned, looking a little impatient.
His answer sparked another round of discussion among the crowd.
Among them was a pair of exceptionally beautiful sisters.
"To create a divine song like 'That Night We Descended from the Sky'... Young Master Su Ye's talent truly inspires admiration."
The older sister was lovely and tall,
and admiration filled her words whenever she spoke of Su Ye.
"Yes, Sis. Hehe, do you have a crush on Young Master Su Ye?"
The younger sister was bright and youthful, excitement written across her exquisite yet still childlike face.
"Don't talk nonsense. Didn't you drag me here to see your beloved Crown Prince?"
The older sister replied helplessly.
"Hehe, but the Divine Child is so handsome! I really like him. Sis, Sis, why don't you like the Crown Prince along with me?"
The younger sister pouted adorably, holding her sister's hand as she wheedled.
"If he had even half of Young Master Su's talent, I'd join you in liking him."
The older sister shook her head, her expression serene.
"Hmph, Young Master Su this, Young Master Su that. How is my beloved Divine Child any worse?"
The younger sister muttered with her little cherry-red lips, then stopped paying her sister any attention.
She turned her lovestruck gaze back toward Yuya.
Elsewhere in the crowd, another pair of close friends began discussing him.
"I really want to meet that Young Master Su. What sort of heaven-gifted genius could create a divine song like 'Last Night's Stars Were Just Like You'?"
A graceful woman with delicate, gentle features said softly.
"Don't bother. He might be hideously ugly."
Her close friend replied.
"Impossible. Someone who could create that song must be exceptional in both appearance and character."
The woman gently shook her head and spoke with certainty.
"He still wouldn't be as handsome as my beloved Divine Child!"
The other woman curled her lip and replied.
"What good is being handsome alone? You little minx, don't you have to listen to his songs every night before you can fall asleep?"
"That's because I think about my beloved Divine Child while listening!"
The girl replied indignantly.
Discussion continued throughout the crowd, especially among the young women.
"Young Master Su Ye's songs are perfect for listening to alone in the still of the night. They bring peace to your soul. You just can't stop listening."
One girl's face was filled with rapture.
"Young Master Su Ye said... that's called getting gloomy on NetEase Cloud Music!"
The moment Su Ye's name came up, every girl's excitement ignited, reaching its peak!
If Yuya's noble status and handsome face had won him half the fangirls in the Land of Ancestors,
then Young Master "Su Ye" had won the other half through talent alone.
Although they had never met him, in this ancient era with so little entertainment,
every young woman had, unsurprisingly, been deeply captivated by the songs and board game Young Master "Su Ye" had created.
They had even formed a faction called the Peerless Faction!
The name came from a famous line in a poem Young Master "Su Ye" had once written:
The figure upon the path was fair as jade; the young master was peerless in all the world!
The Crown Prince's fangirls, on the other hand, were much more straightforward. They simply called themselves the Divine Child Faction.
It signified his noble birth and exalted status!
The two factions had always been like fire and water, constantly at odds.
Fangirls from the Peerless Faction often mocked Yuya's faction for being shallow, loving nothing but a pretty face.
Meanwhile, Yuya's faction attacked the Peerless Faction for falling for an ugly man who didn't dare show himself!
Of course, a few had slipped through the net, only to be divided between the two mysterious masters of the Starlight Pavilion and the Sky Feather Pavilion.
"Very well, let me ask you: when did Lord Su Ye first appear?"
Qingyi asked with an amused expression.
"Three years ago."
The boy answered without hesitation.
"When was the Sky Feather Pavilion established?"
"Three years ago."
"When was the Starlight Pavilion established?"
"Three years ago?"
"When did our Divine Child first appear?"
"Also three... three years ago."
A trace of hesitation and uncertainty crept into the boy's voice, and his brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
What exactly was she trying to say?
"Have you never considered how these things might be connected?"
"Why was it that the Land of Ancestors, which hadn't changed or developed for hundreds of years, saw the Sky Feather Pavilion and the Starlight Pavilion appear one after another within three years of our Divine Child's arrival? And why did an unparalleled talent like Lord Su Ye emerge as well?"
"Sky Feather, Starlight... Su Ye... have you never considered what connection there might be between them?"
The boy began sweating profusely, as though something utterly terrifying had occurred to him.
"You've already guessed the answer... haven't you?"
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