Hua chatted with her guardian for a little longer, then found an excuse to end the call.
She let out a deep sigh.
The Former Marshal had once told Hua that he had no expectations for his successor.
Likewise, Hua would not impose her own wishes on her reincarnated guardian.
Special circumstances were an exception, of course.
Those subordinates could no longer bear the pain of losing him again.
Only after his death had Hua obtained Fenghuang Down, which could erase memories and alleviate the mara-struck condition.
Things were different now. If history repeated itself, she and the Reignbow Arbiter would use every means available to stop him, without any further regard for his thoughts or wishes.
As long as he stayed alive.
It would be even better if he abandoned the idea of using Xuling's weapon of mass destruction altogether.
Hua had not expected much from him, so when he asked her how to give gifts to someone of the opposite sex, she had not considered any age gap. She had simply been surprised.
In his previous life, he had rejected countless girls by giving them homework.
The girls who adored him had not dared voice their anger. Only after leaving his residence could they speak their minds:
"Has it ever occurred to you that I've already graduated?! I really do like you!"
Hua had once asked her guardian why he had never found a partner in all those millennia.
He had begun listing the factions behind those suitors, then painstakingly explained to Hua all the possible consequences his political marriage might have for the Xianzhou Alliance.
Hua had never asked that question again.
In his eyes, the Xianzhou Alliance mattered far more than his own feelings.
Even after reincarnating without his previous life's memories, he would never readily