Even after Zi Yan and Bai Yi disappeared from sight, Xiao Yu remained motionless, his gaze fixed on the direction they had gone.
The little one had left so suddenly. To say he felt nothing would have been a lie.
From their first meeting, when Zi Yan had shamelessly insisted on following him, to all the things they had experienced together afterward, Xiao Yu's affection for her had only deepened.
Back on Earth, he had an older brother and a younger brother, but no sisters. Meeting Zi Yan had let him experience what it felt like to have a little sister.
How could an older brother not feel reluctant when his little sister left? He simply had not shown it. When it came to farewells, tears were the thing he hated most.
"Were you really willing to let Zi Yan leave on her own like that? Aren't you afraid she might run into danger out there?"
A long while later, Medusa's voice reached Xiao Yu's ears.
Xiao Yu came back to his senses and smiled, looking perfectly at ease, as though Zi Yan's departure had not saddened him at all.
"When the sky wants to rain and your mother wants to remarry, what can you do, however reluctant you are? She's an Ancient Void Dragon, after all. Sooner or later, she has to return to her clan. I can't keep her trapped beside me forever."
"No one can have the same person beside them for their entire life. Partings are inevitable. Am I supposed to force her to stay just because I don't want her to leave?"
"It's the same with you, Your Majesty. Those three years are nearly up, and you'll be leaving then too. Can I stop you just because I'll miss you?"
"If I were afraid of