"Master, I'm sorry... I'm so useless..."
The bomb had caused no damage.
It had only left scorched marks on the ground outside the train.
Lisette bit her lip and lowered her head, unwillingness and pain appearing in her eyes for the first time.
That pain came from her master trusting her and leaving her here to guard the train they could call home, only for her to fail to protect it.
If Ye Qiyan hadn't also sensed the disturbance at the train, and hadn't been close enough to flash straight back using [Sky-Seizing Wings]...
Lisette could only have paused the bomb's explosion through the Pavilion of Time and Sequence's time-stopping ability.
But in truth, it wouldn't have mattered much even if Lisette hadn't stopped time.
After all, Mingming was still in the garden, and Red Tears was still in the carriage. What's more, even if Hunt's Cloud Pattern Barrier shattered because it was countered, it could still have blocked most of the damage, leaving little destruction.
At worst, this bomb would only have blasted a hole in the carriage.
So that wasn't what Ye Qiyan was worried about at all.
"Are you all right?"
Ye Qiyan pinched Lisette's cheeks and lifted her beautiful face. Looking at the redness welling up in the maid's eyes, he gave them a slightly harder squeeze.
"You're not hurt?"
"No... but I..."
"As long as you're not hurt."
He cupped the maid's face and gave her cheeks several firm rubs.
"That's Lisette for you, always bringing me all kinds of surprises. The Pavilion of Time and Sequence-so this thing actually stops time?"
He pulled up Lisette's personal information.
Seeing that her mental energy was close to zero, he was quite satisfied.
"It only consumes mental energy, with no other cost. That's pretty good."
"Master... aren't