One day, after the doctors had finished changing his dressings and left.
Sang Luo used her invisibility Talent Ability to take Little Minos out to play in the garden.
The boy was like a child who was blind and deaf seeing the real world for the first ti. Everything was a novelty to him: the erald green lawn dotted with tiny white flowers, the rose garden in full, vibrant bloom, the beautiful little butterflies flitting through the blossoms, and even the leaves carried by the wind. He had to pick up each one, examine it, and press it between the pages of a book.
Minos loved to read. When he was bored lying in his sickbed, he would rely on books to pass the ti.
During the ti Sang Luo was staying in the Holy Palace to carry her child, she would often browse his bookshelf. Contrary to what one might expect, it wasn’t just filled with abstruse classical scriptures. There were also many interesting picture books and storybooks with vivid, lively illustrations—many of which were additions Minos had drawn for the stories himself.
Sang Luo had originally promised to take him out for only one hour, but without realizing it, the ti stretched on.
She didn’t mind too much. Seeing the boy’s happy expression, she thought, ’It’ll be fine as long as I get him back before the doctors co to change his dressings tonight.’
She had used her power to check on him last night. Minos had successfully passed the most difficult stage, and his Life Soul Bone was almost finished fusing. This ant the Saint Ancestor would be coming out of seclusion within the next few days.
At this thought, Sang Luo’s heart sank again. ’I can’t interfere with the original tiline.’
"Young Master, are you hungry? I’ll go get you sothing to eat," she asked as she walked over.
The boy was lying in a patch of grass full of tiny white flowers, enjoying a sense of ease and freedom he had never known in his sickbed. He raised a hand to wipe so mud from his face, then rubbed his stomach and said shyly, "Thank you, Divine Sister."
"You’re welco, Young Master."
Sang Luo went to the kitchens and prepared so light, tasty food. She knew Minos’s preferences, so she returned quickly.
The weather was lovely today. The sky was clear and cloudless, and the warm, bright sunlight fell upon them, making one feel comfortably lazy.
She followed the gravel path back to the garden.
The air was filled with a rich floral fragrance. The clusters of flowers were a breathtaking sight.
Not far ahead, the small, blond-haired, blue-eyed boy sat on the edge of a flowerbed, waiting for her to return.
His pure white robes fluttered in the gentle breeze. His face and clothes were smudged with a bit of mud, and he had lost his shoes, his bare feet dangling without touching the ground. A white dove landed on the back of his raised hand, creating an image of indescribable ease and freedom.
Even the sun and the wind seed to favor him, gently caressing his pale golden hair, which glowed with a faint radiance.
Sang Luo was so captivated by this beautiful, painting-like scene that she couldn’t look away. It was as if she were seeing the Minos of the future.
A Divine Angel beloved even by the Gods, so holy and beautiful... yet in the end... he would beco that "ugly" and "vile" version of himself.
"Divine Sister? What’s wrong? Did soone bully you?"
The boy, still barefoot, hopped off the flowerbed and hurried over to her, reaching out to gently wipe the wetness from her face.
Only then did Sang Luo realize she was crying. She composed herself, shook her head, and said with a gentle smile, "It’s nothing. I just thought of so unpleasant things."
The boy pressed his lips together, wanting to say sothing but holding back.
But he had clearly seen his Divine Sister start to cry only after looking at him.
Little Minos wondered, ’Did I do sothing wrong or throw a tantrum recently to make Divine Sister unhappy?’
And now, it was his turn to be sullen.
Sang Luo couldn’t help but smile. She broke off so twigs and leaves, wove them into a green-and-gold Laurel Crown, and placed it on the boy’s golden hair. "Alright, don’t overthink it. The Young Master is wonderful. I couldn’t possibly adore the Young Master more, so how could I ever be sad because of you?"
"...Does Divine Sister like very much?" the boy asked, his translucent, sapphire-blue eyes reflecting her image like a mirror.
"Mhm! Very much! Extrely much!" Sang Luo nodded.
Little Minos couldn’t hide the flicker of joy in his heart. ’I suddenly want to ask what kind of ’like’ it is,’ he thought.
’And why did she co here?’
’Or... what is our relationship in the future?’
He had guessed over the past few days that she was from the future.
The Power of Ti within her body shared the sa origin as his. In truth, there were only two possible answers for the relationship between them.
But in the end, he didn’t ask.
He knew about the backlash from the Power of Ti. Sotis, knowing too much could cause irreversible harm to her.
And it was impossible for her not to know that, either.
’Just what kind of feelings would make her risk her own life to travel against the flow of ti and space to co to my side...?’
"Divine Sister."
"Hmm?"
"I... I like you very much too..."
"Haha, to be liked by the Young Master is my honor!" Sang Luo handed him a jam-filled bread roll and so salad.
He ate with concentration.
One’s appetite is low when their body is unwell, and Minos had rarely eaten a proper al his entire life. But he ate this al with great relish; it was delicious.
Sang Luo also sat on the stone edge of the flowerbed, watching him with a wide smile. "The Young Master’s health has improved a lot. Do you want to go play sowhere else? I can take you anywhere you want to go~"
"Mhm! I do!" he said, licking a bit of white salad dressing from the corner of his lips.
She took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth. "Aren’t you worried that I have ulterior motives? That my real purpose for lying in wait all these days is to secretly kidnap the Young Master?"
The boy shook his head. "You wouldn’t hurt ."
Sang Luo smiled faintly. "Mmm, His Highness is right. So, where do you want to go?"
"I..." Little Minos lowered his head and thought seriously for a mont, then said with bright eyes, "I want to go see what’s outside the Holy Palace."
"Of course. Besides the Holy Palace, the Holy Domain has many other beautiful sights. After Your Highness finishes eating, I’ll take you out of the palace to play!"
The boy couldn’t hide his excitent, but then he thought of sothing and hesitated. "...If we’re discovered, the Archbishop and the others will be angry."
"Don’t worry, we’ll sneak out to play. We won’t be discovered~" Sang Luo added, "We’ll co back in the evening. In the future, whenever I have ti, I’ll bring Your Highness out to play often, okay?"
"Okay!"
After his Life Soul Bone was replaced, Minos would fall into a deep depression for a long ti. Sang Luo wished she could take him to have fun everywhere.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t keep her promise.
「That very night, the Saint Ancestor ca out of seclusion.」
Soone had leaked the news that the two had snuck out of the palace, enraging the Saint Ancestor. Under the pretext of guarding and protecting the Saint Heir, he imprisoned him in his bedchambers, in reality placing him under surveillance and forbidding anyone from entering or leaving.
Sang Luo’s current identity was "granted" death by a cup of poisoned wine.
This conveniently allowed her to shed her old skin and escape.
After Sang Luo ca out of the dungeons while invisible, she heard the news of the Saint Heir’s imprisonnt... ’It seems tonight is the night the Saint Ancestor makes his move.’
She slipped into the bedchambers. Little Minos was already unconscious.
His chest was a mangled, scarlet ss of flesh and blood.
A golden Life Soul Bone floated in the Saint Ancestor’s hand.
Just as he was about to destroy the Life Soul Bone,
a sudden burst of power struck his wrist. The mont before the Life Soul Bone hit the ground, it vanished.
"Who’s there!"
The Saint Ancestor’s expression changed drastically. He swung an attack into the empty air, but Sang Luo, wielding a golden dagger, split the Energy Arrow and used the montum to close the distance, stabbing the Saint Ancestor between the eyes.
The Saint Ancestor’s pupils turned dark gold as he reverted to his original Fallen Angel form and collapsed to the ground.
—He was sealed for one minute.
Sang Luo quickly replicated a fake Life Soul Bone and placed it back in his palm, simultaneously using her spiritual power to alter his mory of the last few monts.
After doing all this, Sang Luo’s own power was almost completely drained. She quickly turned invisible and left. The next second, the Saint Ancestor opened his eyes. They were vacant for an instant before returning to their usual gold.
He got up and glanced at the unconscious Minos on the bed, looking slightly puzzled. But he didn’t dwell on it. He used his power to forcibly crush the Life Soul Bone in his hand, then took out a dark-gold Life Soul Bone and fused it into Minos’s body...
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