Aiden looked at the tear marks at the corners of her eyes and let out a soft sigh. The cold, distant air around him quietly faded away.
He stood up and walked over to Cheryl, looking down at her.
"I'm going there to bring back the Law Core. The Great Shaw Empire needs me, so I have to go."
"At most, one month."
There was a rare softness in Aiden's voice.
"Within one month, I will bring the core back and return openly and proudly."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cheryl suddenly threw herself into his arms.
She wrapped both arms tightly around Aiden's waist and pressed her cheek against his broad chest.
She held him so tightly, as if she wanted to melt herself into his very bones and blood.
Aiden froze for a moment, his hands hanging in the air.
In the end, he slowly lowered them and gently patted Cheryl's back as it trembled from her sobs.
"Don't worry. In this universe, the person who can kill me hasn't been born yet."
