The next morning, sunlight broke through the clouds over Celestial Imperial City.
In the dining room of the City Lord's Mansion, John was biting into a piece of bread when his whole body suddenly shivered.
"Damn, why did it suddenly get so cold?"
John pulled his neck in and looked across the table at Jade with a little fear.
Jade did not speak. She only put down her teacup in silence. A serious look, unlike anything before, flashed through her Divine Eyes.
At the stairway, two figures walked down side by side.
Bella was dressed in white, her face calm like a still, ancient well.
Cheryl stood beside her, wearing a faint smile that was almost there and almost not. She looked just as calm, calm to a terrifying degree.
The two of them even handed each other a glass of milk as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
It was a short exchange.
But it made the air in the entire dining room freeze at once.
