The crisis of the fall of the divine kingdom has been averted.

It proves the saying—the Dragon God protects the Holy Dragon.

However, an even greater crisis was brewing.

Doomsday rhetoric spread and proliferated rapidly, like a virus.

However, the Perkins Reich acts as a towering barrier, isolating it from outside malice.

Is that really the case?

At the dinner table, the Emperor and Empress grew increasingly silent, and Albert and Arthur were almost nowhere to be seen.

And the emperor... the emperor's seat was also empty.

The men of the Holy Dragon family seemed to have all 'disappeared' overnight.

Li Aili knew they were busy cleaning up the mess left by the God of Tricks.

The Emperor and Empress, like myself, probably have no source of information.

In addition, there's a daughter who's always going against him.

The Emperor decreed that if Princess Anyana returned to the Holy Light Monastery, she would be removed from the Holy Dragon genealogy.

Therefore, Princess Anyana did not leave.

But she also vented all her resentment towards her father on her mother.

She refused to dine at the same table as the emperor and empress.

He locked himself in his room and prayed for light all day long.

Li Aili truly felt sorry for the Emperor and Empress, but when faced with such a situation, the pale words of others could not offer any comfort.

So, Ellie could only awkwardly try to comfort the Empress in her own way.

She started sneaking into the kitchen every day, spending her days giving ideas to the court pastry chef, recounting all the dessert concepts she had in her mind from her previous life.

As a result, the desserts on the Perkins Palace tables have undergone a qualitative leap.

She even managed to have a different dish every day.

But the emperor and empress could only manage a weary smile... and then, their appetites remained poor.

To avoid waste, these desserts ended up in Li Aili's stomach.

After eating it consistently for over a month, morning, noon, and night, Ellie finally... got cavities.

Tooth decay led to a fever.

At breakfast, Li Aili was late in appearing, so the Emperor and Empress asked Catherine to go and check on her.

As a result, Ellie was diagnosed with a fever.

Li Aili lay in bed, delirious with fever.

During this time, she woke up groggily several times.

She saw a gentle, silver-white older sister. The older sister's cool hand gently touched her face and said to her:

"Go to sleep, you'll feel better after another nap."

Li Aili closed her eyes. In the darkness, she heard the Emperor and Empress's anxious voices.

"Silver Dragon God, is she alright?"

The gentle older sister sighed, "I've never met a mortal who ate so many sweets that they got cavities, developed a fever, and became delirious."

Li Aili: "..."

She hoped it was a dream, otherwise it was too unsettling.

I drifted off to sleep.

When she woke up again, she felt a weight on her side, and then a cold hand pressed against her forehead.

A familiar, deep voice came from beside him, "Ellie, I'm sorry..."

Li Aili's eyelids were heavy, but she still struggled to open her eyes.

She saw Arthur.

Arthur sat wearily on the edge of her bed, looking weathered and worn.

"Hmm, you're back?" Li Aili tried to sit up, but Arthur pressed her shoulder down.

"I'm sorry, Ellie."

Li Aili was truly stunned by this apology.

Why apologize?

Arthur gently smoothed her hair. "In my memory, whenever my mother was sick, my father would rush back and always apologize like this."

"I used to not understand it either."

"But today, I think I understand."

"If, if I were just an ordinary person, I would stay by your side every day."

I will take meticulous care of you.

"I will not give the disease a chance to find you."

“I will…” he paused, “I will love you until death do us part.”

Li Aili lay on the bed, her mind racing before she realized... Was that a confession just now?

Arthur said speechlessly, "I used to think... Father was a successful monarch."

"But he was a bad husband and a bad father."

“Ellie, I might be a bad man like my father.”

"But I can no longer control my love for you."

"I'm afraid you'll fall for Albert, I'm afraid someone will approach you and try to please you when I'm not around..."

"I……"

Li Aili raised her hand and pressed it against Arthur's lips.

"Don't say anymore, Arthur... I'm too tired, I want to keep sleeping..."

This is a polite way of saying no.

When Li Aili said these words, she felt heartbroken.

It's so frustrating, a mix of sour and swollen feelings.

But thinking about the mess to come a thousand years later... she really didn't dare to promise this man anything when the past was still unclear.

because……

A thousand years is too long; she couldn't bear to leave him alone to suffer.

Arthur silently looked at Li Aili lying on the bed, then slowly got up.

"Get some rest, Ellie."

Li Aili closed her eyes, turned her back, and silently buried her face in the pillow.

A night of nightmares.

She dreamt that Arthur was being hunted down by the whole world, and she was desperately trying to escape with Arthur.

Finally, a platinum-gold dragon descended from the sky, snatched her away, and forcefully protected her.

She kept crying and begging the dragon to go back and save Arthur, saying that he hadn't come up yet.

Then she started kicking and thrashing, and as she kicked and thrashed, she woke up.

The moment she opened her eyes, she saw the platinum dragon king Caesar occupying three-quarters of her bed.

Caesar, his face dark, flicked his tail and pushed her off the bed.

He occupied the big bed and closed his eyes, pretending to sleep.

Li Aili: "..."

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