"You're living at Felix's house now!?"

Sonia was stunned. The news that the witch had revealed that she was Ash's daughter a few months ago was not as shocking as this one. She pondered for a while, as if searching for the right words at this moment, and finally said, "Are you crazy?"

"Don't you think this is a great idea?" Ash was puzzled. "We were still thinking about how to settle down in Galaxia, and Felix showed up. It's like a fat cat fell from the sky just when we were about to get jealous!"

Diya thought for a moment, "If I remember correctly, didn't Felix want to persuade Jian Ji to join the cult of the Four Pillars?"

"So this is the wonderful thing!" Ash said, "No normal person would accept the three of us wanted criminals from the Sanctuary, and I don't want to implicate those innocent people. The Starry Kingdom has no room for maneuver for foreign travelers like us, but the Starry Kingdom will also not tolerate the Four Pillars of God Cult!"

"Although it is risky to approach the Four Pillars, compared to the Starry Kingdom, the Four Pillars is a high-end private club, at most a small workshop with mafia characteristics. Although we have a lot of experience in 'making enemies with the whole world', we are no less experienced in 'making enemies with the Four Pillars'. This time, I can freely choose the difficulty, so of course I will choose the Four Pillars on the easy difficulty."

"Besides, do you think we are afraid of the Four Pillars of God, or the Four Pillars of God are afraid of us?" Ash spread his hands: "If they insist on dealing with us, once the three of us Sanctuary Magicians start to make trouble, the worst result is that we will lose our precious lives, but the Four Pillars of God will be discovered by the Starry Kingdom and uprooted!"

"The Four Pillars of the Gods is not well-known in the Star Country. Obviously, hiding is their specialty. And we just happen to need the help of local forces to hide. This is a two-way effort, a win-win situation!"

Diya tilted her head: "How is it a win-win situation?"

Ash made a V-sign: "If the Four Pillars help us hide our tracks, we win once. If we disgust the Four Pillars, we may even have a chance to frame them, and we win again."

Ash's decision was not made on a whim. Even if he made the decision, there was Igula watching him. Forcing Felix to use the Four Pillars did get the unanimous approval of the three wanted criminals. After all, now they have to confront the local state agencies, so they naturally have to choose a local criminal organization with rich experience in confrontation.

Moreover, they had been entangled with the Four Pillars of God in the Senluo Wasteland for so long that they had long ago exorcised the Four Pillars of God. They had even killed the Senluo Four Pillars who ruled half of the wasteland, so could they not afford to provoke the Four Pillars of Stars who had poor performance?

We are causing trouble for you because we respect you. Don’t be ungrateful!

There is another point, although Ash and the others did not say it and could not admit it, that is, they all felt that they could not avoid the Four Pillars Cult anyway, so it would be better to take the initiative to approach them first, which is better than living in fear.

Ash of Blood Moon, Eternal Calamity of Gospel, Mercury Trojan of Senluo... If they said that their coming to the Kingdom of Stars this time would not be related to the Four Pillars Gods, even the cautious Igula might not have such confidence.

Of course, the most important influencing factor is the strength of their Sanctuary Magicians and their bizarre experiences. After all, they are all travelers who have experienced the Blood Moon Prison Break, fought against the Gospel Magician in the Isu Palace, and witnessed the destruction of the gods in the wasteland. There are few legendary magicians in this world whose experiences are richer than theirs.

In the past, they might not have dared to use the Four Pillars, but they had personally participated in so many major events. Ash had slaughtered gods, Harvey had killed legends, and Igula had defeated the sense of touch. How could they still be afraid of the Four Pillars?

"But why didn't you come to me?"

Sonia shook her head and said, "You know I'm a sophomore at Jianhua University. You don't need to use Felix at all."

"But don't you live in the dormitory?" Ash smiled: "Do you still want to hide me in your dormitory? Would your roommate agree?"

"I can go to a hotel and get a room!" Sonia said, "It's not like I don't have money. Even if it's a more secret hiding place, I should be able to help you find it if I think of a way."

Ash smiled and said, "I know you mean well, but shielding us is a serious crime, and we don't want to implicate innocent people. It's different for Felix. For us, it would be great if we could implicate the Four Pillars Sect..."

"I'm not innocent."

Ash was startled, raised his head and met the sharp eyes of Sword Lady, and suddenly felt his lips dry.

"What was your original plan?" she asked. "You didn't intend to tell me you were in the Star Kingdom tonight?"

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn. Ash was silent for a moment, lowered his eyelids and said slowly: "I want to take a look at the situation first."

"What are you looking at?"

"It depends on your attitude." Ash said, "For example, I discuss with you in the virtual world my plans after coming to the Star Kingdom. If you really want to stay in the Star Kingdom and can't give up everything in the Star Kingdom, and the Star Kingdom can't tolerate a stranger like me... then I will meet you after I find a way to leave the Star Kingdom."

Sonia: "But only one side?"

"Not necessarily," Ash shrugged, "There may be two or three sides... But I won't let you make a choice, nor will I ask you to give up anything."

"I actually regret it. I was bewitched by your beauty just now and couldn't help but say it out loud." He lowered his head and closed his eyes, and said softly: "The right thing for me to do should be to conceal it until the end and leave without meeting you... Sword Princess, you are too impulsive, but so am I."

Sonia felt a surge of anger burning from her feet to her head. "Yes, it was all my impulsiveness. But you didn't want to keep your promise. You didn't inform me immediately when you came to Fanxing. You even preferred to stay at Felix's place instead of asking me for help. Does that mean you are cautious?"

"When I say impulse, I mean you want to leave the Starry Kingdom with me." Ash said, "This is the future I want to avoid the most."

"Not long ago you said you would trust me and not interfere with my future, but now it's your turn to tell me what to do?" Sonia pursed her lips, looking furious: "Do you want me to call you dad too?"

Diya: “Hey!”

"I think it's my fault," Ash said. "I usually tell you about those life-and-death adventures, but in reality you only study and practice. I may have accidentally made you yearn for adventures of life and death, and made you yearn for life outside of school... That's why you think you can accept the price of leaving the Starry Kingdom."

Sonia's shoulders trembled, and tears welled up in her eyes: "You mean I just acted on impulse - you don't know what preparations I have made, nor how determined I am!"

"I know--"

"You don't know! You think I'm some ignorant girl who changes from time to time, or some fool who is obsessed with romance dramas. You assume that I will regret it in the future—"

"I'm not assuming that you'll regret it, but I know I'll regret it myself!" Ash looked at Sonia, took a deep breath and said, "I can't afford your sacrifice."

Sonia and Diya were both stunned.

"How could I not be willing if you gave up everything and eloped with me to another country? I wish we could fly far away tomorrow, spend day and night together, and even better, spend a few years on our honeymoon with the witch." Ash held his forehead and said almost in a self-destructive manner: "But you are not me, nor Igula or Harvey - you are different from us carefree travelers. You have family, friends, and a career."

Ash glanced at Diya, "My home is in Gospel, in the Isu Palace. But Jian Ji, your home is in the stars, in the Galaxie. You already have many important things in your life, and I am just one of them."

"But I know what is most important to me." Sonia said softly, "Don't worry, I will definitely get back from you tenfold or a hundredfold what I have given. When have you ever seen me suffer a loss? You don't have to worry about not being able to pay it back."

"Even if you don't give anything, I will still give you ten times or a hundred times more." Ash smiled and said, "I will give you all the best..."

Facing Diya's eager eyes, Ash blinked, "...we."

"Isn't that a problem?" Sonia spread her hands. "I gave the first half of my life and I will gain the second half."

"This is the biggest problem." Ash said, "I can't bear and can't accept you sacrificing the first half of your life."

"Why are you so busy?"

“Because I really lost the first half of my life.”

Facing the two people's blank eyes, Yaxiu took a long breath: "In the past, I had parents, brothers, friends, and a career... Although my life is good now, I have met you and have gained a lot, but I still have a lot of precious things left in the past."

"But I can't go back, maybe ever."

Ash raised his head, looked at Sonia and said seriously: "Your life should not have only one important thing. Parents, friends, career and other beautiful things are also important parts of you. I like the sword girl who brags to me about her achievements, the sword girl who says what furniture she ordered for her mother today, and the sword girl who complains about her roommates with sharp words."

"You deserve to embrace a better future than what I give you ten times or a hundred times."

"I don't want you to experience the sadness that I experienced when I lost my past, and I don't want me to become your sadness."

The more Ash spoke, the smoother his words became, and the more determined he became: "I will meet you in Fanxing, but I will never take you away from Fanxing. Even if you hate me, it doesn't matter, I will definitely slip away quietly."

Sonia closed her eyes, shook her head slowly, and sighed softly.

"That's unfair." She said, "You know I won't hate you."