Severus's expression softened subtly, but the strength in his hands did not decrease at all:
"You may continue to call me brother, Your Majesty, until you come of age."
His thumb rubbed Bai Di's wrist bone,
"As long as you stay within my sight."
Bai Di rolled his eyes, but couldn't help laughing:
"You're still so possessive."
He looked out the window, where the morning light was penetrating the gaps between the black towers.
"But...we can go out together this time."
"What are you looking at?"
"Look at this world you've been searching for for so many years."
Bai Di stood up, tea leaves falling from his fingers.
"Anyway, you're not a Dragon Lord anymore, and I'm not the tea plant that needs your protection."
Severus was silent for a moment, then suddenly hugged him from behind, resting his chin on the top of his head. "Go wherever you want." His voice was muffled, "But you must come back."
Bai Di shook his head helplessly, but quietly held the hand around his waist.
Outside the tower, the morning light was bright, casting long shadows of the two people on the pile of ancient books, as if trying to make up for a thousand years of missed opportunities.
Bai Di looked at the gradually brightening morning light outside the window, tapping lightly on the window frame with his fingertips: "Speaking of which, Ma Tuan, Blore, Nan Song and the others..."
"That fragment of divinity."
Severus—or Lou Xun—interrupted him in a low voice, "He is a part of the consciousness that separated from 'Zhidanmaru', and he gave birth to himself in the cycle of reincarnation."
His golden pupils narrowed slightly. "But now, he has returned to his original form."
Bai Di was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing: "No wonder that guy always looks like he hasn't woken up yet, it turns out he's just a god dreaming."
He turned and looked at Lou Xun, with a cunning light in his eyes,
But it doesn't matter, they will still be together. Blore is a ranger who dares to tie up even gods.
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Nansong stood at the edge of the glacier, the teardrop gem in his hand gleaming faintly.
She is both the jellyfish Peach Blossom and the reincarnation of Atasha. When Atasha died protecting the Dilin barrier, Ma Tuan merged her remaining soul with the jellyfish's spirit, giving her new life.
And now, she finally remembered everything.
"So..." she whispered to herself, "I am both Jellyfish and Atasha, and Severus... has been looking for Bai Di?"
Fate is like an intricate web that connects them all closely.
Nansong stood at the end of the glacier, the teardrop gems on her fingertips reflecting the flowing aurora.
The cold wind blew through her hair, carrying ancient whispers.
She suddenly understood that the inexplicable mistakes in the missions over the years and those seemingly coincidental encounters were all webs woven by fate - every thread was precisely leading them to reunion.
The aurora rolled across the sky, just like the sleeves Atasha waved back then.
From deep within the glacier came the sound of chains clashing; it was Blore and Si Weijun making their way through the thorn forest;
A faint scent of tea wafted in the wind. It was the teacup that Bai Di had knocked over while napping among the ancient books.
The starlight twinkling in the gem on the palm of his hand is Ma Tuan's greeting from the depths of the god's consciousness.
She gently closed her palms, and the edges of the gem pressed against her palms, feeling slightly warm.
It turns out that every wrong path they took was a necessary path leading to each other.
Suddenly, a fish transformed from starlight leaped up from the snowy field and shattered into scattered points of light before her eyes—just like the four young people who had just met in college and ignorantly bumped into each other's lives.
The aurora suddenly became very bright, and the gorgeous green silk covered the entire sky.
Nansong looked up and saw countless intertwined figures emerging in the light curtain:
Atasha's last look back when the barrier was broken, the sunlight touched by the jellyfish Peach Blossom when it first emerged from the sea, and now - standing in the snow, holding all the fragments of memory.
"It's time to go back."
She chuckled at the void, and when she turned around, the ice crystals on the ends of her hair fell down, forming the shape of a peach blossom on the snow.
In the distance, three beams of light were walking towards her through the blizzard. The sound of chains, the whisper of black mist and the fragrance of tea were intertwined, more dazzling than the aurora.
Fate will eventually weave them into the strongest knot, strong enough to tie up the moving stars.
And this long journey has just begun.
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