Becoming Their Guiding Spirit

Although it was just a light word of thanks.

Lucas received a huge amount of Prayer Power from it.

Hiss...

Whoa...

This girl really says one thing and means another.

Her spoken thanks seemed so light and casual, but the amount of Prayer Power she gave him was so large, showing just how grateful she truly was in her heart.

Interesting...

”I have a question. What exactly is Koschei?”

Talulah sighed and said slowly, ”He was once a Grand Duke of Ursus, and also my father. It’s just that... I killed him a few years ago...”

”???”

Several question marks flashed through Lucas’s mind.

What kind of grand filial piety was this.

”And then...”

”Koschei, or rather, he was no longer the original Koschei... He had become one of the Serpent’s Scales of the deathless Black Serpent.”

”The deathless Black Serpent?”

Lucas fell into thought. In the spiritual world, that soul had indeed resembled a giant, pitch-black serpent.

”As for the rest, I don’t know much either. The deathless Black Serpent is a legendary evil god in Ursus.”

Talulah shook her head.

Her knowledge about the deathless Black Serpent was also very limited. She only knew Koschei’s identity; she was completely ignorant of anything more.

Tsk...

So I’ve provoked a real god?

This is giving me a headache...

”Then why did he choose you?”

”I don’t know...”

This was all the information Talulah had.

After the two exchanged information, a mysterious and awkward silence fell. For a moment, Talulah didn’t know what to say. She just stood there, wanting to leave but feeling it would be rude to depart so quickly. Lucas, on the other hand, was contemplating his next steps.

Since he had offended a god.

His subsequent retaliation was surely inevitable.

Sigh~

The night was utterly silent; the howling northern wind outside had stopped.

Suddenly.

Another set of light footsteps came from outside. Both of them froze. At first, they thought it was Patriot, but a man of his size couldn’t possibly have such light footsteps.

Talulah didn’t know who it was.

But Lucas had already guessed.

The closed cabin door opened.

A cute little deer poked her little head in.

”Mr. Reeve, good even—”

”Huh? Talu!!”

Alina’s eyes widened, her gentle expression freezing for a moment.

”A... A... Alina!”

Talulah was momentarily flustered.

She looked outside the door.

Patriot was sitting leisurely on a stone block not far away, slowly sipping tea.

Alina never expected Talulah to be here. She became equally flustered for a moment, not knowing what to do with her hands and feet. Then, Alina was the first to react.

”Talu? What are you doing here?”

The cute little deer tilted her head, though in reality, her heart was in a complete panic.

Talulah quickly explained, ”Mr. Reeve just did me a favor, so I came over specially to thank him.”

”Oh?”

What a... flimsy excuse.

”Talu, you had all day to thank him. Why choose the middle of the night?”

Wait a minute.

Talulah finally realized something. *I’m actually here on legitimate business, why am I so flustered?* But for a moment, she didn’t know how to explain.

Alina was just an ordinary person, after all. She didn’t know that a voice had been constantly ringing in Talulah’s mind all these years, and that Lucas had silenced that voice tonight.

”Um... that... that...”

However.

Talulah then changed the subject.

”Alina... why are you here in the middle of the night...”

”Uh...”

Alina was flustered for a moment, not knowing how to explain.

As for Lucas, he was just watching the drama unfold from the side. Alina had indeed been coming over to chat with him late at night occasionally these past few days, and Patriot seemed to have tacitly approved.

The two close friends couldn’t give a clear reason, and they just stared at each other awkwardly. Then... after a while, both of them burst out laughing.

*Since Talu is seeking out Mr. Reeve privately, it must mean she’s started to accept him in her heart,* Alina thought. *After all, it’s been over ten days, and Mr. Reeve has really helped Reunion a lot during this time.*

Actually.

Alina had been a little worried these past few days. What if Talu and Mr. Patriot never came to trust Mr. Reeve? What if Mr. Reeve lost his patience over time?

However...

Her worries were unnecessary.

Over the past ten days.

Talu and Mr. Patriot seemed to have been quietly choosing to accept Mr. Reeve’s existence, and Mr. Reeve hadn’t shown any malice. Or rather, he had no malice to begin with.

The next day.

The sun had not yet risen from the horizon.