Damian Black: "What?"
"I was thinking, before I go to Drake Abyss..." She stared at Damian's lips, suddenly feeling shy and unable to speak, and abruptly turned away.
Damian seemed to know what she was thinking. The corners of his mouth curled slightly, and the tips of his ears turned red.
...
Drake Abyss, a secret realm.
Adrian Drake was bored out of his mind, kicking Baxa's stool over and over. "What is up with him? He just left! Vanished into thin air! And hasn't come back for half a day?"
Baxa was carefully polishing a piece of his scale armor, then threading it with Goldenreed. "It hasn't been that long. Just be patient."
"Where did he go?"
"Probably... on a date?"
"A date?" Adrian's eyes widened in shock. "With who?"
"Who else?"
Adrian thought for a long moment, then suddenly grabbed the scale plate in Baxa's hand. "Don't tell me—Lily Bai is actually Lucia Lu reincarnated?"
Baxa stared at his hand. "Let go first."
"When she was staying at my manor, she asked me to take her to meet Divine Lord Tanya Quinn," Adrian said. "And Divine Lord Tanya Quinn probably helped her! She might not have told the whole truth!"
Baxa: "Let go first."
"What?"
"Stop squeezing my necklace."
Baxa liked to collect his shed scale plates and make them into jewelry to wear.
"So is she or not?!" Adrian still didn't let go. "If you don't say, I'll crush it!"
"Figure it out yourself!"
"I think she is! Even if she's from the White Clan... she looks way too much like her! They're basically the same person!"
"Can you let go now?"
Baxa didn't deny it, which was basically the same as admitting it.
But Adrian still wasn't satisfied. He turned to Azure Flame, who was meditating nearby. "Senior Azure Flame, do you think she's really Lucia Lu reincarnated?"
Azure Flame didn't move. "She is."
"She really is? But how is that possible? They planted a Hellfire Talisman in her body—once she died, the hellfire should have burned her soul to nothing!"
Azure Flame: "I don't know the exact method. I just know his Heartscale has completely fused with Lily Bai's soul."
"Heartscale? How did that work?"
Azure Flame shook her head. "Probably some secret art? You know how he is—always has some weird secret technique."
Adrian was still completely baffled.
...
Inside Lily Bai's boudoir.
She was feeling deeply embarrassed by her own thoughts when Damian suddenly asked from behind her, "Is marrying Henry Xiao the only way to save your family?"
"Divination can't get that specific," Lily Bai said. "All it shows is a marriage alliance with Drake Abyss. Right now, who else could it be besides me? It's not like six-year-old Little Shrimp is an option. Besides, because I look so much like Lucia Lu, no one in Drake Abyss except Fourth Highness would dare marry me."
Damian was silent for a while, then said, "I understand."
"Understand what?" Lily Bai turned to ask him.
But she found the room empty—he was gone!
"Huh? Where did he go?" Lily Bai tried to summon him with magic, but he wouldn't come back.
Drake Abyss Secret Realm.
Damian appeared in an instant.
Adrian pointed at him. "Spill it! Where did you go?"
Damian said, "Your proposal just now—I accept."
Adrian's eyes widened. "What?"
Baxa stared at him in surprise too.
Azure Flame opened her eyes and looked at him.
Damian's eyes burned with light. "I accept your proposal—to seize Drake Abyss."