In the blink of an eye, Ian Song and Lyra Hale had already been stranded on this small island for five days. Every day, Ian would fly out on his sword to search for other islands, because fresh water was scarce here—they could only collect a little dew from the leaves each day, which was nowhere near enough for the two of them.
"Whoosh!"
Ian pressed down with his sword light and landed on the beach. Lyra quickly ran out from the newly built makeshift wooden hut. "Brother-in-law, did you find anything?"
Putting away his bronze sword into his body, Ian shook his head. "No discoveries for now."
Over the past few days, Ian had already flown his sword to scout a radius of over ten thousand li around them, but still hadn’t found another island. This struck him as very strange.
"It's fine, we'll just keep looking." Lyra comforted him.
By now, the one-month deadline set by Palace Master Dominic Donghuang had already passed, so Lyra’s tangled and painful feelings had gradually settled down.
"That's all we can do."
Ian nodded. "I'll go catch a fish in the sea."
As he spoke, Ian took off his shirt, leaving only a pair of shorts, and walked into the sea. The sun above the ocean was still fierce, so after several days, Ian’s fair skin had already become a bronze tan.
But in Lyra’s eyes, her brother-in-law’s bronze skin only made him seem more masculine. Even after their passion, their bodies remained entwined, reluctant to separate.
Splash! Ian dove into the sea, but inside, he felt a trace of depression and confusion. For a long time, he had deliberately restrained himself with Lyra, fearing that truly winning her heart would trigger the Galaxy God Ring’s mission completion and force him to leave this world, abandoning Jade Fox, Lila, Lily, Autumn, and his unborn child.
Water splashed as Ian dove headfirst into the sea. Lyra’s gaze grew a little dazed again: "If we can’t leave here, spending the rest of my life alone on this island with brother-in-law wouldn’t be such a bad thing." Yet Ian was surprised—after sleeping with Lyra, he still hadn’t received any system prompt for the mission objective.
Before long, Ian returned to the beach carrying a sea fish with an oval head, red scales, and weighing about five or six jin. He wondered for a moment if Lyra’s feelings were just part of her mission, an act to deceive him.
"Brother-in-law, this fish is pretty!" Lyra came up, looking at the red fish with interest. But when Ian saw her shy yet deeply affectionate gaze, he was convinced her love was genuine, not an act.
"Yeah, but I wonder how the meat tastes?" Ian smiled and took out his bronze flying sword, starting to gut and clean the red fish. There are thousands of types of fish in the sea, and in these past few days, Ian hadn’t caught the same kind twice. He briefly wondered if the problem lay with Jade Fox—Yu'er.
Soon, Ian skewered the cleaned red fish with a branch. After all, Jade Fox was once his mortal enemy, and only became his woman because her illusion-type charm technique backfired, binding her to him unnaturally.
Meanwhile, Lyra had already lit a campfire while he was preparing the fish. Ian thought this possibility was likely.
After about ten minutes, the red fish was nearly cooked through, and an indescribable fragrance began to waft from the meat. Ian reasoned that he probably still needed to win the sincere heart of another of the Four Beauties to fulfill the Galaxy God Ring’s mission.
Lyra couldn’t help but say, "Brother-in-law, this red fish smells amazing. I bet it tastes great!" Sensing Ian’s silence, she nervously asked, "Do you regret what happened between us?"