"How should I even say this?"
The envoy from the Empire of Heralds gave a wry smile:
"Things that were set in stone have fallen apart; the cooked duck has flown away, and no one would believe it if you said it out loud. Hey, speaking of which, Miss Dialan, why didn't you try to persuade him to stay? You are acquaintances, right? The Crown Prince even specifically sent you to carry out this mission, claiming it would be helpful. Yet, when you came, you kept chanting about Li Aozi without an end, but when you met, you said nothing?"
"... I don't know."
As she watched Li Aozi and the others leaving, Miss Dialan touched her chest and said strangely:
"That fire I couldn't get enough of seems to have been extinguished, as if the initial feeling is lost."
"What do you mean?"
"I feel like, compared to falling in love, getting married, and having children with a man—even someone like Li Aozi, whom I admire—there seems to be nothing particularly special or remarkable about it."
