Volume 11: Misty Cage and Smoke Lock, Chapter 3: Mysterious Background

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Seeing the Great Sage immerse in a momentary trance, he seemed to recall memories of the past that he couldn't forget. That instant of Komer's sorrows intertwined with a wistful aftertaste of melancholy suddenly evoked a complex emotion in the girl's heart that she had never experienced before.

The girl silently savored this emotion that echoed in her own chest. She didn't know if this was the so-called jealousy, but she was certain that the glimpse of reminiscence in the Great Sage's eyes was definitely a woman, and surely one that left a deep impression on him.

At that moment, she felt an impulse; she desperately wanted to know what kind of woman could make the Great Sage so desolately lonely? In her mind, how could the usually dominating and carefree Great Sage ever be distracted by something as trifling as a woman—this was simply unimaginable to her.