Chapter 96: Attentions from Her Majesty the Queen

"Ao," the heaven-shaking howl of the Black Panther still echoed in the valley, but the green figure riding the panther had already vanished with the wind, stepping on the still-warm sandy ground, disappearing under the rising moonlight, leaving behind only the faint fragrance of myriad flowers, lingering at the tip of Pannis's nose, refusing to disperse for a long time.

With a cactus thorn clutched in his mouth, Pannis lay on his back on the coarse gravel ground, staring at the gradually reddening blood moon in the sky. Lilith appeared lost in thought. His left hand instinctively touched his face, lightly sniffing at the base of the ring finger on his left hand. While the surface bore no trace, a careful whiff would reveal that the finger was always surrounded by a faint fragrance, the source of which was uncertain—whether it was from the once-in-a-millennium Life Sharing Ceremony or the green hair that had now integrated with Pannis as energy.