Mr. Dragon Knight, the dragon girls are chasing you!

Luo Ye forced himself to remain calm, forcing a relaxed and harmless smile in an attempt to deceive them:

"I really didn't hide anything from you! It's just a change of hairstyle, right? The white hair gives me a cool and aloof vibe, and it instantly upgrades my looks. It's purely a matter of personal taste, there's nothing strange about it!"

"Shut up!" Eluvia turned around abruptly and glared at him fiercely.

That glance carried a fierce warning, brimming with displeasure, and even more so, a hint of barely suppressed panic and worry:

"I don't believe a single word you're saying. I want to hear the Grand Elder tell the truth himself!"

Luo Ye's heart rate spiked instantly, so fast it was unbelievable, and he felt completely overwhelmed.

It's over, completely over.

Elder Eldron, that old fellow, looks calm, reliable, and highly respected, but in reality, he's the most unreliable.

When we ran away from Silvermoon Peak last time, it was this guy who came up with the idea, but the little black dragon ended up coming to our door.

If Eluvia were to coax and pester him this time, she might spill all the secrets of his ancestors for eighteen generations!

Undeterred, he continued his desperate plea: "Your Majesty, the Grand Elder is extremely busy with affairs of state, dealing with dragon matters every day. It would be inappropriate for us to disturb his peaceful cultivation!"

"No, I have to find out today!" Eluvia wasn't buying it at all, and she pulled him even tighter.

"..."

Luo Ye choked for a moment, then changed her perspective: "What if he doesn't know either? Wouldn't that be a wasted trip? Why don't we go for a walk in the back mountain to clear our heads? I'll roast you a golden-feathered chicken—"

"Shut up." Eluvia tightened her grip on his hand even more.

"The more you try to stop me from going, the more it shows that you have a problem."

"I really didn't—"

"Then what are you feeling guilty about?"

Luo Ye opened her mouth, then realized that she was indeed feeling guilty.

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Soon, the two arrived at the door of Eldron's meditation room.

Eluvia didn't even have the patience to knock. She raised her hand and slammed the heavy stone door open with a loud "bang," her movements swift and domineering.

Inside the room, Eldron sat cross-legged on a futon, holding an ancient scroll of animal hide in his fingertips, trying to find a way to prolong the life of a dragon knight.

The sudden loud noise and the intrusion startled him, and he almost dropped the ancient book from his hand.

He steadied himself and looked up, immediately spotting two people with completely different auras standing at the door.

Eluvia gripped Luo Ye's wrist tightly, her face tense, looking exactly like someone coming to collect a debt and investigate the truth.

Luo Ye, who was being pulled behind him, was experiencing a frantic twitching of his facial muscles. His left eye was blinking rapidly, and his mouth was twitching incessantly. His body movements were extremely expressive, silently conveying a distress signal to him. His entire face was almost cramping up.

The Eldronds, who have lived for 30,000 years, are shrewd and can see through the current situation at a glance.

His young emperor was rigorously investigating secrets, the dragon knight was frantically calling for help, and he himself was stuck right in the eye of the storm, caught in a dilemma.

"Your Majesty." Eldron put down the ancient book, slowly rose, and tried to compose himself, making his tone sound calm and composed, as much as possible to conceal the panic in his heart.

"Why did you come so suddenly today, and in such a hurry?"

Before he could say another word, Eluvia stepped forward and pulled Luo Ye to her side.

She pointed at his dazzlingly white long hair and got straight to the point.

"Elder, tell me honestly! Why did that idiot dragon knight's hair suddenly turn white?"

"And what exactly did you two secretly talk about and do this morning? Don't lie to me, not a single lie!"

Eldron's dark purple dragon eyes flickered slightly, and he subconsciously looked up at Luo Ye, trying to find a hint.

The next second, Luo Ye's silent cry for help was at its maximum—his left eye blinked three times in quick succession, his right corner of his mouth twitched deliberately, and his chin tilted slightly to the left, the whole set of tacit signals flowing smoothly.

The whole thing translates to: Don't tell the truth, just lie and let it slide! Please, I'll owe you a huge favor afterwards!

Eldron cleared his dry throat, trying to stall for time with the safest possible words: "Your Majesty, this old minister does indeed have some knowledge of the Dragon Knight's physical condition—"

Luo Ye: "..."

He was already feeling a bit numb.

No, why are you talking about my health condition? Doesn't that just mean I actually have a health problem?

Luckily, Elvia isn't very bright; if Seraphina were here, she would have given herself away with just one sentence.

That unreliable old dragon!

Sure enough, Eluvia instantly spotted the flaw, her brows furrowing deeply: "You know a little about it?"

"What does 'I have a slight understanding' mean? If you know, just say it completely! Are you going to hide it from me and lie to me, even the Grand Elder?"

The barrage of questions made Eldron's forehead begin to sweat.

He opened his mouth, then closed it again, his aged fingers clenching slightly inside his sleeve.

This elder of the Eternal Night Dragon Clan has faced countless powerful enemies and desperate situations, and has never retreated in the slightest.

But at this moment, facing his own emperor's simple yet stubborn eyes, he felt a kind of suffocating predicament for the first time.

He knows Eluvia too well.

Every time she fell down and cried, he would clumsily use his tail to curl her up and put her on his back, carrying her around the back mountain until she stopped crying and started laughing.

After her parents passed away, he took over the promise of entrusting her with the care of her children, supporting her entire childhood with his old bones.

He knew perfectly well that although the child seemed domineering and arrogant, he was actually extremely insecure.

The panic and helplessness hidden in her eyes at this moment were exactly the same as when she watched her parents disappear into the sea of ​​clouds back then.

She was afraid—afraid of being abandoned by the person she cared about most again, afraid of losing the important people in her life again.

But he also understood Luo Ye's good intentions.

If he were to reveal the truth about the white hair in public, all of Luo Ye's forbearance, sacrifice, and painstaking efforts would be in vain.

The simple-minded and stubborn Eluvia will live the rest of her life in endless guilt and self-blame.

Eldron was completely caught in a dilemma, his aged dragon eyes roaming back and forth between the two young people.

Just as he was torn between his conscience and his decision, Eluvia suddenly released her grip on Luo Ye's wrist.

She took a small step forward, walked up to Eldron, and looked up at him slightly.

The angle from which she looked up was exactly the same as when she was a child, standing here all alone, asking him, "When will my father and mother return?"

She stretched out her slender, fair hand and gently tugged at Eldron's wide robe sleeve.

"Elder." The girl's originally clear and assertive voice suddenly softened, filled with deep grievance and timidity, making one's heart tremble.

"You love me the most, don't you?"

Eldron's heart skipped a beat, realizing something was wrong.

When her little emperor shows this vulnerable and coquettish side, it usually means she's about to ask him some questions that are difficult for him to answer.

But he simply couldn't bring himself to refuse, and could only steel himself and respond softly.

"Your Majesty is too kind. This old minister naturally loves Your Majesty dearly."

Eluvia gently tugged at his sleeve, her eyes filled with an almost fragile trust, and continued to press:

"You've never lied to me since I was a child."

"After Father and Mother passed away, you were the only one who stayed with me. You loved me the most, so you wouldn't lie to me, right?"