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Lin Lu did as she wished, leaning forward.

Froststar's lips curved slightly upward as she tilted her head back with all her might and kissed Lin Lu on the cheek.

Her kiss was warm, not cold at all.

"Remember to kiss me on the lips next time." Lin Lu's voice trembled.

"OK……"

Froststar slowly closed her eyes, like a tired child secretly taking a rest.

"Yelena, I hope you... and your brothers and sisters will join Rhodes Island."

"Am I really... qualified?"

"Well, I'm a Doctor from Rhodes Island, and also the head of the Human Resources Department. If that old woman Kal'tsit doesn't agree to you joining Rhodes Island, I'll go and threaten her with my resignation letter! Don't worry, Amiya will definitely agree to you coming to Rhodes Island, and I'll introduce you to her properly."

Lin Lu exuded a mysterious confidence, as if she were preparing to introduce her daughter to her stepmother.

"Um……"

Froststar gave a soft "hmm".

A calm smile graced her face; she wanted to nod, but her body wouldn't allow her to.

“I… am willing to join Rhodes Island.”

"Great."

Lin Lu murmured, "That's great..."

"law?"

Froststar felt a wet touch on her cheek as hot tears dripped onto her face.

"You cried?"

Froststar tried to open her eyes, but found her eyelids incredibly heavy, as if they were locked up.

"No."

"Liar."

"When I say no, I mean no."

Lin Lu raised his hand and wiped his face haphazardly, trying to remove his tears.

He didn't cry.

He mustn't cry.

If he cries, wouldn't that mean he's out of options?

"Okay... then there's no crying... Lu, I'm so sleepy."

Froststar's breathing gradually slowed down. She pressed her head against Lin Lu's chest and tried her best to speak.

“Take me back to Ursus,” Frostnova said softly. “I want to go back and see. I’ve spent my whole life fighting the Warlord in the northern borders of Ursus, and I’ve never really looked back at my homeland properly…”

"I promise you." Lin Lu hugged Shuangxing tightly and repeated, "I promise you."

"Thank you, Ritsu."

Froststar kept her eyes tightly closed, trying to maintain a smile, but she ultimately pursed her lips, her long eyelashes trembling.

She collapsed into the arms of her beloved, so close to finding happiness, but her chance was gone.

Because she did something wrong, and when you do something wrong, you have to pay the price.

"Ritsu, am I going to die?"

A tear slid down her cheek.

"……dad."

Chapter 429 I'm Taking Her Away Today

Froststar's Originium bracelet cracked and shattered into fine fragments, which drifted away in the wind.

This is something that Borokkastie once obtained from a Sarkaz wizard, who said it could sustain Frostnova's life.

Lin Lu raised his hand, trying to grasp the drifting black ash, but it was like a dandelion passing through his fingers; he couldn't catch it.

"..."

Lin Lu slowly clenched his fist.

"Elmoni".

Lin Lu cried out, "Tell me, what price should I pay to bring her back?"

A ripple appeared in the air, and the anemone came into reality from the deep spiritual realm. At this moment, she no longer appeared in the form of data.

The Sarkaz girl stood before Lin Lu, no longer wearing her usual exquisite maid dress, but a simple black robe, her waist-length brown hair tied back with a pure white ribbon.

Anemones... Lin Lu's figure was reflected in Elmon's clear eyes.

He seems to have never changed, whether he was five years ago or now.

"Blood."

Elmoni knelt gently in front of Lin Lu, picked up Froststar's short sword, and handed it to him.

"You are the origin and the end."

"Your blood can save her, but... it might not be a good thing for her."

"She will lose all her power, she will never be able to step onto the battlefield again, is it worth it?"

Faced with Elmoni's questioning, Lin Lu had only one answer.

"Isn't that natural?"

He gripped Froststar's short sword and placed it on his wrist.

"As long as she comes back, whatever she wants to become in the future, I will help her achieve it. If she wants to be a warrior, I will do everything in my power to teach her how to fight without magic. If she wants to be a housewife, I will let her help take care of the children on Rhodes Island. If she wants to be the Emperor of Ursus, then I will go and conquer Ursus!"

Without hesitation, Lin Lu made a cut on his wrist, and blood gushed out.

He brought his hand close to Froststar's purplish lips, and blood flowed to the corners of Froststar's mouth, but very little of it went in.

Lin Lu cursed himself inwardly. Even someone as shrewd as him had failed him in this situation, lacking even basic common sense. Shuangxing was unconscious; how could she possibly drink it?

Looking at his rapidly healing left hand, Lin Lu didn't hesitate to make another cut.

This time he learned his lesson and caught it directly in his mouth before feeding it to Frostnova.

Lin Lu never expected that his incredible regenerative abilities would become an obstacle. He kept cutting new wounds on his arm, then sucking the blood and feeding it to Frostnova mouth-to-mouth. He repeated this over and over again. He didn't know how much blood Frostnova needed to drink, but he seemed oblivious to pain, endlessly repeating the same actions.

Elmoni looked at Lin Lu with heartache. She raised her hand to stop him, but in the end she put it down.

He didn't know which stab he had made, but as Lin Lu shook his dizzy head to continue CPR, he heard a heartbeat. Startled, he swallowed back the blood, first feeling it was a waste, then overjoyed at the faint sound of a heartbeat.

Lin Lu pressed his face against Shuangxing's chest, listening to her heartbeat, the chaotic thumping gradually regaining its rhythm.

"cough……"

The girl coughed softly.

It's not an illusion.

Although Froststar hasn't woken up yet, she has already returned from hell.

Lin Lu smiled and reflexively made another cut on himself, his movements quite practiced, accurately slicing into the blood vessel.

"What are you doing?!"

Elmoni was startled by him. The person had been saved, so why was he coming again?

"I'm used to it... Never mind, don't waste it, why don't you have some?"

"You think this is a self-service beverage station?!"

"So, are you going to drink it or not?"

"Give me some, give me some."

Elmoni bit Lin Lu's hand, blinking as she looked at him.

Lin Lu felt Elmoni's teeth; it wasn't an illusion. He could feel the moist warmth emanating from her mouth.

At this moment, Elmoni was in a similar state to Ibitas, materializing from the deep spiritual realm into reality, but others could not see them.

"tasty?"

"It has a rich aroma, and the taste changes in different ways, with a long finish, a sweet and sour flavor. Can I cut it up and pack it in a water bottle? It's nothing special, I just wanted to get some for Ibitas."

"Then you can decorate it."

"...With you cooperating so well, it's harder for me to make a move."

Elmon slowly released her mouth and muttered softly.

"If it can restore you to your original state, I'd even take all my blood without a problem."

“Then I won’t stand on ceremony!” Elmon’s eyes lit up.

"Please enjoy."

Lin Lu nodded; he wasn't joking.

When he regained his memories of Frostnova, he also remembered what happened during that time.

Elmoni appeared in Lin Lu's spirit realm because during a blizzard disaster, she held the dying Lin Lu and continuously cast healing spells. She and he hid in a collapsed mine, Elmoni holding Lin Lu in her arms, her back pierced by countless fragments of Originium wrapped in snow. These Originium fragments brought pain but also the power to cast spells.

Lin Lu didn't know what kind of willpower Elmoni had used to persevere, constantly casting healing spells to keep him from the brink of death. Because the spells healed herself at the same time, the Originium fragments remained in her body, becoming part of her flesh and blood.

When the calamity subsided, half of Elmoni's body turned into Originium, and she could no longer cast spells.

She asked Lin Lu to extract her essence herself, hoping that Lin Lu could live.

Lin Lu's life was saved by Elmoni.

He would do anything to bring her back to life.

"That's why I don't want to tell you what happened in the past. You're too stubborn."

Looking at Lin Lu's expression, Elmoni knew him so well that she could easily guess what he was thinking.

“You’re always so nice to other people, your eyes are always on them, you never stop to look at yourself.” Elmoni reached out and touched Lin Lu’s chest, his heart. “You don’t owe anyone anything, and you don’t owe me anything either.”

"Just continue as you were before, live for yourself, and I like you just the way you are."

Elmoni stood up and extended her hand to Lin Lu, just as she had when they first met.

"You have more important things to do right now, don't you?"

"...Yes, I still have things to take care of."

Lin Lu grasped Elmoni's hand, stood up, picked up the sleeping Frostnova, and walked out of the ruins.

"Elmoni".

"I'm here."

"Would you be willing to indulge me this once?"

Lin Lu unfolded his digitized spiritual domain and chuckled, "I need you."

"You scumbag! Holding the one in your arms while eyeing the one in the pot, you're really something!"

Elmoni snorted, but still obediently took control of the Spirit Domain, becoming Lin Lu's strongest support.

Pa tower.

Snap, snap.

Lin Lu's footsteps were steady, leaving only soft audible sounds.

The fierce battle outside the ruins suddenly stopped, and everyone's eyes turned to him.

Lin Lu carried Shuangxing out of the ruins, looking straight ahead as he issued a final ultimatum to Lungmen.

"I'm taking her away today, let's see who dares to stop me!"