The veiled girl lingered on the rooftop, her gaze fixed ily oaiyang through the softly glowing window.

  Occasionally, a tender smile would bloom across her lips, as if she were sav a precious secret only she knew.

  Her long, icy-blue eyeshes fluttered subtly, framing eyes that sparkled like frosted gemstones uhe moonlight.

  Her delicate eyebrows, the same ethereal hue, added to her captivatiy, lending her an almost divine aura.

  Her jade-like skin seemed to glow with a gentle luminesce, as if kissed by moonlight, smooth and fwless in its heavenly radiance. Every aspect of her presence was enting, exuding the quiet, serene grace of a winter fairy.

  "Just hold on a little longer, Senpai," she thought, her heart brimming with determination.

  Her thoughts carried a promise as unwavering as the glint in her luminous eyes. "I'll protect you, no matter what. No one will ever harm you again."

  Her soft smile deepening as her mind drifted, weaving dreams of their shared future, and she whispered to herself.

  "Once I bee a Core Sect Disciple, everything will ge. I'll make you my butler, and we'll always be together.

  No one in this world will ever tear us apart. You'll be mine… and mine alone," she vowed silently, her gentle gaze lingering on him.

  "Young Miss, if you are finished, please e with me. It is time for your cultivation session," a maid in a flowing dress appeared behind her like a ghost, speaking with quiet grad politeness.

  Startled, the veiled girl quickly turoward the voice, her breath catg ihroat as she stammered, "M-M-Mei Shin, w-what are you doing here?"

  How could I not sense her presence just now? The veiled girl's mind raced. Was I distracted, or does she possess some advaealth teique? Perhaps both...

  "N-Never mind," The veiled girl murmured softly, her voice barely audible, as a faint flush rose to her cheeks. She quickly gnced away, her embarrassment evident. "D-Did you hear what I was whispering?"

  Mei Shin, unfazed, replied with an expression of plete fusion, "What do you mean, Young Miss? Were you whispering something?"

  "N-Nothing... nothing at all," the veiled girl murmured, a wave of relief washing over her. I guess she didn't hear anything, she thought.

  Curiosity flickered in her eyes as she turo Mei Shin. "By the way, how did you know I came here?"

  Mei Shin's gaze remaieady, her tone calm yet knowing.

  "Young Miss, did you think I wouldn't notice? You visit him every night since his demotion to the outer sebsp;

  I just didn't mention it, as you always return early. I assumed he wasn't ier sect, which is why you came back so soon."

  The veiled girl, caught off guard, quietly admitted, "I suppose I've been found out."

  Mei Shin's expression shifted to one of seriousness as she spoke with quiet indifference, "Young Miss, you're the Top Disciple of the Inner Sect, and an Heiress to the Mu family.

  You shouldn't waste your time with Susignifit people from the Outer Sect."

  A sudden chill seemed to settle over the air as the veiled girl's voice turned icy, her words imbued with an undeniable authority, as if she had bee airely different person. "Mei Shin, Be Mindful of Your Words."

  With that, an overwhelmingly chilling pressure emanated from the veiled girl, as if the air itself had frozen in an instant.

  It was as if winter had desded upoer Sect without warning. The very air of the eer Sect seemed to freeze under her gaze.

  "I-I am sorry, Young Miss. Please five me," Mei Shin stammered, uo withstand the weight of the pressure.

  The veiled girl slowly retracted her aura, allowing the oppressive atmosphere to dissipate, leaving behind only the fairaces of the chill that had once gripped the air.

  "Let's return," the veiled girl said softly, turning to leave. "And keep my visits to the Outer Sect a secret from that man."

  Mei Shin, still in awe of her Young Miss's strength, hesitated for a moment before asking, "That man? Do you mean your father, Young Miss?"

  The veiled girl's sharp gaze met Mei Shin's, her voice dropping to a near whisper, cold and anding. "You kly who I mean. Don't ask unnecessary questions."

  Mei Shin gave a half-hearted bow of her head. "Uood, Young Miss."

  As they made their way toward the inner sect, Mei Shin hahe veiled girl a letter with a slight bow. "There's a message from the lord in this ret letter he sent."

  The veiled girl didn't even g the letter. "I have no i in whatever he says. I severed ties with that family long ago."

  Mei Shin pressed on. "Don't you find it iing, Young Miss, the ret turmoil surrounding the greatest phenomena of two physique and stitution awakenings, as well as the awakening of two sword auras?

  He suggests you befriend the individuals responsible, especially the one who seems to have awakened both the Peerless Sword Body and the Golden Sword Aura."

  The veiled girl's expression hardened. "I have no i in such matters or those individuals," she replied, her tone quiet but resolute.

  "I must foy own cultivation."

  Humph, Mei Shin scoffed inwardly. How did this weak and ued bitch suddenly bee s?

  She could barely hold a sword as a child—timid, frail, and utterly unremarkable.

  And now, she's been offered the position of a direct disciple to a great elder?

  How did she ge so mu just a few years? Master seo keep an eye oo ensure she doesn't bee a thorn in his side.

  But the veiled girl, lost ihoughts, remaieadfast.

  If I cultivate diligently, one day, I'll bee strong enough to shield you from everything, Senpai. I must protect you—always, no matter the cost.

  Her heart ched with determination, as her resolve solidified.

  After all, you are the most important and precious person to me in Both of my Lives.