Nicholas looked at her and said with a smile, "Let me put it this way: among all my motherâs children, Iâm the one who inherited her divinities Bloodline the most perfectly. So I more or less possess power that can almost rival a Godâs."
Gu Shengyin blinked: So?
Nicholas wrapped an arm around her and sat down with her on the thickly featherâpadded seat. "Back when I was living a very boring stretch of life, I slowly started exploring some completely new Domainsâlike... time."
Gu Shengyin raised her head in surprise to look at him.
She herself had once become a God, so of course she knew that the Time Law was basically not something even Gods could easily control.
Normally, aside from those Gods who were born already holding the priesthood of time, very few other Gods would devote themselves to studying this.
And Nicholas, with the body of a Demigod, went to study it?
Nicholas thought she was curious about this.
He said, "I slowly came into contact with the Time Law. At first I caused quite a few incidents, but later, bit by bit, I became very familiar with it."
"And it was at that time that I saw you."
Gu Shengyinâs heart gave a jolt.
She looked at Nicholas, and he lowered his head to look at her as well.
"Because of the Bloodline in my body, I have some perceptions about certain things that are completely different from humans. For example, the moment I saw you, I knew you were my bride from the future."
"At the beginning, I was just curious. I wanted to know what kind of woman Iâd be with in the future, and what kind of traits youâd have that could attract me."
Nicholasâ lips hooked into a mesmerizing arc, looking a little helpless. "Who wouldâve thought that with that one look, Iâd fall right in."
"I actually fell in love with my future bride more than a thousand years ahead of time."
Nicholas couldnât help lowering his head to lightly rub his forehead against Gu Shengyinâs, letting out a satisfied sigh.
"You have no idea how maddening it is to be in love with someone and not be able to find her. Back then, every time I thought about how Iâd have to wait over a thousand years before I could see you, I felt nothing but agitation and despair."
"I even thought of crossing time itself, but my mother found out and personally stopped me."
"She said that if I rashly crossed time, maybe nothing would happen to me, but many things would change because of my actions. Even you might directly vanish from the future because of some unintentional move of mine."
Nicholas said helplessly, "I didnât dare take a risk that big, but the wait was just too hard to endure. So I simply set up a Formation and Sealed myself away."
Gu Shengyin fell silent for a long time after hearing his words.
It had never occurred to her that in this world, there was actually someone who had waited for her for so long.
She opened her mouth, as if wanting to say something, but for a long while she couldnât get a single word out.
In the end she could only quietly mutter a soft curse: "Idiot."
Nicholas laughed and pulled her tighter into his arms. "This idiot is the one who loves you most in this world."
Gu Shengyin turned her head and buried it in his chest, unable to suppress the smile that bloomed on her face.
"Oh, right." Nicholas suddenly seemed to remember something.
There was some apology in his voice. "I found out about what you all ran into in this castle earlier. That was my negligence."
"Because the castleâs Sealing Formation contains huge Spiritual Power, it easily attracts wandering lonely spirits and wild ghosts. Who wouldâve thought that my territory, the mighty Duke of Violetâs lands, would actually turn into a Ghost Castle that makes people shiver at the mere mention of it!"