Reginald said, "A lifetime of regret and pain is truly unbearable. Back then, I was foolish and unaware, treating everything as ordinary. I have already done right by Holtrien during all these years overseas. So what I do next must be something I owe to myself."

He continued, "I will find the Veiled Paradise and enter it. Whether I live or die will be left to fate. I will give everything I have to confirm one last time whether Eleanor is truly alive."

Nyx's heart skipped, and she asked instinctively, "What if she is really gone? What if all your efforts over these years were for nothing?"

Reginald smiled. "Then you will help me take care of Andrew, all right?"

Tears instantly welled up in Nyx's eyes. "No… Please don't say things like that! When my parents died, they said the same thing and asked me to take care of my younger brother. But in the end, my parents were gone, my brother died too, and I was left alone in this world, barely able to live.

"If not for you taking me in, tea