As expected, the General narrowed his eyes. "In what way, may I ask?"
Perhaps it was simply due to how the older man treated the Shamaness, but for some reason, Qing Xue felt that he could be truthful to him.
"His existence to me is without compare, General," he answered. "No one else comes close to the value he holds in my heart." Seeing that the General was taken aback by this, Qing Xue withdrew his eyes, wondering if he'd made a mistake. "You can make of that what you will."
After a long silence wherein Qing Xue only stared at the ring again, he heard the General ask quietly, "And do you hold the same value to him?"
Finding the question strange, Qing Xue frowned.
But he still answered in the end, "I have no doubt of it." As he continued to gaze at his ring, so near yet seemingly s
