"I refuse. Don't follow me, creep stalker." Lucius replied with a hint of disgust. He ignored the girl and left the area at full speed.
"Wha, what did he just say? Me, stalker!? How dare he insult me!?" The girl felt irritated. She stomped her feet and rushed after the young man as she didn't want to let her old comrade go.
The run, chase, hide, and seek lasted for two days. After going through several dangerous encounters, incidents, and predicaments, Lucius could only ignore the stalker. After all, she could always find him, and she was so tricky. He couldn't beat her either.
"Who are you talking to?" The girl landed on top of the tree, asking curiously. She secured the newly picked high-tier elixirs in her storage pouch, then jumped down.
She wondered what kind of powerful ancestral spirit was guiding this young man, but she had to restrain herself to discover it directly. After all, it was already hard enough to gain his trust, even a little.
We are nothing in the grand scheme of things, and yet, in that nothingness lies everything.