The bark of the oak tree felt warm and gentle. Touching it was like pressing against the palm of an elderly.
This was a totally new experience of spirit connection to Sheyan. Not only could he transmit his spoken thoughts, he could also convey his emotions.
He could sense that Melody's heart was akin to the countless white clouds of the boundless azure sky. The sky was her heart and the clouds her joy, relief, calmness, and admirable pureness!
Despite pondering over these for far too long, when he finally could talk to Melody, he felt as though he didn't know what to say. Amidst the turbulence of emotions, he released an extremely simple and normal phrase.
"I'm back."
"I feel happy, my protector. You've always appeared when I needed you most." Melody appeared to be just the same from that year, as she smiled beneath the trickling tears.
"I always thought it would take a decade or century to finally see you again. Yet Sin'dorei has delivered my lord back to me."
