"Alright, alright." Richard lifted both hands in a gesture of surrender, his expression softening as he leaned back slightly. "You said he was looking for a wife—so what happened after that exactly?"
"He actually found one after a few hours of searching," Serine said as she raised her shoulders in a small, tentative shrug. "They say she wasn't particularly beautiful, not the kind of woman who turns heads, but she was still in her middle years. It's also said she had a calm, modest temperament, and that she agreed to marry the Cosmic Elder after speaking with him for a while—despite the fact that he's missing two limbs…" She exhaled lightly. "After that he simply took her with him, and the two vanished. We assume he brought her to one of his private planets, the ones no one dares approach."
"Hm… sounds like the old man finally found himself a life partner. Good for him, I guess. What's the problem?" Richard's smile remained, frozen on his face, but he didn't laugh this time.
