"The Grim Reaper warned you not to meddle in the destinies of others. Yet you let your foolish emotions blind you, throwing away your very life for a mortal whim."
Cixi stared at the outline of a human-like face within the golden rays, tracing the rays all the way into the sky before meeting his eyes directly.
The light was so bright that ordinary eyes would have burned, passed out, or gone blind from its intensity. Yet Cixi was able to look straight into it as if watching stars.
"Who are you?" she asked, curious who had come to favour the Reaper.
A sarcastic thought crossed her mind— did Grim Reaper hire a lawyer to advocate on behalf of the ex-empress?
The sarcastic thought nearly slipped from her mouth, but Cixi wisely kept it inside.
She had already told the Reaper she would accept another curse for trying to disrupt the universe's law on death, but that acceptance came with limits.
