Franlia was still somewhat doubtful.

"Are you really going this far just for some employees of your restaurant? I heard they worked for you for a few years, but it has nothing to do with you to start with."

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Krune sighed before saying.

"I was me who brought the two of them to Capivari City, so I can't just let it go. I understand that Sect Master must keep them locked due to the circumstances; I only ask to give me the chance of setting their Souls free. If the Seal in their souls is resolved, there shouldn't be any problems."

Tulike also gave Krune some help.

"Mother, they are just two puny Soul Forging Realm cultivators, what risk would be there? For the Sect itself, it would make no difference. After all, the Three Peaks Sect wouldn't care whether they lived or died. The Earth Dragon Bloodline in their bodies is also too thin, so it can't be extracted for our use."

Franlia narrowed her eyes as she looked at her son's face. In the end, she just sighed and nodded.

"Alright. But I won't give Krune any help during it. If you die inside the Godly Vein Sealed Space, that is your problem. I'm only doing it because my husband and Tulike insisted, so don't expect any more help after it."

Krune immediately thanked her. After that, he also thanked Tulike, who was beside him.

"Hahaha! There is no need to be this tense. How many times did you let me jump ahead of the queue to eat your Spiritual Food? Consider it my repayment for that. Besides, I haven't made much. The real challenge comes later."

Krune shook his head.

"That is wrong. Your father is a much more experienced Spiritual Chef than me. You could have asked him for the food anytime you wanted."

Rag, who was bringing the soup to the table, immediately shook his head.

"That's not true. I might not be known in the Sect, but I'm often busy. That being said, it is good that he can go out and find other Spiritual Chefs to eat."

Krune smiled and didn't try to say anything. Even though Tulike's real identity is hidden, Krune is certain that he could get a personal Spiritual Chef if he really wanted. Let alone have somewhere else to eat. But since they don't want to mention it, Krune won't point it out either. He will simply remember this act of kindness in the future.

Krune didn't blame Tulike for telling the Sect about her bloodline. As the son of the Sky Shifting Sect Master, it was his duty to report such a thing. Krune would have been more concerned if he hadn't done that instead.

"Why are you so noisy? I'm hungry, so bring food!"

Franlia ignored them and asked for the food. Rag laughed and quickly served her. Krune was also invited by him since he was Tulike's friend.

Franlia finished eating quite fast, though. As soon as she was done, she went out without saying anything. Krune understood why. She is, after all, the Sect Master. Not to mention, this is wartime. She couldn't stay away from the Sect's affairs for too long. Krune couldn't help but think how lucky he was to have come right on the same day as she would be here.

Later that Night, Krune left the Sect and went back to the place where Nina and Lino were being held. Thanks to Tulike, he wasn't impeded from talking with them once more.

"Master!"

"Chef Krune!"

Nina and Lino came close to the Formation as soon as they saw Krune. They were worried since Krune went to the Sect to help them. However, due to their status, it could instead have caused a lot of problems for Krune. After all, trying to help possible spies of the Sect they were in war with wouldn't look very good.

"Hahaha! Don't worry, I'm fine. I only went there to talk with a friend, that's all."

He talked with them for a little while until suddenly, his expression changed. He then sent the siblings a Mental Energy Message.

"I've found more about your situation. To be honest, it's not very good. It goes like this..."

Krune then explained everything about the Three Peaks Sect rules. How they were sent out with their memories sealed and how those memories would resurge after the Divine Path Realm. He also explained about the new memories that would impose their actual ones when the Seal was lifted. How it would make them think that they were always part of the Three Peaks Sect.

Nina and Lino were taken aback when they heard it.

"No wonder we were locked even though we don't know anything. Even if they destroyed our cultivations and used blood contracts to force us to talk the truth, we wouldn't be able to say anything. We have a time bomb placed in our Souls..."

Krune nodded with a severe expression.

"However, I found a way to help you two destroy this Seal. Still, you must understand that it will damage your souls. Chances are that you will lose quite a few memories too."

Nina and Lino's expression changed once more.

"Would we forget about you or the fact that we are siblings?"

Krune shook his head.

"I don't know. The soul is too complex for anyone to say what would happen. However, if you don't want to become other people in the future, this is the only choice. I can heal your souls after, but the memories lost will not come back."

Nina pondered about it. Her greatest fear was to forget her little brother and Krune. But in the end, she showed a determined expression and spoke.

"If I try it, I might forget about you two. If I don't, I will not forget you, but I won't consider any of you as important anymore. For me, the second option is several times scarier. I want my Seal removed."

Lino sighed before shrugging his shoulders.

"Well, if my sister says so, then I'll be doing the same."

He looked at Krune and took the chance to ask something else.

"By the way, how exactly will you remove the Seals on our souls?"

Krune shook his head.

"Unfortunately, I can't tell you now. It has something to do with the Sect's secrets, and I promised that I wouldn't say anything. I'm sorry."

Nina felt that something was wrong.

"Master. You will not do anything dangerous just because of us, right? You already helped us too much that neither of us can thank you enough. We don't want you to put your life at risk just because of something like that."

"Don't forget, as long as we don't enter the Divine Path Realm, the Seal will not be lifted. Lino and I can still live a happy life until we run out of lifespan."

Lino agreed with Nina. After all, their chances of ever reaching the Divine Path Realm was almost nonexistent before Krune appeared in their lives. They would simply go back to what they were, so they didn't think it was a big deal.

Krune smiled. Those two would rather stop cultivating and giving up their dreams than put him at risk. Especially Nina, who always wanted to become a Spiritual Chef so much. Wasn't it a reason good enough to try even harder? At least for Krune, he didn't need anything more than that.

"Well, there are some risks, but you don't need to worry."

Nina and Lino were about to say something when Krune raised his hand and stopped them.

"I'm not doing it for you alone. I'm also doing it for myself. The agreement I reached with the Sky Shifting Sect would both help you two and me at the same time. In fact, not only me, but it will also help Iem. Since I'm gaining some advantages while at it, then I had no reason to refuse."

"But-"

"No buts! I've already decided. Anyway, that's all I had to say, I'll come back another time. Make sure to take care of each other. Also, don't worry, no one will do anything to you two while you are here."

Before Nina or Lino could say anything, Krune turned around and left.

Lino sighed and then looked at the teary eyes of his sister. He immediately understood. Her feelings for Krune would become even deeper now.

'What will I do when the time comes for her to confront those feelings?'

Lino had no idea.

'Chef Krune is married and obviously only has his wife in his head. He made this point very clear several times. Still, he goes this far for the others. If I was a woman, I probably would fall in love with him too.'

*pah!*

Nina was startled by that sound and quickly turned around. I was then that she noticed her brother's swollen face. Obviously, he hit himself pretty hard.

"Why did you do that?"

Lino shook his head.

"Don't worry, I just had some ridiculous thoughts."