Training Yard (after battle)

Hooah… How refreshing!

Ooh... I guess morning workouts really do wake you up.

We've gotten so used to getting in tussles before we get to the real meat of the missions that... mornings feel incomplete without some action.

Mm. Nevertheless, this was a meaningful warm-up activity.

So I've been meaning to ask, Hong Lu. Why did you never consider participating in the Family Hierarch war before?

It seems to me that all of your other siblings have been waiting and training all their lives for this event…

... It's simple.

Because I never once thought I wanted to be the Family Hierarch.

Is it not… truly, most fortunate?

Had you not been born with the jade, my son… you would have had to toil all your life, preparing for the Family Hierarch war like your other siblings do…

You needn't waste your strength on those things... to win the favor of the elders and Jia Mu, venerated be their blessings.

Simply... witness as much of the world as it has to offer, jade of our family… my precious son, Baoyu...

<More memories...>

…….

<What's wrong, Yi Sang? You seem kinda distraught.>

It is to do with the plan miss Faust had explained to us last night.

I find the plan… rather detestable.

Me too...

... B-but… Hong Lu said he's okay with it, so…

Can we even call it a plan, if we're being honest here?

It matches the definition of a 'plan,' given that it illustrates certain instructions to be followed for the purpose of achieving a defined goal.

And please remember that... there are no second chances in the Family Hierarch war.