Lumiya’s steps gradually slowed as she made her way back.
Her previously lively dragon tail also slowly calmed down.
She wasn’t sure what she was thinking—was it the dragon’s possessiveness at work?
Why was she discussing this sort of thing with Little White?
Logically, with her cultivation level, her mind should be as clear as a mirror, reflecting her true self.
Her heart should be unclouded, her actions guided purely by her will, with no hesitation or confusion.
But when it came to Lin Xing…?
Whenever she was beside Lin Xing, those thousands of drifting years spent as a dragon after her transmigration felt like faded old scrolls, easily swept away by the warmth of his presence.
Instead, the brief decades she spent as a human, memories soft and warm, would sprout forth like buds touched by the spring breeze, vivid and clear.
Those human affections hidden in the creases of countless years should have long since been worn down to dust by a dragon’s loneliness, sealed away by her own hand, abandoned.
Yet somehow, she kept recalling those short, human decades.
In her long life, she should have forgotten—she had let go long ago.
Was it Soul Resonance with a fellow villager?
Or was the Cosmic Will stirring up Cause and Effect?
Was it scheming against her?
Lumiya dismissed the thought immediately.
Her rank was now almost equal to the Cosmic Will; it was impossible for it to scheme against her so silently.
So, just as Lumiya said herself, the present her,
Her heart was as clear as a mirror, her actions purely her own—
That unexpected possessiveness toward Lin Xing was real.
The jealousy she felt at seeing others get close to him was also real.
But she was also genuinely reluctant to lose Little White, that rare friend of millennia.
She didn’t want Little White to quietly leave just because of her own selfishness—this, too, was true.
Nothing had really happened, but this was just the kind of person Lumiya was.
Those she found pleasing to the eye, those who treated her well, were her friends!
A simple act of kindness from Little White, giving her food, became the “cause.”
Her reluctance to let go, her agreement to share Lin Xing in such a major matter, became the “effect.”
Cause and Effect—
One could never guarantee how much “effect” would come from any “cause.”
Lumiya, who understood this well, naturally accepted it with ease.
The only thing that made her feel a bit ashamed was the fact that, despite her decades as a man, she now found herself drawn to Lin Xing.
So, for now, she wasn’t ready to admit it out loud.
Let’s just leave it at that! She was only evaluating Lin Xing!
Yes! Lin Xing was still under evaluation! It wasn’t because she was too embarrassed to admit it!
Lumiya looked up in the direction of the dormitory, a glint of laughter flashing in her golden vertical pupils.
Her steps grew lighter, and her dragon tail started swaying cheerfully again.
There was still plenty of time left in the evaluation period—how long it would last depended on Lin Xing’s own efforts~
Trying to make a move before her? Impossible!
Those sneaky cats! All of them had to wait their turn behind her!
Meanwhile, just as Lumiya was teasing Little White,
Lin Xing, who had returned to the dormitory, pulled out the still swaying Little Green from his storage space.
“So hungry~ So hungry~ Lin Xing! I’m starving~”
As soon as she came out, Little Green started chirping noisily.
She hadn’t eaten much—she’d barely pecked at a couple of dishes before getting tipsy from two sips of wine. She hardly had time to eat anything.
Even the little she did eat was only because Lin Xing painstakingly fed her.
With a helpless sigh, he rummaged through the drawer for a packet of Spirit Grain Crisp he had prepared specially for Little Green, tore it open, and pinched a small piece to her beak.
Little Green blinked her blurry eyes open, and when she saw the treat offered to her, her emerald gaze brightened for a moment, though her head was still spinning with dizziness.
Lying there, having food delivered straight to her mouth, and—thanks to Lumiya—her sudden surge of trust and reliance on Lin Xing,
These combined so that, in her drunken haze, her avian instincts quietly emerged.
She tilted her little head and gently pecked the Spirit Grain Crisp at Lin Xing’s fingertips with her sharp beak.
Her wings fluttered clumsily a couple of times, as if showing off her pretty feathers to Lin Xing.
After finishing her snack, she hopped over to nuzzle against Lin Xing’s palm, pressing her head gently against it, chirping out soft, sweet “chirp-chirp” sounds from her throat.
Lin Xing was stunned by her unusually affectionate behavior.
After a moment, he gently stroked Little Green’s tiny head.
Unbeknownst to him, Little Green’s unusual actions were actually a courtship display!
In Little Green’s eyes, Lin Xing’s cooperative petting was a sign of acceptance!
That made Little Green even happier. She hopped onto Lin Xing’s lap, and as a flash of light passed,
Little Green, now in her human form, nimbly seated herself on Lin Xing’s legs.
The green-haired girl’s cheeks were flushed with a drunken blush, spreading from her earlobes to her neck.
Her gaze was still clouded with a heavy mist, innocent and delighted as she looked at Lin Xing.
She wrapped her arms around Lin Xing’s neck, pressing her soft body close, nuzzling her head against his shoulder unconsciously.
She even hummed soft, tuneless noises from her throat.
A subtle desire gradually appeared in Little Green’s eyes, and her body began to press and squirm against Lin Xing’s without restraint.
“Lin Xing~ so yummy~ I want more~ You have to feed me from now on~”
The green-haired girl tilted her flushed little face, her voice clear with a hint of syrupy sweetness, her fingertips playing absently with Lin Xing’s collar.
Lin Xing, just recovering from the chaos at the KTV, was now completely flustered by this sudden intimacy.
His hands, however, automatically supported her waist, and he couldn’t help but mutter to himself that if Lumiya found out, he’d be done for.
But staring into those large, misty eyes so close to his own, seeing her utterly defenseless reliance on him, he simply couldn’t bring himself to push her away.
He could only resign himself to letting her nestle in his arms.
Yet as the girl’s body began to squirm restlessly, he felt the blood rush downward.
His little head quickly saluted, boldly declaring its independence to the big head.
The green-haired girl in his lap seemed to sense this salute, and, feeling a bit uncomfortable, lowered her head in confusion.
Then,
To Lin Xing’s shock, as his pupils contracted—
She reached over, completely without hesitation!!