"Is that so? I actually feel like I've changed quite a lot..."
Yao Wan's fingertips unconsciously rubbed lightly along the rim of her teacup, and then she murmured under her breath.
"I really don't know what to do with you..."
"...Shh."
"Shh what? Dormant isn't the same as asleep. She's not going to wake up..."
Though that was true enough, the cold, stunning figure still unconsciously softened her movements. Rather, she had long since grown used to it, which was why, in days like these that were the same every day, she had become accustomed to such a routine.
As she answered the child's father, the queen of the Snake-People Tribe then sat down with him by the girl's bed.
"I know everything. These past few days, whenever you had time, you came to see Xiao Xiao. Do you have any new methods now?"
"Still no. What she needs is for her body to accept the power of this bloodline. I haven't broken through to the next major realm yet, and I don't want to force things and ruin her foundation."
Xiao Yan's brows lowered slightly. As he answered, he could not quite hide his curiosity either.
"They're all elsewhere. Zi Yan is busy dealing with the Demon Spirit Clan's remnants. How did you know I'd come?"
"...Snakes are still very sensitive to scents. Ever since you came back, whenever I came to visit Xiao Xiao, I could always smell something like Fire Lotus."
"Huh? Fire Lotus?"
Xiao Yan paused, not sure whether to laugh or cry. He had never expected that the scent on him would actually be described by Medusa as something like Fire Lotus.
Did his Fire Lotus have a scent too? Or was this the karma caused by that Karmic Tie back then?
As he