Knock, knock, knock.
A soft knock sounded, pulling A Yin back from her wandering thoughts as she sat by the bed. She slowly walked to the door and gently opened it.
The one knocking was Lin Yu. He had been the one to tell A Yin to wait for him in the room, and what was about to happen went without saying.
Lin Yu walked to the bed first, patted the spot beside him, and said, "Come sit here."
A Yin slowly shut the door. For some reason, she locked it without thinking, then walked over to sit beside Lin Yu, turning her head to rest against his chest.
Seeing this, Lin Yu smiled faintly and raised an arm around A Yin's waist.
A Yin constantly gave off a faint, delicate fragrance. Being beside her felt like standing amid a field of Blue Silver Grass, making one's mood incomparably pleasant.
This was likely because she had originally been the Blue Silver Emperor. Even after becoming human, neither her bearing nor the aura around her could hide the fact that she had once been a sovereign.
Yet her personality was nothing like that of a ruler. She was practically a doormat, incapable of refusing no matter what happened.
"Why did you choose to become human?" Lin Yu asked softly, inhaling A Yin's faint fragrance.
A Yin opened her eyes at his words. Her azure eyes blinked as though she were considering something.
"If a hundred-thousand-year soul beast chose to continue living as a soul beast, it could only live another thousand years. Besides, a soul beast's life is dull and lifeless. There really isn't much reason to choose it."
"If one became human, everything would have to begin again, but there would be a chance to become a god. And besides..."