Neither Iver nor Isabel stopped Yanis from leaving.
It was a parting they had foreseen long ago, and a separation that was fated to happen. If they insisted on keeping her here now, it would be rude and unbecoming.
Besides, Iver knew another hidden reason. Yanis had to leave at this moment if she wanted any chance of changing the tragedy that awaited her.
Yanis was a standard painter, and her primary magical power was the Water Attribute.
Based on her understanding of the Equilibrium Path, Yanis possessed not only Water Attribute power, but also Wind, Earth, and Fire Attribute powers. Their proportions happened to be 8:5:5:5.
Because of this marvelous ratio, players had mocked Yanis as the "Golden Ratio Shaomai Person"... That was why Iver remembered it so clearly.
This was also similar to Yanis's personality.
Normally, her personality was very much like an ordinary person's. She was quite cheerful, and there was no sign of the obsession that came from advancing deep into the Fifth Level. Yet deep down, her personality was a handful of invisible water.
At times, it was gentle as a trickling stream; at others, violent as a tsunami.
Sometimes it was ice, sometimes mist, sometimes snow, and sometimes a spring.
But only something elusive and ever-changing could be called the water of Equilibrium.
If it stayed still for too long and gradually ceased to flow, it would become ice by taking on the concept of "eternity."
At that point, it would have to veer toward the Path of Twilight.
Strictly speaking, the Path of Twilight was not an incorrect road... But by now, Yanis could no longer turn back.
The principles of the Path of Beauty were flow and eternity. Although the Path of Beauty had many professions, it could broadly be divided into