"Yingying~"
Ying Shao rolled his eyes and called him an idiot.
Yue didn't mind at all.
It flitted up and down in front of Xiao Xiao, chattering excitedly about everything it had seen that day.
Xiao Xiao listened with a smile.
Little White Fox flicked its tail.
The tip brushed Xiao Xiao's chin.
It tickled a little.
Xiao Xiao lowered his head, a hint of inquiry in his eyes.
Little White Fox's ruby-red eyes gazed straight at Xiao Xiao.
There was none of its usual laziness or teasing.
"What's wrong?"
"Hiss~"
The white snake slithered up Xiao Xiao's arm.
It climbed all the way to his shoulder.
"Lord Xiao Xiao, you seem a little off."
The white snake tilted its head.
"What's off about me?"
Xiao Xiao's eyes curved slightly.
"Hmm..."
The tip of the white snake's tail poked his shoulder. "I can't quite put it into words."
"Something just seems off."
"Heh."
Xiao Xiao chuckled softly.
He reached out and patted Little White Fox's head, then gently stroked the white snake's head with a finger.
"I just realized that I'm becoming more and more like an enforcer."
Becoming more and more like an enforcer?
Little White Fox and the white snake both blinked, bewildered.
"Hiss~"
The white snake wriggled, speaking as if it were only natural. "But Lord Xiao Xiao has always been an enforcer."
Why say he was becoming more like one?
Xiao Xiao laughed.
That was true. He had always been an enforcer.
Whether he did a good job or a bad one, no one was there to judge him, was there?
He could do as he pleased—
"No, Enforcer."
A long-unheard voice rang in Xiao Xiao's mind.
A dragon's phantom appeared before him.
Moonlight passed through its body.
None of