Snow Empress looked suspicious. Thinking back on it, that did seem to be the case. She had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, yet she had never delved into the boundaries of coexistence between humans and soul beasts, much less understood the subtle ambiguities involved.
But using her mouth probably wouldn't work either, would it?
Amid her confusion, she suddenly caught the key point. Instantly forgetting the scene from before, she hurriedly clenched Ice Empress's little hand and carefully examined her aura, her eyes filled with genuine concern. "Wait, Bing'er, was your origin damaged too? Otherwise, why would you need to absorb so much life force to nourish yourself?"
Clearly, Snow Empress had not realized the nature of her relationship with Ice Empress. After all, the Beast Soul Contract was something that could leave countless people in the outside world dumbstruck; among soul beasts, it was even more unheard of.
Ice Empress helplessly raised her eyes and quietly exchanged a glance with Xiao Yi.
She could read a question in Xiao Yi's eyes, as though he were asking whether something was wrong with Snow Empress's head.
Xiao Yi truly had not expected her to have no memories at all of when she had been inside the ice cocoon.
"I'm fine. Actually..." Ice Empress spoke again, recounting everything from her encounter with Xiao Yi to how he had saved Snow Empress and formed Beast Soul Contracts with both of them to keep them alive.
Combined with Snow Empress's remaining fragmented memories of voluntarily drawing upon Xiao Yi's life energy, every misunderstanding was instantly cleared up.
Now Snow Empress understood, and then she felt awkward. So her attack earlier had been a misunderstanding too?
Snow Empress was somewhat embarrassed, but Xiao Yi merely watched her without saying anything.
Snow Empress thought