The girl lifted her skirts and stepped through Cottonsea City's slick, muddy pools, splashing up blooming lotuses of water. She ran like a nimble fawn in the woods, yet her hurried footsteps suggested she was fleeing a ferocious beast.
But no beast pursued her, only bewildered dragons. Still, she ran faster and faster, simply because she could no longer suppress the emotions surging in her heart.
The night breeze gently lifted her black hair, which shone with the light of the Milky Way in the darkness.
Her jewel-bright eyes now held a different kind of longing and affection, breathing life into a face that had grown sickly after her heart had withered.
Drops of water slid from the corners of her eyes.
Thud.
A soft, warm body crashed into the stunned young man's arms.
Lin Yuan stumbled half a step backward. He could feel the smooth, full curves of her body and the frantic pounding of her heart. He wanted to pull free, but when he heard the little fawn whimper, his hands froze.
"Brother!"
The girl's tearful voice rang out across the world around them.
At that moment, every sound in the world praised as beautiful seemed to lose its charm. The girl's longing, as though it had spanned countless ages, had finally found an anchor, and she poured out all the yearning and desire she had harbored for so long.
Everyone: ...
The world seemed to have been paused. The Ink Dinosaur Dragon Knight stared at the girl in disbelief, while the Star-Moon Dragon Knight was even more visibly moved.
Lin Yuan could feel her whole body trembling, like an abandoned little beast that had finally found its master again.
Lin Yuan felt as though lightning had struck his brain, leaving him reeling for a long time. He