Lily Bai glanced at Adrian Drake, who was still looking at her with a silly, starry-eyed grin.
"Adrian Drake was poisoned by the Golden Immortal Swallow before," Lily Bai said through the Messenger Charm. "He couldn't have children, so maybe his silence back then wasn't a rejection. Today, I cured him—he's the one who asked me to call you out. Will you come?"
Luna Lian was silent for a moment, then said, "Wait for me there."
Lily Bai let out a sigh of relief.
Then she put on a sorrowful face and looked at Adrian Drake.
"What's wrong?" Adrian asked.
"Lian-Lian said... the Qilin Empress Dowager went to Peach Blossom Haven to propose marriage."
Adrian's face changed instantly. He suddenly lost all strength and squatted down as if his legs gave out.
Lily Bai glanced at Luna Lian, who had arrived in a flash using Spirit Step, then asked Adrian, who was facing away from the door, "So, you actually do like her, don't you?"
Adrian replied weakly, "Ever since she confessed to me, no other woman in this world has ever measured up to her in my eyes. She's so calm, beautiful, and clever. The fact that she actually likes me—I feel so flattered..."
His eyes reddened, and his face was full of grievance. "But I was poisoned, and I didn't know if I'd ever get better. I couldn't drag her down, so I kept it bottled up and kept avoiding her..."
"Aww! You're so pitiful..." Lily Bai walked over and squatted in front of him. "You're making me feel sorry for you now!"
"Senior Sister... why do I feel like you're enjoying my misery?" Adrian looked wounded. "I'm serious! I really..."
"It's true that the Qilin Empress Dowager went to propose, but the marriage isn't settled yet!" Lily Bai said. "Do you want to run to Peach Blossom Haven and snatch the bride?"
Adrian's eyes lit up, and he stared wide-eyed. "That's right! I'll go right now!"
He turned and dashed out.
But as soon as he turned, he saw Luna Lian.
She was standing outside the door, looking at him with tears in her eyes.
"Ah!" Adrian froze for a long time, then started blushing. "Uh... um... Senior Sister, why are you..."
Luna Lian rushed in and threw her arms around him.
Adrian froze all over, then broke into a silly grin and hugged her tightly.
Lily Bai smiled, walked outside, closed the door behind her, and told Quentin Lian about what happened...
...
Radiant Palace.
Qilin Divine Lord Soren Lann beckoned to the swallow, "Come here."
Azure Flame poked her head out and looked at him, then saw he had another bug ready.
She rolled her eyes but still flew over and landed in Soren Lann's outstretched palm.
Soren Lann smiled lightly. "Ever since you ate my spirit bug, you've gotten more and more clever! Maybe one day you'll transform into human form."
"By the way, are you a boy or a girl?" Soren Lann turned the swallow over in his hand, but he really couldn't tell a swallow's gender just by looking.
"I guess, since you're so well-behaved and smart, you must be a little girl." Soren Lann brought the bug to her beak. "Eat up!"
The little swallow looked at him, and suddenly, she transformed into a person—landing right on top of him.
She really turned into a human? Soren Lann was stunned.
And... she's this big?
Isn't a Spirit Beast supposed to be a child when it first takes human form?
He pushed her away and saw her face.
The woman realized she had turned back into human form. She looked at her own hands, her face full of confusion.