"Will we meet again? Will we?" Xia Chuanyue clung to Tianmiao’s sleeve, asking anxiously.
"We will." Tianmiao nodded, speaking with certainty.
Water mist clouded Xia Chuanyue’s eyes, but she bit her lip to keep the tears from falling.
"Dean." Tianmiao suddenly looked at Dean, who had been silent.
Dean’s gaze had never strayed from Tianmiao, and hearing Tianmiao call him, he nodded, "I’m here."
"What is your wish?" Tianmiao suddenly asked.
Dean was stunned.
Xia Chuanyue and Lamiel also looked at Tianmiao in confusion, unsure why Tianmiao suddenly asked this.
"My wish, my wish..." Dean muttered, repeating the question, but did not provide an answer for a long while.
"You should... return." Tianmiao did not wait for Dean to state his wish, instead, her gaze turned deep, and she spoke this mysterious sentence quietly.
Dean’s originally emerald eyes suddenly turned black at this moment, and he looked at Tianmiao in a daze.
The little white cat on Tianmiao’s shoulder bared its teeth, with its fur standing on end.
"Return!" Tianmiao’s expression suddenly cooled, and she gave a low shout.
In the next instant, Dean’s pitch-black eyes abruptly turned green, and then he fainted.
"Dean!" Camille stepped forward and supported Dean, then looked at Tianmiao in puzzlement.
Tianmiao did not look at Camille but instead raised her head to gaze at the firmament.
The beast in Dean’s body, or rather, a trace of Divine Soul? It had finally left Dean’s body.
The current Dean was the real Dean.
That trace of Divine Soul was the true reason for this world’s persistent imbalance.
Who was that?
She had only just discovered its presence after so long, and she did not know whose trace of Divine Soul it was.
"Xia Chuanyue, Camille, I really look forward to our next meeting." With those words, Tianmiao vanished from where she stood.
"Tianmiao!!!" Xia Chuanyue shouted loudly, but only the cool night breeze blew past, without any response.
"Who is she?" Camille asked softly.
"I don’t know, but since she said we will meet again, we definitely will." Xia Chuanyue stated firmly, then looked down at Dean, who was slowly waking in Camille’s arms, "Dean, are you alright?"
"Ah... I’m fine." Dean stood up, rubbing his forehead, "It’s so strange, sometimes I feel unlike myself. Just a moment ago, that feeling completely vanished."
"Do you sometimes become foolish?" Camille asked in jest.
Dean shot a sidelong glance at Camille, giving a cold laugh, "That’s still better than you being perpetually foolish."
Camille’s mouth twitched, this person was still the same sharp-tongued Elf Prince as ever.
Xia Chuanyue looked at Dean, sharply noticing that Dean’s aura had become much calmer.
Was this Tianmiao’s doing?
What was really happening?
Can I still meet Tianmiao?
After meeting, can I know all the answers?
When Xia Chuanyue and the others returned to Shude City, it was already dawn. At this moment, Shude City was bathed in morning light, with early risers diligently opening their shops to prepare for business. The City Lord was strolling the streets with his wife and children, smiling and greeting the residents.
It was as if what had happened before had never occurred.
Shude City, serene and peaceful.
Xia Chuanyue and the two others stood in the center square of Shude City, watching the white doves fly down in flocks to forage, feeling unprecedented calmness in their hearts.
Tianmiao, I too look forward to our next meeting.
Xia Chuanyue smiled.
(Heading back East soon. A new world begins tomorrow.)