Facing Emotions

Things had happened so suddenly that Selina’s mind simply couldn’t keep up.

“No, wait, bro, what exactly is going on here?”

Wasn’t she just here to deliver some materials? How did she suddenly get her hand grabbed and end up unable to leave?

Besides, looking at her current appearance, how did she manage to see that she was Conde? Having everyone recognize her one by one like this made her feel that her disguise was a complete failure…

For a moment, a thousand words surged through Selina’s mind. She had considered ten thousand possibilities, yet she couldn’t understand when she had been exposed.

Even if she were to be exposed, it should have been the Selina persona first. On what basis could this girl see straight through two layers of armor?

“Brother Conde, don’t leave me anymore, okay?”

The White Dragon girl hugged Selina’s arm tightly with both hands. In an instant, the girl felt her arm enveloped by two patches of softness and warmth; her previously normal complexion turned red in a flash.

The little dragon girl, who had just come out of the bathroom, was only half-wrapped in a white bath towel that couldn’t fully cover the scenery. Selina just turned her head to catch a glimpse, and her field of vision was filled with snowy white.

She hurriedly turned her head away, her forehead dripping with sweat from shyness and tension.

“See no evil, see no evil, see no evil…”

While she tried to break free from the little dragon girl’s embrace, she waved her other hand desperately to signal her refusal.

“Brother Conde, are you really going to reject me?”

Seeing the girl’s extremely resistant manner, the little dragon girl’s golden eyes filled with tears. Those exquisitely beautiful eyes accumulated moisture and a hazy white mist in a short moment, as if in the next second, tears would burst forth and wail from her eyes.

“This, I…”

Selina couldn’t stand seeing girls cry the most.

In the past, whenever that silly disciple of hers made a mistake and feared punishment, she loved to burst into tears on the spot. As a result, every time she cried, the man who had been looking serious a moment ago would instantly find himself unable to grip the ruler in his hand.

Moreover, back then, Lydia and Conde—a big grown man—were mixed together; she was a well-known tomboy in the area. Now, the little dragon girl with such a peerless countenance was crying before her, looking like a pear blossom bathed in rain, utterly heartbroken.

This scene made Selina, who was unskilled at dealing with such situations, feel completely at a loss.

“Don’t, don’t cry. I… haven’t I stayed?”

Flustered, she tried to use her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of the girl’s eyes. To her surprise, she found that the little dragon girl’s tears seemed endless, flowing continuously, and the corners of her eyes were already somewhat red and swollen from repeated wiping.

There was no helping it; it wasn’t right for the two of them to stand there in a deadlock like this. Furthermore, given the little dragon girl’s current state of disarray, Selina could only steady her emotions while supporting her toward the bed.

Fortunately, the little dragon girl was quite obedient. Aside from that initial shocking outburst, she mostly just stared at her with watery eyes and whispered sweet nothings like a little girlfriend. Normally, she was like an obedient sloth, clinging tightly to Selina’s arm and refusing to let go.

Finally, they moved to the bedside, and she coaxed her to sit down together.

The moment her buttocks touched the bedsheet, Selina let out a heavy sigh of relief. She reached out to wipe her forehead, only then realizing that in just a few short minutes, she had already become so anxious and tired that she was covered in sweat.

How did this situation make her feel like a father raising a child?

No, now she should be called a “nanny.”

[Selina, her situation is a bit strange.]

Hestia reminded her in her mind, though she looked strangely at the girl who was now wrapped tightly in a quilt on the bed.

“Isn’t it obvious to anyone with eyes that something is wrong?”

Selina felt like crying but had no tears.

She still hadn’t figured out at which step she had overturned. She had clearly hidden herself very well with two layers of masks; she was confident that even with the little dragon girl’s wisdom, she would at most strip away the first layer.

But unexpectedly, even her “underpants” had been stripped clean for no reason. Who exactly snitched?!

[No, perhaps you didn’t understand what I meant. The White Dragon Saintess’s ‘strangeness’ is that her mental state is a bit off. To put it simply, your current appearance is merely an illusion of the person she holds the deepest obsession for in her heart.]

The Silver-Gold Godflame eyes could pierce through all falsehoods to look directly at the essence of things. In Hestia’s vision, Aurelia’s eyes, which were originally majestic golden pupils, were currently flickering with a severe sense of trance and confusion.

“What do you mean?”

Hearing Hestia’s answer, the girl’s eyes brightened slightly.

[To put it simply, because she has been lingering on the edge of advancement for a long time, the dragon blood in her body has begun to boil uncontrollably. The rise in body temperature has caused her spirit and will to fall into a state of hallucinations and chaotic memories. If I am not mistaken, the person this White Dragon Saintess is most obsessed with is you…]

After listening, Selina hurriedly reached out her other free hand to touch the little dragon girl’s forehead. Sure enough, the moment her skin touched, she could feel that abnormal high temperature.

A forehead this hot was simply more ridiculous than a high fever.

“If that’s the case, wouldn’t she recognize anyone as me?”

Selina reached out and placed her hand on the little dragon girl’s fair wrist. She began to use the magic in her body to coordinate a suitable chill, slowly channeling it into the little dragon girl’s body. The body temperature of the Dragon Tribe was different from that of humans; applying a cold towel for a high fever was useless. She could only use the cruder method of channeling cold energy.

[No, if it were someone else, she would likely only experience memory confusion. But it just so happens to be you who came here. The souls of dragons are extremely special; they engrave the soul aura of familiar people deep within their memories. Even if you have completely changed your appearance and race now, as long as you come to her side during her most sensitive moment, she can still perceive it…]

[This is why she sees you as Conde, because you are him.]

Perhaps due to the injection of cold energy, the little dragon girl, who had been somewhat mysteriously excited just now, gradually quieted down.

The cold energy calmed the restless dragon blood to a certain extent, but the little dragon girl still blinked her large eyes, staring earnestly at the girl’s side profile.

Looking at Aurelia’s eyes, which were as pure and innocent as a child’s, a surge of complex emotions couldn’t help but rise in Selina’s heart.

To tell the truth, she had always viewed Aurelia as a daughter or a sister. After all, the girl’s childhood was far too similar to her own—so similar that she couldn’t help but want to protect her.

She had also wondered what kind of influence her actions would have on a girl who had never felt warmth.

But back then, he had too many burdens on his shoulders; even if he occasionally thought about it, he mostly couldn’t find an answer in the end…

Sometimes, everyone has already exhausted their strength just to live in this world. For many things, there simply isn’t time to seek a reason.

But now, after eight years have passed, Selina looked at the little dragon girl who was tightly hugging her arm and suddenly had a realization.

Perhaps, she really had to face the word “feelings” head-on.

At the very least, her current self could not let down this White Dragon girl beside her, with her pure gaze and sincere emotions.