Chapter 116: The Precious Rarity of Never Being Apart
“Then tell Mother, why would you rather stay by this human’s side than return to her own mother?”
The great phoenix spoke with a majestic threat to the little phoenix.
“Mother… I don’t even know why I like this human so much. I really don’t know… Mother… why don’t you keep her here, let her stay with us…”
The little phoenix blinked its phoenix eyes but could not articulate any reason.
It only needed to catch the scent of Baili Tianchang’s blood flowing nearby to be irresistibly drawn to her side.
It truly did not understand why it adored Baili Tianchang so deeply.
Especially the half of her face adorned with a black phoenix-tail butterfly—it held a particular fascination for the little phoenix.
“When will you grow up enough to ease your mother’s worries? How can such a human be allowed to live among our phoenix clan?”
The great phoenix sighed with concern upon hearing the naive words of the little phoenix.
Ever since that fateful incident years ago, the little phoenix had become this way.
How could the great phoenix possibly rest easy, seeing the little one so attached to a human?
“What do you want to do then, Mother?”
The little phoenix sighed sorrowfully.
Baili Tianchang and Nalan Dijiu quietly listened to the exchange between the two phoenixes, one great and one small. Though Baili Tianchang understood none of the phoenixes’ speech, she could perceive the great phoenix’s worry and the little phoenix’s inner turmoil.
“Mother doesn’t want anything more than to have her child, who has so barely returned to her side, remain there forever.”
Such is the universal love of parents. Even as a noble divine phoenix, the great phoenix’s wish was no more complicated than this.
“It’s very simple.”
“But Mother, I really, really like this human.”
The little phoenix confessed its feelings with a troubled heart.
Baili Tianchang gently released the little phoenix from her embrace.
Since the great phoenix was so worried and reluctant to part, how could she bear to tear them apart?
“Go back, little phoenix. The great phoenix seems unwilling to let you go. Return to her side and do not cause her any more worry.”
Baili Tianchang spoke softly to the little phoenix.
Ever since she had endured that soul-shattering betrayal, Baili Tianchang believed that the rarest treasure in the world was enduring companionship, never to be separated.
How difficult it was to achieve such a thing!
How could she possibly break apart the great phoenix and the little phoenix, forcing them apart?
Though Baili Tianchang did not understand the phoenixes’ conversation, the great phoenix understood her words.
The great phoenix looked at Baili Tianchang with disbelief.
Humans were said to be cunning—was this human playing some kind of strategy of “catch and release”?
“Fairy, you do not like this little phoenix?”
Nalan Dijiu asked Baili Tianchang upon seeing her persuade the little phoenix to leave.
If his fairy did not like this little phoenix, then he would take his fairy to seek out a divine dragon.
In any case, only a divine phoenix or a divine dragon could become the beast companion of his fairy!
“It’s not that I don’t like it; it’s just that these great and little phoenixes must have originally been mother and child. To separate them would be cruel. It’s better to let it be.”
After saying this, Baili Tianchang gently nudged the little phoenix towards the great phoenix, signaling it to return quickly to its mother’s side.