Flower Fairy: After transmigrating again, I became An'an's younger brother.

At this moment, Shan Meng's thoughts quickly shifted. She drifted back to Xia Tong and grasped another key point in his previous words, her face filled with intense curiosity.

"Wait, Xia Tong, you just said... your sister is a Flower Fairy Magician? A real Flower Fairy Magician?"

"Yes, that's right."

Xia Tong nodded, confirming this.

Then, meeting Shanmeng's curious gaze, he explained frankly, "My sister is indeed a Flower Fairy Magician. She is currently searching for and reuniting the scattered Flower Fairy Kings in order to repair the Flower Codex. So, seeing you here, I thought that if you were willing to come back with me, it would be a great help to her and would save her the trouble of searching for you everywhere."

His tone was calm, without any hint of coercion: "Of course, this is just my suggestion and hope. The choice is entirely yours. If you're unwilling, or haven't decided yet, that's fine. When I get back, I'll tell her about meeting you and let her come and contact you herself."

Shanmeng listened quietly, her emerald green eyes gleaming as she fell into brief contemplation.

She swayed gently, her fingertips unconsciously twirling the ends of her hair that hung over her shoulders.

"The Codex of Flowers... the mission of the Flower Fairy Magician..."

She murmured to herself, her voice not showing resistance, but rather a sense of understanding.

As the Flower Fairy Queen, she has an instinctive awareness of her fated connection with the Flower Fairy Magicians and the Flower Codex.

Being subdued and returning to the Codex of Flowers is, to some extent, the predetermined path for these guardian flower fairy kings; the only difference lies in the process and the timing.

Thinking about this, Shanmeng suddenly felt that the suggestion from the young man in front of her might be a better option.

"Um……"

She looked up, a bright and relieved smile spreading across her face. "Anyway, no matter what happens, I'll eventually return to the Codex of Flowers. Rather than waiting passively, I might as well take the initiative to see what kind of person that legendary Flower Fairy Magician is."

She floated gently in front of Xia Tong, her twin ponytails swaying gracefully with her movement: "Besides, I'm also very curious about you, Xia Tong! Someone who can use magic but isn't an emissary, and who's accompanied by a 'special' flower fairy... Going back with you will definitely not be boring! Okay, I agree, I'll go back with you and take a look!"

Just then, another, more excited voice, almost trembling, broke in.

"Xia Tong! Xia Tong! Me too! Me too!"

Shadow Mountain Dream was like a streak of yellowish-gray light, and with a "whoosh," it darted from Shadow Nine Thousand Years Old to Xia Tong in front of him, so fast that it almost left an afterimage.

Her grey-blue eyes were now shining brightly, filled with undisguised excitement, longing, and a newly ignited flame of eager anticipation, her face brimming with eager excitement.

She had just heard a lot about "Shadow Ascension" and "Shadow Fairy King" from Shadow Nine Thousand Years Old.

"Me too! I want to be like the Ninth Prince!"

Shadow Mountain Dream gripped Xia Tong's clothes tightly with both hands, leaning forward and gazing at him expectantly, her tone filled with undisguised longing and urgency.

"She said she used to be just a shadow, and you helped her become what she is now—the handsome and powerful 'Shadow Plum Blossom Elf King'! Is that true?"

Xia Tong looked at the spirited Yingzi Shanmeng in front of her, then subconsciously looked past her head and towards something not far behind her—

The Shadow Nine Thousand Years Old was floating there, her hands casually behind her back, with her signature playful smile on her face.

The smile wasn't ostentatious, but it carried an obvious sense of pleasure, and even a hint of smugness flickered in her wine-red eyes.

It was as if she had just accomplished something very interesting and entirely within her expectations, and was now eagerly awaiting what would happen next.

Xia Tong's gaze briefly met that of the Shadow Nine Thousand Years Old. Instead of looking away, the other party seemed to have a more pronounced smile and even raised an eyebrow almost imperceptibly.

Xia Tong instantly understood.

I reckon the Ninth Prince is planning some kind of prank again.

He then looked away and returned his gaze to Yingzishan Meng, whose face was full of anticipation. He nodded and said, "It's true."

"That! That!"

Shadow Mountain's dream was confirmed, and he was so excited that the yellowish-gray aura around him fluctuated violently.

"Can you help me too? I want to too! I also want to become the 'Shadow Daphne Flower Fairy King' like the Nine Thousand Years Old! I want to be more independent, and I want to stay in this world and have fun! I don't want to just exist as a 'shadow' anymore, I want... I want to experience all of this more 'real'! I want to stay here forever, with you all!"

Her words came out like a machine gun, filled with unwavering determination and childlike longing.

Xia Tong let out a soft sigh. Helping her wasn't difficult anyway, and he was happy to do it.

"All right."

He looked at Shadow Mountain Dream and nodded. "I promise you, I will help you."

"Yay! That's awesome!"

Shadow Mountain Dream erupted in a huge cheer, "Thank you, Xia Tong! You're the best! Shadow Daphne Flower Fairy King! That sounds amazing, doesn't it, Your Majesty!"

She excitedly floated over to the side of the Shadow Nine Thousand Years Old, who still maintained that "watching the show" expression and nodded with a smile.

"So,"

Xia Tong took one last look at the daphne on the windowsill, then turned to face the direction of home. "We should go home now."

"Okay! Let's go!"

Shan Meng floated lightly to his side.

"Time to go home!"

Shadow Mountain Dream excitedly followed on the other side, already filled with anticipation for the future.

The Shadow Nine Thousand Years Old floated leisurely a little behind, the smile on his face not yet completely fading, a hint of satisfaction of "planning in motion" flashing in his wine-red eyes, but he quickly returned to his normal appearance.

After leaving the street where Ni Ni's house was located, there was no one else on the street except for Xia Tong and her group.

Xia Tong, who was walking at the front, suddenly paused slightly, as if she had suddenly remembered something.

He then turned his head and looked at Shadow Mountain Dream, who was enthusiastically circling around Mountain Dream and seemed to be imagining the majestic appearance of the "Shadow Daphne Flower Fairy King".

"Oh, right, Shanmeng, there's something I almost forgot to remind you."

Upon hearing the sound, Yingzishan Meng immediately snapped out of her daze, her gray-blue eyes looking at him curiously: "Hmm? What is it, Xia Tong?"

"Kukuru is at my house now."

Xia Tong spoke succinctly, her gaze fixed on Shan Meng, "Shan Meng, you... it's best not to appear in front of him."

"Eh?"

Shadow Mountain Dream froze, a clear look of confusion on her face. "Kukuru? Is that the little prince of the Ancient Spirit Clan? Why can't I see him?"

The mountain dream floating nearby also cast a curious glance, "Xia Tong, why did you suddenly say that?"

Xia Tong looked at their almost identical confused expressions, sighed softly, and pointed to the halo around Shadow Mountain Dream that was clearly different from the soft golden yellow of her true form, but rather a yellowish-gray halo, as well as the unique aura of "darkness" that naturally emanated from her.

"Because of this."

Xia Tong said, her tone somewhat matter-of-fact, "Don't you know that the continent of Labbel has always been hostile and wary of beings with 'dark' attributes? Especially someone like you, a flower fairy with such an obvious 'dark' aura."

Shadow Mountain Dream looked down at the halo around her, then looked up, her gray-blue eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment: "Rejection... of darkness? Why? Darkness... isn't it just another form of 'existence'? Like night and day."

Her understanding was very pure, untouched by the clear-cut values ​​of the continent of La Belle.

"Is that so?"

Shan Meng tilted her head slightly, a look of reminiscence on her face, but more so of confusion. "Before I entered the Flower Codex and lived in the Flower Fairy Kingdom... it wasn't like this, was it?"

Her tone was somewhat uncertain, as if she were trying to search for distant memories: "Back then, quite a few dark-attribute flower fairies came to play with me. We had a lot of fun, and none of them wanted to leave."

Mentioning this, a gentle and nostalgic smile even appeared on Shanmeng's face, as if she was recalling a very pleasant memory.

"Yes, yes!"

As Shanmeng's shadow, she shared the same memories, and thus immediately chimed in, "What's wrong with darkness!"

Here's a little-known fact: there's a fairy tale about sleeping flowers in the Flower Fairy Kingdom.

Simply put, there is a mysterious place filled with daphne flowers, and flower fairies who pass by will inexplicably fall into a deep sleep.

That's right, that's Shan Mengqian's place; that was originally her home.

Back then, Shanmeng would use the method of pulling people into dreams to call over the passing flower fairies to play together.

When the flower fairies want to leave, Shanmeng will decide whether they can leave based on the outcome of a game.

Because of Shanmeng's gentle nature, all the flower fairies who left would happily tell others about that experience.

Therefore, many flower fairies who had been treated unfairly would go there, and Shanmeng would accept all of them, since she also liked it when others came to play with her.

Back to the present, Xia Tong was speechless at their natural, even somewhat naive, reactions.

It seems that this Daphne Flower Fairy Queen lived a rather... isolated life in the past, or rather, her "territory" and social circle formed a unique and closed "microclimate".

He hadn't figured out how to further explain the complex situation on the continent of La Belle.

Xia Tong then rubbed her temples and said to Shadow Mountain Dream, "Anyway, this is to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings. Mountain Dream, you need to avoid him for the time being."

Although Yingzishan Meng still didn't quite understand Xia Tong's words, she nodded obediently out of trust in Xia Tong: "Okay, Xia Tong, I'll listen to you. I'll be more careful."