At this moment, Ai Yi finally understood.
Understood the emotions surging within her heart at this moment, what they truly were.
During this time, Ai Yi naturally discovered that she was paying more and more attention to Shane.
Initially, could it have been that dream that left her utterly embarrassed?
After that, Shane’s place in her heart seemed to become more and more significant.
If it weren’t so, she wouldn’t have felt such anger when he was being bullied.
If it weren’t so, she wouldn’t have felt so displeased when he got engaged to the Kingdom Treasure.
Ai Yi always thought it was because she particularly favored this very unique Hero, regarded him as her person, which was why she felt such emotions.
Could it be that the emotions she felt weren’t just because of that?
Could it be that she had unknowingly come to regard this person as her own?
Could it be that this is...
In a daze, a memory awakened in Ai Yi’s mind.
It was something that happened a very long time ago.
Back then, she had just been born into this world not long before.
That was also the time when humans started to proliferate on Earth and entered the not-so-large perspective of Ai Yi.
Ai Yi had heard that they were lives created by the Divine Race to emulate heroes, aimed at helping the Divine Race fight against the Demon Clan.
Maybe out of vigilance, out of worry, Ai Yi observed this race.
Back then, she saw all sorts of relationships among humans.
Some were very sordid, some very materialistic, some very hypocritical, some very infuriating, but some also left Ai Yi very puzzled.
For example, a very powerful man would go to the battlefield and die for a woman much weaker than himself.
For example, a very weak woman would give everything for a man who wouldn’t even spare her a glance.
There were men who risked their lives to save a woman in danger.
There were women who would step forward to shield the man with their bodies from a spear piercing through their hearts.
This left Ai Yi extremely astonished and perplexed.
Thus, Ai Yi had this conversation with a being who was like a mother to her.
"Why would that strong man care so much for such a weak woman?"
"Why would that weak woman be willing to give so much for that man who won’t even look at her once?"
"Why does he save her?"
"Why does she die for him?"
"I, really don’t know."
Clearly, her mother also didn’t understand this race of humans.
It should be said, she didn’t understand any life in this world very well.
Even though she was the origin of the Demon Clan, the Mother of the Demon Race, unlike the Supreme God who used supreme power to personally create life, her mother didn’t create life or races, but only destroyed everything.
The Demon Clan was born simply because her unmatched Magic Power spread to the outside world, thereby giving birth to life.
Just like some demons emerge from the Magic Source and the magic flowing through the land, that magic far surpassing the world’s scale gave birth to the existence known as the Demon Clan.
Thus, although she is the Mother of the Demon Clan, she did not create life out of her own will but became the origin of the Demon Clan passively, followed by the Demon Clan that worshiped her.
Hence, she couldn’t understand life, let alone the relationships between lives.
For her to keep saying "I don’t know" was quite normal.
However, back then, she said another sentence that left a deep impression on Ai Yi.
"Perhaps, this is what they call ’love’?"
This sentence, Ai Yi wasn’t sure if it was meant for herself or for the younger Ai Yi at that time.
Ai Yi only remembered, at that time, she did not grasp the meaning behind it.
This unfamiliar word, in Ai Yi’s puzzled state, was etched deep into her heart and buried along with that memory.
Until today, this long-sealed ancient episode was dug up.
Allowing Ai Yi to understand the emotion flowing in her heart at this moment, the so-called — "love."
Even if it seemed absurd, even verging on being a fairy tale, the fact that a Dragon Demon had fallen in love with a Hero was undeniable.
Even if the parties involved had only just realized it, and felt somewhat bewildered and at a loss, it was still the same.
When did this all start?
Why did she harbor such feelings for someone who was supposed to be her archenemy?
Was it really because of that dream? Or did it develop after spending time together?
Ai Yi hadn’t figured it out.
Shane seemed to hear Ai Yi muttering to herself, inevitably lowered his head, looking down at her sitting in his arms.
Ai Yi also lifted her head, looking at Shane, and their gazes met.
Then, Ai Yi saw Shane’s dark and deep pupils, and his curious face.
With this look, warmth surged in Ai Yi’s heart.
The next second, Ai Yi took a surprising action that hadn’t gone through serious mental consideration, almost instinctively driven by her body.