There's a pin drop silence in the hallway. Ying Yue is still holding the little boy's hand with a stunned expression on her face.
Huh? Did I just hear it wrong?
"Can you repeat it once more? I think I have a problem with my hearing."
The little boy blinks innocently. "It's you, My Lady."
Ying Yue shakes her head while waving her hand at the same time as she denies it.
"No, I'm not a God. What're you talking about? I'm a normal human."
"But, if you're a human, you can't possibly see us, My Lady," the little girl speaks up. And with your out of the world beauty, how can you possibly be a mere human?
The little girl doesn't know about it yet but there will be a lot of similar species as Ying Yue in the coming future. But for now, if Ying Yue was a human, she would indeed become the most beautiful woman that human has ever encountered in this ancient era.
"Why can't I see you if I'm a human?" Ying Yue asks them curiously. Obviously she can see them, so then it makes her a God? What nonsense is that? They're not some ghosts.
"Of course it's because we're God messengers. Normal humans can't see us, celestial beings, with their bare eyes. With the exception those who are blessed by God," explains the little boy proudly.
Ying Yue nods expressionlessly. She is quick to adapt herself in this weird situation. She doesn't even feel nervous or panic at all. She just appears calm and collected.
"Well then, I'm probably one of those who is blessed by God."
The children shake their heads. "No, My Lady. You are a God. We're sure of it. We can sense God's divine energy within you and you also have this unique heavenly scent on you. In addition, you possess that."
The little girl points at the shining jade emblem which Ying Yue had tied on her bixi a moment ago.
"That proves your identity as Yue Lao, God of Matchmaking, Marriage, and Love," the little girl comments further.
Ying Yue feels a headache coming shortly if she continues to hear this nonsense. So she raises her hand as a sign for them to stop. The two children obediently stay quiet. Then after a long moment of peace, Ying Yue has successfully pieced the puzzles.
That old man she met under the moonlight who tossed her the jade emblem with the writing "月下老人" is supposedly this Yue Lao, God of Matchmaking, Marriage, and Love. It's obvious from the writing on the jade emblem. And when he tapped on her forehead where her body suddenly warming up, it was probably him sending her his divine energy, which successfully made her his substitute while he roamed God knows where.
Ying Yue pinches the spot between her eyebrows. She was tricked. She fell completely into the old man's trap. And here she thought, he was a good old man who was just reminiscing his youth. Turns out he was a God!
The obvious change in the tenses that she has to make because clearly she has now replaced his position, really stabs her heart deeply. She doesn't know if she supposed to thank him for his blessing or curse him for being a cunning old man.
Ying Yue lets out a heavy sigh. Oh well, it's not like she can turn back time to that night again. Might as well asses her situation now because she can't take any more surprises at the moment.
"Okay. So, I'm a God of Matchmaking, Marriage, and Love," she says with three fingers of hers springing up.
The two children nod and answers together, "That is correct, My Lady."
She sighs and so do the children. The little boy apologizes to her all of the sudden.
"We apologize, My Lady. It seems that Lord Yue Lao has forcefully made you his replacement. Actually, he had been complaining for a while because of all the prayers. He probably had planned this all along and we didn't even manage to stop him."
Ying Yue shakes her head and rubs both of their heads. "It's fine. Don't worry about it."
Honestly, Ying Yue isn't even bothered by that anymore. As long as she's breathing and her organs are intact, life goes on. It's just a change of status or name for her, it doesn't matter.
In the end, she is still her, the same face, same body, same voice, and the same personality. Lord Yue Lao, Ying Yue, or even God of Love, she can be whichever they want. She doesn't give a fuck.
Ying Yue then scouts her surrounding. Her eyebrows wrinkle at the ancient traditional structure around her.
"Where are we now?"
"We're in your temple in Tianlong Empire. We're currently in the five-storied pagoda where your private quarters is."
Huh? Tianlong Empire?
Ying Yue looks at them with a confused expression. She is considered an intelligent woman who graduated from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science with flying colors. But right now, she somehow feels absolutely dumb as compared to these two children.
Where is Tianlong Empire? Did she doze off unknowingly in geography class when she was still in school?
What about spiritual beast? Did she miss something in Biology class or is this just related to theology which she never took?
But she's sure that she's never heard about it in Buddhist teaching or her grandfather would have told her that. He loves those kinds of things which related to beliefs and mythology. He taught her once about qi, dantian, and martial arts. But he never mentioned spiritual beast and these things that the two kids have told her.
Ying Yue shakes her head. Let's just take it in for now. However, before she can ask more to the kids, suddenly, she hears someone's voice. A young girl voice and a delicate one.
"Dear, God of Love, please hear my prayer. This one really love His Majesty, Nangong Jiyu with all my heart. Please give me your blessing and let us be together. Let him fall in love with my beauty and marry me as his empress."
Ying Yue "..."
Huh?