I was teaching an ancient spirit how to court, but the Spirit King mistook it for a love confession. He imprisoned me in the Tree Palace and force-fed me seeds to alter my body. When I realized I couldn’t escape, my memory returned: he was actually the spirit who had saved me as a child and waited for me for over a decade. I decided to stay, but I accidentally ingested some glow-in-the-dark flower nectar, and overcome by a burning heat, I begged him to hold me. His eyes darkened: “As you wish.”
