Leon frowned, staring at their intimate posture, feeling like something was about to happen any second. Lu Zan narrowed his eyes and gently let go of the girl.
Nian Yan turned to Leon, asking curiously, "I thought you went back to base for a mission. Why are you suddenly back? Did you forget to bring something?"
His memory was stuck right before he lost control. He didn't even know that he was supposedly on a mission back at the base. Thank goodness Lu Zan stepped in to save him.
Using the excuse of looking for his terminal, the two men headed into the bedroom alone. There, Lu Zan pulled up the video call log between himself and Nian Yan, playing the recording back for Leon to see.
Watching that huge, muscular golden beast rolling around with her, watching it lick her face, Leon's own face grew redder and redder the more he watched. He couldn't believe this shamelessly flirtatious lion was actually him. And when Nian Yan in the video playfully smacked the lion and then comforted it, she actually planted a kiss right on his cheek.
He felt so blissfully happy he could just pass out.
Because in the interstellar era, if a male deliberately shifted into his beast form in front of a female, it was a courtship signal. If a female willingly reached out to stroke him, it meant she accepted him. And Nian Yan hadn't just petted him. She had kissed him.
Seeing Leon about to float away on cloud nine, Lu Zan quickly splashed cold water on his fantasy, snapping him back to reality.
"Don't overthink it. Nian Yan didn't know you were a beastman. She thought you were just a normal lion. Now grab the things you accidentally left at my house. And get out."
Leon gritted his teeth, glaring daggers at Lu Zan. He didn't want to give his rival an opening, but he really had no choice but to leave. Even though he had shifted back into his human form, his frenzy level had already hit eighty. He had to report to the Control Bureau for mandatory observation.
But after he finished his medical exam at the bureau, everyone was absolutely stunned. Not only had Leon pulled himself out of his frenzied state in just seventeen hours, but his frenzy level had actually dropped down to seventy. That was even better than the spiritual pacification of a class A female. It was nearly on par with the soothing effects of a class S female.
Leon found it strange, too. Thinking back to how he had stayed by Nian Yan's side during his loss of control, he asked the researchers, "Can a female who's on the verge of awakening but hasn't officially awakened yet perform spiritual pacification on me?"
The researcher nodded. "If that female is already showing fluctuations in her spiritual energy, then yes, it's possible."
Realizing that a female who hadn't even fully awakened yet could successfully soothe a class S male, the researchers grew even more ecstatic.
"Then she might just awaken S-class mental power. The Empire hasn't seen a female with S-class mental power in hundreds of years. If one were to actually appear, she would absolutely be worshipped like a god."
Everyone was thrilled. But Leon's face turned grim, because of the method for mental soothing.
Could it be that when he lost control, he didn't just shamelessly harass Nian Yan, but actually did something even worse to her?
Meanwhile, out shopping with Lu Zan, Nian Yan suddenly let out a huge sneeze. She rubbed her nose, guessing someone was probably talking about her behind her back.
Passing by a potion shop, she noticed a mother and son aggressively pushing and shoving while the young male next to them scrambled to pay the bill. The scene was way too familiar. It instantly reminded her of her life before she transmigrated, being bled dry by her own family, completely trampled on by her closest relatives.
Right then, because the older son couldn't cough up the cash, the mother and her younger son started violently punching and kicking him. Nian Yan couldn't stand watching it anymore and was about to step in.
And then she saw the beaten young male's eyes turning redder and redder, until they suddenly shifted into a pair of vertical beast pupils. Or rather, he had completely transformed into a massive, ink-black snake.
Lu Zan moved like lightning, shoving Nian Yan safely behind him. Black mambas were highly venomous. Just one bite, and if you didn't get antivenom in time, even a god couldn't save you.
The mother and son screamed in terror as the serpent coiled tightly around them. Faced with those deadly fangs, they broke down sobbing, crying hysterically.
Nian Yan noticed a strange black mist swirling around the massive snake. After a moment of hesitation, she slipped off her jacket and tossed it right at the beast.
Enraged by the sudden attack over its head, the frantic serpent lashed out, tightly wrapping around her jacket. It nudged the fabric with its head, almost like it was sniffing it. But once it realized this soft, sweet-smelling thing wasn't alive, the beast went berserk again. It didn't drop Nian Yan's jacket, though. Instead, keeping it tightly wrapped, it slithered straight toward her.
Seeing the massive creature closing in so fast, Lu Zan kept the little female behind him and rolled up his sleeves, getting ready to end this fast.
But Nian Yan didn't want her own reckless move to become Lu Zan's problem, so she screamed out, "Stop!" She threw her hand out to block it.
Shockingly, the black mamba froze mid-strike the moment it heard her voice.
With Lu Zan right beside her, she slowly stepped toward the snake and bravely reached out to pet it.
"Good boy. You're doing so well," she whispered, focusing all her energy.
This time, the sinister black mist stood no chance against her. It quickly melted away into nothing. Under Nian Yan's gentle strokes, the black snake's frantic energy slowly faded into calm. It docilely coiled around her, snuggling close.
The surrounding crowd stared in absolute shock at the unbelievable scene. They couldn't even figure out what Nian Yan had done. All they saw was this little female seemingly wielding some mysterious magic, taming a feral, berserk male until he was completely docile.
Just then, the Control Bureau finally arrived. Worried that the black snake might panic again, Nian Yan gently tugged her fuzzy yellow jacket from its coils. She tied it around his body like a comforting hug, then gave the Control Bureau officers a nod.
She signaled that it was safe to take him away, but made sure to speak up in his defense. "He only lost control because he was being abused. Please don't punish him. He's the real victim here."
Some people in the crowd scoffed at that, thinking a male should just blindly submit to a female. They muttered that he was just mentally weak.
Nian Yan furrowed her delicate brows. "A mother who can't even treat her own children equally, who exploits them and beats or curses them at every turn. Is that supposed to be right? Male or female, it doesn't matter. If you do something wrong, you need to be held accountable."
The crowd went dead silent before erupting into massive cheers.