Transmigrated into a beastfolk continent as its only human, Ye Zhiyao has barely opened her eyes when she’s thrown at Lei En, the fiercest wolf lord of the Frostwolf tribe. As a contractual companion supposedly capable of calming berserk warriors, her only weapon is her knowledge of psychology.
The tribe is full of people with “psychological problems”: wolf pups are punished by their mothers for being timid, the entire snake tribe teeters on the brink of civil war because of suspicion, and the younger generation of the birdfolk are collectively afraid of heights and dare not spread their wings. Even her contracted wolf lord is trapped by past trauma, hiding his vulnerability behind a violent temper.
While others conquer tribes by force, Ye Zhiyao wins her place by talking things through. She holds public classes on emotions in the square, teaching beastfolk mothers to soothe rather than intimidate their children. She designs group rituals to heal the snake tribe’s century-old collective trauma, and uses narrative therapy to rewrite the birdfolk’s memories so they can embrace the sky again.
When the Bloodclaw tribe sweeps in with berserk potions, trading their sanity for power, Ye Zhiyao starts a different kind of war. She wields no sword. With nothing but a leaflet and a chant, she dismantles the enemy’s ideology and helps their frenzied warriors regain their reason.
The beastfolk who once looked down on her gradually become her followers. The cold, hard wolf lord awkwardly learns human writing for her. The snake tribe’s leader vows to protect her at the cost of his life, and the birdfolk prince offers her a city-state as a marriage proposal. Ye Zhiyao, once just a wanderer hoping to survive, becomes the “Enlightener” who reshapes beastfolk civilization.
“I’m not here to tame you. I’m here to teach you how to love yourselves.”
