Cat Princess and Human Knight

After Sophia left, Ilya's voice rang in Yi Yin's ears again.

"Don't worry, I will go with you. No matter how fierce the battle, it won't hurt you in the slightest."

"That's what that short-legged cat wanted to discuss with you. Hmph, these kittens have such small heads, yet their minds are all incredibly complicated."

Yi Yin was startled. He turned around and saw Ilya standing right in front of him. He asked in surprise.

"Didn't you leave?"

Ilya snorted.

"I was about to leave, but the way you chased me away earlier seemed strange, so I came back to check on you and see if you were hiding something from me."

Yi-eun touched his nose.

It's nothing more than a small matter about corn. To be honest, the lie that the corn wasn't given to me by Ilya isn't a big deal.

On the contrary, Ilya seemed to care a lot about herself, which made Yi Yin unable to help but laugh at her.

"What could I possibly be hiding from you? On the contrary, it's you who's hiding something from me. You're always so nervous, as if you're afraid someone will steal me away from you."

"I only know you, and I've never seen any other women. What are you so afraid of?"

Ilya guiltily turned her head away and gave a meaningless hum. She hadn't mentioned Astraea to Yi Yin. Yongge.

That day, Astraea's abrupt question, "Really?" made Ilya suspect that Astraea had designs on Yi Yin, which was the direct reason that prompted Ilya to quickly return to Yi Yin's side.

However, quite some time has passed, and Astraea has never appeared.

This made Ilya wonder if she was being too suspicious, but she was too embarrassed to tell Yi-yin about this embarrassing situation of suspecting other women of coveting her man, for fear that Yi-yin would laugh at her.

So, Astraea, where are you right now, and what are you doing?

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"Achoo!"

Astraea. Yongge sneezed in front of the Black Cat Judge, Darkclaw, which aroused Darkclaw's question.

Do humans catch colds too?

Astraea shook her head and said.

"Maybe someone is thinking of me."

Astraea frowned as she looked at the chieftain cats talking heatedly around the campfire in the distance.

"My deal with the two gods was to kill the otherworldly human king who has already descended. I do not want to get involved in the conflicts between the cat race."

Dark Claw bowed.

"Your Excellency Astraea, Second Seat of the Council of Hearts. Lady Eternal Song, please hear me out."

The summoned otherworldly king is a common enemy of both the cat race and the human race, and the source of this tragedy comes from the Mankikan bloodline, which is cursed by the gods.

Finally, Mankikon summoned the Otherworldly King again. She could summon one, and she could summon a second, and a third.

For the common good of both the cat and human races, we must kill the last Mankikang.

God said, "Let the cat be the cat, and let the man be the man."

But when faced with a common goal, Lady Astraea, we need to help each other, don't you think?

Astraea looked at the eloquent black cat Dark Claw and asked in a deep voice.

"Little kitten, you've got quite the nerve. What can you do for me?"

Dark Claw said in a low voice.

"The nomadic cat pack is about to march south and invade the Shattered Hills. They will kill the last Mankikang and the cats who are mingling with the otherworldly human king."

I imagine you have no interest in slaughtering the cat race. Doing so would only increase your mental burden and might even turn you into a madman who can't control his emotions.

With them doing the chores, you can concentrate on dealing with that otherworldly king and no longer worry about the cat tribe.

Astraea smiled slightly.

"Is this your understanding of cats staying with cats and people staying with people?"

So, as the other party in this transaction, what can I do for you?

Dark Claw gave a sinister smile.

"With the strength of the nomadic cat pack, raiding the border is manageable, but asking them to break through the border defenses and venture into the heart of the rocky hills on their own is asking too much of them."

"My Lord, the great God of Darkness is willing to have mercy on them and grant them greater power, but these frail cat-like bodies are powerless to bear such power."

Astraea instantly understood Dark Claw's intentions. She smiled slightly, her slender, white index finger curling up slightly, a wisp of green light floating at her fingertip.

"Followers of the God of Darkness, remember your promise. I await these poor cats who are about to be enslaved by you to pave the way for me."

Dark Claw bowed deeply.

"Everything will be as you wish, Lady Astraea."

Leaving behind a wisp of floating green light, Astraea's figure gradually faded into nothingness, turning into a bubble.

Dark Claw raised its claws, and the green light entered its paw pads. The life force contained within made it swallow hard.

Greed churned within him, but ultimately, a dark fear surged forth, engulfing his heart and sending chills down his spine as he prayed incessantly to his dark god.

That was close.

This seemingly easy-going Astraea, Yongge, is actually a resilient and formidable person, gentle on the outside but strong on the inside.

Humans were unwilling to get involved in the cat wars. For them, whose mental state was unstable due to the lack of a father, petting cats was the least negative way to soothe their emotions.

If humans were to massacre cats, it would not only incur the hatred of cat-loving humans, but would also disrupt their own stable mental state. Therefore, humans are very wary of killing cats indiscriminately.

Although Astraea was bewitched and influenced by the God of Light, she was willing to step forward and kill the otherworldly human king who had already descended.

However, it was indeed very inconvenient for Astraea that the otherworldly human king was mixed in with the cats.

Although Astraea did not know the power of that otherworldly king, according to the legends, otherworldly kings all possessed extremely terrifying power, and that one should be no exception.

She didn't want too many cats to get hurt when the humans started fighting, so she had to find a suitable opportunity to enter the fray.

Dark Claw's so-called deal was to help Astraea eliminate the existence of the cat race, so that Astraea could focus on killing.

However, his disrespectful words, and his use of the metaphor of a madman to threaten Astraea, led Astraea to outmaneuver him.

The boundless vitality within the green light constantly tempted Darkclaw; for a cat with a finite lifespan, immortality was far too alluring.

If it weren't for the Dark God's shock at the last moment, which freed Darkclaw from the temptation, he might have swallowed the green light of life himself.

The surging life force within the green light would also swell him to death in an instant.

Dark Claw wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked in the direction where Astraea had disappeared, still feeling lingering fear.

He had met Ilya. Onyxia, that arrogant and domineering woman, was actually quite easy to appease. Even if Grand Duke Shadowmoon displeased Ilya, all he had to do was roll over and he would be fine.

But this Astraea. Yongge may seem gentle, but she is actually a strong woman who cannot tolerate the slightest imperfection. No wonder she took the initiative to shoulder the future of humanity.

As the saying goes, only the paranoid can achieve great things.

Only a cold woman with such a resolute, stubborn, and principled personality could possess such formidable strength.

On the contrary, it was Ilya, who seemed so fierce, who was just a seemingly intimidating but actually quite innocent girl, far less terrifying than Astraea or Eversong.