Cat Princess and Human Knight

Ilya landed beside Yi Yin. Looking at her lover, who was covered in wounds, her eyes, filled with both ice and fire, ignited instantly. All the thorns around her were burned to ashes, then crystallized and shattered into dust.

"Astraea, I need an explanation!"

Astraea hesitated for a moment after being glared at by Ilya, and then said somewhat guiltily.

"Ilya, you said you never wanted to see this man again, and I thought you..."

Ilya interrupted angrily.

"That's not important! What's important is what you're doing, why you're hurting him?"

Astraea sighed and said.

"Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you. I'll kill this man. As for you, please leave."

"Why!"

"Because he is the King of Humans from another world!"

Ilya froze on the spot, then shook her head fiercely.

"Impossible! Yi Yin couldn't possibly be the King of Another World! That's absolutely impossible!"

Astraea frowned.

"Human men have long been on the verge of extinction and have disappeared without a trace. Even old men can no longer be seen, let alone young men."

There aren't many humans left, and everyone knows each other well. Don't you find it strange that a young man suddenly appears out of nowhere?

Ilya kept shaking her head. She had felt something was off, but being in love, she wouldn't and didn't want to make those negative associations.

She turned to look at Yi-eun, her voice trembling as she asked.

"Tell me, tell me what she said isn't true... Yi Yin, tell me you're not the King of Another World, right?"

Looking into Ilya's expectant eyes, Yi Yin lowered his head in shame.

Ilya treated him sincerely, but he was lustful and only thought about getting beaten up by Astraea to gain favor and affection points, and also to see if he could have some fun with this newly appeared beauty.

The ugly nature of men falling in love with every woman they meet makes his conscience uneasy at this moment, and he doesn't dare to look Ilya in the eye.

His bowed head, however, led the two women present to misunderstand, taking it as an admission of consent.

Astraea shook her head and advised.

"Ilya, you can move aside now."

"I must fulfill the covenant between man and god; I must kill this otherworldly king and fight for the future of humanity."

Ilya stared blankly at Yi Yin's gruesome state, his body covered in blood from the thorns, while surging ice flames rose around him.

Astraea squinted.

"What do you want to do, Ilya? You know you're no match for me. Don't do anything foolish."

Ilya glanced deeply at Yi Yin, who was lying limp on the ground, then turned around and stood protectively in front of him without hesitation.

"I don't care who he is, whether he's the King of Another World or not, all I know is that he's my man, and I won't allow anyone to hurt him!"

no way!"

Yi Yin looked up in surprise at Ilya; this was not what he wanted.

What he most wanted was to get a beating from Astraea, since she couldn't kill him anyway.

This way, you can not only increase your favorability and attraction level, but you might even end up having something happen with the beautiful woman in front of you.

But the unexpected appearance of Ilya ruined all of Yi Yin's plans. She wasn't someone with a cheat code; she would really be beaten to death!

Guilt over his lover and panic over his failed plan intertwined, and Yi-eun shouted instinctively.

"Go away! Don't worry about me! You can't beat her, why are you even fighting?! Get out of here!"

Ilya gritted her teeth and said.

"Even if we can't win, we have to fight! I will never let you die, I don't want you to die!"

The magic runes on both of Ilya's arms were lit up, her silver-white hair instantly turned into ice flames, her left eye was an icy blue pupil, and her right eye was a lava gold pupil as clear as a gemstone.

She raised her hands, and an ice crystal spear and a vortex of flames appeared simultaneously, then slowly converged together, just as she was preparing to unleash the Ice and Fire Synchronization.

"Astraea, if you leave now, I can pretend nothing happened."

Otherwise, I'll kill you!

Astraea shook her head, her eyes filled with pity.

"Ilya, look at what you've become all these years. You don't understand the origin of ice and fire at all; you're just using your extraordinary power based on your talent."

I'm sorry, I didn't want things to turn out this way, but for the future of humanity, I have no choice but to do this. I must fulfill the covenant between humanity and the gods.

So, I'm really sorry.

Astraea's amber eyes split open, the left eye revealing a newly sprouted sapling, the right eye a withered ring of thorns.

The branches and leaves covering her upper body opened, revealing tattoos running from her collarbone to her waist and abdomen.

On the left are blooming roses, on the right are charred lilies of the valley, and butterflies fluttering their wings dance above the navel, intertwining new life and death.

"Repent!"

Huge vines rose from the ground, wrapping Ilya in layers of them.

Through the gaps in the vines, Ilya saw Astraea's pitying gaze, and her anger surged beyond measure.

"A living trap? A cane of repentance? Who do you think you are!"

He clasped his hands together, harmonizing ice and fire to create a destructive force, and struck the repentance vines hard forward. However, the vines withered and regenerated, making it difficult to advance and penetrate them.

Ilya desperately tried to break through the vine cage in front of her, but she could not succeed.

"This...how is this possible?"

Astraea shook her head, walked to the vines, and looked at Ilya, who was working desperately.

"From death to life, and from life to death, the resilience of life continues between decay and prosperity, and is impeccable."

Ilya, you've been too lazy these past few years. If it were your older sister... Never mind, you can stay inside. After I deal with the Otherworld King, we can have a proper talk.

You will understand my good intentions; everything I've done is for the future of humanity.

Passing Ilya, who was wrapped in the repentance vines, Astraea walked up to Yiyin and raised her hand again.

"It's over. The otherworldly king without supernatural powers, let's end it all here."

Yi Yin breathed a sigh of relief and looked up expectantly at Astraea.

Through the gaps in the vines, Ilya saw his smile, and misunderstood it; that smile broke Ilya's heart.

She separated her clenched hands, halting the synchronized attack of ice and fire. Then, Ilya took a deep breath, and the magical runes all over her body began to crack.

Astraea turned around abruptly.

"Are you insane! Ilya! You'll die if you do this!"

Yi Yin's heart skipped a beat, and he pressed for an answer.

"What is she going to do?"

Astraea completely ignored Yi Yin, her attention was entirely on Ilya.

Green patterns appeared on her hands, and two branches of repentance vines sprouted, gripping Ilya's wrists and suppressing her power. The magical patterns on her body gradually dimmed again.

Astraea frowned.

"You're courting death! You can't control your talent at all. Don't do anything so dangerous, you'll die!"

Yi Yin clearly understood Astraea's warning, but Ilya in the cage laughed nonchalantly, her eyes filled with determination.

"You can't control me for long..."

Yi Yin, lying on the ground, wished he could disappear into a crack in the ground; he felt utterly ashamed.

Looking at Ilya's face as she bravely faced death, Yoshihiro recalled the time they had spent together these past few days.

Illya's tsundere nature, Illya's stubbornness, Illya's saying one thing and meaning another.

Yi Yin suddenly slapped himself hard across the face, feeling like a shameless scumbag.

Then, Yi Yin stood up and ran in the opposite direction from Astraea, running as fast as he could.

That idiot Ilya, she doesn't know Yi Yin has a cheat code, she's really risking her life! She's risking her life to save Yi Yin!

From being captivated and drooling over the second stunning human beauty, to panicking when Ilya appeared, to now only wanting to escape so that Ilya won't do anything reckless.

At this moment, Yi Yin didn't care about any "heartbeat value" or "favorability". He only had one thought in his mind: he had to escape, otherwise that fool Ilya would really die before him!

He doesn't want Ilya to die!

You idiot! What do I have that's worth you dying for?! You're such a complete fool!

From some point onwards, Yi-eun's eyes were already filled with tears, which kept falling as he ran.

After his parents' funeral, Yi Yin hadn't cried again, but when he thought of how Ilya had fought so hard for him, he couldn't help but want to cry.

Mom and Dad... I've fallen for a girl for the first time, and she seems to... really like me too, to the point that she'd be willing to die for me.

I don't want her to die, I don't want her to!

Yi-eun ran desperately, tears streaming down her face, unsure whether it was the joy of being loved or the fear of losing her beloved.