"What do you mean?" Luo Yan asks, his thunderous loud voice echoing the room, his right hand Zhou Yu clears his throat, in an attempt to intensify his volume, "I said, there is a human wandering in our land." Zhou Yu says, standing up straight and patiently waiting for the king's order.
Luo Yan smirks, "Such a foolish species, humans are. Kill that man!" Luo Yan screams, his voice yet again resonating across the room, Zhou nods his head determined but he seems skeptical as he missed an important detail or because his lord misunderstood him.
"Your Majesty, that human is a woman with an animal of her land." Zhou Yu says, taking a step back, "I will anyways go and kill them." Zhou Yu adds, he holds onto his sword by his waist as he walks towards the door.
"Wait a minute." Luo Yan speaks, silence spreading across the room as Zhou Yu stood still waiting for his king's response. "What did you say? A woman?" Luo Yan questions, astonished.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhou Yu says, turning around and bowing his head at his king's remark.
A sudden glimmer flickered in Luo Yan's eyes, "A woman, you say?" He asks, a smirk forming on his lips, "A fragile being like a woman…how can one end up invading my territory? Did some human abandon her off in my land? Or she got lost or…she came to be a prey to my inner beast?"
His questions flowed out as he got triggered by the sudden news, how can he stay silent.
Knowing how well of a man he is who loves to play, Zhou Yu spoke, "She appeared all of a sudden, Your Majesty. I sensed something weird with her appearance." Zhou Yu says, walking back before his lord.
"Also, I came to think if some demon had a hand in bringing her here." Zhou Yu speaks out his thoughts, Luo Yan tilts his head to the side, "Such a naive human. How can I let go of her when she herself came to me?" Luo Yan says, devilishly, grinning as he imagined all the things he could do to her in his mind.
Zhou Yu stayed still, with no emotions being well aware and habituated with this side of his king, beside being a dark, vicious emperor he was also a beast who loved to play with women like they were his prey.
"I will go and see for myself. I should see how I can entertain my guest." Luo Yan says, determined as his smirk grew wider, Zhou Yu nods his head, dismissing himself as his task of encountering the trespasser got settled.
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"Conquer the forest? My ass!" Lu Yang Yang shouts, jumping on its four feet as he grows irritated because of the girl before him, sitting down on the ground weeping like a child.
"What do you expect me to do? Walk all this land on my two feet? There is no car, no scooter around for a lift! Just a forest and my two poor feet!" Yi Hua says, wiping her tears, her other hand caressing her burning feet after having walked for a whole hour.
The awkward silence and the cold treatment which lasted a while ago were now nowhere as Yi Hua started crying, giving up on her walk, Lu Yang Yang annoyedly watches her cry with his countless words going into nothing to have her back on her feet.
"You know, if we don't make it out of this forest…there will be lots of beasts haunting us at night. This is a demon's land, not for humans. I bet the demons have already sniffed our presence." Lu Yang Yang says, growing worried as he for sure knows, he won't be of much help. On top of that, she should be aware of the dangers she would face soon.
"What? What did you say? A beast?" Yi Hua widens her eyes, scared, "I can't die! I knew returning back here would be a bad idea!" Yi Hua shouts, crying hysterically, imagining herself being killed by the creatures that roam around this demon land.
"Wait, I will try to teleport us to the palace. What if it works?" Lu Yang Yang says, trying to liven the mood as he himself hoped the spell works, he takes in a deep breath, he comes closer to her, and wraps his tail across her leg.
Yi Hua sniffs, growing happy, just then they feel a little spark around them, "Tell me it's working." Yi Hua mutters, but just then the sparks vanish and Lu Yang Yang fakes out a cry.
"No, it's not working." Lu Yang Yang meowls a cry out, Yi Hua hangs her head down, gritting her teeth, she stands up, "You sure are useless but, come on. Let's get going. I don't want to be a feast to any beast."
Lu Yang Yang raises his head, seeing the determination in those red teary eyes of hers he felt bad and as the responsible guardian he always was for her, he felt disappointed in himself. And her words did not help him either, he felt depressed and useless.
"I am sorry, Hua. I didn't do my part well." Lu Yang Yang says, tearing up while Yi Hua gulps, realizing she must have hurt the little guy yet again.
'Why am I so foolish?!' She scolds herself inside her head.
"No, you are doing your part just well." Yi Hua says, putting on her shoe back and picking Lu Yang Yang up in her arms.
"You mean it?" Lu Yang Yang asks, tilting his head, the tears in the cat's eyes made her smile, "I never witnessed a cat crying before." She comments, giggling while Lu Yang Yang wipes his face with small paws, "I am sorry." He mutters, wiping his tears, Yi Hua gulps, "Don't be. It's me who should actually be sorry."
Lu Yang Yang sniffs and looks up, meeting her guilty eyes, he understands her look and chuckles, "It's alright. Maybe, you are right. I am just so useless here. Yi Hua pouts her lips and shakes her head no.
"No, you are not useless. I was just angry. I say rubbish as I lose my temper or am scared, you know. I didn't mean any of it." Yi Hua says, wiping her tears before they roll down the corner of her eyes, Lu Yang Yang looks up at her with his cat eyes, luring her into his cuteness that had her smile.
"You have no idea how glad I am to have you with me. I would have already died because of a heart attack if not for you." Yi Hua adds, chuckling at her own words, nodding her head as she agrees with her own choice of words. "I sure would." She adds, looking down at Lu Yang Yang.
"So, I will no more lose my temper, okay? We will stay and protect each other." Yi Hua mutters, patting Lu Yang Yang's head and walking further ahead, "Me too, I am so glad I am with you." Lu Yang Yang speaks, finally as he caught some words to say, he snuggles into her chest while she smiles, cooing at his cuteness.
"Hua, let's hurry up. I feel weird energy surging around." Lu Yang Yang speaks, urging Yi Hua to get on with the journey, Yi Hua trembles as a chill shiver goes down her spine in fear, "Don't be scared. I will protect you with all my might."
Lu Yang Yang says, comforting her, Yi Hua nods her head and speeds up.
To their dismay, they had no idea about the pairs of eyes keeping an eye on them.