He finished reading the entire letter, raised his eyes, with a ferocious expression on his face, and spat out all the words after chewing them up, "Incompetent trash is just like the old mice hiding in the dark and smelly sewers, stupid and greedy!"

  "It was their choice to tear up the agreement." Kaelos pushed his chair back and stepped in front of Cynthia, backing her into the table until her lower back hit it, his eyes filled with a menacing glare as he stared at her. "I will kill Loga, I will kill all the rats who dare to invade Temolia."

  From Kairos' perspective, he signed a territorial agreement with the ancestors of Temolia, and once one party breaks it, he will go to extinction, which is not a problem.

  But Cynthia wouldn't just watch him fight on his own territory.

  "Kayus, listen to me." Cynthia reached out and put a hand on his chest, trying to calm him down. "I have a good idea, can you just hear me out?"

  She did not pray for the people of Rhodania in his presence, nor did she pray for her brother. This somewhat suppressed Caius's anger, but he was still sarcastic: "Your brain is full of straw."

  "Hey!" Cynthia pouted in dissatisfaction, "You know, brother came this time just risking being killed to bring me back."

  "He won't leave you alive." Kael's head dipped, his hands planted on the desk on either side of her, his voice icy. "You're mine."

  Cynthia's heart skipped a beat, her cheeks flushed pink, and she bit her lip. "Didn't you lose your divine status in Rydania?"

  Caius stared at her, gesturing for her to continue.

  "Pretend to let brother take me away."

  Cynthia's words instantly made Kael's face ferocious, he pinched her chin with one hand, his voice shrill, "You want to leave?!"

  Cynthia was startled, her hands pressed against his chest, her chin hurting, and immediately explained, "What! I mean, I'll leave openly with my brother, you follow from behind, and we'll go to Rydania together to find Singa!"

  Of course, this is also the only way to save Luo Ya's life.

  Her brave brother would probably have a similar outcome as the male lion in the forest if he really fought against Kairos.

  "You have to admit, with me around you'll save a lot of trouble. You just need to help me from behind the scenes." Cynthia's hand on his chest didn't budge him at all, and she could only glare at him angrily.

  Caius's face was cold, "I don't need help."

  "You need it!" Cynthia corrected.

  Caius fell silent.

  Cynthia endured this uncomfortable posture for a while, until she was no longer pushing people away, but instead stretched out her hand to hook Caius's neck, pressing his head towards herself, and landed a kiss on that tightly pursed lip.

  His body suddenly stiffened into a statue.

  "Kayus, you are in darkness, I will be your light." Cynthia's gaze was gentle, her voice firm. "I am your saint, I am yours, so you must also trust me."

  His expression reduced its ferocity, the hand pinching her chin relaxed and moved to the back of her head, his fingers inserting into her light golden hair.

  Caius yanked Cynthia's head back by her hair, forcing her to look up.

  "Perhaps." He lowered his tone and bowed his head, the anger dissipating as he approached her cherry-red lips.

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  "Adult." Joe's voice suddenly appeared.

  Cynthia's eyes widened and she immediately turned her head, so that the kiss landed on the corner of her lips.

  "Qiao" felt a strange sense of being caught red-handed and hurriedly used her hand to push Kael away.

  This time she pushed forward, or rather, Karius relaxed his grip and retreated two steps under her force.

  "The door isn't closed, I've already prepared dinner." Qiao lowered his eyes to explain, his face frozen like an ice cube, and turned to leave.

  "Joe!"

  Cynthia hurried out, her face still red as she turned back to say to Kael: "I'm going to have dinner first, you come down and eat too if you want!"

  Kairos' expression sank again, his eyes dissatisfied.

  Cynthia caught up with Jo, who was walking quickly. "Jo!"

  She grabbed her sleeve and followed her into the kitchen. Cynthia said definitely: "You're angry."

  "Cynthia, what about keeping a distance that you mentioned? Do you want to die?" Joe rushed to her and whispered in a low voice, his expression becoming worried. "The master's gaze towards you is not right, Cynthia, his gaze towards you is not right!"

  "He might not even make it back to his divine state before he's done for! Do you understand the severity of the situation?!"

  Qiao felt uneasy at this moment, she was reluctant to lose the girl who was willing to eat her cooking every day, she didn't want to lose her.

  Cynthia stepped forward and hugged her tightly, whispering softly, "Jo, you should think about it from a different perspective."

  "If Kyrios really liked me, he wouldn't do anything to hurt me, right?" She patted Joe's back lightly. "It was just a kiss, I like kissing him."

  Cynthia spoke softly with her for a while before calming her down.

  Jiao also knew in her heart that she couldn't interfere with every decision of Kael, who was the master she served for life, and Cynthia was the only friend since her long loneliness.

  They will fall in love with each other after all.

  Her face showed no attempt to conceal her suffering.

  The two eventually went to the restaurant to eat, and Cynthia whispered in her ear to make Joe happy: "I'll sleep with you tonight, I want to go to your bedroom, I haven't touched such a big wing yet."

  Qiao put the food on the table, pulled out a chair for her to sit down and gave a low "mm-hm".

  Kaius also came down after a while, and it was always a difficult thing for him to eat.

  Joe's face went expressionless again as she helped the two set out their supper, then turned to leave. Kyrios sat in his chair and gave her an order, "Jo, go to the front hall."

  "Alright, sir." Joe nodded and walked out.

  Cynthia's hand froze as soon as she picked up the knife and fork, her mind quickly recalling the scene of Joe being flogged in the front hall.

  "Kairos!" she exclaimed, "No! You can't keep doing this to her!"

  Kairos's dangerous gaze turned to her, coldly saying: "You make me feel that she is no longer suitable to stay by your side."

  Cynthia's eyes widened in surprise, "No, she didn't tell me anything."

  "Do you think I'm deaf or blind?" he asked with utmost sarcasm, and then said: "She's told you everything."

  Cynthia lost her appetite for the exquisite food on her plate, put down her utensils and reached out to grasp one of Kael's hands resting on his leg, a look of urgency creeping into her eyes. "Don't do this, Kael. You can't hit her, you can't send her away."

  She looked like she was about to cry, and Kaelus felt a pang of jealousy. He pressed his eyebrows together, pursing his lips tightly. "She's just a servant, Cynthia."

  (End of chapter)