You are coming with me.

"Are they still there...?"

A white-haired woman with cat ears questioned with an expressionless look on her face.

"Yes."

Her subordinate nodded. He had a solemn look on his face. It was clear that this problem wasn't recent.

"Even after 200 years have passed..."

The cat woman muttered, trying to come up with some ways to solve this matter.

She wanted to help her people, she and her father even contacted for help however, no matter what they did or who they contacted, nothing changed. All other powers were helpless, even the so-called world powers were the same.

Let alone having a solution, they didn't even know the root cause of this problem.

"They are demanding answers, and they aren't backing down even if we threaten them using force. They seem desperate." The subordinates reported.

Rune nodded, still not showing any expression.

Thinking about all this gave her a headache.

At first, she believed things would return to normal after some time but that didn't happen. No matter how much time passed, nothing happened. It was as if someone had cursed their world.

In the end, Rune could only shake her head,

"Can you blame them? Most of them are already at the end of their ropes, it wouldn't have mattered if it was because of their own lack of talent. What's driving them crazy is the fact that they need to face this situation despite being talented.

Who is not afraid of death?

White hairs, wrinkled face, everyone's afraid of these things.

However, diligently cultivating allows one to go against the very nature of the world and live longer but with the entire world's Mana being in disarray, cultivation has become countless times harder than before.

The cultivators who were sure to break through the next stage and extend their life span are now stuck at their current stages, unable to break through.

And since almost two hundred years have passed since this happened and nothing has changed for the better since then, it is obvious that more and more people will start panicking. Even some of our own people are worried about the situation."

Rune spoke as she glanced at her subordinate standing in front of her.

Understanding what she was trying to say, the subordinate smiled wryly, "Is Lady Rune not panicking?"

Rune stared at him.

" You are a Saint, so you still have 1500 years to live but from the looks of it, this problem won't be solved anytime soon.

Your cultivation has come to a halt as well and as more time passes, becoming a Divine would become harder and harder.

Is Lady Rune not worried about her own lifespan?Even if you don't care about yourself, think about your father, your brother, this entire city, everything that the Feline Family built throughout these hundreds of thousands of years, if things continue as they are, everything will be destroyed.

Does Lady Rune not care about that at all?"

The subordinate questioned and this time, Rune turned silent.

Something like this wasn't recorded in their history books, something like this had never happened before, no one knew what happened or how to deal with this situation and no one knew how long all this would continue for.

Commenting anything on the current situation was impossible.

"Try to calm them down."

Rune ordered. There was nothing else she could do other than give this vain order.

The subordinate glanced at her for a while before he nodded and walked away.

How to 'calm' them down? He had no clue, he could only try even if he already knew that his efforts would be all in vain.

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Rune stared in silence as her subordinate walked away. Her expression was heavy, she was tired, however, just as she was about to close her eyes, "Heeh? Looks like someone's having a hard time."

A playful voice that she recognized very well was heard.lightsnovel

"Well, that's what happens when you heartlessly ignore people who love you."

Rune's expression changed, she instantly turned around, looking at the direction the voice came from and there, she saw an extremely handsome man standing in front of her with a big smile on his face.

"Did you miss me?" Nux questioned, waving his hand at her.

"..."

Rune was silent, unable to utter a single word.

"What? Has it been so long that you don't even recognize me anymore? Isn't a Saint's memory supposed to be better than this?"

Nux teased.

"N-Nux..."

Rune stuttered.It had been so long...

Different emotions welled up in her heart and she was having a hard expressing them.

Nux on the other hand, came here with a clear goal in his mind.

"Rune Feline, you are coming with me.

And this time, not as a friend or an acquaintance, you are coming with me as Rune Leander."

He declared.

"H-Huh...?"

Rune blinked in surprise.

"I already gave you enough time, Rune. I have been patient enough.

But since you can't seem to decide things on your own,

I will now make the decision in your stead."

"W-Wha-"

"I have been thinking about what I have been doing wrong, am I not good enough for you, or are we simply not compatible with each other, and after thinking about this for such a long time, I finally got the answer.

I was always comparing myself to Aragorn. I was trying to do what he did in order to win your heart. Heck, I even kidnapped him and forced him to reveal his 'secrets'.

It is only now that I realize how wrong I was.

Aragorn never mattered.

That fool forced you to lock yourself inside a virtual wall, he traumatized you, he made you unable to look for happiness again, and I, plan to change that.

You can think of this as me kidnapping you. You can resist if you want, just know that it won't make any difference. Even if those people hiding near the walls make a move, it won't change anything.

You are coming with me."

Nux then looked into Rune's eyes and walked close to her, backing her to a wall. Then, he placed his hand on her waist, getting dangerously close to her and, "Even if you are unsure about all this, I will ensure you get all your answers soon enough.

I will etch the answer into your very body, Rune Leander."

"W-What are you talking about!?"

Rune, who was silent this whole time was jolted awake when she sensed Nux touching her waist, like an alarmed cat, her tail stood up as she quickly created distance between her and Nux.

This, however, was fruitless in front of the current Nux.

Even Divines had a hard time dealing with him right now, an Incomplete Saint? She never stood a chance.

The moment she felt like she successfully created distance, Nux appeared right next to her, picked her up like a sack of potatoes, and then, Pah

He spanked her butt.