The more they oppose, the more it shows that I am doing the right thing

"Please let me join your cat-catching team!"

An Su moved closer, eagerly staring at Luojia.

Too close...

Luojia felt uncomfortable being stared at by this guy; she pursed her lips, turned her face away, trying not to look at An Su's innocent cyan eyes. With her snow-white neck askew, her disheveled white long hair cascading over one shoulder, she thought to herself that this guy definitely wasn't up to anything good.@@novelbin@@

Letting An Su catch the cat would probably mean it getting sacrificed.

The Diocese's mission was just to expel the Cat Spirit anyway.

"Stay away from me," she said, her ears slightly reddening, her face tense and cold.

This guy had no manners.

"I remember you still owe me two hundred gold coins," An Su said with a naive smile, "from the last fine you had to pay."

Luojia suddenly turned back, blinking her eyes, abruptly remembered the incident. Last month, after smuggling back from the Chaotic Frontier, the Order Church had issued a fine of two hundred gold coins each, and it had been An Su who dealt with it for her.

Even though that two hundred had already been offset by the bonus.

The Little Saintess was upright and meticulous, and would not default on her debts. She turned her head away again, not looking at An Su, but her tone softened, "...I'll pay you back next month."

"I remember the Saintess's monthly salary was issued at the beginning of this month, right?" An Su raised an eyebrow and inquired.

"...I spent some on Extraordinary Items," Luojia weakly replied.

"What else?" An Su pressed further, "There must be some change left over."

"Such trifling matters, who among us would care?"

Luojia turned away, hands behind her back, imitating an ostrich.

This was not the time to show off; An Su never coddled anyone. As a proponent of equality, no one, man or woman, could make An Su lose his coins—although those coins weren't even his to begin with.

"The rest?"

An Su stopped indulging Luojia's avoidance of the masses' view of a saint. He pressed her slender straight shoulders and slowly straightened her up. Under the dim night sky, his cyan eyes locked onto her glittering golden ones. An Su leaned in to press further, "The rest?"

The warmth and moisture of the young man's breath fell on her cheek, tickling her.

"..." Luojia sighed resignedly, "I ate it."

"...Pig..." An Su commented shortly, even Arthur couldn't eat like that!

With behavior like that, she shouldn't be the Saintess of the Sanctuary of Chaos but of the Esoteric Sect of Gluttonous among the Seven Great Esoteric Sects...

Just right for those high-tonnage followers lacking a leader with clout.

Luojia was mortified and speechless, her ears as red as the evening sky. She broke free from An Su and took two steps back, letting go of all restraints, "What... do you want?"

"Let me lead the Cat Catching Squad," An Su revealed his hidden intention, "and we'll call it even."

The terms discussed before were 'to join,' and now it suddenly changed to 'lead'?

Luojia was speechless at the thickness of An Su's skin as he escalated the situation. She sighed again, eyeing An Su suspiciously, "You're not planning on doing something weird to that Cat Spirit, are you?"

"How could I?" An Su raised his left hand in a solemn oath, his eyes full of friendly emotions, while his right hand secretly hid a Quenched Holy Blade behind him, his face beaming with a sunny smile, "I love cats the most."

Luojia stared at An Su, and even though she, as a Saintess, had the ability to discern people's hearts, she couldn't tell the truth from his words, as this little thing was a creature not amounted to a humanoid mammalian primate. Her Saintess' eyes failed to discern.

"Based on my many years of experience with cats,"

An Su spoke confidently, coolly analyzing, "That little black feral cat probably couldn't be tamed. After half a year, its wild nature became apparent, which is why its original owner released it into the wild, where it eventually died and transformed into a roaming Cat Spirit, lingering within these saintly dioceses."

"We need to make it stop wandering." An Su sincerely said, "I am determined to adopt her."

"..." Luojia stayed silent for a while, finally nodding and sighing slowly, "Fine, have it your way."

"Then let's get going."

"Wait... I need to go home first." Luojia shook her head.

"Why?"

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"...To change clothes."

She pursed her lips lightly, glaring fiercely at An Su, then turned around and softly commanded Riya and the other Female Saints standing by, engrossed in the conversation,

"You go on ahead with the Holy Knights. The two of us are enough."

"....Alright." Riya and the others were a bit stunned, and after a moment's thought, they nodded in understanding, "..Ah, yes, Your Majesty, we'll leave now. We understand."

As they were leaving, Riya added meaningfully, "Wishing you a triumphant venture, by the way, do I need to notify the Monastery's mother superior about the curfew?"

Luojia felt a bit annoyed by the remark; her fair cheek flushed a soft red. She gently slapped Riya, frustrated by the odd words over just a routine task involving the Cat Spirit. Then, she sneakily glanced at An Su's expression,

and saw that he was even more annoyed than herself, his face showing frustration,

"No, all the team members have left, who is left for me, the leader of the Cat Catching Squad, to command?"

Outwitted by a woman...

He stared incredulously at Luojia, never having expected the once innocent Little Saintess to have such a trick up her sleeve, turning his leadership role into that of a Bald Commander, with the two hundred gold he spent on the position washed away.

Luojia's expression darkened, and she gave An Su a hard smack.

An Su clutched his aching shoulder, never having experienced such a loss. Just as he was thinking about retaliating fiercely to the woman who had taken advantage of him, he saw Luojia suddenly chuckle and quickly move away, her summer sandals lightly tapping the moonlit floor as she briskly walked towards the Monastery.