Lu Yin was dissatisfied. "You ask me something, and I tell you everything. I ask you something, and you tell me nothing. That's too much."
The White Knight was cold and proud. "Did you tell me anything? 'I don't know,' 'It was a coincidence'—those are your answers. How are they any different from saying nothing?"
Lu Yin rolled his eyes. "Women are better when they're a little cuter."
With a bang, a rock slammed into the mountainside. Lu Yin glared at the White Knight, furious. "Woman, don't think I really wouldn't fight back. What do you want?"
The White Knight spoke coldly. "Forget what happened today. Forget everything about me. And I told you not to call me that."
Lu Yin snorted. "If I stay with you, I'll get killed by a rock sooner or later. Goodbye—no, never again." As he spoke, he turned to leave.
"You're not allowed to go."
"What?"
"That's an order."
Lu Yin was so angry he laughed. "I told you, no one can order me around."
"I can order anyone who belongs to the Ten Deciders Council, the Starry Sky Academy Student Union, or the Outer Universe Youth Council. You're no exception," the White Knight said indifferently.
Lu Yin's face twitched. Why did that sound so familiar? Hadn't he said that before?
In the end, Lu Yin still couldn't leave.
As the White Knight put it, if a Heir arrived, he was a decent enough substitute to buy her a little time.
Lu Yin really wanted to resist, but he only thought about it; he didn't dare actually try. That palace could crush him flat. Even with the Universe Secret combined with Dream Finger, he could manage at most one strike—and that would mean fighting to the death. They weren't mortal enemies, and they were