Lin Yue instinctively resisted, his lips parting for a moment as he was about to say something, but was suddenly pinned to the ground by Isabella with force.
Shut up.
Shut up, shut up!
Since you insist on playing the good guy!
Then just shut up for me and keep your mouth closed!
Isabella fiercely claimed Lin Yue’s lips, as if it were the last time in her life.
Why are you helping me, why are you telling me all these things, why did you protect me during the exam, why did you take my earring!
Do you even know how much I hate you!
Isabella kissed Lin Yue with utter abandon, even biting his lips until they bled without noticing.
She gripped Lin Yue’s shoulders tightly with her fingers, as if venting all her doubts and grievances onto this scoundrel.
The Isabella before him was nothing like the cold and aloof heiress she used to be—now she was just a foolish woman completely swept up by her emotions.
Right now, there was only one thought in her mind: she had to make this idiot, who didn’t understand her feelings, truly flustered for once!
This woman… is she crazy?
Feeling the warmth of the delicate body pressed tightly against him, the softness of her lips moving clumsily over his bloodied mouth, Lin Yue was utterly stunned.
Whether in reality or in this world, this was his first kiss with a girl.
And the one kissing him was Isabella, whose beauty could outshine countless real-world celebrities.
In an instant, the desires he had sealed away for so long were ignited, and that unknown, yet alluring sensation crawled up into his mind.
He placed his hands on Isabella’s waist, only to realize that it felt nothing like he had imagined—so slender and so soft, as if with longer arms he could completely encircle her.
Boom!
The ground started shaking violently once more, but the two of them remained entwined, showing no sign of separating…
A pillar of light shot up from deep within Avilena.
It was the unconscious Airella, clutching the jade pendant, protected by some mysterious power as she floated in midair.
Roar!
The cries of the magical beasts grew clearer, and the white light outside the window became the most dazzling fireworks within the council hall, illuminating the faces of the two.
After a long time, the two finally parted their lips, a thin red-stained thread still connecting them—just like their current state, burning hot and warm.
“You…”
Seeing Isabella leave him, Lin Yue’s mind blanked out.
He instinctively wiped away the saliva left on his lips, panting heavily.
Isabella’s gaze was hazy, as if she still wasn’t fully satisfied, and she was just about to lean down again to kiss Lin Yue when, all of a sudden, a shield-wrapped figure crashed in like a cannonball.
“Bella…”
She turned her head instinctively, seeing her utterly disheveled younger sister.
At the sight of her little sister, that magnified yearning instantly disappeared, and she sobered up completely.
Isabella slowly stood up and immediately noticed her elder sister lying atop Lin Yue.
She shouted loudly: “Sis, Lin Yue!”
Before Isabella could react, Lin Yue had already flashed to the knight’s side, attempting a sneak attack.
“Mm!”
The knight reacted swiftly, almost as if he had eyes in the back of his head, and with a sweeping strike sent Lin Yue flying.
“He can even react to spatial magic?”
Lin Yue flipped in midair and landed, a look of bewilderment on his face.
“Lin Yue Hawk! Hahaha! I’ve finally found you!”
The knight stared hard, recognizing the enemy he had been longing to kill.
Lin Yue also recognized this man whom he’d nearly crippled, raising an eyebrow.
“Like a ghost that won’t let go…”
He had already done his best to hold back and not kill him, but the man had somehow recovered anyway.
The restorative magic in this world was just too ridiculous.
Isabella saw Lin Yue and, as if finding her anchor, patted his shoulder and said, “I can’t find Professor Liya. The illusion is so powerful, and with this knight blocking me, I can’t move an inch…”
“Got it.”
Lin Yue rubbed his chin, preparing to consider their next move.
“You… reached Second Rank already?”
Isabella seemed surprised, not expecting Lin Yue to catch up to her sister so quickly—where was he supposed to be useless, exactly?
In an instant, her understanding of Lin Yue shifted once again.
“Why does everyone keep asking me that…”
“Then I won’t ask about that… Just what were you and my sister doing just now, and why is she chasing you around and hitting you?”
Lin Yue wasn’t sure if he was imagining it, but besides contempt, Isabella’s tone seemed to carry a faint trace of jealousy—though it was almost undetectable.
“Uh…”
Thinking of their wild actions just now, Lin Yue couldn’t bring himself to say a word.
Intimate contact during a moment of crisis was even more stimulating than at normal times, and even if he tried to distance himself, he couldn’t avoid it…
He hadn’t expected Isabella to be so bold, directly stealing a kiss from him.
Didn’t she hate him?
Why bite and kiss him all of a sudden…
Lin Yue couldn’t tell if she’d confused biting people with showing affection, or if she’d simply lost her mind.
Seeing Lin Yue still unable to answer, Isabella finally sighed and said, “Up there in the sky—is that Airella?”
She glanced upward and saw Airella curled up like a baby in a cradle, hugging her knees, looking as if she was sleeping soundly.
“Still chatting!”
The knight, seeing the two ignore him, immediately tried to close in and slice off Lin Yue’s right arm to avenge the loss of his right eye.
He rushed forward at top speed, but as he was about to reach Lin Yue, a fully-charged Fire Dragon Blast struck him in the chest, sending him staggering back with a vicious glare at the attacker.
“Did you forget about me?”
Isabella, having completely broken free from the mental control, finally released her magical power that had been suppressed for so long.
She floated lightly in the air, the red magic surging from her gray pupils, countless intermediate spells gathering and bombarding the knight.
“Tch… Has the mark left by that lord already failed…”
Seeing Isabella change sides, the knight felt truly troubled.
The situation was no longer simply mage versus knight—dealing with Isabella alone was already hard enough, but now with two Second Rank mages… he had no chance.
Isabella gently landed in front of Lin Yue, gave her sister a glance, and then faced the enemy again.
Seeing Isabella finally back to normal, Lin Yue breathed a sigh of relief and said to Isabella, “Leave this to us. Go find Lia… she’s the key to breaking this deadlock.”
Airella would still need some time to unseal the forbidden beast, and during this, many magical beasts would be drawn to Avilena.
The main entrance was probably in fierce battle.
These beasts could help cause chaos—when Liya was free, everything would fall into place.
“Try the plaza or some open space, maybe you’ll find a big black sphere.”
“Got it. Be careful, both of you…”
As Isabella looked at the oddly tense atmosphere between the two, a rare spark of curiosity stirred in her always calm heart.
After this was over, she suddenly wanted to see how their relationship would develop.
Her soul as a gossip-loving girl was awakening.
“Stop right there!”
Lord Mordecai’s plan wasn’t complete—how could he let her ruin it!
As the knight tried to stop her, Lin Yue suddenly tore open a spatial rift and placed it at the knight’s feet.
In an instant, a raging Fire Dragon wrapped around the knight and exploded fiercely.
Immediately, Lin Yue emerged from the rift, and the two coordinated a combo attack, leaving the knight with no time to react.
Lin Yue flexed his hands, realizing that after advancing to Second Rank, his control over magic had become much easier—he just needed to get used to the new feeling.
Lin Yue returned to his original spot, breathing a sigh of relief.
He said to Isabella, who stood before him, “You’re back to your senses?”
“Yes.”
Isabella replied softly, “My mind was interfered with by a Fifth Rank priest. He seemed to amplify my inner desires…”
With both desires fulfilled, Isabella finally broke free.
No wonder she’d acted so crazy—it was due to mental interference.
Still, what did amplifying inner desires even mean?
Isabella looked dejected, knowing Lin Yue must be confused, so she continued, “The academy’s crisis is tied to me. This all happened because of me, I…”
Used and manipulated twice—how shameful…
“You already said it: you were being controlled.”
Lin Yue walked past her without a care and continued, “Even if they didn’t target you, they’d just threaten someone else. Others wouldn’t have done better than you.”
In the original story’s second act, the Church found a regular devout student to set up their formation and the red stones, then killed them to cover it up.
Lin Yue hadn’t expected Isabella to get dragged into things.
But thinking about it, it made sense—no one else had his omniscient perspective, and she probably misjudged how serious things would get.
She’d always been a bit of a loner, and in the original, she only came to the rescue after growing through two whole arcs.
Missing that key arc, it was no surprise things had turned out this way.
Lin Yue had always been lenient with main characters.
But the butterfly effect was getting out of hand—just Isabella showing up early had already messed up the story.
He really needed to be careful with his choices from now on.
Seeing Lin Yue act like he knew everything, Isabella tilted her head, her gaze becoming sharp.
I never told anyone—how does he know so much?
“You… knew it was me?”
“Your disguise was too clumsy—any three-year-old could tell, though I wasn’t entirely sure…”
“Thanks to you, otherwise Airella, me, and your sister might all be dead.”
By pure chance, she’d saved the story.
If she hadn’t been deceived and just gone to the ceremony that day, in another month, Airella would have been burned to death.
So she really was key… “Is that so…”
So she’d been seen through from the start…
Isabella shook her head, realizing how foolish she’d been.
If she’d just asked Lin Yue for help, maybe things wouldn’t have turned out this way.
But the Church had struck exactly when she was most vulnerable and got a hold on her psyche.
Even the slightest change in circumstances, and they’d have targeted someone else.
Everything was destined.
“That thing just now…!”
Lin Yue’s eyes flickered—though it felt strange to bring it up during a fight, he had to find out what she was thinking when she suddenly kissed him.
It was almost like the tricks he’d played back during the engagement, only now he was the one full of worries and doubts.
“You… are not allowed to tell anyone!”
Isabella’s ears turned red and hot, a trace of shyness rising in her heart.
That wild move just now was truly what she wanted, but not what she meant to do.
Who would have thought the famously icy Miss Valiana’s first kiss would be so fierce?
But in its own way, it suited her.
“Heretic! Die!”
The knight had absolutely no sense for the mood, constantly interrupting the two as their tension reached its peak.
From the knight’s perspective, it was enough to make anyone furious—a hated enemy who had blinded him and a woman flirting right in front of him, while he could do nothing.
Who wouldn’t be pissed off?
“Let’s deal with this guy first.”
Since the Hawk Territory incident, Lin Yue’s strength had grown a lot, and he could finally give this knight a good lesson.
He’d just advanced, and with Isabella as his partner, taking care of him should be more than enough.
“Yeah…”
Isabella nodded slightly.
She didn’t know if, when all this was over, she’d have the courage to bring up those trembling feelings in her heart again.
Fighting side by side with him… somehow made her feel truly safe.
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