“Lin?”

Unexpectedly, Lin blocked Persi's approach. Her gaze at Persi was as if she were watching an enemy with caution.

The atmosphere turned icy. Persi glanced back and forth between her tail and Lin.

“What are you doing?”

“Don’t cling to the master.”

“Why?”

“You might harm him.”

“What did you say?”

In a single sentence, Lin had turned Persi, who prided herself as the cat princess, into a potential criminal.

No one would feel good hearing something like that. Persi raised her tail and crossed her arms.

“Harm him? Me? That’s ridiculous.”

The mood changed for Persi, who had …