The next day.
Early morning.
"You Te!"
"Felix is here!"
A sweet, lovely female voice rang out from outside the door.
The voice was like a gentle breeze in spring, softly brushing past the ears, causing a surge of joy in one's heart.
Hearing the commotion, You Te slowly opened his eyes, a sleepy haze still lingering.
He lazily yawned and stretched, then slowly made his way towards the door.
Turning the handle and opening the door, a bright ray of light instantly streamed into the room.
"You Te!" Felix directly pounced over, tightly hugging You Te's arm.
"Felix, why are you calling me so early in the morning?" You Te rubbed his eyes, completely disregarding the worldly rule that men and women should not touch each other.
Because the demi-human in front of him, with a delicate face like a young girl and a pair of cute cat ears, was a male cat-girl.
"Hehe, I missed You Te, meow~" Felix stepped back, placing his two small hands on his chest, his pink fingertips slightly curved, performing a super-duper cute cat paw-licking gesture.
You Te's mouth twitched.
He sighed inwardly.
Drawing a girl but insisting it's a boy.
The island nation is indeed perverted in this regard.
It was so hard to find such a cute cat-girl, but it turned out to have a 'handle'. Who can he complain to?
However, thankfully there are many demi-humans in this world.
Sooner or later, he'll encounter another cute cat-girl like this.
"You Te, how about accompanying Felix to go shopping today? Meow~" Felix acted cute, linking his arm with his.
"Uh... Felix, I already clearly rejected Kurxiu Meimei's recruitment yesterday," You Te explained.
He knew that Felix was using a 'male beauty trap' on him for the sake of Kuerxiu.
Yes, instead of a 'beauty trap', he got a 'male beauty trap'.
But he wasn't from a certain capital in his previous life.
"Kurxiu... Meimei?" Felix narrowed his eyes, emphasizing the word 'Meimei' somewhat heavily.
"What? Are you jealous?"
"Of course not, meow!" Felix revealed his smile again.
You Te smiled, praising sincerely:
"Felix, you are a loyal knight, willing to dedicate yourself selflessly. Kurxiu Meimei is truly fortunate to have you by her side."
After spending these days together, he had already become familiar with Kuerxiu's close associates and could see that Felix had dedicated his life to Kuerxiu.
Hearing this, Felix slowly released his hand, sobered his smile, and turned to perform a knight's bow in the direction of Kuerxiu's room.
Every movement was precise and standard, full of respect.
His expression was serious and solemn, his eyes revealing firm conviction, and he said word by word:
"Felix will forever be loyal to Lord Kuerxiu."
"Until death do us part."
After speaking, Felix stood up as if nothing had happened, revealing his sweet smile once more.
"You Te, if one day Lord Kuerxiu needs help, Felix hopes you can help her, meow."
"I will, I promise." You Te nodded.
"You Te is so good, meow!!"
After You Te finished washing up, the two walked towards the hall, chatting and laughing.
In the hall, various delicious foods were neatly arranged, emitting an enticing aroma.
However, upon closer inspection, one would find that all these dishes were made from ordinary ingredients.
There were no rare delicacies from mountains or seas, no expensive exotic treasures, only those common and ordinary ingredients.
Kuerxiu was still dressed in men's clothing, smiling as she looked at the two.
"You Te... Brother, Felix, you're here."
"Lord Kuerxiu!" Felix hopped and skipped to Kuerxiu's side, laughing, "Felix and You Te are going shopping in the city later, Lord Kuerxiu, come with us!"
"Hey, I haven't agreed yet." You Te casually sat down in his seat, his movements relaxed and unrestrained, picking up a pastry and putting it in his mouth.
The sweetness of the pastry spread in his mouth, and he slightly narrowed his eyes, revealing a satisfied expression.
"Hehe, You Te will definitely accompany Felix," Felix said, turning his head.
"Tsk..." You Te focused on eating, saying nothing more.
"Shopping, huh..." Kuerxiu thought for a moment, hesitated, and finally shook her head, her expression showing some apology.
"Sorry, Felix, I still have to deal with some matters regarding the Royal Selection, so I can't accompany you."
"It's okay! Lord Kuerxiu, please handle your official business well, you've worked hard!"
Kuerxiu nodded, then smiled slightly at You Te, who was wholeheartedly focused on eating: "Sorry, You Te Brother. After I finish these matters, I'll take You Te Brother to properly explore the Royal Capital."
You Te waved his hand, indicating it was fine.
Going shopping wasn't his idea anyway.
After eating, You Te and Felix rode a dragon carriage out of the ducal mansion.
Inside the dragon carriage.
Even though there were seats on both sides, Felix sat tightly next to You Te, very close.
You Te sighed for the umpteenth time, wondering why Felix was a male cat-girl.
It was truly speechless.
Who would like a male cat-girl?!
Although he was indeed very cute.
Slurp.
Felix didn't know what You Te was thinking. He pointed out the window, chattering all the way.
Just then, he suddenly shouted to the guard pulling the ground dragon in front: "Stop the carriage!"
The guard heard the command and immediately pulled hard on the reins.
The ground dragon's massive body quickly came to a halt under the guard's control.
Due to inertia, the carriage jolted sharply.
"What's wrong?" You Te asked curiously.
Felix didn't turn back, his gaze fixed on a white figure across the street.
You Te followed his line of sight.
It was an extremely beautiful girl with waist-length silver hair and blue-violet pupils. Her soft features combined both allure and childishness, exuding an angelic charm.
She was about 160 centimeters tall, and her simple white-based attire further accentuated her presence.
The female lead?
You Te recalled his memories from his previous life.
"You Te, that person is one of the four Royal Selection Candidates, Lady Emilia," Felix said to You Te, who was also looking at Emilia.
You Te nodded subtly.
It was indeed the female lead.
She was truly beautiful.
Silver hair is forever the best, okay?
Originally, he was devoted to Rem, but now...
He could only say that only children make choices.
"Lady Emilia must have come to the Royal Capital for Royal Selection matters. The Sage Council has been quite active recently," Felix guessed.
"Is that so?" You Te thought for a moment and said, "Then let's make contact with Lady Emilia in advance."
"Know yourself and your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles."
"You Te is right!" Felix quickly nodded and gave an order to the guard in front.
The ground dragon immediately turned around to catch up, and soon stopped in front of the white figure.
You Te and Felix stepped out of the carriage one after another.
Felix smiled sweetly: "Lady Emilia, good day."
"Ah... who are you?" Emilia was a little confused.
She didn't know the two people in front of her.
"Lady Emilia, I am Felix, Lord Crusch Karsten's chief knight. This is Lord You Te · Balk, Lord Kuerxiu's elder brother," Felix introduced respectfully.
Hearing this, Emilia was surprised for a moment, then bowed slightly to the two: "You Te · Balk, Felix, hello."
"Just call me You Te." You Te showed a sunny smile.
"Ah... okay... Then you can just call me Emilia." Emilia also showed a smile.
You Te looked at Emilia, then sincerely praised: "Emilia, you are the most beautiful girl in the kingdom I have ever seen."
"It's as if there are stars in your eyes."
Upon hearing this, Emilia's cheeks instantly flushed crimson. She awkwardly waved her hands, her movements a little flustered.
"No... nothing of the sort."