Bigshot's Sweetie Is a Cat!-Chapter 1149: Isn’t Your Slaughter of Innocents Also Defying the Heavenly Rules?!
Wen Xiao’ai’s heart trembled with fear, her body shivering. Nonetheless, she stubbornly refused to kneel and instead raised her head to counter, "What mistake have I made? Why should I kneel?"
"I command you to kneel!" The Clan Leader harshly ordered once more, forcefully striking the ground with their staff.
Wen Xiao’ai turned pale with fright; it was her first time seeing the Clan Leader grandmother lose her temper so greatly, and it was directed at her.
"Clan Leader..."
Ye Qi tightly grasped Wen Xiao’ai’s wrist, attempting to plead for leniency. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
The Clan Leader directly interrupted him, "Don’t blame me for imposing harsher punishment on anyone who dares plead for her."
Ye Qi fell silent, instead looking at Wen Xiao’ai with concern.
"Xiao’ai..."
Wen Xiao’ai gritted her teeth, staring at the Clan Leader seated above in the great hall, eventually kneeling in defiance.
"As the Princess of the Cat Demon Clan, you’ve repeatedly disregarded your status, ignored celestial laws, and ventured into the Human Realm. Do you still have the Cat Demon Clan in your eyes, do you still regard me as the Clan Leader?! You are a princess, your life is not just your own, yet you defy fate with your life and cultivation to save someone irrelevant; you shamed the Clan Leader, your parents, and ancestors, how dare you question your mistakes!"
"I don’t see myself as wrong; while it’s true that the safety of my clansmen is my responsibility, isn’t ignoring someone in danger equally a shame upon myself?!" Wen Xiao’ai held her head high, stubbornly confronting the Clan Leader.
"You’re still daring to talk back?!"
Wen Xiao’ai’s refusal to admit wrongdoing further angered the Clan Leader.
"I’m not talking back; I’m merely stating the truth. At least after saving people, I’ve never regretted it, nor has my conscience been condemned. Grandmother, isn’t saving lives something you’ve taught Xiao’ai, isn’t taking on the responsibility for all living beings something my parents, and you as the Clan Leader grandmother have always espoused? Why is it righteous when you do it, yet sinful when I do it?"
"If I am unwilling to save an ordinary person, then how can I talk about saving my clanspeople in the future."
"..." The Clan Leader did not refute Wen Xiao’ai’s words.
It was uncertain whether it was because Wen Xiao’ai’s words were correct, or because she was angered.
She looked at Wen Xiao’ai, her eyes filled with rage, but also with admiration, though more so with heartache and worry.
Seeing this, Ye Qi hurried to mediate:
"... Little Princess, the Clan Leader isn’t blaming you for saving people, but for not cherishing your own life, the Clan Leader is worrying about you."
Because you are no longer Wen Xiao’ai, before Shang Ying Immortal’s soul fragment entered your body, you no longer had nine lives to act recklessly...
"Yes, my life is a life, my life also affects the entire Cat Demon Clan, so it’s precious to you, Clan Leader grandmother. But are other lives not lives? Why can the Clan Leader grandmother be so cruel to harm them? You say I disregarded celestial laws by sneaking into the Human Realm, but isn’t your indiscriminate killing equally contemptuous of celestial laws, destroying balance, and heavily sinful?!" Wen Xiao’ai grew increasingly agitated, eventually nearly shouting in a vent of frustration.
"Xiao’ai..." Ye Qi looked at Wen Xiao’ai with concern, then turned his gaze to the Clan Leader.
While the Clan Leader frowned, they were inquiring with their eyes.
Ye Qi helplessly explained, "Clan Leader, that day... the Little Princess was just outside the quiet chamber."
—"Clan Leader, the Little Princess only overheard that segment; she’s unaware of her being Shang Ying Immortal’s reincarnation, nor does she know Jun Moyan is the Soul-suppressing Beast’s reincarnation, but she already knows the Demon Lord is still alive."
This latter part, Ye Qi transmitted to the Clan Leader via sound.
The Clan Leader listened, and the turmoil within her heart calmed much.
"Was the person killed?" the Clan Leader asked Ye Qi.
This cold, cruel, and merciless question pierced Wen Xiao’ai’s heart like a knife.
