ISEKAI? More like I See Crap!-Chapter 117: Just a Little Overkill ( )

"Alright, first thing first!" Hazuki grinned like a kid who just beat the final boss in a game, immediately crouching over the fallen tiger beastkin.

"Oooohhh!!" he gasped, eyes sparkling. "A lot of coin! Jackpot! Thank you for your contribution, sir assassin—rest in pieces."

"OI!!" Ridan floated beside him, vibrating with outrage. "You forgot the girl over there!"

"Ah, crap—right!" Hazuki turned, clutching the coin pouch. "Almost forgot the real quest reward."

He rushed over to the bound girl and gently pulled the cloth from her mouth.

"Uncle!!" Ellyna’s voice cracked as she burst into tears, her golden eyes wide and shimmering with emotion.

Hazuki blinked. "Err... only Ellyn calls me that."

"That is Ellyn, stupid!" Ridan shouted.

"Huh!?" Hazuki squinted at her. "How would you know? You’ve never even met her!"

"Just look at her finger, dumbass!" Ridan barked, pointing toward the shimmering pinky promise ring on Ellyna’s hand.

Hazuki stared. "Eh... maybe she made the promise with someone else! You don’t know!"

"YOU made that pinky promise! How many golden-haired, absolute cutie catgirls do you think are walking around wearing your curse-ring, huh!?" Ridan was screaming like a frustrated older sibling.

Hazuki looked back at Ellyna, who was now softly crying, but her tears were different—safe, relieved, warm.

"...Ellyn?" he finally whispered.

Ellyna nodded. "It’s me, uncle..."

Hazuki’s mouth opened, closed, opened again. "...You... you grew up!!" he shouted, red-faced. "I mean—you look different! Like—more adult! Huge melons!!"

"Focus!!" Ridan snapped. "Those are ancient mana-binding shackles! Break them before you start ogling her again!!"

"Right, right!" Hazuki panicked. "Let’s remove the... uh... cursed shackles."

He unsheathed the sword and carefully pointed it at the restraints. "Alright, Ridan, let’s do this."

"Channel your mana. Just a light pulse. Don’t explode her hands, dumbass."

"Got it!" Hazuki exhaled, focused, and sent a pulse of fire-imbued mana into the shackle—

Crack! Clink!

The shackles shattered.

Ellyna suddenly threw herself forward, wrapping her arms around Hazuki—and kissed him.

It wasn’t shy. It wasn’t hesitant.

It was real.

Hazuki’s eyes widened. His brain stopped functioning. For a brief second, everything around him blurred—the forest, the dirt, the sword spirit that was probably screaming in his head—and all he could feel was the soft, warm lips of the beautiful catgirl in front of him.

His dream was now reality.

"W-Wha—Ellyn!?" he managed to stammer the moment their lips parted.

But something else caught his attention.

Ellyna’s body began to glow.

Softly, gently, a radiant silver light shimmered over her frame, and Hazuki could feel something—his mana—flowing from him into her. It wasn’t forceful, and it didn’t weaken him. But for Ellyna, it was massive. Her eyes fluttered open, brighter than before. Her form shimmered with elegance. Her golden hair danced with the breeze. Her figure—her true figure—was now perfectly revealed.

"Now," Ridan said in a quieter, almost reverent tone, "try touching your ring to hers."

"Huh?"

"Just do it. Trust me."

Hazuki reached out, hand trembling slightly, and Ellyna gently met it halfway.

Their pinky fingers aligned, rings clinking together softly.

A swirl of glowing pink and silver aura burst around them, dancing in the air like fireflies. It circled them slowly—gracefully.

Hazuki couldn’t speak. He just stared.

Ellyn—his Ellyn—smiled at him.

That radiant, heartfelt smile.

So warm... so beautiful.

Was this real?

This wasn’t a dream... was it?

"Ellyn... you’re..."

"Your future bride," she whispered with a soft laugh, "remember? Pinky promise."

Hazuki opened his mouth to speak... but no words came out.

He just stared, stunned... completely enchanted.

Meanwhile, in the Beastkin Kingdom.

The entire royal palace was in an uproar.

Servants rushed across the marble halls, guards sprinted from post to post, and whispers of panic spread like wildfire.

The princess was missing.

King Lioness III stood at the center of the war chamber, his golden eyes narrowed, fangs gritted, and claws digging into the armrest of his throne. His regal composure cracked, replaced by a fury only a father could know.

"Find her." His voice was deep and restrained—but the sheer force behind it silenced the entire room. "I want every border, every gate, every alley watched. I want the sky and land turned upside down if needed."

The captain of the Royal Guards knelt before him. "Yes, Your Majesty. Our scouts are already combing the entire capital, and we’ve dispatched elite trackers."

The head court mage stepped forward, sweat glistening on his brow. "We... we found traces of her mana. A lingering magical signature. But..." he hesitated, "...it just stopped."

"What do you mean stopped?" Lioness’s voice lowered, dangerously calm. freёweɓnovel.com

The mage lowered his head. "It’s as if she vanished entirely. The trail cuts off—like it was severed mid-flow."

Gasps and murmurs filled the chamber. No ordinary magic could just disappear. Something—or someone—had cloaked or bound it completely.

"Ellyna..." Lioness whispered under his breath, anger melting into fear for a brief moment.

Who would dare to abduct his daughter?

And more importantly... why now?

Outside the capital, deep in the surrounding wildlands...

Mrs. Faria rode swiftly, her cloak billowing behind her, eyes sharp with worry and guilt. Her elite unit of knights, handpicked from the royal guard, flanked her on all sides.

"Princess... this is all my fault," she muttered under her breath, clutching the reins tighter. "If only I’d stayed closer... If I hadn’t let my guard down..."

The group halted as the mage beside her raised a hand. "Lady Faria. We’re nearing the last location where the princess’s mana trail was detected."

The grass ahead was scorched faintly, and the air still held a strange magical residue.

"This is where her magic ends," the mage confirmed with a grim nod.

Faria dismounted and scanned the area. Her instincts screamed at her—this wasn’t a simple vanishing. Someone had severed Ellyna’s mana signature completely.

"This wasn’t her doing... this was planned."

She turned to her squad and raised her voice. "We’re splitting into two forces!"

She pointed down the worn path veering to the east.

"You five, take that route. Search everything—groves, outposts, hidden paths. Report back if you find anything."

"Yes, Lady Faria!" they saluted in unison before galloping off.

Faria turned to the remaining knights. "We’ll continue down the main road. If they moved her by carriage, they may have taken this route to blend with merchant traffic."

She mounted again, her face grim.

"I will find you, Princess. Just hold on a little longer..."

( End of Chapter )