King teleported to the prison, where he found a lot of prisoners. He ignored them all and went to one person.
She wore a pair of earrings; one had the shape of the sun, and the other was the moon.
Her deep pink lips were curled down, and her pearl-like eyes were downcast as she muttered, "I wonder how he is... Lucan?"
King's eyes widened as he thought, "She looks... exactly like my friend! And Lucan also looks the same. Moreover, both of my friends loved each other! Even this matches..."
He stumbled for a moment before coming back to his senses. He broke the prison door and hid beside it.
Celestia was wearing a pink-colored dress with white star decorations.
Her eyes shifted past the door as she saw it was open. She immediately stood up and walked out.
A surge of joy hit her face as she yelled in happiness, "I am finally free! But... who saved me?"
King's figure, still hiding, teared up. "She... even acts the exact same way... What should I do?"
But suddenly, she held her head with her hands and screamed in pain, "No, don't come out! Lust! You..."
King appeared before her and asked, "What happened? Are you... uhm, alright?"
Celestia was down on the ground.
When she looked up, her hands lit up with a pink glow, and she shot a beam toward King.
King's heart sank to rock bottom. He swallowed hard, closed his eyes, and braced for pain.
But he felt nothing. She spoke, "Ah, Destiny's Heavenly King! Thank you for caring about me."
She pulled his cheeks and pinched them gently.
King's face turned red as he said, "Wait, why did you try to kill me?"
She tilted her head and grinned. "Me? Killing you? What are you talking about?"
King retreated several steps. After being startled by the attack, he asked, "Then why did you attack me?"
Her lips curled up as she said, "No, someone tried to kill you from behind! Look, I shot him!"
King turned back to see a dead person. He was one of the figures. King's face turned pale. "How... did you kill that guy? He is on par with me, the sage, and that kid too..."
Celestia danced around him and laughed, "If someone tries to hurt you, I will kill and slaughter them! Oh, Lucan too! He is also my lover!"
King recalled something. He remembered Celestia screaming, "No, please don't come out, Lust!"
King realized that Celestia was the Love Crystal, who had turned into a human.
And now he muttered, "And she has two personalities... Love and... Lust!"
Celestia laughed, "King, you're correct! Yay, let's go! Now, what do we do?"
King pondered as he thought, "Should I bring her along because she resembles my friend, or abandon her because of the threat?"
He sighed, "Okay, but only if you can help me! Then I will allow it!"
King grinned, "Let's beat up the Life Crystal and revive my friends and family... no, my entire race!"
She patted him on his head and smiled, "Okie dokie! Let me go, then!"
King sighed, "Was it really the right idea to recruit her? And who or what is dhk?"
Celestia pointed her finger toward him and said, "King, look down at your legs!"
King looked down as a pink laser flew past him and hit a person.
It was the same person Celestia had killed earlier. He took off his hood and glared at her. "Who are you? Why are you helping this bastard!"
Celestia frowned, grabbed King in her arms, and said, "You will know now. Boom!"
She instantly teleported them out as the entire space station blew up into flames, and the underground base collapsed.
King screamed, "Why did you kill the others, too? A few innocents might have died!"
Celestia shook her head and pointed down toward the planet.
The rest of the planet remained untouched; only the space station was damaged.
As chaos erupted across the planet, King blushed. "Please let me down! Uhm, I feel weird!"
Celestia hugged him tight and grinned, "Hehe, you are probably feeling love! Haha, but now let's flee! That isn't enough to kill them all!"
King felt a strange sensation and immediately teleported away. "Stay 10 meters away from me! Oh my god, please!"
Celestia nodded and agreed like an obedient child.
King immediately hopped into a nearby spaceship, and Celestia followed him inside.
Inside, an old man stood up. "Phew, finally it's done! Now I can travel around space!"
A hand patted his shoulder. "Sir, would you please let me use this spaceship?"
The old man frowned. "Who the hell are you? Why the heck should I give—"
He paused after looking at King. "King! Aren't you Destiny's Heavenly King? King, what's happening? Aren't you our hero? We heard rumors that you started destroying the space station! That's fake, right?"
King's gaze turned downcast as he replied, "No, it's the truth, but..."
He expected the old man to run away and scream that King was a murderer or something like that.
However, Celestia blocked the entrance. "You shall not leave!"
King smacked her gently on the head. "I told you to stay quiet! Dummy."
The old man smiled warmly at King. Placing his hands on King's cheeks, he said, "King, you are a good person. If you are doing something, it's probably for the greater good. So don't worry, take my spaceship! We shall talk later."
King felt a strange sensation of joy, like nothing he had ever felt before.
He remembered his friends—that boy and girl.
The girl had said, "King, being kind is not selfless or just for others' sake! It's for your own sake. You do it because when you see others happy, you smile without even a reason! That's why kindness is better! Hehe!"
The boy had grinned, "Don't worry, you don't have to be kind by force! Do whatever you wish, but just make sure you harm nobody... including yourself!"
King returned to the present and knelt down. "I swear on myself, Destiny's Heavenly King, that I shall return this spaceship to you as fast as I can. Thank you for trusting me!"
The old man smiled as he walked out. King waved goodbye to him.
But... before the old man could wave back...
His heart tore open and he died instantly. The elites from the space station rushed in with heavy injuries.
"KING! FOR THIS, YOU SHALL PAY WITH YOUR LIFE!"
King cracked his knuckles and said, "Celestia—I mean, Lust! Please join me and kill these..."
Celestia smirked. "I wonder if I can, considering I'm not supposed to come within a 10-meter range of you!"
King replied, "I grant you the freedom to do anything. Just kill these villains in the cruelest way possible!"
Celestia drew her sword. She unsheathed it and laughed, "A war after so long! Wow! This is fun, fighting beside your lover!"
King rushed to attack. Celestia's sword flashed a pink light as the elites were struck to the ground, unable to budge.
Except for one of them. He was huge and broad, wearing a black suit made of cosmic metal.
Even King was unable to move.
The giant held a long sword, three times as big as Celestia's. He grinned, "King, you got a really beautiful baddie! She looks like your species. Haha, thank God you left her alive!"
Her long hair fluttered in the wind as she smirked, "Oh, if you can stand within this range, you must have a lot of lust! Otherwise, how could you stand within my crystal's power range? Hehe."
The giant guy licked his lips. "Say you will marry me, and I will leave you alive! But King has to be disposed of! Hahaha."
Celestia's smile faded as her sword struck the giant. However, his heavy blade blew her sword high into the air.
He said, "When it comes to sword skills, I am undefeated... even now! Huh, so you also want to die? Damn, I thought I could—"
Before he could finish, Celestia stabbed him with her bare hands. She grinned, "When it comes to deception, I am undefeated... even now! Hehe, how was that?"
The giant laughed as blood oozed from his chest. Instead of backing away, he moved forward, letting her hand pierce deeper.
He smirked, "You are so close that my mind can't control itself anymore! Haha."
...as both of them disappeared from the place.