[Holloway thinks he wants to tease you more after seeing your reaction.]
[Holloway thinks that comedians’ reactions are the funniest.]
[Holloway thinks, ‘I’m addicted to the comedian’s flustered appearance.’]
I concluded that this time the system was right after seeing Holloway’s continuous state.
Yeah, that’s exactly how Holloway would think.
He even kissed me on the eye to tease me. How devoted of him.
Holloway smiled slightly as he watched me grump.
Celyr hesitated and then turned to me, asking.
“You saw my past, right?”
“Yes.”
“…Ectenron, did that woman see your past too?”
“Mm.”
“It would be the same with Holloway. Isn’t that suspicious?”
Although Celyr’s face wasn’t visible, her voice was trembling.
I thought her words were right more than anything. It was strange that I was the only one who saw the demons’ past and didn’t suspect anything.
It was natural for Celyr to suspect something.
Then, unexpectedly, Holloway spoke for me.
“Even Evelin doesn’t know about that.”
“How can you be sure of that?”
“Because I confirmed it.”
Confirm? What?
The two demons and I looked at Holloway, yet his mouth didn’t open again.
Is it related to him pressing the selection window without my permission?
It is. If it’s him, it could be.
If he found out on his own, it wouldn’t matter, but I had to keep my mouth shut until the window said ‘it’s fine’.
Did Holloway know that and say that?
I closed my lips that had been trembling again.
“Good.”
He must have been very proud that I didn’t ask anything.
He patted my head and praised me, as if he thought I was a dog.
I glared at Holloway, but he just grinned.
Yeah, if you laugh, that’s enough…
It’s strange to resent me since I didn’t create this place and trap them on purpose.
I understood Holloway, yet these two demons probably don’t understand, so why don’t they argue?
[Demons are made of strong trust.]
Indeed. In a place like this, they must have had each other as their only dependable partners.
That’s why it’s even more heartbreaking.
I put my fist in my mouth and tried to hold back my tears, but they didn’t go away, so I turned it back to a calm state.
“But that doesn’t change the fact that you’re a hateful human being. Don’t expect me to change just because we shared my past.”
“I won’t.”
There’s no way I would. You tried to kill me without hesitation.
Honestly, a human who took away everyone precious to her like that wouldn’t look good.
Although Celyr was once human, regardless, she would hate people.
Celyr didn’t say anything and just slammed her shoe on the floor.
Anyway, give me a hint.
[Hint: The escape gate is on one of the top floors of the 7th floor.]
Excuse me, the range is too wide, you know.
***
I was chased by an evil spirit.
What I meant was,
“Why, of all things, with this kind of human…”
It was just Celyr and I left.
Damn it. Celyr in the basement had no demonic dignity at all. It was a situation where I had to protect her to tears.
The problem was that I didn’t want to abandon her because it hadn’t been long since I’d seen her past.
I heard that the flow of magi was messed up, so…
I guessed that she wasn’t even able to use her strength properly.
To me, it seemed like a game of the system, and that this was done on purpose to nerf them.
As Holloway said, even demons can’t kill evil spirits, so they couldn’t do anything about the evil spirits that were flocking in.
“It makes me tear up that there isn’t any reliable demon.”
When I didn’t back down, Celyr’s bloodshot eyes turned to me.
Scary.
I shouldn’t have talked back.
“…”
Celyr, who knew how to say a word, just kept her mouth shut.
Unlike others, she seemed to be particularly afraid of the basement itself.
She seemed to have a hard time even taking a single step while staggering.
She stared at me intently.
“I won’t carry you.”
“I don’t want to be carried by a little brat like you either!”
“Thank goodness… But why are you looking at me with such sticky eyes?”
[Celyr called you a ‘little brat’ and is shocked that you do not care.]
What, that’s an insult?
You’ll wonder if that’s really an insult if you hear my harsh insults.
And since I’m shorter than Celyr, I didn’t really get hurt.
I was scared, but Celyr was even scared, so I couldn’t be scared. I patted my trembling legs and took the lead.
“Take out your sword like you did when you killed me.”
“That’s Ectenron’s.”
“Ah… Really?”
I was so scared, I don’t even remember.
—Pffft…
“Who was it, who was laughing!”
I reacted sensitively to even a single sound of laughter and looked around carefully.
There was a thud behind him, and Celyr buried her face on the floor and sobbed.
Her family was all treated like that, so it’s understandable that she was scared of the basement.
I hesitated, unable to reach out my hand as I looked at the pitiful Celyr.
[Celyr seems to know why the demons call you a ‘comedian’.]
You had been laughing instead of being scared?
Is that their trait? When they’re scared, they pretend to cry like that to fool people?
That damn comedian. Since when did the quiet and gentle Evelin get labeled a comedian?
I grabbed Celyr and stood her up. It was so ridiculous how she bit her lips to keep herself from laughing.
And then she glared at me, pretending like nothing happened.
“If you say it so loudly, everyone will come running, you know?”
“…”
I blurted out the words without thinking because I was so scared and surprised.
I grabbed Celyr’s sleeve and dragged her away from where I could hear the evil spirits laughing. She coldly pushed my hand away.
“No need. Don’t bother me.”
“Then can I go alone?”
“Alright, go away. It’s Holloway’s fault I didn’t kill you, so you better not act so arrogantly.”
“Thank you.”
She told me to go, so I should leave the place with peace of mind.
I threw away my guilt and immediately turned left, leaving Celyr behind.
I walked faster than usual, trying to find the stairs to go up, yet she kept following me.
When I looked back, she got annoyed.
“I’m not following you. It’s just…”
“I was on the way?”
“Yeah!”
Such a cliche…
Then I should give her a cliche answer.
“Then go first.”
“What’s so hard about that?”
Goodbye.
Celyr, who had been walking ahead of me, suddenly turned the corner and followed me.
Why are you following me!
I turned to the right and quickened my pace. As I started to run at a brisk pace, Celyr also started to walk in step.
Let’s see who wins!
The brisk pace now became a running pace. I had miscalculated that she wouldn’t be so obviously following me.
Celyr ran quickly behind me.
“Why are you following me!”
“That’s where I’m going!”
Then I’ll just pass by and go the other way!
I ran facing Celyr and brushed past her. Then she also turned her body toward me.
Unable to bear it any longer, I took Celyr and went into the nearby laboratory. If we fought in the hallway, we would attract the attention of evil spirits.
Celyr avoided my gaze.
“Why are you doing that? Do you want to kill me so badly?”
While glaring at Celyr and talking, I suddenly noticed something in one place.
“Yeah! That’s why I’m chasing you… What are you doing while I’m talking?”
Without even hearing the answer, I walked over to the drawer in the corner.
“I’m talking, yet…!”
“Please keep talking.”
I need to check this.
Without hesitation, I put my hand under the drawer. Celyr’s words didn’t reach my ears.
If my eyes met, this is…
“You, me…! This ring…”
Celyr pulled my shoulder tightly and opened her eyes wide in surprise when she saw the ring in my hand.
But her reaction wasn’t the problem.
The black swan engraved precisely on the ring.
“Why is the Rodrige family’s ring here…”
Celyr snatched the ring away in a hurry.
When I saw affection rather than hatred in her moist eyes, I thought it was strange.
[You have found your family crest, ‘The Crest of Rodrige’.]
[‘Hidden Story’ begins.]
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