Sitting in the hallway adjacent to the courtyard, Lumia stared blankly at the night sky.

“…… Haven't come back yet. ”

The guest was left at home, but the head of the house was still outside,

Li Nian himself said that he might come back very late, obviously he himself had already prepared for the late return, and now Lumia would not be confused about this kind of thing.

To be precise, Lumia is not ignorant of what the man is busy dealing with now, and she can guess why Li Nian is returning late now.

Speaking of the things that Valkyrie has been anxious about recently, it is nothing more than that.

He's undoubtedly busy with that vampire thing right now, right?

It is necessary to retire the man-eating monster that harms one side.

Retreat is a human saying, to erase its existence, to make her completely disappear in this world, in this essence, is to kill it.

A certain feeling that had gradually faded between the usual relationships was clearly highlighted at this time, making Lumia realize again that Li Nian's identity was a martial god, and he was an existence whose mission was to retreat from evil spirits.

And Lumia herself is also a man-eater, and she is also that kind of evil......

Although as a result, through getting along recently, I can realize that I am not hated.

It's not because of the identity of the monster.,It's been completely denied.,The past as a monster.,Wasn't held accountable.,Straightforwardly recognized.,And get help.。

Lumia was sincerely glad about this, but at this time, she couldn't help but feel that the figure was a little distant and unfamiliar......

He is a martial god.

After all, it is a martial god.

It is noble, great, and different from being like yourself.

Actually, Lumia knows it too.

"Maybe ...... after all"

She muttered.

The voice that gradually becomes smaller and becomes a word that has a beginning but no end.

Language is a thing, and the meaning of saying it is not the same as not saying it.

This voice must be hidden, and it should be hidden.

However.

"yes, not all the way, Rumia."

The gentle voice said what she didn't want to say, a familiar tone she hadn't heard in a long time.

His body stiffened instantly.

Completely unaware.

Of course, the ability of the realm monsters is like this, the gods are unaware of the ghosts, and there is a gap in strength, Lumia can't detect it.

It's the first time we've seen each other since we were here.

Lumia relaxed, whispering the woman's name.

“…… Purple. ”

"Huh."

I don't know when the realm monster that appeared behind her said with a smile.

"It's good that I wasn't killed, and I got help without any problems."

“……”

Shoulders sank.

Leaning her head out from behind, Yakumo pressed the weight of her body on Rumia's shoulders and smiled leisurely.

"I thought you were going to die, but it turned out to be really unexpected, that person is a martial god and really intends to save the man-eating youkai? It's incredible...... Now, what's the secret, right? I want to think about it...... Well...... Got it! It's the one, right, even if you're weak and cute?! ”

“……”

"Huh? No way? Did I guess right? Really fake! The beauty who was coerced had to sell her body in order to fulfill her wishes, and lived a yin-luan life day and night, and was toyed with every night by changing her position...... Ah~~~! It's unclean! It's so pitiful, Lumia, I knew that I wouldn't have sent you here, did you regret it? Sure enough, you regretted it, right? ”

She reached out and wrapped her arms around Lumia's body, rubbing her cheek closely, squinting and smiling.

“…… What nonsense is being said. ”

Lumia pushed away Purple's face a little uncomfortably, but was pushed away with a grin.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I'm here, the villain hasn't come back, there's no problem with no need to hide anything."

"Alas......"

There was no choice but to let her lean in, and Lumia sighed as if she had given up.

"So it's still too late, quick, run away from the bad guys, get back to the bowl, so you can be away from all the pain and torment, puff."

Smiled slyly, sure enough, he should have secretly known what was happening here, and he was just joking, but this joke was really bad.

Lumia took a deep breath.

"Purple."

"What? Coming back? ”

"Thank you."

“…… Alas? Do you really want to come back? ”

"I mean, no matter what, thank you for sending me here."

Yakumo Zi looked at her stunned.

“…… Is it really trained to be RBQ? ”

Lumia didn't know what RBQ was, and could guess that it wasn't a positive term, so she selectively ignored the whole sentence and went on with herself.

"I heard from Mr. Li that I can get his help, Zi, you can help persuade me."

“……”

"I'm so sorry for bothering you."

“…… I thought it wasn't someone who could gossip. ”

With a light on her shoulder, Purple walked away from Lumia's body, stood up, walked down, and sat down beside her, talking as if bored.

"Now, if I cover it up, it will look stupid."

"Hmm."

Yakumo suddenly complained.

"Then I'll be honest, Lumia, you're giving me a headache."

"I know."

"Say you don't want to eat people without permission, go on a hunger strike without authorization, and force yourself to the point of dying without authorization, it's too messy, right?"

"I'm sorry."

"What do you think you are, you're a monster, you're a man-eating monster, that's the essence of your existence, right? It's stupid to suddenly deny the essence of existence or something. Haven't you all been here so far? How many people do you think you've killed? Suddenly stopped, decided not to kill, not to eat, you are hundreds of years old? It's been like this for hundreds of years, how can it be like a young human being to have some inexplicable self-awareness. ”

"Yes, what salvation does the sinful man thirst for?"

"Here's the problem, what kind of sin is it, you're a man-eating monster, right? What kind of sin can we talk about if you can't live without this? Just a man-eating monster shouldn't think of yourself as a human, okay? ”

"No, I think I'm a human being, it's just that when I come back to my senses, I find that I can't eat flesh and blood anymore, and I can't forgive myself like that."

"It's eating Li Nian's flesh and blood, don't you want to say that the flesh and blood of the martial god doesn't matter? That guy is a human god, huh? ”

"I'm not going to carve it out for myself, but this compromise is necessary."

"Then compromise a little more thoroughly, human flesh and blood, even if you don't have to deliberately do it, you can get it, right? If you don't have to get your hands stained with blood, how about just surviving? ”

Lumia shook her head.

"Even if I eat Mr. Li's flesh and blood, I can't forgive myself for being like this, at least my patience can usher in the light now, and it would be too desperate for me to live as you said."

Yakumo scolded bitterly.

"You fool, fool, big fool."

"Well, I'm stupid."

"But you stupid person is very lucky, you should have died stupidly there, but you met a savior, at the right time."

"Mr. Li also said that I am lucky for this kind of thing. I'm glad too. ”

"If it's him, you should be saved, the way to survive without eating people is the one who is it, it won't take long for you to find out."

"Well, someday...... No, that day won't be too far away. ”

"It's good that your salvation is at hand."

"Well, so say, thank you."

“……”

Yakumo turned her head to look at her friend beside her.

The faint smile on his face was so satisfied and happy.

Purple exhaled softly.

"It's too cunning."

"What?"

Purple shouted.

"People say, you're too cunning!"

Lumia tilted her head with a puzzled expression, confused.

Zi smiled and looked at the bright moon in the sky and continued.

"Now, Lumia, you're a youkai."

“……”

"After all, you and Li Nian are not all the way."

“…… I know. ”

"You only know a little bit, you just vaguely feel it, but you don't really understand the difference, not only, the difference between gods and monsters, or humans and monsters."

"What do you mean?"

"Just now, I said, you were coerced into doing all kinds of shameful things."

"There's no such thing, what the hell are you talking about?"

"However, now your situation is the same as what I said, you who are eating his flesh and blood now, you who will eat him and separate the darkness in the future, you can no longer leave him, this is coercion, the consciousness you have done, the thoughts you have firm, are equivalent to [You can't live without Li Nian]"

“…… Mr. Li is not the one who will blackmail anything with this. ”

"I mean, what if he's dead."

“…… What the? ”

"I said, what if, Li Nian died?"

“…… Purple? ”

Lumia's voice trembled.

"What do you want to do?"

"People—"

Looking at the moon, Yakumo narrowed her eyes and pointed her fingers at her lips, dragging out her tone and revealing a cruel smile.

And then said.

"Actually, there is a little bit of wanting to kill him."